{"id":3421,"date":"2026-04-28T08:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/members.shinjikyoukai.jp\/main\/?p=3421"},"modified":"2026-04-28T12:08:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T03:08:48","slug":"meetings-in-us-and-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/members.shinjikyoukai.jp\/main\/archives\/3421","title":{"rendered":"Meetings in US and Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The following events are planned for 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

North America <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We will be using a venue at public facilities to hold study sessions and Ky\u014dkai<\/em> community gatherings. For those who wish to have a purification ceremony for vehicles, our staff will visit each home the day after the event to perform the ceremony. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
Los Angeles<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Saturday, March 21<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Place:
Torrance Cultural Arts Center
Garden Room A,B<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Address:
3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA 90503<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time<\/strong><\/th>Event details<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
10:00<\/td>Kaigai Shinja Benky\u014dkai<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
11:00<\/td>Shinja Kokoro no Moto Benky\u014dkai<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
11:50<\/td>Chiiki no Tsudoi <\/em>(Discussion Session)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
San Francisco <\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Saturday, April 18<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Place:
Berkeley Public Library North Branch
Meeting Room<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Address:
1170 The Alameda Berkeley, CA 94707<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time<\/strong><\/th>Event details<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
10:30<\/td>Kaigai Shinja Benky\u014dkai<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
11:30<\/td>Shinja Kokoro no Moto Benky\u014dkai<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
12:30<\/td>Chiiki no Tsudoi <\/em>(Discussion Session)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vancouver, Canada <\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Saturday<\/strong>, May 16<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The event date has changed from its original schedule. Please make sure you have the correct dates to mark in your calendars. Thank you for your understanding. <\/mark>(Updated February 28th, 2026) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place:
YWCA Hotel
Royal & Canfor Conference Rooms<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Address:
733 Beatty St, Vancouver, BC V6B 2M4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time<\/strong><\/th>Event details<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
12:30<\/td>Kaigai Shinja Benky\u014dkai<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
13:30<\/td>Shinja Kokoro no Moto Benky\u014dkai<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
14:30<\/td>Chiiki no Tsudoi <\/em>(Discussion Session)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington DC <\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Saturday, June 20<\/strong> <\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Place:
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library-Central Library
401-F Conference Room<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Address:
901 G St. NW, Washington D.C.20001<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time<\/strong><\/th>Event details<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
13:15<\/td>Kaigai Shinja Benky\u014dkai<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
14:15<\/td>Shinja Kokoro no Moto Benky\u014dkai<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
15:15<\/td>Chiiki no Tsudoi <\/em>(Discussion Session)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Community Gatherings and Exchanges <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\u25a0Exchange Event for North American Communities <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will be providing an opportunity for a gathering event for warm interactions and exchanges with fellow members who are learning the teachings in various locations in North America. Please consider including this in your family travel plans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

July  Florida<\/s> This event has been cancelled due to current social situation.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u25a0International Day <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the period of K\u014dju<\/em> <\/em>Shinja Sanpaiji<\/em>, a gathering event will be set up at Shins\u014dhonbu<\/em> exclusively for those residing overseas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 13th – 15th (2 nights, 3 days) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following events are plann…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-distant_area_overseas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/members.shinjikyoukai.jp\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/members.shinjikyoukai.jp\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/members.shinjikyoukai.jp\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/members.shinjikyoukai.jp\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/members.shinjikyoukai.jp\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3421"}],"version-history":[{"count":86,"href":"https:\/\/members.shinjikyoukai.jp\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6917,"href":"https:\/\/members.shinjikyoukai.jp\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions\/6917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/members.shinjikyoukai.jp\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/members.shinjikyoukai.jp\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/members.shinjikyoukai.jp\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}