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On the Treasure Tower

I have read your letter with great care. I have also
received your offering to the Treasure Tower of
one kan of coins, polished rice and other articles.
This I have respectfully reported to the Gohonzon
and to the Lotus Sutra. Please rest assured.

In your letter you ask: "What is signified by the
Treasure Tower, where Taho Buddha was seated,
appearing from within the earth?" The appearance
of this bejeweled stupa [in the eleventh chapter of
the Lotus Sutra] is of great importance. In the
eighth volume of his Hokke Mongu, the Great
Teacher T'ien-t'ai explained the appearance of the
Treasure Tower. He states that it had two distinct
functions: to lend credence to the preceding
chapters and to pave the way for the revelation to
come. Thus, the Treasure Tower appeared in
order to verify the theoretical teaching and to
introduce the essential teaching. To put it another
way, the closed Tower symbolizes the theoretical
teaching and the open Tower, the essential
teaching. This represents the two principles of
object (kyo) and subject (chi), or reality and
wisdom. However, this is extremely complex, so I
will not go into further detail now. In essence, the
appearance of the Treasure Tower indicates that
the three groups of Shakyamuni's disciples
attained enlightenment only when they heard the
Lotus Sutra and perceived the Treasure Tower
within their own lives. Now Nichiren's disciples are
doing the same. In the Latter Day of the Law,
there is no Treasure Tower other than the figures
of the men and women who embrace the Lotus
Sutra. It follows, therefore, that those who chant
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, irrespective of social
status, are themselves the Treasure Tower and
likewise they themselves are Taho Buddha. There
is no Treasure Tower other than Myoho-renge-
kyo. The daimoku of the Lotus Sutra is the
Treasure Tower, that is to say, the Treasure
Tower is Nam-myoho-renge-kyo.

Now the entire body of Abutsu Shonin is
composed of the five universal elements of earth,
water, fire, wind and ku. These five elements are
also the five characters of the daimoku.
Therefore, Abutsu-bo is the Treasure Tower itself,
and the Treasure Tower is Abutsu-bo himself. No
other knowledge is purposeful. It is the Treasure
Tower adorned with seven kinds of gems -
listening to the true teaching, believing it, keeping
the precept, attaining peace of mind, practicing
assiduously, unselfishly devoting oneself, and
forever seeking self improvement. You may think
you offered gifts to the Treasure Tower of Taho
Buddha, but that is not so. You offered them to
yourself. You, yourself, are a true Buddha who
possesses the three enlightened properties. You
should chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo with this
conviction. Then, the place wherein you dwell and
chant daimoku is the place of the Treasure Tower.
The sutra reads: "Wherever one teaches the
Lotus Sutra, this Treasure Tower of mine will rise
and appear before him." Faith like yours is so
extremely rare that I will inscribe the Treasure
Tower especially for you. You should never
transfer it to anyone but your son. You should
never show it to others unless they have steadfast
faith. This is the reason for my advent in this world.

Abutsu-bo, you deserve to be called a leader of
this northern province. Could it be that Bodhisattva
Jyogyo was reborn into this world as Abutsu-bo
and visited me? How marvelous! It is beyond my
power to understand why you have such pure
faith. I will leave it to Bodhisattva Jogyo when he
appears, as he has the power to know these
things. I am not saying all this without good
reason. You and your wife should worship this
Treasure Tower privately. I will explain more later.

With my deep respect,
Nichiren

The thirteenth day of the third month in the ninth
year of Bun'ei (1272)
 
On the Urabon

I have placed your offerings of one sack of rice, parched rice, melons, eggplants and other items before the Buddha.

As to the origin of the festival known as urabon, among the disciples of the Buddha was one called the Venerable Maudgalyayana. As the foremost in transcendental powers among the disciples, he ranked alongside Shariputra, the foremost in wisdom. These two were like the sun and moon ranged over Mount Sumeru, or like the ministers of the left and right who assist a great king.

Maudgalyayana’s father was called Kissen Shishi and his mother was called Shodai-nyo. His mother, because she was guilty of the fault of greed and stinginess, after her death was reborn in the realm of hungry spirits, but the Venerable Maudgalyayana rescued her from there, and that is how the festival began.

It came about as follows. Though Maudgalyayana’s mother had fallen into the realm of hungry spirits and was suffering there, Maudgalyayana, being only a common mortal, had no way of knowing this. When he was a young boy, he entered the house of a teacher of Brahmanism and there made an exhaustive study of the four Vedas and the eighteen major scriptures, which constitute the complete sacred writings of Brahmanism.

At this time, however, he still did not know where his mother had been reborn.

Later, at the age of thirteen, he and Shariputra together visited Shakyamuni Buddha and became his disciples. Thereafter, Maudgalyayana was able to free himself from the illusions of thought and to advance to the first stage of sagehood, and then to cut off the illusions of desire and become an arhat, thereupon gaining the three insights and the six transcendental powers. Having opened the divine eye, he could see throughout the entire major world system as though it were reflected in a clear mirror. His vision penetrated the earth and he could see into the three evil paths just as we, looking down through a layer of ice, see fish beneath the ice when the morning sun shines on it. And as he looked down, he saw that his mother was in the realm of hungry spirits.

She had nothing to drink, nothing to eat. Her skin was like that of a golden pheasant when its feathers have been plucked, her bones were like round stones placed one beside the other. Her head was big as a ball, her neck thin as a thread, and her stomach like a great sea swelling out. Her appearance as she opened her mouth and pressed her palms together begging for something was such that she resembled a starving leech that has caught the scent of human beings. Her figure as she gazed at the son she had had in her previous existence and began to weep, and her famished form, were beyond the power of analogy to describe. One can imagine how heartrending this sight must have been for Maudgalyayana.

The priest Shunkan, temple administrator of Hossho-ji, was exiled to the island of Nagashima. His body naked, his hair hanging down unbound, he wandered, wasted and thin, along the seashore, where he picked up bits of seaweed and wrapped them about his loins or, spotting a single fish, seized it with his right hand and gnawed it with his teeth. At that time a youth who had once been in the priest’s service came to the island to visit him. I wonder which was the more miserable sight, this priest or Maudgalyayana’s mother? I venture to think that Maudgalyayana’s mother was even more pitiful to look at that, the priest.

Maudgalyayana was so overwhelmed with pity at the sight of his mother that he immediately employed his great transcendental powers and offered her some rice. His mother was delighted and, seizing some of the rice in her right hand, while concealing the remainder with her left, she stuffed the rice into her mouth. What should happen then but the rice changed into fire and began to burn! It burst into flame as though a bundle of torches had been lit, and his mother’s body crackled and burned.

When Maudgalyayana saw this, he panicked and became utterly confused, and, employing his transcendental powers, summoned forth a great flood of water. But the water turned into firewood and his mother’s body only burned more fiercely, the sight of which filled him with even greater pity.

Maudgalyayana, realizing that his own transcendental powers were altogether inadequate to remedy the situation, raced away and in an instant appeared in the presence of the Buddha, where he presented his tearful appeal.

"I was born into a family of believers of Brahmanism," he said, "but later I became a disciple of the Buddha. I have gained the rank of arhat, freed myself from rebirth in the threefold world, and acquired the three insights and the six transcendental powers that go with the status of arhat. But now when I try to rescue my own mother from the great sufferings that beset her, I seem only to make her anguish worse than before, which fills my heart with grief!"

The Buddha replied, "Your mother has committed grave misdeeds. You alone do not have the power to remedy this situation. And indeed no one, neither the gods of heaven, the gods of earth, the devils of heaven, the Brahmans, the Taoist priests, the Four Heavenly Kings, nor the gods Taishaku and Bonten have the power to do so. Therefore, on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you should bring together all the holy monks of the ten directions, prepare offerings of food and drink representing a hundred different flavors, and present them for the purpose of rescuing your mother from her sufferings."

Maudgalyayana did just as the Buddha had instructed him, and as a result his mother was freed from the realm of hungry spirits, where she had been destined to suffer for the period of a kalpa. So we are told in the scripture known as the Urabon Sutra. That is the reason why even now, in this latter age after the passing of the Buddha, people perform this ceremony on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. It is common practice for them to do so.

I, Nichiren, would like to note the following. Maudgalyayana was, among the Ten Worlds, one who belonged to that of the voice-hearer. His observance of the two hundred and fifty precepts was as firm as a rock, and his attention to the three thousand rules of conduct, without a single exception, was as perfect as the full moon on the night of the fifteenth. His wisdom was like the sun, and his transcendental powers enabled him to encircle Mount Sumeru fourteen times, and thereby move the huge mountain.

And yet, even though he was a sage of this order, he found it very difficult to repay the great debt of kindness he owed his mother. Moreover, when he attempted to repay it, he actually increased her great suffering.

In comparison, the priests of today observe the two hundred and fifty precepts in name only, and in fact use their so-called observance of the precepts as a means to dupe others. They have not a trace of transcendental power -- a huge stone could sooner ascend to heaven than they could exercise such powers. Their wisdom is in a class with that of oxen, no different from that of sheep. Though they might gather together by the thousands or ten thousands, they could never relieve one iota of the suffering of departed parents.

All things considered, the reason Maudgalyayana could not rescue his own mother from suffering was that he put his faith in the Hinayana version of Buddhism and devoted himself to the observance of the two hundred and fifty precepts. According to the Vimalakirti Sutra, the layman called Vimalakirti criticized Maudgalyayana, saying, "Those who give alms to you will fall into the three evil paths." The meaning of this passage is that, although the Venerable Maudgalyayana is a most worthy man who observes the two hundred and fifty precepts, those who make offerings to him will be reborn in one of the three evil paths. And this does not apply to Maudgalyayana alone, but to all the voice-hearers, and to those in this latter age who place great emphasis upon the observance of the precepts.

In comparison to the Lotus Sutra, this Vimalakirti Sutra I have just mentioned is no more than a lowly servant far down in the ranks of retainers. The point is that the Venerable Maudgalyayana had not yet attained Buddhahood himself. Since he himself had not yet attained Buddhahood, it was very difficult for him to relieve the sufferings of his parents. And how much more difficult would it have been for him to do so for anyone else!

Later, however, following the teaching of the Lotus Sutra to honestly discard expedient means, the Venerable Maudgalyayana summarily rejected and cast aside the two hundred and fifty precepts of the Hinayana teaching and chanted Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. In time Maudgalyayana attained Buddhahood and was called by the name Tamalapattra Sandalwood Fragrance Buddha. And at that time his father and mother, too, attained Buddhahood. Hence it is said in the Lotus Sutra, "Then our wishes will be fulfilled and the longings of the multitude will likewise be satisfied."

Maudgalyayana’s physical body was inherited by him from his parents. Therefore, when his own physical body attained Buddhahood, the bodies of his father and mother likewise attained Buddhahood.

By way of analogy, let us consider the case of the military leader Taira no Kiyomori, the governor of Aki, who lived at the time of the eighty-first sovereign of Japan, Emperor Antoku. Kiyomori, engaging in one battle after another, overthrew the enemies of the nation and in time advanced to the highest post in the government, that of grand minister of state. Emperor Antoku was his grandson. All the members of his clan were permitted to enter the palace and were assigned to positions of great eminence. Kiyomori held the entire country of Japan, with its sixty-six provinces and two outlying islands, in the palm of his hand, and people bowed before him as plants and trees bow before a great wind.

But he became arrogant and puffed up with pride, and in the end treated the gods and Buddhas with contempt and attempted to dictate to the shrine keepers and the Buddhist priests. As a result, he aroused the enmity of the priests of Mount Hiei and of the seven major temples of Nara. Eventually, on the twenty-second day of the twelfth month in the fourth year of the Jisho era (1180), he went so far as to burn down two of those seven temples, Todai-ji and Kofuku-ii.

The retribution for this grave offense soon fell upon the person of the grand minister and lay priest himself. In the following year, the first year of the Yowa era, on the fourth day of the second intercalary month, [having contracted a fever,] he began to burn like a piece of charcoal, his body the fuel, his face the flames. In the end, tongues of flame shot out from his body and he perished from the heat.

The results of his grave offense then fell upon his second son, Munemori. Munemori was thought to have drowned in the western sea [at the battle of Dannoura, but he came floating up on the eastern horizon, where he was captured, bound and forced to kneel in the presence of the General of the Right, Minamoto no Yoritomo.

Meanwhile, Kiyomori’s third son, Tomomori, threw himself into the sea and ended up as the excrement of fish. And his fourth son, Shigehira, was taken captive and bound, and after having been dragged first through Kyoto and then through Kamakura, was in the end handed over to the seven Major temples of Nara. There a great multitude of a hundred thousand temple followers gathered and, declaring him to be the enemy of their Buddha, one by one slashed him with swords.

The greatest evil among evils produces consequences that not only affect the perpetrators personally, but extend to their sons, their grandsons and so on down to the seventh generation. And the same is true of the greatest good among good.

The Venerable Maudgalyayana put his faith in the Lotus Sutra, which is the greatest good there is, and thus not only did he himself attain Buddhahood, but his father and mother did so as well. Not only that, but all the fathers and mothers of the preceding seven generations and the seven generations that followed, indeed, of countless lifetimes before and after, were able to attain Buddhahood, amazing as it may seem. And in addition, all their sons, their wives or husbands, their retainers, supporters and countless other persons were not only enabled to escape from the three evil paths, but all attained the first stage of security and then Buddhahood, the stage of perfect enlightenment.

Therefore it is said in the third volume of the Lotus Sutra: "We beg that the merit gained through these gifts may be spread far and wide to everyone, so that we and other living beings all together may attain the Buddha way."

With all this in mind, I note that you have a grandson, Jibu-bo, who is a Buddhist priest. This priest does not uphold the precepts and is lacking in wisdom. He does not observe a single one of the two hundred and fifty precepts, nor a single one of the three thousand rules of conduct. In his lack of wisdom he is in a class with oxen or horses, and because of his failure to observe the rules of conduct he resembles a monkey. But he reveres Shakyamuni Buddha and puts his faith in the teaching of the Lotus Sutra. Hence he is like a snake that grips a jewel in its mouth, or a dragon that bears sacred relics on its head. A wisteria vine, by twining around a pine, may climb a thousand meters into the air, and a crane, because it has its wings to rely upon, can travel ten thousand miles. It is not their own strength that allows them to do these things.

This applies likewise in the case of the priest Jibu-bo. Though he himself is like the wisteria vine, because he clings to the pine that is the Lotus Sutra, he is able to ascend the mountain of perfect enlightenment. Because he has the wings of the single vehicle to rely upon, he can soar into the sky of Tranquil Light. With wings such as these he is a priest who can bring comfort to the souls not only of his parents and his grandfather and grandmother, but of all his relatives down to the seventh generation!

