Edmonton Japanese Community Association Vol. 35, No.4, March - April 2010
EJCA Spring Movie Festival
This year’s festival will feature four Japanese movies, all with English subtitles. Admission is free and no reservations are required, so please join us with your friends and family!
Date: Saturday April 10, 2010 Times: 1:00 pm - 5:45 pm Location: EJCA Centre, 6750－88 Street, Edmonton
Admission is free, and snacks will be provided before the movies and at intermissions
Theatre 1: 1:00 - 3:10 pm The Taxing Woman (Lounge1-2) 3:30 - 5:00 pm Tora-san - Volume 1
Theatre 2 1:00 - 3:15 pm Departures (Hall) 3:30 - 5:45 pm The Hidden Blade
The Taxing Woman: Directed by Juso Itami, released in 1967. A comedy about a femaile tax auditor,Ryoko Itakura, who inspects the accounts of various Japanese companies, uncovering hidden incomes and recovering unpaid taxes. Tora-san: Directed by Yoji Yamada, released in 1969. Featuring Kiyoshi Atsumi as the beloved loser Torajiro Kuruma. This is the first in a series of 48 Tora-san movies, the longest running motion picture series in Japan. Tora-san in almost every film falls in love with a beautiful woman while selling his wares across the Japan countryside, and invariably loses her at the end, although they usually part amicably. Departures (Okuribito): Directed by Yojiro Takita, released in 2008. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2009. When his orchestra disbands, Daigo Kobayashi decides to start over in his small hometown. He takes a job as a “Nokanshi”, a professional who prepares the deceased for burial. The film follows his profound and sometimes comical journey with death as he uncovers the wonder, joy and meaning of life and living. The Hidden Blade: Directed by Yoji Yamada, released in 2004. The story revolves around Munezo Katagiri, a lower caste samurai during the end of the Tokugawa (Edo) period in Japan. He is trapped in a state of personal and professional imbalance. He is secretly in love with his family maid, Kie, knowing that a relationship is impossible.
Matsu No Kai Spring Lunch & Bake Sale (All proceeds go to Matsu no Kai (Seniors) Club Operations for 2010)
Date: Saturday May 15, 2010 Times: 11:00 am - 2:00 pm Location: EJCA Centre, 6750 - 88 Street, Edmonton
All the details of this annual event have yet to be finalized, but several delicious menu items will be served! Lunch wil be served from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm (times approximate) Bake sale items go on sale 11:15 to 2:00 or when sold out, and other activities may be on the schedule. Stay tuned for further details, but mark the date on you calendar!
In This Issue
Film Festival...... 1, 12 (J) Karaoke Concert...... 3, 13 (J) Volunteer Appreciation...... 9 Spring Lunch & Bake Sale.. 1 NAJC President...... 4 Paper Cranes...... 9 EJCA Board...... 2 Sukiyaki & Hina Matsuri.... 5 Clubs Directory...... 10 Submission Deadlines...... 2 Outreach Programs...... 6 Advertisements...... 10-11 President’s Corner...... 3, 13 (J) Library Corner...... 7 Exercise...... 8. 15 (J)s Moshi Moshi 2009 - 2010 EJCA Board of Directors & Committees President Centre Manager Culture Cathy Tennant - 436-6291 John Priegert - 466-8166 Yoshiaki Hirata
1st Vice-President EJCA Board Directors Japan Today School Program Liaison Sanae Ohki - 459-3862 Erin Munro - 669-9572 Sanae Ohki
Support Staff: Volume 35, No. 6 - July 15, 2010 Volume 36, No. 1 - September 15, 2010 Soly Sawada Volume 36, No. 2 - November 15, 2010 Daiyo Sawada Volume 36, No. 3 - January 15, 2011 Tom Nakashima Volume 36, No. 4 - March 15, 2011 Gong Kiel Bill Kiel EJCA Mission & Vision Statements
“Moshi Moshi is a publication of the Mission • To facilitate the development of an inclusive and vibrant Japanese Canadian Edmonton Japanese Community Community within a multicultural Edmonton. Association. Its objective is to disseminate information of interest to • To support the objectives of the National Association of Japanese Canadians the Japanese community and those by promoting respect and harmony among people of various cultures in the Edmonton area. interested in Japanese culture, including announcements of upcoming events. Vision • A dynamic and evolving community that sustains a sense of well-being built upon awareness of Japanese heritage in Canada. 2 March - April 2010 Moshi Moshi President’s Corner Cathy Tennant send one complete, beautiful senbazuru and two additional strings of 25 cranes. Thank you to everyone who so quickly Spring is here! Renewal and responded when we had only about 3 weeks to complete the change are easy concepts to project. associate with spring. The A message from Alice Webber (Outreach Education Officer, browns of the sleeping lawns, Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Park) is in a separate trees and gardens give way to article. bright greens with promises of colourful plants and flowers to History Preservation Project come. The signs of renewal are David Sulz was selected as the Project Manager for the History visible as the season changes Project. David's past experience and degree in Library and from one whose blustery chill Information Science make him an excellent fit for the project. keeps us hiding at home to the The History Project Committee, led by Rick Hirata, was very time of year when we revel in the warmth of the sun on our fortunate to have had a good response to our advertisement for faces. the position and it was wonderful to know there was such interest in the project. The project team will keep us updated I associate dependability with the perennial plants that survive on their progress. the winter and reliably poke their heads up every spring to beautify the garden. Website Development These characteristics remind me of our association in many Andy Beattie will be taking over the EJCA website redesign ways. Each year, EJCA is renewed with the energy and interest and maintenance from Sophia Lamar. With his background in of new members and fresh ideas, it is always changing and we web design, Andy will continue to make the website more user are fortunate to have those dependable members of the friendly and current. He will be working closely with Sanae community who are a constant source of feedback, assistance, Ohki and Jim Hoyano as he develops the website. support and encouragement. Even after moving to Vancouver, Sophia continued to help us An enviable combination! improve the effectiveness of the website and we thank her for all her efforts to enhancement our website over the past five years. Projects and Initiatives Memberships Revelstoke Avalanche Commemoration Please remember to renew your annual membership which can Senbazuru - Paper Crane Project be mailed or dropped off at the Centre office. Membership fees EJCA members of all ages helped make paper cranes to be are essential in funding the operation of our association's displayed at the service to commemorate the 100 Anniversary of activities, so we appreciate your support in keeping your the Rogers Pass avalanche in 1910. Thirty-two individuals of membership up to date. The form is on the back page of the Japanese origin were among the 58 who died. Members of the Moshi Moshi. Matsu no Kai (55 Plus Group) spent an afternoon carefully stringing 1000 cranes to make a senbazuru to enable EJCA to Enjoy the coming of Spring!
