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Vancouver Nisei Is Rare Doctor Of Needle Science, Acupunture
■ H:
:• Sa:'--'£ eitire.
ab:-'-'
lit: •? 7-6'
By JOHN KIRKWOOD
’VER.—The sign on the door reads: Dr.
Saita. Osteopathy and Physical Medicine,
md the door is sitting- one Dr. Harold S.
.if. a tiny, birdlike gentleman of Canadian
and Japanese ancestry, neat and crisp and
white gown, manicured fingers pressed
ictlter and head politely inclined, all curious
uriosity and eager to tell us about his lovely
Si OSv ■* 1
J He is
Saita, you understand, is no ordinary
cian and surgeon. Far from it, indeed.
won , an acupuncturist, if there is such a
wc
S Any
a gentleman who practices the centuries-
giDr. h
old teehniou of—wait
now—acupuncture.
Or. more imply, th
sticking needles into
people
cure them of th
To most people who have ev n vaguely heard of tl
technique, acupuncture, much to Dr. Saita’s gem
amusement.
immediavelv co jures up a night nun
on of an inscrutable Oriental in a seedy back shop
in a back street olemnly punching holes in peopl
hides with an evil pair of Grandma's ru
Id knitting
needles.
No, no. no.
To wit:
Acupuncture: (L. acus. needle). Puncture made
with long fine needle.: ? for diag-nostie or therapeutic
purposes; stylostixis. (Stedman’s Medical Distionary.
Iden Jubilee Edition.)
Jr. if you prefer:
Acupuncture: (acu plus L. punctura a prick.) The
•ertieii of needles for the production of eounterirri-
All clear now lads?
Dr. Saita, one of a handful of acupuncture specialists
in North. America, politely explains to the uninitiated:
It’s an old ancient technique
Acupunture, also known ns needling, is a form of
surgical procedure devised at least. .1,000 years ago in
Chinn and ever since commonly used in both China ami
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•■SUKIYAKI”
Practical Japanese
(ookbook SI.65
WITH POSTAGE
The Utw Canadian
STRENGTH FOR THE
BRIDGE
Bv MISS J.L. BEATTIE
$5.50 WITH POSTAGE
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
TUESDAY. JULY 27. 1971
Toronto, Ont.
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13th World Boy Scout Jamboree
At Mount Fuji Japan This Month
Mow Do The Sansei
Rate Mom & Dad
TOKYO.—About 20,000 Boy
from
lite socona largest foreign contingent of 600
over the world will camp on the slopes of Japan's will come from the Philippines, which hosted the
TODAY’S JAPANESE AMERICAN TEENAGER is more apt sacred mountain. Mount Fuji, in August at the 10th world jamboree — the first ever held in Asia.
to be outspoken about his or her feelings towards Mom and Dad 13th World Scout Jamboree.
Britain, which hosted the first-ever jamboree
than were his predecessors a generation ago. There, was a time
Nearly 100 countries will be represented at th e
in 1*020, will send almost 500 boys.
when tile teenager of Japanese descent left- thoughts regarding 500-acre camp at the western foot of the mo un
Oilier large groups will come from South Korea
^rent-child relationships unsaid, but things have changed.
tain, some 90 miles west of Tokyo. The jamboree
(500).
Wes Ger
Keeping one’s ears and mind open can lead to enlightenment. is set for August 2-10.
many
und
New
Zealand
(200).
The largest foreign contigent will come from
(A proverb I just made up.)
The Japanese
the
United States, which is s
about 7,80(1
Lately l‘ve been taking my own advice and have learned a
for
a chartered jetliner to flyr to Nairobi, Kenya,
’great deal about how Nisei regard their Issei parents as well as representatives in 35 chartered airliners.
to pick up and return partici
how Sansei rate Nisei as parents. No official survey is involved,
pants from 20 .African countries.
mor do 1 claim that my findings apply to the majority in the
’The jamboree program will
Japanese American community. On the other hand, it is also posinclude
sports meetings such as
— Astronaut. Neil for Armstrong's
is still
■’ sible that the cases I cite .arc applicable to a large segment of the
TOKYO.
