AUTUMN 2020 Vol. 61, No. 4 $6.95 U.S. Herman Aihara 100th Year Memorial Featuring: • Herman & Cornellia: A Real Team • Valuable Lessons Learned • Experiences with Herman • Unforgettable Memories back to the 1960s as you will read in similar selections from 1979-1985. Editor’s Notes his remembrance and he agreed to act Herman’s other books include his as contributing editor as a gift in Her- best-seller Acid and Alkaline; Basic man’s memory. Macrobiotics containing his research The next step was to gather pho- and knowledge of nutritional aspects Welcome to the Herman Aihara 100th tographs. Sandy contacted photogra- of macrobiotics; Milk: A Myth of year memorial issue. pher Paul Orbuch, who took many Civilization; and Soybean Diet (now The idea for this tribute comes excellent photographs of Herman in titled Miso and Soy Sauce for Flavor from the September 1993 issue of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Paul and Protein) and Natural Healing Macrobiotics Today honoring the also took the excellent photographs from Head to Toe with Cornellia. He 100th year anniversary of George Oh- for Cornellia’s DŌ of Cooking. Af- also contributed to Rice and the Ten sawa’s birth, October 18, 1893. In that ter looking at all the photographs in Day Rice Diet and translated books issue, Herman wrote an article about the Foundation’s and Sandy’s col- such as Sotai Natural Exercise. Ohsawa and ended it with his aim to lections, we decided for the cover of Another thing Ohsawa began in live to age 100. While this didn’t hap- this issue on Paul’s portrait of Her- his first year in the U.S. was summer pen, we decided an issue devoted to man we used on the cover of Learn- camps, first on Long Island and the Herman would be welcomed. ing from Salmon in 1980. Sandy then second in upstate New York. Herman We planned to reprint Herman’s contacted his friend, Photoshop mas- and Cornellia continued the tradition article from the 1993 issue, at least ter Peter Donaldson, who made the after moving to California. They held one other article from Herman, and photographs come alive. Our sincere the annual gatherings around Cali- the recipes from the birthday dinner thanks to Peter, Paul Orbuch, and ev- fornia in the 1960s before settling Cornellia cooked for him in 1972. We eryone who contributed to this issue. at French Meadows as a permanent also thought it would be great to have Herman’s life’s work was enunci- home in 1970. The camp provided an stories and remembrances of Herman ating macrobiotic philosophy as orig- unparalleled community experience and asked readers to send them to us. inally expressed by George Ohsawa, in nature and many of the stories in We received such an overwhelming adding some of his own thinking. this issue confirm the fond memories response that we soon realized they He accomplished this by cofounding people have for the camps. would fill the entire issue and our (with Cornellia) two organizations— Lastly, Herman and Cornellia plans changed. the George Ohsawa Macrobiotic toured the U.S. by van many times I asked a former editor of Macro- Foundation as an educational and to spread Ohsawa’s teachings. They biotics Today, Sandy Rothman, if he publishing entity in 1971 and the travelled from place to place from the would be willing to review the sub- Vega Institute in 1974 as a residential West Coast to the East Coast across missions and help with the project. learning center. southern states and back again through His association with Herman goes Much of the information about northern ones. There is no way to es- the macrobiotic movement in the timate the total effect of these trips as Classified early 1960s would have been lost if they helped propel the macrobiotic not for Herman’s decision and fore- community into a movement. sight to begin publishing a newslet- Someone once asked Herman, The Multipure Aqualuxe Water ter/magazine in May of 1960. He “What do macrobiotic people die Filter removes 99.9% of viruses/ continued publishing it until his pass- of?” Herman replied simply, “Over- bacteria, including Coronavirus, ing in February of 1998. All of the is- working.” We can only hope to be as without removing healthy minerals. sues contain Herman’s influence and influential in our lives as Herman and Since 1970, Multipure has been the many include his writings. Cornellia were in theirs. Our grati- industry leader. Other filters avail- In 1979, Sandy gathered Her- tude is endless and unlimited. able that remove forever chemicals man’s prior articles, essays, and etc., though not viruses. Dealerships transcribed lectures and Learning available. Gordon Kobayashi, Dealer from Salmon was published in 1980. We will return to our normal format #434326, [email protected]. A second volume compiled by San- in the next issue. Stay safe and in (209) 273-7286. dy and me, Kaleidoscope, includes touch at [email protected]. 2 Macrobiotics Today • AUTUMN 2020 https://OhsawaMacrobiotics.com Features Continuous publication since 1960 Managing Editor Carl Ferré Herman & Cornellia: A Real Team . 