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Tokushima and Lower Saxony by Martin Rathmann #270 awa life "TOPPY" January 2013 prosperous business = by lance kita new year “ebisu”-ness Starting off the new year in Japan requires a clean house, a new calendar, auspicious foods …and a lot of luck. Families will flock to temples and shrines for hatsumode 初詣 , and buy lucky charms for health, safety, excellent studies, or prosperity. Businesses are no exception, Contributors: Vincent, Diallo, Marianne, Maissa, Akari, Ms. Moriwaki and the Kotoshironushi The Ryogoku Shopping Arcade's merchant group "Ebisu Parade" Shrine 事代主神社 in the heart of Tokushima City comes to The Ebisu Festival え び す 祭 S hop ow ners l i ne up life for three days in January り , affectionately known to buy bundles of sasa for those seeking shobai at Ebessan え べ っ さ ん by b a m b o o d e c o r a t e d hanjo 商 売 繁 盛 (business locals, is held every year with an arrow and other prosperity) in the coming from January 9 to 11, 8:30 symbols that ward off evil year. The shrine is located in a.m. to 10 p.m. Actually, and bring in good luck. the Toori-machi 通町 section the shrine above is also These will be displayed of town between the station called“Ebisu Shrine” next to the kami-dana and the Shinmachi River. (see Page 3 for further explanation). 神 棚 (Shinto altar) or in a prosperous business = new year “ebisu”-ness ... con't on page 3 inside awa life this month page 4-5: tokushima & lower saxony - 5 years of friendship; page 6: irene's recipe corner; page 7: letter from suketo hoikuen; page 8: japanese lesson; page 9-12: events & memoranda 1 Tokushima Prefectural International Exchange Association (TOPIA) awa life Clement Plaza 6F is a monthly publication of the Tokushima Prefec- 1-61 Terashima Honcho Nishi tural International Exchange Association (TOPIA) Tokushima City 770-0831 JAPAN tel: 088.656.3303 Editors: fax: 088.652.0616 Emma Boardman & Martin Rathmann [email protected] http://www.topia.ne.jp/ Contributors This Month: Lance Kita, Junko Kimura, Martin Rathmann, Download a PDF file of awa life or view the Kazue Inoue, Irene Wachuga, Yoshie Motoki online version by going to TOPIA's web- site! show tokushima some love: awaglot he literary corner of The following will not be If you have something you TAwa Life, Awaglot, is a posted: Religious, political, would like to share with combination of the words or commercial activities, the Tokushima community, "awa" and "polyglot", which businesses searching for email the editors at means multilingual. Be it clients or employees, things [email protected]! fiction, non-fiction, prose the Awa Life editors deem or poetry; funny, sad, long inappropriate. or short, we want your BUT, you can totally submit submissions! If you like to this stuff: offers to sell or write, then express yourself! exchange personal goods, concerts, lectures, and There is also a classifieds other event information, section for you, our readers, cultural, sporting, and to post ads in, but a few other community group rules do apply! information, etcetera. Whitebait fishing on the Yoshinogawa (photo by Junko Kimura) 2 prosperous business = new year “ebisu”-ness ... con't from page 1 prominent high position in the store. Families can also buy similar talismans for safety in the home. T h e s u r r o u n d i n g neighborhood beats off the mid-winter chill as booths line the streets, bringing both Drop doughnuts actual warmth (takoyaki, hot sweet sake, fried chicken, etc.) and convivial warmth with games and toys for children. Adding to the festive atmosphere are stalls selling live plants and kumade 熊手 , bamboo rakes lavishly decorated with pine leaves and lucky symbols. These kumade further add luck to a shop or business. Which Ebisu? Ebisu is often depicted as a portly man garbed in hunter’s clothes, carrying a fishing pole and a red sea bream. He is included in the In addition to the Ebisu shrine talismans, shop owners Shichifukujin 七 福 神 , Seven can also visit a street booth and purchase a kumade (rake Lucky Gods revered by the decorated with auspicious symbols) for the coming year. Japanese. He is also the grandson of Ebisu Shrine in Osaka and Izanagi and Izanami, the Nishinomiya Shrine in Hyogo. Howver, a quick perusal of Shinto gods who created Wikipedia shows at least the Japanese archipelago. Need to start off 2013 on the seven different ways to write This