How fortunate you are to possess this fine jewel of a grandson! The dragon king’s daughter offered her jewel and thereby obtained Buddhahood. You have given your grandson to be a votary of the Lotus Sutra, and this will lead you to enlightenment!

I am so pressed by various matters that I cannot write in detail just now. I will write again another time.

Respectfully,
Nichiren

The thirteenth day of the seventh month

To the grandmother of Jibu-bo
 

Persecution at Tatsunokuchi
Shijo Kingo-dono Go-shousoku (Letter to Shijo
Kingo)
 
I cannot adequately express my gratitude for your
frequent letters. At the time of my persecution on
the twelfth of last month, you not only
accompanied me to Tatsunokuchi but declared
that you would die by my side. I was deeply
moved!

How many are the places where I died in past
existences for the sake of my family, lands and
kin! I have given up my life on mountains, seas
and rivers, on the seashore and by the roadside,
but never once did I die for the Lotus Sutra or
suffer persecution for the daimoku. Hence none
of the ends I met enabled me to reach
enlightenment. Because I did not attain
Buddhahood, the seas and rivers where I died are
not the Buddha's land.

In this life, however, as the votary of the Lotus
Sutra, I was exiled and almost put to death-exiled
to Ito and nearly beheaded at Tatsunokuchi.
Tatsunokuchi in Sagami Province is the place
where Nichiren gave his life. Because he died
there for the Lotus Sutra, how could it be anything
less than the Buddhaland? A passage from the
sutra reads, "In all the Buddha lands of the
universe there is but one supreme vehicle,..."
Doesn't this bear out my assertion? The "one
supreme vehicle" is the Lotus Sutra. There is no
true teaching other than the Lotus Sutra in any of
the Buddha lands throughout the universe. The
Buddha's provisional teachings are excluded, as
the sutra explains elsewhere. This being so, then
every place where Nichiren meets persecution is
the Buddha land.

Of all the places in this world, it is at Tatsunokuchi
in Katase of Sagami Province where Nichiren's life
dwells. Because he gave his life there for the sake
of the Lotus Sutra, Tatsunokuchi may well be
called the Buddha land. This principle is found in
the Jinriki chapter, where it states, "Whether in a
grove, in a garden, on a mountain, in a valley or in
a broad field,...the Buddhas enter nirvana."

You accompanied Nichiren, vowing to give your
life as a votary of the Lotus Sutra. Your deed is
infinitely greater than that of Hung Yen, who tore
open his stomach and inserted the liver of his
dead lord, Duke Yi, to save him from shame and
dishonor. When I reach Eagle Peak, I will first tell
how Shijo Kingo, like Nichiren, resolved to die for
the Lotus Sutra.

Secretly I learned that I am to be exiled to Sado
by order of Regent Hojo. Of the three heavenly
gods, the god of the moon saved my life at
Tatsunokuchi by appearing as a shining object,
and the god of the stars descended four or five
days ago to greet me. Now only the god of the
sun remains, and he is certain to protect me. How
reassuring! The Hosshi chapter states, "[The
Buddha] will send gods in various guises to
protect the votary of the Lotus Sutra." This
passage leaves no room for doubt. The
Anrakugyo chapter reads, "Neither swords nor
staves will harm him." The Fumon chapter states,
"The sword will instantly be broken into pieces."
There is nothing false in these quotations. Strong
and steadfast faith is the vital thing.

With my deep respect,
Nichiren

The twenty-first day of the ninth month in the
eighth year of Bun'ei (1271)
 
Persecution by Sword and Staff
 
The greatest of all the persecutions which I have suffered were the attempted decapitation at Tatsunokuchi and the attack at Tojo. None of the others were direct attempts on my life. I have been reviled, denounced, ousted, falsely accused, and struck across the face, but these were all comparatively minor incidents. I, Nichiren, am the only person in Japan to be abused in both body and mind [for the sake of the Lotus Sutra]. If anyone else has been slandered as I have, it was not because of the Lotus Sutra. One incident in particular I can never forget is how Shobo seized the fifth scroll of the Lotus Sutra and struck me across the face with it. His attack on me stemmed from the three poisons.
 

Once in India there was a jealous woman5 who hated her husband so much that she smashed everything in the house. Her excessive rage completely altered her appearance; her eyes blazed like the sun and moon, and her mouth seemed to belch fire. She looked exactly like a blue or red demon. She seized the fifth scroll of the Lotus Sutra which her husband had been reciting for some years and trampled it savagely with both feet. Later she died and fell into hell, all of her except her feet. Though the wardens of hell tried to force them down by beating them with iron staves her feet remained outside of hell as a result of the relationship, albeit a reverse one, which they had formed with the Lotus Sutra by trampling on it. Shobo struck me in the face with the fifth scroll of the Lotus Sutra because he hated me. Thus he too has formed a reverse relationship8 with this sutra.
 

One incident occurred in India, the other in Japan; one was perpetrated by a woman, and the other by a man; in one, a pair of feet committed the violence, and in the other, a pair of hands; one happened because of jealousy, the other because of the Lotus Sutra. However, the same fifth scroll of the sutra was involved in both instances. The woman’s feet did not enter hell, so why should Shobo’s hands fall into the hell of incessant suffering? The woman, however, hated only her husband and not the Lotus Sutra itself, whereas Shobo hated both the Lotus Sutra and me, Nichiren. Therefore his entire body will enter the hell of incessant suffering. As the sutra states, "When his life comes to an end, he will enter the Avichi hell." There is no mention of his hands being spared. How pitiful, how truly pitiful! Eventually, however, he will meet me again and be able to gain the fruit of Buddhahood, just as the four kinds of believers who arrogantly persecuted Bodhisattva Fukyo were ultimately saved by him.
 

The fifth scroll contains the heart of the Lotus Sutra, for it reveals that the dragon king’s daughter attained Buddhahood in her present form. Devadatta represents the spiritual aspect of enlightenment, and the dragon king’s daughter, the physical aspect. The principle of attaining Buddhahood in one’s present form can be found nowhere else in the Buddha’s entire lifetime of teachings. The Great Teacher Dengyo enumerated ten outstanding points in which the Lotus Sutra surpasses all others. One of them is the sutra’s "superiority in leading people to attain Buddhahood in their present form." This is the most important doctrine of the Tendai sect, and a section of the Hokke mongu is devoted to this teaching of attaining Buddhahood in one’s present form. It is also a point of controversy between the Shingon and Tendai sects. The dragon king’s daughter attained Buddhahood through the power of the Lotus Sutra. Bodhisattva Monjushiri stated, "I constantly expounded the Lotus Sutra of the Wonderful Law alone." The words "alone" and "constantly" are the core of this statement. However, the Bodaishin ron reads, "Only in the Shingon teachings [can one attain Buddhahood in one’s present form]." Which is one to accept, "only" or "alone"? The Muryogi Sutra states, "In these more than forty years, I have not yet revealed the truth." The Lotus Sutra reads, "The World-Honored One has long expounded his doctrines and now must reveal the truth." Taho Buddha affirmed that only the Lotus Sutra enables one to attain Buddhahood in one’s present form when he said, "All that you have expounded [in the Lotus Sutra] is the truth." No matter how firmly the sutras preached before the Lotus Sutra guarantee the attainment of Buddhahood, and no matter how much the believers in these provisional doctrines may wildly insist that this is so, it is as easy to refute these assertions as it is to smash a thousand earthen cooking dishes with a single hammer. This is what is meant by [T’ien-t’ai’s words:] "The Lotus Sutra is the teaching of shakubuku, the refutation of the provisional doctrines." The Lotus Sutra is indeed the most profound teaching.
 

Ever since Jikaku, scholars of the Tendai sect have interpreted the passages from T’ien-tai’s three major works of the Hokke gengi, Hokke mongu and Maka shikan in one way or another, and have given plausible explanations. Their views, however, are as useless to us now as last year’s calendar or yesterday’s meal. Even if someone should insist that, in the first five hundred years of the Latter Day of the Law, there exists a way to enlightenment apart from the daimoku of the Lotus Sutra, you should take no heed of what he says, even if it is based on the Buddha’s teachings, and even less so if it is merely some teacher’s opinion. The Devadatta chapter of the Lotus Sutra teaches that Devadatta was the teacher of the Thus Come One Shakyamuni in some past existence. He who was once the teacher is now the disciple, and he who is now the disciple was formerly the teacher. On pondering this chapter, I, Nichiren, realized that it reveals the profound meaning of the Lotus Sutra through the oneness of past and present and the inseparability of the one who teaches and the one who learns. Therefore, the merciful Shakyamuni Thus Come One became the teacher of the wicked Devadatta, and the wise Monju became the teacher of the ignorant daughter of the dragon king. Certainly I, Nichiren, can in no way be inferior to Monju or to Shakyamuni Thus Come One. The men of Japan are like Devadatta and the women are like the dragon king’s daughter. Whether by following it or opposing it, they will attain Buddhahood through the Lotus Sutra. This is the message of the Devadatta chapter.
 

Next we come to the Kanji chapter. Only I, Nichiren, have read with my entire being the twenty-line verse from this chapter, which the eight hundred thousand million nayutas of bodhisattvas proclaimed in a single voice. Since the Buddha’s death, who else in the three countries of India, China and Japan has ever read this verse as I have? No one even claims to have done so, nor do I believe that anyone has. The verse reads, "[There will be many ignorant people who will] ... attack us with swords and staves." Perhaps others have been beaten with staves, but I have never heard of any who were injured by the sword.
 

We know that Bodhisattva Fukyo was attacked with staves, as is written in the sutra, "[Some ... would take] sticks of wood or tiles and stones [and beat and pelt him, ]" but he was not persecuted by the sword. T’ien-t’ai, Miao-lo and Dengyo also escaped persecution by sword and staff, as the sutra states, "Swords and staves will not touch him." I, Nichiren, however, have been attacked by both. As I mentioned before, I was attacked with a sword at Matsubara in Tojo and later at Tatsunokuchi. No one else has been thus assaulted [for the sake of the Lotus Sutra] even once, but I, Nichiren, have been so assaulted twice. As for being attacked with staves, I have already been struck in the face by Sho-bo with the fifth scroll of the Lotus Sutra. It is the very scroll used as a staff that carries the passage that [votaries of the Lotus Sutra] will be attacked with staves. What a miraculous prediction of the sutra! Sho-bo hit me before dozens of people, and, though I knew it was for the sake of the Lotus Sutra, being human, I felt miserable and ashamed. Had I had the strength, I would have wrested the weapon from his hand, trampled it to pieces, and thrown them away. However, it was in fact the fifth scroll of the Lotus Sutra
 

This brings to mind a story. A father, anxious about his son’s future, thrashed the boy with a bow made of a zelkova tree because he refused to study. At the time, the son resented his father’s action and hated the zelkova bow. However, he applied himself to his studies so much that eventually he [mastered Buddhism], thereby achieving emancipation himself and benefiting others. In retrospect, he saw that he owed his achievements to his father’s thrashings. It is said that he erected a stupa made of a zelkova tree for the repose of his deceased father.
 

It is the same with me, Nichiren. When I attain Buddhahood, how will I be able to forget my obligation to Sho-bo?
 
Much less can I forget the thanks I owe to the scroll of the Lotus Sutra [with which he struck me]. When I think of this, I cannot restrain my tears of gratitude.
 

The Yujutsu chapter also explains something about me, because it states that Bodhisattva Jogyo and his followers will appear in the Latter Day of the Law to propagate the five characters of Nam-myoho-renge-kyo. I, Nichiren, have appeared earlier than anyone else. How reassuring to think that I will surely be praised by bodhisattvas equal in number to the sands of sixty thousand Ganges Rivers! Be that as it may, commit yourself to the Lotus Sutra and have faith in its teachings. You must not only believe in them yourself but also encourage others to do the same, so that you may save your parents in all your past existences.
 

From the time that I was born until today, I, Nichiren, have never known a moment’s ease; I have thought only of propagating the daimoku of the Lotus Sutra. I do not know how long I or anyone else may live, but without fail, I will be with you at the time of your death and guide you from this life to the next. All the Buddhas of the past, present and future attain enlightenment between the hours of the Ox and the Tiger. In all three countries of India, China and Japan, the place of Buddhist practice is located to the northeast, in the direction of the demon gate. These are profound teachings of Buddhism, which are reverently transferred from teacher to disciple. I will explain in more detail later.
 

With my deep respect,
 
As you crave food when hungry, seek water when thirsty, long to see a lover, beg for medicine when ill, or as a beautiful woman desires powder and rouge, so should you put your faith in the Lotus Sutra. If you do not, you will regret it later.
 

Nichiren

The twentieth day of the fourth month in the second year of Koan (1279), cyclical sign tsuchinoto-u

Reply to Lord Ueno
 

Postscript to the Rissho Ankoku Ron
- Rissho Ankoku Ron Okugaki -

I compiled the above work in the first year of the
Bunno era (1260), when the reverse marker of
Jupiter was in the sector of the sky with the
cyclical sign kanoe-saru. That is, I began the work
during the Shoka era (1257-1259) and completed
it in the first year of Bunno.

In the first year of the Shoka era, cyclical sign
hinoto-mi, on the twenty-third day of the eighth
month, at the time when the hour of the dog gives
way to the hour of the boar (around 9:00 P.M.),
there was a severe earthquake. Observing this
event, I conceived the work. Later, in the first year
of Bunno, cyclical sign kanoe-saru, on the
sixteenth day of the seventh month, I presented it
to His Lordship, the lay priest of Saimyo-ji who is
now deceased, by way of Yadoya Zemmon. Still
later, in the first year of the Bun’ei era (I264),
cyclical sign kinoe-ne, on the fifth day of the
seventh month, when a great comet appeared, I
became even more certain of the origins of these
disasters. Then, on the eighteenth day of the
intercalary first month of the fifth year of Bun’ei,
cyclical sign tsuchinoe-tatsu, nine years after the
first year of Bunno, [when I submitted the "Rissho
Ankoku Ron,"] an official letter came from the
great kingdom of the Mongols that lies to the west,
threatening to attack our country. Again, in the
sixth year of the same era (1269), a second letter
arrived. Thus the prediction that I made in my
memorial [the "Rissho Ankoku Ron"] has already
proved to be true. In view of this, we may suppose
that the predictions I made will continue to come
true in the future as well.

This work of mine has now been substantiated by
fact. But this has in no regard happened because
of my powers. Rather it has come about as a
response to the true words contained in the Lotus
Sutra.

