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USJLP Fall 2011 Final Draft.Indd FALL 2011 Where else could you meet a hedge fund manager, Hitachi Fellow, Buddhist priest, international banker, U.S. Navy fi ghter pilot and female race car driver all in the same week? Delegates in front Daikegonji gate at Todaiji Temple in Nara. From left to right: Hiroaki Toya (11,12), Laura Winthrop Abbot (11,12), Keisuke Matsumoto (11,12), Yumiko Kusakabe (11,12), Spencer Abbot (10,11), and Keiko Ihara (11,12). Issue Highlights: he twelfth annual conference, held of the underpinnings of Himeji castle, T July 17-24, 2011, brought together to connecting with high school students Japan 2011 Memory Scrapbook 43 incredibly talented and diverse del- and to history through an atomic bomb page 2 egates for an intensive week of discus- survivor’s touching story, the week was sions, late night bonding and deep ex- a whirlwind adventure through the sites, “Project Iwate” Report plorations into Japanese culture. tastes and sounds of Kyoto, Nara, Hiro- page 6 This year more than ever, appreciat- shima and Kobe. Capital Campaign Special Update ing the beauty, sanctity, and nuances of Read on as six delegates share their page 9 Japan was a central theme. From tour- impressions of the week and the lasting ing the architectural wonders of Kyoto effects that the experience and friend- USJLPer Gatherings and News and Nara and getting an up close view ships made have had on their lives. page 10 Delegates Reflect Back on Japan 2011 Jason Dean (11,12) ome of the best memories of my life were those that I never saw coming. As a S first year delegate this year, I was anxiously anticipating my first trip to Japan— dutifully reading our book assignments, getting familiar with my fellow delegates’ backgrounds, and thinking about what I wanted to take away from this experience. My expectations were that I would connect with a person or two, learn something I didn’t already know or hadn’t read about, see something I hadn’t seen, and maybe make a lasting business relation- Above: A student at Ritzumeikan Uji High School ship. performing a tea ceremony for American delegates. What I didn’t see coming were the in- Below: Yayoi Shionoiri (10,11) gets into the ‘bonodori’ tangible, nuanced, and unwritten parts of (summer dancing) spirit; the US Japan Leadership Program that I experienced. Each of my fellow dele- First year delegates Shigeki Sugii, Hajime Kitajima, gates could make their own list of subtle Keisuke Matsumoto, and Keiko Ihara enjoy sightseeing in Kyoto, despite rainy conditions; memories and each would be as unique as we are from one another. For me these Delegates spend time meditating at Ryoanji Temple’s Jason Dean (left front) enjoys Hiroshima-style came in the form of hearing the Hiroshi- famous rock garden. okonomiyaki with Ben Packard (08,11), Stefan Pryor ma survivor’s gripping first-hand account (11,12) and Lolita Jackson (10,11). of that awful day. It was “What I didn’t the breathtakingly delicate beauty of the maiko dancer see coming and the tea ceremony performed by high school stu- were the intan- dents. It was walking alone in an open-air market in Kyoto with a cacophony of lights, sounds, and smells gible, nuanced, exhilarating all my sense at once. It was an informal and unwritten and authentic conversation about education, class, and parts of USJLP.” race over okonomiyaki. It was an inspirational talk about how young leaders in Japan are honestly assessing the near and long term challenges of the country and how they intend to address them. It was watching an ethereal Japan disappearing out of the airplane window realizing this big old world just got a little smaller and knowing I would be back. Most fundamentally important are the true friendships that were made with fel- low delegates that will clearly last a lifetime. This could only have happened with the intense experience we were given in such a short time. The speakers, the programs, the cultural visits, and the presentations are all vital to the substantive portion of the USJLP. But it is the intangibles that will remain with me the longest. Ryohei Nakagawa (10,11) t was only a few days before I moved I from Geneva, Switzerland, to Kyoto when I first received acceptance to the USJLP community in March 2010, just as my career was in transition from fi- nance and business to academia. What- Ryohei Nakagawa greets students, staff and delegates ever work I do and wherever I live, at Ritumeikan Uji Junior and Senior High Schol. Ryohei was was instrumental in arranging the memorable U.S.-Japan relations have always been in school visit. my sphere of interest, and the Program 2 Japan 2011 Refl ections provided me a great opportunity to rethink about and rebuild my personal U.S.