June 2020 2020年6月 Vol. 46 Issue 6

遅き日のつもりて遠き昔かな 蕪村 Osoki hi no tsumorite touki mukashi kana Slow days passing, accumulating, How distant they are, The things of the past! Buson Dear Readers,

For the safety of our members, community and friends - and in accordance Ontario public health directives - the JCCC is continues to be closed to the public until further notice. During our closure, the JCCC will be distributing our newsletter online only. Please feel free to share our newsletter as it contains helpful information about the community as well as JCCC offerings during this time of social isolation. Our website, www.jccc.on.ca, as well as our social media pages will have the most up-to-date information. Please note that this closure does not apply to private businesses operating at our 6 Garamond Court location. Please contact them directly for updates on their status. Those business can be accessed through the JCCC east entrance. We thank you for your understanding and support, and look forward to welcoming you again in the near future. Please stay well.

2019 - 2020 JCCC Board of Directors JCCC Staff James Heron President Gary Kawaguchi Executive Director Past President/Advisor Marty Kobayashi [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.224 VP, Heritage Jan Nobuto Kathy Tazumi VP, Management Brian Toda Chief Accounting/Administration Officer Secretary Sharon Marubashi [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.229 Finance Chair Jonathan Carter Sandy Chan Co – VP, NJCC Miki Rushton General Manager [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.226 Co – VP, NJCC Jiro Fukushima Directors Ann Ashley Constantin Dutescu Operations and Technical Manager Karen Gordon [email protected] 416-460-3522 Mark Hashimoto Haruko Ishihara Chris Hope Special Events and Rentals Manager Kristin Kobayashi-Reid [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.228 Keiichi Kubo Christine Takasaki Linda Ono Community Events Coordinator John Ota [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.221 Cary Rothbart Yuki Nakata Ross Saito Volunteer Coordinator Karen Webb [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.235 Advisors Mackenzie Clugston Yayoi Kawabe Janice Fukakusa Website and Database Administrator [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.223 Bill Hatanaka Sid Ikeda Yoshie Watanabe Community Rentals Steve Oikawa [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.231 Connie Sugiyama JCCC Foundation Chair Janice Fukakusa Su Yen Chong [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.303 Theressa Takasaki

SUBMISSION DEADLINE [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.300 Yumi Ogasawara Deadline for the next issue is: Tuesday June 16, 2020. JCCC Receptionist DAVID IKEDA [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.222 Sales Representative 次号の締め切りは2020年6月16日(火）です。 Yoko Tsumagari Your news is welcome! 416-234-2424 Communications and Accounting Associate Please email to [email protected] [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.227 www.ikedasells.com

Sutton Group Editors: James Heron, Kathy Tazumi, Yoko Tsumagari Old Mill Realty Inc., Brokerage Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre 6 Garamond Court, Toronto, M3C 1Z5 Phone: 416-441-2345 www.jccc.on.ca Cover Image: Moon at Ishiyama: Ukiyo-e by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

1 June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 Contents

Online Japanese Conversation 3 Messages from JCCC 4 ONLINE JAPANESE CONVERSATION Marie Ikeda and Peter Wakayama 7 Awarded Order of The Rising Sun PRIVATE LESSONS IN JCCC Events / Programs 8 CONVERSATIONAL JAPANESE! Volunteer Spotlight and News 12 Would you like to improve your conversational Japanese? Would you like to expand your Japanese language skills SHODO CLASS is now virtual! 13 with a private coach?

Japanese Social Services News 14 Would you like to be able to converse about your favourite subjects in Japanese? Thank you – Donations 15 1 ON 1 online Japanese conversation might be an answer to your needs. New JCCC Archive Collections 18 The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre is pleased to Sedai Features 18 announce our new 1 ON 1 Online Conversational Japanese Language Lessons. Whether you are a In Memory of Dr. V. Jeanne Ikeda-Douglas 19 beginner (with some prior basic Japanese langauge LEARN JAPANESE WHILE SUPPORTING THE JCCC training), intermediate or advanced, here’s an opportunity All funds from the 1 ON 1 Japanese Conversation Caring from a Distance Vol. 2 19 to develop your Japanese conversation skills in a direct program go directly to supporting the Japanese Canadian one and one basis. All of our instructors are native Cultural Centre. As a result of the COVID 19 pandemic, Japanese speakers who are experienced/certified with Exciting food options 20 activities at the JCCC have been severely curtailed. Our Japanese language teaching and are also fluent in instructors are all donating their time and expertise to during the Covid -19 isolation period! English. support the JCCC until normal activities resume.

How Much Is Your Home Worth Now 21 All lessons are offered on a remote basis via Zoom. This program is suitable for students over 15 years of age with a basic Lesson content and format are customizable on a knowledge of Japanese and who wish to practice their conversational Embrace @ Home 22 student by student basis. skills. Students are not required to be a member of JCCC. お肌と身体のセルフケアアドバイス Films on streaming SCHEDULE / FEE LESSONS AT YOUR CONVENIENCE: 読書の時間～書店が選ぶおススメ本～ Use anytime to best suit you own convenience and preferred schedule. Lesson date and times to be coordinated with your instructor in advance. Classes may be taken Renewing JCCC membership 23 multiple times per week or once every 1-3 weeks according to students’ desire learn japanese! (pending instructors availability). All lessons must be completed within a 3 month 健やかな老後をめざして その27 26 period (effective from the first lesson date). have fun! 5 x 30 Minute Lesson Package - 5 x $10.00 = $50.00

For updates, please connect with us on support jccc! INFORMATION / REGISTRATION To register, please visit jccc.on.ca and for more information, please email us at [email protected]

June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 2 3 June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 JCCC Update from the Board and for cultural or martial arts classes, trade from pledges made to our capital account to develop online revenue models will the Foundation up over time. Management shows, meetings and other functions. The that was set aside to build a new Taiko reduce our dependence on large physical The long term plan to grow the slow return of those activities increases and Studio this year that we have had to put gatherings, and financial support from the Foundation to a level where the annual extends the JCCC’s financial challenge on hold, and borrowed $500,000 interest community will provide some relief. contribution from the Foundation to the I hope that you and your family and friends and a return to normal is not projected until free from the JCCC Foundation. We In the long term, our goal remains JCCC combined with smaller annual are doing well. we are well into 2021. also launched a short-term Emergency to build up the JCCC Foundation for the donations directly to the JCCC covers one Since the JCCC closed its doors Adding to the financial pressure, we JCCC Relief Fund, which, thanks to the purpose of sustaining JCCC operations third of our annual $3 million total operating on March 16, we have been working on cancelled our largest fundraising events generosity of many supporters of the and programming far into the future. costs. a survival plan to carry us through until during this shutdown including the: JCCC, has raised over $75,000. The goal of the Foundation remains to December 2020. In order for the JCCC • Annual bazaar in May; Our dedicated staff remain busy support the JCCC and its programming for to achieve this plan we are borrowing • Sakura Gala in May; with managing the various operational generations to come. $700,000 to meet our cash flow needs. JCCC Foundation (JCCCF) • Toronto Japanese Film Festival in responsibilities at the centre and We are appealing to the Japanese June; maintaining contact with our members, Canadian Cultural Centre community and The JCCC Foundation’s ability to lend • Natsu Matsuri and Obon Festivals in particularly our seniors, customers and friends directly, to help us to get through money to the JCCC has saved the day Your Support is Needed for this July; vendors. this difficult time. during the COVID-19 crisis and has proven • Postponement of the Tokyo 2020 In addition, we are adjusting centre Emergency Relief Campaign. With sincere thanks on behalf of the how critical the Foundation is to safeguard Olympics (the JCCC was to be a major programs for online access and making JCCC in advance, the best way to help a sustainable future for the JCCC. venue supporting a festival like viewing procedural and physical changes to the The best way to help is to go online at www. is to go online to the JCCC website and An interesting historical perspective pavilion in partnership with CBC Sports). building to reopen the JCCC with the jccc.on.ca and make a monthly pledge for donate what you can on a monthly basis on the JCCC Foundation – with the current highest standards for health safety and the next year, or a single donation to help for the next 12 months or a one time gift. loan, the JCCC is now being actively us get through this uncertain time. Space rentals for third party events have guest enjoyment. protected by the spirit of its community been replaced with refund requests for All are working hard to develop new The first $30,000 of your new pledges ancestors (Issei-first generation arrived will be matched dollar for dollar by Naotoshi What Challenge is the JCCC facing? bookings into the Fall. ideas and opportunities to prepare the 1877-1907, and Nisei- second generation The timeframe for recovery is uncertain. JCCC for a new normal. Seko and his wife Noreen Kuroyama. born 1918-1947). Thank you Nao and Noreen. Please make The JCCC operates as a not for profit In 1996 we purchased the new your donation here. cultural organization on a break even What Does the Future Look Like for centre at 6 Garamond Court and started Of course you can also make a budget annually with almost $2 million in What Steps Has the JCCC Taken to the JCCC? renovations. contribution to the JCCC Foundation to costs for the building and staff alone not Date? We committed to the early founders build our future by reaching out to Kathy including other expenses. The JCCC has some breathing room to of the JCCC at that time that all proceeds Tazumi [email protected] With no positive cashflow as a result The JCCC has pursued all applicable operate until the end of 2020 and into the from the sale of the original centre at I sincerely thank you for supporting of the shutdown we took aggressive steps government programs for emergency start of 2021 using the newly borrowed 123 Wynford Drive (built by the Issei the JCCC and for bringing to life our motto to reduce operating costs in the building, assistance, any deferred tax, bank interest, funds. These loans will be added to the and Nisei in 1962), along with any major of “Friendship through Culture”. but we largely preserved employment and insurance options, and other negotiated $1.3 million that the JCCC still owes the gifts received from their estates, would believe that it is important to support our payment terms to extend outstanding bank for the construction of 6 Garamond be forever preserved in the new JCCC Please stay safe and healthy and enjoy the staff now and going forward through this payables. Court. Foundation and would not be used to summer. uncertain environment. The JCCC has The recent extension of the Canadian In total we invested $17 million in our construct the new centre. 16 full-time staff and operates with 1,100 Emergency Wage Subsidy Program for a new centre and we had been diligent in The Foundation was designed to volunteers. few more months will be helpful to extend paying off our debt when this pandemic hit. make an annual contribution to the JCCC Yours sincerely, I am one of those volunteers as is our time horizon to manage the borrowed The JCCC financial model developed of less than its’ investment returns to assist every member of the board of directors. funds into early 2021. over the past 20 years relies on three main the JCCC operations while continuing to The greatest challenge facing the JCCC Unfortunately with no work available, revenue streams: grow the Foundations assets. is not so much the current shutdown, but we gave sixteen part-time hourly 1. Cultural/martial arts programming, While we never reached the original in the months following the re-opening of employees their Record of Employment to events, sponsorship goal of funding the Foundation to a level the economy. Society will be balancing allow them to take advantage of any other 2. Short and long-term Space rentals/ that could support the operations of the risk factors of social gathering prior to government support available to them at leasing the JCCC at a self-sustaining level, the feeling confident and safe that vaccines this time. 3. Annual community donations and Foundation assets have been carefully and therapeutic treatments for COVID-19 In order to build up a cash reserve to support directly from the JCCC Foundation. managed, and now form the base from Gary Kawaguchi are widely available. fund the JCCC for the next several months, The JCCC now needs to take two key which we’ve been able to borrow to deal President The JCCC revenue model is highly we have taken a small business loan for steps to weather the storm and secure its with the current crisis. Times like this have On behalf of the JCCC Board of Directors dependent on activities and space rentals $40,000 from the Canada Emergency future. shown how critical it is to the long term that support large gatherings of people Business Account, borrowed $160,000 Short-term, expanding our reach success of the JCCC to continue to build