I copied this work on the eighth day of the twelfth
month in the sixth year of Bun’ei (1269), cyclical
sign tsuchinoto-mi
 
Propagation by the Wise

Buddhism can be correctly propagated only by a person of unsurpassed wisdom. This is why Shakyamuni, after expounding all the sutras, entrusted the Hinayana teachings to Ananda and the Mahayana teachings to Monju, but refused to transfer the ultimate principle of the Lotus Sutra to any of his immediate disciples. Shakyamuni instead summoned Bodhisattva Jogyo, his disciple from ages past, and entrusted it to him.

Even if there should be a person of wisdom who embraces Buddhism, how could he propagate it without believers who support him? Shakyamuni had the support of Bonten and Taishaku who dwell in heaven. From among the six paths, the Buddha chose the worlds of Heaven and Humanity, and of these two, he chose to be born among human beings. Of all places in the universe inhabited by men, he appeared in India, in the kingdom of Magadha. The king of Magadha should have been a protector of the Buddha, but the ruler was King Ajatashatru, an evil man. The most unfortunate destiny for a Buddha is to be born in the reign of an evil monarch. King Ajatashatru had murdered his father, a wise king who had supported the Buddha. Even worse, he had taken Devadatta as his mentor. Devadatta committed three of the five cardinal sins, worst of all injuring the Buddha and causing him to bleed. The impious and evil king joined forces with this slanderer of Buddhism, compounding the great harm to humanity. Not only for one or two years but for several decades, this king repeatedly harassed the Buddha and killed a great many of his disciples. This infuriated the heavens, and the skies reacted violently. Moreover, the terrestrial gods were so provoked that the great disasters occurred on earth. Month after month violent gales raged, and year after year famines and epidemics struck, killing the majority of the people. Furthermore, neighboring kingdoms attacked on all sides, driving Magadha to the brink of ruin. At that time, motivated by a revelation in a dream, by the advice of his physician and minister Jivaka and finally by his own inner doubts, Ajatashatru left Devadatta and went to Shakyamuni Buddha to repent for his sinful deeds. Therefore his illness was cured immediately, the invasions ceased and the entire country became peaceful. Not only did he recover his health; he was able to thwart the prophecy that he would die on the seventh day of the third month and in fact prolonged his life by forty years. In gratitude, he assembled a thousand arhats to record all the Buddha's teachings, especially the Lotus Sutra, for future generations. It is therefore thanks to King Ajatashatru that we have the Lotus Sutra we embrace today.

Even so, if I, Nichiren, should repeat the teachings given by the Buddha to King Ajatashatru, most Japanese would consider them to be merely my own fabrication. But since you are my disciple and supporter, I will reveal them to you. The Buddha stated, "After my death, during the Latter Day of the Law, there will be many who will piously observe the five ascetic practices as Devadatta did. They will persuade an evil ruler to act against the one person of unsurpassed wisdom. At times they will slander or strike him, cause him to be exiled, and even try to kill him. In that age there will be natural disasters, such as typhoons, famines, and epidemics even greater than those witnessed in this day, and these calamities will continue year after year. There will also be foreign invasions." This is the substance of the tenth volume of the Shugo Sutra.

The present age has evolved exactly as the Buddha predicted it would, and Nichiren is the wise man whom the Buddha described. Although there are people who wish to help me, many of them are weak-willed and others, though having a strong spirit, cannot act upon their intentions. Thus you are one of the very few whose action matches his will. Your faith is stronger than the faith of others, and it is because of your support that I have been able to survive. Both the heavens and the earth are certainly aware of this, so if any misfortune happens to you, it could only mean that heaven wants my life itself. Wherever he may be, whether in the mountains, on the seas, in the skies or in the cities, man cannot escape death. However, a passage from one of the sutras explains that even one's immutable karma can be changed. T'ien-t'ai interprets this passage to mean that one can prolong his fixed span of life.

As I advised you earlier, until the Mongol forces actually attack this country, you should refrain from spreading any alarm. As for the reply to your lord, answer him firmly in this way: "Since I am ill, it is most distressing for me to be transferred to a remote place. Moreover, the entire country is on the verge of ruin. Should an emergency arise, how could I possibly be a coward? At this moment I am resolved to sacrifice my life for my lord. Yet, should a sudden crisis occur, it is doubtful whether I could reach you in time from the distant province of Echigo. Therefore, even at the risk of losing my estate, I will not leave you this year. Anything else you may command of me, I will obey without hesitation or fear. The only people more important to me are the priest Nichiren and my deceased parents. However, I will devote this life to you, even if you disown me, for I have entrusted my life after death to the priest Nichiren."