The 19th Karaoke Concert - We Did it Again!
Sanae Ohki
The Karaoke Concert was held on the Family Day, Monday, February 15, 2010 and about 80 guests enjoyed the concert at the EJCA hall. The members of the Karaoke Club were very pleased to hear that this year's concert was the best of the 19 concerts! We presented many varieties of songs, nice background dances, and beautiful costumes (some were traditional Japanese styles, some were ethnic designs, and some were modern). English explanations of songs were on the back drop and of cause we practiced a lot! We even practiced how to smile while we were singing.
As the concert was held one day after St. Valentine's Day and at the Family Day, “love and family” was selected as the theme of the concert. There were two young new Karaoke members. They sang a beautiful love song from Okinawa and a song on the memories of high school days.
Since EJCA upgraded the sound system in the hall, the sound effect is great. The new stage was nice, too.
Thank you very much for joining the concert and having a good time together.
Please see the next page for some photos
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NAJC President’s Report Terumi Kuwada stronger and more unified Canada. There are 5 other ethnic communities in Winnipeg and Ottawa that will participate in this endeavour. I will be asked to invite about 12 individuals in Spring has arrived, bringing new hope and renewed energy to the Japanese Canadian community in Winnipeg to participate in our lives. As a Japanese Canadian community, we have much these conversational cafes. It was a most inspiring occasion to to celebrate, not the least of which is the number of volunteers be in attendance with such committed and capable young whose dedication and hard work bring so much life and spirit to persons in the Muslim community. our communities. Many thanks to all the volunteers across Canada. The NAJC Human Rights Committee has been working on various projects, including the Human Rights booklet that was The NAJC office is in transition. After a year at our temporary started several years ago but not completed. One of the office, we are considering different options. The current intentions of this booklet is to assist newcomers to our building where we rent space has come under new ownership community that may not be aware of some of their rights and which has resulted in changes that the NAJC believes will responsibilities. The HRC is in the process of creating a design impact on our operations. With the assistance of resource that would be available on the website, and would be presented people in Winnipeg, as well as the NEB, I will be pursuing in a concise manner to be meaningful to users. various scenarios that will be presented to the membership at the AGM. There are short term and long term issues that need The NEB is meeting in Toronto on March 27-28, 2010, for its to be pursued. Stay tuned! regular quarterly meeting. We will be meeting with the NAJC membership in Toronto, as well as touring the Cultural Centre Recently, I attended an event sponsored by the Canadian and learning about their programs, including SEDAI. This will Muslim Leadership Institute, which is piloting a program to be an opportunity to hear from the community about their needs train young persons in their community for leadership roles. and activities. Part of this program, involves dialogue with other ethnic communities. This dialogue is created in conversational cafes The NAJC welcomes comments, suggestions, questions, etc. where the trainees and participants in other ethnic communities from all. Please contact us at www.najc.ca share their stories, with the objective of greater understanding and acceptance of each other. The ultimate goal is to build a
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Sukiyaki Dinner Night 2010 Erin Munro
Saturday March 20, 2010 marked another successful Sukiyaki Night at the EJCA. With almost 90 guests in attendance, volunteers, cooks and guests alike all had a great time. This year the Edmonton Kendo and Naginata Club (EKNC) recruited additional volunteers to assist with food preparation, cooking, and cleaning up at the end of the evening.
After a quick and thorough training session for the cooks, we were ready to go. The cooks randomly selected the table they would be cooking for, and went to work!. Before long, we had an easy going atmosphere helped along by the ideal background music and the good humour of everyone present. The evening flew by, and before we realized it, it was already time for dessert and games.
At the end of the evening, the volunteers and organizers received a standing ovation from the guests in thanks for the wonderful dinner. This was the best example of the camaraderie within the EJCA--people coming together to help each other out and the support of the community.
