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K w ¡¢¤£¥ ¦§©w¨©© Shirokane, then went on to the 1}/;: %³}?79: ÆFÇ L L i ¯ °O± ¨ ª ª «¬9ª ® Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Õ@,%*A(*BT b2 ;= ±³² ´.µ i.¶©·xy ¸)¹§º ¥ Museum (ancient residence of C v2<,DhS< IH LFEG §¿.ÀÁÂÄäÅ.Æ ».¼½ z¾{ Prince Asaka), Takanawa 3 _KJ;=ML},}*6./Nz_JMO )ÑÒÓÕÔ¾Ö i.½ ÇÉÈËÊÍÌÉÈÏÎ)Ð 3 fire-station’s Nihon-enoki branch P P 36bF0'J KKQ,R$SUT ×ØÙ©ÚÛ »¼©c.Ü Ý)hÞ n and the Mita temple district, and V N$W$X ZY[M\,]F^ sc%d Óãâ ä å ±§±ß² ´©µ i©àá ¥ terminated at the Keio University ß/b F_/':h=Sa` ¡c e e Ó gç§è)é ê©i»¼©ë æ campus, known for its oratorical hall d S2_]0!afe /=0( Lg Á ì §íî§ïñð<òôó9õ ö÷ and ancient library. ª «143B¬ihz_kj£l,m¡n L Ó§û©ü x öý©þxy.ÿ øùú Zuisho-ji-temple’s unique o y¢/':#SJU*a#FpMqrMsNF i¡ ©ö £¢¥¤§¦¥¨ © double-roofed Dai-yuhoden Main Ftu*v#=r#µ _J¡w K i¡ .ö¥©Ý¥ no Hall was modeled in the style of B!SaC/9¬g-,x «;£y2/=:h ü º i¡! p § ù§ Buddhist templesduring the Ming S2_]: bF0'J ,*6. LFz K " dynasty of China. The view {}|i£~¢c;!4_]021= 01 i2§3 £465¤b¡7§89¥: ¦ through its main gate from c4$ T*!< º/;¥<=¡>§i?@ þA© n Kuwaharazaka slope is outstanding. S B@ |£FY K¡££ ÀE x§F©iGHI ) §B§CD ù The Tokyo Metropolitan X.}£!=b=b;* À L Á¡M ~¥J i A -K¾n§sL v Teien Art Museum, or the ancient k/$1 /:¥> ä Å¥P ï(N)iO ¥QRST residence of Prince Asaka, was r2:'°;± RbF:H³%´'?( cU(V¡W çX ¡Y[Z]\^ % under repair and its beautiful outer ¸ ) '$CN³!p K H¡_`¡abc§d§e¥f¥ghi¡j¥k % walls were still covered by the /(¦B¬ !b. 3 L lnm hopqr§s(tuvwx à scaffolding when we visited. The yb* Fnz_]0F e L y¥z§{¡|§}~¥¥h¥** whole building is in the “art deco” ¢º%/&,;1 ;0'J K*U l § m§§ o¥ h¥cd style: every room is elaborately ¡¢¤£¦¥§U¨¦©¡ª« ¬}K®¡¯ §hrx¥c/(s ³ µ °}±M²´³Uµ¶· designed and decorated with ¥ ¨ ¸ }hcd(i§j(x( ¹Uº"»M¼F½¾$¿À breath-takingly beautiful ornaments. ·/Á ¨ à ¥ (¡¢x£(¤¥ A big campaign by the local «/ÅÇÆÈ ÉÊËÆÌMÍ$Î}«IÏ Ä ¦ o§ ¨§©«ª¬|n}¥®¤ ¯ people saved the aged fire station ±ÑÐiÒ ± ÕÖa× ¨FÓÔ Ì7Ø ¨ °±§²n³´h¥µ§¶·¸¹6º¼»¥½ ¼Ù Ú7»¡Û£Ü¤ÝÞ building from being demolished and ¨¦ß¡à"¨ ¾ ¿oÀ(cd¸(ÁÂÃ(ÄÅ( the beautiful watchtower has £@â/ãä$å,æ"¨¡Ì,ÌFçè$é á Æ ¨¡h¥Ç§È§ÉÊËÌ(Í¡Î/Ï( ¼Fë ³ · survived, commanding a view of the §U¨¡è,è« êÑÆÈ$é ¡Ð§±Ñ§ÒÓÔÖÕh¥×Ø¡c§ ¼Mï¡ð}» »Fí area, but with less function as a fire ì ÐiÒî ÐiÒ é h*k(c§dÙhÚÜÛÝÞß{} ðö lookout today. µ ³ ñóò ¨õôZâ¡è ¡ ¥ Æ ¨/ॠá¥â¥ã¥äh¥i/j¥Ï ¼ Strolling along the slopes in µ÷Ö·Fø,ùú âûä¡üÇÆ åæ¥çè§éê¥hëÔÖÕb*Ïì ¹ the Mita temple district, I felt as if I Ö¦þ ÿ ÈÈý ¡£¢¥¤§¦©¨ m çè}íÔÖÕî h§²ï§ìð*k Á had stepped into a different sphere, Ø®¡¯,੧ ¡ö o§pñò§óô¼õ¥± Ï § ÷ ³¶ ± as time was passing leisurely and â È$é é󣦥 m/øù¡ú¡û¡ü h/ýþ´Ïc¡ÿ ÷ silently here, having nothing to do 2 South Wind A ¢¡¤£¦¥¢§©¨ M=fMK Ï with the redevelopment going on in ¢=±»¥½ ¢ "!#%$'&)(+* other parts of the city. l ¨,¢-¢.0/¢1+3254"6 h= kÓ*У§¥§ý ! 758 The ancient library of Keio }"¡¢¢=£=¤ A¦ § M¥ !: 9 University reminded me of the ; ¨A@ B"C h"A¨"©Mª/ D"E =<">5? Marunouchi district where red-brick ¡ ¢=«¥o/¬M/x £¥¥¡~~¡ <=F G© H IKJL8M$ 9 9 walled buildings used to range. l_±©² ¨¢RM¨ S¢T¢UVW ¡ ý+ ôL®¯Õ v©° ! ONQP The excursion inspired me 3XMY Ï¢´¢µ ¶ ·M¸A¹AºM»¥k¼¢µ ³ !0:Z5[\¢]_^` 9 with a variety of interests and ¡ ½ ¾ ¿À¬ ¢Á§h  ÃÄ fe =$A!©g_&h"< a bdc impressions of the various spots we ikj j lA ¡_m ª ÏLÅÆMÇAÈ¡ÏÉhMÊ| l # nMop visited. One common characteristic j ;t m Ë V u0¨ U T · ÍÌÏÎ ÐfÑk¢ÒAÓ*Ï(¥ 8! Nrq=s of those architectural works is that V u ¡¤£y0z ñ=ÔÕ=Ö×¥o ØhÎ Ð*Ïf $ Lvx :wvx they all integrate the current overseas Ú m Ú £ 6 W óÛ Ë/Ï Ü Ù ¥ f{dv_&): # q=s styles of the day with a style |wj ¨3}L6 V¤~ £¥¥ ×*AÝMÞ"¡¢ <=F G5 8 appropriate to the Japanese u= u ¢$ 8ML3© ambiance and climate. Mita ßáàãâß àãâåääxææ çéèëêçéè ê ß ß àãâàãâ ä ä æ æ çéèçéè ê ê m $0: Oratorial Hall of Keio Univ. is a good example. The hall was constructed by Japanese carpenters who studied the references that the founder of the school, Fukuzawa Yukichi, had collected through a friend then staying in the U.S. The resulting hall is a perfect work of mixed origins: its interior makes you feel that you are in a church or public institution in the U.S. while its exterior maintains the Japanese architectural tradition, with black roof tiles covering stuccoed walls in the “namako” style. These elements of both occidental and oriental cultures harmonize with one another, and even now after some 120 years since its completion, the hall still serves as a venue for important speeches and rituals to award doctoral degrees. I’ve convinced myself of the policy of Minato City that has been always ready to accept different cultures from abroad. Through my experience on this excursion, I realized my ignorance about my own home city. The invitation note for this little trip said that you wouldn’t need to go far to meet the treasures. Why shouldn’t I go out more often to discover these treasures? I am excited by the idea of more discoveries in the vicinity and I shall be more and more in love with the city where I live. [translated by: Y. Nakano] ìíîï ðñ ò0óìíîï ðñ ò0ó ðñMôLõ3öðñ ôLõ3öø÷¢ù÷¢ùhú=ûú=û ìíîï ðñ ò0ó ðñðñ ôLõ3öôLõ3ö ÷¢ù÷¢ù ú=ûú=û ìíîï ðñ ò0ó üAýøþ_ÿ¡ £¢"þ¥¤§¦©¨ _ÿ ! 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(Tel. 03-3578-3530) March 13 (Tue.), 19:30 – 21:00, Minato City Hall 9th floor, #914 April 10 (Tue.), 19:30 – 21:00, Minato City Hall 9th floor, #911 May 8 (Tue.), 19:30 – 21:00, Minato City Hall 9th floor, #914 3 South Wind Modern Japanese Architecture ØĿͨʐ уƳȟaŁܜīç —the allure of Kyodokaikan and how 1 2 3#4,567#8%9:; < ÎÏ ÐRÑÒÓ<Ô$Õ©ÖØ×RÙ<ÚÜÛÝÎ to lay out a street => => => => Þ<ßáà âÞ<ß à â§ããåäçæäçæ$èè Þ<ßÞ<ß à âà â ã ã äçæäçæ è è ?,@BAADCFECFEGG ?,@ ?,@ A A CFECFE G G ?,@ Ms. Nobuko SUZUKI (Japan) JK PQ HI JKML#N é$ê$ëAì*íïî<é,ð¡ñò<óPë O O n every country, there are some ôõ3ö÷ùø ÷ R,SMT,U¡V,W§XZY§[,\] ìMé ᬜ ëúÍûü ʳ buildings which make a town ÷ ý ú9û,íÿþ¡ 룢¥¤§¦©¨ Aûü ^_`#a,b ^%de f gh i V I O.c appear affluent and attractive, and £¥ ¦ ¡ `k%l d j So pq%r Os Om n have been loved by people down !#" £$&%¡')()*,+#-./#021&354 `x y tu%vw rz#{ I 6 7 8 !;:¥< through the years. 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It was an k`©)§* % "¡#£$¡%£&©' { 8MÍ ' ZXM1E/[' & 2}}#a O©( §,£-©. © office that acted as an agent for `k l î S r 7 7 ! "¥ cH AE9 W ¬¢ O+ ¡5 geisha. “Kenban” still exist in D `k l¡0 QTÑ ")Ò q12 / ¯H°0ÁW#X£ÏEÐ N¡MÓ O¡3£4 ó Asakusa and Mukojima, but the one 7 0 k¡7 d98;: k%l 6 Ë¡Ô ©ÉEÊEÕÖE×KØ 'Ù ÚÌ0 q ¥¦ { O <>=©? @A¡BC in Shibaura is the last which was 7)ß G " AMZ }#0Á-Û A)Ü¡Ý¡'Þ î À § + O constructed before the war in Tokyo. 7 ÑEá Í à 9m ' '©âEU `Æ¡E `§HIJ¡K D {>F p¡G O £O I As a matter of fact, it was used as a 7³æ Q Ñ 8 ãEä&å Ð A J çè,r d g>L¥M,` ¡ O ã>N >O 100 CD Ñ à “kenban” for a very short period. Eéê'ëyìí¥0mWLX,´ Ï ` kM` PQQR TS¡ ¤ O 7 ]^ ! ")< A9 W WYR©W; /;?;3 Since this building was put to use as `©TJ Í£W PQ£Q£R À O 7 Q "Mï VU 30 È ' 9ÃP&WY')ðMñ X£î a facility for the Tokyo Ports and Y£X%¦>Y O¥Z£[©\^]`_>a©bc£d QTÑ !,: < J XM1 deE¥ K' Ê Harbors Bureau after the war, it was ef©g©h©ikj`l¡m©noqprs©tu ù©ú p¥÷ø ' 'òMóKM Bô©õ&ö relieved from economic trouble. vxwy¡zk{}|~¡¥ 7ýþ ú KKûHü ' K¡ÿ¡ HU a¡© Then Kyodokaikan released a part of s© f ¡ vwy©z{>£© O EùH7 Ñ "o¥p ! 9£¢ ¡{ .9 \ building to the public and it became ¥`£££©£ p¡£ 7 O 8 Q :E< ' > > 9 Ù a>§ a preferred location for filming TV l¡m>¦ ©¡ Ñ 8 Ñ à "¥¤§¦©¨ õ Ï £ ¡ 1 _§\¥£¤¥ 60 ¢ programs and movies. However, § ©« 8 ½ :¡< {&'©0Á'¥ - \¬]a®©¯ ]°\ \©¨£ª Kyodokaikan has come to a crisis: it " p`·¸©¹¡º ±£²³©´µ¡¶ £¡WL1(§U¥1 \£»>¼`½ will be d em olis hed for 8 " ! U Z '#"%$¡N- £& (')' s¿ÁÀ>¦>Âkg¥Ã s ¾ a>Ä>ÅÇÆÉÈ reconstruction. The main feature 7./ Ñ " &*,+#'.- -k¥J ¥0'§& 4 South W ind t ¿©s£tNù0ú ÊËÌ¥ÍÎÍ£ÏÑЩÒ>ÓÁÔÕkÖ¥Í§× L÷Nø a®©¯0ûü \ of Kyodokaikan is its modern e¡ ©f£g À(ý p©¡© ÒÓÁØ©ÙÛÚÁÜÝßÞÁà©áâãÁäæåqå \ þ0ÿ ° Japanese construction, which is a p s¤§ « Íèçêéëìîí£ïð§åßñ`Ô¡òó¥ôÍõ a Nþ¡ÿ£a¡®©¯¡¢¤£¦¥ ° mixture of construction techniques ö ¿©¨ © Ý÷áÊ£ø©ùkú©û©üýþà`á£ð`ÿ¡ a ø from the Edo era and design ¤¦ ¦ ¤ Økãèä åÊ£¢¥¤ Ô§¦©¨ÛÊ£ N÷¡Å¦a a \ adopting the style and materials of © ¦& ©© !"#¤$% ý¢þqð£Ê Ê (')¦* \ the West. Round-cornered glass ©+ ,.-0/ fgs¥t1 23 !#"%$'& !+*, ʡةЦ%¨( ¡ ) a¥d doors may be seen on all sides of À + !.- & ×>ÒÓ Í>Ô0/1£2¡í Ê>Í ¤¡a5678 \ \¡4£d * the building and produce a beautiful 3 p g¡Ã ² & 9:;©<=~ Ø é>ÝæÞ>âÉã>ä54768'9:£Ú(; a ¡>? harmony with the entrance, which is ö + < @ & C¦DE¦F Ð>=`âÏ@?A Þkà§áû(Bïð \¤G§ª¡H BA ¤ decorated with a powerful oriental KBL¦M¦N ²¡I¦J $ åC ýEDF ÐHG(I£ÊJ¢àLKÍNM 5£aPO¡Q¡\ d\ gable. The most wonderful point O L¦R¡K ST fVWÀ ´ í£ïð©øBÜ£ØÐ>PQkâxØ#R)S \UH©a d is a grand hall on the second floor / XY / ¡ZP[¤\ å+ Í>Ø£TðÊ¥ØÔû£áB)HUV °U?©]¦]ß\PH ? up the beautiful curved stairway. ¦^©f s£¿ £u ² " 9 Þ>âÉã>äXW#Y¡Z[Ô§å;Ê û#\] _¦`ß\ba a The floor area is covered by a p¤¤de-gf>u ö ^ ¶ , 9¥ [\ Y^£¢4Í¡Õ`_£Øð 2N¢àÝ )¡c a hundred tatami mats, with a 30-mat f ´ 9 Þkð0I[Ø¡=¡ÏÑÐ>ab¡¢4kÊ(cd £¦h£a¤ij\bk>£l¦m \ stage (about 60 sq. m.) is made of ©vw &Ch & Ê(efkÍ#g á£i¡Ø =`Ï âxþ;ðä no©p qsrtpAu 4kd û Japanese cypress, and a coffered j0k l ¦~¤©r¡ M & " h x¡y¦z¤{ Ð ÿÊ ©û áef ¤|¤}¡\ ½ a ceiling. When it was a “kenban”, B¡¤ s ©¸¦¡¤ !Lm F§ÝæÞ¥à+¢¥à§Ý¬Þ>ð§Ê¡Øãä r u¦ young geisha rehearsed here. This < a¥bno Í¡pÁð Êq)\kû(r ¤BP¦¡¦¤BP¦¡¦ ¤BP¦¡¦ ¤BP¦¡¦ structure was built by the same & Ýtský.uþÐ Ê¡váwáØ0x B master carpenter who built the old y£zE{L|}>~) ÊN+¥¥V©ï`à v _U¡ 1 11 JR Meguro Gajo-en. If you go there, , $ á Ø¥Ð5 åÊ¢¤ÁÊ0kýL £¢ <(© ¡ ¤© you can see the pictures set into the , ÿ¡å í#I0©Ê(ÞkÍN§ï Ï ¤¡m ¥¦ < ! 7 ceiling. The building has stood for qÝ÷ÞkÐÑüÉåB(£B©þáN¡ û j¡k)l $ ý©ÞðNdèÔ( more than 60 years without X§¡¨ ¡£ ©¡©ª < ©ÁÏ âãäæÿÞ^Ô)pkð Í ý reinforcement work. Taking this ~ £) $t > JL á http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/-tn7t-kmy fact into consideration, I think we & ¡B þßÞkâ¡¥2¡ä í£B¥Ý åÿ>Ð û©Ê m/index.html can keep this beautiful structure z åÊN¢¤èÔ¡d¥¢ký+£)T+S¤à£Ð «¬®« ¬®°¯¯²±± « ¬®¬® ¯ ¯ ± ± « thanks to intelligent planning at that ~ ö ¥¦C§(¨#© Ê¡ª0« þqàJ¬ Þ£ ³¤´³ ´ ³ ´ ´ ³ time. Many modern Japanese `àJTÉð©Ê£Ø¥Ô¡ûá>Ø£þt®¯ @B¡ä±° structures were built all over the ² h £BÝtXB¥Ð³)´µN¶0·èÍ á í country at the beginning of the 3 Ñá£ïðJ¸N¹>ýtºFàÐ Ø>ÔJ»¥Ï S howa era. Kyodokaikan is the one of tho se constructed with good technique. 3 ¼ & Ê©Ð æÔ#½ ¾·0¿ýÁÀ0 û§á Wooden structures are rapidly disappearing from our neighborhood and $ $& !