June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 4 5 June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 MARIE IKEDA AND PETER WAKAYAMA AWARDED ORDER OF THE RISING SUN Conferment of Decoration on Foreign Nationals Ms. Marie Meiko IKEDA Another month has passed and we continue on the JCCC’s mandate but we need your to deal with the pandemic and perhaps the help. greatest challenge that the JCCC has had As programs shift online, we must also On April 29, 2020 the Government of Japan announced President of the JCCC in charge of heritage in 2009. The to weather in its nearly 60 year history. As prepare the JCCC for reopening. Working the recipients of the 2020 Spring Imperial Decorations. JCCC’s Moriyama Nikkei Heritage Centre, opened in our provincial government starts to unveil with partners in the Wynford Cultural Among them were two very special members of the JCCC: 2014, is the fruit of his tireless work and now the largest plans for the early stages of the gradual Corridor (including the Aga Khan Museum Marie Meiko Ikeda and Peter Hiroshi Wakayama. Both institution dedicated to the history of Japanese Canadians. reopening, we know will need to adapt to and the Ontario Science Centre) we are are recognized for their contributions toward promoting He also established a permanent art gallery at the JCCC “the new normal.” investigating “best practices” for operation Japanese culture in Canada and friendship and goodwill to exhibit Japanese culture and works of Japanese artists. In the past month the JCCC has in a post-COVID world. Our reception desk between Japan and Canada. In addition to his contribution towards the establishment in started to provide some of our services is being fitted for a plastic safety barrier, Marie is awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold 2008 of Shodo Canada, founded to popularize and promote in a virtual format and, like other major some washrooms will go “touchless”, and Silver Rays. She worked to establish the Ontario understanding of Japanese calligraphy, he has served as Canadian culture institutions, we are new hygiene and cleaning protocols will Chapter of Sumi-e Society of America in 1980. When the the organization’s Vice-President for 12 years from the start shifting some offerings on-line. This month increase the frequency of sanitization. Chapter was replaced by the Sumi-e Artists of Canada in of the organization to the present. In particular, he secured we will introduce an on-line sake program Space allocations are being realigned 1984, she began serving as an Executive Board Member. the venue within the JCCC for Shodo Canada’s annual (with home delivery!) as well as one-on- to allow for social distancing and limited She also served as its President for three years starting in exhibition, the largest shodo event in Canada. Now in its one Japanese conversation classes. Six attendance at gatherings. We have always 1998. Giving lectures and demonstrations on sumi-e (ink 12th year, the exhibition features entries from a nation- of our martial arts clubs provide on-line prided ourselves on a clean and well- brush painting) at the JCCC and working as an instructor wide competition, and has provided an annual opportunity content while Shodo calligraphy is using maintained space but we are redoubling for sumi-e classes, she conveyed the appeal of the art form for shodo students across Canada to improve their skills ZOOM to complete its most recent round those efforts to ensure members can enjoy to a wide variety of people spanning generations. Marie and showcase their work. It also has provided a venue of lessons. The ukulele club practices the Centre secure in the knowledge that it served as Vice-President of Shodo Canada from 2008 for countless attendants to deepen their appreciation and regularly and a series of Yosakoi dance is safe environment. to the present. Her work over the years has contributed understanding of Japanese culture. workshops commence this month. Our So as you can see, things are very greatly to the organization’s growth and the promotion of The JCCC offers its heart-felt congratulation to these weekly on-line film series has attracted hectic and there is a great deal to be done shodo (calligraphy) in Canada. two great friends, supporters and leaders. They exemplify nearly 10,000 viewers to date with a Kore- as we prepare for the future. In the spirit Peter receives the Order of the Rising Sun, Silver the spirit upon which this centre was built and continues to eda retrospective and a Best of TJFF series of the generations who built this Centre Rays. Peter began to manage the historical and cultural thrive. planned for the summer. Nikkei folk artists we will continue to promote “Friendship artifacts of the JCCC in 2000, and was appointed as Vice- Annie Sumi’s delicately gorgeous on-line through Culture” even if, for the time being, concert charmed hundreds of listeners and that friendship requires a safe distance. we are planning more on-line musical fare Please stay well everyone. Thank you in the months to come. Bilingual children’s for your thoughts and support and we can’t book readings, tea ceremonies and heritage wait to open our doors to you again. offerings can be found on our social media channels with increasing regularity. As our members and followers begin to experience these new formats, some are offered for an appropriate fee while others, where possible, are free with an invitation to donate to our JCCC emergency relief appeal. As we continue to expand our on- line presence, please remember financial support is critical in helping us provide our cultural programming and preparing for the James Heron, Executive Director new normal. We will continue to deliver

June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 6 7 June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 JCCC Events / Programs At the Virtual JCCC Film Series… Winner of the JCCC's Haiku HIROKAZU KORE-EDA Martial Arts Classes Update Contest RETOSPECTIVE Since the commencement of social For those of you – there have been many – While the JCCC building remains closed to isolation in March, the JCCC has been who have been enjoying our weekly anime the public, some of our martial arts classes posting a haiku on our social media daily, film screenings, we are trying something a have begun to hold practices virtually. using it as a form of expression, and a little different in June. Some programs are offering a full workout reflection of these times. Hirokazu Kore-eda is arguably and others are limited to a short exercise Last month, the JCCC launched a Japan’s finest contemporary directors routine as they are restricted by space and haiku contest to invite the community to and screenwriters and certainly the most equipment. come up with your own haiku . We were celebrated internationally. He won the Jury Please see below for a listing of overwhelmed by the number of entries, Prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival classes and class times. We encourage and the variety of themes, topics and for Like Father, Like Son and the Palme you to join in when you can as a way to ideas. d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival for stay fit and to continue to connect to your We have carefully reviewed the Shoplifters. program, your sensei and your friends. submissions, and have selected a winner “Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore- If you are a current student, you Kokuban, Let’s Create THANK YOU ANNIE! for this contest. The decision was based eda ranks among the best-known and should have received an invitation from a new monthly E-Bulletin a Virtual Senbazuru Together on whether it is faithful to the seventeen (5- most acclaimed directors in world cinema your course leader to attend classes. 7-5) syllable structure of a haiku, and how today. Each of his films is marked by If you have not, please email us at In order to keep everyone up-to-date A senbazuru is a hanging collection of For one week in May, many hundreds vivid the imagery is. a subtle dramatic touch, a gentle yet [email protected] and we will put with our latest, and to share more of our 1000 origami cranes meant to inspire hope of JCCC friends and community We are pleased to announce that the assured feeling for the profundity and you in touch with the course leader. news with you all, the JCCC is launching and the fulfillment of dreams. Due to the members enjoyed an on-line concert winning haiku is this one submitted by emotional charge of everyday life, and an Kokuban, an e-bulletin, in conjunction with daunting nature of folding 1000 cranes, it from the extraordinary Nikkei folk-artist Chris Bryant. enduring fascination with the role of the Aikido our monthly newsletter. Kokuban, meaning is often a communal activity undertaken by ANNIE SUMI. She sang, read from her family in contemporary Japanese society. Sundays – 10:00 am to 11:30 am and blackboard, will include information about a larger group. Grandfather’s haiku and offered words of Kore-eda has varied his approach to 11:45 am to 1:00 pm spring blossoms open programs and events, but on top of that, The JCCC is inviting you to help us comfort and positivity. Thank you Annie exploring his signature themes, resulting in Tuesdays – 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm the bulletin will have a focus on celebrating create a virtual senbazuru by folding cranes for your gorgeous music and your calm, and, stirred by wayward breezes, a consistently touching and truly humanist Thursdays – 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm community – which includes our history, and taking photographs of them to send to genuine presence. It was something we oeuvre." - Film at Lincoln Center, 2018 seen - or unseen - fall our people and our accomplishments. Our the JCCC. Younger enthusiasts can also all needed in these troubled times. We “Kore-eda’s films typically explore Iaido

maiden issue was distributed on May 28, colour the crane drawing at https://jccc. look forward to opening our doors and universal themes—memory, the passage Contact [email protected] to inquire Congratulations Chris! Chris will be and featured videos of two very special on.ca/event/virtual-senbazuru/. Folding inviting you for an in-person concert soon! of time, the nature of happiness, what it about class schedule receiving a pair of tickets to an upcoming members of our community - the young instructions and a video tutorial are also Thank you too to everyone who made a means to be a family—through nuanced Toronto Japanese Film Festival screening. Maia and the young-at-heart Mr Harry available on the website. donation to the Centre after the show. For narrative structures. Circling back Judo Thank you everyone for your Kawabe. If you missed it, here’s the link. Once we have collected 1000 those of you who want to learn more about over events, they slowly reveal new Wednesdays – 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm submissions. Although the contest has cranes, we will be compiling them into Annie and her music please go to: http:// perspectives on how characters and ended, that does not mean creativity has to our virtual senbazuru with a wish for the anniesumi.com/ stories can be interpreted and understood. Karate stop. We would love for you all to continue continued health and safety of all who are It is this distinctive combination of thematic (led by Shito Ryu Itosu Kai Honbu Dojo) to share your haiku with us in the comment experiencing the effects of Covid-19. concerns and formal strategies that gives Mondays – from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm section of our daily haiku posts on JCCC's Kore-eda’s films their richness and depth." Wednesdays – from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm Facebook page. - BAMPFA, 2019 Over the month of June the Virtual Kendo JCCC film series will feature 4 of his films, Wednesdays – 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm all dealing with themes of family and its Sundays – 10:00 am to 11:30 am meaning: Like Father, Like Son; Our Little Sister; After the Storm and The Third Kyudo Muder. For detail, please see page 23. Mondays – 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm We are keeping screening fees low Saturdays – 11:00 am to 1:00 pm ($4.99) and the admission you pay will help us hold things together until the crisis has The JCCC is extremely grateful to all passed. Many thanks to our great friends the instructors who continue to volunteer and supporters at the Japan Foundation their time and resources to support club Toronto and our film program lead sponsor activities. Please keep fit and stay safe! “Under Cherry Tree” by Takeuchi Keishu NTN Bearing Corporation. We hope to see you at the JCCC soon. Please check our website for more detail on screening dates and times.