incarnation was right foot? Join in the New “ Ebisu” 夷、戎、胡、蛭子、恵 o r i g i n a l l y n a m e d Year festivities in your local 比寿、恵比須、恵美須 . It turns Kotoshironushi 事 代 主 . community, or join the crowd out that in addition to being Sounds familiar? Yes, the around the Kotoshironushi one of the Lucky Seven, Ebisu Ebisu Festival’s shrine reveres Shrine January 9 to 11, 8:30 is also the patron deity of the this incarnation of Ebisu. The a.m. to 10 p.m. Ebisu is oceans revered by fi sherman. main shrine for this branch waiting, whether for business So connected to the ocean is Miho Shrine in Shimane. or just pure luck. is Ebisu that until recently, Other famous Kansai Ebisu some fishermen referred to festivals (held on the same (Thanks to Mr. Shinichi Sato large sea creatures (dolphins, January 9-11) are also of this of Kotoshironushi Shrine for whales, whale sharks) as providing and clarifying some line, including the Imamiya “ ebisu.” of the information in this article.) 3 tokushima and lower saxony by Martin Rathmann Last year marked t h e 1 5 0 t h a n n i v e r s a r y o f the German- J a p a n e s e r e l a t i o n s , s t a r t e d i n a u t u m n 1 8 6 0 w i t h the Prussian East Asian Expedition under Count Eulenburg. One year later Prussia and Japan signed a bilateral trade treaty, and the official diplomatic relations the both countries began. In 2011 there were a lot of events in both Germany and Japan to celebrate these relations and the friendship which grew from it. It is now 2012 and another year has passed. Time really passes quickly. This year there was also an anniversary related to G e r m a n y a n d J a p a n - the 5th anniversary of the relationship between Tokushima Prefecture and federal state Lower Saxony in Germany. Governor Iizumi and the former minster president Wulff signed a bilateral exchange Vice Governor Saito meeting the Lower Saxony Environment Minister, Dr. Birkner agreement in 2007. Whilst at the State Chancellery reception (Interpreter: Martin Rathmann - me!) this may sound unexpected, there is actually a long One of the most famous and memories created history between the two stories from this time is the a friendship, and this areas. performance of Beethoven’ friendship resulted in the s Symphony No.9, which sister city relationship In 1914 after the 1st World had its Asian debut in shared between Luneburg War, which Germany lost, Bando. After the war the and Naruto (begun a long soldiers from the German prisoners returned to their time ago in 1974). colonial Qingdao in east homes, and this story China, were brought to seemed to be forgotten, T h i s c o n n e c t i o n t o the prisoner-of-war camp but one grandchild of G e r m a n y , a p r o d u c t Bando (present-day Naruto) one of the former war of the Bando prisoner- in Tokushima in 1917. There prisoners, who lived in of-war camp and the the prisoners were treated Luneburg in Germany, sister city relationship very well and furthermore found a newspaper article between Luneburg and interacted in various ways about Naruto. To make it Naruto built the base for with the Japanese people. short - the good treatment the partnership between 4 5 years of friendship (part 1) Tokushima and the federal came to Tokushima from the guest house of Lower- state Lower Saxony (which Germany. The aim was Saxon State Chancellery Luneburg is belongs to). to participate in the with the Environment marathon, but also to have Minister as host and a lot So, this year in 2012 was talks about the future sport of official guests, aswell the 5th anniversary of exchange. The talks went as a concert by the youth the partnership, and well, but unfortunately the choirs Tokushima and subsequently saw a lot marathon was a disaster. Hannover in a church. of different events taking Untypical for April, there M u s i c a l e x c h a n g e place in both Tokushima was a heavy storm and for agreements were signed and Lower Saxony. In a moment it was unclear if between the choirs. There spring there was a scientifi c the marathon would even was also a German- s y m p o s i u m a b o u t t h e take place. In the end it Japanese seminar about d e m o g r a p h i c c h a n g e did, but heavy rain and energy change, and a and related problems. Two hurricane-like winds make it meeting with the Prime researchers from Germany, hard to fi nish the course.
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