I am grateful for everyone's contribution. This was my first experience assisting in the preparation of a dinner for so many people. Thank you for this experience. It will be remembered!
Hina Matsuri Report In Japan, Hina Matsuri (Doll Festival) takes place on March 3. This is the day families pray for the happiness and prosperity of their girls and to help ensure that they grow up healthy and beautiful. This year at EJCA the festival was held on March 20. The two large Hina Doll sets and other Hina Dolls were display in the Lounge. In the afternoon on a beautiful spring day, over 100 guests visited EJCA for the Hina Matsuri Doll Festival. They were children and parents from EJCA, the Japanese Language School, and Nihon-go Kids group, guests from Camrose, seniors, and more! Thanks to Noriko Fujino who made 60 Daifuku and Yumiko Tachikawa who made 70 Ohagi for the event, guests enjoyed Japanese delicacies. Another 40 cups of Hina Arare were prepared for children. All had a wonderful time. One person who recently came from Japan said that she had never seen such a wonderful sets of Hina Dolls in her life in Japan. A young teacher from Camrose was in Japan and she wore kimono at the festival. She was given the kimono while she was in Japan. Please check the volunteer list for the many volunteers who made the event successful.
March - April 2010 5 Moshi Moshi Outreach Program Committee - Update Sanae Ohki the J.D.Bracco School, and (3) Japanese hair-style was arranged for a wedding guest. The EJCA Board created a new committee named the “Outreach Program Committee” in February 2010. The role of 7. The South Edmonton Lions Club - EJCA will the Outreach program is to coordinate the following activities recommend an exchange student to Japan. Refer to inserted within EJCA and offer opportunities to the members to present brochure to this Moshi Moshi. their special skills effectively to people in Edmonton and surrounded areas. In February, an invitation for the resource persons and for the committee membership was sent to the EJCA members. Nine 1. Japan Today - EJCA has been offering teachers and people responded as resource persons. Four Committee students an opportunity to understand Japan: nature, members were decided (Ayumi Nagatomi, Shiho Asano, Hiro history, language, society, customs, technology, and Kubota, and Sanae Ohki). The first committee meeting was people's everyday life. It is designed for Alberta junior held on March 21, 2010. The committee is setting standard and high school students as a supplement to the Grade 8 fee schedule of activities. The committee identified an Social Studies curriculum's Japan module. Japan Today importance of promoting Japanese culture in Edmonton. has been active since 2004. There have been 30 sessions scheduled for this school year! It is getting very popular! More resource persons are required for the activities. Please refer to the memo sent out in February and contact Sanae Ohki (780- 2. Japanese Language Teaching - The third session of 459-3862, evenings) if you would offer your skill for the above Japanese Language class for EJCA members finished in activities. March 2010. The next class will be scheduled for the fall 2010.
