Reverend Noritaka Imada — guiding our Sangha with wisdom and compassion
Reverend Noritaka Imada, 2024
Rev. Noritaka Imada, who transferred from the Tri-State/Denver Buddhist Temple to the Northern California District, became our resident minister in August of 2022.
The Buddhist Church of Florin shares his ministerial services with the Buddhist Church of Lodi.
He is married to Michele Tiemi, who speaks Japanese, Portuguese, and English and loves to dance — she used to practice belly dancing. They have a daughter, Emma, who was born in Tokyo. Emma loves to play in the park, sing songs, and eat udon and anything sweet.
Reverend Imada was born in Hiroshima, Japan. He studied Buddhism at Otani University from 2009 to 2013, then attended the Chuo Bukkyo Gakuin from 2013 to 2014, where he received his certification of Tokudo/Kyoshi.
He studied English at Embassy English in Long Beach after working as a Buddhist minister at the Jokyoji Buddhist Temple in Hiroshima. In 2018 he participated in the BCA IMOP (International Ministers Overseas Program).
He worked as a temporary English guide at the Tsukiji Hongwanji Buddhist Temple in Tokyo before being assigned to the Tri-State/Denver Buddhist Temple in 2019 as BCA minister.
Rev. Imada at the temple
“Namu Amida Butsu”— The Nembutsu — the heart of Jodo Shinshu practice