Nichiren

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Cousin Granite City Ellen Watanabe Ed Eleanor Howard Illinois 1956 June Chartrand Granite City Illinois about 1955 Ed Ahner and Sailor Cap Tricycle Playing in Granite City Christopher Jennifer Clarice and Ed Ahner Bewley Street Kitchen Santa Ana California with Peter Yattaw Howard and Eleanor Ahner Thelma Tsurue Kutsunai Eleanor Akie Ahner's Sister Jenn Aaron Kayako Bobbi in Nobeoka Japan Past Events Others Links Howard Ahner's Art Work Eleanor Akie Ahner Keiko Ahner's Art Show in Santa Ana California Heather Saltzman as an Infant The Last Detail at 301 N Bewley St Santa Ana California 92703 Nobeoka Slice of Life Earthly Desires Are Enlightenment in Nobeoka Japan The Unity of Husband and Wife in Nobeoka Japan The Real Aspect of the Gohonzon in Nobeoka Japan The Problem to Be Pondered Nig ht and Day in Nobeoka Japan On Filial and unfilial Conduct in Nobeoka Japan On Attaining Buddahood Reaching Out to the California Shoreline Pete Oliver From Nobeoka Japan Howard Hoofs it in Nobeoka Nobeoka Champions Miruku Houikuen in Nobeoka Miyazaki English Nobeoka Smiles Ami Totoro Band Whitey Digs It Whitey and Totoro Beach are are a good match The Smoking Back roads of Nobeoka Miyazaki Enter Kami Igata At Your Own Risk in Nobeoka Miyazaki Display your art on the second floor of the Nobeoka Library Culture Plaza Whitey Walks in Kami Igata on the Igai River Some boys carved this It's located under the Igata Minamai Nobeoka Bypass bridge Garbage Trucks and the workers of Nobeoka The Old Kadogawa Big Bang Location What is the best looking house that you have seen in Miyazaki Miina and Yuina Miruku Houikuen Kobato Jidoukan Nobeoka Kobato Jidoukan Nobeoka Kobato Jidoukan Nobeoka Kobato Jidoukan Nobeoka Kobato Jidoukan Nobeoka Kobato Jidoukan Nobeoka Did Mr Shigetooshi Ichimiya wrote about the History of Nobeoka How beautiful is the Nobeoka coastline What's it like to drive on the Nobeoka Line Megane No Good Eyewear in Nobeoka Where can I see some more of Keiko Ahner's paintings Heisei Youchien Kawaminami Mia and Dad near Kijou Miyazaki Where is that girl that is holding a large fish hat does the vegetation look like in the Fuji area in December Fort Richardson MP's Military Policeman Howard Ahner 1973 Have you ever seen Fuji Mountain up close Where are my ears Heisei Undoukai in Kawaminami Cho Miyazaki Ken Japan What does Whitey enjoy most on the beach Nobeoka Nobeoka Nobeoka Nobeoka Kitaura Nobeoka Nice Students First Class with Howard Ahner Howard Ahner's Home Town Hikari Group Bamba Taiko Nobeoka Kitaura Jidoukan Bamba Odori 2006 Howard Ahner Paint Whitey Beach Ahner An Elephant Swims Jinbei English Links New Friends 1993 Heisei Youchien Yuki Sawada Undoukai Rehearsal There's Rika Sensei and Rie Sensei the early 90's Yuuya's Hands Strong Little Chairs Shoe Rack Megumi Sensei Shoko Sensei SLIME Nanako Tadpoles Ms Manaka Takase Megumi Sensei Miki 2006 Graduates Bowing Seina Stilts Saeri Shoko Sensei Working Rehearsal Terumasa Reina Flowers School is Out Last Hurah Howard and Megumi Sensei Nao and Rina Heisei Gathering Saeri and Momoka Shibuya All Heisei Heisei Crowd Nobeoka Dreaming English Classes Pamela Kutsunai Nagahama Surfers in Nobeoka April 8 2007 Ahner Eikaiwa More Nagahama Surfers Even More Nagahama Surfers Midorigaoka Nagahama Beaches and Surfing in Nobeoka Nobeoka English Teacher Ahner Keiko Paints Painted by Keiko Ahner Keiko's Blue English Speaking Man in Nobeoka Blue Yellow Keiko Ahner Keiko Ahner's Life White Stuff in Nobeoka Ed and Clo's Igata Sho Nobeoka Kadogawa Bridge Statue Saigo Takamori Nobeoka I've seen fire and I've seen rain Saigo Points Takamori How to get around Saigo Takamori Was Stoned Nobehood Our Parks in Nobeoka Hitotsugaoka Park How big was this snake Going into the pits At least we can make our shadow Oceanside Near Kitaura Miyazaki Nobeoka Military Police Man Nobeoka English Sazanpia Nobeoka Study English with Howard Ahner Nobeoka Reading Metal Detecting in Nobeoka Ayu in Nobeoka Californians in Nobeoka Popping Pods of Nobeoka by Howard Ahner Toshio Ishii Yellow Ball TAKANABE MUSEUM Sunrise in Tsurugaoka Nobeoka Gokase River Talk Nobeoka Shadow Man Sunrise Over Nagahama Nobeoka Whitey Ahner Almost Died Best Train Station in Nobeoka Best Yatogi Falls in Kawaminami Miyazaki Ken Japan An English Teacher in Kadogawa Has a New Look Palm Tree Study English in Nobeoka Teaching English in Tsurugaoka Nobeoka Japan Nobeoka Shoreline Sazanpia Nobeoka Nobeoka Kids English Pronunciation Hososhima Drive Mieko's Jokes The Best Junk Mimitsu Burritos Retirement Nobeoka Cigs Coin Laundry Mirror Guy Nobeoka Friendship English Classes English Classes 3D three dimension Loc Town Hyuga AI Denka Harada Toshiba Kadogawa AUTOWERKSTATT KUBO Kadogawa Baskin 31 Robbins Loc Town Hyuga Chirochiro Kadogawa Friends Nagahama Stroll We had some good times at Pian Piano The service was designed to be slow I think I was a gate guard at Fort Richardson Alaska in 1973 One of our squad offered me a cigar I went to Hiroshima for a few days George Stapchuk Jr showed me around We almost bought this house It's made of concrete with iron reinforced walls Actually there is a slim possibility that we may still buy this house The taxes are about $1600  Hiottoko Fire Men used bamboo poles to blow on their fires At Kobato Nursery School only the students that want to study English are allowed to join my class The girl with the long hair cut her hair a few weeks back She soon started to grow it back The next big typhoon might wipe Nobeoka off the map I am continuing to collect jokes from some of my students The whole experience of going on Tozan was as usual a joyous experience I tried to give them some ideas on Halloween but I fear that they will not stick Here are some notes that I took from my English classes Everyone chipped in to make this year's event really something I enjoyed every aspect of it Their memories of this event will probably remain with them for their entire lifetimes There are so many activities going on at Kobato Jidoukan on any given day of the week Well they are learning something at Kobato Jidoukan in Nobeoka City We were married July 15th 1990 We're still getting to know each other at Igata Community Center You can come to my house in Kami Igata on Wednesday nights if you want to study English I wonder how Miku is these days Yes I've seen the Muffin Man the Muffin Man the Muffin Man And I wonder how Yurina and Chika are these days Those were good times on top of Shiroyama mountain with the Asahi Kasei guys The Brass Band Nobeoka Westward and Southwestward children Learn English Watts Going On Keiko Ahner's Best Peanuts According to Howard Keiko Ahner's New Art September 2007 Rain Taste in Nobeoka September 4 2007 Shiggy's Painted by Keiko Ahner Not As Confused China Town Nobeoka Nagahama Jungle in Nobeoka Beach Nagahama Pounce On Nagahama Drawings Breaking News Videos Nagahama Beach Nobeoka Nobeoka Moons More and More Nagahama Beach in Nobeoka Clean Nagahama Beach Nobeoka American Influence on Nobeoka Frequent Memories Nobeoka English English Classes You better watch out There's a bad boy coming through Nobeoka Japan US Constitution Let's Be Careful With Fire He Can Pose Can't He 301 N Bewley St Santa Ana California August 13 2007 Some topics for discussions for Monday August 13 2007 Ahner Eikaiwa Nobeoka August 1st 2007 Study Material Nobeoka Eikaiwa Cannibal Man Eater Savage Joke by Nakashima Takao We should not be afraid of our government our government should be afraid of us Only when all who surround you are different will you truly belong If you are obvious your chances of being eaten increase Build it and they will come Post it and they will build it I say Daihatsu Provide Comfort For Others Free Bench Access to an Air Pump an Umbrella a Hat some Books Water Forward Nobeoka Nice Students First Class English Artist in Nobeoka Classic English in Nobeoka June Chartrand Drawn to Nobeoka Planning Resides in US Let's Not Waste Resources Skeptics Can Be Deadly Arlen Kutsunai To You Paranormal Life in Japan Word Definitions Change on an International Basis Old Yamashita Douri Nobeoka How to Survive ikinuku Natsubate Typhoon GoGo August 2 2007 Joanne Tamura Nobeoka The First Cut is the Deepest Remember the Sunrise Out of My Window Well Here's a Typhoon Out of My Window Baker Street Friends What Communication Should Be The people of Kami Igata grow up The Changing Faces of Howard Ahner in Nobeoka Meeting My Students Around Town Brother in law The Group on Atago Yama Home Again Home Again Greetings at Hitotsugaoka Festival If I Ever Need a Hair Cut Once Upon a Time in Igata Pink Petals Falling Into Our Teacups Gather Round Mates Gather Round Students Excel in Other Areas Ai of Igata Ch Ch Ch Ch Changes Always High in Spirits Baby is Pawed by a Monkey Grandfather and Granddaughter A Good Swimmer She kind of recognized me at McDonald's Keiko Art The Old Animal Collection House Nobeoka Nobeoka Nobeoka Howard the gardener and skateboarder a long time ago Richard and Greg Ed and Clo's Arbor Camping with Richard More Ahner's Ed's Cars and Garage Baby Mia Norman Tamura Using Spark Plugs as Weights on the Beach in Southern California Miyazaki Speech Contest Winners 2008 Howard Ahner at 19 years old Eikaiwa in Nobeoka Kawashima Youchien in Kawashima Town Nobeoka Has the Best Kids in Town The Ogura Restaurant in Idekita Town Nobeoka is the best restaurant in Nobeoka City Curing Karmic Disease Establishment of the Legitimate Teaching for the Protection of the Country General Stone Tiger Good Fortune in This Life Great Evil and Great Good Happiness In This World Hell is the Land of Tranquil Light Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life Link Hyuga City Kadogawa Back Bay Fishing in Kadogawa Kadogawa Beach Hidden Behind the Culture Center Let's Swim Out to Otojima Island from North Kadogawa Which island is it anyway I live in Nobeoka Industry can work with the people to clean up unwanted waste and make our water and air clean Welcome to shinny new Nobeoka Tim Tamura Howard Ahner's Clubhouse Hososhima Port Factory Rust in Hyuga Hososhima Area Discarded Boat in Kadogawa Kadogawa Inlet April Videos of Hyuga and Nobeoka from Howard Ahner Wednesday Class Material April 9 2008 I shall be very very puzzled Good Stuff aSaHi kAsEi NoBeOkA Marie Pasokon and Music in Nobeoka Nobeoka Park Cherry Blossoms are in Full Bloom April 3 2008 Gasoline Stand Nobeoka Seminar Plaza Nobeoka New Ose River Bridge in Nobeoka Flow Nobeoka Snack Especially Mansion in Nobeoka Green Snack or Green Bar in Nobeoka Cocoretta Nobeoka Nobeoka Fruit Stand Nobeoka Business Ho Manju in Nobeoka Ramen in Nobeoka Howard Ahner's English Classes Torinoza Nobeoka UFO Nobeoka    Big Mart Music Store in Nobeoka near Enomoto Apartments and Bronze Snack Nobeoka KuruKuru Nobeoka Enomoto House Apartments Mansions ETC in Nobeoka Jusco Front Door Nobeoka JA Nobeoka Japan Agriculture Nobeoka Maybe Bun in Nobeoka Biliopancreatic Diversion A PRICE Nobeoka Miyazaki Bank in Nobeoka Keiko Ahner March 2008 OM Solar House in Nobeoka Yamaguchi Mineral Water in Nobeoka Wai Wai evision TNN Nobeoka Asahi Kasei Nobeoka Takachiho Nishishina Nobeoka Mukabaki Miyazaki Ken Kadogawa Idekita Nobeoka Hyuga Hyuga Shi Hyuga City Nobeoka Companies Nobeoka Link Dear English Lessons in Nobeoka English Conversation Nobeoka News Angelfire Homepages Some Atsuro Hagihara Links All of My Videos ies Friends We're h ng fun as usual at Peare Nobeoka August Keiko Ahner Here's some work that Keiko Ahner did in Chuck Delrio Wildomar California in March and April 2006 Our Precious Daughter Daughter and Father Fractus News House Painting Ketchup Blue Sky Recent Stuff Keiko Ahner November 2005 Nobeoka Japan 1 Keiko Ahner November 2005 Nobeoka Japan Watashi No Kokoro Ni Hairemasu Ka Enzo Painted Forest Culture Plaza 2nd Floor Nobeoka Free Space Pizza Squares You're Leaning Papillion Freeze Bus Noriba Dance With Nobeoka Shiroari Painted Howard English English Classes in Nobeoka Friends Miracle on Nobeoka Street White House in Nobeoka Mimitsu Nobeoka Sunshine Paradise Miyazaki I heard that Nobeoka is ing south Show me a Mikoshi How is everyone at Bronze Nobeoka How are Japanese homes built How do some Japanese scare away crows I was in the Army at Fort Ord California in 1972 How about you We're all rusty at one time or another How should we practice Will you ever ship out of Nobeoka This way men Where have I heard that before Are you sure this is a love ho Russell Elementary Santa Ana Armando Soria This building was torn down in 2005 Are you kidding Somehow my memory is a little clouded Is this really a chapel Let's Smoke 'Em Someone is not civic minded Who could put up with this much longer Heavy smokers of Nobeoka He doesn't know it yet but he has magical hands Hot Baskets Meet my stinking neighbors These people are extraordinary Whitey likes sugarcane satoukibi Kawaminami Father Toyota Corona Miruku Houikuen Sisters Detecting Study English in Nobeoka Panoramic Study English in Nobeoka A Rainy Nobeoka Study English in Nobeoka Peare 9 30 AM Saturday 9 30 AM Yellow Ball Study English in Nobeoka Nobeoka Land Study English in Nobeoka On Seiun Bridge A Beautiful Part of Nobeoka Rest Stop Whitey Nears Pristine Wall in Nobeoka Serufu Sabisu Gion Town Nobeoka Nobeoker Gardener Hoodwinked in Nobeoka Whitey looks in Whitey is headed south Wanda Coe I got my first peek at a skyline I got my health checked When does Kadogawa Library open Where can I view some useless wood English Teachers in Nobeoka ETN Teachers in Nobeoka School Teachers Wanted Nobeoka Japan Classroom English Teachers in Nobeoka Japan Assistant Language Teachers ALT Nobeoka Megane No Good Tohmi Minami Nobeoka Nobeoka Kobato After School Dennis Freyer Darlene King Alan Vancampen was our RSG leader in the late 1970 at Santa Ana HQ Howard Ahner is in Japan Alicia la treated everyone with respect at La Quinta High Westminster Allen Graham played trumpet in the brass band at santa ana headquarters with Howard Ahner Blaine Calder was home run king for Little League Santa Ana California at Calva Dairy Candi Brennan went to all the basketball games La Quinta High Westminster Fred Soria Carolyn Clark was a member of my church on New hope Street in Santa Ana once upon a time Charmaine Courdy sat next to me in Robert Brandt' English class as a sophomores at La Quinta High Darlene King was my business