3. D.S. Mackenzie Junior High School - The school is the first and only one junior high in Edmonton that offers compulsory Japanese Language program. EJCA will offer 上のような活動にお手伝いいただけますか？エドモ Calligraphy, Kimono, and Tea Ceremony for the support of the compulsory program. ントンの人々がもっと日本について知りたいと思っ ています。EJCAではそんなOutreachの機会をどん 4. Private Japanese Language Lessons - We will provide names of instructors. One enquiry was already filled. どん作ってエドモントンが重要視している多文化社 会を増進する力になれたらいいなと思っています。 5. Interpretation and translation services - We will provide names of interpreters/translators. そしてお手伝いいただく方には相応の謝礼をお払い できるような体制を作っていきます。ご質問などは 6. Japanese culture presentation and other activities - ご遠慮なく大木までご連絡ください。（780-459- EJCA will coordinate demonstration of Japanese culture such as origami, tea ceremony, calligraphy, flower 3862、または[email protected]） arrangements, martial arts, and Kimono. In March, we had three activities: (1) Karate and Japanese culture were presented at the Sir. George Simpson Junior High School, (2) Japanese Kimono, posters, and toys were displayed at
Calendar of Upcoming Events April 10, 2010 Movie Afternoon at the Centre, beginning at 1:00 pm April 13, 2010 EJCA Board Meeting, at the Centre beginning at 7:00 pm April 28, 2010 Matsu no Kai Meeting and Lunch, at the Centre beginning at 11:00 am May 11, 2010 EJCA Board Meeting, at the Centre beginning at 7:00 pm May 15, 2010 Matsu no Kai (Seniors) Lunch & Bake Sale, at the Centre 11:00 am to 2:00 pm May 26, 2010 Matsu no Kai Meeting and Lunch, at the Centre beginning at 11:00 am June 6, 2010 Kurimoto Japanese Garden Spring Festival June 8, 2010 EJCA Board Meeting, at the Centre beginning at 7:00 pm
6 March - April 2010 Moshi Moshi VOLUNTEER AND DONOR APPRECIATION EJCA’s activities have been successfully carried out with the help of many volunteers and a variety of donations. The EJCA Board members think it is very important to recognize volunteers and donors in a consistent manner. So this year, volunteers and donors for each activity will be reported in the Moshi Moshi as an independent article. If your name is missing from the list, please inform Cathy Tennant so it can be noted in the next Moshi Moshi. Please help us to maintain an accurate list. Karaoke Concert held on February 15, 2010 Coordinator; Sanae Ohki Volunteers & Presenters: EJCA Karaoke Club and friends EJCA Casino - February 20-21, 2010 Volunteers: Yoko Azumaya Alder Curie Hiroko Currie Rick Hirata Jim Hoyano Yumiko Hoyano Bill Kiel Gong Kiel Dennis Kikuchi Ken Kimura Joyce Kiyooka Hiro Kubota Ken Lettner Twilla Macleod Brenda Madsen Alice Mah Bob Motokado Dave Mueller Erin Munro Edie Nagata Ilene Nessel Keiko Oba Masahito Oba Sanae Ohki Takashi Ohki John Priegert Carol Rushworth Tom Sando Daiyo Sawada Greg Shimizu Ken Tanaka Midori Tanaka Cathy Tennant Wray Tsuji Hina Matsuri - March 20, 2010 Coordinator: Sanae Ohki Volunteers: Kayoko Hiruki Kyoko Watanabe Rei Kondo Sachiko Motoda Satoko Nemoto Shiho Asano Yumiko Tachikawa Sukiyaki Dinner - March 20, 2010 Coordinators: Cathy Tennant Erino Munro Volunteers: Tom Hyodo Susumu Kaneda Yoshie Kaneda Edie Nagata Sanae Ohki Noriko Fujino Connor Rainey Keiko Marumo Noriko Marumo Shayne Robinson Bryan Irwin Chad Wallace Tully Pinkerton Renee Morrisey Scott Sutton Joseph Kim Steve Hladky Jeff Long SungWoo Choi Ron Thompson Rick Hirata Lester Hickman Our Apologies for Missing Individuals from previous events: Christmas Party and New Year Party: Wray Tsuji