cross-country
races, swimming,
Armstrong. the first man to being prepared The visit will be
immunity.
archery,
badminton,
volleyball,
First, let us examine the Nisei, most of whom are approaching, walk on the moon, and his 14- the second for Armstrong who
canoeing and judo.
have ar ved at, or have passed middle-age, and are parents today year-old son, Eric, will visit here
was
in
Japan
in
1969
following
The youths will also climb to
They si .■•<?ak of the Issei in reverent tones, praising their parent’s during the 13th World Boy Scout.
the
peak of .Mount Fuji, which
sac rificing natures and strict discipline. “They (the Issei) had Jamboree Aug. 2-10, U.S. Embas his historic landing on the moon.
|
The jamboree will be held at is 12,385 feet high.
sy officials said.
very hrde education, but they knew how to raise children properly
Like all climbers of Japan’s
says c
Officials said a final itinerary Fujinoyama, near Mount Fuji.
Nisei in retrospect. “We never had things like ‘hang
highest
mountain.
t hev
will
flips’ ir
r day; we weren’t allowed to. These kids today have it
receive
a cane marked for each
■Inade—
y get anything they* want and then complain because.
rest
station
on the
to the
they ci t have enough. When I was a kid, we never got anything
summit
of
the
extinct
volcano
for
MITO, — A n internationally , four feet, he
souvenir.
afe to assume, therefore, that Nisei are quite satisfied known Japanese climber who
It stopped about 14 meters
At night
will present
wit :
• Japanese-style upbringing (on the surface, ar least). recently returned from the Hi- away and stood up on two legs folk song and dance programs
. however, seem to be less complimentary when discus- malayas savs he saw a creature and gazed at Hattori, he said. around traditional camp fires.
Nisei parents. They7 are aware of what they believe to he thought was the “abominable
The site, known as Asagiri
Because of a snowstorm, he
be •.
rents’ shortcomings and are open enough to talk about snowman” on Mt. Dhaulagiri
Heights,
was waste
scrubland
could not recognize the whole
tkw
May 17.
others. Here .are some frequent criticisms:
uniti]
it
was
cleared
by
soldiers
figure clearly but saw the face
last
year
The
claim
was
macle
byMitsu
for
a
national
Scout
parents expect too much of me. I have an older sister
well and realized that it was
jamboree.
straight-A student all the way through school. They hiko Hattori, 39, a veteran of 20 not
man.
years
’
climbing
and
who
runs
a
fakva
It will become a miniature
Why can’t you be like her.’ Maybe I can’t make high
stood about 150 cm. high
sporting
goods
store
here.
* that doesn’t mean I’m no good, does it? I’m me, not
and ts face wa- covered with city for eight day :, with shops,
h-.-r,’’
Hattori became the first Ja dark brown hair hanging from international post offices, teleone 16-year old Sansei- Many JA teenagers today seem
: Jo resent the constant prodding to achieve by their parents. In panese to climb the Matterhorn’s the head. Its eyes were round phone exhanges, and banking
fact. Mum and Dad’s insistence that their offspring be the best in north wall in 1965. He has also and the nose was big like a services.
of the gorrilla.
all endeavors appears to have the opposite effect these days.
climbed the
An amateur radio station will
be set up for Scouts who have
"-'iy folks bought me a new car, and this year they sent
When he tried to photograph
He led a group of nine clim- it. the creature turned around broadcasting licences.
tug-name. private college. Now, every time I don't do
ex -After the jamboree, the Scouts
as they want, they* ‘throw it up in my face’ about me car bers in an :attempt to scale the and began moving down the slope
Himapeak
of
the
7,661-meter
world
conference will be held in
toward a ravine.
college and remind me how much they’ve done for me.
f
ailed
in
Mav
but
Tokyo
from August
layan
range
I a car. but it didn’t have to be a new one, and one of the
Hattori hurriedly took pictures
peak
because
of
bad
About 500 adults are expected
■ s:rve colleges was where I really wanted to go. The only to reach the
of the back of the creature and
weather.
to
attend to discuss the future
spent the money on those fancy things was so they
its footprints before it disap
c . • -c-g :o their friends about them.” Children too frequently
development
of Scouting.
