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kinawaExpo 75 Chief Hostess Recalls Wartime Suffering & Later Turmoil
^on’ The slender 36-year
old lighters of an Okinawan-born JaLike most Okinawans, she calls should stay out of Okinawa but
heavily de-.
de­
.1 former
ttkiv
AmwiMns . “Americar-san,
American-san.”; or I practically - they ... are ^heavily-.,
former- radio
radio^script
script writer
writer has
hasI nanese
panese AArmy
officer who wass I Americans
generation- of stationed in China.: She. returned Mt. American. It is- a habit cul­ pendent on- Uncle 'Sam’s spend-:
MOTOBU.' — -When- the sun lived through a
- ,
beyond the ‘ ultra-modern turmoil that swept her tiny sub­ to her devastated island home in tivated during . 27 years of Ame­ ing.
rican domination- which; ended in?
Aquapolies”* «Ohe Expo ‘75, tropical island of Okinawa.
’ 1946.
“I know^ some - Americans
at
It was one of World War Il’s
iss Setsuko -Miyazato, remem“We were unloaded at a near­ 1972 with the reversion of Oki-, bases who' are very; nice people
ered a similar ; sunset" she,-saw bloodiest battlegrounds. In the by, post and were taken to -a ca­ nawa to Japanese rule.
They want to serve the OkinaThere are still almost .- 35,000 wan community ■ • with-.- volunteer
9 years ago at a nearby refugee final months of the; war, nearly mp where tall, blue-eyed Ameri­
50,- can soldiers sprayed us with DDT American military personnel ...on work on; English teaching. But,
mp as' American GIs were sp­ 160,000 Okinawa civilians,
000
Japanese
soldiers
and
12,000
aying DDT all-over her body.
because many people had lice this island of one-million people. then I remember that after, all'
'Now'Miss Miyazato is the at- Americans were killed, including and fleas at that time. That was Miss Miyazato appears to repre­ they are military' personnel and
ractive-chief of-18-hostesses at Miss -Miyazato’s uncle. ■
the first time I saw an Ameri- sent, most of the? islanders who
Cont. on Page 2
say ideally s the
U.S.
Forces
he Ocean -Fair’s , Okinawa Pavi- ? She is the eldest of- three da- can-san,” she said. .
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The De to Canadian
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
Vol- XXXIX — 65

FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1975 v

Name In The News
Recalls J.C. Property Case

Japanese
Astronomer
Discovers
New Star

• Toronto, Ont.

Former War Standee Finds
Haven" On His Brazil Ranch

CAMPO GRANADE, Brazil. — drove him into the jungle with Eighteen months - after; ending his. 240 of his men.
the..properties and valuables of . By KEI TSUMURA
29-yearw'ait to surrender arms ? Onoda said he plans to--raise
Japanese Canadians while (they
at the close of Worl^ War II, cattle and pigs with his brother
SALT SPRING ISLAND, B.C. were placed in
concentration
f ormer Japanese army: lieutenant Tadao.
i
— A name familiar to all Japa­ camps; an. act described by, the
Hiroo Onoda has taken upcatt-:
He decided to settle in Brazil
/
nese Canadians, whose lives were late Prime Minister Lester. Pear­
le. farmingdn -this remote corner last year after visiting So. Ame­
shredded - during' thf infamous son as ’ “a black, indelible mark
of So.. America interior.
rica with some members of. his,
evacuation, of - J.'C.’s from "the in Canadian history;’’ / .:.?.
Jai
OITA.