- Japan relations. And here I was as a second year delegate. This year’s fascinating members came from a variety of professional backgrounds; namely from business, law, government, defense, academia, and journalism to medicine, science, filmmak- ing, F3 racing, and Buddhist temple strategizing. I found the true value of the Program in discussing diverse issues with diverse del- egates. Our outdoor “Operation Tomodachi” started “I found the with rainstorm survival training through temples and true value of shrines and narrow passages of historic Kyoto, followed the Program by hot and humid sightseeing with an animé-voiced tour in discussing guide in Nara, and a survivor’s moving and thought-pro- voking talk in Hiroshima. diverse issues Being a local resident, I was flattered and honored with diverse to be the group’s Sherpa for a visit to Ritsumeikan Uji delegates.” High School, where we had direct communication with ambitious teenagers by sharing their future career perspectives and our personal stories. Since the biggest joy of my current job is in communication with young students, I felt pleased to see delegates sharing the joy and enjoying my humble “Operation Tomodachi.” With great support from Takafumi Kawakami (08, 09), my wife Akiko, and my children (Zentaro & Yasuno Nakagawa, 2040?), I also arranged some nijikai, where delegates’ gifted skills of delivering fun and exciting drinking games sparkled. With memories of our extraordinary and rewarding week, and with feelings of sincere gratitude to the dedicated staff of US-Japan Foundation and USJLP Fellows, we are all back to our individual duties, knowing that someday our paths will cross in future and go for nijikai games again. For now, sayonara, and see you all in due course. Above: Second year delegates Ryohei Nakagawa, Rod David Motzenbecker (10,11) Lewis and Hajime Matsuura enjoying lunch together in Hiroshima; ommunity. A word that is often used C frivolously, like so many political Delegates take a day trip to Miyajima. Back row: JV buzzwords we see surrounding us today. Schwan, Koichi Sughimoto, Ken Kaihara, Akihisa Shio- zaki, Terumichi Tawara, Geoff rey Gresh, Brendan Kelly, However, after spending a week in Japan Keisuke Masumoto; Front row: Corina Warfi eld, Chris – surrounded by like minds, large smiles, Calabia, Maki Tanaka, Keiko Ihara, Yumiko Kusakabe, and laughter; hearing first-hand how Hiroaki Toya, Sumit Agarwal, Hajime Kitajima, Ann David Motzenbecker (rear) and Akihisa Shiozaki Kim; community is being rebuilt across the na- (10,11) discover the secret to sustaining late night tion, I couldn’t help but feel the palpable bonding in bowls of “ultimate ramen” noodles. Shigeki Sugii fl owing along wih the bonodori proces- sense of this global community. Tapping sion line at Arima Onsen. into Yachi Shotaro’s recent insight that we need Below: Keiko Ihara (11,12) talks about career options “This idea of build- to “rebuild a society in which people are more with students at Ritsumeikan Uji. ing a community connected to one another,” is our very own global across time and... community builder - USJLP. Rapport, and more importantly, friendships within this group are built of the moment are on a mutual appreciation for the unique talents facets of USJLP that and positions we found ourselves surrounded by I was honored to every day. Erudite discussions, framed by intelli- participate in and gent and articulate moderators and panel mem- see continuing on a bers and ranging from the aftermath of the tsuna- mi to the lack of anger from Generation X, spoke daily basis.” Japan 2011 Refl ections 3 directly to the intellectual hunger for cross-cultural understanding and the building of community. Nijikais, Sanjikais, Karaoke, “Ultimate” ramen, Okonomiyaki of the Gods (thanks to Nobu Akiyama!), and sake extravaganzas also tapped into a core tenet of community building – the shared experience. This idea of building a community across time and also building a community of the moment are facets of USJLP that I was honored to participate in and see continuing on a daily basis. It is this community – carefully crafted and cultivated – that will continue to as- cend into positions of leadership over the coming generations. This leadership will inevitably bring with it the innate sense of a connected, cross-cultural, global com- munity – one that will always strive towards the rising sun. Daisuke Iwase (11,12) ome of my best moments from our week together in Kyoto: (a) watching a S Japanese diplomat and SDF official sit side-by-side with their counterparts from the Pentagon and the US Air Force discussing Operation Tomodachi --- a testa- ment of the true strengths of US-Japan relationship; (b) the long bus rides to and from sightseeing sites which allowed us to sit down with new friends and engage in in-depth discussions; (c) our Great Priest Keisuke Matsumoto sharing his life story during the dinner session --- incredible how much creativity and innovation one can bring to such an old and mature industry like Buddhism; and (d) last not but least, the amazing nijikais and sanji- kais we spent together learning Japanese drinking postures and formalities.
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