Fujitani married Kodo Fujitani in 1921. Kodo was a Shin Buddhist minister who had recently arrived in Hawaii. They moved to Maui and served at the Pauwela Hongwanji Mission. They had eight children, with one of their sons also serving as a Buddhist minister in adulthood. While serving in Pauwela, Fujitani was also regularly called upon by the county to serve as an interpreter, foster parent to orphans, and substitute teacher.[2]
In 1935 the family moved to Moiliili Hongwanji, where Fujitani directed the Sunday School and the temple dormitory. When Kodo was incarcerated throughout World War II, Fujitani maintained the temple and its activities. She also encouraged women to support the Red Cross throughout the war.[2]
She was also a member of the Moiliili Community Center, and became an executive board member when it was officially chartered in 1945. Fujitani founded the Hongwanji Mission School during her husband's tenure as bishop in 1949. It was the first Buddhist elementary school that taught in English in the United States. However, though she founded the school and served as the executive secretary of the board, she never taught there.[3]
The Fujitanis returned to Maui to serve at the Wailuku Hongwanji Mission until 1959, when they retired and returned to Honolulu. Fujitani died of coronary thrombosis on February 11, 1965.[1]