#à )Ý Þ Ê þßá þqà§á buildings are now being contructed of reinforced concrete. But people who Ä¡Å Å , ý TtB£`ÐÇÆ£B©þ')àá visit Kyodokaikan say “Time goes by very slowly here and I feel nostalgic.” This &ÈÉ åE ØkÔ©û©áØþ®' B£är 0) may be the original scale of space in which we are comfortable. So this !LÌ , ý á0Ê0Ë F§à§á ð¡/ !.& , 5=¡Ý;ð¡ûJÍ£ÎB¥Ý¯r Ï ÏÐ Ð construction attracts us and has been loved as a place of community. Beyond the Ñ Ò ! N=ÏÓKýé£Ô£ãÕÖ ¡â Ê fact that it is famous or historically appreciated, it is important that we give a new $Á" ! U¡á©âÉã>ä ݬޥàá breath of life to things which can no longer be created. They have a different value from newer things and we should protect their existence. I think it is the ×Ø`Ù×Ø ÙÛÚÜ0ÝÞÚÜ0ÝÞ ×Ø Ù Ù ÚÜ0ÝÞÚÜ0ÝÞ ×Ø right time to consider from new angles how to lay out streets and what a town ß¡àÑáNâ ÷ëçæÛè éLê ª0ã¦åää should be. á¡âåì ë " !#ï ÏÇí0îêJKÖ á>à µ µ µ Shibaura µ Kyodokaikan !Jò ð¯ñ ¡ å;ñ Ê 1-11 Shibaura, Tokyo 7 min. to Hamamatsucho from JR Tamachi station, Shibaura exit j0k l ló ~)ô(õ¤~ ©Æ)B¥ã ý Homepage of Kyodokaikan ö http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~tn7t-kmym/index.html http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/-tn7t-kmy [translated by: Y: Morishita] m/index.html 5 South W ind "$#&%'"$#&%' ¶£·¹¸(º¼»½¿¾À "$#&%'"$#&%' ($)+*,-($)+*,- ($)+*,- (Baltic)($)+*,- A Travel Sketch ÁÃÂÅÄ (1) - The Baltic States (1) - Æ ÇÉÈÊÆ Ç ÈÊ£ËËÍÌÌÏÎÑÐÎÑÐÒÒ Æ ÇÆ Ç ÈÊÈÊ Ë Ë Ì Ì ÎÑÐÎÑÐ Ò Ò .¡/.¡/ .¡/ .¡/ 021021 021 Sumie (021 ) Ms. Sumie SATO (Japan) Ó 3 Ô Õ ÖÃ×Ø 5 687 11 10 10 10 11 4 10 10 y mother and I made a Õ ÖÚÙ¦Û¼ÜÞÝàßâáäã 69;:<>=>? ¿ 5 17 10 17 8-day trip in October @BA$CDBE&F¡GBH$CDJI¥KBL å(æèç¤éíçê å(æèç¤ébç¤êÞëì M Û¿Ü 1999 to visit some cities in the Baltic MBN>O>P çUò î¦ï©ð£ñ î óô©õ÷öùøBú¦ø 1 (Helsinki) Q+9SRTU States - Vilnius and Kaunas in N^ VWYX[Z I]\ û æ é ¡ £¢þÜ¥¤§¦©¨ ö õüú¦ýèþÜüÿ (Lithuania) Lithuania, Riga in Latvia, and Tallin _ _ û æ ç î î§ Ó ø õ¥ Ü þö ú©ø õ 9 (Vilnius) `baBc (Kaunas) in Estonia. Let me share our \gf Iihkj ç¤ò ï¿ð ñ ô ô ß¡¦¨ ced (Latvia) experience of those three Baltic f Ù¦ (Riga) 9mlonBp>q>r (Estonia) States, which used to be part of the MBN Ist £ î Ü"! Û ã$#&%('*) 9u¡Qv¡w (Ta3{z¡|llin) USSR, but are now independent OPYx+y + ð î*/0132*46587 ö-,.' $¦ l]}B~$ states. I$ Ó 9. Ù We took Finnair to our first [{Y>B¥ çPò<; ï£ð ñ Ù3: Ü ×Ø Ü stop at Helsinki. Helsinki’s time ¡$ +¡>¡£¢¤¥ =CB =<>.?A@ 7 7CF ED ß ¡þ ¢ 7 zone is 7 hours behind Japan. As ¦B§[©¨ª«Y¬® G*H*IKJML§N$O*P"Q we had been advised that it would be &¯¡¡´[¡µ©¶ ¯¥°¡±$² V$[V\6Y^]¡P`_KS*aTSb c Z Fed 7 ³ cold we came prepared with an ·©¸B¹Bº[»¼½B¾B¿BÀ¡Á& O f(g*hTiJ overcoat, long underwear, pants and ÃÄÅ[ÆÇJÅ[ÈBÄBÉÊ ¥ËÌ c p3qsrTt6uKn N D 20 woolen sweater. When we arrived ÍBÎB¹BÏBº¥Ð&±BÑÓÒoÔÕ$Ö NCO6P|{}h£iAJLC~Wbc F8 vsz in Helsinki we found that we were סØÙ>ÚÛ Õ£ÝÜ>½¡¾Þß O.hL§| 6c N*K&n§(l[ 20 over-prepared! It was cold outside Ù$å ½¡¾¡àáâ&ã¡ä ¥bæoç c.*N§< I6pO¡C§[ D ... but once we got inside it was about ÄYíYîïBð Jñóò hLN6OP{lNsk s èYé+ê£ë&ì 20 degrees centigrade. At first, I Y J]õB±òBöÔ+÷+]ø ô CJL.r h ~bECl[$*c F F wished we had brought something ù òBú$±ûüBý]þß$þÿ¡ £¢ ih£LK b¡6¢6h k6^V$S6] z lighter to wear. But the ¥ £ Bª£ Bá S.VK¤A¥§¦¨©&[§ªs«P¬6N ¤¦¥¨§ © £ temperature in the Baltic States was ð á £Ó¨ N6([CP¯ cs°Wbc G K®"K® F D between 5-10 degrees and the J¯B! Ì+µ" ñ ·©¸B¹ºý Hsk<±JL§²b¤M³´Kh *c.i x weather was very changeable – one !#£$+&%'"¡à£(&)$±¡*¡ N hµL<|hµCh£P`¶*·s¸ [$P 10 ¹ moment it was sunny, then all of a Ù+,¡- ¥/.¡û+ c*O*P U-.*n ºC» v6¼ v x 5 10 10 0213 sudden, there would be thunder, rain, Ã6 54>Ô " Õ£ k.¿ F 5 10 and strong wind. So we did need ËÌ£7¡4£.&þ8J&9$± :¡:¡ bÄP N*Æ.Çk§È(h P à ½ Å DÉ x warm clothes after all. Å!=£>£Å&?$á@ Ì ;£< 27¡4 [¡Ê§Ëj«T$sO cbÄÌ<«P|b z We stayed in Helsinki overnight A£B à ٣D E ¹ [ò c NKk$ÍKG*O§hL ô£C ëì F and took a sightseeing bus around Ä¡í ø+F.¡9'G¨H£I¡þ ¥ Õ N¡ÒÓ O ¥&J » Ï<Ð3Ñ » Î 1 Ô the city. The leaves on the trees î B«&¬B® K$á+² ¥¨L N$Û N ¤MÞ k Ö§×ØÚÙ Ö6Ü ÃCÝ z were turning yellow. We quickly MON5P¡Q RTS áVU2W'XYZ V º went through the city and gained the RS &[¡\¥]ËÌ ±¡]£^ pOCh©L*kCP.n$æC6bc è F ç<è impression that Finland is an 2.&±¡9¼ _ I "¡à O$j ¥é6êCë$ìµísî$h Peï Peð x x ³ affluent country. The food was Äa¡b b¡íc d!efg ` ¥ kCñCò Ò<Ó NKóCô(O õ.ös¤ » good and inexpensive, and they had h¡i&õ¹Bû¥ jÌ£kß .h£gø(ùKIP"ú S6û ÷ ® Z good drinking water. We boiled !qh£r£s£t¡u£v Sa±ãN*Û þln$ÿ¡ 6í&î l£m£n'op ü*ý water in our hotel room to make tea. w£xJ!Z¡y£2z'{¸ |£}J¥~ hµKJ3L$O§j £¢¥¤P§¦©¨[ CJ It was so good! After we came " ¡£$þ£¯& ¡( gK(^ì¡PU NKS » Ð back to Japan we enjoyed drinking á «&¬®£ z 3¤P O.±6h©L l »Ï§ÐAÑ Î Twining’s Earl Grey Tea which we ¬O §c§b[ x! (Tw inings) had brought back from Helsinki, 6 South W ind ZyY áT~¨% m 2¨¡¨' &¡£¢ (Earlgrey) and remembered our visit there. I ¯#2 Y¯#¡J¥£¢©Í¥¤ ᩦ£ ¨¨¡©«ª£¬' ¯®±°³² ê ¤¦¥5¦ § should also add what I learned about Ù'¨'©'ª µ>¶ Z¡y¥)§ '« ®±µ·¶¹¸º»²¼¨½¨¾¿ À/Á¡ÂÄà ´ tea. There is an ingredient _¬© ® $´¥ö':F¯Zy ô ©Å£Æ³ 2Ǩ©/ÈÊÉ¡ÌË&Í ¥ÏÎ Ð contained in tealeaves, which ø±°²&þH _¬>¥ B½¾B È»½2ÑÒÈÓÔ! &¡Ì¢ À³Õ ¤ Ð § apparently weakens the influenza ³ 7)´H¥¯$·$¯ µ£&|¡} Z Ö¡×2¨¨!©ØÈÙË Í£À/ÚÆ ¨&Û ¥5Ð virus. Drinking tea prevents us y¥ ÌÝ 5Þ!ߨ¡áàâ½¯ã£ Ü ¶ from catching a cold. So we MYï>ðF· 7£L «&¬B® ä¨2¢ ÀØåçæÊÖר ¨2Ò! ¤ should drink tea everyday. ÉÊ ¥¸¡¹ ºB¬)»B¼¡·©¸ æ¡é!²ê5®/ë±Éìîí&ï¨ð¡!¡ è The next day we flew from e ¯)½ °«&¬®£²>á ¨ÕĨÕÄñîòáóÏô&ó¨½!õºöñ£ô ÷ø¼ ³ Helsinki to Vilnius in Lithuania, our Ù2ÀÁÂ'à ¯Y¥#¾$±Bá îú «ü¨¼¨ýÿþ¡ ¨½2þ£¢ ¥±û ù B¿ ³ first destination in the Baltic States. c'Ä'Å R Å R ¥à Ü£ ¡Þ$ß ¥¤§¦©¨ ½ 2½±ã» ß ³ We lost another hour. Vilnius is a ÆBÇ+ÅÈÉ ³ Å 2´>¹¡©Ê ¨!¯¨! ¡ !¡¡£È ³ beautiful city – a World Heritage city. ËÌÍÎ MON5P ¥ L £uÐÏ@Ñ ß Ñ ¡¡ Ð ¥ ¡ ¥ !#" § The town is quiet, safe, and people M'Ö ÒÓ! Ô2Õ "Ø×]¸£ ©%$'&½ ð)(£*¡¼ + -, ¦ are friendly. It seemed the social Ù2Ý =2Ù úJ Þ'ߥ ÚÜÛ C §.¡À0/ ¡Û2½5Ò2143§52 § system has been developed based on Ùã2ä ÐB±Y áBà¡á2ßâ B$ 26 )7»©±98;:)+¨Â0 § trust and honesty. For instance, H)á)Ѽ 7'åJæ¡ç¥§º¬)» ×!FÄÉ¡¥>¡À@? È¥AB.ß Ð = people just pay their fare when they ÅR ¼ ±>àBè¡á ¥ ì È DFEF+£G ¨ C ¥ § Ð9H ³ get on the bus and get off when é2ê c'Ä2ë ÛB ì'í q Û ×§G# ¨ they arrive at their destination. Å c ÿ¡ õºöñ ô¨÷ø¼5½2Ô ¨ × ã£ø¨ ù (Trakai Castle) Nobody checks if each passenger é ÀFó Á)î¥#¾'ï ç2ðòñ ô ½FJ ?¡MT¡ÊòONQP±%M¡ÓÇ I LK ¥ has paid the proper fare. But we à Põ÷ eçõºö¸ ¤ R&É / ½±ãø Èîá ¥ÏÜ᧠14 (K in g heard that there is a huge fine for Å ¯©øÓ ù¥ú \ ì ÀUTFV2¨õºXWÒ¸%W¼#Y½ KBS Vytautas) fare evasion when caught. Ø'ü'ý$Ù2þFÿ¡ £¢¥¤§¦ ¥B¤ þ©Z ª'«Ô¡\±®L]¡^½§M' û #[ ¥ There is a lake in Vilnius and in ¨£© Û_¨#` aÀ0b ¯¨2äÔ¨ &¡ § the middle of the lake stands the "! # %$¥&'" (£)* ÀUd©4e f¡g §G ¡ b¡ c Ð beautiful Trakai Castle. The beauty +Fÿ ,-§/.%¤ ¤ 2 $10 '"3 ½£` a¡ßÏBh/à Ƚ5ÑÈ£ of the castle fascinated us. The 4 5! ( )§6 7%8 9 : ; ѽ¡5 `2a L?;i©%j'k ¥ ¥ construction of the castle started in =£5 $?>£ "( < Ç áØÑø½#5§E¡½£l#m'ß#n (Perkunas) the 14th century and was completed ! BC D E 5 )%@ A @ $ ½@m©o¡p2Û rq!²Bsöü ¼0m Ü in the era of King Vytautas. By the BC D"G E/5 H ( F & Èʨ !¡ut' &¨¯ÄÔ2wvBx'N § castle there were shops selling amber. G E :JIK LNM (£OPQ Ȩ ½#z§m£¨{v¡x¡N I Ü y y We were told that they do not have RS"T BC DUVWX $ 'Y ½Lm¡|§} ~À/øϨ!©ØÈÓ¡ I the technology to make fake amber, ER/Z[\§ ]%^£2 U"V O ' Pϼ º º»¼&ÈÓ¨ ½ ÜF y y so the amber sold at these shops are _"`N ! d"e fg PQ a§bc L À ±¨!/ Ô5{v¡x¡N § y the genuine article. h i£j d"e G E $/Y k"l"a§b Éì ©ØÈÓ¡£Û&½£2 I § In Vilnius, we learned of a 5NH _qrts :mNno§p ß&Ô!¨ ×&㫨«Ô& ù legend about amber. Apparently, ! \£y£=5 g¥z¡{ $wv bxa b v¡xN +Äã¡ ¡¥ ߣ u Ð ¥ y the God of Thunder called Perkunas = 54 X ! }~ =£ ¨£| bc Ô5 ½@m¡| § 2 I Ð is considered the Great God in local 5 H BC DN G E b ìäÄϨ©È»¡un½m'q²'s ü folklore. The God had a beautiful R ¢¤ b¥ £""PQ %£$ ¼Ï &¡v©x¡N £' À Ô ¥ y daughter named Jurate who was a E"N[" 4£+%"! 5£H Y È ¨¡n!§v©x¡N ½Lm©|¡À § y God of the Lake. One day while +%""! BC D§ "Nb¥ /¡{v'x)N À ?FG I ¥§ y Jurate was taking a nap in her palace, ¢¤ 2 = U"V% $ '"3 ¡'!À%¡ø/øÔ5 < I L ¥ a fisherman named Kastytis was e f1"G"CN b¥ ©l¡ÆG `2aß!Û½þ¡½ m Ð catching fish. Jurate was angry with ^ ¤ =£¢££¤"¥ $¡ ; |ç½É'쳦¡9 G)`açß " him and got out of the lake to go F"¦§ ¨ ©"ª« ¬J®£¯ M"b v x©N ½£ pÈ£¨ ÑÄÈÙ ! Ü y after him. When she saw how ° ±N ~§ = ( ²¡b³ ÑĽ§½ n£ß@+½# ¡òNP¯ Ð handsome he was she instantly fell in 7 South W ind ÍIÎÏ ^ = 54"g 5$Ð b£&M ´%µ¶·¹¸/º¡»½¼¿¾ÁÀ¥Â¡ÃÄÅÇÆ love with him and he with her, and U V ÒIÓ LtÑ $ µ¥ÉÊÌË?Í"µ?Î ÊÐÏÑ ÒxÓ ÔÕÆ È they lived happily together in the ^×%C ÔÕtÖ"n <$BØÙ Ö£×¡Ø ÙÚ µ/Û µ?ÜÝ Þߥµ¡à palace. When Jurate’s father, 1$à Yá£â ÚtÛÜYÝIÞ$ß m Æ1æ çи¥Êèæ µ Û¥É1Æ ÈÇâ ãåä á Perkunas discovered that Jurate had ãtä5åYæIç$è \%^ Ô$Õ§b Àê£ëìÅí·Ðîïðʹà£Â/ñò ó äé fallen in love with a human being he âãtä ¦ ¨Ië$ìIí" é$ê ç¹µ óø÷£ù ú Ææçè¸ Èwô¡õ?ö ä got very angry and made some î¢ï§ð $tÚòñmôópõ§öø÷tù ûü thunder so big that it destroyed the ÷üûþý ; Æ/þ/É1ÿ Ò©¨ú ý á¡ £¢¥¤§¦ (Auschwitz) ú palace. Perkunas put Jurate in chains ¥£¢£¤¦¥¡§ ÅwÆü £Â Æ ä ¡ ú (Birkenau)ú²ÿ at the bottom of the Lake and killed ¨ © < 9 ó %µ ·"!xó ó È$#&% ᣠhim. The debris from the Q Å Æ Æ/þ/ÉÊ('£µ¡¶¥· ý ãåä *) á (Volgograd) destroyed palace floated on the lake, <£ ó,+$-µÆ.§/0 Å1 Å Æ¡ü ö ä tú (M amayew)¦ and legend says that those debris ' Ê Ê@? ¢¥3547698;: 6=<>*¤ ¢ < 2 (Piskaryov)$&%(' turned into big pieces of amber, { ÔIÕ£)"@+* b-,£.£/ M£0b ?©C$DE£Ê"F µBG 3BA 3 2 while Jurate’s tears turned into small ] 2 y!324 s65N (21 n O ¨ ¼ÁµMMN O?µP ÊRQ ? ¦*S K=L pieces of amber. 7 C g b µT O9WYX£ZI[£Ò&¨ú£Æ ¦9 BU@V (Schindler) 5~6 The thunder in this area is e!;2<>=2? A@ Þ")28:9 $Õ !íó µB\ Æ/þ^]_"É Ê ý ö ¤ `a tremendous. Our tour guide said sF52G>H2I!J§ K g Ò B2C!D!E f b cBdBe5f 3£hU 5 6 ú that she once encountered huge L¡§âãNM á*âã ÜYÝIÞ$ß$ Ãml¡¸npo¾rqJÆ j1k 2YiRj1k thunder, which was as big as that äGPORQq TS!U R V ' : Ñ µ ¼ Ê( §t µ1æ/µ*u K1L 35s which was experienced in the î¡W b¡X£Y!Z![]\R^!_£` v¡t£óÌÅ Ò7xIy¥Å ÆB! ã 69w Shinjuku area last summer. She ó=v¥Ò¡Ê Ûzµ ÃY{ µ ú a2b&ced>f£g!hjiTk!l]m!n¡o ^| ã È said she was really terrified then and ÅÇÔ {Y.B ÕÅ Æ¡ü,t p:q2r:k2s:t]mRl&uev!w!x¦y aI}@~ thought of the Thunder God. Z2z:{ É µ¡ÂÆ·ø¾wÀ%þ iT|!}&ce~P¡]iT2 ãä"ö Our next destination was ¾ · Ê£Ò= ëìçèó Å m+: á* } T> 2: (Cepelinai) Kaunas. We had visited Auschwitz, :!¦>£ ! Æ Æþ µ/ü iT!]m ý B á Birkenau/Auschwitz II - Birkenau, µ ÉÊ Â^À/¸ ce¦#i !