June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 8 9 June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 JCCC Events / Programs

A Recipe from our Seniors’ Online Supper Club Bookreading/Storytelling

While we are starting to see a reduction If using BBQ – Despite temporary closure of the JCCC, in the Covid-19 restrictions in Ontario, our 1. Preheat BBQ. the JCCC Library continues to provide Seniors’ Supper Club is still suspended 2. Remove chicken to a plate and pour on-line book reading/storytelling on the until at least September. Until that time, remaining marinade into a small pot and JCCC YouTube channel . New content is ONLINE YOSAKOI we urge all our attendees to stay safe and bring to a rapid boil. Reserve to use to uploaded weekly. Please visit the site for KIDS WORKSHOPS keep cooking. baste the chicken. new videos. In honour of our approaching summer, 3. Lightly oil grilling surface of BBQ. Please check in regularly on our online *Ages between 6 and 12* a recipe fit for the barbeque is in order. If Reduce heat to medium. channels (website and social media) you do not have access to a BBQ, follow 4. Place chicken thighs, removed from regarding the latest updates on re-opening The JCCC is excited to announce a series In the face of the COVID-19 outbreak, the oven instructions below. marinade, onto the grilling surface. of the JCCC and the JCCC Library. of Yosakoi dance workshops offered in the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre 5. Grill for 5-7 minutes per side, basting partnership with Sakuramai Toronto! (JCCC) is facing unprecedented operating Teriyaki Chicken (serves 2) with boiled marinade at each turn. 閉じこもり生活でいまこそもっと本が読み Yosakoi is an energetic Japanese style challenges and we need your help. This marinade can also be used with たい！というこの時に、ライブラリーが閉館を 6. Remove to plate and baste again. Join us for a fascinating look into the world dance that is fun and easy to learn. During The JCCC Emergency Appeal is chicken wings or chicken breasts or even 余儀なくされているのは、仕方がないとはい Serve with steamed rice and veggies. of Japan’s national drink with international this difficult time of social distancing, let’s our request for your financial support to beef and fish. え、残念な状況ですね。再オープンができるよ sake sommelier and educator Mariko connect through Sakuramai Toronto’s fun weather this unprecedented crisis. うになりましたら、ＪＣＣＣウェブサイトやＳ If using Oven – Tajiri. Starting June 25 Mariko will present online workshops and keep our community We closed the JCCC on March 16th ＮＳにてお知らせを流しますので、もうしばら Ingredients 1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). three independent 90-minute seminars, alive! cancelling all progams, classes and events 4 boneless chicken thighs くお 待 ちくだ さ い 。 2. Line baking tray with foil and place each addressing a different facet of sake Joining an online Yosakoi dance planned to the end of June. ½ cup shoyu よみ聞かせやブックリーディングをJCCC chicken on tray. and the culture around its creation and class is a fun way to get your children to During this closure the JCCC has no 1 tbsp mirin で配信していますので、 3. Pour remaining marinade into a small Youtubeチャンネル enjoyment. be active at home, and interact with other new revenue but still has operational costs 3 tbsp sugar 良かったらのぞいてみてください。現在は週 pot and bring to a rapid boils. Reserve to Seminars are conducted over ZOOM. children. Who knows, they may even to bear. ¼ tsp fresh grated ginger 一回のペースです。 use to baste the chicken. Each is 90 minutes and the fee is $35 per make new friends. Or if they miss their old Please consider supporting the JCCC 4. Place chicken in oven for 30 minutes, seminar however connoisseurs taking all friends, why not get together and register Emergency Appeal. We know these are turning and basting the chicken every 10 3 seminars will be charged just $95. as a group? If they have friends they want tough times for everyone so we welcome Equipment minutes. If you want to savour as you study, to connect with, sign up as a group and any donation. Cutting board, Sharp knife, Small mixing 5. Remove to plate and baste again. Sake Study Packs featuring three bottles take advantage of the group discount. http://www.jccc.on.ca/en/donate/emer- bowl, Measuring cups and spoons, Plastic Serve with steamed rice and veggies. can ordered for home deliver (in the GTA) To learn more, please visit here. gency_appeal.php bag for marinating, Small pot, Foil for for $92 through https://rglrcoffee.square. Registration ends Friday, June 12. Thank you for your support. cooking Storage and Reheating site/event

Store leftover chicken in the refrigerator- To register and pay seminar fee, please 桜 舞トロント Instructions not longer than 3 days. visit at www.jccc.on.ca 1. In a small mixing bowl, combine Reheat leftover chicken in the よさこいオンライン shoyu, mirin, sugar and ginger to make the microwave on medium for 1-2 minutes. Subscribe to the JCCC Seminar #1: SAKE 101 キッズ ワ ークショップ marinade. For updates, Leftover chicken can be frozen for up Thurs. June 25 @ 7:30 - 9:00pm 対象年齢：６歳～12歳 2. Pour marinade into the plastic bag. YouTube Channel please follow us on to 2 months. Let defrost overnight in the Looks at the basics in terms of how sake 3. On cutting board, cut chicken thighs refrigerator then reheat in microwave. is made, the varying types and grades of トロントを拠点に活動中のよさこいダンス in half. Place halves into the marinade. Missing the JCCC? Whether you were sake and its history. グループ「桜舞トロント」の協力のもとオンラ Place bag into the refrigerator for at least インワークショップが開催されることになりま half an hour to marinate. used to participating in our JCCC classes, Seminar #2 SERVING SAKE し た！ or attended many of our events and Thurs. July 9 @ 7:30 - 9:00pm 新型コロナウイルス感染拡大に伴い外出 performances, you’ll be able to get a Looks at how to enjoy sake. How should 自粛が続く毎日。そんな時こそエネルギッシュ taste of some of the great things about it be served? How it is best paired with なよさこいワークショップを通してコミュニティ the JCCC on our YouTube Channel. The food? How does one select the correct と繋がり、親御さんまたお子さんの毎日に今 JCCC has invited many of our program temperature and glassware by season よりもっと笑顔そして活気をお届けできたら leaders, as well as community partners to and circumstance? と願っています。ぜひ、桜舞トロントと一緒に share their skills, talents and ideas through 楽しいよさこいを踊りましょう！ series of videos. Hop onto our YouTube Seminar #3 REGIONALITY 「みんなの顔がみたい！」そんなお子さんに Channel and browse for yourself. Content Thurs. July 23 @ 7:30 - 9:00pm はお友達同士での参加も大歓迎です。4名以 is continually being enriched, so check in As with wine, region and terrior are essen- 上ご登録の場合グループ割引あり！新しいお regularly for your fix of all things Japanese tial to your sake knowledge. Learn about 友達も作れるチャンスです☆ and Japanese Canadian. the important regions, what characteristic 参加ご希望の方はワークショップ申込みペー https://www.youtube.com/channel/ you should look for from certain regions ジまでどうぞ UC0E4hjyHxskaI46aG-L9Waw and who the best producers are. ＜申込み締切＞ 6月12日（金）

June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 10 11 June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 JCCC Volunteer News SHODO CLASS is now virtual! http://www.norikomaeda.com/ Volunteer Spotlight In this space, we will be shining a “spotlight” on one of our many dedicated JCCC volunteers. 未曾有の事態に、まるで全てが止まってし まったような状況の中、JCCC書道クラスはオ Meet Toshiki M. ンラインに移行する思い切った決断をしまし た。 Toshiki has brought traditional Japanese storytelling to our festivals and has バーチャルな環境にも関わらず、和気藹々、 most recently begun recording some stories for the JCCC’s virtual library – かつ集中力の凝縮した収穫の多い授業が５ Japanese and English. 週間続きました。いつもとは違う「非日常」な 設定の中で、参加した生徒さんそれぞれの創 How long have you been a volunteer here at the JCCC? 意工夫と熱意が上達の成果をもたらしまし I have been volunteering since 2018. た。 「未知との遭遇」のように出発した書道のオ How did you get involved with volunteering at the JCCC? ンラインクラスは「未来への足跡」を着実に残 It was my first year in Canada and I was looking for places to perform ka- しました 。 mishibai storytelling. Luckily, I got an offer to perform for Natsumatsuri and we've been cooperating When everything was being put on pause, in many events since then. we took a leap of faith into the world of virtual classes. What we found was What type of volunteer work have you done? that students who participated became Not only have I done the kamishibai storytelling but I've also worked as guide amazingly immersed in and focused on at the bazaar. the study of calligraphy. The classes were filled with wonderful discussion on calligraphy and of culture at large. And of course, the virtual classroom is always filled with laughter. Each and every student who took part in the Shodo classes contributed an enormous amount of focus and dedication. I was amazed to see the incredible growth in each and every student who participated. The JCCC is Implementing a new Volunteer Database System We started with uncertainty, but what ボランティアデータベースソフトウェア導入 resulted from the classes was clarity that as long as there was a will to immerse By Volunteer Committee JCCC Staff have been hard at JCCCでは、今年ようやくボランティアデー ourselves in our communities, culture will work developing and planning the タ管理ソフトウェアを導入する運びとなり、 find a way to survive. implementation of the new Volunteer 只今、ソフトウェアの構成に取り組んでいま Database system that will better support す。晴れて緊急事態宣言が解除され、JCCC再 By Noriko Maeda, 前田典子 書道インストラクター our volunteers and events. This system オープン後のイベント開催が可能になるまで promises to be easier and more efficient for に、このソフトウェアの使用テストを行い、実 volunteers to use and it will safely protect 際イベント時に活用していけることを目標に and secure all volunteer information. It しています。 may take some time for the system to このソフトウェア導入により、事務管理面だ become fully operational, but once in place けでなくボランティアの皆様にも沢山のメリッ it will make registering for events and the トを感じていただけると思います。簡潔で効 administration work easier. 率的なボランティア登録や、イベント当日の Our goal, during this time, is to test the サイン・インとアウトが可能になります。更に、 system so it will be ready to use for events 個人情報の管理が徹底され、安全に保管され after the JCCC is reopened. ます。 We will update you on our progress 今後しばらくの間、システムを変えるうえ Stay Connected in future newsletters and look forward to で、ボランティアの皆様には何かとご迷惑を The JCCC social media channels are a fantastic way to connect For updates, please follow us on your support as we improve our volunteer おかけする事もございますが、引き続き進行 with us and the community at large. Find out about important database system. 状況をお知らせしていきたいと思います。ご notices, see what we have been up to, and don't forget, we 理解とご協力のほどどうぞよろしくお願い致 also want to hear from you. We look forward to connecting with します。 you on Facebook and Instagram!