A Thank You Message from Alice Weber, Outreach Education eight times during the roll call. Dignitaries, historians and Officer Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Park descendants of the victims contributed to the evening by telling the story of the 1910 avalanche and its impact. Thank you for Folding the Wish into paper cranes. Everyone was deeply touched that the Yamaji family of Japan flew in to attend the service and honour Parks Canada and the 1910 Rogers Pass Snow Slide their ancestor, Mannusoke Yamaji, lost in the avalanche. organizing committee would like to express a huge thank you Thirty-two of the fifty-eight men were of Japanese origin, so for your participation in the Fold and Unfold Program. the service included both Christian and Buddhist traditions Hundreds of school children and community groups from with prayers, chants and hymns. across the country folded paper cranes and made a wish that a tragedy such as the 1910 Avalanche at Rogers Pass never The 10,000 cranes are presently on display at the Revelstoke happens again. Railway museum, and will be displayed in Rogers Pass for a second service in August. The result was a stunning display of more than ten thousand colourful paper cranes that was hung across the Revelstoke We invite you to join us on August 15, 2010, at the Summit plaza during the commemoration service on March 4th, 2010. of Rogers Pass Picnic Area in Rogers pass national Historic site for an event to dedicate the 1910 avalanche memorial More than eight hundred people gathered to remember the stone. lives lost and also celebrate the gains made in avalanche safety. The candlelight vigil illuminated the downtown plaza Note: with a warm glow while the steam engine bell was rung fifty- For photos of the March 4, 2010 commemoration see page 8.
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Directory of EJCA & Affiliated Clubs & Organizations Sabaki Go Club Chigiri-e Art Purpose: To learn and enjoy playing Go for all ages Torn paper art work creation Meetings: Tuesday evenings from 7:00 pm and Saturday Contact: Keiko Frueh - 436-5843 afternoons from 1:30 pm (lounge 3). Contact: Chuck Elliot at 452-1874,
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March - April 2010 11 Moshi Moshi EJCA 春の映画会のお知らせ 今年の映画会は次の4本を上映します。すべて英語の字幕つきです。日本語、英語のお友達もお誘 いください。皆で楽しみましょう。 日時： 4月10日(土) 午後1時から５時４５分 場所： EJCA Centre、6750－88 Street, Edmonton 参加は無料です。休憩時間にスナックを用意します。 上映場所 1時 － 3時15分 3時30分 ̶ 5時45分 Hall おくりびと（英語字幕つき）131分 滝 隠し剣 鬼の爪（英語字幕つき）132分 田洋二郎監督 山田洋次監督 出演者 本木雅弘、広末涼子他 出演者 永瀬正敏 松たか子他 Lounge マルサの女 (英語字幕つき) 127分伊丹 寅さん 一作目（英語字幕つき）90分 十三監督 山田洋次監督 出演者 宮本信子、山崎努、津川雅彦他 出演者 渥美清、光本幸子他
Sukiyaki Night - March 20, 2010
12 March - April 2010 Moshi Moshi EJCA会長の言葉
キャシー・テナント アリス・ウエバー（マウント・レベルストーク＆グラーシア国 立公園、アウトリーチ・エジュケーション・オフイサー）から 春がやって来ました。春には蘇生、変化と言う考えも容易に受 のメッセージが別の記事として掲載されています。 け入れられます。今は茶色の芝や木や庭も華やかな木々や花を 約束する緑色へと思いを馳せさせます。私たちを家に閉じ込め 歴史保存プロジェクト ていた厳しい寒さから太陽の暖かい光を大いに楽しむ季節へと 歴史プロジェクトのプロジェクト・マネージャーとしてデッビ 代わって行く時、蘇生の印を見る事ができます。 ト・サルツが選ばれました。デッビトのこれまでの経験と図書 情報科学の学位が彼をこのプロジェクトに最適と考えられま 冬を乗り越え確かに毎春芽を出して庭を美しくしてくれるに多 す。リック・ヒラタ率いる歴史プロジェクト委員会は幸いにも 年生の植物に信びょう性を感じます。 このポジションへ良い応募者が得られて幸いでした、そしてこ のプロジェクトにこのような興味が示された事は素晴らしい事 このような特徴は多くの面で私たちの会を思わせます。毎年、 です。プロジェクト・チームは進行具合を逐次知らせてくれる EJCAは新らしい会員のエネルギーと新鮮なアイデアで蘇生しま ことと思います。 す。何時も変化しながらも、幸いにも、常に反応し、援助し、 支持し、励ましてくれる、頼りになる会員たちがいることで ウエブサイト開発 す。 アンディー・ベティーがソフィア・ウオングに代わりEJCAのウ エブサイトを新しくし維持することになりました。彼のウエブ 羨ましがられる組み合わせです！ サイト・デザイン経歴でウエブサイトをもっと使いやすく新し くします。彼はサナエ・オーキとジム・ホヤノと緊密に仕事を プロジェクトと試案 進めていきます。
レベルストーク雪崩記念式典 バンクーバーへ移ってからもソフィアはウエブサイトの改善に 千羽鶴プロジェクト 努力してくれていました。過去年に渡って彼女がウエブサイト 1910年にロージャース峠の雪崩の100年記念式典で展示される を良くしようとしてくださり感謝いたします。 折り鶴作りにEJCAの老いも若きもが参加しました。58名の犠 牲者の内、32名が日本人でした。「松の会」（55才以上のグ 会員 ループ）のメンバーは午後のひと時を使って折り鶴に糸を通し 今年度の会費をセンター・オフイスへ送るか届けるかしてくだ て千羽鶴を作り、その上、2本の25羽の折り鶴を作り、ELCAは さい。会費は会の活動を維持するために不可欠です。会員申し それらを送る事ができました。3週間内にプロジェクトを完成す 込み書は「もしもし」の裏面にあります。 ることができ、ありがとうございました。