A
44-ycar
old
“I feel.. like "a young man of family. While his hope was to
Pacific Coast, wast again in'the
• / In the 1960’s, an Issei - couple, panese am'ateur astronomer said 25,” the 53-year old Onoda, told, see /my. land'full of cattle,” O-news recently — in the-obituary
Mr. and Mrs. Torazo
Iwasaki recently he; has / discovered -a reporters whor recently
visited- noda lamented that hh. was- ha- /
column: Mouat.
made : a court appeal concerning new star and ■ it has . been offici-' his farm. The diminutive: ex-off-; ving difficulty with the Portu-'
, William Mouat, wealthy busithe; confiscation of their property ally, recognized by the Smith­ icer: in .'Wakay ama' captured wo­ gese^Tahguage.
?
nessmany^director- of?.the Lady
on Salt Spring Island, now es­ sonian Astrophysical/Observato­ rld attention, when on March 9,

I
just
can

t
exchange?
ideas
*
Minto Hospital," member of the
timated to be worth over 1.5 mi­ ry of the United States. - '
1974 he./finally- received ( official: with*- my friends,” the dictiona­
school board/ devoted - - church
llion.
orders and gave .up his arms. ry-carrying bachelor said. \? Re-_

.
Yoshiyuki
Kuwano;
a
;
.
resid-.
member,* and the local'justice' of
•Mir.
Iwasaki
came
to
Canada
He.
had
remained
on
;
active
venues"/derived
from-.his,
--book,;
ent
in
Kyushu,
said
he
spotted
the peace, passed away peace­
fully at the ripe old age of 90. in 1901, and bought 640 acres, of the new star­ accidentally while duty on Lubang in the Philippi­ describing His-jungle experience,
land with 2 miles of ' shoreline
helped to buy the farm/
/ Although J.C.’s may not re- on Saltspring. Working hard as photographing the Galaxy Sys- nes since .1944/whem/^-^
tern
July
15.
member old - Billy, too" well, they
a fisherman,- and. atx other jobs,
‘He. said the star is of the- Niwill his brother, the- late Gavin
the - couple -made a- down-pay­ nth Magnitude! and it is not vi­
Mouat. '" _ .
ment and finally^ in 1940, paid
sible to the naked eye. z
Gavin, was the agent .for., the,
off; the property. Then / - came
government '^custodian ."who held World War II, the confiscation,
Kuwano said the Smithsonian
informed
him the star .has.- been
TOKYO. —’ A recent poll indi­ cent,said they/ Suppoft^it..
- *
and the concentration^ camps. .
recorded as “New, Star? 1975, cated ^most Japanese, feel " they
" However/'67" per-iceht ‘. "said
/One day while Iwasaki sat in
Constellation> Sagittarius Arch­ “must not forgot” or
“cannot they do not belike 1 the govern-?Cabin 134 in the-J.C. concentrati­
er”.
forget”, the nuclear devastation
on caihp in Grenwood, B.C., he re­
ment is observing the. policy., .
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki wr­
ceived: a Tetter from. Ottawa inf- j
The poll-'also /revealed ' that".
ought by the. United States 30
arming- (him- of the: sale of part ;
47
’ per /cent/ of those; questioned?-,
years
ago.'