machine sales instructor at Canon USA Santa Ana Dennis Freyer LAHR Basketball Team Guard and he was nice to everyone New English Classes in Nobeoka Remember Me You're Drafted Buddy Kitakata Howard Ahner 1972 Hikari Jidoukan Kitaura Nobeoka Kawashima 2006 Undoukai Nobeoka Sports Festival My Way to Oita Howard Ahner The fire departments of Nobeoka are standing and ready Tea Ceremony Kobato Jidoukan Nobeoka Mahou No Te Nobeoka Hair Design Keiko Ahner' Peanuts October 3 2006 Max Tozan September 29 and 30 2006 Departure Tozan September 29 and 30 2006 ARRIVAL at Taisekiji Tozan September 29 and 30 2006 Going to see the Dai Gohonzon Tozan September 29 and 30 2006 Going Home Tohmi Nobeoka Sunset September 28 2006 We lived in Kami Igata for over 12 years Keiko Ahner' Recent September 28 2006 Nobeoka More Envelopes Please This is our house now Often Smoked Out in Kami Igata Cho Kitaura Nobeoka Heisei Now Kawaminami Bunka Nobeoka The Nobeoka Ocean Cleans Tsurugaoka Sunset June 10 2007 Throw My Ticket in The Nobeoka Wind Cute Nobeoka Beach Nagahama With Shadows Kitakata Howard Ahner' Art Work Letter to Misawa Alan Minamide borrowed my helmet La Quinta High School Westminster 1970 Class Gail Snailum O A Peters classmate of mine La Quinta High School Westminster 1970 Class Fred Soria Good Friend of Mine La Quinta High School Westminster 1970 Class Ed Kociela did the school newspaper La Quinta High School Westminster 1970 Class Dixie Woodman O A Peters classmate with Mr Bawker La Quinta High School Westminster 1970 Class Deborah Pekala Carole Jackson Brian Seleno JV Basketball La Quinta High School Westminster 1970 Class Bob Langsdorf left fielder La Quinta High School Westminster 1970 Class New English Classes in Nobeoka Opened Study English With Howard Ahner in Nobeoka Keiko Ahner' Art Aya Kurogi March 28 2008 Flowers in Nobeoka March 28 2008 King Kong Oranges in Nobeoka Nobeoka Trees Still Farming After All These Years Howard Ahner March 28 2008 Nobeoka Signs Nice Place to Come Home To Trash Man's House Drive South Through Nobeoka Peek A Boo by Howard Ahner Howard Ahner Slimmed Up Maybe some of you will notice the changes in Nobeoka Last Sazanpia Class on March 22 2008 Individualists in Japan Subtle Japanese Performance Pure Japanese Band Disneyland Wana Goers Finale Mission Impossible Jazzy Finale Mission Impossible in Japan Study material for Ahner Eikaiwa in Nobeoka for March 22 2008 at Joyfull Restaurant in Hyuga Japan How will we remember all of their names Ed and Clarice Ahner Taught English at Midorigaoka Elementary in Nobeoka Miyazaki Japan in 3 2008 We are all the same in Nobeoka Where is my edge in Nobeoka How could it not be the same for all of us in Nobeoka Japan There is always someone who will give a shit So we are what we see Maybe I should ignore everyone People are Dying Once in a while Meeting more and more people in Nobeoka is fine Stir up the mix in Nobeoka Japan There is a natural flow of ideas and thoughts in Nobeoka Japan We are concerned about content in Nobeoka Japan We want to appreciate our own work in Nobeoka Japan She is not a very good stalker in Nobeoka Japan Hara Odori haraodori  Nagahama Beach in Nobeoka on March 19 2008 a rainy day Tim Andrews Westminster California Fred Soria of Westminster California La Quinta Aztecs 1970 On Persecutions Befalling the Buddha On the Treasure Tower Questions and Answers on Embracing the Lotus Sutra Repaying Debts of Gratitude Reply to Jibu bo Reply to Lord Matsuno Reply to Takahashi Nyudo New English Classes in Midorigaoka Nobeoka Heisei Nyuuenshiki Speech April 11 2008 New Mukabaki English Classes Offered Tsuno Things by Howard Ahner Tsuno Things by Howard Ahner II Looking For an America in Nobeoka Japan by Howard Ahner Igata Cho in Nobeoka Miyazaki Japan by Howard Ahner English Japanese and English by Howard Ahner English Teacher in Nobeoka Katsu Kare and Mini Udon in Hyuga Where the First Emperor of Japan Departed to Kyoto by Howard Tsuno is Substantial by Howard Ahner Nobeoka English Teacher First Emperor Departed From Here to Kyoto a Long Time Ago they say anyway Bambi Nobeoka Nobeoka Police Box Being Eliminated by Howard Ahner  Daiei Nobeoka Being Eliminated by Howard Ahner  Bronze Nobeoka Snack March 2 2008 by Howard Ahner  Nishishina Tennis Courts Missed Action by Howard Ahner Nobeoka Golden Games by Howard Ahner Funniest Home Videos Higashi High School in Nobeoka by Howard Ahner Kangou Gakkou of Nobeoka School for Nurses Torn Down by Howard Ahner Nobeoka Jail by Howard Ahner Onuki Town Nobeoka by Howard Ahner Police Station in Nobeoka Torn Down by Howrad Ahner Yukan Daily of Nobeoka by Howard Ahner Nishishina Tennis in Nobeoka March 2 2008 by Howard Ahner Nobeoka Fishing by Howard Ahner Nobeoka Sunrise Japan by Howard Ahner English Teacher in Nobeoka Mejiro White Eyed Birds in Tsurugaoka Nobeoka Miyazaki Filmed by Howard Ahner Feb 20 2008 Nagahama Clubhouse Nobeoka Burned Down February 2008 by Howard Ahner Route Ten Nobeoka Miyazaki Japan by Howard Ahner Mejiro in Tsurugaoka Nobeoka by Howard Ahner The Faces of Howard Ahner in Nobeoka Miyazaki Japan February 2008 Totoro Kitaura Nobeoka Bus Stop by Howard Ahner Teaching English in Japan Using Pictures by Howard Ahner Free Hikari Jidoukan February 2008 by Howard Ahner A Tunnel in Kitaura Nobeoka by Howard Ahner Kitaura Nobeoka Smoke by Howard Ahner A New Road in Kitaura Nobeoka by Howard Ahner Whitey Ahner Likes to Hug by Howard Ahner Teaching in Tsurugaoka Nobeoka Using Pictures and Video by Howard Ahner Hikari Kitaura Drive Nobeoka by Howard Ahner It's the Dry season in Kitaura Nobeoka during February by Howard Ahner Fun Things To Do Nobeoka by Howard Ahner How Those Initially Aspiring to the Way Can Attain Buddhahood Through the Lotus Sutra Jozo and Jogen King Rinda Lessening the Karmic Retribution Letter from Echi Letter from Sado Letter of Petition from Yorimoto Some of my favorites by Howard Ahner Some of my favorites 2 by Howard Ahner Some of my favorites 3 by Howard Ahner Call me for information on my new English class in Nobeoka Monday 5 00 pm My Home For Children 6 to 11 years 1 26 11 Tsurugaoka Nobeoka Monday 7 30 pm My Home For Adults 1 26 11 Tsurugaoka Nobeoka Tuesday 9 30 am Kawaminami Cho Heisei Youchien Wednesday 4 30 pm My Home For Children 3 7 years 1 26 11 Tsurugaoka Nobeoka Wednesday 5 30 pm My Home For Children 1 26 11 Tsurugaoka Nobeoka Wednesday 8 30 pm My Home For Adults 1 26 11 Tsurugaoka Nobeoka Thursday 10 00 am Zaikouji Youchien Hyuga Thursday 3 30 pm Hikari Jidoukan Kitaura Thursday 6 00 pm Sazanpia For Children 10 15 years Minami Nobeoka Thursday 7 30 pm Aya Matsuo My Home For Children 12 to 15 years 1 26 11 Tsurugaoka Nobeoka Thursday 8 00 pm My Home For High School 1 26 11 Tsurugaoka Nobeoka Friday 4 00 pm Kobato Jidoukan Nobeoka Friday 5 00 pm My Home For Jr High 12 16 years 1 26 11 Tsurugaoka Nobeoka Friday 6 30 pm My Home For Children 6 12 years 1 26 11 Tsurugaoka Nobeoka Friday 7 30 pm My Home For Junior High Level 1 26 11 Tsurugaoka Nobeoka Saturday 9 30 pm Sazanpia Minami Nobeoka For Children 5 to 12 years old Saturday 10 40 am Sazanpia Minami Nobeoka For Children 9 15 years old Saturday 1 30 pm Joyfuoll Restaurant Hyuga For Adults Advanced Saturday 2 30 pm Joyfull Restaurant Hyuga For Adults Beginners Fuso Bus in Totoro Nobeoka Junk Yard Japan Asahigaoka Park and Ocean View Japanese Submarine Hideout in Taina Cho Nobeoka  Class Happier Days on Nagahama Beach Nobeoka What did Howard Ahner look like when he arrived in Nobeoka in 1989 Howard Ahner DOB February 20 1952 Remember Sone of 2004 Nobeoka Skies Shaven Ahner Up With Nobeoka Sitting Snowman We Once Belonged Study English Nobeoka How MUCH English they know in Nobeoka High School Age English Class in Nobeoka Nobeoka Classroom Children of Matsuyama Cho The Early Days in Nobeoka In the California Desert Colorful T shirts in Nobeoka Wakahage of Nobeoka Study Japanese Here in Nobeoka Miyazaki Japan with Howard Ahner Nobeoka Nice Students First Class English Artist in Nobeoka Classic English in Nobeoka June Chartrand Crane in Totoro or Taina Cho Nobeoka VIDEO Taina Lemonade Stand is Closed Buddhism in Kadogawa Construction Work at the Ahner House in Tsurugaoka Nobeoka March 31 2008 Here are some videos I made on March 30 2008 Howard Ahner Nobeoka Flowers March 28 2008 Our Address My Bike Whitey Ahner at the River in Kitaura Nobeoka Kachina Doll in Nobeoka They're Selling The Lot Next to Our House No More Parking Sorry James Dean Nobeoka The Medaka I Caught in the Igai River in Kami Igata are Still Living March 26 2008 Get Off at Nobeoka Station Whitey Ahner is Afraid of the Water Keep Nobeoka Clean Keiko Ahner Contest Winner Godzilla Emerges in Nobeoka Keiko Ahner Bought a Statue Nobeoka Pumpkin Seeds Idekita Bike Ride Around Nobeoka Idekita Bike Ride Around Nobeoka 2 2008 March Come Speak English With Us Fort Ord Rifle Range Norman Tamura Took Us Hunting Yama Roku Sun Road Nobeoka Ichimiya Climbing Wall Kami Igata Does it ever snow in Nobeoka Where can one play basketball in Nobeoka Is Kimio Yanagita a good artist What did Howard Ahner look like when he was nineteen years old Kurashiki Okayama Links Prospering Owl Makers in Nobeoka Miyazaki Japan My Favorite Chicken in Midorigaoka Nobeoka Miyazaki Japan More Wood Detecting in Nobeoka Japan by Howard Ahner Roots of Good Fortune New English classes in Kawashima Cho Nobeoka Mahou No Te Kimio Yanagita Kami Igata Reina Santa Ana California La Quinta High School Westminster California Specialist 4 Howard Ahner Keiko Ahner wins again in Nobeoka July 2006 On Itai Doshin Olive House Nobeoka 2006 Now this is the way to deal with Burnable Trash Moeru Gomi I used to work at Mirai Juku Nobeoka Megane no Good Nobeoka 2006 Upcoming Events at Bunka Center Nobeoka From July 1 thru July 30 2006 A portrait of Howard Ahner by Zaikouji Youchien students of Hyuga Miyazaki Japan July 6 2006 Soccer Players on the Nagahama Beach Nobeoka On Flowers and Seeds On the Treasure Tower On Filial and Unfilial Conduct Postscript to the Rissho Ankoku Ron Reply to a Believer Reply to Jibu bo Reply to Ko Nyudo Reply to Kyo o Reply to Lady Onichi nyo Reply to Lord Matsuno Alumni Nobeoka New English Classes in Nobeoka LIBRE KITCHEN Hosei No Mise Poketto Nobeoka Mr Salesman in Nobeoka Talks About Sales Truth English Lesson Click on Pictures to See Videos June 8 2007 Aya Kikuchi Nobeoka Marks in Time Reply to Lord Shijo Kingo Okubo Flowers Nobeoka April 20 2006 Flower Howard Nobeoka A Happy Angel Always With You by Keiko Ahner Miyamar California 2006  Koi No Bori Festival Kitaura by Mari Sasaki Tea Picking has begun with their special machines in Kitaura Tadpole Picking in Kawaminami Cho Miyazaki Ken April 18 2006 Waves by Nobeoka Nagahama View Take Your Pick Midorigaoka Nobeoka Out of Nagahama Nobeoka Nagahama Beach Nobeoka on a cloudy day April 15 2006 Midorigaoka Trees Nobeoka Nagahama Misty Nobeoka A woman went to a doctor to see about her heart He asked her How old are you She replied We Mr Kanemoto of the Hanshin Tigers made a new record He played in 904 consecutive games It's a Kenji Joujima is the 1st Japanese catcher to play for the major leagues He plays for the Mariners New North Miyazaki Karuta Cards by Shigetoshi Ichimiya How do you know what Town you are in in Nobeoka Igata Sunset April 2006 Nobeoka Man JAGA UMK Nobeoka JR MIYAZAKI 0985 27 8101 BONBELTA YAMAKATAYA MIYAZAKI CATV in Nobeoka THE MIYANICHI BONBELTA TACHIBANA MINAMI P UMEDA GAKUEN DMAT Drug Store in Nobeoka GAKUBUN USAMI GAS GASOLINE NOBEOKA SHIOHAMA Okamura Hospital MIYAZAKI TOYOPET MARKXZIO MIYANICHI SHINBUN SHIMBUN MIYANICHI MIYAZAKI TOYOPET Suzuki Nobeoka WE LOVE EN CHEZ ONJI KITCHEN A PRICE Nobeoka THE MIYANICHI CO JUSco KENYUKAN CO For Nobeoka GAKU For Nobeokers HUMAN MIND COMPANY MIYAZAKI is for Tsunetomi Junior High in Nobeoka New English Classes in Idekita Nobeoka New Nagahama Cho Nobeoka English classes The Last Show September 20th 2007 Mimitsu Shoreline Kobato Champs September 2007 Hikari September 2007 Picture Links Kid's English Class Zaikouji Champs September 13 2007 Shadows Nobeokan Whitey Wants It's OK to use the phone in police boxes Come and Study English With US Bush Tradition Mimitsu Miyazaki Rest Stop Heisei Kawaminami Kawashima Keiko Ahner's Latest September 2007 Hyuga Miyazaki Beach Surfing Nobeoka Japanese English Readings Click on the Pictures to Watch and Listen Higher Nobeoka The Champions of Zaikouji Southwestern Nobeoka Twilight Tosan 2007 Ahner Eikaiwa Ahner Eikaiwa News Japanese Trees Nobeoka Miyazaki Park Link to Nobeoka English Old Ahner Eikaiwa Tatsuta Nobeoka Did you know that Nobeoka High School went to Koshien about 40 years ago Chin Chiku Rin Nobeoka Nobeoka Electricity Mama Mode Nobeoka Nobeoka Walk Over Bridge Koike Clinic Nobeoka This Nobeoka House Was Too Expensive Nobeoka Rust Mada Nobeoka Around a house in Totoro Nobeoka Kitaura Kicks Hit The Nail On The Head in Nobeoka Heisei Slime Yasuko's Houses in Mimitsu Cho Miyazaki Japan Gasoline Stand in Kadogawa on the Block Hitotsugaoka Clinic It can't be helped doushou mo nai Trusty Old Nobeoka Sign Still Lowered in Hososhima Let's Link to Nobeoka City Here are some Kawaminami Links Links to Education in Nobeoka Nobeoka City Games Nobeoka City Windows Mimitsu Send Off by Howard Ahner English Classes with Howard Ahner Maps Shanghai Keiko Ahner Reply to Lord Shijo Kingo Hitotsugaoka Band Nobeokers 2005 Totoro Band Ichimiya's Fireworks Nobeoka Gun Hunting Prohibited BTTF The Shoes Papillion Books on Whales BigBang No More Out of Step Nobeoka Music House Hyuga Festival Keiko Ahner's Curls Igata Kouminkan Nobeoka English Kami Igata Neighborhood Youth Azumaya Bokusui Nobetaka Eikaiwa Nobeoka Glenn Vanwalraven Trumpeter La Quinta High School Westminster 1970 Class Gokase English Teacher Harvey Mata played little league with me on the Giants team La Quinta High School Westminster 1970 Heisei Hideji Beer Joan Weigel Cheerful La Quinta High School Westminster 1970 Class Jisatsu Nobeoka Jim Selby Little League and Varsity Basketball La Quinta High School Westminster 1970 Class Jim Hobbs La Quinta Westminster 1970 Jessie Sanchez typing class La Quinta High School Westminster 1970 Class Igada Hyuga Sun Park Gotoh Goto Kikuchi New English Teacher in Nobeoka New Nobeoka Eikaiwa Class in Nobeoka Bench Park Japan NOBEOKA On The Rocks in Miyazaki Prefecture Japan by Howard Ahner Keiko Nobeoka O Nobeoka Route Ten Enduro Where is Kido Animal Clinic located