エドモントンからおけコンサート 実況放送
大木 早苗 地質学を勉強しています。去年ロッキー山のエメラルドレイク で結婚式をしました。ロマンチックで優しく力持ちの仲間が増 会場の皆様こんにちは。エドモントンの日系文化会館にいっぱ えて嬉しいです。美しい沖縄が戦争によって荒廃していく悲し いのお客様をお迎えしてただいまからからおけコンサートを開 みを歌った「島唄」をお届けします。（若々しい歌声がさわや きます。今年はちょうど、昨日がValentineDay そして今日2月 かで沖縄風の衣装に鉢巻がよく似合っていました。） 15日はFamily Dayとうれしい祝日が続きます。そこでコンサー トのテーマは「愛と家族」としました。友達への友情、愛する 川の流れのように人の行方はもう定められているのでしょう 人や妻や夫への愛、母への思いなどの歌をお届けします。から か、流れにさからって生きるのか、流されるのか。私は貴方の おけクラブの会員は力いっぱい、楽しく、心を込めて歌いま 愛という川について行きます。クーリー洋子さんの歌とフルー す。 ご一緒に楽しい午後を過ごしましょう。 敬子さんの日本舞踊で美しい川の流れと愛の思いこめて「さだ め川」をお届けします。（フルー さんにはいつも賛助出演をし 今日の1番は宿田 美環子さんの「珍島物語」 です。 韓国の ていただいています。 コンサートを飾ってくださるお友達が 南西のはずれにたくさんの島があります。その中のチンド島と あるのは本当に嬉しいです。クーリーさんの低音も魅力的！） モドリ島の間に２．８ｋｍの砂州があり,特に５月の大潮のとき に砂州が現れて人々が渡れるようになります。この砂州を渡っ つぎはちょっと趣向を変えてDuetです。 東京の下町で育った てあちらの島の人に会えるのと同じように、南北に別れ別れに 笹野峰子さんと渋谷で育った大木崇さんの、「別れても好きな なった家族が又会えるようになりたいと、家族を思う切ない気 人」です。東京の街の名前が次々と出てきます。渋谷、原宿、 持ちを歌います。（歌唱力抜群の宿田さんの歌声がコンサート 高輪、一ツ木、など、お分かりになるでしょうか？（おそろい の始まりを盛り上げました） の黒地にスパンコールがきらきらと光る衣装で、大人のムード のすばらしい舞台でした。） 次は今年の新人歌手の一人、兵頭智至さんです。若さと元気 いっぱいの兵頭さんは四国の愛媛県の出身,今アルバータ大学で ＜今の世の中、どんどん進んで私などは、時代遅れのわき道を
March - April 2010 13 Moshi Moshi 人様の邪魔にならぬようゆっくりと歩いております。はやりの すね） 歌にはついていけません。子供のときに覚えた歌です。＞とい 今回もう一人の新出場者の久保田裕さんです。久保田さんは去 う金田進さん、でも子供のときに ずいぶんませた歌を歌って 年7月からアルバータ大学農学部の大学院で有機農業の勉強をし いたのですね。浪曲子守唄です。 （とび職人の衣装で赤ちゃ ています。今日は1996年に卒業した群馬県立渋川高校を思い出 んをおんぶして切々と歌う金田さんの舞台には皆泣かされまし しながら”高校3年生”を歌います。水泳部で練習に明け暮れて た。） いた高校生活を思い出します。（学帽に詰襟、下駄まではいて 次は元気に異国情緒の歌、 エドモントンの歌姫 クハース ばっちりの衣装でした。間奏の間に初恋の彼女から大きなハー キー秀子さんの「異邦人」です。秀子さん今年は「こころつた トをもらったとたんに久保田さんのハートもどきどき！さあ大 え」という歌を歌うつもりで練習していました。でも「異邦 変、歌詞を忘れてしまって 「ごめんなさい！」） 人」もとてもよかったので、是非こちらの元気な方にしてとお 「雪国ー駒子の愛」は川端康成の小説「雪国」をテーマにして 願いしました。歌える歌がなくて困る人もいるのに、良い歌が います。歌われている湯沢は 吉田恵子さんの故郷新潟から東 ありすぎるという羨ましい人もあります。（東アジアの衣装に 京へ出るときに必ず通ります。反対に東京から田舎に向かうと 優雅な舞いを入れてさすが歌姫でした。バックのタンバリンの きは、清水トンネルをこえるとそこは雪国・・・になります。 演奏が上品でした。） 雪深い湯の町、湯沢。そこに生きた駒子の一途な愛を歌いま ＜花の命も人の命もはかなくて、この世は無常なもの。せめ す。（フルーさんが踊りを添えて又歌が一層映えました。紫と て、私の恋心、この身が滅び消えてしまっても、宇宙の果てま 緑の組み合わせの和服も素敵でした） でもつづきますように＞ 悲しく破れた冬の恋心を思いを込め 大木崇さんは、この２５年間カラオケを歌い続けています。カ て歌います。金田芳枝さんの「千年の花 」です。 （ピンク ラオケ器具のほうはカセットテープ、エイトトラック、レー の着物ときらっと光る紫の帯が金田さんを一層若々しく美しく ザーディスク、DVD, コンピューターカラオケと進歩している していました。） のに、本人の歌は昔のままとは、これはいったいどうしたこと 竹は節目節目で伸びていく、人生６０年の節目を幾つか越えた でしょうか。でも今年は ちょっとちがった曲に挑戦します。 けれど、これからも迎えるであろう人生の節目を家族や友、そ 「飾りじゃないのよ涙は」です。 （バックコーラスの5人の美 して自然の恵みを大事にしながら越えて行きたいと竹に思いを 女に支えられて大木さんダンディでしたよ） 込めてうたいます。 吉田 弘志さんの「竹」です。（歌にあ 五年前に５８歳で熟年デビューをして話題になった秋元順子の わせた竹の模様の着物がすばらしく、それにあわせて、すくっ 歌 「愛のままで」 を熟年の笹野峰子さんが歌います。 ご主 と伸びる竹の姿をフルーさんが舞いました。） 人は”峰子はもう熟年を過ぎて老年だ”とおっしゃるそうです 中野悠子さん、一度着てみたかった芸者の舞台衣裳で歌いま が、とんでもない！おしゃれで、明るく、元気な峰子さん、い す。円盤投げで世界Master大会に出たり、卓球の練習をした つまでも青春を楽しんでいらっしゃいますよ！（そしてきれい り、運動家の中野さんの変身振りをお楽しみください。夫に先 なピンクのドレスとすばらしい歌声で、会場はうっとりしまし 立たれ、娘を育てる為にやむなく芸者になって苦労する女の思 た） いを歌う「花街の母」です。（日本髪に黒のすそ模様、赤いす 中野さんと吉田さんのDuetは、「浪花恋しぐれ」。破滅型天才 そよけを出した衣装にお化粧もすっかり芸者そのもの。中野さ 芸人といわれる桂春団治の物語です。借金・女遊び・酒乱が高 んが舞台に出ると、会場は驚きのため息に包まれました。） じた振る舞いや生き様は、演劇・歌謡曲など様々な形で語り継 これで第1部を終わります。楽しんでいただけたでしょうか？ がれているようですが、破滅も度を過ぎれば、有名になるとい 第2部に入る前に15分の休憩をいたします。その間にお茶とお菓 うのは不思議です。（お二人の名コンビの歌は涙と笑いで忙し 子をお出しします。どうぞゆっくりしてください。（藤野さん いでした。） に作っていただいた大福は大好評でした。大福が食べたいから 今年のコンサートも最後の1曲になりました。 私たちはいつも コンサートに来るという方もあるとか。藤野さんありがとうご 大勢のお友達に助けていただいて、コンサートの準備をしてい ざいました。） ます。こんな小さなコンサートでも影で、仕事をしている人が これから第2部をはじめます。今年も鶴田ジョージさんは 甘い 大勢います。そしてお客様なくしてコンサートはありません。 声で皆様をうっとりさせるでしょう。 今まで25年のあいだ鶴 いつも応援をしていただいて本当にありがとうございます。 田さんはカラオケクラブの長老として、私たちと一緒に歌って 今日の最後は皆で元気に「365歩のマーチ」をうたいます。 きました。今年もご一緒にコンサートができて本当にうれしい 応援ありがとうございました。又来年お目にかかります。それ です。今日の曲はBeginthe beguine, 皆様の中には この曲を聞 までお元気で良い１年をお送りください。 いて、古きよき時代を思い出される方も多いことでしょう。 次の「Tokyo 見返り美人」は和美さんのお母様がいつもかけて いたCDの一つに入っていて子供のときに覚えたそうです。今で もこの曲を聞くたびに女の意地っ張りさを感じ、寂しくて悔し くて胸が苦しくなるけど、女の強さが出ていて好きな歌だそう です。別れてから ”いい女だった” と言われるだけではな く ”今日もいい女だ” といわれるほどの女になりたいと 思っている和美さんです。（高校時代バンドのボーカルで鍛え た歌唱力はプロ並みです。安心して聞ける歌があるのはいいで
