Speaker: Rev. Koen Kikuchi

M.C.: Jennifer Kane

Buddhist countries throughout the world observe the Spring Equinox from March 18 – 24th annually. We will celebrate this day at Windward Buddhist Temple on Sunday, March 15, 2020 with a special guest speaker from the Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji, Rev. Koen Kikuchi.

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About Rev. Kikuchi:

Rev. Koen Kikuchi was born in Akita, Japan, the second son of a temple family. He received ordination as a minister of Higashi Hongwanji at the age of nine. After graduating high school, he entered Kanda University of International Studies majoring in English language.

In 2007, he spent a year in the Malta Republic studying English and upon his return to Japan, enrolled in the graduate school of Otani University majoring in Shin Buddhism.

From 2009, he was a minister at a Buddhist temple in Chiba Prefecture for five years, then was assigned to Higashi Hongwanji Betsuin in Honolulu. In 2018, he was the minister at Waimea Higashi Hongwanji on Kauai.

Currently, Rev. Kikuchi serves as the resident minister of Kaneohe Higashi Hongwanji.