.
May
17,
At about 1 p.m
peared into the ravine.
Sft ir.eir parents strive not only to keep up with the Joneses, but Hattori said, he wa,
done on the
When he told the other clim
set
un
at about
econd
-o keep one step ahead. It is natural for young people, in
Japan Actress On NBC
V,ov
bers of the creature they did not
'5 this fact, to question their parent’s motives when status 5.200 meters and was collect:
BURBANK. — Miko Mayama,
believe him at first. Eut the
snow about 15 meters from,
w’-. such as a fancy college or car, are involved.
the
Tokyo-born beauty who ap
footprints
convinced
them
that
naive sometimes, it’s ridiculous. My tent, to prepare tea.
are
peared
several seasons ago on
•
was
A making it up.
1
ruv who hanoens to be a dentist s son.
noticed someone coming up
The :
‘prints were about 16 NBC-TV’s “Hey, Landlord” com
has money that
me to his left. Thinking it
ems think that just -because his fami
series,
will
playChief
r-2
long and about 13 crn. edy’
a she.roa. he yelled at. the
t triend for my brother. But this guy is a mess up’ at
Ironside
’
s
(Raymond
Burr)
Ko
thumb was shaped
pill
nd I've heard that he steal , too. My mother
'or
an animal's than a I rean foster daughter in the
think it’s important to know how much money my
renlv.
“Ironside” episode, “Joss Sticks
mis have. ‘And what does YOUR father do?’ is the
Hattori
a pp
arid Modding Bells,” coming up
H
he film
when I bring
' discovered that it was walking
in the new season on the NBC
up the snow-covered slope on
(Cont. on Page 8)
(Continued on Page 8)
By ELLEN ENDO
Astronaut Armstrong & Son To Japan
Japanese Claims He Saw Monster
I
■ H:
:• Sa:'--'£ eitire.
ab:-'-'
lit: •? 7-6'
By JOHN KIRKWOOD
’VER.—The sign on the door reads: Dr.
Saita. Osteopathy and Physical Medicine,
md the door is sitting- one Dr. Harold S.
.if. a tiny, birdlike gentleman of Canadian
and Japanese ancestry, neat and crisp and
white gown, manicured fingers pressed
ictlter and head politely inclined, all curious
uriosity and eager to tell us about his lovely
Si OSv ■* 1
J He is
Saita, you understand, is no ordinary
cian and surgeon. Far from it, indeed.
won , an acupuncturist, if there is such a
wc
S Any
a gentleman who practices the centuries-
giDr. h
old teehniou of—wait
now—acupuncture.
Or. more imply, th
sticking needles into
people
cure them of th
To most people who have ev n vaguely heard of tl
technique, acupuncture, much to Dr. Saita’s gem
amusement.
immediavelv co jures up a night nun
on of an inscrutable Oriental in a seedy back shop
in a back street olemnly punching holes in peopl
hides with an evil pair of Grandma's ru
Id knitting
needles.
No, no. no.
To wit:
Acupuncture: (L. acus. needle). Puncture made
with long fine needle.: ? for diag-nostie or therapeutic
purposes; stylostixis. (Stedman’s Medical Distionary.
Iden Jubilee Edition.)
Jr. if you prefer:
Acupuncture: (acu plus L. punctura a prick.) The
•ertieii of needles for the production of eounterirri-
All clear now lads?