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Healthy Weight Management Part I: Exercise
Aki Kawai
EJCAの皆さん、こんにちは。待ちに待った春がやってきました。外に飛び出して、この生命力溢れる季節を楽しむ準備は整 いつつありますか？
さて、普段の生活の中で肥満や太りすぎについての広告や新聞記事を目にしない日はありません。肥満解消に大切な要素のひ とつは運動です。なぜでしょう？体重管理とは、単に体重を減らすことだけでなく、脂肪を減らし、筋肉量を増やすことに よって、脂肪と筋肉のバランスを変えることだからです。いわゆる“ダイエット”によって、減ったものは実は脂肪ではなく て筋肉、ということは間々あります。筋肉量を維持、若しくは増量し、脂肪量を減らすには、運動は欠かせません。さらに言 えば、運動は心や精神面の健康状態を保つのにも有効です。気持ちが安定しないときに、つい暴飲暴食をし、体重管理が難し くなる、すなわち、心の健康と肥満と言うのは密接なかかわりがあるのです。けれども、運動と一口に言っても、やり方に よっては健康を害してしまうこともあります。下記に、体重管理と健康増進に大切な運動のポイントを挙げます。
まず、足にあった運動靴、スニーカーを準備します。
そして、ゆっくりと頭のてっぺんからつま先まで、全ての間接を曲げ伸ばして、体を温めます。
では、歩き始めましょう。前を向き、腕を振り、お尻を前に押し出す気持ちで歩きます。
少しづつ速度を上げます。軽く心臓の鼓動が感じられる程度、すぐ隣にいる人と会話が出来る程度のところで、そのまま２０ ~３０分程続けます。激しい息切れは効率的な脂肪燃焼を妨げます。
まだあと2時間ほどは続けられるなあ、というところでその日の運動は終わりにしましょう。
体が慣れるのに従って、早く歩くなどして、運動の強度を少しずつ上げましょう。
効率よく脂肪を燃焼させるのに適切な運動強度の目安として脈拍が使われます。簡単な計算式は220－（あなたの年齢）×0.7 です。例えば60歳の人の場合（220－60）×0.7＝112拍（一分間毎）最初はこの脈拍に到達する前に体がつらいと感じるかも しれません。でも、大丈夫、ゆっくり体を慣らして徐々に強度を上げていけばいいのです。
ウォームアップとウォーキングの間に15~20分のウェイトトレーニングを加えると、さらに効率的に筋肉量を増やし、脂肪 を燃やすことができます。
ウォーキングの代わりに、自転車漕ぎやトレッドミル、軽いジョギングをしても構いません。
関節に痛みや障害がある方は、水中歩行やアクアビクスがお奨めです。
運動の終わりには、クールダウンを忘れずに。5分ほどゆっくりストレッチをしましょう。
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Library Corner
The Library Committee communicates with you through the “Library Corner” of the Moshi Moshi. Introduction of new books, material reviews, and activities will e posted
1. New Materials: Added in February and Maarch 2010
Purchased Books: ID Category Author Title 2363 Nikkei Happell, Charles The Bone Man of Kokoda 2364 Japanese Translation ハぺル、チャールズ ココダの約束 2278 Social Japan Passport Books Japanese Picture Dictionary 2279 Children Allen Say Grandfather’s Journey 2280 Learn Japanese Allen Say Japanese Kanji 2281 Children Rena Krasno Floating Laterns & Golden Shrines 2282 Nikkei JCCC, Toronto Directory of Japanese Residing in Canada (1929) 2285 Learning Japanese Rutherford, Scott Japanese for Travelers 2292 Hobbies Fuse, Tomoko Origami Boxes 2313 Social Japan Culture Smart Japan - The essential guide to custome & cluture
Purchased Movies: They are all with English subtitles. On the April 20, the Movie Festival will show 4 of these movies: Departures, The Hidden Blade, The Taxing Woman, and Tora-san Volume 1. Director (J) Director Title (J) Title 滝田 洋二郎 Yojiro Takita おくりびと Departures 宮崎 駿 Hayao Miyazaki ルパン3世 カリオストロの城 The Castle of Cagliostro
山田洋次 Yoji Yamada 愛 The Hidden Blade 黒澤 明 Akira Kurosawa 夢 Dreams 黒澤 明 Akira Kurosawa 影武者 Kagemusha 黒澤 明 Akira Kurosawa 生きる Ikiru 宮崎 駿 Hayao Miyazaki 風の谷のナウシカ Nausica 李相日 Sang-il Lee フラガール Hula Girls 山田洋次 Yoji Yamada 武士の一分 Love and Honor 山田洋次 Yoji Yamada たそがれ清兵衛 The Twilight Samurai 周防正行 Masayuki Suo Shall We ダンス？ Shall We Dance? ゴジラ Final Wars Godzilla - Final Wars 小津 安二郎 Yasujiro Ozu 浮草 Floating Weeds 伊丹 十三 Juzo itami マルサの女 The Taxing Woman 山田洋次 Yoji Yamada 寅さん１- 4 男はつらいよ Tora-san, Volumes 1-4
Donated Materials: 68 donated books were registered in February and March. Thank you very much! Since the list is long, titles of books are not listed here. Please visit the Library to see the new books.