¦j£iT2 f È ä Lt 2& Mama yew Hill in Volgograd £©!ª ¢¡ ó ç!xóø¸ Ê µ§ tPi#£¥¤:m§¦¡¨ m ä õ ö (Russia), and Piskaryov Cemetery in ²±j³]´¶µ « §óR xÅÁÆ?ü N¬j®i:¯N° } Moscow on previous trips. So this · Y2`¼F¡ µ^ £Ê ce¸!¹!v:º2» !½ U :97U 2¡52 time, one of the purposes of our »ìÉÊ( º?»=Q¥µ5Q e¿!ÀjiTÁ!Â2Ã>Ä&ÅÇÆ:v â£ã ¤ A `"á T¾ trip was to visit the former Japanese È Y2Í ÅÇÌ ¸£Î£Ï£ÐPieÑ t%¸p Å Ô?Ƹ¥û%ü ä"ö a : ÉËÊ Consulate in Kaunas, where Chiune Y£Í×NØ «!ÓÔÕ2Ö cÚÙ m ÉÊRI%Â Æ À Ò ä£é ¡ <¢@£$¤ ... Sugihara was working and a µ§¦ Ô Y Å ¸ f ã ä Û(ÜeÝÇÞÛ(ÜeÝÇÞ á*¨ Û(ÜeÝÇÞÛ(ÜeÝÇÞ j¥k memorial is built in his honour. ßáà2âß à2âäããæååèçéçé£êê ß ß à2âà2â ã ã å å çéçé ê ê ûü©Iª ¸I%µt® 9«¬ È È We were so impressed when we ¯° ¸B±%Å ¸û ü µ³ ä j²k stood in front of the consulate and 5 Ê"´ µB·$¸¹ f ¤Bµ5¶5< the memorial. We simply stood ºt»$¼" !xµ[¾ µt ý áp½ fo r a while looking at the memorial of Sug ihara (he is often referred to as “the µB¿$À£ÒìÅÇÆ µ Â¥Ê ç¥Á ä/È È Schindler of Japan”) who at great risk to himself, made the decision to issue Ùà  É^¿À ÅÁÆ ó ç þ¡ ä ä á Japanese visas to 5,000-6,000 Jewish people , so that they could escape from the Ä ó¥Å"Ô1Å=Æ¡Ô Æµ¥Ò¡Ê ã/ä õ Nazis to the US through Siberia and Japan during World War II. Unfortunately óÌ÷ o?Ų xÅÁÆåü Ç ä it was raining and we were only able to take pictures of the apartment Sugihara ÈÉÈÉ ÈÉÈÉ Ê£ËÊ ËtÌÌ Ê Ë Ë Ì Ì SW No. 30 Ê used to live in. We were told that someone is now living in the apartment. Cepelinai is a famous Lithuanian dish. It tastes like potato mochi and is delicious. All the dishes of the Baltic States appeal to Japanese taste buds. There are a large variety of dishes, whose recipes are rather complicated. I remembered what Mr. Nobuo Murakami (a well-known chef of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo) once said - “I want to learn to cook the dishes of this area (the Baltic states), but because of the difficulty of these dishes, I expect my desire will remain just that”. Continued to SW No. 30 [translated by: K. Sogi] 8 South W ind 243652 365798;:798;:=<< 2 2 365365 798;:798;: < < ëíì§î6ïëíì§î ï ëíì§î ï ï >@? ðòñ ð-óæôöõ§÷ùøûú-üíýÿþ¡ £¢¥¤§¦©¨ BDC;E F4G;H9I9J 27 28 27 A 28 Kaoru A letter reached us from a reader of K;LNMO¦P;Q ?DR4ST >NU;V9WX Y ¡ ø©-ý£¨¦öþ ! H the article, “The Natural Life of ZD[;\;]N^;_X + " $#§% ÷ùø$&(')*§÷ & ø Muslims,” contributed by Ms. Gonjo that appeared in the SW #27 & #28. Women’s Society of Iran, Women’s Society of Iran, Women’s Society of Iran, “Samimi” “Samimi” “Samimi” ,.-0/!132!4 576$8,.-0/!1 2!4 576$8 99 :$;<=:$;< = ,.-0/!1,.-0/!1 2!4 576$82!4 576$8 9 9 :$;<:$;< = = `ba9c`ba c `ba c c Ms. Maryam Mostofi ( `ba Ms. Maryam Mostofi (Iran) > > > > d d d d :$;<@?:$;< ?BA CA CEDD :$;<:$;< ? ? A CA C D D `@ae;f;g;h`@ae;f;g h `@ae;f;g h h `@ae;f;g Iranian Parents O;t _Ds FG£H "¡Q " R ¦§I!JKLMN§O¡P MS ibjH;kNl9m;n4o;pNqNr My Iran ian fath e r-in œlaw ch e rish e s h is fam ily MO { X¦x9yNz u;v;v UT V " QY©Z (W©X ¦[K($\]Lûý¡£J ID|=}~; H9w v e ry m u ch an d is alw ays co n ce rn e d ab o u t h is w ife . O { O ; Y;@ D9 v;vN9 ^ e+ g ÷_7`¡a!¦b!c¡d S óöþ¡f ÷ ID| H A fte r h e re tire d fro m th e w o rk b e cau se o f o ld ag e , h e O Topq h Q©lm ÷ ø§ 7jik MU¦¦n K7r ;4; nN9;N;H9N h as b e e n h e lp in g h e r so kin d ly th at h e se rve s te a to ;D X ;;DN; o§p s " ÷£t ¥uvw!x©_ ¦©yz ÷£L m9n ;N@ h e r w h e n sh e is b u sy co o k in g . 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O [;\ ££ Y¨"£#;í FGH " " # L ¦§â%Uã ä@¦öø¡¦ Ê ! ð B y th e w ay, I w o u ld like to take th is o c casio n O%$ & í ©¨()£*X,+£-4^;_ ]+ ± ± ' " æ )*.¢¬áBL ø #!% & å Samimi to in tro d u ce —S am im i“ W o m e n ‘s S o c ie ty o f Iran , in O t ë9ò9ó Z Õ./ 0ND21 3; $è F]GH©G£F]ç Q " J ÷£M]K H Samimi õ w h ich I p artic ip ate . W ith th e co n ce p t o f e n jo yin g {;£< X76 ðñ H$êëì FeGH ²óò Q é í!î ï ÷U 54 I 8£9¨:Ni@j H9F£= i@j Iran ian life , S am im i p u b lish e s a q u arte rly b u lle tin {£? @£ABCDOED¨FGH 4ë9ò¨>X W úù ô H]ÿ ÓK ÷U7û§ü7ý¥þ ·e¦õ ö÷§ø w h ich h as th e p u rp o se o f e xch an g in g vario u s kin d s o f G QK I J W T9¨L Î © F¢¡ ¤£¦¥¦©)*¡ þ§`a¨§û$þ] ñ ³ in fo rm atio n re late d to Iran an d Jap an , an d also I | ð " õ¡ö ÷ø. ¦ · ÷UL MNOP QR£S(T B 345-0002 in tro d u ce s sh o p p in g g u id e n e w s, vario u s sp o ts, UV!W¨X + FUG¥H " &}·U¤¡¢¤§¦\eL $å æ Ç \ 114-7 Samimi Y Z[ SW c o o kin g re c ip e s, p are n tin g , m e d ical n e w s an d ]_^£`] ^£`baadc ec e ] ] ^£`^£` a a c ec e FGH " L_(#¢ &£È§òó§ ó ¦§§ f¨g(hf¨g h f¨g h h f¨g p re se n ts vario u s p e rso n al o p in io n s. + Q" " " óeM ¤ ø§#¡% ø K þM ã ä S o , w e w e lc o m e yo u r in fo rm atio n ab o u t Q Q 7_7Ûÿ÷£_J§$¨ ا¡ È ¦ÿü ¦ Iran . F u rth e rm o re , w e h o p e m an y w o m e n w h o are in te re ste d in Iran w ill re ad th is —Q u arte rly.“ F o r m o re " ï þ $á@_j#¢ & þ in fo rm atio n , p le ase w rite to th e fo llo w in g ad d re ss an d e n c lo se a p o stal re p ly stam p . ! 345-0002 "#%$¦&'¨( )¦*¨+,- . T o : S am im i: 11 4 -7, W ash in o su , S u g ito -ch o , K ita-k atsu sh ika-g u n , S aitam a P re fe c tu re 3 4 5 -0 0 0 2 /¦0 114-7 Samimi SW 1 A ttn .: S W S e c re tariat [translated by: N. Narita] 9 South W ind ¶q·¶q· ikji jmllonnqpsrstdudvpsrstdudv(wyxyzy{y|wyxyzy{y|~}} ¶q·¶q· i i j j l l n n psrstdudvpsrstdudv wyxyzy{y|wyxyzy{y| } } From the "7th Youth Round- ¸º¹¸ ¹.»'¼'½n¾À¿qÁ'Âû'¼'½n¾À¿qÁ'Âà ¸ ¸ ¹ ¹ »'¼'½n¾À¿qÁ'Âû'¼'½n¾À¿qÁ'Âà y y~ yy table Discussion" in Hakone 2 77 ĦÅÄ ÅÆÆ 77 Ä Å Å Æ Æ Ä Ç ÈÉËÊÇ ÈÉ ÊÍÌÎÌÎnÏÏ Ç ÈÉ Ê Ê ÌÎÌÎ Ï Ï Ç ÈÉ Ms. Atsuko NONOGAKI (Japan) ÐÑnÒÓÔÓÕÀÖØ×qÙ ¥o7 5 th th 11 18 11 n the 18 and 19 Ú (¡¢£¤¦¥¨§©¡ ͪ፧¨ 19 Ɖ 18,19 Û'ÜÞÝÔߦàá November, the "7th Youth âÔã änånænç¦èéqê'ëíì*î O ¡´ ¤¨ª¬«® ¯°±²³ 5¶( Youth 11 Round Table Discussion" was held ÚðïòñÀónô ãõÞöÔ÷øèqéù µ ®·¹¸º »¦¼½¾À¿ 11 Ùûúíüíýÿþ in Hakone, where we could enjoy óØô ê ã¡ ¡¢¤£ µÍÎ ÁÂoÃÄÅoƬÇÈÊÉËÀÌ ½ the beautiful coloured leaves of ¥ 롦¨§ ©n÷ ÷ ¨ ÏÐÑ¥ÏÐ ÒÓ Ô¹ÕÖØ×(ÙÚÏÛÐÜ Õ autumn. I have recently joined ÷ åÀä ! ÉÞ Á Ý ºßàá Õâ,ÐãÖåä Ö Ùú#"$% ½ MIA, and it was my first time to join ènéÀæç ã &(' æ Á É£ëìí£Çîyï¬ðòñó Ö¨çèêé Õ *(+ ý the program, and I enjoyed this æ) ë Îø£ù ìôõÃö ð ôú ãÕ¥÷Ö (,.-(/1032 Õ opportunity to meet and talk with #¢Þènéê ì¦ûü ý(þÿ â¡ (â5У¢ 9ÀýnÕ Ù young people from various óô: ;(<= ¤¦¥ 4 5687 Ç Þ¨§ © É Ì º ¢ ÙB28C ÀÕEDFC C backgrounds. >(?qâ @(A 4 5 Ç Æ'& ½! #"%$ ¡J Õ , The theme of the discussion < êLK¤MONLP (*)+*, Î 6G7¤HEI Ç.- àá Ï Ï Ö21 ½0/ ýSRUTqÙ Ù ú this time was "Gender", and all Q'ë >L ©n÷ 3 Î7'8 ë© ã Ó 6 ç 4 ½5 ¡X(YZ 4 Ù members were divided into 4 groups. ónô ÷ V÷ W @ Éý#< Ç!=?>Ì*@ ¸ 9;: Ï â,Ð0¢ 28C C Õ In my group we exchanged A#[(\ M8] M^] æ I 4 I Á ÁÇEoë¥Á¥Ç ºBADC Ö5ä Ö ½ comparative thoughts and views on ë * J _` a#b c#d(e î ï Ç à¥á¦F ã 6yÖHGI ÙkGl /hi#j the ideal image for men and women, f(g ÷ ) PQR!S*T KLJ ìoí£ý ÖNM O *Ù lo#p¡q considering the histories and cultural ÷ mÀæçn @A ì UKV â ãKWYXâDZ¥ÏK (â5У¢ Õ(%rLs Ù¡t o#uv#l Ý backgrounds of Japan, China and © ÷ ð Á ì [ [ ϬÙ2\']!^ ÕK_Ô ã t#xy Korea. You may think Asian m z {| ) ø%b b#c5#w Áoð Çô¥õ ï º º0c 7Ö Ôa` W countries being close to each other ë }(~ ðNfg Ç;- ÕÖNd£de â,ÐÔ¹Öh_£ £Ô Õ( x RUT in location, have similar ¦ Ï ÏÐÔ¹ÖhjKkÏâ,ÐÔêâ Ö ½£i / / y0 J ÙL2 Õ characteristics, however, these three ©¦÷ ê( ¨ 7 8 ë© Éýlnm A 9: ç âÐ!¢ Õ(( Ù Ù /# Ý countries are quite diversified, and it ;( ÷ 7 4 Ç õ ð Á C'o ¸ º Ó W Ö ä Õ Ö Õ RUT " was interesting to learn of many g )qpLr Æ Ç Ç!st Õ $ 5 u 02 o 2 Õ( G à differences, which I had not known ? ( ë b 7 4 sÇ fx Ç*y ãvw Ù WD6ÀÖ ½ t'Ù9O #o# of before. < ö ) æ Í 6( Á Ç º A C ºz { { Õ Õ J Ùk/ ü C From my view as a Japanese ? ê Î 4 Ç ã; Ñ!|'}~ â Ï Ó " RUTÔÕ2 C ^ woman I found Chinese couples < ÷ N } ! Ç Ç s*t W Ù ½? ½ x'ÙG£ ý# v share domestic roles equally, while ( b Í * Ç ãj ÷}EÖ 6n /©ª« ¿£ ½ ¡¢ Korean and Japanese couples seem ¤¥ : ¬# &¦§#¨ Î Ç ÆLl¦ º F _. Ô2' 6 Ï $ (/o® Õ to divide men and women's &(P A¯nëL°^± H ø ø ì Ïn! _ ÙêÕ'¢ Õ × " ²³ Õ Õ domestic roles more distinctly. For ©¦÷ N#´µ ¶ pLr 5· æ * Á¬ð Ç º A C 6 Ö ã ÙGº»(¼(½ÞÕ t example there is the widely held #'¸¹¦ Ç!*fÀý sð }2'ÐÏ Ï Ù o#ÃÕ ¿À#Á view that "men should not enter the ¾ [# ø? } Ç ð q _W6 6 ' " ý RUT kitchen". Perhaps Confucianism ï ¸që &.Ä ]G Þ÷ + íÇoîq Õ Ö ã¬â(Ï¬Ö X(YÅÆÕ(Ç¡ÈÉ0ËÊ#Ìo(ÍÎ ½ Ý influences this difference. It seems Î ø ø - ð m Ç º. Û Ï W 6 Õ " " T(/ Ê#Ð Korean and Japanese men still feel m(Ï ë © 7 Á ð º £'¤!¥ _¦Ô2 ¡;¢¢ (Ð ä Õ Õ'Ù¡Ó#ÔÕ(Ö× T # Ñ reluctant to welcome the fact that ÷ Ò¦ ã R;ªK« ¦îÇ!§K¨© UV Ó*W,Ö Ó(/ÙÚ Õ Ñ women work outside the home. [ §ÛÜÞÝàß.á Ø ø#°!± ý¯ ð F Õ¬ .® Ï ¡ Ù × ÕÖ Õ Õ But I also found this phenomenon âã !§ä(åEæ8V#'Ø÷ ¥ pKr b Ç ì Ç Ç0²L³ º W Ï 5 oq8ç è to show that Korean and Japanese ë î ÙÚÏ¥ÛÐ Õ!´* nWµ6 Ù¨Õ ú X Y "# men tend to accept more °8± '#é M ) Σø æ b Ç!y AYC Ï Ö *¢ ½0/ #ê responsibility for their family, and so 10 South Wind Õ / Õ#2^C¦Õ ] ©÷ Ô÷ m ëíìïîUð^ñòBìôóàõFìíöø÷àù8úüûý /#v R Ý it is difficult to say which is the better ¯«ï0ð£ñ ácò ë î¡ £¢¥¤§¦©¨ § þÿ T Csó 0 Õ î [ ìcí ] stance. M¦ 4 7 I ÷ ì ! "øó$#§%'&)(+*, RKÕfô ú ì£í In China, because of the wide \.K &àõ..¶ö *).-ôë" / ì"0,132)$4(¡5 óø kG/GÓÔÕ R Ý gap between the income of the ÷¡ ñ ~ -íë"6*&7©*.8§9 ò'©*:§; ÷ þ v0 Õ 2 C T ( ) workers in the city and the provinces, ð m ë 7 4(B 8÷ ì§DE þ <)=.>4?@BA§C o¶úàûýümüaþfÿ ü¡ G/ R ì£í it is easier to keep Chinese-speaking ù 0FGFGFIH4J §&K¤BL'M *,N Oïë þ @ T C"£¢¥¤o§¦ ! Ý helpers at home as it is §¥¨ ©£ 4 P"Q BRTS'U3VT(7 ÷ B*WV þ ô comparatively inexpensive, and they ~ XYTZ ¤ Õ§§ ? ( ) are able to cover the household ï ¤7[8ý ò òôù§&K¤ î X þ @ \B] % Õ C § Ý affairs. While in Korea and Japan &¥Eæ §¥ 4 - ë_^a`Gë ì õhg þcb0dGþfe þ Ù Õ this rational system is not supported. © §! ã b§ b§ ý§i UlkJH :m¨_n Z þ þ§j þ vL2#C¡o£"BÕ C $# ¡ Ý Korean and Japanese are more åÞä ñ 4 o o ýcp & (un ¤ d£qsrKt @"v Õ C % §) 0 conservative, and feel they want to 4 w0x o î ó¥yBz n (BU3{' þ @6v 2^C s 0 C¥+¥, &£'§( Ý manage their own household affairs, * g ë 7 4 7 4| EU!Vc¤¡H,3E' #ó X r+} ô£.¥/ /£2 3'Ùk without help from outsiders. - ¦§0£1 ! "øó ~ .BBK$ B únü#®4 0657 ( ) q Again, an influence of ê m§8 ñ 7 o ¨§f n ý ì(îOõGg bTdþ0e RUT 9§: l l hi Confucianism!? K ] ã Û îB'c"4):¦$¨"¦EFFGF ó Z > Õ < ÙJ ü Ý But when we look back at ; \ ê§=Q ]G¥> o *+: :¤'/n p ¤' d rs þ @? ú Ó 0 ©ÀÕ × history, we find that Confucianism ©"ñ ÷ ø Ø oc î ¡£¢ ¦¥ §&6¤ þ @ @ E/ Õ Ý originated in China, so it is [ [ §¡A ÷GCB /B J FEqý Õ ( ) Ù interesting that China appears the D @; 7 ìïóB ¥G þ "§ @6£ ZR Õ , H I most rational of the three countries. K#? [Q H¥LNMO@P@Q V p ôó¥y ¡ X þ d þ¡b d @K¢ £ , I think this also reflects the S¥T@U¥V¥W X ñ *:¤§¥T §p U3VT( r dcrK¦ §"¨"© H characteristics of each country, and (÷ ùcHK. ¢ « Z X þ£r7ª Y[Z\Y Z\^]]`_a_a Y Z\Z\ ] ] _a_a Y how they digest and absorb the õG" p î'¬'«®" ¤H, þ d bdcfebdc e bdc e e bdc elements of their respective cultures. ì"!