Summer 2011: Festivals, Films and Family Fun 3rd Shinsedai Cinema Festival, Natsu Matsuri, Nostalgia Night 2011年夏：お祭り、映画、家族向けイベントなど 第三回新世代映画祭、夏祭り、ノスタルジアナイト June/July 2011 2011年6/7月 Vol.37 Issue 6 1 2010-11 JCCC Board of Directors features President Gary Kawaguchi Past President Marty Kobayashi VP, Heritage Peter Wakayama VP, J-comm Junko Mifune 日 2-4 Upcoming Events and Workshops VP, Legacy Art Ito VP, Management Ann Ashley 5 Heritage News VP, Strategic Planning Donna Davis Special Ambassador Sid Ikeda 系 Secretary Sharon Marubashi 6-7 Past Events & News Treasurer Sri Kugan Directors George Hewson 文 Shari Hosaki 8-9 Shinsedai Cinema Festival James Matsumoto Lorene Nagata Yuki Nakamura 化 10-11 Community News Dereck Oikawa Russell Onizuka 12-13 Donations Cary Rothbart 会 Nao Seko Glenn Inamoto* 14-16 JCCCイベント情報 Advisors Miki Kobayashi Mickey Matsubayashi 館 Steve Oikawa Fred Sasaki Connie Sugiyama 役 *In Memory 1958-2009 Calendar of Events JCCC Staff James Heron 員 Executive Director [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.224 June Sun 12 Kokusai Kekkon Movie "Darling Wa Kathy Tazumi 及 Accounting/General Administration Manager Gaikokujin" [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.229 Mon 13 Hula For Health Recital Christine Takasaki び Fri 17 Euchre Night Community Events/Volunteer Coordinator [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.221 Sat 25 Karaoke Club meeting Haruko Ishihara ス Mon 27 JCCC AGM Community Rentals Thu 30 Movie Night [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.228 Christine Seki タ Corporate Rentals/Programming and Business Development July [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.231 Fri 1 JCCC Closed - Canada Day Sally Kumagawa ッ Membership/Database Administrator Fri 1 JC Picnic at Caledon Place [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.223 Mon-Fri 4-8 Kamp Kodomo week 1 Toshiko Yamashita フ Sat 9 Natsu Matsuri and Obon Festival Heritage/Newsletter Coordinator [email protected] Mon-Fri 11-15 Kamp Kodomo week 2 [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.227 Sat 16 Karaoke Club meeting Yuki Hipsh Sun 17 Arigato Day Administrative Assistant/ICommunity Liason/Giftshop [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.235 Mon-Fri 18-22 Kamp Kodomo week 3 Sandy Chan Wed-Sun 20-24 Shinsedai Cinema Festival Administrative Assistant Thu 28 Movie NIght [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.226 Sat 30 Nostalgia Night Constantin Dutescu Operations and Technical Coordinator Sat 30 Karaoke Club meeting [email protected] 416-460-3522 Maki Klotz August Receptionist [email protected] 416-441-2345 ext.222 Mon 1 JCCC closed –Civic Holiday Sat 6 Karaoke Club The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Newsletter Editors: James Heron, Kathy Tazumi, Toshiko Yamashita Sat-Sun 13&14 Taiko Workshop Japanese Section: Toshiko Yamashita, Haruko Ishihara, Maki Klotz Sat 13 Karaoke Club Cover Photo:Summer movies and events Your news is welcome! Please send articles to: Mon 15 Children's Musucal Workshop starts [email protected] or Sun 21 Family Event & Movie Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre 6 Garamond Court, Toronto, ON M3C 1Z5 Sat 27 Karaoke Club meeting tel 416-441-2345 fax 416-441-2347 [email protected] Sat 27 Children's Musical “Rainbow Over the The submission deadline for the August 2011 issue is Wednesday June Night” 29, 2011. 日本語の記事も受け付けています。 8月号の締め切りは2011年6月29 日(水）です。 2 Special Sunday Afternoon Screening: Manju Workshop My Darling is a Foreigner Due to popular demand, Chef Shoji will be opening up an extra Light Comedy Looks at the Challenge of Marrying manju class on June 22. It will be an introductory manju workshop Across Cultures where students will learn to make Dorayaki (pancake manju), Ohagi (red bean paste covered sweet rice), azuki (red beans) and Based on Saori lima bean filling for manju. Those students who missed their class Oguri’s best-selling in March due to the weather, and have not attended one of Chef manga sensation in Shoji’s other classes, are also invited to join this class. Please call Japan, My Darling JCCC reception at 416-441-2345 to confirm your attendance. is a Foreigner tells the quirky story of a Date: Wednesday June 22, 2011 Japanese girl who Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm meets and falls in love Fee: $25 (plus GST) for JCCC members with an American guy. $30 (plus GST) for non-members Saori (Mao Inoue) is Materials: $10 payable to instructor. an aspiring manga * Please bring an apron. artist while Tony (Jonathan Sherr) is a language nerd obsessed with the Japanese language. Intro to Traditional Japanese Music The couple tentatively pursue their courtship, which is fraught with hilarious miscues, differing expectations and misunderstandings Celebrate the start of summer with of each other’s culture. Can