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2. Material Review Mikkousen Suian Maru (literally: Stowaway Ship, Suian Maru), translated by David Sulz, the original book is密航船水安丸 by 新田次郎 In the 1970s, the famous Japanese novelist Nitta Jiro heard about a secret group of immigrants who left Miyagi for Canada in 1906. His investigations revealed enough information in family heirloom diaries, published recollections, and in the memories of villagers on both sides of the Pacific to write a historical novel about Oikawa Jinsaburo, a Meiji era entrepreneur. Born into a locally important family in the backwoods of Tohoku on the cusp of the great transformation from the Tokugawa to Meiji eras, he had become a successful entrepreneur by his 40s. In 1896, he heard rumours of discarded fish roe from the Fraser River canneries and immediately left for Canada despite his age to capitalize on this wasted resource and start anew. With moderate success and the building of small colonies on two Fraser River islands, he finally convinced about 80 of his hometown villagers to sneak out of Japan on a chartered schooner, enter Canada secretly, and join his colony. After a perilous voyage, they landed on Vancouver Island but were eventually all arrested. Unfortunately, British Columbia was not overly hospitable to Asians at the time but, nevertheless, …. (you will have to read the book to keep track of what happened next. Even with all the unusual and fascinating subsequent events, this story has remained largely unknown. The book created considerable awareness in Japan but little in Canada because most Japanese-Canadian descendants of these immigrants could not read Japanese. While living in Oikawa's hometown, I translated Nitta's book to English and called it Phantom Immigrants. Since then, other sources and memories have come to light that reveal Nitta's story to be a very good story and mostly accurate - but not completely. If you read Nitta's novel and want to know more, let me know! The EJCA library has copies of both the Japanese original and English translation
Healthy Weight Management Part1: Exercise Aki Kawai • Stay on this intensity for 20-30minutes at a time.
Hello EJCA members, are you all ready to go outside and • Stop the exercise when you still feel that you can keep enjoy physical activities in such a rewarding vital spring going for 2 more hours, instead of feeling exhausted. season? We come across news and advertisements related to overweight and obesity on a daily basis. Exercise is one of • As your body gets used to physical activity, you will the most important tools for weight management. Why? want to increase the intensity of the exercise for example, Weight management is not only losing weight but also walking faster. changing muscle and fat composition. Those who are on a diet to lose weight often lose muscle mass, instead of fat • You can use your heart rate to gauge the adequate mass. The only way to keep muscle mass and lose fat instead intensity of exercise. A simplified formula to calculate is to add exercise to your weight management protocol. your heart rate to burn fat efficiently is: (220 - your Additionally, exercise improves mental and emotional health age) _0.7 per minutes. For example, if you are 60 years which often coincides with weight and appetite control issues. old, your target heart rate should be around (220-60) _ However, exercise potentially affects your health negatively if 0.7 =112 per minute. You may not be able to reach this you practice it in the wrong way. So here are keys for ideal heart rate at the beginning, but that is OK. Gradually exercise to control your weight and improve your health. building up is the way to go.
• Get a pair of comfortable shoes. • It is ideal to add 15-20 minutes of weight lifting exercise between warm-up and walking to gain muscle mass and • Do gentle/slow stretching for each joint from head to toe burn fat efficiently. for warm-up (neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, fingers, trunk, waist, hips, knees, and ankles). • Instead of walking; biking, treadmill and light jogging are just as good. • Now start walking slowly. Look straight, swing your arms, and push your hips forward. • For those who have joint issues, Aquafit/Aquasize or walking in water is recommended. • Gradually speed up until you slightly feel your heart rate but still be able to talk to a person right next to you. • At the end, do not forget to cool off by gentle stretching Lack of oxygen, in other words, being out of breath does for 5 minutes. not help to burn fat.
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EJCA Membership Application/Renewal Form
Name:______Address:______City & Province:______Postal Code:______Please mail completed form to: EJCA Membership Telephone/Fax:______EJCA - ACL Centre 6750 - 88 Street E-mail address:______Edmonton, Alberta T6E 5H6 Please check as applicable: O Family: $35.00 O Single: $20.00 O Seniors: Free (70 years and up)
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