&) '¢¯ .¤T¤ b dcr° ±'² ³ During the discussion, I was 7(T 7¤£B ó.ôõa· X ´²¶µ impressed that the Japanese TV ¸ ¹ ¼&B(¡p & ²cº7»² ³ d @ < d rama "Oshin" and its main character have been so well received by the Korean ôî"½(+*:¾"¿§¦mÀ ¦mÁ Â^ìB£ôó ( and Chinese participants. I guess they were shocked that they can't find any 5§V«!Ã§Ä õŬ'«®'¦¥H þ Æ @ "Oshin" among today's Japanese women! But it seemed "Oshin" is not so ¨ ÷!Ç£È"*4É - î"B÷!Ç£Ê þ @ popular among Japanese participants… or, maybe it was just difficult for them to cEy"zîó ˧̣˧Íc¨ Îc; X tell the truth in front of three Japanese women!? w o ó$5¡!(«n *.ÐBÑ U +ÏB @ A few years ago, I read in a newspaper an interesting contribution by an old V ó$ÒÓÔ"ÕÖ£×Bا*4 ù X A"Ù woman from the Meiji era. She was scolding of a young woman who had - 7¢ £BóàõÜÛ ë ÝB9 X þBÚ þ @ criticized modern Japanese men. I found her words impressive, "Women of Þ Þ îàß ë 9 /! i íìó þ t þ the Meiji era looked to following their men, while supporting them at the same ¤ úKâ£V ÷.* ó½5':( þ @¡á á time, and by so doing were in fact leading men by using this strategy." úKãc ^ì§ c¦J* ¨/ rKä§åsæ þ It sounded good when I first heard the words “Ladies first,” but for myself ç§è'é &+(K ôö.¤6 '¯¡ ê¤K X I also find that there is a sense of beauty in "staying one step behind". These days there are various kinds of thoughts and styles, which have been introduced over the decades, and Japanese society is still in the process of transition. Now I want to look at our culture again and ascertain what we should accept and promote for the benefit of others and myself. 11 South Wind sftju kmlonmp@qmrgfhji kmlonmp@qmr h;i9jk;l=monpoqh;i9jk;l=monpoq sftju kmlonmp@qmrsftju kmlonmp@qmr h;i9jk;l=monpoq h;i9jk;l=monpoq MIA Youth Program rts"ur s"uwvv r r s"us"u v v vxwvxw y y vxw y y vxw NIS xzy7{x y7{ x x y7{y7{ k;l9|;}3~k;l9|;} ~ k;l9|;}k;l9|;} ~ ~ z|{j}z {j}~o oF dm~o oF dmj z {j}{j} ~o oF dm~o oF dm z (Nishimachi International School) mmjmmj mmjmmj o¥;= o¥;=9 o¥;=o¥;= j - Visiting NIS Winter Concert - n¢¡¤£n¢¡ £¦¥¨§¥¨§ ©© n¢¡n¢¡ £ £ ¥¨§¥¨§ © © ; ; m m ; ; mm 99TT¥ 99 99 TT 99 Ms. Mariko ABE (Japan) £«ª£ ª¬¬®©© £ £ ª ª ¬ ¬ © © 2 2 (2nd Grade, Junior High School) ) ) ¯¡°²±³C´µo¶ ·¹¸@º»d¼¥½ ) ) I really enjoyed the whole £ ¥ ¤)¥S¦=§ ·ÂÁÃÅÄÆ° Çȯ°£É§Ê@Ë£Ì ¾À¿ ¥¡ ¢¡ program again this year. I found ½ µ¥×£Ø ÍÈÎNϧСÑÈÒ ÓÕÔ ¾Ö some effective arrangements )¨©)ª7«©¬3)¨©¡)¡®¥« §¡³ Á¥Ù ¸§ã ÓÛÚÝܧޥß@àÆÏ¥á¹â$Ò which were changed from last ¯)° ±)² ° S´9µ «¶)· »3¼)½3¾ ¿ ·dÁ@ÃãjÁ É É$Ù Óæ ÓäNåCÎ year’s program, such as singing ¸ ©)ª¹3º )À Çí ¸§ãd·Áà Þ@éê¥ë¡ì with separated parts. But the smile ç£è ¥ »3¼ÄVÅ Á ©9 à of the students was the same as Æ µf¶ · × µ Þ@Ïî ï Ñ ÍÛð ç è ¯ previously. It was touching to see )) ¬¡Ç¥È9É)Ê¡Ë É ¯¡°²±¹ñ ò¥·¹ãF·ÁoÃ Ó every student singing gently and V¥ Ì Í3Î ºF»o¼ ½ Ó÷¢ø£éù ¾ôó¡õ¢ö «©Ï3Ð 3Ñ joyfully. Ò)Ó Ô Õ¡Ö3×3Ø3Ù Õ¡Ú¥Û ¸¡ûNÁ§ü ¸Nþ Ï úCá é§ý ¿ è ¥Â After the concert, the »¥¼ µ ðÿ¡ CÞNÏ£¢¥¤§¦©¨ ÿ ÜÞÝ ß3à)á9âã äæåèçé« volunteer from MIA watching the )ë ì3½3í Ø ± Ç Øf·jØ Ò ¢$Í Ô Õ¡Ö ê small children said “Shall we take a )ß á î ½3í3ì3ð û Áü µ ¸§· §é ¡ Ó¦ Ò@Ó photo together with them?” And Ò¥ï ã ¶ «Vñ ò¥ó )ö¥÷øù¥ú û µ¥ þFÇ ãm· ÿ Ï ¨ she asked the children and we took ¿ ô9õ Ô NIS photos together. As I watched her Áfà NÉ û éjÚ ÿ ÒÓ"!¥# Õ9Ö3üý3ü9ý9 actions, I thought that I would try É%$˱ ±ØfÇ'&)(*§µ,+-/. é »©¨§ ¡ £¢¥¤§¦ ô;þ ÿ to talk positively to the children û Áü¢Ç10§· ÇÈí@¸@ã· Ò Í 32 ç next year. à9«V¶§  ©¥Ë¥£î Ámà 4 »¨§ Starting with the visit to the ÿ¥ ק Ú »57698;:=<)>)?©@=A ! Ó 4 « « Cambodian Embassy, this was my Ò Ö¥ °j±C µ=F¥G ÍÕÞ7D©E á é th 2 B ¡ «Sî¡ Ñ î 4 time to join MIA Youth ¸§Á ¸ ¸¥ãJI Ò ì Ò Ï@ÓLK¥M H ô Ö Program. When I visited the ¨©¡§¡«Vî¡ ¥¥ § ¥!©")§# 67N£:¡< >ݵ;O$ØfÁ¥Ç É 1P Ó Brazilian Embassy, I watched a )ß ¥Ñ« §# $ Å video and was impressed by the QSR 6)N ÿ¡ ÆÞNÏ£¢dÓTK£M é Î « É )ñ way in which Brazilian people try § É Ç¹Ù ù Ü ¦VUSW é)XYÿ7Z Â3£Ë % to understand individual character [Æ· ·^ I©_j¸ Á¥ü Ó\3] Í U )©* Î and cooperate together. It was a «(' Ï Ç¸ ÂÇ ØjÁ¥ÙÕ· ì Í Ï¥`)a Ò Ó & NIS very enjoyable experience. I would )¥+%, Ð) Ñ-£.¥Ê%/ ³ ´§µj¶£·¸ ± é Ó â aV¢ ¿ like to take part in events like this Á FG · ¸ Á ¸ Ñ á Ò ¿ è more and more. 021©31©3544766 0 0 0 1©31©3 4 4 6 6 à I I wish to express my thanks 8%99©:: 8 8 9 9 : : 8 b µ ÙÕão·ÂÁ +-/. Ï§Ó é Þ to the people at NIS and MIA's ö volunteer staff members who · · ¸ Á ¸ Á ùNÓ" Ò ÷¢ø Ò ì took us there. Á¥ü ±fe@Ù Ç _ cÝéù ÓTd²Í Ï Í g ¸@ãF·Áoà [translated by: A. Nonogaki] 12 South Wind sftjusftju¥;==@@qmr h;i9jk;l=monpoqh;i9jk;l=monpoq sftjusftju¥;==@@qmr h;i9jk;l=monpoq h;i9jk;l=monpoq MIA Youth Program rts"ur s"u v v r r s"us"u v v vxwvxw y y vxw y y vxw NIS xzy7{x y7{ x x y7{y7{ k;l9|;}3~k;l9|;} ~ k;l9|;}k;l9|;} ~ ~ z|{j}z {j}~o oF dm~o oF dmj z {j}{j} ~o oF dm~o oF dm z (Nishimachi International School) ACBA B¥DDFE=GE=G¥AA µ©¶%·C¸£¹Fºµ ¶%·C¸£¹Fº£µµ A A B B D D E=GE=G A A µ ¶%·C¸£¹Fº¶%·C¸£¹Fº µ µ µ - School in the evening - £¦¥È§£ ¥È§ ©© £ £ ¥È§¥È§ © © H=IKJLNMH=I JLNM »F¼»F¼ H=IH=I JLNMJLNM »F¼»F¼ ¡ Hitomi Hitomi Ms. Hitomi KUROKAWA £2O£ O%PP©© £ £ O O P P © © ¾½½ 3 ½ ½ 3 (Japan) (3rd Grade, High School) ¿¡À©Á§Â ³ ïÄÃÆÅ(ÇÈ¥É¡Ê é©R%SCT§U ÿ=Y ¿¥VXW Q Since I have been educated in ÁoNµ¢Ç Ø O¥] Ü ×§Í ¡ Ò ÒC[%\ Ï Z )¶ à «(Ë©ÌV©)Ë ¦ Å the Japanese system, it was a ^ݵ?_ þJÇÉ`©a Î§Ï á¹â ÞFb §©Ð§Ñ§Ò¥Ó¥Ô©Õ Ê surprise to know that school ÝØ× ejØfÁjà ^ Çdc£µ· Í Û§Ù ¡ ¤ é[£\ ¿ ©Ö£ %Ë%Ì¡ç « events are held in the evening. ÝÜÛ©Ý Ife µ§g h I þ É ©Ú ÒNÓ é ¤ji ñ¥ çÞ¥ß)¨¡à When we hear "Evening school," × ejþ É9 É ¸ V× Í k é ì Þ Z ¿ ¿ ¶3© Ñ ä %Ì¥á û it may not be only myself who is Û©Ý ÃN^ µ ì©l²Í éF\©m U¡Ï=n£â â=ã¥ä è î¡Ñ ¥å©æ©ç¥è §é%ê£ë ¥ reminded of "ghost stories." o Ùµ£prq ¸Nþts u a a Ò Z ä «{ì î%å¡ò ¥ Æ Æ ì But the school house full of É É£w þ k í vi a ¢ dyx£ÑÕÓ{z á¹Ó Ó people was far from a "ghost ¶ · µt£ü ¸¥Áoà ´µ ×¥ïÄà á Ó}|©~ Ò X «¡ð « § »£õ33£ # story"; it was full of cheerfulness, ãmÁ É¥e¢Ø¢Á ^ Ó Ï§Ó ¿ Q ©ñ¥ò ó£ô¡« ¥ø ¤ joyfulness and excitement. µ@ºo»¼¡½ dÇÉ ×¥Í ¡öΩ÷3 ¥ Ç ÿ Ñ ¾ ä Moreover, although it was on a I$þy % µ± Ø ×¡ éÐ á Þ@Ï Ò ¶§ù©ú§û¥üý©î¡¥þÿ ô » weekday, the evening hour of the ¸£þ ᤵ=¡Ø ¸ ¡£¢¤ Ö é¥ì¥lfÍ Ò )Ñ «¦¥¨§ ¡© ) õ concert enabled many fathers to g þ Ç Ø¢Ç¥qÁ© U( éë¡ÿ 5 5 ¤ attend. When I saw the audience Ù É É¥ ØfÁ ס ¡ ÃÆÅ Ó¡¡ ì ¿ 2 «ñ¡ò at a glance, I felt the ratio of men µfí Ã É¥Ê Õ , Í Í ß¤ § Ã Æ ¨¤¡ À to women was 50/50. ³ É û µ é Ò ¥ ¿ W Q ð¡ ¡! - Nowadays, Japanese children þ ¥X§ @ "¤#¡$¡%&¤'(*) Ï áâÆÒ Z +, 02143¦546 are raised mainly without fathers ¸¡þ OX] _ ¡ ' Ï Ó[¥\ é .0/ ¦748 and this has been questioned. I ICþfFÇ þ ÿ£¢¤ Ó¥(¦ ¿ ¿ :9 *BCD think that changing the time of Ë$É=: ¸ à § ìldÍ ;<¤=¨>? @¤A school events to the evening µ«Nã Á 'E¨F¤G*HI¨JKL M æSa¡Þ£©rª~ â .¡N ¨ 8 would be one method of O¥]¡µ F=GVI$þd¬¥ '¦%¦&4'W O4P0Q0R0S0TVU ÿt®©¯oÒÑ improving this situation. ØÁ±° - ² 5 » 8 P¡X¨Y¨Z []\ ì¡á M T%³ é 9 I appreciate MIA's volunteer µñ¥´ ·¹ã I§Ã ù¡Ü ^`_a_acbbedd ^ ^ _a_a b b d d ^ staff members who gave me the f]gghh f f g g h h f opportunity to join this pleasant event. [translated by: A. Nonogaki] 13 South Wind ÅÇÆÉÈÅÇÆÉÈ i jki jkmlon¡plon¡p ÅÇÆÉÈÅÇÆÉÈ i jkjk lon¡plon¡p i Recipe q¤rq¤r ÊÌËÉÍÏÎÊÌËÉÍÏÎ q¤rq¤r jkjk ÊÌËÉÍÏÎÊÌËÉÍÏÎ jkjk -F rie d b e e f w ith v e g e ta b le s a n d s a ifu n n o o d le s - ÐÇÑ ÐÇÑ ÐÇÑ ÐÇÑ stvuxw]yst uxw]y{zz}|~|~ stst uxw]yuxw]y z z |~|~ ÒÉÓÕÔ×ÖÖNØÙØÙÌÚÚ ÒÉÓÕÔ ÒÉÓÕÔ Ö Ö ØÙØÙ Ú Ú ÒÉÓÕÔ M s . K u m ik o S a k a ta (J a p a n ) ÛÉÜ Ý)ÞàßàácâÉã ä$å3æèçêé o Being very fond of eating, drinking & ë§ì$ícîfï ðàñ£òèóÕô õföø÷úùüû ¢¡¦£¥¤¦¨§¢© cooking, in June last year I helped to establish ã ¡ ýfþêÿ¡ £¢¥¤§¦¡¨ ©¥ þêÿ ª « ¬ ®¯±°³²e´µ¶·e¸· the World Kitchen Circle for International 㥠ã ä î¡¡ î ¹»º¼½x¾¿ À±ÁÂÃĵ¥Å Exchange in Zushi city. So far I have æ æ Æ ¦%$¡& ÇÉÈÊ±Ë óÕô"! # óÕô '¡( ÍÌÎÐÏÑÒ · organized six lessons. Through this column, ) ã * +Éã ¦¥02143"5 Ç¥È ÕÖ×Ø '¥,¥-£./ ¹ÍÓÔ ÙÚÛ · over the next months, I would like to share Û 78àßàácâ 6 ¦ ÇÈ î 9:;<=É÷ ¹áâãÐÚä åµ ÜÝÞÐߢà some of the recipes. > æ 7BC¡D¡E¡F © ¦ æ Ê±Ë ×õ ÷"?@A íïîñðóòô ÉçÐÍèêé]ëì To start off with, I would like to share ã ã ©¥G þèÿH IJ K¥L¦3NM O ×ýÿþ ö÷ø í ²»¸·ÿ¹¡ ç³úùîÉû¥ü a recipe provided by a Korean lady who I met P ã¡T Ƨ ¢ ø£ ï¥AQSR ;£= ï¥A USV £¢¥¤§¦µ©¨ § · £ through MIA’s Foreigners’ Advisory Service WYX[Z\ æ F)Þ ý È ;^]`_¥acbd -£e ¢ â ⢸ ¹Íé ] ⢠desk. Looking for something to do in her ã"D¡T ã &ihjk ©¥G Ç¥& f¥g$î ï í ¥ «¦"!$#§% ¢º¼ò spare time, she helped us a lot at the beginning, ã"¡ þàÿ HIJK¡L¦ Ç Ëÿþ ý æ$, )( ¸ ⬠â¥*+ $ µ ' and kindly gave us a special lesson in making & ø $-£. Ú ±)¢$¤µ “Kimuchi” at her home. Please try cooking Æ©§ ·»¸·/*ÿ¹ ¸ this Korean dish and enjoy it at home. lSmn¡op¡q¥rlSmn¡op¡q¥r lSmn¡op¡q¥r lSmn¡op¡q¥r stst 0¥132$4 568739£:;53<£=>$? st st A Korean Dish by Ryu Chu Poh u£vw¥x @£A$BDC§E§F@ A$BDC§E§F@@ @ @ A$BDC§E§FA$BDC§E§F @ @ 1 y (Takanawa) zi{}| G$HG$H G$HG$H 1 ~ Ingredients (serves 4 people) ¥ <£=©I JK LNMO 1 1 packet vermicelli (saifun noodles / ¡ KRLNSO P§Q 1 harusame) (Soak in water) KRL¡V¥O T3U 1 1 carrot ¥S ;$[¥K L¡\O WXZY 200 i¥ " 1 onion z¥ K L¡\O ]_^ ¡ " 1 bunch of spinach `acbNdfe_K gihihijkO"l¥m8n£o o¡r ]¥p_]¥q 1 bunch of spring onions ¥ oNtvu3wyxzoN{}|}n£~© ¥8 s 30 30 g cloud ear mushrooms ¡¡ K ihijkO q^ 3 200g sliced beef (marinated in a z¥ K V¥O T¥ ¡£"¥¤¥¥"¥ ¢" mixture of soy sauce, chopped garlic, m$n$or oNtvu¥wx}oZ£oy$£oN{}|}n s ¦§ sesame seeds, pepper and sesame oil) ¨© ª« ¨© ª« ¨© ª« ¨© ª« 3 eggs Z soy sauce, sesame seeds, pepper, salt, ¬ ¥ ;$[§}:_§D WXZY 1. ¥®¯¡°¡±¥² sugar, sesame oil (to taste) ³ S e_z{©|}n_c¥v 2. ´¡±¥² µ ¶ ¥¡· e©$ ;$[§c¥v W¥XZY ±¥² 3. Preparation ¸ ¥¡¡¹¥º¥»½¼¾ 8 c~¡ 3o¡¢ T Y8£$Y qD¤ 4. ®`¿"ÀÁ  1. Blanch the spinach. ÆÇ ¡Ã x 53§ ~©¨8© oZªc;3a£b «£v X ¥8¦  ¿Ä¡Å 2. Heat a frying pan and fry beef in È iÉiÊ ¹ËSÌ ¹ b5¥ > ® ¯ ¢ Yc££Y)° ± ¬ ±SÍ£±SÍ 5. ² some sesame oil. ¾Î · ¡£¥o{©|}n_c¥v ± ² ±¥² 3. Remove the meat from the pan, Ñ½Ò Ï ·SÓS¹ËSÌ ~®¯¶µ oNmnoNr Y ¥§´ ³ 6. iiÐ and fry spinach (1) in meat juice Ô£½ÕiÖ o£)o·t u§w xoNc}µ $o Y s ½¡S ¿×ÄSÅ (2), and put aside. z¥ Õ¥Ö {©|©n$¶¸£¹Dº8o·»©¡b ¼§½ Ú£¡ ¿ Ø%¤¡¥Ù 4. Separate the eggs, cooking the ÔÝ ¾£¿3ªcv ±Þ¡ Û¡ÛÜ¿ yolk and the egg white separately, ~Âc¹ $oNªf;a)bN¹ à T§ ÀÁ 7. ±¡² like a crepe, then shred them. . ß à Õ ã¡ºS¼¢ Ä£v á âÙ¿"ÄÅ 5. Cut all the remaining ingredients 14 South W ind ø Ú±¦ §©ª« ¬[äå ÍxιÏ>йÑ;Ò . into julienne strips 3 cm long, ý õØè þ "æç §¢é± ²ÿ»¡Úê ÓÕÔ×ÖXØ×ÙÛÚXÜ×ÝÛÞ6ߤà and fry them in sesame oil. Æë`ì ÇÚíî¥ïþ¢ðñ ò ç: °o² ÜÝ8ì 6. Put all the ingredients, except the á;âxãxäáFåæçèAéxê¹ë õ ó"ô · â$ ¸·e¹¡-± ØÕïð fried eggs, into a big bowl and íCî êAñ;èRéFê8ëFò;óhô µÜõ¢öвÿø÷¢ùûúNüñþý ÿÉíÉ¡ £¢± ÜFÝhà ìFú mix with soy sauce, sesame seeds, õhöx÷Ûøù çIûõIö ò ý©¨£ ü î î¥ ù§¦¥ü É¡ ¥¤ ' sugar, pepper, salt and sesame oil. ü âýçþÿ¡ £¢¹â¥¤§¦©¨ £ , ø ¥ è( ¥¥µ· ÜÝì 7. Place (6) on a plate and decorate £ ¥§ Aô õ ø ³é £ Ú ( ÜÝ with shredded fried eggs. ç £¢! #"¹ö¥$ %©&Fô('*) + è ! È ø µ â · ⸠¹ ¸ .