V
~
~
'
,
,
/
,
of his property . <for - $5,250. Iwa­
felt-there.:was
no/heed for Japan .
, TORONTO." — Nisei
strong­ saki-received a cheque for $4,932.
The poll 'conducted- by? the vneiwto
depend/'bn/the
U.S. - nuclear-,
man and gym .operator,; Mr. Ma- (less commission, naturally).!spaper Asahi Shimbun:.by - inter­
umbrellai'f
or
bits
a secur ity ; ^while s
ck Miya recently broke his own wasaki. -refused and sent .the
viewing'- at; randoms<3000 ‘persons
world’s - record - for . the ■; one-arm cheque <baclc ■ -to the secretary of
in June • showed. 59 .per cent repli­ 29'per cent said it was .needed.''
lift;at”a;contest in’ San Francis­ state.
ed
they must hot forget;
and
TOKYO. — The government
co. Competing against- 20 of Cali­
24
-per
cent
they
cannot
forget;
To make a long story short, has designated 190 more- defor­
fornia’s ’ top weightlifters, Miya Iwasaki’s whole property , had med children . as victims of the and six per cent they want to
successfully^ .lifted 310
pounds been conveyed to the secretary drug thalidomide, making,. each forget;; /The remaining -11
per.
with, one arm.,
'- '
of state in- Ottawa and on the eligible for compensation of at cent had no' opinion.
? Miya, who. is-53 years old, ow­ same day-was again conveyed least $30,000.
On the question of why the
ns. andfpperatesLjMaek’s/ Gym on to a company called Salt Spring
The'Health and Welfare Mini- UiS.- resorted (to the infamousmse
.Queen " Street' in Toronto.
Lands-Ltd.
,
'
stry made the designation .; with of the atomic bombs* against- Ja­
HIROSHIMA? — Among the
- Two Vancouver lawyers Ray the assistance of Dr.? Widukind pan, 52 per cent replied it was papers recently-.sent ? here from MacLeod and DonSmall,. who Lenz, the* West German;-scientist to? force Japan to. surrender; 22 the ’U.S.’ National. Archives/was
took up - the" cudgel? for- .the .Iwa­ who first-linked the' use of-thali­ per cent, said it -was^for. studying a telegram from; Lt./Gen.-/Leslie
saki’s ; discovered- (that the
Co. domide by? pregnant; .woman .-with the effect , <rf the A-bomib; arid Groves, > head ; of • the Manhattan <.
Salt Spring Lands Ltd. .had as the birth of * deformed babies.’.- . four per; cent said.“racial /discri­ Project for? developments ofatoits President’>-T-aha,?guess: who?
Compensation from the govern­ mination against the Japanese’ mic/bombs, to^Gem “George C? —; the agent of the government
ment and the Dai. Nippon? Phar­ led to the ' bombing.? Those ; - who Marshall, U.S. Army - chief * of ■
GARDENA, s^Calif. — Ameri­ custodian, old-- Gavin . Mouat /him­ maceutical Co.-, which manufactu­ said; they had 'no opinion; totaled staff;? dated Aug? 10,T945, which
■;
■ red and distributed thalidomide 22 per cent.
, discloseik'the -U.S^wassplanning
can Sansei/Vincent- H. Okamoto self.1
^/Gardena,.: formers Army cap- - Somehow, the Iwasaki’s lost
On
banning
of
nuclear'
weap
­ to drop/a third - atomic/bomb Joris
in Japan, ranges from „$30,000 to
^ah . who’ was^ decorated
with their case.
Japan.
ons,
those
who
"
supported

.the
$134,000 depending on the seve­
Gavin Mouat is dead now. Un­
^e Ration’s- second highest awmovement',
were
behind
41''
per
/While "the telegram does not
rity of the case. - ,
'
,^> /the s Distinguished
Service fortunately, so is Mr,; Iwasaki ■ —
cent
to
50
per-cent. Nine per cent name - the Japanese - city, • it* said
Cross, for} heroism in. the Viet- another .man. who typified the ‘ The ministry said the amount had no answer? ‘ . '
' another bomb "of ,the^ same '.type
generation of compensation is based on an
nam/Campaign, is .now;a deputy hard-working' Issei
-dropped - oh • p Nagasaki./Zhad;
On
the
Japanese
government

s,
district attorney in Los Angeles' who held’ principles, . integrity, October 1974 compromise agree­ policy of -not producing, -not > po- beeh^ completed ’-four days fear
ment; with the parents of 63 de­
c9rinty.. He :. also was. awarded and a belief in justice foremost
ssessing and not;-allowing a/fo; Her than-scheduled and could be.
^-Silver "Star, Bronze
Star, and '• got Kung-fued. honky-style formed children: who had filed a reign/country ;./to bring nuclear shipped from Newi Mexico to Ti- ;
^W^Hflart; and.theVie tnamese in the kintamas ?for their -trou­ •joint law suit against the govern­ bombs /into the ‘country; 77per nian on "Aug.?, 12 or? 13.? ' ?</" *
ment ’and the company in 1965.
Cross of Galantry.
ble.