June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 12 13 June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 DONATION Japanese Social Services Pandemic within a Pandemic: Domestic Violence and Abuse The increase of domestic violence (DV), seek help by leaving their home, by leaving communication with the victims, and to ask child abuse, and elder abuse during the their home they face the risk of contracting victims yes or no questions, for example, current COVID-19 pandemic has been the Coronavirus. However, seeking help "Would you like me to call 911 or a shelter reported across the world, including is the first step for victims to start their for you?" Canada. journey of life without abuse. JSS accepts calls and inquiries Under the current measures taken to If you are suffering from abuse of about DV, child abuse, and elder abuse. combat the spread of COVID-19, victims any kind, please contact JSS (Japanese Please contact JSS regarding the details and abusers are inevitably spending more Social Services) or the resources listed of the support and services the following time together at home. The additional below. Some of the listed resources agencies provide.. JSS counsellors will likelihood of abusers experiencing more can be accessed by Texting or by use of assist you to connect with the appropriate stress over financial pressure, loss of jobs, a messaging app. With friends, decide resources. as well as the constant threat of infection, a hand gesture that you can use over JSS is providing services via phone increases the incentive for abusers to video chat or in-person as a gesture to and online. Counsellors are accepting maltreat their victims. As the victims are communicate that you need help. phone calls at 416-385-9200 during forced to remain behind closed doors It is more essential than ever for friends, business hours (Monday through Friday, without many opportunities for them to neighbours, or anyone around victims to 10am to 6pm). If you receive the voice leave their homes, such as for work, for reach out to victims of abuse. If you suspect messaging system, please leave your THANK YOU school, or to meet with friends, has made anything unusual or suspicious about your name, phone number, a brief description of this pandemic time more challenging for friends or neighbours (e.g., loud disturbing your inquiry, and the best time and method The JCCC is extremely grateful for the generosity of all who have made victims to seek help. noises, crying, change in appearances for to be contacted. Or send an email to donations during this time. The outpouring of support, commitment and Victims of abuse are faced with a or stressed facial expressions), please [email protected] or Junko.mifune@ kind words of encouragement we have received is a testament to our difficult predicament under the current reach out to that person. Be mindful that jss.ca. motto, Friendship through Culture. circumstance. Even when they decide to the abusers may be listening to your Contributions will go towards the sustainment of the JCCC despite the temporary closure of the building. All donations help ensure that we 外出制限で増加するドメスティック・バイオレンスや虐待 will have the ability to execute all of our programs and events once the ３月末に発令された非常事態宣言下で、また です。虐待を受け悩んでおられる方は、ジャパ う。 加害者があなたとのコミュニケーション facility reopens. We very much look forward to welcoming you back to the 外出制限が長期化されることで、ドメスティッ ニーズ・ソーシャル・サービス（JSS）にご相談 を聞いているかもしれないことを考え、被害 Centre. Thank you. ク・バイオレンス（DV）や児童虐待及び老人 ください。 者が「はい」「いいえ」で答えるように、例えば「 虐待の更なる深刻化が危惧されています。 下記のリソースには、電話をかけられない ９１１かシェルターに代わりに電話しましょ 被害者が加害者と家に居る時間が増えるこ 状況におられる方のために、テキストやメッ うか？」などと質 問しましょう。 とに加え、加害者にも経済的なプレッシャー セージのアプリなどで連絡を取る選択もあり JSSでは、DV（パートナーからの虐待）のご や失業、感染や将来への不安などのストレス ます。また友人などと、予め助けを求める際の 相談、及び、児童虐待や老人虐待のご相談を から、暴力や虐待をふるう要因が増える為で ジェスチャーや合い言葉を決めておき、ビデ 受け付けております。下記以外のリソースの す。また失業や在宅勤務又は学校の閉校で、 オや対面で、その合言葉をつかいヘルプを求 詳しい情報についても、JSSまでご相談くださ 加害者も家にいる時間が増えることで、被害 めるという方法もあります。 い。 者が助けを求めにくい状態に陥っていること 被害者が助けを求めづらい状況下では、回 JSSでは電話とオンラインでご相談及び情 が懸念されています。外出制限のある現状で りのサポートやヘルプがとても重要になりま 報サービスを提供しており、営業時間内（月 は、助けを求めるチャンスになっていた学校 す。被害者が助けを求めづらい状況に置かれ 曜〜金曜、10am-6pm）はカウンセラーが電 や職場、または友達と会ったりする機会が無 て事を考慮し、近所や友人知人で暴力の被害 話対応しております。留守番電話に、お名前、 くなっているからです。 が疑われる際には（例えば、隣家の不信な物 お電話番号、ご用件、いつどのような形でお 被害者が助けを求めて家を去る決心をし 音や鳴き声、友人知人の表情に異変を感じる 返事するのがご都合良いかなどを簡単に残 ても、外へ出て助けを求めることで、コロナ・ など）、助けの手を差し伸べましょう。加害者 していただくか、[email protected] また ウイルスに感染するかもしれないという不安 も一緒にいて、あなたの電話や呼びかけに、 は [email protected] まで、メールにてご とも戦わなければない現状です。それでも、 被害者が本当のことを伝えられない状況にあ 連絡ください。 助けを求めることは、虐待を受け続ける状況 るかもしれません。助けを求められない被害 から逃れ、安心して暮らせる将来への第一歩 者の為に、下記のリソースに連絡をしましょ

• 911(Police Stations also are open for walk-ins for DV victims) • DV Crisis Line: 24 hour Help Line: 416-533-8538, TTY: 416-533-3736 • Assaulted Women’s Helpline: 416-364-4144 www.awhl.org • ShelterNet: https://www.sheltersafe.ca/ontario/ • KIDS HELP PHONE: 1-800-668-6868 https://kidshelpphone.ca/(Text, Live chat) • Children’s Aid Society of Toronto: 416-924-4646 • Seniors Safety Line: 1-866-299-1011 • The 519 Anti-Violence Program: 416-392-6874 www.the519.org (LGBT community support)