-0/2143 Ø;ú Ô;Ö , â ç©5Aä§6á Ç á¥" ¡#£$± µ&%·ÿÚ Ü8Ýì As well as Korean cooking, the group ©:£;©<©= è7"¹ö8£9 ô > È è(') þ, è ⢸ ¹ * N¨c ì ì has also experienced Moroccan, Hawaiian, ? ä @©A£BâC5§D¡Eë4Fë ê þ§, ) ,+-" ¥%· °Ð²e ì ú Okinawan, Argentinean and Russian GIH¥J¥K2L£M G§N4O :©P F ê ) ) ø µ/.· â¹ ì cooking. And in February we have been Q©=4R > ô promised a Chinese cooking lesson from Ms. SUT§VT§V S S T§VT§V S Ishii, an MIA member, who translated this W4X Y¡Z [Y¡Z [ W4X W4X Y¡ZY¡Z [ [ W4X article in Chinese. I am certainly enjoying the international and local exchanges experienced through the cooking circle. 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 \ ] ] \ \ ] ] \ Your Contribution is Welcome 4658789;:;<>=8?A@CB8DFEF? ^C_2`babc§dbe4f2g2h¡i2j By exchanging all kinds of various kml :AT GIHFJ©KILCMNCO8PRQCS J©U v honqpsrut South opinions with people, those who VXW;YXZ\[(] [ J_^F`CaXMbRc J W indwx¡yz§{}|~¡c© have different cultures or ZlkFm 4I 7¡2 Mn dFe>fhgFiFj gXof n£¡ backgrounds, in the “South Wind,” Z Z([x]zy|{~}~ 74 phqsr/t Mvu8w z£2¡Ie© x2 we hope we are able to recognize [] I ¡ M£PI x gC\h b22¡2¡ diversity of our society and deepen ¢4£¤ £§ W; [ ] ¡¥¦ M;I I £> e¡fb¨¡©ª^ our mutual understanding and x©{b«¬4I®4¯b°¡±4{ friendship with each other. Please take full advantage of this opportunity to express your opinions! ²2³b´4µ ²2³b´4µ ²2³b´4µ ²2³b´4µ ;C;;C; ;C; ;C; How to contribute: Z\[]s ¡£¢¤¡¥8W 2·¸2¹º ¶ ¶ R H g x¡»¼¾½ ± Please write your essay in Japanese, ¦R§C¨F© ªC«C¬ x®°¯>±/²A³ ¿»4ÀIÁ2»©À(¡c©» English or Chinese. áÄÅ2Æ Ã¡ÄÅ2Æ Ã¡ÄÅ2Æ Ã¡ÄÅ2Æ ´>µ´>µ ´>µ ´>µ To send at: ¶6·¹¸º» 105-8511 1-5-25 105-8511 `ba4Ç2È7É 1-5-25 C/O South Wind Editorial Room, ¶6·¼>½R¾©¿ Ë `ba¡Ê4 8 Minato International Association th ¶6·8À8Á;Â;Ã>Ä8ÅCÆÇRÈ `babc§dbe4f2gh2ÌÍ2Î Minato City Hall 8 Floor, 1-5-25 É;ÊCË South Wind “South Wind” ÏÐ2Ñ Shibakoen, Minato-ku, Tokyo Ò Ò FaxÌ 03-3578-3537 Fax03-3578-3537 105-8511 (Fax03-3578-3537) Ò Ò E-mailÌ E-mail E-mail [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 15 South W ind Ó Ô Õ Ö : : ; ; < < = = : : ; ; < < = = A Look into Minato City ×(Ø2ÙÚÛbÜ >@?BADCBEGF>@?BADCBEGF >@?BADCBEGF>@?BADCBEGF The Tombs of the Feudal Lords Ù(Þ HJILKHJILK HJILKHJILK Ý (4) ßáàâãä MNM NGOODPPQQ M M N N O O P P Q Q Jissoji Temple - T o m b o f O m a n , C o n cu b in e RTSGUWVWX YGZR SGUWVWX YGZ\[[]WX_^]WX_^B`` åçæèbéê4ëìå æèbéê4ëìîííðïï4ññIòò¡óóôô R R SGUWVWX YGZSGUWVWX YGZ [ [ ]WX_^]WX_^ ` ` å å æèbéê4ëìæèbéê4ëì í í ï ï ñ ñ ò ò ó ó ô ô o f L o rd H O S H IN A M a sa yu k i œ õöõö ÷ùøûúüþý÷ùøûúü ý ÿ¢¡¤£ÿ¢¡ £ õö ÷ùøûúü÷ùøûúü ý ý ÿ¢¡ÿ £ £ õö M r. Koichi NAKA (Japan) M r. Koichi Naka (Japan) aWbDcedfhgjiWkelmonqp ¥§¦©¨ ur visit today is to Jissoji § !#"%$#&('*)*+ rtsuwvxzy{}|~ f£4 ʁ Temple of the Jodo sect of BBG4 D*}GDt )-,/.¢0 O { lG 2143/6587¤96:4;#<= Buddhism. It is the second temple £ .GBL 0 _ fD ¦-BAC/DFE¤G§H /IJ4K >%?A@ you find on the right at the top of L W@ e 4z !8MN)PORQ§SUT . {¡ £¢£G¤ W¥ H-JA¦ < : Hijirizaka, or Saints’ slope. You may ) T ) )§+.¢0 £«j¬®£¯ { d4¦B§ ¨D©_ª : ¥%V ¥ >XWAY miss it since the temple building is &_ 0dcef G±_²G £³D Z[ ~ { ° °´ 5a`Fb H\]^ situated away from the street and µ Qm$n4o/"qp-r )4+ WB ¢ ~D¶ { °´ f@·D¸ ] ghjilk you walk down a stone-paved alley Wz¹zWDº ³ 0 ¸z»W§D¼_½e¾ K to face a cozy main hall. There, you W¿ À_Áz_W @*Ä f uRv TX0 ¶Ãz{ ¢ g s/t :*wyxAz{9 W}| may feel all of a sudden you live in ~4 f* ¶ ÅD4Æ m¡ÇÈ ÉËÊ8Ì'ÇÍÏÎ$Ð /H4x-z}U<¥B-C the 17th century. ¬ LÑtÒÔÓ eÕÖt×zØDÙ Ty0 4 S{T ¶ Ì 9/<§¥V B§Cq: ¦ > The graveyard extends to the ÚÛ f/ st ; A;*V4-m > right of the hall. As you pass ~ àÒÔÓá f* 0 Z ¶WÃ\@Þß ¼ ÜÝ 9G 1RI H through the entrance, an outstanding ~ Ø «$« ¿ À_Áz  +X ¢ ¶ ¼ â@ã H ¦-{¢6P¦* >j roofed square tombstone comes ~ éèWêìëîí ï T . Ãz{wä_~ åtæzç £ ¡¦-¢{£H 5X¤%¥FK into view. The two-meter high, 0.7m ð f§¦ TX0 u { nJñzò ° Æ §_ó <§¥V wide stone stands as if reigning over ~ ð ö ³zôGõ «qëWõ f ªRc¤« Z u n H 5 ¨© H ? the other gravestones. On it is ÷_ø l¬ úù¡û¡üWý þËÿ¡ £¢ Z g¥¤§¦ ¦®R¯%§§ H l§ engraved, “Tomb of Seiko-in”. ° ¨ © ¦²) Ty0 {´Pµ/¶ m ¥V VA³ 9#± Eleven roofed or gabled ·¹¸»º*¼ ¨ c Z ~ s À-Á ¦ ½¾¿ gravestones stretch to the right and £Bõ£¯z³z à ´ Ty0 °§ Ïn"!£# ¦ HJ/Ä H left of it, all belonging to the family ¸ÉÈAÊ%Ë Å & ³ ~')(zu $§% % $ ¾* Ü =§¦ÍÌaÎÐÏ ¾ÆÇ of Lord HOSHINA Masayuki of )- ² /.,012² f { »,+ § H ÑÓÒyÔXÕ×ÖÙاÚ4ÛÜF54Ý§Þ the 230,000-goku (one goku is 3546 3£6 Á 879 +) 0 { Ý = w4<§¥V equivalent to an area of land yielding :<; >=?&G@,A d,BDCBª£E D-Û4ßàáâF #¦yãä/åRJ§¦Éæ approximately 180 liters of rice) IHJ ,K | L È)G ñzò °GÅ s/ç ¦¤è§é¿ÐêëÚAìí{H 7¤H Aizu Province (present Fukushima î Á 0Éï #òó}f { ç ìU §ð-ñ C 5 í Pref.). ¨ M ô 0Éõ f zG~ ñÏò£°@Æ ¦ <-= 9#ö÷FH/èaø =w Did you watch the NHK TV ö ON P £R ¥èBê ëîí ùq+Éú c4ý 0 ÆQ = û*ül9 Ä4<-= H ? drama, “ Three generations of the þ J @4 e £ åDæzç {S T ÅVUIW 5¡ £¢#¦¥¤FV ½ 5Ц-èyéFH#ÿ Hollyhock” last year? The hollyhock ¨, [\ «^]`_'Bba .§¦§f©¨ X§Y§Z s /H§%¦®ÀÁ is the Tokugawa family crest, hence, 3e ö ¬ c Á f )*+. 0 { °BÆG§deª Ý H this was the story of the first three Ñhbi£j k mln*õ ï ) + bg { f s4 w ¥yÀÁ Shoguns of Edo. K J o qp ¡0 ) Gå\æÏç » ; Ú-Ûßàå4H > The second Shogun, ¸»º*¼ · /tuv= yh§z µ/¶ TX0 X Z r§s { ~Ow x È ¥A¦ H w > Hidetada, was the henpecked V{£| V~mM åtæ »v} !FH"FJA¦Ç$#}æH% Hå¤ husband of his elder spouse Ogo, I Ñ õ*0 X { åtæ Æ f » s4 '&FH¥(*)¹5¡+£, Û-ßàå who was the youngest of the three tvO ýmf/ T+ { H.-l9*Æ K J§¦ Ç ? famed beauties--daughters of Lord È0 Ñ bb ) ~ ñzò ó l_d Ý : ¦2143 ¥'5 6H.3q587 > Asai. He did not venture to have an B )V 0 { i*kBl ° Æ 9 = official concubine throughout his life. 16 South W ind · µR¶ ) ´ ¥ ¦4H 7) ¥ Y¡"¢¤£]¥¦C§T¨3©eª « > When one of his lady attendants î 0 ¬£ ®°¯$± ¬"¶e·¹¸ 5Ä#¦%ñFH 9-V 5 ¦ §"²T³´Yµ bore his son , he decided to protect b + f¡ "½C¾1¿.À Á¥ÂÃ&Ä°Å¡Æ 9 J ß}àlHl= º »$¼ the boy, Komatsu, from the jealousy Ç µl¶,£ J),Nw H¢¡V£¹5 µÉÈYʧ˳CÌ]Í« of his wife, Ogo, and had ¤ ý 08µR¶ <-= JK J% #¦¦¥ 58§ ÎYÏeÐvÑYÒÓÔÖÕ¹³$× HOSHINA Masamitsu, lord of Ø&ÙYÚ¹Û ¨ ¨,© ) TX0 = 9/Ä ª «ÉÜ$ÝßÞáàÉâYã"ä¥å æ > Takato in Shinshu (present Nagano ç¹è ÀÁFå%H 駪%Hm«I¬%F9A¦ ¦ ³°é.ê°ë"ìí.¡eîCﳧð ?-? Pref.), adopt him. ¼ Û 0 ñ ® s4Â ç §FJ4K HÉC ¦ è è «óò$ôeõ$öµÉ©÷°ëìCí£¡ Komatsu grew up as ) 0{" À 1l¤I 9)®V¯ = ¡ ¹³"øYø.«úù³Yûü.ý.þÿ HOSHINA Masayuki and was ~ & ´ ñ À£¢¥¤§¦ °V±³² H w*H-JA¦Px§´l: ä@µ©¨ Yð ¥ ý¥³ bestowed the 230,000-goku Aizu Sµ¶af ´R. Ĥ: ¦m·ymw*H w ¥e« Ü province by the third Shogun + 0 À ¬ ³z¢ K ¥ ¹µ @Ï ý¹Ê Iemitsu, his half brother. Lying in ¼ Û ¨£¾ À§ è ¢¸º¹»¼½RH ¦À¿)Á ¥ï ¨ µúôCº Ð ³ his deathbed, Shogun Iemitsu asked ,Ä)ŧÆ)Ç fÉùF 0 å = Ç ÃÂ Û H vé $Ê¥ "!]« Masayuki to assist Ietsuna, who was Û '£(*)"+ f ) ®$#"%¡& ¨IÈ4¦ÊɺËÌIÍ* öbÎ ¥ .È > to succeed to the Shogunate at the , L 0 Ï ¥VR= ݦÐvÑmH :¢¦ H ³ -. /« ? | age of 14. Accordingly, Masayuki 0 ñ102 ɺËÌAI *åHÉímJK ¥ Î} ï43 ¨65 °Ï¥³ served as a faithful Bakufu 7 À s% sFç W H À/Á H 9Ò 98;:¥³ < -¥=>@?6A$Ü e« Þ administrator for some 10 years until ¼ Û4E F§G¡H f ®DC ç w4<-=§HJ§¦döbÎFH/è 5 C ¥³&ø$ø"Bï ?6A his nephew, the fourth Shogun Ó£Ô ) 0 ¦ = ý§M$«N?OA@ÐCÏ ï§P =IJ LK Ietsuna, matured. G¡HÛ f ý s- ç HXC 9%V/=9A¦ ¨*µ ³4S£ï£?TÝ ¨4Q¥R Masayuki also proved to be a ¼ Û f sÕ è /G²H 9%i ÖØ× ÜDU ÐWVYXLZO[\ =¡> successful administrator as the lord Û ^"G@H"Û ..¦ ´ c ç w4<-=§HJ§¦®C H J E ]=¡> ³J_`4aDb éµ of his province, Aizu, for which he ÙVÚ ô FfºÛ 0 ® 5 <-= dc³« Ê is still known today. As a matter of ¼ fU´ efJe ¤ H¤è 9lè4åIÜ Ý w{: µúСgih ªj"kJl ? fact, he founded the traditional spirit ^ m n@o"p )Þ w V¢ßvà¤Há¢â§ãä åbæyç Ê@a¹³@r VqXWZ[ \ of Aizu samuraï that would last till s èvéêvëMì£í¢îï§ðbñóòvô õ « the end of the Edo period, when éù§úvûIü§ý)þ)ÿVê¡ £¢¥¤§¦ öø÷ £t=">tu vxwyTé zi{ © the young samuraï group, Byakkotai | ê¢þ)ÿOê ï ® ¨ ©¥ £ºç ]}§~¡öµ _§Ïü¡_$"Ó « or White Tiger, fought to the death ñDò §ï ü "!$#&%Oê z$«=¡>uvv³§û£ü.ý£ø¡ ¨ in support of the Shogunate. He ' þ)ÿò*)Iñ,+ ë.-/ (ç ä10 ¨3Ô§£:¹³ < -4P 3 was deified and the shrine remains in ñt0 2 ¦ ê ï13 ê¡4ñ£ï þ ä "« ¡§4vvϧ³ 3Ö³ ? Aizu in his memory. 5£67 Û Û 7 ñ ï ü ý¥+;: ä 8¥9&¨ XÐ ài ÍOc,é5 P Jissoji temple was the Û 7 í ü£ý¤3C C  ç<>=@?1AB§ ¢ ϧ³O3Ö³ 5 HOSHINA family’s temple in Edo. ) ê D ò1HI C åIæFE&G $Jbæmç ]¨ ¨ « µ It was Masayoshi’s concubine Oman, ñ"0 ïON@P"Q.+R.ST¦ À K@L&M ¨ £æ ý "÷ = > _ posthumously known as Seiko-in, ¤ ï @ ¬§ JU£V" UV1 W u¥v who rebuilt the temple. She rests in ê"Z"[ ¦ ¦_ _ G ä]\$^ ¨ ( ¨¢=¡4£¹4¨J¤¥v =>Ju vJ¡ peace in the gigantic tomb that we ` "¦ ç $Ó$Ý z.³ =$Ð ø$ø§ now face. She was the most 6"ced §£¨ 2 e êüOýab ¸® ®YÀ ä fg ¹³¥©¥¡$« µ«ªy ¡ important sponsor of the temple, 6 kml ¤ _ ®±°6² Lihj (Væ ()çon$p ¬§®§¯ @ÍY³ ý¥³"øYø@µ privileged with a better location than 6 ¤ ïFrsê§èºé ïutv_ À ®¹À ¨ qæ 9 cv³ Duv¹µ«³ ý_ Í the main hall. ´£µ p +uw ê L ¨Fg 9"£x å ()ç ¶¥· ¨¸=¡Y« ¨ øYø°³ Oman was born to the 6 ü£ý a bê]ysVï z { | ï "¦ ¥³Ê z ³= >Judv1¹6º ©¡ family of Shinto priest FUJIKI in }e~£ éù úû ïi/vþ »¥¼½£¾ ¤ ¦ ç ä;© ¿ ä ³ µN¹OÀÁ µ Shimogamo, Kyoto. She served as a 6 ¤ è¡éOò;b ëì ä å 9"ºç ÞâdÂ1« Ê lady-in-waiting to Tofukumon-in 6 6 í î ï r ê¡î ] À M xY ý£ÃJÄ ÅJÆYµÈÇ"ÉÊ$Ëd= _ Kazuko, spouse of the 108th Û / u I ½x J 9 ÍÌÎJÏdУÑÒ e³ Z Óµ Emperor Gomizuno. Kazuko was a ´ßÞ ÓÕÔ ê"Qvïu. ò.;£e§ & ×ÖÙØWvÙ£ÛÚÝÜ Ê younger sister of the third Shogun 17 South W ind è!