Poll Indicates Japanese WillNot
Ever Forget Atrocity Of A-Bombs

Nisei Strongman
BrealcsOwn
World Record 1

Compensation For
Jpnz. Victims
Of Thalidomide

U.S. Was ReddyTo
Drop 3rd A-Bomb
OnJphzPeople

Sansei Herd Is
Niw LosAngeies
DeputyD.A.

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| Naoya Shiga In Double Focus |

The New Canadian

£agenn^j£e«lfl&^
witbJjangAm^^
Associathm of Ontario
married:.But;:niyfather-was! ve­
J/JJT^w^uldjstill’l^
■ Shiga.Naoya. By’Francis Ma- The Western “focus,” which fo­
Second Glass man . :
ry
jVeryangryjalthoughmy
mo
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islandmfJOkinawaisinJanabrms the -body of the, work, is
thy.NewYork:TwaynePubliNo. D-0866
hormal-situation' with two little ther-tried t o/persuade’him,m
fair
enough
to
make
one
wonder
shars.
Inc.,
-1974.
Pp.
188,
$8.50,
\ industry and;too many U.S. mi­ aunt; left the village and: now li?
T. UMEZUKI Pnbliaher ;
not; only why ‘Someone; bothered
litary .installations. "But/'I will ves ’in/ Chiba near: Tokyo.; She : is.
K. C. TSUMURA
Reviewedby;
^ to write? about Shiga but' also
ItagliaiiSeetionEditM’ still bitter about my-dad.”
why rone is bothering to read the
DONALD RICHIE
KENMORI
cause?.after< all,/it’smy;home,” _i Mis's Miyazhto^became a radio'
results; The ;final section,-howe­
Japanese
Section Editor
she' said.
scriptwriterona;^ commercial
There - are some authors who ver, rightly titled “T^
479 QUEEN ST. WEST
stationing
speak- directly only'- to their ; co-^ vement ? of; Shiga /Naoya,” vindi­
|||$K^a^pfsii^^
Toronto, Ont. M5V-2AI
im;a>%kyo?uniye^si^Butaif-; untrymen. Though they may- be
^riftioriJtanipngBOkiri^
cates not only the. author but al­
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feel that the. mainland Japanese teryseVefal'years^ she found less; acknowledged / “classics”; abroad; so the literary ; culture < • from
arid Jless’ work ; because; “^
d®lndtl®und^st^d^
the foreign reader/does: ^
which he' comes.
jornetwork/started.-cont^^
derstand why they should be so
‘pfbblemsttair^^retsirnp^
Father- Mathy concedes that,
my station.” It is one example highlythoughtofandsopopultot profit; frp^
if?;literature
. is conceived of as
hugeinvestments.Okinawa;has of what Okinawans call economic ar.; One; such writer.?m^
the
;
represehtatipn
of; reality,
been ah isolated and economically■ invasion by big mainland . busin- nold. Bennett, widely
read in
‘.‘the "ordering and interpretatibackward territory since it fbeGreat Britain .and few., places
Help Wanted 6h-;bf - the experience ;o^
came . af Japanese prefecture 7; in ;v;Japanese/dohcern for; to
else?'Another would 'be;Jean GiEXPERIENCED sewing machine
ri'awaris’; sensitivities ; arid; w
■ ono; beloved in France alone.'And then Shiga’ is a very minor writhe’lateiSth/century.’;'/
operators- wanted / for sewing blo­
ter.If
;
however,
literature
,


Ja
­
mesufferingalmostcostCrown yet: another; is the subject of the
.’Miss'/Miyazato’s ;-f^
uses
at home. Apply in person,
panese*literature
-r