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Associations, Clubs, and Organizations Ms. Renee Brunton Mr. Greg Edwards Dr. and Mrs. David Gotlib Mr. Delano Ishida Ms. Shirley Lau AJC (Association for Japanese Culture) Mr. Chris Bryant Mr. & Mrs. Chad Elston Mr. Robbie Grant Ms. Haruko Ishihara Mr. Stephen Lau The Art of Change Mr. Sam Bull Ms. Reizel Encarnado In honour of Front line workers, Mr. Arthur and Mrs. Tomo Ishii Ms. Samantha Lavigne Canadian Shorinji Kempo Federation Ms. Karen Butler Mr. J-M Erlendson Small Business Ms. Ellen Ishikawa Mrs. Joanne Law JCCC Karaoke Club Mr. Marcus Campbell Mr. Jeric Estiaga Mr. Martin Griffith Ms. Sayumi Ito Mr. Glenn and Mrs. Phyllis Lee Kumamoto Kenjin Kai Miss Linda Caplan Mr. Ben and Mrs. Shirley Eto Mr. Mike Guan Ms. Takako Ito Ms. Kimiko Leslie New Japanese Canadian Association Mr. Bradley Capstick Ms. Danielle Faulkner Mr. Nazim Guliyev and Ms. Akiko Iwanami Dr. Alexander and Mrs. Anna Leggatt Ping Pong Club Mr. Rob Caravaggio In honour of The beautiful Mary Ellen Mrs. Nargiz Guliyeva Mr. Robert Iveniuk Mr. Anthony Leonard Toronto Japanese Garden Club Ms. K Sheila Carleton Matsui Mr. Ronald Gwynne Mr. Gabriel Jimenez Ms. Dione Leung Mr. Adrian Carol Ms. Taiko Feldkamp Ms. Rie Hamamoto Ms. Sumiko Jin Mr. Raymond Leung Corporates and Foundations Mrs. Diane Carter Mr. Jim Fenn & Ms. Pat Sano Fenn Mrs. Amy Hanada-Nagahara Ms. Annu Johnson Mrs. Roslyn Levin 1000crows Ms. Heather Chan Mr. Lawrence Fine Ms. Laurie Harada Mr. Glen Jones Mr. Nathan Li Asian Pop-Up Cinema Chicago Ms. Claudia Chan Garcia Mr. Connor Fitzgerald Furney Ms. Desiree Harvery Ms. Sachiko Kagitomi Ms. Karen Lo Beyond the Bounds Inc Ms. H. Chang & Mr. A. Au Mr. Josh Fogarasi Ms. Megumi Hasegawa Ms. Masayo Kakihara Mr. Andrew Loung NGK Insulators of Canada Ltd Ms. Sylvia Chang Ms. Mona Forzley Ms. Sandra Hatanaka Mr. and Mrs. Nori Kanashiro Mr. Wenshu Luo Richard A. Nishikawa Medicine Mr. Kai Zheng & Ms. Alex Chen John, Suzuyo and son David and In honour of Betty Miyeko Hatanaka Ms. Meg Karper Mr. Michael Lustins Professional Corporation Mr. Mervin Chen his family, Candice, Tyler and Mr. James Hay Jun Kasai Mr. Derek Ma Ms. Xiaoxuan Chen Austin from Miami Mr. Kaye Hayashida Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Katsuno Ms. Pui King (Gloria) Ma General In honour of Charlotte Chenzhu In honour of Teruko Otani Ms. Heather Henderson In honour of The Otani Family Mr. Thomas MacKay Mr. and Mrs. Jim Abe Finn Chen-Quigley Mrs. Irene T. Foulkes Mr. and Mrs. James Heron Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kawabe Mr. Bruce MacDonald JCCC Staff Mrs. Kate Cherney In honour of 99th birthday Mrs. Gerry Y. Hewson Mr. Gary Kawaguchi & Ms. Jo Anne Maikawa Mrs. Michiko Abe Kozlowski Mrs. Jessica Cheung - Frances Yaeki Nakamura Mr. James Hilborn Ms. Gayle Taguchi Ms. Yuen Kwan Man Nat Acebes Mrs. Aileen Chiba Mr. Steve Fraser Ms. Laura Hill Mr. Yoshiro Kawamura Ms. Sheila Marjoribanks Mrs. Toshiko Adilman Ms. Christine Chiba In honour of Eiko Mr. Mark Hirowatari Ms. Arlene Kawasoe Ms. Dawn Maruno Mr. Norihiko Akagi Ms. Rachel Chiong Mr. and Mrs. Nobby Fujino Ms. Helen Ho Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kawasoe Mr. Paul Mateer Mr. Can Akalin Mr. and Mrs. Jason Chiu Ms. Denise H. Fujiwara Ms. Keiko Hoehn Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Kayahara Mr. and Mrs. Masaru Matsubara Anonymous Ms. Su Yen Chong Mr. Jiro Fukushima Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hope Mr. John & Mrs. Dana Kinoshita Spencer Ms. Jackie Matsui Anonymous Mr. Andrew Chou Mrs. Sanae Fukushima Ms. Marion Tomoko Hope Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kikuta In honour of Jack Matsui Dr. Arnold Arai Mr. Zbigniew Chwieszczenik Mrs. Mari Funasaka Mr. Tom Hosie Mrs. Nobuko Kitamura Mr. David Matsumoto Dr. Katherine Arima Ms. Angela Colm Ms. Yumi Funk Mrs. Kunie Hoshino Dr. Susan Kitchell Mr. and Mrs. Rick Matsumoto Ms. Martha Arima Mr. Bruce Connell In appreciation of Taeko's mask Mrs. Sonoe Howard Ms. Grace M. Kobayashi Ms. Akiko Matsuura Mrs. Mary-Beth Arima Mr. Octavio Contreras Mr. and Mrs. Larry Furukawa Rui Hua Mr. James H. Kobayashi Ms. Noriko Matsuura Mr. and Mrs. Toshimitsu Arima The Crosby/Chen family Mrs. Lois Fuse Mr. Frank Huff Mr. Jim Kobayashi and In appreciation of Taeko's mask Mr. Garen Aronian in St. John's, Newfoundland Mr. Filipe Pedrosa & Mrs. Janine Gallant Mr. Eric & Mrs. Narumi Hyatt Ms. Karen Yamada Mr. Connor McBrine-Ellis Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Asa Ms. Patricia Cornish Vadim Garbuz Ms. Eleanor Hyodo Ms. Lynn Kobayashi Ms. Bennett McCardle Mr. and Mrs. Roy Asa Mr. Marc Couturier Mr. Enore Gardonio Mr. Toshiyuki Ijichi Mr. Isao Kobo Mr. Michael McCartin Ms. Kiyo Asaoka Ms. Yuriko Cowper-Smith Mr. Sebastian Gawrysiak Mr. Sid and Mrs. Marie Ikeda Ms. Gail A. Kondo Mr. & Mrs. Paul McClure Mrs. Marie T. Baba Mr. Jesse Cranin Ms. Brigitte Geisler Mrs. Mari Ikeno Ms. Judy Kudo Mr. Steve McFarlane Ms. Laurie Barker Mrs. Susan Crichton Mr. Donald Gibson and Mrs. Naomi Ikonomou Ms. Alley Kurgan Dr. John & Dr. Eiko Mernagh Dr. Ray Barker Mrs. Morven Crothers Mrs. Azusa Kijima Ms. Kikuye Inouye Ms. Naomi Kuru Hyodo Mr. Richard Mielke Ms. Ryoko Barnes Ms. Carolyn Crouch Ms. Maryan Gibson Ms. Stacey Inouye Mr. Edward Hamel & Mr. Robert Minardi Mr. Dustin Barton Mr. Agostino Dassa Ms. Eiko Giese Mr. Yosh (Yoshitaka) Inouye Mrs. Victoria Kusano-Hamel Mr. Gianfranco Minnella Mrs. Judy Beca Ms. Nana Deshima Mr. Trevor Gittins-White Mrs. Neli Iordanova Mr. Paul & Mrs. Nellie Kuwahara Mrs. Kyoko Minnery Mr. Norm Berberich Mr. Eiji Doi Mr. Jeffrey Glaister Mr. Kevin Isaacs Mr. Charles Laframboise In appreciation of Taeko's mask Ms. Meredith Best Ms. Lauren Doi Mr. and Mrs. Shinya Godo On behalf of myself, my siblings In recognition of the great work of Ms. Barb Misiurski Ms. Sandra Blake Mrs. Tsuyuko Doi Ms. Rebecca Goldberg and my cousins the JCCC Ms. Saori Mitchell Mr. Wyatt Boutilier Mrs. Elinor J. Dunlop Mr. Mabiala Gondo Mrs. Teresa Isaacs Ms. Kimberley Lam Mrs. Kay Mitsui Ms. Julie Brousseau Mr. Patrick Dunlop Mr. Robert Gossage Mr. Roland Isberto Mr. Peter Lam Mr. Nobby Miura Mr. Peter Briant Mr. Ryan Dunlop Ms. Akiko Goto In appreciation of Yayoi Kawabe Mr. Andre Langdon Ms. Kayoko Miyamoto Ms. Andrea Brown Ms. Yoshiko Dutczak In appreciation of Taeko's mask of the JCCC In honour of Harold Kojima Mrs. Mitzi Miyasaki Mrs. Sharlene Bruce Mr. and Mrs. Constantin Dutescu Ms. Mami Goto Ms. Elaine Ishibashi Ms. Barbara Laplante Mr. Kazuo Miyazawa

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Mrs. Kazuko Moghul Ms. Carole Ono Mr. Jeffrey & Mrs. Tomiko Smyth Ms. Carolyn Tateishi Mr. and Mrs. James Yamashita In memory of K. Moranaka Mrs. Rose Mokbel Mr. and Mrs. David Ono Mr. and Mrs. Norman Soley Mr. Rick and Mrs. Kathy Tazumi Mr. Wayne Yamashita Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nishioka Mr. David Mondoux Ms. Toni Osbourne Ms. Mayumi Soundy Mr. Gary & Mrs. Laurie Tehara Mr. Keiju and Ms. Junko Yanagawa In memory of Kimiye Hayashi Mrs. Joyce Moore Mrs. Haruyo Ota Mrs. Keiko St. Marie Ms. Ruby Tezuka Mr. Richard Yang Mrs. Kay Doi Mrs. Ruth Mori Jamie Papanastasiou In appreciation of Taeko's mask Ms. Marisa Thomas-Perrier Mr. and Mrs. Tokuo Yano In memory of Kuniko (Kay) Iwasa Mr. Frank & Mrs. Betty Moritsugu Dr. Paul Pencharz Mr. Markus and Mr. Trevor Thompson Mr. Masuo Yamashita Mr. John and Mrs. Kiyo Tohana Mr. Steve Motomura Mrs. Shirley Peterson Mrs. Janice Stadelmann-Elder Mr. and Mrs. Hok Oen Tjoa Mr. and Mrs. Takehiko Yoshida In memory of Rae Misumi Ms. Yaeko Munemasa Ms. Ayla Phinnemore Mr. Bart Stanczyk Mr. and Mrs. Brian Toda Mr. Akira Yoshikawa Ms. Joy Sato Ms. Caroline Munshaw Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Piggott Ms. Silvia Stanziola Mr. Michael and Mrs. Naomi Tomczak Mr. Toshi and Mrs. Donna Yoshimatsu Mrs. Sandra Tateishi-Kotack & In honour of Eiko Brown Dr. Agnes Por-Somfai Ms. Victoria Stawiarz Mr. Sebastian Toncu and Mr. Paul Yu Dr. Garry Kotack Mrs. Reiko Muramatsu Mr. Jean-Rosch Prudencio Mr. Joseph Stierman Ms. Keiko Simose Mrs. Min Zhou In memory of Ritz Kinoshita Ms. Aislinn Murray Mr. Kris Raghubir Ms. Yasmin Strautins Mr. Harry Tonogai Mo Zhu Ms. Johann Cooper Ms. Ruth R Nagami Mr. Ralph Ranez Ms. Ai Su Mr. Matheus Torres Mr. Aliaksandr Zhukau Mr. Ron Davies Ms. Marianne Nagata Mr. Curtis Rasmussen Mr. Pierre Suen Mr. Denny Tran Mrs. Lily Zou Ms. Joy Reiko Takahashi Ms. Yoshie Nagata Ms. Paige Rice Mr. Kyohei Sugihara Mr. Glen Tremblay In memory of Roy and Lillie Yano Ms. Rosanne Nagy Mr. Dwayne Roberts In appreciation of Taeko's mask Mr. Mark Tse In Memoriam Ms. Lillian Michiko Blakey Mrs. Mariko Nakagawa Mrs. Nancy Roxby Mrs. Ayako Sugino Ms. Donna Tsuji In memory of Anthony "Tony" In memory of Saichi Otani Mr. Roy Nakagawa Marshall Rubinoff Miss Gwen Sugiyama Mr. Mel and Mrs. Kim Tsuji Tonegawa Mr. Karl Otani and Mrs. Sawako Elston Mrs. Kaoru Nakamura Ms. Vera Rumyantseva Mr. George Suyama Danny, Jerome and Yoko Gayatri Anand In memory of Shigeo Stanley Ms. Maiko Nakamura Ifrah Saeed Ms. Barbara Suzuki Mrs. Yoko Tsumagari Mrs. Chris & Mr. Mark Asadoorian Kishimoto Ms. Yuko Nakamura Mr. Stephen and Mrs. Jill Saito Mr. Robert Suzuki Ms. Nancy Uchida Ms. Bonnie Curran Ms. Joyce Hayward Ms. Yumi Nakamura Mr. Takeo Saito Mr. Cary Takagaki In honour of Mona Forzley Dodie Muir In memory of Shoko Inokuchi Mr. Hugo Nakasone Trillo Ms. Satoko Sakai Mr. Yasushi Takagi Mr. & Mrs. Rui Umezawa In memory of Arnold Takamori Mr. George Evans Ms. Yukiko Nakata Ms. Tanya Sakharov Ms. Kiyomi Takahashi Ms. Tomoko Uramaru Ms. Mayumi Lashbrook In memory of Sugar Sato Mrs. Brenda Nakata-Gerow Mr. Eben Haezer Saputra Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Takahashi Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Uyeno In memory of Ayako Takeda Myers Mr. Gord Sato Mrs. Atsuko Nakayama Mr. Jon Sasaki Mr. Lisa Takahashi Kyle Van Grinsven Mr. Frank Myers In memory of T. E Nishioka Mr. David Namisato Mr. and Mrs. Shiro Sasaki Ms. Midori Takahashi & Mr. Alexander Vasolla In memory of Bert Nasu Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nishioka Ms. Valerie Nash Ms. Chizuru Sato Mr. Chris Barkley Mr. Jason Venditti Ms. Leslie Brindley In memory of Tad Miura Mr. Timmy Ng Mr. David Saxby and Ms. Julie Suyama Ms. Rie Takahashi Ms. Erin Vermeulen Ms. Alison Nasu Mr. Steve and Mrs. Laura Hirano Mrs. Anna Ngai Mrs. Reiko Schlichtig Ms. Alana Takaki Mr. Dmitry Vinokurov In memory of Carol & Miki Doi In memory of Tom, May & Bill Oyagi Nam Nguyen Ms. Catherine Schutt Mr. Bill Takaki Mrs. Lori Wakabayashi Mr. Robert and Mrs. Laura Doi Mr. and Mrs. George Oyagi Mrs. Rumi Nguyen Ms. Eileen Scidmore Ms. Toshie Takakura Ms. Rachel Wang Qi In memory of Corteo In memory of Tomy & Kimi Takenaka Mr. Keith Niall Mr. John Shaw Ms. Donna Takano Ms. Karen Webb Ms. Maria Jose Garcia Mr. Regan Takenaka Mrs. Alice Nicholson Ms. Tracy Sheppard Ms. Christine Takasaki Mrs. Carolyn Wells In memory of Dixie & Ina In memory of Tony and Kimi Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Nishi Ms. Judy Sheridan Mr. Paul & Mrs. Theressa Takasaki Mr. and Mrs. David Wesseling Mr. Alan Florence Takenaka Mrs. Laurie Nishida Jonathan Shida, Family & Mr. Richard & Mrs. Stacey Takashima Mr. Gary Wesseling In memory of Faye Harafuji Mr. Regan Takenaka Ms. Sandra Nishikawa and ICG Business Inc Mr. Russell Takashima Ms. Blair Whatmore Mr. Edward Kennedy In memory of Tosh and Terry Sakura Mr. Vince de Grandpre Mr. and Mrs. Kaz Shikaze Mr. Terence Takashima Mr. Derrick Wiedel In memory of Frank Obara (2015) Ms. JoAnne Sakura Mr. Tim Nishikawa Mrs. Joanne Shimotakahara Mr. Gregory Takata Mr. Elvin Wingay Mr. Jonathon Obara In memory of Mr & Mrs Toyoshi Mr. Tomi Nishio Ms. Mitsue Shintani Mrs. Marie Takata Ms. Hiromi Winters In memory of George Toshio Sato Hiramatsu Mrs. Jan Nobuto Mr. and Mrs. David Shipp Ms. Ai Takayama Cawthra In appreciation of Taeko's mask Ms. Joy Sato Ms. Marion Yanase Ms. Mika Nonoyama & Mr. Tim Bishop Dr. Seiko Shirafuji Mr. and Mrs. Yasushi Takei Ms. Alanna Wong Mrs. Sandra Tateishi-Kotack & In memory of Yoshikatsu Nagami Ms. Jen Obokata Mrs. Mary Taeko Shiraishi Ms. Grace Takenaka Ms. Jessica Wong Dr. Garry Kotack Mr. Tony & Mrs. Kumiye Gardiner Ms. Samantha Odell Ms. Naomi Shiraishi Mrs. Mizue Takeuchi Mr. Jonathan Wong Mrs. Jane Masukawa Mr. Mike Oetlinger Mr. Eric Shitahodo Ms. Satomi Takusari Dr. Astri Wright In memory of Geri & Richard JCCC Aikikai Mrs. Minako Ogura Mr. Peter Shitahodo Ms. Kathryn Tamaki In honour of Melody Cornell Shiozaki Mr. & Mrs. Ilia Averbouch Ms. Kathleen O'Hagan Ms. Lynda Silk Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tanaka Mr. Jim Wright & Ms. Rika Murota Mr. Jesse Shiozaki Mr. Chris Bryant Ms. Beverley Ohashi Ms. Lela Simovic Mrs. Kathleen Tanaka Mr. Ken Yamaguchi In memory of Kilo Aida and Mr. Adrian Iliescu Mr. Eizo Oka Mr. Mikhail Smirnov Mrs. Lynda Tanaka Mr. and Mrs. Soichiro Yamamoto George Obokata Mr. Adrian Pop Mr. Kohei Okubo Family Mr. Dan Smith Mr. and Mrs. Minoru Tanaka Mrs. Yuri Yamamoto Ms. Elizabeth Obokata Ms. Gurneet Singh Ms. Tomoko Omori Mr. Thomas Smith Mr. Yuki (Yukio) Tannoch Kei Yamamura Mr. Aliaksandr Zhukau