Does Nobeoka City have a logo Can you make out this new face in Kami Igata Machi Nobeoka I can't quite make out what Colormony means Fireworks are on display every day in Kami Igata Machi Nobeoka Mia painted a spaceman The old Chalon Restaurant changed into a Rotary Sushi Restaurant in Nobeoka They're still happy in the valley When I get older will you still need me Will you still feed me when I'm 64 This place in Kadogawa is up for grabs for sale It's just a little over $800 000 This gasoline stand in Kitagawa is on the block for just over seven teen thousand dollars 7 11 kaDOgaWa Keiko Ahner Le ng Miyazaki Museum Nobeoka Weather Nobeoka Future Nobeoka Fields of Dreams Sourthern Nobeoka Condo Nobeoka Nobeoka Reborn Hyuga Neighborhoods North to South Nobeoka Nobeoka Bats Huntington Beach Around Tsurugaoka Weight Training Whitey Dances Helen Norman Thelma Eleanor Ellen and Rosiland Tamura Carolyn Tamura Did you know that we got Whitey Ahner from the dog pound or animal shelter Houkenjou Did you know that the Ahner's live in a home that overlooks the ocean Some tough guy was arrested after being told to turn off his five cell phones in an airline Did you know that Garappa Bath House in Urban Town Ayaka Ginyama Nobeoka has closed for good Do you speak Bogo Bokokugo Kokugo or Nihongo Do you want to talk to all people It's never too late to offer a friendly gesture The Edge Keiko Ahner's New Peanuts Don't Ever Make Waves Gaikokujin Bide Your Time Gaikokujin Don't Wear Loud Colors Gaikokujin Figueroa Street Santa Ana 92703 21 Hour Visit to Nobeoka Try to Blend In Gaikokujin Weekly News Oyakokai Weekly News Painful Question Weekly News Pu Aru Cha Try To Be Stylish Anyway Gaikokujintachi How do you wake someone up Slap a newspaper on their head or wet towel Look up guys I found a door Nobeoka Tennis Nishishina Royal Hitotsugaoka Totoro Tsurugaoka Atagoyama English Classes Sazanpia Donkiho te Nobeoka Pizza Minami Nobeoka Near Sazanpia Flower Arrangement Japan Minami Nobeoka Map Let's study English at Moss Burger Study English at Jusco Study English in Your Home Let's Study English in My Home Let's Study English at Sazanpia Let's Study English at Joyfull Let's Study English Heresutopia Let's Study English in a Coffee Shop Near Your Home Let's Study English in Tsurugaoka Let's Study English While We Drive Let's Study English While We Travel Let's Study English While Walking Let's Study English in Your Office Let's Study English at Your School Let's Study English With Your Co workers Let's Study English at Your Kindergarten Youchien Let's Study English at a Snack or Bar or Pub Let's Study English at Your Kouminkan Community Center Let's Study English with Your Family Let's Study English on the Tennis Court Let's Study English ie Scripts I Am Sam Roman Holiday Let's Study English Novels English Study Information Nobeoka New English Class Information Watch a video showing how freedom is won Takanabe Art Museum Video Watch the video of Whitey and Howard heading out to the point Watch Whitey zoom through the sand on Nagahama Beach Nobeoka Watch Howard's ball get lost in the abyss of the Nobeoka Coastline Watch how the Gokase River rushes into the Nagahama Coast of Nobeoka Watch a sideways video RCA Sign in Minami Nobeoka Softball Anyone Metal Detecting in Nobeoka IV This is This Hirobaru Advertise Here Hirobaru Laundromat Nobeoka Back roads Nobeoka Metal Detecting More Metal Detecting in Nobeoka Longed Roped Whitey Ahner Wet Boots Metal Detecting Again in Nobeoka Ose River Nobeoka An Over Nighter in Nobeoka Nobeoka Port Nobeoka Way Nobeoka Mozu Mozu Nobeoka Surf Nagahama Nobeoka Takanabe Art Museum Takanabe Miyazaki Japan Persistence Nebaritsuyoi Percolators Genkinyanahito Rocking Nobeoka We went to Takeda last Saturday We walked up to a castle and had some amazake Japan Neon Animation Pachinko Signs Mr Donut Mr Minami Nobeoka Walk over Bridge Panorama Nobeoka Flowers Cig Ad Nobeoka Execution Grounds Nagahama Metal Detecting Walking Hirabaru Nobeoka Luck has nothing to do with it La Quinta Rings Tired Nobeoka Otemoyan Asahi Kasei English Conversation Teacher Sea Turtle English Class Information Nobeoka Hyuga Kawaminami Daiodani Hyuga Cherry Blossoms A DAY WITH FRIENDS Daiodani Hyuga Cherry Blossoms  We lived here for twelve years Yayoi Chan Ayaka Kino Do you remember the sandcastle we built at Sumie Beach Keiko Ahner's Peanut Factory in Nobeoka Is this a Yamakagashi September 4 2006 News in Japan Tsurugaoka House How much are the property taxes Aeon Miyazaki has some very nice facilities for the handicapped Nobeoka Humor Nobeoka Leaf Swat Nobeoka Black on Purple Atama Butsukeru Yo in Nobeoka Nobeoka Step Down Babies in Nobeoka Hate Nasty Rings To It At Least I'm Interested Play A Myth I Did One For Her And It Was Free She Put Me Down On Her List I'll Get There Good Ear Bad Memory by Howard Ahner Only You In Room by Howard Ahner Akande Dame Tenkasui Nobeoka Tap Water Without the Chlorine Nobeoka Stars Nobeoka Chain English Classes He speaks English at Taku Taku Ramen in Nobeoka Machi Miyazaki Japan He spoke English in Midorigaoka Nobeoka He wants to teach English at Midorigaoka Kouminkan in Nobeoka Castle Town They speak English at Miruku Houikuen in Idekita Village Nobeoka Shi Miyazaki Prefecture Kyushu They even spoke English to me at a Uniqlo Store in Idekita Nobeoka I spoke a little English to a waitress at Kandagawa Restaurant in Midorigaoka Nobeoka Most of the staff at UFO Sawabe in downtown Nobeoka are eager to speak English An owner of a shop on Yamashita Street Nobeoka couldn't stop speaking English to me While shopping at New City Jusco Nobeoka through the years many people have spoken English to me Some have said that even Bokusui spoke a little English in Nobeoka I often speak English to the waitress and some of the customers at Koyou Restaurant in Nobeoka My daughter spoke English on top of Mukabaki Mountain just a way from Nobeoka city I met some people in front of Ho A&A Nobeoka and they could speak English Of course many times I have spoken English at Bunka Center Nobeoka Many times And I have spoken English while using my keitai cellular phone so so many times English Japan This was my first apartment building in 1989 April ugh when I came to Japan These pictures were taken from the top of the Jusco Nobeoka building As you can see Taku Taku Ramen is closed AGAIN today It's always closed on Monday I would like to buy this building in Midorigaoka Nobeoka Someday soon I will teach English at this Midorigaoka Community Center Kouminkan These pictures were taken while driving through Nobeoka City Study English Kadogawa Here are some more pictures while driving through Nobeoka City And finally here are some pictures towards the Southern part of Nobeoka They speak English on top of the Jusco Department store in Nobeoka Miruku Houikuen Probably the Lo or UniqLo stands for 'Low' prices The Game Center is closed on Saturday early mornings Ramen Ginza They Study English in Nobeoka Probably Shirius stands for Serious 'pachinko players' My Life and daughter ate there for lunch There's a new ramen shop in Nobeoka You can get ie dvds music cds and comic books here at GEO Nobeoka The old Chalon Restaurant is now a rotary sushi shop Some people get sensitive when you talk about this hospital in Midorigaoka Nobeoka I am wondering how long 'Right On' can hold out Stay in business The old Bunka Center in Nobeoka looks kind of plain High School baseball I think they call this Gion Machi Nobeoka We often meet in front of A&A Ho Nobeoka to go drinking Koyou Restaurant is my favorite restaurant I love their Katsukare They Study English in Hyuga City This is Sun Road Nobeoka on a rainy evening A music festival at Ursula Junior College You can rent a stage at Kazu Music House They say that Bokusui is famous for his poetry Jusco Nobeoka the last department store in Nobeoka Yamashita Douri or Arcade used to be the place to go They Study English on Yamashita Douri Nobeoka This is just before UFO opened Saigo Takamori Museum is easy to miss as you drive North out of Nobeoka We got married at Gokase Ho but now it's a rest home for the elderly Nobeoka High School Gakkou 7 11 kaDOgaWa Ahner Clo They speak English at a hospital in Idekita Cho Nobeoka Ahner Ed Autumn Oak Irvine Howard Ahner Bunka Culture Kadogawa English Classes in Nobeoka Typhoon Flooding in Nobeoka Typhoon Overflow Ose River Nobeoka Nobeoka Signs Damaged in Typhoon Nobeoka Flood Gates Kami Igata Rains Nobeoka Rooftops Kamiigata Stream Typhooned Gokase River Typhoons Nobeoka Port During Typhoon Nobeoka Surfing Nobeoka Blackboards Nobeoka Drawings We sold our Kami Igata house Kamiigata House Sold Kamiigata Sold Nobeoka Open House Nobeoka For Sale Nobeoka Sold Nobeoka Fishing Nobeoka Bypass Kami Igata Homes Sell Fast Our Nobeoka Nobeoka Rivers More Nobeoka Nobeoka Tree line Nobeoka Bridges Nobeoka Neighbors Nobeoka Skyline Nobeoka Balcony Nobeoka Clouds Nobeoka Skies Nobeoka Grass Igata Fields Nobeoka Some people in Nobeoka will stand on their head in order to get a chance to speak English A lot of kids learned to speak to a foreigner at Igata Cho Nobeoka kouminkan There a lot of people coming to the Ahner house in Tsurugaoka Nobeoka to learn to speak English Howard Ahner spoke to a few troubled people in English during the great typhoon of 2005 I spoke English in the Cocoretta Building in downtown Nobeoka while eating okonomiyaki Many of my students that live around Sazanpia Minami Nobeoka come to study English with me Yes the road to fluent English is a long and difficult one I agree But we here in Nobeoka try Some people that live towards the South of Nobeoka are beginning to study English with Howard Ahner He Often Shines in Nobeoka Yudai Yano Drew This Cool Picture of Howard Ahner Ayaka's Pose Here is Extra Ordinary Harris Kutsunai and Howard Ahner Go on Tozan in 1979 Keiko Yanagita Goes on First Date with Howard Ahner Howard Ahner Shows His Family From California Nobeoka Mimitsu Cherry Blossoms Heisei Drwings At Peare Hikari Jidou Club Kitaura Nobeoka Marches On Mimitsu Hanami Nobeoka Burning Nobeoka Shiohama Howard Ahner Arms and Shoulders Howard at the Temple Nichiren Shoshu See Actual Proof Kirin Asahi Blend in Nobeoka Kitaura Students English Koyou Club Kyushudenki Larry Grabowy was our class president la quinta Larry Upthegrove fellow drafting class member La Quinta High School Westminster 1970 Class Leyda Lopez was in my spanish class with Miss Law La Quinta High School Westminster 1970 Class Maury Plunkett was in my biology class with Mr Smith La Quinta High School Westminster 1970 Class I took some family members to the top of Atagoyama Nobeoka and we spoke a lot of English there I had an idea to teach English on this boat in Mimitsu Cho but my wife had other ideas We wanted to the use the upstairs room in this drug store in Nobeoka but they said No We were going to study English in the old Daiei Building in Nobeoka but it was bulldozed down We would like to design a treehouse and build it in the city of Nobeoka Japan We talked about a newspaper company in Nobeoka called The Yukan Daily We joked and conversed at a restaurant in Nobeoka called Torisen There are numerous gentlemen that work at Asahi Kasei Chemical and they speak English very well We spoke in the English language and enjoyed some Hyuganatsu a type of fruit grown in Hyuga City Many of the kids living in Kitaura speak to me in the English languge We asked the manager of A Price in Minami Nobeoka if we could use a spare room to teach English in This was the only free space we could find in Nobeoka to teach English in but it's too small We All Eventually Walk Into The Nobeoka Sunset Nobeoka Peare Nobeoka Teachers Nobeoka Nights Light Headed Fun Heisei Stilts Heisei Jungle Gym Heisei Rings Heisei Digging Howard Bows Nobeoka Ink Hososhima Anchor Hososhima Palms Takoyaki Truck They're Stacked Up Against Us Nobeoka Low Riders Bell Gardens Nobeoka Architecture They Kick in Kitaura El Condor No Passa Kawaminami Tennis Zaikouji and Youchien Our tennis game is getting a little rusty around these parts Nobeoka Did you say that today is trash day Oh No It must your turn to put out the trash It's hard to be humble in Nobeoka Japan In Nobeoka the sun shines hottest in August I am looking forward to it I carry T shirts The people of Miyazaki have taught me how to be humble and bow It still feels strange for me I met a homeless person living in that gazebo over there He was a likable fellow I have taught English at almost every Joyfull Restaurant in Nobeoka and Hyuga cities This is the sunset on our way to bed down in Taisekiji home of Nichiren Daishounin concerns We get the sunrise and the sunset This is the sunset in Nobeoka City Miyazaki Japan From certain angles Nobeoka looks like Waikiki in Oahu Hawaii Don't you think so I once hit a grand slam home run on the Giants for New Hope Little League Here's a depiction of Japanese from a long time ago Actually these people dwelt in Nobeoka Japan Naoko Stapchuk Howard Ahner and George Stapchuk Jr during the holidays in Yokohama Japan Keiko Ahner's Sign in Kami Igata Cho Nobeoka doesn't exist anymore George Stapchuk Jr is Seeing Me Off at the LA airport April 23 1989 Thanks George Here are the kids of Matsuyama Cho Nobeoka Japan His name is Yuudai He's a very good kid Howard Ahner's Most Viewed Videos Cradling Heisei Kids in Kawaminami The Wonders of Nobeoka I just can't hide it at Heisei Youchien We are willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause Lower it and jump start in Hososhima Miyazaki I'm crossing you in style Once Twice Three Times a Lady The Rising Tide of Discontent 1997 Drive Through California Nevada and Arizona with the Yanagita's Okubo's Tomoko and Kozue Animal Collection House Closed a Few Years Ago 2001 Keiko Ahner Hososhima Gate Einstein Ahner Passed in 2005 Keiko of Waiwai Drive into Nobeoka from the south The Miyazaki Bull Maybe it's a restaurant Nobeoka Rube Whitey Ahner Anything at A Price n Nobeoka Nobeokagakuen Nobeoka Gyoza Nobeoka Juku Nobeoka Manju Nobeoka Pan Nobeoka Piano Nobeoka Tower Nobeoka Yamaha Nobetakagakuen Papillion Nobeoka Paul Haines played guard on La Quinta 1970 basketball team Howard sat the bench Pete Oliver went to Russell Elementary with Fred Soria and Howard Ahner Rayon Nobeoka rEAdmE PREss Rick Sappington Freshman Baseball La Quinta High School Westminster 1970 Class Robyn Hendy was in my typing class a