4 Contributing Editor Jane and Lino Stanchich, Larry Cooper, Verity Grace Turner, Sandy Rothman Eunice Farmilant, Takeji Saito, Hugh Tinling, Cynthia Briscoe, Publisher Sylvia Ruth Gray, Yoshiumi Nanabayashi, and Gerald Booth George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation Special Members Nancy Adler, Michael Bauce, Sean Braniff, Michael Valuable Lessons Learned . 11 Brown, Simon Brown, James Brunkow, Kelsey Carl Ferré, Chuck Lowery, David Briscoe, Julia Ferré, Bill Brunkow, Robert Carr Jr., David Catron, Maria and Tara, Mike Chen, and Phyllis Parun Mike Chen, Michael Clennan, Michele Clifford, Packy Conway, Elaine Danforth, Carl Ferré, Julia Ferré, Gus Ferré, Nels Ferré, Peter Fraser, Bob Fritz, Tim Galanek, Karen Garvey, Matthias Grabiak, Francine Experiences with Herman . 17 Harper, Susan Haase, Susanne Jensen, Andy Johns, Regina Izyderczak, Sue Hunter, Beth Kaufman, Kathy Sandy Rothman, William Spear & Ellen Goldsmith, Andy Keller, Dan Lennox, Bob Ligon, Kathy Ligon, Kerry Johns, John Stevens, Alice Feinberg, Joanne Kowalenok, Loeb, Mary Lore, Chuck Lowery, Gerard Lum, Gracie Malley, Karen and Neil Malley, Saci McDonald, Peter Mary Norman, Gale Jack, Mary McCabe, Patricia Becker, Milbury, Anita Miner, Friedmar Moch, Robert Nissen- Fred Pulver, Sheri DeMaris, and Joel Wollner baum, Missy Peebles, Michael Potter, Audrey Pulis, Pete Pulis, Fred Pulver, Jean Richardson, Michael Ros- soff, Bob Ruggles, Alice Salinero, Sue Shimmon, Lino Stanchich, Laura Stec, Kathy Swasey, George Sweet, Unforgettable Memories . 24 Hugh Tinling, Shirley Tung, Cynthia Vann, Verne Edward Esko, Brent MacPhail, Denny Waxman, Jeferson Varona, Mark Vilkaitis, Kazuko (Yamazaki) Yagi, Denny Waxman, and Marketa Zeleznikova Applegate, Kazuko (Yamazaki) Yagi, Bob Ligon, Peter Underline indicates current Board of Directors Milbury, Alex Pappas, Ginat Rice, and Verne Varona Macrobiotics Today is published quarterly by the George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation, 1277 Marian Ave, Chico, CA 95928; 530-566- 9765. Copyright ©2020 by the George Ohsawa Herman Aihara (Nobuo Nishiyama) Macrobiotic Foundation. All rights reserved. Annual subscription rate in the United States September 28, 1920, Arita, Saga Prefecture, Japan— and possessions: $25; elsewhere, US$40. Yearly February 25, 1998, Oroville, California subscriptions with membership privileges (see back cover): in the United States and posses- sions: $25; elsewhere, US$40. Single copies of back issues are available upon request for US$7, includes shipping. For subscriptions, address changes, and advertising information, write PO Departments Box 3998, Chico, CA 95927-3998, or call 530- 566-9765. For timely delivery, address changes must be received in our office by the 10th of the month preceding an issue. Editor’s Notes . 2 Address editorial correspondence to PO Box 3998, Chico, CA 95927-3998. Send e-mail to: Community Resources Network . 31 [email protected]. Manuscripts, photographs, and artwork are welcome. Sub- missions may be edited for clarity and space. Cover: Herman Aihara in March of 1980 Postmaster: Send address changes to Photo by Paul Orbuch Macrobiotics Today, 1277 Marian Avenue, Chico, CA 95928. https://OhsawaMacrobiotics.com Macrobiotics Today • AUTUMN 2020 3 Herman & Cornellia: A Real Team Jane and Lino Stanchich, Larry Cooper, Verity Grace Turner, Eunice Farmilant, Takeji Saito, Hugh Tinling, Cynthia Briscoe, Sylvia Ruth Gray, Yoshiumi Nanabayashi, and Gerald Booth hiking to magnificent waterfalls, and A TRUE JOY enjoying evening campfires and mu- Jane and Lino Stanchich sical shows. Meals were cooked on Friendly, warm, knowledgeable, wood—(wood Lino chopped daily)— nature-loving, courageous, humble: and food that was healthy, strength- These words epitomize Herman ening, and delicious! All was done Aihara, one of our beloved macro- with Herman and Cornellia greeting biotic teachers, with whom we both everyone with happy, friendly smiles. had the privilege of studying. Lino Herman was a great teacher and I al- says, “I first met and heard Herman ways valued spending time with him. lecture in New York City in 1970. It was a true joy.” I was impressed with this devotee In 1981, Jane began to study of George Ohsawa’s expertise, ap- macrobiotics in Boulder, Colorado, proachability, and gentle personality. with Lino, as well as Sandy Green- That first day we met, I invited Her- berg and Rebecca Wood. Herman man for lunch to a vegetarian restau- and Cornellia visited and presented rant and we began to form a friend- lively lectures and cooking classes. ship.” photo by Chris Schneider Jane, a total yinnie at the time, recalls Herman and Cornellia invited Cornellia instructing her to wash the Lino to stay in their home in San Cornellia and Herman Aihara rice shouting, “Faster! Faster!” Francisco for one month and later in 1987 at Vega Study Center One peaceful afternoon, Cornellia to their second home, Miramichi, in taught us Japanese flower arranging, the California countryside.