June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 18 19 June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 DONATION DONATION DONATIONS TO THE JCCC As of May 31, 2020 The JCCC gratefully acknowledges the following donations: Friends of the Moriyama Nikkei Heritage Centre Inscriptions (August 15, 2015 to present)

JCCC In memory of Anthony "Tony" Heritage Individuals/Couples Tonegawa Mr. Mitsuru Akaoka 50 Ian Makoto, Nancy, Julian Ichiro 150 In honour of Kaz and Nao Amemori Mas and Yuri Mori Beaver & Michi Yamamura - In Loving and Sophia Miya Matsuura Anonymous 50 Mrs. Doris Fujioka 25 Rinzo and Aiko Amemori Saburo and Nancy Morita Memory Ms. Haruko Ishihara 25 Mr. Mas Mori 25 In memory of Dr. Jeanne Douglas Ikeda Karen Ruth Chong and Harry Ham Sit Chong Nete Mowry - In Memory Tsutae Yamamura - In Loving Memory Dr. Daniel Josephy 66 Ms. Debbie Shackleton 10 Mrs. Kathryn Okawara 1,000 Susan Lem and Margaret Toy Yuen Wong Fumiye and Masaharu Mukai - In Memory In memory of Amy Shizuko Yoshida Ms. Meg Karper 20 Mrs. Fumiko Uyenaka 100 In memory of Ritz Kinoshita Chong Isaburo and Noshi Nagasuye - In Honour of In honour of The Otani Family Cathy Y & Robert Wilson, 150 Mr. David Taylor 200 Shirley Mitsuko Edamura – In Loving Memory Janet Michiko Nagasuye - In Gratitude Groups Ms. Michiyo Kawano 10 Catherine & Lance, In memory of Anthony "Tony" From Henry Lorie Robbie Kristi Dean Mae & Shigemi Nagasuye - In Loving Memory Asahi Baseball Ichigun Laura Beth & Eric Mrs. Louise Masuda 17 Tonegawa & Families Edamura Kobayashi Sikura Shin Michael, Elizabeth & David Nagata Ayame-Kai Odori Group Mr. David Oakley 100 In memory of Henry Kusano Kokuryo Shintani Ross Schroeder Colman Asako and Tsuneharu Nakanishi - In Memory Chado Urasenke Tankokai Toronto In Memory of Rei and Kim Nakashima Association Mr. Jonas Pineda 25 Mrs. Doris Fujioka 25 Corporate Masaji and Kazue Endo - In Memory Shinya and Masumi Godo Kimiaki and Rei Nakashima - In Memory DundeeWealth Inc. - Marty Kobayashi Ms. Yuko Shimizu-Takei 150 In memory of Mack and Matheis Financial Group 250 Yoshiko Jean Goto & Family In Memory of Mamoru and Hanae Nishi Endow Dental Arts Studio Inc In appreciation of JCCC Kendo Margaret Oikawa In memory of Anthony "Tony" Hamade Bunichi & Ito Matsunosuke & Hana Ron and Judy Nishi Ghost Town Teachers Historical Society Mrs. Irene Aiko Sugimoto 50 Ms. Mandy Leung 200 Tonegawa Mio Nana and Tomi Nishimura 学校法人山口学園 global.ecc.ac.jp ECC JAPAN Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tanaka 30 In memory of Mary Sadako Yoshiko & Shigeo Bus Harada - In Memory In Memory of Ippei and Hama Nishio 華やぎエッセイグループHanayagi Essay Group Tonegawa Mr. & Mrs. Byron M Tanaka 50 Support Member Elaine Ishibashi and Keith Smithers Dr. Nori Nishio - In Memoriam Ikenobo Ikebana Society of Toronto Mr. Gary Tong 50 Mrs. Fumiko Uyenaka 100 Partner Sam and Margaret Ito In memory of my parents Etsu and Moichi Japanese Cdn Citizens Assoc Toronto Mr. and Mrs. Hiroshi Yamamoto 100 In memory of Ritz Kinoshita Mrs. Rose Aihoshi 127 Fred and Hedy Iwata In Memory Roy Chukichi and Suzu Oyagi - In Memory Chapter Mr. Mas Mori 25 Ms. Carole Ono 127 Eizo and Fumi Kamitakahara - In Memory Kevin and Nancy Roxby JCCC Judo Kai In Memoriam In memory of Shirley (Handa) Sora Mr. and Mrs. Byron M Tanaka 189 Ken and Agnes Kanda In Memory of Grace Haruko Sakamoto JCCC Kendo Mr. George Takahashi 30 In memory of Alf Kamo Leader Koji and Elaine Kozuye Kari Nancy Shin - In Memory JCCC Kyudo Seikyu Kai Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Katsuno 20 In memory of Yoko (Nee Iwase) Mrs. Jan Nobuto 477 Mark & Ryan Kari In Memory of Nancy Aiko Shin Nelson Arthur Hyland Foundation Yonemitsu Mrs. Dale Reid 443 Frank and Natsuko Kumagai - In Memory Emiko Sumi New Japanese Canadian Association Mrs. Claire Higashi 100 Ray and Amy Kutsukake In Memory Victor and Bev Suzuki Ontario Tottori Ken Jin Kai Kiyoshi and Eiko Maikawa Rick and Kathy Tazumi Salden Foundation Sumie (Sugamori) Medoruma - In Loving Sachio and Betty Tomihiro SHODO CANADA Memory Ray and Edna Uda The Frank H. Hori Charitable Foundation Tommy Medoruma (Kanashiro) and Family In Memory of Toshiko & Frank Usami Toronto Japanese Garden Club In Memory of Margaret Mori In Memory of Ethel Midori Wakayama Toronto Kohaku Utagassen Wynford Seniors Club