La Quinta Westminster Roger Rummelfanger was in my chemistry class La Quinta High School Westminster 1970 Class Russell McHale played third base on the championship freshman team of 1967 La Quinta High School Ruth Jaques La Quinta High School Westminster 1970 Class English Classes in Nobeoka and Hyuga English Classes NOBEOKA Scott Lund played guard on the basketball team La Quinta High School Westminster 1970 Class Stan Petty Steven Simmons SUNdAibUNko Sun Park Hyuga Loc Town Loctown Jusco English Teacher uSIo Yamashita Nobeoka La Quinta High Varsity Westminster California Tsurugaoka er Birth Certificate Accident Hososhima Nobeoka Gakuen Whitey Ahner Graying in Nobeoka 2 007 Stuff The Days of Wine and Roses Furosato The Best of Nobeoka History of Faces Heisei Youchien Kawaminami From 1990 Momotaro or Damian Freestone of Nobeoka Miyazaki Japan Letter to Ichinosawa Nyudo Letter to Jakunichi bo Letter to Konichi bo Letter to Ko no ama Gozen Hey Look They're speaking English on NHK And it's in Nobeoka Anne's House of Nobeoka Chalon became Kandagawa a Rotary Sushi Restaurant in Nobeoka Tiller man Shop Nobeoka Asahi Kan Cinema Nobeoka Tonkatsu Restaurant Before Okawa Kaguya Nobeoka Papillion Restaurant Nobeoka Puri Me Ro Pan Idekita Nobeoka Old Maruzen Bookstore Location Nobeoka Daiei Nobeoka Best Denki Nobeoka Old Roller Skating Rink in Nobeoka Bowling in Tohmi Nobeoka Once upon a time English Class Notes Nobeoka Japan Nobeoka History Ahner Eikaiwa Advertising in Nobeoka New English = New Nobeoka English Classes Here Keiko Ahner's Colors Kamiigata Dog Keiko Ahner's Art Just Whitey Ahner Inoshishi Whitey Ahner Nobeoka Construction Nobeoka Gakuen Happy Times Nobeoka Parking Nobeoka Colors Nobeoka Life This is an ariel view of my mother's house Nobeoka High School Baseball Champions Years Ago Audio Video by Howard Ahner New Road in Kami Igata Keiko Ahner wins again in Nobeoka July 2006 Nobeoka Marks in Time Link to Nobeoka English Hitotsugaoka Band On The Rocks in Miyazaki Prefecture Japan by Howard Ahner Maintain a Low Profile Nobeoka English Teacher Takanabe Art Museum Video Hospitals in Japan Kadogawa Park near Nobeoka Analyzing Nobeoka by Howard Ahner Californians in Nobeoka Pachinko Player's Cough in Nobeoka Japan Prevent Crime in Japan Study English in Nobeoka English Classes Nobeoka Often Thought About Proverbs Aspiration for the Buddha Land Banishment to Sado Beneficial Medicine for All Ills Bestowal of the Mandala of the Mystic Law Clear Sake Gosho Easy Delivery of a Fortune Child General Stone Tiger This is an ariel view of my mother's house This is Whitey on a January Afternoon in 2006 Good Fortune in This Life Great Evil and Great Good Happiness In This World Here's some more of my class notes Here are some Japanese and English sentences Jozo and Jogen Lessening the Karmic Retribution Letter from Echi Letter to Domyo Zemmon This is Sun Road Nobeoka in the early evening on a rainy night Letter to Endo Saemon no jo Letter to Gijo bo I like to eat at Koyou Restaurant Even Joyfull Restaurant looks good at night They get it all off at this cleaners They l me that this chimney is the same height as Atago Mountain Letter to Jakunichi bo Letter to Ko no ama Gozen They let me play on the Sumie tennis court on one humid evening Letter to Priest Nichiro in Prison New Year's Gosho We were babies once No Safety in the Threefold World On Attaining Buddhahood Friends in Zaikouji Midorigaoka School Hagaki 2006 First Drawing Yuina Yurikago Party Okubo and Hikari Jidoukan Matsuyama NTT Midorigaoka Friends Even in Kadogawa UNESCO Speech Thelma Tsurue Kutsunai Takasago Kouminkan Shiori and Kunihiko 8th Grade Commencement Peare Friday at 10 00 AM Naoki Sasada Mirai Juku Military Tennis Unicycling Club Kami Igata Sho Nobeoka Igata Sho Nobeoka Graduation Ceremony California Memories Mubakai Nobeoka Standing Tall Keiko Ahner's Peanut Factory in Nobeoka These pictures were taken from the top of the Jusco Nobeoka building Typhoon Flooding in Nobeoka Mimitsu Cherry Blossoms The Good Life in Nobeoka My Brother What I Love About Nobeoka Totoro Bay Okita Dam Nobeoka Tankidai Nobeoka Sugarcane A&A Ho Nobeoka Bronze Cash Bar Nobeoka Hozai Park Nobeoka Houzai School Houzai Back Bay Keiko Ahner's Painting Keiko Ahner's Painting Keiko Ahner's Painting Class Notes Nobeoka Country Roads Suspension Bridge Gone Suspension Bridge Once Nobeoka Cherries Seiun Bridge Toneru No Eki Water Falls Keiko Ahner's Painting She's my number one fan My bike fits right in Don't you think so When was Mia's last taiko performance Who is going to take Mia's place How did your Honda 50 cc hold up on the way to Takachiho from Nobeoka Is there a train that goes to Toneru No Eki Which was more fun going to Takachiho on your motor scooter or going home on your motor scooter How are the old roads Can you read the signs Is it windy in Japan Where is the Unseen waterfall What were people like in this area Did you find any rest stops Where is Yatou Hinokage How far is this place from Nobeoka Is there a doctor around here Heisei Flips Where can I plant a garden for free Do you know what this means Did your wife paint your house What's the name of that famous pilot in Nobeoka What's his name Goto Yuukichi is known for what What does the Rotary club do in Nobeoka Is he your favorite poet Did you try Kyu Ichi Men ramen when it was in town Where did Keiko get Einstein her first pet dog What do you have to say about Nobeoka New English in Nobeoka New English in Nobeoka Best Videos of Mine Nobeoka Japan Hanashi Click on pictures to see videos of Japan Shakunage from Ougi Yama Shiiba Japan Dr Yarimizu Nobeoka High School Baseball Champions Years Ago Audio Video by Howard Ahner On Top Of The World Max Value Nobeoka Walk Over Bridge 2007 Audio Video Let Me Be Your Guide To America Audio Visual Three Dogs Tied Together For Their Afternoon Walk Lemonade Studio Taima Totoro Nobeoka May 4 2007 by Howard Ahner ie Hyuga Fishing Port ie Takachiho Train Benefit Hyuga Coffee Shop Closed May 4 2007 by Howard Ahner ie Californians in Nobeoka ie My Book on Nobeoka by Howard Ahner Page One ies My Book on Nobeoka by Howard Ahner Page Two ies My Book on Nobeoka by Howard Ahner Page Three ies My Book on Nobeoka by Howard Ahner Page Four ies My Book on Nobeoka by Howard Ahner Page Five ies My Book on Nobeoka by Howard Ahner Page Six ies Picturing Around May 2007 ie See the band again Sunrise in Tsurugaoka Nobeoka Filmed by Howard Ahner April 29 2007 ie Totoro Cho ie in Nobeoka The Outskirts of Kadogawa Cho Miyazaki Film Kadogawa Cho Miyazaki Japan Video On My Way to Hyuga Meru Sasaki Makes It In En Magazine Nobeoka The ie Nobeoka April 26 2007 See The ie Here Metal Detecting in Nobeoka V Watch The ie Here Only For Nobeoka Here Rummaged Ahner Here Oita Ni Ikitai Desu Kedo See The ie Here Free Good Nobeoka Band ie Clip Drinks After Twelve in the Taima Cho Hills Japanese Painters Japan Peanut Painting in Japan Panoramic Japan Japanese Metal Detectors The ie Japanese Sunrises Sunrise in Nobeoka Japan Nobeoka Baseball Baseball Nobeoka English Study Buddhism in Nobeoka New Road in Kami Igata Kami Igata Dog Ed Arial Was For Sale Nobeoka Professional Study Buddhism in Nobeoka FREE Tsurugaoka er Meisui Nobeoka This building used to house Asahi Kan Cinema Now it houses a clinic of some kind Friends of Nobeoka Keiko Ahner's Colors Ahner English Nobeoka Advertising Nobeoka Hit Nobeoka ICU Nobeoka Kasutera Nobeoka Mitsubishi Nobeoka Money Atarashii Nobeoka Eikaiwa English Teacher Wednesdays at 10 AM Nobeoka Divers Trees in Nobeoka Nobeoka Wireless Some Japanese Sentences A Father Takes Faith A Sage Perceives the Three Existences of Life A Ship to Cross the Sea of Suffering Ahner Keiko Draws Nobeoka Super Ursula Field Ebisu Festival Business Festival Keiko's Hiding Place Mt Kagamiyama Saigo's Clan Saigo's War Bronze Mirror More Pictures Atorie Nobeoka Peare The Wonders of Nobeoka Nobeoka Waves of English Study Brand New English Teacher in Nobeoka Harada Kusuri Nobeoka Guriya Facil Fashi ru Daiso Hyuga Chofu Takara Hypermall Merx How to go to Nobeoka Enthusiasm Makes The Difference They're Coming to Nobeoka They're coming to Nobeoka Howard's Art Fun With English Kayako Gokase Teibou Hospital Promotion Just Under The Wire Panoramic Nobeoka Rock Owls Nobeoka Ga Suki I am late for Peare Tens of Droppings Large Companies in Japan Are The Winners Bird Waterers Rikabucho Mr Yamashita Said Kuhi Area Fees College Talk Cliffs Kaigo Japanese English 3 1 2007 Japanese English 3 2 2007 Japanese English 3 3 2007 Japanese English Review 3 5 2007 1965 1966 2004 Links Here's some work that Keiko Ahner did in Wildomar California in March and April 2006 Granite City Illinois Born Howard Ahner is now in Nobeoka Japan Teaching English Nobeoka Link Curing Karmic Disease Letter to Misawa Letter to Konichi bo On Omens Thus I Heard The Votary of the Lotus Sutra Will Meet Persecution The Problem To Be Pondered Night and Day On Persecutions Befalling the Buddha The Royal Palace The Unmatched Fortune of the Law The Drum at the Gate of Thunder The Teaching for the Latter Day Consecrating an Image of Shakyamuni An Outline of the Zokurui and Other Chapters Admonitions Against Slander Bestowal of the Mandala of the Mystic Law The Receipt of New Fiefs The Unity of Husband and Wife Letter to Ko no ama Gozen Winter Always Turns to Spring On Filial and Unfilial Conduct A Father Takes Faith A Warning against Begrudging One's Fief The Mongol Envoys Reply to Tokimitsu Reply to Myoho Bikuni Gozen Beneficial Medicine for All Ills A Sage Perceives the Three Existences of Life The Proof of the Lotus Sutra Letter to Jakunichi bo Aspiration for the Buddha Land Reply to Lord Shijo Kingo The Universal Salty Taste Letter to Gijo bo New Year's Gosho Persecution at Tatsunokuchi Easy Delivery of a Fortune Child Reply to Lord Matsuno's Wife The Birth of Tsukimaro The Offering of a Summer Robe The Difficulty of Sustaining Faith Banishment to Sado Postscript to the Rissho Ankoku Ron Reply to a Believer On Flowers and Seeds Reply to Ko Nyudo Unseen Virtue and Visible Reward Reply to Lord Matsuno Letter from Echi Reply to Lady Onichi nyo Letter to Endo Saemon no jo Letter to Priest Nichiro in Prison The Property of Rice Happiness In This World Great Evil and Great Good The Wonderful Means of Surmounting Obstacles Upholding Faith in the Gohonzon Roots of Good Fortune Reply to Jibu bo No Safety in the Threefold World Nichiren Daishoun Letter to Horen Nichiren Daishounin King Rinda Nichiren Daishounin Jozo and Jogen Nichiren Daishounin Bodhisattva Hachiman Nichiren Daishounin On Prayer Nichiren Daishounin The Opening of the Eyes Part I The Opening of the Eyes Part II Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man Conversation between a Sage and an Unenlightened Man Part II Establishment of the Legitimate Teaching for the Protection of the Country How Those Initially Aspiring to the Way Can Attain Buddhahood Through the Lotus Sutra The Learned Doctor Shan wu wei The Entity of the Mystic Law The Pure and Far reaching Voice Reply to Takahashi Nyudo The Teaching Capacity Time and Country The Doctrine of Attaining Buddhahood in One's Present Form Encouragement to a Sick Person The Essence of the Yakuo Chapter The Daimoku of the Lotus Sutra The Supreme Leader of the World The Treasure of a Filial Child The Supremacy of the Law Reply to Nii ama The Workings of Bonten and Taishaku The Story of Ohashi no Taro The Teaching in Accordance with the Buddha's Own Mind The Treatment of Illness and the Points of Difference between Mahayana and Hinayana and Provisional Repaying Debts of Gratitude On Practicing the Buddha's Teachings On the Urabon Letter to the Priests of Seicho ji Letter to Nichimyo Shonin Letter to Shomitsu bo Questions and Answers on Embracing the Lotus Sutra Reply to Sairen bo Rationale for Submitting the Rissho Ankoku Ron Persecution by Sword and Staff Rebuking Slander of the Law and Eradicating Sins Recitation of the Hoben and Juryo Chapters Reply to Lord Hakiri Saburo Reply to Yasaburo Letter to Ichinosawa Nyudo Letter to Myomitsu Shonin Reply to Hoshina Goro Taro Wu lung and I lung White Horses and White Swans The Sutra of True Requital The Kalpa of Decrease The Farther the Source the Longer the Stream The Third Doctrine The One eyed Turtle and the Floating Sandalwood Log Letter to Nakaoki Nyudo General Stone Tiger The Heritage of the Ultimate Law of Life Lessening the Karmic Retribution Letter to the Brothers On Itai Doshin On Persecutions Befalling the Buddha Hell is the Land of Tranquil Delight On Prolonging Life On the Buddha's Beh or On the Buddha's Prophecy On the Treasure Tower Propagation by the Wise The Embankments of Faith The Dragon Gate Strategy of the Lotus Sutra Reply to Kyo o The Person and the Law The One Essential Phrase The Gift of Rice The Real Aspect of the Gohonzon Letter of Petition from Yorimoto Introduction and Preface to the Ongi Kuden Namu Myoho Renge Kyo Devotion to the Lotus Sutra Muryogi Sutra Sutra of Innumerable Meanings Chapter 3 Simile and Parable Hiyu Chapter 4 Faith and Understanding Shinge Chapter 6 Prediction Juki Chapter 7 Phantom City Kejoyu Chapter 8 Prophecy of Enlightenment for Five Hundred Disciples Gohyaku Deshi Juki Study English in Nobeoka Here Flexing my muscles in Nobeoka seems to be a waste of energy It's a 50 000 yen fine for riding double on a bicycle in Nobeoka It's a 50 000 Yen fine for riding your bicycle at night in Nobeoka without a headlamp It's a 50 000 Yen fine for talking on your cell phone while riding your bicycle in Nobeoka It's a 500 000 yen fine for riding your bicycle while slightly drunk in Nobeoka Japan It's fun just to sit near an entrance and watch the people of Nobeoka Change in Nobeoka will come AFTER words When a man has been under continual attacks it is criminal of you not teach him to defend himself What one man can do ANY man can do The Edge You can get a credit card with point card value at Yamada D in Hyuga and get 5 000 points Fire can be made from ice Mold a prism in your hands and make fire The Edge The first infant to be found in the baby hatch in Japan was 3 or 4 years old A tough guy was arrested for not turning off his five cell phones on an airline in Japan Do you speak Bogo Bokokugo Kokugo or Nihongo It's never too late to offer a friendly gesture in Nobeoka to Japanese people Stay Out of the Mainstay in Kadogawa Gaikokujins Don't Ever Make Waves Alligator Gaikokujins