:
is
/conceived
v»4u»« .„±i. Prihce;;Akihito;^
present' monograph," Naoya Shi­
ried^qme .front;China.. with-all.
Better
Blouses Co., 460^ Rich,
as
something
else,
then/the
eva
­
.tfieirgbelongingsit irisone old suit-il just before /^
ga.
mond
St.
W., First Floor (Toroluation * must be different. ’ .
criser They 'settled in a -small when he visited the1 Himeyuri
This - mysterious lack of- fore­
-nto).
/ ‘‘Traditional Japanese
litera­
/a
Monument.
'~ straiwroOTe^ii^^
ign understanding is: not • only
ture
at
its

best
was
never
stric
­
;>

Twd
/radicals
hurled
a
.
gasoline
5
(jitySrotliSO^mbre^jOilie
amatterof trarislation—thotly a literature of mimesis. . .
Ker?;fath<^
arming.- ;bom^
ugh in the Jcase of Shiga more
Auto-Fire-Life
what
the Japanese - artist /; tried,
of
:
ari
:
underground
-.shelte'r
/secu
­
^T^/^preanjJwarJlri^ke^
than one translator has given
All Form* Of
to do was to capture as much
rity police; had riot checked.;=Offiup -arid the single long ' work,
1950 and meant more U.S. mili­
INSURANCE
of the reality, or life of the pa­
cefs i explained; such' probing;^
tary; installations; a
the ..episodic - “Journey Through
^d?'haye;:mad€?the;;;;6
ssing moment as
possible. ? .
fori trie7.Okina>vans?^^
DarkNight”(Anya’Koro)TemaThe West tend to place greatest
feel that police insulted the 188
ins? untranslated.Ratheritse‘‘Americari-san
established a
teenage girls' who •committed/ su­ ems to be a matter of national significance upon .the fullness, of
big. Marine' base for the Korean
beingthatwilHro
icide there. ’
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ethos.' Shiga,' both - himself and'
War-near bur village; This’resulprocessf of: booming;;, . it is< w
Okinawa was returned to Ja- his writings;'embodies ?som
Home:
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ted in an entertainment /district- paneserule in l972 and the govterminal point .of ; history - that
ing which the Japanese: (arid anear the , - village with ' women
gives meaning to each ■ momen­
ernment /offered to sponsora na­
ppaferitly only the
Japanese)
inloudcoloreddressesand/flowtarysegment of it. The East,
tional athletic" meeting. and/;ther
find important? .■>.'■ ^
er-patterned scarf.
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on "the other hand, places-grea­
International-Ocean Expo ‘75- to.
Prewar Japanese
critics, la-, test ^significance? upon the /full­
-/“On Christm
establish tourism as a;major;inans / visited" our village, and gave’ dustry for the island.
__ vish in their praise made inuch ness1 that can be discovered and
ofthe?author’s“siricerity.”They experiencedineach
gifts/’tothe^
individual
“But the-^reversion . came--' with
found the /confession: of despair; phenomenon. /The present mom­
er ’ I got a; bag of candy ’in. the
turmoil,” Miss' Miyazato " said.
(Wrtered?Accountant .
design of'a ‘Santa_Claus and my “ When?" our Okinawan dollar cur-’ of-.impotence,of self-hatred refle­ ent is meaningful - in itself; it is
- Suite 2306
sister got a*'toy locomotive.'We"
cted : in .his .almost;entirely auto­ grasped' without/ reference to. ei­
;rency2was?swit»hed/to yen, the-;
2
BLOOR
ST?/WEST .
were -very happy because' 'such
biographical work: moving / and ther past or future.
re yvas^
- TORONTO, ONT.
irnportant. Postwar : critics ; were
tbysiSwereSbardly available at
buy-.things cheaper an
dollars
f Shiga’s / sehsitmty ; can; -therer
tnalH^inifi®^^
more severe.
fore be seen - as profound rather
aiid/eyerybody/m
“More and 'more soldiers and eveiything. lt was- a:kind of pa-:; : While praising the: celebrated than “morbid,” and his2- concern
military -cars_ came to our villa- hicthatsymbolizesthe-reversion style; they did? not, think- so. hig- with self and only self need not
ge|jS^^^
hly: of ' the confessional contents. be viewed as . self-indulgent, it
^pi?me?®;?|g#S7^
ma^ied||Am^c^^
, “I don’t have any great exp­ Atthe;sametime,however?the may zalsp be ’seen as-^the /. o
CHARTERED
ce?si5nef^^
publicly proper subject of the Eastern
ectations that the Japanese go­ most severe - of them
SM^B^oulH^/Wn^&y/iff vernment- would improve Okiha-. bridled when .a noted
foreign ^writer.
ACCOUNTANT
'
'
ti|fe|^h^<|^)i^
wans?life/arid;economy.;But,I scholar candidly stated that' he ' /The‘ author’s argument; is per­
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Hagers.ostracized them? J?' did not understand- why: the work suasive, reasonable and,2 one fefelt,^for;;example,;ro
Toronto^Ont.M8V"lAl;/
“An?aunt?pfi mineafelljirij/loye huilt’/fromJthembnSyyoul'd?^
was accorded such extreme im­ els,just.ItissupportedbymaPhon# 252*3513
portance or why: it was conside­ hyextractsfromShiga’swork
military: highways; b
red
.fiction
at
all?
,