é£ê[ë¡ìîíðïWñò[ó ¤"+âá ïäã4åT+çæ (¡à£ q ©$8 Iemitsu. Kazuko proposed her half ô/õ÷öøúù©û[ü¸ýúþÿ¡ _ (dè ¨ brother HOSHINA Masayuki to 6ì ö£¢¥¤§¦©¨§ü [ö ¢ ¦ ê dë b îï ü§ý ab ê é4ê marry Oman when Masayuki’s wife ô ! ÿ " # è ó ¤;z {|+;í òñð ü ê è¸îï £ passed away. 6 ý§$ ¦¡ÿ %'&£( ) ø+* è è-, ý a b ü ò@óô ï ê 9¨£ $ Masayuki had a few official . ó +;.z{|$óö ÷1ø ê õ g§8 concubines and Oman became the ü öÿ6" 213§425 /0 ù òtó û@üý ó L ú à$x ¨e Y most powerful one among them, as þÿ ö£? ê/ò óA@ 7£8 9: ;< = > ¦ è she gave birth to the heir of the ¢E F¸öG ¦©K B 4IHJ >C£D ëò;¤ ¥¤§¦ K$M ê ¡ family, Masatsune. ÿ2 HM 3NO3 /L ó C PQSR I Y¢@ó©¨ ïv¤ ê ê© à V One day our Oman became þ T$ö SU U¦V¨üW TöX ï + ï³üò QSR ê 9&¨ the protagonist of a great scandal ¦[ K^$ö_¥`Sa YZ ó ý ò + ;]\ ê õ g8 è ú p. V that could have destroyed the family. bdc e6f "£g£h ö¥i6j!kl¥¦ ó ü§ý abDòºï ꣩ V Haruko, Oman’s own bnm§o£mpqsrutwv m| } ì ¢]¦ ïyxwzS{ ø ¦ ï ¢ió ! " ê 0 q daughter, was the wife of UESUGI pqsrut~ h-ö^ ü ¢ 2$# ïyxy¥ ó ¦]_ L è Tsunamasa, lord of the ö S£¸ö ! 2 óV/ê dëò¢ï ó'& ïF P é ê!% 150,000-goku province of o W E ü ö¥ êò ó +)( ¦+*-,/. ¦ ï ï§012¨ P ? f Yonezawa (present Yamagata Pref.). bcSe2f 65¡6 l h ö b ï ò¥7 + K'34 à] J Tomiko, a sister of Tsunamasa, was 8:9 r S ¡ iS !+¦ ö+¢2£¥¤ ù ò=<=>§? ê+; 3 è V the wife of KIRA Kozukenosuke. ¦ i6§¦A¨£©¥&£ª« ¦Ak ¨¬ ö # ò I"ó'@ ¤ L è Tsunamasa was to die young before pO² ¤£" ¢±° A 4¯® J!³+´Sµ ¶ ó ¤b òºï )bñ B ê êC îï having an heir in the world. ¦·£¸ § ¹ö]ºS§ ó s ï rîv+ t,_ åWø ý 9&¨ $J. Consequently the eldest son of the p6¿ 6 ö ½O¾ 2/D !»¡¼ ò ï òe_E ùvïF ê ¨ £ KIRA family was adopted as the F üÂÃSÄÅ¡öƧǣÈAG G À 4 óÁ ó$¤ ù KH è V UESUGI family heir. This is the 6 " ö¡þ ö6£ +ͣΠ2 H ê ÉÊ óÌË ë §ï !B JIT+;:2K8ï ê background of the intimate relations ü6ϱ¤§Ð Ñö+Ò§Ò¸ö¥Ó Ô£Õ±Ö¸ö òL1øñù øñù ¨JMONP ¨ à è îï between these two families that ö Ý ×SØ2Ù H±Ü óyÚ Û ì6 IRQT¤TS ø¢ù ëDó¦ 7 M ¨ M appear in “Chushingura,” the story ¦ ·â ÞßàSá l Ð ã Ï'« ä >RU òWV ¨ P ; ê N¹ 9§x of the 47 faithful samurai and their o 6 ö åçæ Ï è+ͧ§é£ê#ö¥^ I§ L ê¡hj ê C ] è revenge. There are reminders of the 9 þ¦yë ì íî ò ó òJX+Y[Z/\"ó M"î ¨e Y@V episodes of “Chushingura” here and E G g6ð ö Í 4ïH Ü Ú¡Û ¨ / r§_ êW]©^ê 6è §M 9¨£ $ there in Minato City. ñ b 6 ¨Í§ò6§/ö]g§ ¹ l ` óyó L ¤ ]¡^4êbadc LOe§f L M The incident emerged with ô õ õû Ä'öS÷ø+gh ® 3±ù¡ú ó ¨ ¤ +hg ê+ i¹L £ 9" è à the sudden death of Haruko, or à ö¥g E Íü±ý E J L /¥þ óIò > > êJn êWo kjl m B < Madame UESUGI, who was ü FSÿ¡ £¢! ö¦ Í¥¤ ´ st§u v/w x > C Mbp p!r poisoned. The investigation found ݧ¦ ö]i¦ ó©¨ s& yu;=z§{+| ¤}°_ù > 7 B r that Oman had poisoned her own ö L ó / ø¸ó' $R¨ C êC¡~ à è ¨ daughter by accident. · E 𠵡¶¡¥ ¨* >òb > "q $J@hM= The story started when a b h ö l¥g§i¥ !£! ) J©¡+ ó ¼ marriage between Sumahime, · }$#p ¦ öð¥% " è £ P > younger half-sister of Haruko, and ý)(+öý¡* k dJ)¡ ¥¢£ $'¤W¥ ó &' MAEDA Tsunanori, lord of the q,+-/. b10324 ö2G 4 §«¬ ªb!d® ¯ ¦§§§¨©£ª 1,000,000-goku province of Kaga õ§5 ghA¦ ö±"¥6]¨§76£'E8¥9=ö ¸ /¹+º /» ³µ´¶ · ª+°²± (present Ishikawa Pref.) was ð ¦E GS£bü£; <= ½ ¾ : J /À¿ WÃ©Ä » ó1> !Ád ª ¨+¼ arranged. Oman was not happy to öCB D ¦Ì¨CE Ð ¾ ?A@ Å N3 ¿ ÆWÇdÈ 2 £+¹=Ê ¼ ò bÉ know that the daughter of another F¡G Ë E ö£ø§H ¬/Χ¬§Ï Ò » óAx ªÑÐ ª²ÓÔ+ª ªÍÌ concubine would marry Lord Õ ¹bÖ ×W¬ ÇR ¤ÙÚ¡ )Ø Ô MAEDA, who was richer than the IKJCLI JCL£MM NNPOORQQ I I JCLJCL M M N N O O Q Q ÛdÜ ½£ÝdÞ Ú ¹ß£ husband of her own daughter $ã ä Oç àRá§â Ô!å©æ Haruko. The MAEDA family was 18 South Wind ¤TSVU¡XWZY§[ Ò ©¹ É ª]\ the richest among some 260 local lords in the country. Oman’s jealousy ^X_ ¾ ¹fe ÆÇ R a`b ©dcÐ swel led to the point that she decided to murder Sumahime before the ¾ ¤Zgh ÆWÇ¡£ikj¡l¸fm mar riage. n Å i/qp Xo ars tu One day Masayuki, father of Madame UESUGU and Sumahime, Þ iRv+ « É ªxw ©xy{z ª|c invit ed his two daughters for a meal. Oman arranged the personal table of } ¢ Þ V~ §q ¤X c pois oned dishes for Sumahime at her intended seat, which was ranked lower Ç §id©¹¡§¤¡ סÆ' ª than her elder sister’s. However, Masayuki took the hands of Sumahime p him self and led her to the place intended for his elder daughter. He said that Ò ©¤ tu »f r s \ ª even though she was younger, Sumahime deserved the higher-ranked seat C§ / ¹ t » ¦ ª § ® sinc e she was going to be the spouse of the number one lord. Madame Þ ¬ Ç¡ WR§ » X| UES UGI was completely ignorant of her mother’s intentions and ate the f Ý!Ý d ¹ ¤ » ª/ dish es originally prepared for Sumahime. She started suffering that evening Ý ¡¤d¢/¥ ¬CiJ z ª and passed away two days later at the age of 18. J ¬CiJ p ©bª¤£ z¦¥§ Lord Masayuki was enraged at the unnatural death of his daughter Çf©ªRqp ¨ and interrogated everyone in the house. More than ten vassals and medical «¡¬ £ ® p §/¨À© ¯ doct ors of the family were sentenced to death by decapitation or harakiri ¾ Ç °Ç Ç ¿¬$׳ ªX±)² © (ritu al disembowelment), and they were followed by some additional 70 men =Þ´¶µ Z¡°¹§« Æ o â and women. Þ ¬[ p Z·§¸Z¹Cº » ¨ z Oman, the leader of the plot, escaped death because it was thought » |½£¾ Ý ¤k¼ Ç À¿RÁ ª Ô!¶ that she should be honored as the mother of the heir and that she had lost _ Å _Æ£Ç Â t zªXÃ¡Ä her daughter by her own mistake. But she was shut up in a house. The È i o conf inement lasted until Masayuki passed away and her son Masatsune ÉËÊÍÌÏÎÐ£Ñ :Þ Ò » \ succ eeded him. qÒ Ç¸ ¸ W ºÀ¿ o ª ©£ª The mentality of a woman like Oman may have been beyond the ÀÓÔ ¤ ¤ à+á ªfÕÖ ª ©k× und erstanding of Masayuki, one of the brightest lords. If this kind of ØqÙ ÓXÔ©¹ º! Û Ü© kÚ â ª incid ent had happened in another lord’s family, it would have resulted in total Þ £Ý+Þ+ ÆWÇ ¤ÀÞ Â¥Ý àá ruin . Masayuki was a brother of the former Shogun and an administrator ß à ¬¡Ç¡£iÀá É z assis ting the Shogun of the time. His position probably saved his life and ¹º! ãâ allow ed the HOSHINA family to remain. On the gravestone of Seiko-in is engraved simply “born in capital in the 1st year of Gennna (1620) and deceased in Edo in the 3rd year of Genroku (1690).” It seems that women of Kyoto appeared as tough as they are today. But her posthumous name Seiko-in or Saint Beam doesn’t indicate the bloody incident during her life at all. All the tombstones surrounding Seiko-in’s are only about 1.5m high. I try to read the engraved letters on them. Four of them are for the concubines of Masayuki, five for his children who died young. Each one holds the names of their parents and dates of birth and death. Some bear condolences in Chinese poetry. The average life expectancy of people during the Edo period was much shorter than today. Many children born to better-off families of nobility and feudal lords passed away as infants. They seem to have been the victims of lead contained in the powder that their wet nurses used to cover even the breasts with which they fed them. I feel pity for those infants of the HOSHINA family who were licking the lead while sucking the milk from their nannies’ breasts. I noticed a very small tomb included among those for HOSHINA family. It indicates the name of the deceased simply as Mr. TAKAMATSU Shigeyoshi, a samuraï of Aizu province. Why was a servant buried together with his lord’s family? Was it transferred from somewhere else? The moss-covered stone keeps silent to my questions. The passage of time has left everything an enigma. I bowed again at this group of gravestones and returned to the 21st century. Note: Most of the graves of the feudal lords themselves are found in their governing provinces. Often their stupas were built in their family graveyards in Edo instead. But their families, who were forced to stay in Edo by the Shogunate decree, were buried there. [translated by: Y. 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They have _Ã5Ä1Mp1wÃ91¬M¹Mº5ÅÆ X=-Y/^W4F- wG*^ 3 F f j worked out what I’m trying to say, ÇMÈtÉ zAÊMËMÌÍ7ÎAÏtÐ1Ñt9 @4T[8kX [ 3^Yc@ T g N g j probably sometimes calling upon ÑAÂ1ÒM¥1M1Ó [3^Y j their imagination. And while I j1§9tÛÜtz !^I+!8 k1*%U~+3-T- d ÔAÕ1Ö7Õ1×MØÚÙ appreciate their efforts as it helps to « q¯Ý#ÑAcÞMß>kàm ᪠ciMâ 2FU i[ ¡U¢7!t¨ Y^ % ] g g speed up our work; on the other « ãMÂM_z5äå7æAª c1ç1è1é ;4 !2+tiW+3J u j hand, I’m afraid it doesn’t help me « ª c1êët5Ì7jì7AdMp I TF- ehJV kJ¨s! d¤£¦¥ gJ§ K when it comes to improving my cMí;£ î7ï_;rs7jAh_ð9¸ñò IU©ª ¨IkHI g K g j Thai. Because the staff is kind óõôA7ö1æ1÷1îMïMc_z7øAÌ;óõô [3¨Y¨PQ 7R/SJ$U2 JV d enough to try and understand what I MùMú1iMâMä11ÐMû1ü1ý7âMz 1* ~13-T & &¬Z® p7« g g « u want to say, without correcting me, I Må7þtÿ¡ £¢¥¤§¦¡¨1p¥© _;r %TU°±="*%² ¨! =)T (³ g ¯ can’t tell whether or not my sMMÌ¡ 1cp _z7ø9jMÌ 03 ~13 ´µ¶ b N8g¤(e·-¸ ³u expressions are correct or not. The « qAæ7íMª ctý7â1é7þ¥ UQºR¨»*^¼ ¹ ]U½¾¿À^¿UÁ- Thai staff seem to follow three cM÷1p ÂÍÌ ÅÎÏ ÃÄÅÆ Ç/ÄJÈÉJÊ4ÄËÇ steps: - they patiently listen to my 1Ñ7Ð7z7cú¡¥tÊ ¿UÁ ¿  Ð7ÑÒ Ï Ë Thai, then shuffle the words into the ~ À8ÁÁÖ× Â ¾1À Ó Ô ÔiØ Ð Ñ ÑÕ right order, and finally get the [1\^]_\a`[ \^]_\a`!bb ¤á â ÁUãÁ [ [ \^]_\a`\^]_\a` b b Ñ Ò8ÙGÚ/ÛUÜÝ7ÞUßàUÕ meaning of it. Like working out a ¸1þ ¢7tÍtz5j äå/æçè Âì Ç=é4êiëÄËÇ Ãí%Û puzzle. Not an easy task for them ï1¶1Ò9 ! " #tA1MÐ â Á/î ï â ÁUãð7Ö"ñ ê Ñ ÉòÄÛ Ñ at all! $ $ ¥!_z¡ % &£¦('¥) ¦¥*¥& ºø4»7å ×Â7ì Öö÷ éJÄÛ7ó-ôõ What should I do then? I +¥&z, - Mc.¥/ 0¥1ÆMÄM ¢üý-þ Á4¿ÿ¢Àö÷ ù Þ à=úGûUÕ thought it over for some time and Ð 2 37¸ÐÆ(4tMc¥5#A ºø»å ¿¡ ¿ ù¤Ô Ø úò£¢ Ë-Û|êJí Ô came to the conclusion that I should $ j 7 7 81ÊM§ 9 97c¥: 6 ¤ ÿ Á Û¦¥GûJú Ǩ§ ©=Å-Û¦ sÑ àUÕ memorize the correct sentences with ÌMÐ¥- < =1c£>5 ? @ A ; å£ â Á7ã7ð ¿7Á í+Þ Ñ Ô the right pronunciation and the right c B¡C#z §8M1d5e§DE7{¥FÁtz è ¿UÁ Âiì Ø Ä Ã4Þ-Û£ Þ rhythm! So I bought some Thai A²Ð¥G1§97Ð9H I J K Ì! #"£$¡%-ÿ Áì ÁÖ Ô'& ÛcÕ Å language tapes to help me along. È£U LNMPORQ£S¥Tz7^ ÊMì è  ì ì ÁÖ× Ã4Å ÃÄ£() ÄËÎ8Æ To be honest with you, I wondered $ ~WV¥X1 þ7÷a p1i k â â ÁUã * Ó Ã Û+ !Þ ÑÒ-,. Ñ whether it wasn’t a waste of time 20 South Wind kmlonqpsrutsvwnyxizu{}| Y[Z]\]^`_badcfehgjihkmlonocqp an d money, considering that I live in l~nX Xn iy{}|o\b~fdn}p rRs]t uwvyx`z th e center of Thailand, and therefore n{4^4X 4 o[Wo[W o[W <o[W > sh ould have plenty of opportunity to t"n "¡¢¤£ 44 gRm edl tR] z § pr actice my Thai. However, I ¨"««¬®¯k z ¥¦¨§^©ª R}y}y q[§£ t` u th ought that in any language, people {|l^4 ¬u²%³ ©4°"± p}[ mc]¡ ¥¤o¦§¥¨d© t z¢h£ do n’t usually speak without making £ |4µ"¶·Xn¸¹º»¼ ª ´ l n cw¯ ej°yg}±]² t}ªh«]¬ z £ ® so me grammatical mistake, do they? }o¾u¿iÀuÁoÂÃÄkmÅu| ½ ¡´³§µ}¶h·]¸j¹] lnmcqp [o§ A nd there are quite a few omissions n¨"¬®Ék ÊX"Ë ÆÈÇ l rbº z¥»xq¼ uwv[¾d d¿ § ½ an d slang in everyday conversation. n ¬ÎQϨnл |QÒÑ ÌQÍ Í ° eo^wÀmÁ p { ^ uw rRs zÃÂdÄ]Å[Æ x A nd while learning conversational Thai n¨Ó"ÔrÕoÖq²6× © Ç È ÆÈÇ ¡ÍÌyÎhÏbloÐÒÑ Ó vdÉyÅÊyË is interesting, my goal is to learn correct | {^ÚÂÛÜÚ"ÝÞ Ø ª^Ù e[ÔÒpÍÕ l}ÙmÚ[ÛoÜ ¼z×Ö]Ø} uwyx an d polite Thai first. 