June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 20 21 June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 In last month’s newsletter, the JCCC these items, I have been logging Dr. V. Jeanne Ikeda-Douglas, 87, of activities, sewing skating outfits for them, and NNMCC gave tips and suggestions information such as the creation date, who Unionville, ON went peacefully May 9th, using what time was left to enjoy the arts for archiving and sorting your family is in the photograph, where the photograph 2020 due to Covid-19. She was born to or go to popular restaurants. Four new JCCC Archive photographs at home. This month, I will was taken, any damage to the photograph, In Memory of parents Teruko & Somatsu Ikeda June 1, Jeanne was well-rounded and share how I am continuing my work for the etc. 1932 in Vancouver. energetic. She loved sports like distance collections are viewble JCCC from home. Making these, and any items received Dr. V. Jeanne Ikeda-Douglas Jeanne grew up in the internment swimming, tennis, golf and was a certified When I was last in the Heritage Office at the JCCC Archives, available to the camps of BC during WWII and worked SCUBA diver. She taught Aquafit classes in March, I made some decisions about public is part of the mission of the JCCC By Candace Ikeda-Douglas to help her widowed mother Teruko. She into her 80s to help other seniors stay the items that I was going to bring home and the Heritage Department. The graduated from the University of Guelph, active. Jeanne is survived by her husband By Theressa Takasaki, to work on. I brought one large collection information contained in personal photo achieving her dream of becoming a vet. of 62 yrs Foch, their four children Teruma, (the Toda Family Collection) and several albums, and on the backs of photos, Jeanne also managed the Infectious Bonnie, Darlene, Candace and their three Heritage Manager - Archive, Collections and Programming smaller collections (Tsushima Collection, can tell us a lot about the daily lives of Diseases Lab for The Ministry of Health grandchildren Nolan, Mason and Cole. the Sugamori (Onizuka) Collection and Japanese Canadians. It can also provide and was a popular team leader, tracking A celebration of life will take place when the Kathryn Okawara Collection). I also a valuable connection to the past for the disease in Northern communities while permitted. In lieu of flowers, in memoriam brought a laptop and one of the scanners descendants of the people shown in the contributing to developing new vaccines. gifts can be made to: The U of T Covid-19 that we use in the Archives. Finally, I photographs. Later, she ran the Dept of Comparative fund, University of Guelph – OVC Pet Trust brought a collection of tools which I felt If you would like to take a look at any Medicine at U of T, working with researchers and The Toronto Western Hospital and the would be helpful. of these collections in more detail, please and hospitals to ensure the safety of new Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre. Over the course of the past 2 months, use the links below. drugs and therapies. I have been carefully unpacking, scanning Jeanne was always busy tending to and describing these various collections Toda Family Collection, click here animals and shuttling her children to many so that they can be entered into our George Tsushima Collection, click here shared database at http://nikkeimuseum. Sugamori (Onizuka) Collection, click here org/index.php. As I have been cataloguing Kathryn Okawara Collection, click here

Childhood is a period of immense growth his friends. As this newsletter goes into publication, call had us in contact with people in the as children gain communication skills Sue Kai was born on January 26, I have been working from home for over GTA, in Ottawa and even in London, and learn to gain a sense of self and 1925 in Vancouver. Sue speaks about her 11 weeks, since about March 10. In that England. The kids regularly have video independence. The nisei generation in favourite childhood home in the Powell Caring time, I have left my home only once or playdates with their friends, playing Canada were still children and teens Street Area of Vancouver and the various twice a week, usually to delivery groceries, different board games or cards games, or Sedai Features when most were forcibly removed from activities in Stanley Park, Hasting Park, and from a Distance Vol. 2 cooked meals or other treats to someone sometimes just hanging out. We are also their homes in the coastal areas of British Kitsilano Beach. She also remembers the by Theressa Takasaki in my extended family. In a podcast that all attending exercise classes of some Japanese Canadians: Columbia during the outbreak of World excitement of watching the Asahi baseball I listen to while on these excursions, the kind, yoga for me and karate for the rest, Growing Up in British Columbia War II. But what was life in B.C. like during team, a Japanese Canadian baseball host talked about ”quarantine fatigue”. on a regular basis. the first half of the 20th century when they team in Vancouver as she lived close to Though a Wikipedia definition did not With the recent announcements of were still living in their homes? This month the park where the beloved baseball team come up in a Google search, a whopping schools continuing with online learning Sedai spotlights two stories that focuses held their games. 88 million other results did, many of which through June, and the cancellation sleep- on childhood experiences from the lens of Select Sedai Oral History interview talk to ways to combat it. In an effort to away summer camps, we have also Japanese Canadians prior to World War II. transcripts are now available on the JCCC vary the routine that we have establish, my embarked on finding a project for the Mits (Mitsuyoshi) Ito was born on website. This include interviews of Mits family has been exploring other ways to summer. Something that we can research August 20, 1924 in Mission, British Ito and Sue Kai. Please visit the JCCC keep in touch with, and to celebrate with, and undertake as a family. Our plan is to Columbia. In this month's featured clip, Mits website to access the full interview our family and friends. put any and all ideas into a jar and then speaks about his experience growing up in transcripts. May is a busy month for our friends choose one that we think will work for us Mission, British Columbia, from attending and family, with many birthdays happening over the course of the next few months. Japanese school to playing marbles with in a short time, including 4 in a single day! Our lives have changed a lot in just Recently, we participated in a “birthday a short period of time, and some of those parade” for the first of these birthdays. A changes are going to stay with us. But drive by birthday celebration with decorated at the same time, we are forging deeper cars, honking horns and cupcakes left at connections with each other, learning the end of the driveway for the birthday new things on an almost daily basis boy. We are currently planning another for and thinking about both personal and next week. community safety in ways that we have Another way that we are keeping in never had to do before. touch with our friends and family is through Video Conference calls. A Mother’s Day Mits Ito. 2010-008. Sedai Oral History Collection. Sue Kai. 2010-021. Sedai Oral History Collection.

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June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 24 647.987.8872 [email protected] garytehara.caJune 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 今回は「お肌と身体のセルフケアのアドバ 5. ストレ ートコントロー ルアイデア 最後に イス」と題して 紫外線対策と免疫力アップ* (五感に心地の良い快の刺激的を与える) スキンケアの基本ですが今の季節は空気も をテーマにお伝えしていきたいと思います。 視覚:自分が心地よいと感じる色を見たり 室内も乾燥してます。メイクをしない時でも一 Covid-19感染予防の為 ご自宅での自粛 自然の中で青空や木々や花など美しいもの 日の終わりには、丁寧に優しくクレンジング、 生活の時間が増え、生活リズムの変化による を見たりする。 洗顔、化粧水、保湿クリームなどしっかり与え How to renew JCCC membership ストレス、季節の変わり目によるホルモンバ あげてください。 ランスの乱れによるお肌や身体の不調を訴え 聴覚 好きな音楽を聞いてみる。 そして両手で優しく包み込んで かがみの during the closure る方もいらっしゃると思います。 心地よく感じる音楽を聴いたり、鳥のさえずり 前で笑って(微笑んで)みてください。唇の両端 お肌も身体の不調も外側の要素と内側の や自然の中で耳に入ってくる音に耳を澄ませ の口角が上がる事で身体の免疫力は上がりま 要素から起こることがほとんどです。それだけ てみる。 すので是非試してください。 心と身体は深く繋がっています。ですので、セ 長時間によるマスク着用や過剰なハンドサ "Friendship Through Culture" is the JCCC's mission. Regardless of whether ルフケアも外側からと内側からの両方からの 臭覚 心地の良い好きな香りやアロマオイ ニタイザーの使用によって肌荒れを起こして times are good or tough, our community has persevered with our commitment アプローチが効果的です。 ルを嗅いでみる。 いるケースが多いと思います。手作りマスクは to build friendships, promote culture and serve our community. こんな時こそ、心と身体に向き合って内側 刺激の少ない素材で、こまめに洗ったりマスク These are unprecedented times and the JCCC Board and Staff are を整え外側のお肌と身体のセルフメンテナン 味覚 身体が欲しているものや美味しいと思 内側にガーゼ又はテイッシュを口元に挟んで working hard to ensure that the JCCC will always be there for you and the スをしてみませんか？ うものを味わってみる。 入れてあげるのも良いでしょう。手洗いやハン community. But this will take your help. まずは、免疫力を上げる！！ストレスは免疫 ドサニタイザーを使用した後は保湿クリーム We hope that you will renew your membership and because of these 力を下げます。 触感 風を肌で感じ 足の裏の感覚を感じ をつけて十分な保湿を心がけて下さい。 times, if you are able, we ask that you please consider renewing at one of てみる。肌に触れるて着心地の良い物、肌着 the Supporting Member levels. お肌と身体の や服、寝具などを選んでみる。 心も身体も心地よく過ごせますよう、皆様の You can renew our membership in any of the following ways: 免疫力が下がると ご健康とご安全を願っております。 *身体の抵抗力が落ちウイルスに罹りやすく 紫外線について 1. In support of the JCCC, renew your membership now, understanding セルフケアアドバイス なります。 カナダは今一年のうちで最も過ごしやすく that the JCCC facility is closed, but many initiatives are continuing online. *お肌の抵抗力も落ち肌荒れトラブルの原因 気持ちの良い季節にりました。外に出て日光 ～ 心も身体も心地よく ～ になります。 浴をされる方も増えると思います。 2. Pay for your membership renewal now, but have your membership 紫外線を浴びる事は肌の表面にビタミンD activated beginning when the Centre resumes its operations. 免疫力を上がると が作られ骨を丈夫にしたり免疫力を上げる為 *外から侵入した病原体などを撃退してお肌 にはとても有効的です。 3. Renew my membership when the Centre resumes operations. と身体の抵抗力や回復力が高まります。 その反面 紫外線は肌表面や内部の細胞 by Keiko Itoh, Tokyo Beauty Studio Inc を傷つけ皮膚の老化を早め皮膚癌を引き起 Payments can be made by cheque to; こす 事もあります。 では 免疫力を上げるには？ Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre シンプルに 運動、睡眠、食事といった基 紫外線には、 6 Garamond Court 本的な生活習慣を整える事で 神経系の働 (UV-A)⇨肌の奥まで届きシワやシワなどの Toronto ON M3C 1Z5 きやホルモンバランスが調整され、免疫力も 肌老化を引き起こす。 高まります。 or you can call the JCCC at 416-441-2345 ext. 222 to leave a message, 笑ったり、楽しさを感じたりするとその働き (UV-B)⇨エネルギーが強く日焼けしてすぐ皮 and our staff will return your call to process payment by phone. が高まり、心の状態によって変わる脳内の神 膚が赤なったりシミや色素沈着、炎症や皮膚 当サロンでは カナダと日本製の敏感なお 経伝達物質やホルモンが免疫に直接影響を 癌の原因になるとも言われています。外出の 肌の方にもお勧め基礎化粧品 感染予防補 助製品、オーガニックの高品質な健康、免疫力 与えます。 際は必ず日焼け止めローションを使用する事 Membership Types and Annual Fees* をお勧めします。 向上の介助のアロマオイルなど扱っておりま 1. 食事(バランスの取れた栄養摂取) す。お肌のお悩み、ストレスコントロール、リラ Individual (18 or older) $33.90 日焼け止めのお勧め基準： クゼーションについてのご相談、商品につい Regular Family $56.50 2. 睡眠(質の良い睡眠) *SPF30-50/PA++++ てのご質問などございましたら、いつでもお (including children 17 and younger) 規則正しい睡眠によりホルモンバランスや (SPFとはUV-Bの防止効果を表す目安の数値 問い合わせください。 自律神経が整い代謝促進、アレルギーの緩和 で す 。) Senior Individual $22.60 にも PA++++(+は多ければ多いほど可) Tokyo Beauty Studio Inc (65 or older) Couple $39.55 (PAとはUV-Aの防止効果の高さを＋で示しま Japanese Canadian Culture Center #245 3. 腸内環境を整える す) Tel:Text (647)643-3939 Partner $150 Supporting 免疫細胞の6割は腸内にいるとも言われて www.tokyobeautystudio.com Leader $500 います。腸内の免疫細胞を活性化させる事で 香料や紫外線吸収剤(肌荒れ、炎症の原因 Member** [email protected] Ambassador $1,000 免疫力が上がります。 となる)の入っていない物が良いです。日焼け 食物繊維、発酵食品の摂取など積極的に取 止めの有効時間は約3ー4時間ですのでこま *All prices include tax where applicable. り入れましょう。 めにに3、4時間毎に塗り直し、帽子などで紫 **For supporting membership, an income tax receipt will be issued for 外線をブロックする事も大切です。パウダー the highest allowable amount within CRA guidelines. 4. 適度な運動 状の日焼け止めもありますので、塗り直しが 10分から1時間を目安に体の力を抜いて 難しい方は パウダーを上からつけ直してあ 五感で自然を感じながら ゆっくり歩く。 げるのも効果的です。