international romances such as this an evening of soothing Japanese have a happy ending? traditional music presented by You might expect the film to focus on questions of racial Linda Caplan. In this workshop, prejudice and/or acceptance, but really the focus is more on Mars/ you will not only get a taste of the Venus type discrepancies (i.e. His idea of washing the dishes different instruments and sounds of doesn’t quite jibe with hers). In fact much of the humor relies on Japanese traditional music through things that real couples living together would have faced, regardless demonstrations, videos and of their ethnic origin. That said, there are numerous explorations of recordings, but you can see and touch the instruments yourself, cultural differences, as evidenced through light-hearted interviews and you may even learn to sing a folk song or two that you can hum of real-life interracial couples. In one amusing segment, a wife on your way home. Registration starts now! complains of her foreigner husband giving her chrysanthemums for their anniversary. In Japan, chrysanthemums are funeral flowers. Instructor: Linda Caplan This 2010 film was directed by Kazuaki Ue. The screening Date: June 22, 2011 will be followed by a panel discussion on international marriages Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm between Japanese and non-Japanese. Everyone is welcome. Fee: $30 general, $25 JCCC members plus HST Those in mixed relations will particularly enjoy the humorous insights into “kokusai kekkon” Linda Kako Caplan is a Dai Shihan (Grandmaster) of the Ikuta-ryu Chikushikai Koto and Shamisen School in Fukuoka, Japan and is Date: Sunday June 12, 2011 also the course director of the Japanese Music program at York Time: 2:00pm University. She has studied koto and shamisen in Japan, Canada Admission: $6 JCCC members, $8 non-members and the U.S., and has performed at events in those three countries for over twenty-five years. ARTSU MATSURI rises again! PechaKucha Night (an Artsu Matsuri event) A night of art, presentations and fun! An open exhibition & sale, a celebration of Japanese Canadian art Date: July 21, 7:00 to 9:00 pm installed salon-style, a cornucopia of visual delights, a community Location: JCCC Gallery/ Heritage Lounge event from July 7 - 24, 2011 at the JCCC Gallery. Everyone is PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 invited. as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their Opening Reception: Thursday, July 7, 7:00pm to 9:30 pm.featuring work in public. It has turned into a massive celebration, with events shoyu-weiners & bbq treats by Chef Shoji, cash bar, and sporadic, happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives remarkable performances. No speeches. Meet the artists. All worldwide. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound welcome! of "chit chat", it rests on a presentation format that is based on short PechaKucha Night: Thursday, July 21, 7:00pm to 9:00pm lively presentations. It's a format that makes presentations concise, (details to follow) and keeps things moving at a rapid pace. If you are a nikkei artist and wish to participate, please contact Presenters to be determined. Admission free. Cash-bar. Bryce Kanbara, [email protected]. Organized by the JCCC Art We hope that you can join us. Committee and JCCC Heritage Committee. Please contact John Ota [email protected] for more information. 3 Natsu Matsuri and Obon Festival Weekend June Movie Night: GOEMON Tale of the “Japanese Robin Hood” is spectacular mix of Make a plan on visiting the JCCC on the martial arts and special effects afternoon and evening of July 9, 2011. Join in the Toronto version of one of the “…a piece of glorious cinematic showmanship…elentlessly thrilling most significant festivals in Japan. and astounding, wholly captivating and hugely entertaining viewing Close your eyes and imagine a warm experience…Kiriya Kazuaki has to come up with something equally and sunny summer’s day, outdoors brave and ambitious…” - Beyond Hollywood.com on the grounds of 6 Garamond Court. In 2009 director Kazuaki Kiriya Imagine vendors with colourful wares or brought the tale Goemon to life in delicious food for sale. Picture children this thrilling combination of fantasy, laughing and trying their luck at a variety anime action, and folklore. In Japan, of games. Finally, add the spectacle of Goemon the Good is a folk hero a performance of over 100 yukata-clad similar to Robin Hood in the West, dancers as the sun slowly sets in the he was a shinobi, or ninja, who stole background. Now open your eyes and mark the date down on your from the rich and gave to the poor. calendar. Now, in this new film, entitled simply, Make sure that you join us from 3:00pm to 10:00pm. There Goemon, he is brought to life again will be plenty of food, entertainment and fun.