4ÑXnÎ4ß| ÎÅ|Xn¨Ñàá ¡qgdn£Ý Õ { yº z rRs z×ÞRß u ½ Anyway, like all good intentions, I ºÅ \ ¡×à \ e[Ôfp´á â` v[¾d z v ¿ ha ve a long road ahead of me! âãQä^ãsåâ ãQä^ãsåFææ â â ãQä^ãsåãQä^ãså æ æ Òåhæ ]êìë í t}çbèÒv ã`ä 30 é 80 O n a certain day in a certain month ¾ 4éê4¿À | ¦¨§ ½ Ô£¡\ðÍe[l â \Ró î}ï z r£ñwò è ¿ çè A friend of mine came from ¤ëì¤íwQîÒïà¤áQ¤î ª c®pdô cy¡ nÒö n[÷dhe z õ z ò v ¿ Ja pan and I took him to the weekend nñ¬òk óôºÔõön4÷ß ð c§ð ÙoÚ cf÷[ÔnÒöùøPúûh÷ \ð v z m arket, which is huge, with hundreds ^4nñÔ ^¨û ghþ a p¡ ¡Ý£¢ ¡¥¤ º vmÿf ñ üdý IT øùú of stalls selling everything from ¡4üý ×4ÿ¡ £¢ûX¥¤ §"þ \§¦§¨ye§© lnocqp s tÿf clo thes, general goods, garden plants, x§¢©¨n § © §©Å §¦ e[Ô£ð p¡ ¡Ý£¢Ò\ c£ j»bt}ª to animals. While there I found §© ghR\ed{ ^ Ô£¡ z¥» Ø} v ¿ so mething I’d wanted to try for a while û© ©"4Å~ \ycfe[ln£ðÃp l ÙoÚ§cf÷[l rbº õ 2001 -. deep-fried green caterpillars seasoned © © ©© ô§~`úÒ¡ l\ ¡¥ z ä üdý ©! ! ! ! w ith naam plaa and other spices. I p¡© { a ø he"! ¡ ë ï z ¿ üd di dn’t get a chance to try this local #m\ ^}Á' p µ+*, %$& ruwv)( d elicacy when I was in North Thailand lon g ago, and I’ve been looking out for ðf¡ ¡ ^.- uwj» v]ÿfv¡õ rRsz ¿ h them since. I was told that a small plastic bag of fried caterpillars would cost 30 \ \o÷[lÒô !´ú¥¡qþ[\ cqp u v§ñ / baht (approximately 80 yen), so I wasted no time in buying some. While buying l g g%0 ÔmÓ1 rbº » õºqs èÒv z / them I heard a voice saying in Japanese, “Oh, dear, look what he’s buying. Is he \ \¡qþR\ ô[pRÙoÚ ô !´ú u vd¬ ¬ going to eat them? ” When I turned around, I saw two young Japanese girls, ¡¥2 c]¡ ÙoÚ \ ¡\ðüp z v[¾d èÒv[¾ who looked like tourists. I don’t think they realized that I was Japanese, and I l l65 Ó87 ÙoÚ rbº z v 43´ ¿ üd said in Japanese with a big smile “Yes, I’m going to eat them.” They looked p]Ð{.9 :y a}'b÷ vh¾d z ; ¿ surprised and confused and were probably wondering “Is he Japanese?” They ¡\ðf¡ fÔfp {[R\og.=]Ð ¬6< ñ º followed my friend and me and asked, “Does it taste good?” I offered one and l d\[p e hå x ¬h¾yt ã /> said, “I’ve never tried them before, but I’ve heard that they’re good. Would you µ?]ð618@R\ ¡\ðBA ln p z ¿ like one?” The girls were keen to try, so the four of us, all Japanese, shared this o[Wo[W o[W <o[W > Thai tasting experience. They tasted something like rich ‘kappa-ebisen’ (a e ¡£G ] ë Ø} ï ã.C%DFE h Japanese snack made from powdered shrimp and flour.) They’re not bad, but Ù p ^£I Òå t+H ¾hz ÅJoÅ ã ¿ not good, either. They probably taste best with beer. ^ og g§ ð { o ÿ z§K t >> On a certain day in a certain month e lÒ¹ Omd÷[Ôy~®úá õ L)M Ë NE I went out for dinner with a Thai friend, who works for a company in the p {QP¥R+S)T]e \ycqp K L)Mbt%UyèRv IT business. While drinking beer and enjoying tom yam kung, he said, “Our e§Z[ g6\ \]edÔ ðl VXW)Y u r company is having a hard time re-structuring.” Competition from foreign noc®p¥] {^1}µ \e[l x£_ u z× capital is said to be severe. ]ye6` ^ p íba L uwv.cbdbt.eso Knowing that we’re both going to be busy throughout the year, when we ]bg bâ ¡ @R\ zh¾ ¬dt v 2001 ¿ parted at midnight we made a promise to make sure we get together again in the ] Ý ô§~ ð øgfih ¬ t t new year. j ø } ë ï Good Luck I wish you all a very rewarding 2001! As they say in Thai “chookdil (Good Luck!)” [translated by: M. Kawashima] 21 South Wind $¦%&'($¦%&'( $¦%&'($¦%&'( "©#%$'&§$)()*§+-,"©#%$'&§$)()*§+ ,/.. "©#%$'&§$)()*§+"©#%$'&§$)()*§+ , , . . A Letter from New Zealand 021430 143655 0 0 143143 5 5 ) ) ) ) * * * 17* (17) 7§8 97§:£7; <7§8 97§:£7 ; < +,-¡.¡/-0¨-+,-¡.¡/-0¨- 7§8 97§:£77§8 97§:£7 ; <; < +,-¡.¡/-0¨-+,-¡.¡/-0¨- Hello From Aotearoa 1321 2 1 2 2 1 =©>=©> ?§@BA?§@ ADCFECFEHGG =©>=©> ?§@?§@ A A CFECFE G G å98:å98 : å98å : : 457645 6 45 6 6 45 Ms. Yayoi Sotoishi (Japan) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] O O ; ; O O ; ; IKJMLI JMLONNPLQLLQL I I JMLJML N N LQLLQL CORTSCOR S CORCOR S S < < =?>= > P P < = = > > P P 12 < 22 December 22, 2000 Å~A@CB4Å UWV)XZYT[]\H^Z_'` a ED¡F¡GIH ÆÈÇ am certain that most of us ý#KLXnx J © ±§ _£cdY¡egfhHikjml]n ȷb Japanese people have had the ΨNO ÁIQCBR J¡M © Vo)p'qsr't§uHi£v [{z bxw-y I ¡P ç experience of being addressed in ~ _~£¥p) £) | bT} S Japanese in such phrases as ýwêUTwUV¤ýXWZYU[ \ roi_¡¡Ti ‘Kon-nichi-wa! Ogennki-desuka?’, #_¨`¡ab7c Ô ý4¨d ]C^ § §¥ G meaning ‘Hello! How are you ·¨fg¡h¤£i »¡j#kCl © jTUi/p/]V§z e | ç today?’ by strangers, when they were ¨m© 3n¨o¡p#p#q#qCi ' ¥¡§a¢/Vu | bT} © ç¡P P in overseas countries. ³"n¬Î¡t#R#u¡v#wx r¡s ] []s¥¡¦/p§U¨©© }d¤ y £ The notice of information for yCz|{I} /U¥ªH«¥¬Hi®]¯±°³²´µ safety issued by the Ministry of ¶x· ~UUZ ¦¦U ~ ¸£vc]¹£d »º b Foreign Affairs warns us, ‘Watch out #¡¡#y¨#¡¡| W_l§¥/¦ V§¾°¿ |§¼d½ for people who approach you kindly y¨C|#U I¦I |¡ À_Áq6Â'ÃdÂÄ/ÅHÆ§Ç§È | £¢ in foreign countries’ and has been É ¦¡~¡#{¡#¨y¨§ ¸ ¹ ¸sÊ¥ns b ¤¤¥ repeatedly broadcast, I believe. · ¨©ª¨# ¬}®C¯±° jKl£n¡Vdo§p p r/Ë'q « y However if we keep to the warning |³¨´µ¨¶¡·#¸C|¹#º#»C¼|´ jÌrt)u¥i§v [-^Í_º'a ² b'y without fail, we may miss the chance ½ VsÎd¹_6~¡Àº_³qϧº)À©p of ‘Ichi-Go Ichi-E,’ literally, the ¡ÁC¦ÂCá®#¨ FÐÑÒ¸§v egf/i©p'q6\ ¢#¾¿¨À bÓw precious opportunity to meet others Ô Ô y¡#ĨŨÆ|Ç#ÈÉÊ~#Ë̪# ÎÍ ^Í_ sa _Õjrt)uHi£v b in our ilife. Ô ¨ |¨|y#ÏI¨Ð¡ÑI} [Ö ~l¡[p§¸ Ï° b by Apart from ‘Kon-nichi-wa,’ × |Ú#ÛyCÜ#Ý ¸'Ê/n §qWjÙØdÚ©ÛZÜË©V'Ý Ò#ÓÔ¨Õ¡Ö¡×#ØÙ how do you respond when some Þ Ô Þ?àßCá|â!ãä9å#æ¡ç䨮¡è _ [Áqàß'á ¸ |âã]äå y stranger asks you ‘How are you?’ In êCëìI|í#®##î¡ïUðàñ v é bxw Japanese society we never experience × y¡ç䨮#èIò#Ð|óI|ÏI¨#ô ^Í_º l©l£æ¥çài©pqÀ[ being addressed by strangers, ‘How v í|»¡õ#ö¡÷#¸ }¨ø¨ù# a©è)éÐ êdàë¡ì i Ï© ®àq are you?’ Would you ignore them Í jmlsnVopqQrt)u¥i§v úûü bÓwíy and follow the proverb says, “A wise w ö#ý#ߨáI|í|þ [³Ò%î ï _-𥸰³¸£v)©ñ ¢ b ¤¤¥ man keeps out of danger”? ÿ ×òàó ¡ £¢¥¤§¦¨ ª©¨I¯ £ ¨ XT§ôxõ³qÈö÷dödø Here in New Zealand, even if ù yÏI¨¨}ç¡¡|ÏI¨ £© qQúûHºÁqmëdìd§üHi Ï]~dq we are strangers or at our first ÿ y¡ ÷£y a/Vàýv]þ©qÿ¡ ¥V¡¢§À]ë¡ì ©© meeting with someone, we start ÏI¨|®¡Ë ¡¡®C| £ü [¤£ _ºY ®]qTl§ b b exchanging greetings such as ‘Hi! £!#y£"¡õ #§$£%Cæ|Ï!¨ä ¦¥ËHV¥p¨§ ® ©Ó¸/ºd [ îï How are you?’ It is no exaggeration · |Ï!¨ä!'&£ £()£#¡®* ¡ ® ip§º i§ é to say that we cannot start doing ä#È£+³¡y!}©,¥-C#C /. g ¢ anything without exchanging these ÿ 0y£$ ®¡Ë|Ï!¨Ð¡Ñ Ï!¨ 1 eFfT¡dqÁú'û/VH[ít ¥ kinds of greetings; when we talk 2 |¨ 3£45¡y {I'7 u/º£zdi jÓ_»»'¸sÊ y £6 ¤9¥ with a clerk at the window at the 89©:;£<£1 ®=¡ç>##y¡ j rHp¥cࡸv j ÏÓ° y bank, at the checkout counter at a · ÿ ?©@I}¥AB# ¡#y¡#Ä©C [H ¸§v [-îï ~ y supermarket, at a store or on the »H¡y¡I} ¸£vHq³]îï/Và« Ñ DFEG phone, even though we do not ÿ ÿI ¹ X¡ da pT dYx_§i E 9¢ ¥ know who the person might be. J ã¯ê Ü y ÏZ¨NM §¥ §ö àÈ! #"¥V£r© ¾ ¿ÀLK b In Japan, on the other hand, 22 South Wind wJ E ®FHG§II K¨æ#·§L©M Q¥RTS¥UFVWYX[Z\]^V`_ ]ba ho w many Japanese people return y§T N O#yI} J PI c`dfehg ¢ Q ¤SR \'ikjkl mnRpoIqsr th e greetings which salespeople give U 89 VT #W¨¹¨ N O#y¡ t ch}w~ c z|{ WuS Uwvyx^z|{ th em such as, ‘What can I do for you?’, ñ¨§ |®HX¡øY Z[ \§]C de Wy¥z'©RTj§ pk ‘G ood morning’ or ‘Thank you very wT ^©_¡®` `aI¹#ÏI¨©?cbIy¨C} x'Fj X^ m uch.’ Greetings in the commercial #I|¨ #f¡ê£g|ç#äh ¥wp ed R£'LV§SkU fie ld can be a kind of one-way traffic; L iyÏ!¨ +¨Å©k¡y c S©Uk¡ '¢'z`a W¤£¥nv ¤SR R§j th at is, people who give greetings and ¦'§n¨ í®l©7 ¨# y( m « zw©ª«¬bTxI§W®p¯ pe ople who receive them, since £nHo£pHq§r sCt Wu4 d n±T²L³¥Q zµ´L VbL° cu stomers are considered as ‘God’, y¨¨|£9#v w çä7 ¨ ty¸ ¶ Q W£·² ´©¹IW Q©' na mely a number one priority. In Japan ºy» ½¼ ®¾ ¡\ ¨#y¡ÄCCÅ c d ¢ ¢ k¿ w e respect manners and say that the § Æ|ÇÈ¡y¡#£¡HxyI¡z¡®# d ¶ Q k'V§À ´ ba se of communication with others ¤ \©#¨ I} d dkÁ^e ¿¡ÂI x ¿ be gins with greetings and finishes with º|»º|à U;}Ì y {|{ e cyÅkÆ£Ç w VÄ r W ¤¥ gr eetings. However I believe this rule is ºÌ ó}ò#Ð ì§I· P úû c¤}'Í R§SkUn ¯ ¤9¥ ~ ÈÉËÊ de finitely not applied to strangers or ÿ ê¨ë y '¡ìC¨|{ t c|Ó ¯ÎzpÏIÐ^V¥WksÑ Ò ¤9¥ pe ople with whom we are not familiar, ÔF§ § #·CH© £ ¨¬} ÖÕ×ÙØ£Ú£ÛLv`Ü^ÝµÞ bu t only to people who are friends or n¤ß ´©§§ C é d Æ ¢ Qs©ª©àwvá y ac quaintances. ¡ ê¨ë|y¨ì§ ¡y d Q zyâpãIWåä µÚ§Û^v Q 21 Concerning myself, I used to smile T ß ÿ ©8 Þ§\§]yC¨ y E§G ´nRwæ¥'V§çLR¥èIé ³ an d then ignore others’ greetings most ¾ í#{ ¸ 9 ¤ } ² vyêwë ¢¡ì©í Wïî§ðwËñkËS ~ of the time, on perhaps 80% of the TßIò ß ~ d Usv R£´^ RI oc casions before I adopted the New ß d c d V ¿ r ÂF§ó R©px© © £¡© ¡ © ¡ ¡ © Z ealanders’ way. Now that I teach t t d ç¥ôI¿ Wöõ RËS UFvy÷ Ê Ja panese language to New Zealanders, ß Ç Q©R©öàFµø§ù£x¯ X Z I realize that most of the people whose gre etings I had neglected to respond to e d ú ÂbTxIrpa`û ©V£¿ had no ulterior motives and were just giving me customary greetings. ~ x^rýüÿþ¡ v£¢ °ËÚ¥£Îv¥¤ In teaching Japanese to New Zealanders I have the problem of translating Ç ú zIRkn©¯ W X Z Âs'x the greetings of their style into Japanese when they are just starting to learn. If I t¸ ¶©¨ r§aVµ·² ´¹§¦ RT´ try to avoid misunderstanding and being impolite, the expression c R`S©UkV¥ § I W ‘Ogenki-desu-ka?’ may not be suitable for the person who we meet for the first d c Æ ¢©¿ kµÚIW á z| k time. I should consider that it might be better for me to teach my students not t Æ ¿R©r ì ¯ x© to use these words at the very first meetings. ©½sR© Lk It is often pointed out that various kinds of services done in Japan are c Ç Ç !" z W ¯ xI§W excessive. But I frequently say ‘Thank you!’ with an excited feeling of joy when £# Ç ©` v ¯Q ©Ë R I receive Japanese style services after being away from Japan for a while. c'&( $ %FxÎz Rk Recently I find that my living environment can be made brighter with a little L c'e X a£v*)§o Q prudent care since we are now living in the 21st century and the time to | e*+'c x£ communicate with others tends to be reduced, thanks to the development of , - .£/ c Ryo0¥Wh´ %©x information technology. z§132I§45¡687bIFz89;: º ß <= c ~ WËë3>˳ é [translated by: Y. Tsukuda] » c¥B R?@nA Ñ z^°p¿^z C ¨ & + v z R£D©Tx£ 23 South Wind ¢¥£¥¤¥¢¥£¥¤¥ ¦§¥¢c¨¦§¥¢ ¨ª©«¬©«¬* ¢¥£¥¤¥ ¦§¥¢ ¨ ¨ ©«¬©«¬ ¢¥£¥¤¥ ¦§¥¢ A Letter ®¯±°²´³®¯±°² ³¡µµ ®¯±°² ³ ³ µ µ ®¯±°² ťǢ̧ɱ from the U.S.A. ¶¸·1¹¶ ·1¹ ºº ¶¸·º¹¶ ·º¹»» ¶ ¶ ·1¹·1¹ º º ¶ ·º¹·º¹ » » ¶ (27) ¼½3¾¼½3¾ ¿;À£Á¿;À£Á ¼Ã¼ ÂÄÅÆÄÅÆ »¼¥½1»¿¾»¼¥½1» ¾ÁÀÂÃÀÂà ¼½3¾¼½3¾ ¿;À£Á¿;À£Á ¼ ¼   ÄÅÆÄÅÆ »¼¥½1» ¾ ¾ ÀÂÃÀÂà »¼¥½1» Ms. STEPHENS Harumi ÄÆÅ ÇÈ¥ÉÊ©Ë Ç ©ÌÍ :ÉÈËÊ [January 6, 2001] tÐÏÒÑeÓ §ÔÖÕ× ÌÍÎ1Ï©ÐÑ1ÒÓÔ1ÕÍ §Îwr s your airplane approaches Ö<×ÙØ,ÚÛ£Ü,Ý,Þßà©á§â Æ Q^°Tz¥D£W Øè ༗p· ǒ At he Atlanta airport, the vast Ù ¨´Ú ×ñð ã§ä§å¥æçè Ó,é§ê,ëìîíï *Ûk¢µ¯'QnÄ IzµRVTj stretch of land mostly covered with Ù ÙHÜ + Ø ß§ôõö§÷ø,ù<×úØ,ûü ò êó Iz ¿§Ý£Þ§Hß I± trees is the first thing you may notice ÏàÑeÓ c Ü¥ý!