Dr. Saita, one of a handful of acupuncture specialists
in North. America, politely explains to the uninitiated:
It’s an old ancient technique
Acupunture, also known ns needling, is a form of
surgical procedure devised at least. .1,000 years ago in
Chinn and ever since commonly used in both China ami
(Continued on Page 8)
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•■SUKIYAKI”
Practical Japanese
(ookbook SI.65
WITH POSTAGE
The Utw Canadian
STRENGTH FOR THE
BRIDGE
Bv MISS J.L. BEATTIE
$5.50 WITH POSTAGE
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
TUESDAY. JULY 27. 1971
Toronto, Ont.
iliiiiiiiiiii in i iiiiiiiiiininmTiiiiiiiinii I iiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiliiii mm iiimi mini minn iiiiinnoi num: TnnnimnmnimmmmiimiimmmiiiimMiimimiiiiimiiiniiiiiHinnniHiiiimiimHmHmii
13th World Boy Scout Jamboree
At Mount Fuji Japan This Month
Mow Do The Sansei
Rate Mom & Dad
TOKYO.—About 20,000 Boy
from
lite socona largest foreign contingent of 600
over the world will camp on the slopes of Japan's will come from the Philippines, which hosted the
TODAY’S JAPANESE AMERICAN TEENAGER is more apt sacred mountain. Mount Fuji, in August at the 10th world jamboree — the first ever held in Asia.
to be outspoken about his or her feelings towards Mom and Dad 13th World Scout Jamboree.
Britain, which hosted the first-ever jamboree
than were his predecessors a generation ago. There, was a time
Nearly 100 countries will be represented at th e
in 1*020, will send almost 500 boys.
when tile teenager of Japanese descent left- thoughts regarding 500-acre camp at the western foot of the mo un
Oilier large groups will come from South Korea
^rent-child relationships unsaid, but things have changed.
tain, some 90 miles west of Tokyo. The jamboree
(500).
Wes Ger
Keeping one’s ears and mind open can lead to enlightenment. is set for August 2-10.
many
und
New
Zealand
(200).
The largest foreign contigent will come from
(A proverb I just made up.)
The Japanese
the
United States, which is s
about 7,80(1
Lately l‘ve been taking my own advice and have learned a
for
a chartered jetliner to flyr to Nairobi, Kenya,
’great deal about how Nisei regard their Issei parents as well as representatives in 35 chartered airliners.
to pick up and return partici
how Sansei rate Nisei as parents. No official survey is involved,
pants from 20 .African countries.
mor do 1 claim that my findings apply to the majority in the
’The jamboree program will
Japanese American community. On the other hand, it is also posinclude
sports meetings such as
— Astronaut. Neil for Armstrong's
is still
■’ sible that the cases I cite .arc applicable to a large segment of the
TOKYO.
cross-country
races, swimming,
Armstrong. the first man to being prepared The visit will be
immunity.
archery,
badminton,
volleyball,
First, let us examine the Nisei, most of whom are approaching, walk on the moon, and his 14- the second for Armstrong who
canoeing and judo.
have ar ved at, or have passed middle-age, and are parents today year-old son, Eric, will visit here
was
in
Japan
in
1969
following
The youths will also climb to
They si .■•<?ak of the Issei in reverent tones, praising their parent’s during the 13th World Boy Scout.
the
peak of .Mount Fuji, which
sac rificing natures and strict discipline. “They (the Issei) had Jamboree Aug. 2-10, U.S. Embas his historic landing on the moon.
|
The jamboree will be held at is 12,385 feet high.
sy officials said.
very hrde education, but they knew how to raise children properly
Like all climbers of Japan’s
says c
Officials said a final itinerary Fujinoyama, near Mount Fuji.
Nisei in retrospect. “We never had things like ‘hang
highest
mountain.
t hev
will
flips’ ir
r day; we weren’t allowed to. These kids today have it
receive
a cane marked for each
■Inade—
y get anything they* want and then complain because.
rest
station
on the
to the
they ci t have enough. When I was a kid, we never got anything
summit
of
the
extinct
volcano
for
MITO, — A n internationally , four feet, he
souvenir.
afe to assume, therefore, that Nisei are quite satisfied known Japanese climber who
It stopped about 14 meters
At night
will present
wit :
• Japanese-style upbringing (on the surface, ar least). recently returned from the Hi- away and stood up on two legs folk song and dance programs
. however, seem to be less complimentary when discus- malayas savs he saw a creature and gazed at Hattori, he said. around traditional camp fires.