Bide Your Time which end in Japan bearded men Don't Wear Loud Colors in Nobeoka Howard Ahner Try to Blend In The Clouds Gaikokujin of Japan Try To Be Stylish in the Inaka of Nobeoka Anyway Gaikokujintachi How do you wake someone up in Nobeoka Slap a newspaper on their head or wet towel It always seems that good ideas surface when I DON'T have my pen and paper I think if I were to leave Nobeoka tomorrow no one would remember me after five years I am relatively in the groove I think At least everyone is satisfied in Nobeoka well it seems so Some of us feel cornered in Nobeoka You don't want to get caught in a lightening storm in Midorigaoka Nobeoka They said they couldn't see his ears from certain angles But he lived in Nobeoka Someone said he could light up the room with his head He lived in Nobeoka for a while Nobeoka Racket Man Mushi No Koe Donguri Koro Runoff Blue Dancer by Keiko Ahner Take me to your leader New Public Speakers of Japan Alumni Links Harbor Drive In Theatre La Quinta High Varsity Sakura Flowers Japan Japanican Freepatentsonline Sea Turtles Japan Japanese Gardens Nobeoka Basketball Japan Segway Japan Japanese Jewelry Ancient Shiba Dog Whitey and Midorigaoka Friend Southern Press Sazanpia Nobeoka en Magazine Cherry Blossoms Marushe Megane No Miki Miyabi Mizokuchi Moisteane Nissay Nobeoka Train Overturned OA Nakahara Old Building Hyuga Pan De Mie Pizza La Hyuga Ralli Art Mitsubishi Suzuhana Takayama Fashion Uehara Boxing Unama Uno Club Ai Wan Kara Shi to Harada Kusuri Hypermall Merx Ichigoya Ittoko Jusco Joyfull Joyfull Hyuga Miyazaki Joyfull South Side Hyuga Kadogawa Fence Kadogawa Library Kaifuku Kanebo Keirin Kitakata Flood Kitakata Nobeoka Lotto Numbers Makino GumiLTD Nobeoka Bamba Odori July 28 2007 Long Coat Nagahama Wooden Gatherings by Howard Ahner in Nobeoka Mannequins in Nobeoka There was a Sergeant I had Sgt Beavers who always said Get your shit together Only you can Nobeoka Sunset June 26 2006 With Howard and Whitey Ahner Midorigaoka Stomping Grounds Nobeoka with Howard Ahner From 1989 It's a little confusing Postmen are allowed to ride on the sidewalks but not citizens Welcome to the all new modern looking Nobeoka City Rear View Mirror Young American Tsurugaoka Drive Around by Howard Ahner Howard Ahner's Videos in Nobeoka Japan New English Man in Nobeoka Takoyaki Stand in Kadogawa Town has been closed down Double Decker Gasoline Stand in Japan Still Exist in Nobeoka You can gamble on the horses in Kadogawa at a Keirin place Nobeoka Salmon is Delicious How does one process one's rice in Japan A Typical Bus Stop in Totoro Town Nobeoka Japan Nobeoka Strawberries The Kadogawa Home wide used to be on this location Now there is a Lawson Convenience Store A Good Friend Kobato in February 2008 We went shopping at Point Peg in Nobeoka City Miyazaki We seldom go to this Joyfull Restaurant in Idekita Nobeoka City Miyazaki Ken Here's a walk over bridge in Nobeoka City Japan Here's the Joyfull Restaurant near the road to Takachiho in Nobeoka Let's study at Sazanpia Nobeoka There's an Okonomiyaki restaurant over there that I like very much It's in Nobeoka This used to be the Anne's House of Nobeoka Do you know the one on Beach Blvd in Buena Park CA Here's the only Surfer's Shop in Nobeoka This Nishi No Maru Pachinko Parlor in Nobeoka is still closed And yes they even have a Colonel Sander's in Nobeoka This is perhaps the busiest Pachinko Parlor in Nobeoka City Gasoline is going down in price It's now 93 yen a liter A liter is about a quart I believe Some of you old timers may remember the motorcycle hanging from that yard arm over there I am still living easy in the city of Nobeoka Japan The old Chalon Restaurant has been turned into a rotary sushi bar At this Pachinko Parlor the steel balls now cost 1 yen each They used to cost 3 yen each And we do have a Mr Donut here in Nobeoka We are not barbarians you know In Nobeoka we even have a Baskin Robin's 31 Flavors ice cream parlor Moss Burger is the closest thing to a good hamburger joint one can find in Nobeoka City Miyazaki Old Ahner Family Pictures Mondays at the Ahner House in Tsurugaoka Nobeoka for English Classes Urashiro Excursion on February 20 2008 My Birthday Old Nobeoka Granite City Illinois Hitting Home Runs The Embankments of Faith A Father Takes Faith A Sage Perceives the Three Existences of Life A Ship to Cross the Sea of Suffering A Warning against Begrudging One's Fief An Outline of the Zokurui and Other Chapters Aspiration for the Buddha Land Banishment to Sado Beneficial Medicine for All Ills Bestowal of the Mandala of the Mystic Law Bodhisattva Hachiman Clear Sake Gosho Urashiro Link Kami Igata Location Smoking Zaikouji Akemashite Nobeoka Nobeoka Climber Nobeoka Plato Matsuyama House Puri Me Ro Pan Nobeoka Einstein Ahner Nobeoka Exercise Nobeoka Praying From Nobeoka Houkenshou Gokase Sunset Whitey Ahner Kami Igata Cho Entrance Nobeoka Smokers Nobeoka Air Act Nobeoka Bronze Smokey Hills of Nobeoka What did the fish say when he hit the Kawashima wall Damn How do you spell joyful Nobeoka Sone Cho Key master's House Tables and Chairs Nobeoka All Will Be Quiet on Sun Road Nobeoka Sicily in Nobeoka The Smoking Guns of Nobeoka Igata Smoke Masters Going Away From Mt Okue Nobeoka Re Building Nobeoka Before Building Yamashita Street Nobeoka Minami Nobeoka Honda Shop Gion Machi Nobeoka Eve Saloon Nobeoka Bronze not Blondes Nobeoka Taku Taku Ramen Nobeoka Roofs in Nobeoka Nobeoka Fog Keiko Ahner's Background Wash Howard Ahner US ARMY Takanabe Bridge They Call It Mellow Narrow Quit Rightly Gokase Ho Nobeoka Hi No Maru Howard Ahner's Doodling Nobeoka Dunkin' Animal Collection House Keiko Ahner Mitate Valley Miyazaki Kitagawa English Station Miyazaki Nobeoka Promise Nobeoka PTA Nobeoka Ramen Nobeoka Rice Nobeoka Rotary Nobeoka Shopper Nobeoka Soccer English for Soccers Hiroko and Narumi Hikari Jidoukan Zaikouji Champions A Simple Thank You Keiko Ahner's Friends Future Teachers Band Leader Keiko Ahner Koten Miyazaki Yamasaki Building November 2006 Keiko Ahner Koten Miyazaki Yamasaki Building November 2006 #2 Keiko Ahner Koten Peare Film He Sings Sasaki es Kitaura Lives Growth Rings Kami Igata Red means Go and White means Stop in Japan Keiko Ahner's Videos of Her Paintings Whitey Ahner Our Chibi Kami Igata Matchi Nobeoka Totoro Graduation 2007 Nobeoka Suzuki Nobeoka Team Nobeoka Temple Nobeoka Ticket Nobeoka Train Wreck Nobeoka Typhoon Nobeoka Water Nobeoka Wonder Nobeoka Light Blue Curing Karmic Disease The Opening of the Eyes Part I The Past Fortunate Man Zaikouji Summer Hitotsugaoka Fireworks Onsen Together We Are Chibi My Favorite Meal Pick Up Bottles Bottle Gathering Cracked Bottles Whizzing Nobeoka They're Coming to Nobeoka They're coming to Nobeoka Nichiren Daishounin's Writings Ahner Eikaiwa Ad Missed English Nobeoka Mt Enotake Hohri River Hot Springs Event in Nobeoka Decayed Nobeoka Daddy Long Legs Nobeoka Country Road Nobeoka Take Me Home Contented Whitey Ahner in Nobeoka Cast Nobeoka Bus Stop Pool Nobeoka Bald Mountain Nobeoka Ahner Eikaiwa Howard Ahner Nobeoka Typhoon Go Go August 2 2007 by Howard Ahner Street Drumming Nobeoka 2007 by Howard Ahner Study English On Top of Atago Yama Nobeoka by Howard Ahner Eleanor Ahner is In Stride by Howard Ahner Aron Hits it Big in Nobeoka by Howard Ahner Zaikouji Lined by Howard Ahner She Leads by Howard Ahner Happyoukai in Zaikouji by Howard Ahner Fun in Zaikouji by Howard Ahner Begging in Zaikouji by Howard Ahner Study English in Zaikouji Japan by Howard Ahner Being Useful in Japan by Howard Ahner English Memories by Howard Ahner Nam Myoho Renge Kyo Ahner's and Yanagita's The Kutsunai's Atago Yama in Nobeoka City Japan by Howard Ahner How to learn to speak Japanese and English at the same time by Howard Ahner Letter to Akimoto Letter to Domyo Zemmon Letter to Endo Saemon no jo Letter to Gijo bo Letter to Horen Play Nice in Nobeoka Takoyaki Nobeoker The Craft of English Nobeoka Touched in Nobeoka Typhoon Ginza Howard Ahner's Crayon Art Failed Electronic Nobeoka Failed Gasoline Stand Nobeoka Fresh Nobeoka Nobeoka needs some fresh eyes Hikari April Kagamiyama Stock Farm Park Kitaura Drifts Marine Diving Nobeoka New Kindergarten Nobeoka Railroad Crossing Nobeoka Ryota Kawaminami Sumie Nobeoka Tabacco Nobeoka NT Tunnels to Kitaura From Nobeoka Whitey Hiding Eiko Yanagita Emi Kodama Emily Kono Eri Kai Naoki Sasada Shuuhei Kodama Takashi Inui Eriko Fukumitsu Yuriya Kusano Fumigo Goto Jun Sudou Masashi Kagawa Goro Furumoto Takashi Yamada Hideki Amakawa Nobuo Nakashima Tsuyoko Mizuta Chieko Yoshioka Yumi Yokoyama Mika Ooyama Fuki Sakaguchi Nobuaki Iwai Itsuka Watanabe Sayoko Yoshimura Fumiko Ogawa Fumiko Tagawa Fumiyo Matsumura Gary Leyton Saki Okada Hitomi Ayaka Glen Ahner Haruka Hidaka Yuuki Hidaka Ise Hidaka Haruna Kitayama Chikashi Nagano Shouko Kurogi Megumi Kawano Yuki Sawada Hiroaki Honda Masahide Murata Yachiyo Takahashi Yuka Tanaka Tatsumi Murata Hideki Matsuoka Akiko Honda Ryou Ueno Tonami Kubota Tatsuki Kodama Shuu Awano Kouhei Tanaka Miharu Komatsu Shougou Tawara Minami Akari Ayari Okufuji Atsuko Hirano Nao Minami Shiori Tougo Nagisa Morita Manami Furukawa Rina Kawano Yuuki Kawano Riku Ishida Toyota Yuuta Kimura Satsuki Kodama Kaito Kodama Hiroya Unehara Yoshihiro Takahashi Keita Kouzuma Naohiro Minami Henry B lla Hidemi Kurogi Hidemi Matsumoto Hideyo Yoshida Hideyuki Kai Hiroaki Aishima Hiro Maeda Hiroki Sasada Hiroko Niiro Hiromichi Arase Hiromu Imakiire Takao Tanaka Hiroshi Kawano Naomi Yanagi Hiroshi Doi Hiroshi Kai Hiroshi Saito Hiroto Aoyama Hiroto Kazumata Hisako Hidada Hisako Okura Ikuko Fujimoto Ikuku Baba Isao Shiihara Itsuko Nonoue Izumi Kai Jeff Romonko Sayuri Masuda Junichi Hirose Junko Mizumoto Kaharu Umon Kanako Kodama Kaori Ito Kaori Kawashima Kaori Ono Akane Miura Kawagoe Ryouko Kayo Kotake Kayo Nakano Kayoko Hirota Kayoko Kurimoto Kayoko Tachibana Kazuhiko Someya Kazuko Kohdatsu Kazuyo Nakao Soda Byouin Kazuyuki Matsuda Keiko Hino Keiko Kawano Keiko Ogawa Keiko Sasaki Keiko Taguchi Keiko Yakizaki Kenichi Shimoda Kenichiro Kitabayashi Kentarou Kadomura Kentarou Kaneko Kenzo Wada Kerry Dunne Koji Kai Kosei Taniwaki Kotani Kai Kou Osaki Kouhei Kai Kouhei Miyaki Kouhei Oomura Kousuke Iwakiri Kozue Omichi Kumiko Morishita Kyoko Asada Kyoko Furuta Kyoko Kashiwado Nobuko Minato Toshimi Takahashi Yoko Jukurogi Rumiko Yanagita Tomoe Yoshida Yumiko Nakagawa Rena Anegawa Seiko Shiba Tezuka Osamu Mari Sasaki Naoki Murakami Mariko Kai Mariko Mii Mariko Sanada Marilyn Paul Masahiko Matsubayashi Masahiro Sato Masako Horiuchi Masami Miyagoe Masano Harada Masao Katsura Masaru Ito Masato Setoguchi Masato Tsuyoshi Masatoshi Kai Masayo Kudou Mika Ueno Mayu Inayoshi Mayuka Miura Mayumi Hayashi Mayumi Kaikake Mayumi Nakamura Megumi Fujitaka Megumi Iwasaki Megumi Nagano Mei Nagahama Michael Cooper Michiko Ando Michiko Suzuki Michiyo Kobayashi Midori Nakanishi Mieko Matsuno Mieko Naono Miho Kurogi Mihoko Hirasawa Mika Katou Mika Michimae Mika Mikako Katsusuko Mikasa 0982 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Kawamata Yoriko Taguchi Keiko Kitayama Kaname Kawano Naomi Matsuda Rumiko Yanagita Toru Ide Takami Yamashita Shigetoshi Fumiklo Tagawa Tsunako Izumi Toshiko Tajima Reiko Noza Noboru Takashima Yoshiki Nomura Shinobu Ogata Peter Ishii Ran Kai Reiko Hanaoka Rhondi Shigemura Richard Delrio Rie Ishigawa Rie Watanabe Rika Ikeda Rika Kurogi Rika Tokumaru RINA AND MIKA UENO Rina Asami Saki Natsumi Risa Kai Eri Kai Takumi Kai Ritsuko Hashimoto Roger Onuma Royal Tennis Club Rumi Kawano Home Rumiko Kitagawa Ryoko Hosokawa Ryou Ogata Ryouta Kawaminami Ryuna Katou Ryusei Ishihara Sachiko Kubozaki Sachiko Oga Saho Hamamatsu Saki Nakata Genta Okada Satoko Kosaka Satoko Yamamoto Satomi Taniwaki Satoru JAZZ FANTASY Satou Michiko Sayaka Suda Sayaka Nasu Seiko Matsushita Setsuyo Kojima Shigeyuki Mohara Shigemitsu Nagata Shiho Kodama Shiho Tajima Shin Masuda Shinji Keneko Shinka Sakaguchi Shinya Agagi Kunihiko Sogabe Shiori Ichimasa Shiori Kai Shiori Maeda Shizoku Akasu Shizuka Soga Shoichirou Ono Shoji Hisatomi Shosaku Aramaki Shouhei Kai Shouta Nakano Shoya Kodama Shunsuke MatsumotoShunsuke Nakashima Miruku Shuuhei Kodama Soda Byouin Souhei Akuta Steven Snyder Sue Oser Suzuko Kurogi Akira Matsumoto Toshinobu Morikawa Katsuhiko Nakai Kazuhiro Shiiba Shuichi Sudo Toshirou Taniguchi Kazuki Tateo Ajisaka Shintarou Baba Toshihiko Honda Taeko Yamamoto Eiji Kamitani Akemi Kimura Kayo Takahiro Goto Taigaa Jyukurogi Takahiro Kurogi Takahiro Matsubayashi Takako Jennings Takako Yoshida Takanobu Nagatomo Takashi Goto Takashi Inui Yuu Hirose Satomi Imakiire Yuri Umino Yuuko Umino Takeshi Fukagawa Ogaji Cho Nobeoka Takeshi Kai Satomi Imakiire Taketoshi Nomoto Takeyuki Yamamoto Takiko Hirasaki Tomitaka Hyuga Takumi Kai Matsuyama Cho Takumi Takuya Kuroki Tateo Ajisaka Tatsuko Akiki Tatsunori Ogawa Tatsuya Hisanaga Takayoshi Nanba Shuji Oonishi Jyunya Tokita Tomiko Nakashikma Tomoko Kitano Tomoko Ooshima Tomoko Uesugi Tomomi Kodama Tomomi Kuroda Tony Randles Toshie Mizuide Toshifumi Goto Toshiharu 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Kuroki Yuusuke Nasu Yuutaro Yoshioka Yuuto Inada Yuuto Suguro Akane Kuga Shun Inouchi Koudai Makihira Yuusei Makihira Miyuu Tanaka Maimi Tanaka Mamika Yanagita Arisa Iwakiri Hiroyuki Matsumoto Yukako Kuroki Rina Inouchi Yoshitaka Yamashita Akiko Tanaka Hiroko Kawano Yasuhisa Shimoda Masayo Takata Eriko Matsuda Sachiko Kijima Nobeoka Tennessee Waltz Kahoru Mori Yoshiko Oka Tomoyuki Takahashi tennis Yoshiko Takahashi Miki Takahashi volleyball Harry Potter Ayaka Matsumoto dance Hauru Ugokushiro Mami Mitarai dance Harry Potter Shiori Taguchi piano Tonari No Totoro Yukina Taguchi piano Riko Takamori badminton Tonari No Totoro Yukiko Koyano basketball Harry Potter Mao Ogawa karaoke One Piece Haura Wada dokusho ryouri Harry Potter Nana Tokudome badminton Harry Potter Rina Tokudome badminton Tonari No Totoro Mizuki Gotou swing Kurenai no buta Mayoushi Yagino Maya Nishimura basketball Mask Ima Ai ni Yukimasu Rina Toitaka softball Harry Potter Kotomi Sayuri Takamura badminton Hauru no Ugokushiro 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Ena Sueyasu Mayuko Miyahara Misaki Miyahara Seitaro Oda Seitaro Mori Shugo Fukada Kouki Yuki Yamana Riko Katakabe Miwa Iwamoto Koudai Asahi Shiiba Mieko Naono Tomiko Futami Setsuko Shiiba Yasuko Iwakiri Asahikasei is a great company to work for Kawashima Youchien is a great kindergarten Tsuno concrete walk in Miyazaki Internet Cafe