þÿ¡ Ø¥¤§¦ × Ø©¨ 裢 Ô ÌGÍ ³§Q©V ©ö©´k about the city. If Atlanta is the first Ü©ÿ ¥ Þ Ç ã 袥 Õ Î ¥¦wÝpQ¥á¯^z'âcã ¡¯ W US city you visit or see for the first õ × Ø¥¨Üÿ © §Þ¡ ä c ÒÓÔÕ RåIÝçæËvÖè'¢T¯^z ³ time, it can be a breath taking sight, +'c e §¡,ã¡¡ © è"!#$% > ' QpjHé§ÞHê especially for a Japanese. Once you ßL ß × Ü¡) ×+*¡,-. Ç c &¥'©( ê £ë Q W¡ì³ are on the ground, you may feel Ü¥0,õ¥1,ÿ d Æ + ã è ìîí,ï¥/ IR* w í îkvÖï z Ý£Þ envious of the abundance of land ÏðÑÐÓ c e ã325436 cÔ Ò3ÓÔ?Õ ì9í87 > R3ñ we have here. As you approach ×;:<¥=§ù§>? ò ò 6BACED Ô 9 ©@ ¥ó£ôY°õD¥£VËäHö downtown Atlanta, the six-lane ×HGß¡I¥Jù>×LK ÞBM ò§ü 4¡N F ë V¥÷§{ RÖúHû ûbçæ 6 ø´ù highway would probably amaze you. × Ø¡O +'c e ã ¡ ¥6¡¥ ¥ Ñ 7 P©7 ¥ýkz > I R ÷{ v Most Japanese cannot believe it Ó QRSJ ¦ = òþü è © Ñ,Ò,ÓÔ ê©T R3ú8û û ± Ñ 6 øçù when I tell them that the six-lane Ï × ö ãB24BUWV Ï 7BXÒ¥ÓÔÕ ÿ ¡ V£¢¥¤b§¦ ©¨ ø highway becomes a parking lot ß ×H=¥Z§[ õ¥]¡??×I©J Á^e c eTc d Y © 7¥\ £¿¥z W Q R during rush hours. d ä D è F / 7 £ x£ RL©ª ´IV The public transportation ÏàÑ Ó ß©^ ZB[ _¡` ßôa ã §Ô /ê IR¥Î R here in Atlanta compares little with ×Æö c ã c©d 6©e f Y§!g¥h¥i Õ b £´Î VF VL©ökR the public transportation systems in | § ¨ k =©Z[ j ènm o l ¡p§q r ì ©Þ èn± ± ¿ Japanese cities. Subways and buses Qs_¡t¡u?×wvyx{z K 6 ¡|~}¡f©¡|{} ! ©"kb±ËW© R#w R¥æTé©©V often fail to go much beyond the ß vyx{z ä d d D¥ è ¡|~}¡f¥¡| ï ¥ ¢ ³Q ¿ R£Tx£ V` city limits. Instead of public K¡ G ++ } D© ¥¡è ¹$ R£%I¢ pW ø transportation, wide paved roads ß Ù ×¥Z[¥§¦ d)* ¥ ©&(' ¯ ¹cú|û V and highways spread all over the city. ×H¡ ×H ò§ü ¡,ã¡¡ © '!nævI° ¿w° +I³Q û Cars are the primary means of vyx{z K¥ d ++ ã ¡|~}¡f©¡|{} è ê x V ,-. ø transportation here. Atlanta is not Ï Ñ Jvyx{z סJ + m¡o ¡¡ ,ã }¡f© ï R'l ¿bRb©xI ¯V Ê necessarily unique in this respect. ß Ó +3241516798 }¡¥ã¦¥§¡¨©©¨ è Ô ¥¢ £¥¤ ©/10 If you do not own a car, it would be =5Zª[ 415¥D2 5 ãB 7BX1êW«§¬ ;EGF :<;§=?>@ACB extremely inconvenient to live in H ×H¯¥° = 4©I©J3KLM4N©OPLQR§2TS ®¥d 㡳 ´3è ©±E² ê almost any city in the States. Z§[Sµ¥¶5·§¸¹. 2MVW©X K[1W<\GS D©º ã » è;¼ Ï ² ;Y©Z U U A typical American 4§S ס¿ ¦ À ¥½¾ = / ÁW եà F¥]^_ household buys groceries and other `¥a3b K a,ö |©Ä èsD§ Æ >@ACBF§c¥d?e1f,g ï©/¥Å à household items in bulk. hi ÇÈÉ§Ê ×¹Ï èE! # ¥Î c©d¥pq?f¥r BË Ì©Í Americans are convinced that bulk m¥z1{©|~} s!tu¥v ¡Î ¡|~}¡f¥¡|~} e purchase is a better way to buy and x¥ s!t,1? u<1 <©Ó ¡( è¢ ã¥Ô Õã r ¡Ò¡PW ê eliminates frequent trips to stores. PG3y? !< £ . Ç èØg » Ö× g§1 ïë©Ù¥Ú8Û Ã As gardening and making home w3s§(©§ Ó È5É 6B}B¥1ã§Ü é§X§Xê ï improvements became very popular x©3 ©¡¥¢£3¤¥¥§¦©¨ ¯5Ý Ê¥Þ ã è è 9 e 7 Ì¥Í in the States, Sports Utility Vehicles k¬C® m¯° ª« wxy ec (SUVs), mini vans, and pick up k z±² s y, §³©´? ßáà¡âß à¡âäããæååèçç éé ß ß à¡âà¡â ã ã å å ç ç é é SUV µ trucks gained popularity as well. A 24 South W ind m¡ö5÷ £ìë;í¤ ë©ôwõ gïî3ð¡ñ§òïðó ð¡ñ ê SUV, pick up truck , or mini van would be perfect for | k øù ë¡ôúõ r ð î5ð ñ©òðó SUV µ such shopping needs. lüû û v ïý,vu1vþ £ìë;í¤¥ g ñg ê Last year 17 m illion cars were sold in the States. x© ÿîWð¡ £¢ e f The US auto indus try points out that the trend is on ¤¦¥ m z¦ |¥l ´ %ò¨§£¢ ©1e1f g µ 1700 SUVs, pick up trucks, and mini vans. More and more, û k ¬ x1 1yos ô¤ g f f e µ it is becoming the norm to see SUVs driven to work } £ìë ë¥ôwõ gïîWð¡ñò ðEó ð ñ,g ê SUV µ these days. At school parking lots, you see more mini l û í¤ wG x© f¦ e SUV µ vans as the latest transportation mode to pick up kids. ² ö $ w¦! #" x ('*)¥w g % & r As much as it is a necessity, for some Americans, + |43¥z ¥ (,y.-0/21 ¨ 1x y £ìë ê µ the car is also a fashion statement and a status symbol. z¦5 | í¤ r It is probably not an exaggeration to say that the car has m 4$ ¡94:< 76 8 e g;< ò4§=¢ f µ always played one of the most important roles in the } |D ö s3 ¤ f?>?@ ð.A*B e?C g(r © history of America n culture. Last fall, the US auto Dm¦FG } ö ¡ x1 E e C r Bò4§=¢H© f µ industry released new models of bigger, more expensive m¡NO s! : ¨I òJ§K¢©.LM e.Q g cars. The Indust ry is hoping to convince more | 2RTSw4U©t©8ý s V¥(GXW?/ ©v ef Americans of the u tility of their latest “toy.” Neither û m¡Z m¬ Y e 3òJ§K¢© f g µ the higher gas prices nor the higher loan interest rates m m¦^_ ´ [ ³4\(] ¢`waJb r µ will probably slow the sales of SUVs, mini vans, and | m¥ö<|3 m ^ s!P w? ef pick up trucks. Needless to say, men are probably mdc 3e(f û m | s1¥vy x1 (g=h e e more conscious of what kind of cars they drive than m z z û m2l ø s ji ¤ s ¡(¤ h g?k ¢ women are. Som eone once told me this. “The z û £ ë í¤ ' \ s g g î5ð ñ h g ê SUV µ difference between men and boys is the price of the toys mm 3 û ø ë¥ô£õ ¥v Y ð¥ñ f(n e ò$ðEó they have.” û } m¡sz¬9®om V rq g.op p re m ÷ û û ¨ 1x y w2u x y e C f µ µ.t öz7v û | z } öm ( V os xxw© r C m m¦y 3em q s q ' v §x y§ z f¥g J$ s¦|}|}| /H{ ~4~ .¨4 ~ ~ —Let‘s Chat in Japanese“ X7. ¨J ¨4J¦#¨4¡ ¡ ¢44£7¤(7¥?(¦J§(¨ª©J «¬®¨¯(° «²±´³mJªµ¶³( 7·X2¸T¹.2º»4¯(§¦¥¼m¦J§¦¨#½.¾?7¿ÀJ7 ¡JJÁÂà ÄÅ4ÆÇ.È*H É ¡ µ#¡JÊ ¨(ÐÑ ¤¦ m·4 mÔÓ ¨.Õ7Ö4×2· mº ¨HØÙ(µH¡JÊ Ë¦Ò Ì¨ÍHÎÏ Ë¦Ò Ę̈ÍHÎÏ £ º.é4¯¡mº4±Üµ#¡¨Ê ÚÜÛÔÝÔÞ.ßáà¶ârãä#åæ çè êTë¨ì.í4ªîï7ðT«ª®ñ.Ê ¡ £¢ø¥¤úò üþýÿ¡ §¦ øJú£¨ò üþýÿ © ¼ú ú§ Tú¤ .ö ò2órô¼õ÷öùøJúªû ò üþýÿ "!#%$"&¥!'$)( ü+*-,¥.0/2143517698 ÿ õ If you do not have any opportunit ies to speak it out in spite of studying Japanese, or if you want to make friends, and have an int erest in discussion / exchanging opinions, you are welcome to join our LCJ, “Let’s Chat in Japa nese,” meeting. We have intermediate and advanced levels. Let’s have a great fun with us as c hatting in Japanese!! Date: Saturdays, March 17, Apr il 21 and May 19 Time: from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Place: Mita NN Hall, Space D, 4 -1-23 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 25 South W ind ] ] ^ ^ _ _ ` ` : ; < = ] ] ^ ^ _ _ ` ` Post-Script acbedefhgjilknmeo D ¥?m >@? A , 'BDC g outh Wind has had many ¤0 ³v3 GF'H(w C¥E f ዓ plq!rAsutwv/xAyuzu{ S ʉ regular issues since its I , g JK2QLNMO@P Q'RTS |u}~/A0w~ul D o0 inauguration in 1994, when we were UWV XGYTZ Vbadc PG[]\"^"_¥` y?uD ~/?/} not even certain that it would egf f U M h ^jilkl^nmTo\p p?u/ ~Du survive into the 21st century. It q]r egf f c U cwv Msh ^]tu D¡u¢ ~DD£¤D¥ owes its life to the contributors of £¨ x eDf f agc Ksyg[ M z]{g|Gh q u£??§ ©ª ¦ articles, faithful and hard-working U |-p~}l|j¥)PluW T tlv0x t A0®/} ª0«w¬ translators and proofreaders, and its d Un¥Y }³/´AµA¶0~ ~Au¯8°0±/² readers who have warmly supported f ¨ x f a v ^s'R^ | qº¹» ¸?¼ }¾½¿ ·D¸ us. Vba XT]a v Ks' ^Tg ^ À0ÁuÂwÃÅÄÇÆÈuÉ0Ê0ÁuËwÌ8Í On the occasion of its first x |GDK ¡¢^n£¤-|¥ ÎAÏ issue in the new century, I would like ¦ a¥«X \n§ ¨-Ks©'ª ¨¬P~§¨ À Ð¥ÑÒAÓAÔÕuÖD×uØDÙ to take this opportunity to confirm Un'Y ÆÜÝlÞ Úuß/àAáAâwã ÙÚÛ the original aim of this publication q]³N´0µ·¶"¸¥¹ D®]¯]°¥±¥² ÁÆ8íî ä/åDæçuèéuêDëuì and the viewpoint that we should ³¥º ¸ V Z b| Kb» ^¼|n½ P ËwÌAòó Æõ ïlðuñ à ÔÕ/ô continue to uphold. ¾Q¥^¿À¥ÁjÂÃ"ÄjÅ]Æd\ÇlÈ Áøù Æ ð?ýþ ö÷ Ïûúü àDÿ The Minato International ¸ ¯¥° a V a ¨ ^ P |GÉ ÊgKDË ÁË©¨ ¢¡¤£ ¢¥§¦ Ï ü Association consists of more than ´ ´ Ì V a Uj'Y X ¨ R ^@'Í É Ä8À ÔuÕ ½ 700 members and each one of them ¸ ¯¥° V aÐ |jÎ]Ï¡P KÑ ” È ! ð¢ Ï#" Ö× tries to join in various activities as a U¥ Ò uÔÓÖÕW×nØd×ÃlÁÙÛÚ ” À¤+§, -©.0/ ü K O K U SA I- JIN , or a n ½%$ & '(*) ´ ´ ¯]°¥±¥² ÜTÝ ^Þ P Ó·ßP R internationally oriented person, 𠢤2¤3465 1 Ϩö÷ â ÿ ° à ¨lulán^DOj|"Â'â ãlR¥^]ä based on voluntarism. What do Æ<;= 2 ê§>§?:@§A ÿ%7%8:9 ¸ Ð V X u| ålÁ æTâlQjç è \ you propose as the conditions vital ÁB = D?Á ÆHG ÏFE Ô ôà C à éê Ý V UWVbXjY R¥ìjíW[ Kdë to being a true KOKUSAI-JIN? Á©L%MAÆ I©J%Klê ÷ Ô ô0N ê-ò î a ¨NM Í Qnï ðTR"ñ-S South Wind started with an article ,¤P Á Ü 5¢O ü§¦ Ï à ô Û ó'ôTõ sûýü |Gö]÷øKùl¨T\ú posing a question “W hat is ÀRQ í?Á¢S¤T©U¢V B 4£þ ê ß ´¡ ¥º | O@P Qjþ'ÿRllMlOTP K O K U SA I- K O RYU, or U%VÆ >§? ô VbX¥¤ V XjYÔV £¢ ½'Î]ÏNR u ½ International Exchange?” We ´ ;©= Á ¯¥¦ ¥§¦lÏ]6^ V ó¥ô Û¢_ )¤\ ^ P ^ 﨧dK ©)P organized a panel to discuss this V a ô Æ ,§b0Á OAþ ½ RTSMj|'R-nW ö Û ßAà `a subject and presented the U Y ó Ò"Ò ª jQ]^¼ | Q Á d¢e 4 ì¤f g©h¤i Û §c ½ discussions in the 2nd issue. 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Each ´ a Un¥Y£Y#Z?[ ¨ R OG|D\ [ person judges and evaluates others 26 South W ind ¤6¤ 0¡¢ Æ Èø£§ @¡ 죢 ¦¥ þÿ ¤ and things based on his/her own £¤ ¥6¦6§¨§©«ª¬R¯®°±¤² Æ ¡ Æ ¨ ð © 2¦¦ ë sense of values. ³¯´*µ ¶©¸· ¹Rº±»¢¼ ½*¾6¿ Q Á !ø Þ 4 ð¢O?ï @¤AÏ 9 South Wind offers a space for ©%¯¼ ½*ÃÅÄ Æ ÀÁ  Á Ï communication among all its FκÏÃÍÐ%º¡#©¸Ñ©Ò ÇÉÈËÊÍÌ readers. ³ÅÔÒw:Õ¸Ö ©Å ¦ ×Ø¡«Ù À¯Ó ¡!¦"¡# !¦"¡#%$$'&)(&)( !¦"¡#!¦"¡# $ $ &)(&)( It should be the place to Ú*ÛÍÜ Ú*Û ³#Ý Þßà%áÕ⢠$10$ 0 $ $ 0 0 *¡+*¡+ *¡+ *¡+ ,.-/, -/ , -/-/ , exchange the values that everyone Ü ³¯ª6ÞÄ%ã*ä¢å æ «¼ Áç©Â 232 344 2 3 3 4 4 2 believes in, wishing for a better and ³#îÍï°«¼½¾ è§é¸ê¢é ëÍì°í more peaceful world. The editorial ¿ðòñ¤óô6½wÄÍÆ room would like to observe this discipline and gives priority to õ ö÷ùøõ ö÷ øËú¸û ü6ýú¸û ü6ý õ ö÷õ ö÷ ø ø ú¸û ü6ýú¸û ü6ý articles that may lead readers to an awareness of new values, when it has to choose articles to appear in South Wind from among those contributed. In the 21st century, we hope that you make best use of South Wind, opening your mind even wider to enjoy and be receptive to a variety of values, as well as communicating your own values. Editor in Chief: Yoshiko NAKANO 576576 8:9<;:=>@?¦A8 9<;:=>@?¦A 576576 8 8 9<;:=>@?¦A9<;:=>@?¦A B B B B —Let‘s Rediscover Japan“ C£D hsrtP_ulm)MwvxnmRlSzy'{:xnmRlm|}M~oz[7yTm_lSjjy <_S_|zob¡)qoz7M¡]<jy `vSTyKMzhr¦]@y`vSTy1|jRSTR|bo@q ]<RnKL:M~a7M7<< 7u¡]@¡<¢¡`£:¤¦obpq~7<¦]7¥7¡`R¦)§w¦¨nK)©@§Mwª ]@¯z°~±)²zR³´_µ1¶n]:·¸|j@¹ºobpq «¬t@® §wÄl)qÆÅl@Z¦[@RSTR|o@q `}¥:½¾_]R¿M1À¡Á <Â7ê « »¼ Ç}È}É Ê.ËÍÌÎwÏÇ:ÐÒÑ7ÓÕÔ1ÖÌ)×ØÎsÇ:ÐÒÑ7ÓÙÔ~Ú ÌÎwÛjÇ:ÐÒÑ:ÓÝÜÞ Î~ß)Ëàáâ7Ë ß)Ëàá ãåä Êçæèêé~éë@ìíïî@ð)ì:îiñÐ.ò¡ó)ôöõø÷úùû÷Ùü^ýÕÓ This program is for rediscovering Japan conducted in English. The meeting is held on every third Saturday. Can you fully and confidently express yourself in discussing Japan and your own country? 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