Nisei parents. They7 are aware of what they believe to he thought was the “abominable
The site, known as Asagiri
Because of a snowstorm, he
be •.
rents’ shortcomings and are open enough to talk about snowman” on Mt. Dhaulagiri
Heights,
was waste
scrubland
could not recognize the whole
tkw
May 17.
others. Here .are some frequent criticisms:
uniti]
it
was
cleared
by
soldiers
figure clearly but saw the face
last
year
The
claim
was
macle
byMitsu
for
a
national
Scout
parents expect too much of me. I have an older sister
well and realized that it was
jamboree.
straight-A student all the way through school. They hiko Hattori, 39, a veteran of 20 not
man.
years
’
climbing
and
who
runs
a
fakva
It will become a miniature
Why can’t you be like her.’ Maybe I can’t make high
stood about 150 cm. high
sporting
goods
store
here.
* that doesn’t mean I’m no good, does it? I’m me, not
and ts face wa- covered with city for eight day :, with shops,
h-.-r,’’
Hattori became the first Ja dark brown hair hanging from international post offices, teleone 16-year old Sansei- Many JA teenagers today seem
: Jo resent the constant prodding to achieve by their parents. In panese to climb the Matterhorn’s the head. Its eyes were round phone exhanges, and banking
fact. Mum and Dad’s insistence that their offspring be the best in north wall in 1965. He has also and the nose was big like a services.
of the gorrilla.
all endeavors appears to have the opposite effect these days.
climbed the
An amateur radio station will
be set up for Scouts who have
"-'iy folks bought me a new car, and this year they sent
When he tried to photograph
He led a group of nine clim- it. the creature turned around broadcasting licences.
tug-name. private college. Now, every time I don't do
ex -After the jamboree, the Scouts
as they want, they* ‘throw it up in my face’ about me car bers in an :attempt to scale the and began moving down the slope
Himapeak
of
the
7,661-meter
world
conference will be held in
toward a ravine.
college and remind me how much they’ve done for me.
f
ailed
in
Mav
but
Tokyo
from August
layan
range
I a car. but it didn’t have to be a new one, and one of the
Hattori hurriedly took pictures
peak
because
of
bad
About 500 adults are expected
■ s:rve colleges was where I really wanted to go. The only to reach the
of the back of the creature and
weather.
to
attend to discuss the future
spent the money on those fancy things was so they
its footprints before it disap
c . • -c-g :o their friends about them.” Children too frequently
development
of Scouting.
.
May
17,
At about 1 p.m
peared into the ravine.
Sft ir.eir parents strive not only to keep up with the Joneses, but Hattori said, he wa,
done on the
When he told the other clim
set
un
at about
econd
-o keep one step ahead. It is natural for young people, in
Japan Actress On NBC
V,ov
bers of the creature they did not
'5 this fact, to question their parent’s motives when status 5.200 meters and was collect:
BURBANK. — Miko Mayama,
believe him at first. Eut the
snow about 15 meters from,
w’-. such as a fancy college or car, are involved.
the
Tokyo-born beauty who ap
footprints
convinced
them
that
naive sometimes, it’s ridiculous. My tent, to prepare tea.
are
peared
several seasons ago on
•
was
A making it up.
1
ruv who hanoens to be a dentist s son.
noticed someone coming up
The :
‘prints were about 16 NBC-TV’s “Hey, Landlord” com
has money that
me to his left. Thinking it
ems think that just -because his fami
series,
will
playChief
r-2
long and about 13 crn. edy’
a she.roa. he yelled at. the
t triend for my brother. But this guy is a mess up’ at
Ironside
’
s
(Raymond
Burr)
Ko
thumb was shaped
pill
nd I've heard that he steal , too. My mother
'or
an animal's than a I rean foster daughter in the
think it’s important to know how much money my
renlv.
“Ironside” episode, “Joss Sticks
mis have. ‘And what does YOUR father do?’ is the
Hattori
a pp
arid Modding Bells,” coming up
H
he film
when I bring
' discovered that it was walking
in the new season on the NBC
up the snow-covered slope on
(Cont. on Page 8)
(Continued on Page 8)
By ELLEN ENDO
Astronaut Armstrong & Son To Japan
Japanese Claims He Saw Monster
I