June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 26 27 June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 素敵な日本人 レンタルなんもしない人の Hirokazu Kore-eda is widely considered LIKE FATHER LIKE SON (2013) 東野圭吾／著 なんもしなかった話 Japan’s finest contemporary director. June 19-21 出版社名 光文社 レンタルなんもしない人／著 Internationally celebrated, he won the Jury Ryota is a successful workaholic 出版年月 2020年4月 出版社名 晶文社 Prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival businessman. When he learns that his 店頭価格 $16.30+TAX 出版年月 2019年4月 for Like Father, Like Son and the Palme biological son was switched with another 店頭価格 $27.30+TAX d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival for boy after birth, he faces the difficult 豊饒で多彩な短編ミステリーが、日常の倦 Shoplifters. decision to choose his true son or the boy 怠をほぐします。意外性と機知に富み、四季折 「ごく簡単な受け答え以外、できかねます」 Over the month of June the Virtual he and his wife have raised as their own. 々の風物を織り込んだ、極上の九編。読書の ｔｗｉｔｔｅｒ発、驚きのサービスの日々。 JCCC film series will feature 4 of his films, Starring Masaharu Fukuyama, 愉楽を、存分にどうぞ。 本当になんもしてないのに、次々に起こる all dealing with themes of family and its Machiko Ono, Yôko Maki 息を呑むミステリー、心に沁みる親子愛 ちょっと不思議でこころ温まるエピソードの meaning. Find us at www.jccc.on.ca や、驚きのＳＦまで。１編たりとも読み飛ばせ 数々。 読書の時間 ない傑作揃い！短編集最新刊、文庫版で登場！ 行列に並ぶ、ただ話を聞く、絵画のモデル に な る 、一 人 カ ラ オ ケ に 付 き 合 う 、掃 除 を し て OUR LITTLE SISTER (2015) ～書店が選ぶおススメ本～ いるのを見ている、ドラマに出演する、行けな June 5-7 かった舞台を代わりに見る、カレーを一緒に A story that revolves around three sisters 食べる、ヘッドスパを受ける、裁判の傍聴席 who live in their grandmother's home に坐る、映画を見る、ボウリングに付き合う、 in Kamakura. They travel to the funeral ブランコをこぐのを見守る、ラーメンを食べ HIROKAZU KORE-EDA of their father who they have not seen る、深夜の徘徊に同行する、言われたとおり in 15 years and discover they have a 14 のコメントをＤＭで返す、離婚届に同行する、 RETOSPECTIVE year old half-sister. At the train station なんもしないホストになる……ｅｔｃ 「な they spontaneously ask the young girl to NOBODY KNOWS (2004) んもしない」というサービスが生み出す「なに by James Heron come and live with them. She agree and June 26-28 か」とは。 boards the train. Haruka Ayase, Masami Preteen Akira Fukushima and his young Nagasawa, Kaho, Kirin Kiki, Suzu Hirose siblings are abandoned by their mother, who has moved in with a new lover. Akira is left in charge of his brother, two sisters and a whole apartment, with little money 上記書籍は、 Blue Tree Booksよりお求めいただけます。 www.bluetreebooks.com and food to see them through. Akira and the other children, who were never enrolled in school, struggle to survive without basic amenities as they cope with a strange, solitary existence in a Tokyo apartment building. Quietly heartbreaking and sensitively-directed. Lead Yuya Yagira AFTER THE STORM (2016) – only 14 years-old - won the award for June 12-14 Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for After the death of his father, Ryota, a once- his performance. celebrated author turned private detective, Starring Yuya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei struggles to find child support money and Kimura, Momoko Shimizu reconnect with his son and ex-wife. A sudden storm traps the family overnight at the home of Ryota’s mother. They depart the next morning changed. Starring Hiroshi Abe, Yôko Maki, Satomi Kobayashi, Lily Franky.

June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 28 29 June 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 6 健やかな老後をめざして その28

体調を整えることがとても大事！

COVID-19との闘いはいよいよ長期戦の 企画の熟考、ピアノのレッスン、午後には歌 でいます。 様相を呈してきました！「救急受診した際の と日本舞踊のレッスン、30分の昼寝、読書、 ところが、今は自宅で楽しみを見出さない 担当医が感染していたと連絡があり、2週間 筋トレといった具合です。食事の準備と片付 といけません（笑）。ここ数年は日本酒や焼 の自己隔離を要請された。家族の臨終に立 けが加わるので、けっこう忙しい毎日です。 酎など味わう会を12月末に開いており、日本 ち会えなかった。受診予約がキャンセルにな 運動は日課の合間、あるいは日課そのも 各地の酒を所蔵しています。それらを夕食 った」など、身近な人たちから知らせが入り のに組み込んでいるので、無理なく継続で 時に論評しながら味わい、「退職したら日本 ます。今なお医療機関を利用することが難し きます。TVのラジオ体操、歌レッスン中のク 酒ソムリエのコースを一緒に受講しよう」と い状況です。また、感染リスクの高い場所と ネクネ体操、大好きな曲に合わせて日本舞 話したりしています。私は洋酒、日本酒を問 考えられるので、なるべく訪れたくはありま 踊、モダンダンスやフラダンスを楽しむ“め わず香りや味は大好きなのにとても弱く、彼 せん。となると、通常より注意深く自身と家族 ちゃくちゃ踊り”など様々です。なるべく交感 は（予想外に）自宅で飲む量は少ないので、 の体調管理を行い、病気にならないことが 神経のオンとオフの切り替えを意識し、免疫 二人とも飲みすぎるという事はありません。 大事です。 力を落とさないよう配慮しています（2020 自宅にばかり居ると酒量が増えることもある 私は週1回の買い出し以外は外出しませ 年5月号その27）。 ので、皆さま、飲み過ぎには注意しましょう！ ん。夫Johnは大学病院で働く画像診断専門 また、抗酸化＆抗炎症作用をもつナノ さて、制限された生活の中で体調を整え 医です。感染者が増えれば必然的に院内感 バブル水素水を1日2リットル摂っています るために最も大事なことは、何かしらの願 染のリスクは高まるので、我が家は緊張感 （2017年その8～13で報告）。飲水や料理 いや夢（目標）をもって暮らすことだと思い をもって暮らしています。彼が帰宅し玄関を に使い始めて7年。風邪などひかなくなり、 ます。心身が動かされる（ワクワクする）何か 開けた途端に「Wash your hands first!」と 胃腸や皮膚状態なども改善されて（健診で に取り組むことです。家や庭の改装、植物栽 叫んでいます。清潔観念の違う日本人の私と 確認）全く薬要らずになり、我が家における 培、裁縫や編み物、アルバムや記録の整理、 しては、本人は心がけていると言うけれど行 体調管理の強い味方です。たかが風邪、され 長編シリーズの読破、身体づくり、楽器レッ 動変容がきちんとできているか・・・どうして ど風邪・・・凄いことだと思いませんか！ スン、ホームページ作成、自分史・家族史の も気になるのです。教育指導のもっとも手ご 外食が大好きなJohnの場合、行動制限が 編さん、小説の執筆など・・・日頃できなかっ わい相手はパートナーとわかっているので 続いてレストランやバーに行けない暮らし たことや挑戦したかったことを始めるまたと （大笑）。 はやはりストレスになっているかもしれませ ないチャンスです。 この時期を二人して元気に乗り切らねば ん。若い頃から職場帰りに、喧騒としたスポ Johnは土日に時間をかけて庭や林づく なりません。何といってもその基本は、生活 ーツバーでビールを飲みながら軽食を楽し り、私は初めての作詞・作曲に取り掛かって SENBAZURU のリズムと体調を整えて、体力を落とさない むのが一番のストレス解消方法だったから います。ピアノ弾き語りでオリジナル曲を発 One thousand cranes ことです。自宅で過ごす私の場合、普段のス です。結婚するまで日本に暮らしていた私は 表したいと思っています。出演予定のコンサ For hope. ケジュールを維持するように努めています。 それに気づかず、結婚（移住）後に毎日食事 ートが次々と中止になり、プロ歌手としての 起床したらまず検温と血圧測定を行い、体 を作っていました。あることがきっかけでそ 活動はできない状況が続いていますが、「コ For healing. 調変化があればメモしています。受診が必 の事を知って適当に主婦業をさぼるように ロナに打ち勝って、2021年こそは初リサイタ For these challenging times. 要になった場合、それらの記録を提出でき し、美味しいお店の発見やワイナリー巡りな ルを主催し、弾き語りを実現するぞ！」という ます。午前は主に洗濯、掃除、植物の世話、 ど楽しむようになりました。人生を面白くす 気持ちが沸々と湧いてきます。シニアの夢は For when this crisis is behind us, I will always メールのチェック、記事の執筆、リサイタル る方法を一緒に探すこと、そのものを楽しん 尽きませ～ん。 be grateful for the spirit and dedication of all the people who made it possible for us to safely move forward – together.

Kiotsukete Please take care

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