.
.wan 'citizens’- highways.” /
(though ;ho 'single work is rende­
^iss Miyazato joined the staff ;? 0bvi6usly, Shiga- speaks-;dhe-_ red complete) -and helps us un­
"ctly to the Japanese and to few derstand not only Shiga himself
of/the,?Okm
73. It features the'/- history of else. Understanding this, Father but also .the literary culture fr­
the -Pacific - island fandstresses Mathy in his careful and? detaile d om which he springs. If the. Ja­ 1223^^10
■HIM the/battIe?ofOkinawa-withiem- study of the author anc hTs work­ panese
think .so- highly of him
(At Rtmnymede) Toronto
finds / it necessary to create a it is because 'he so richly sha­
^RCAJ^ZENITH??/^?? nants.ofjw^
“dquWe fo<^”; for; the man arid res the phyehological and philometsturoed'iritopansplu
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points.of view,? exposing what-^ upon /the inner view?,—- ’ all that
aryv;.Coinmund./;.;;^^
/;?“i;;;i^nt?visitors/toim^
would: consider /’self-indulgences, is left of the contemplative ideal;
■Ster^?Cc>TO
that/iOkiriawa? is ; the ; only--. Jap'a- weaknesses;;flaws in construct­ the decision- to. trust only ' nature
? 1955/ MIDLANDAVE.
neseterritory/that/experienced ion, etc. The final chapter tre- — including all the natural -va­
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ground battles and /that ; Okina- ats?him"-from/tire Japanese .point garies of'.self; and-the supreme
StABBORb;HM»RI*Uiiy wansneverwantawaragain,” of view.. — one in which . his
ability to live in the present, the.
his' instantnow.totaste/itsfullness,
she said pointing at various .we­ “morbid” interest in' self,
I
“ra- to savor its passing. ' apons? and equipment?;; displayed, “illogicality,”hislack.of
in-ibhe-pavilidhi urider dim' lights. tional” / story-telling art,. are Jail
found unimportant "in the face
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Personal Notes Across Canada
Obituaries
TAKASHIMA

WAKABAYASHI

TORONTO. — Leonard M. Takashima passed away suddenly
at : York County Hospital on August 21st, 1975. He was in his
54th year. • Dear son of Mr. &
Mrs. Senji. Takashima, dear bro­
ther of James of Vancouver, Tho­
mas and Joseph of . Edmonton,
Mary (Takayesu), and Shizuye of
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TOKYO.— A 58-year old Ja­
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panese- building: contractor who
For further information please-contact^Tosh Ono 783-2213 or
sent a distress signal while at­ Tom Omura 757-4370.
tempting a solo crossing of the
Pacific on -a small-raft- of ' " oil
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(MONTREAL. — Montreal Buddhist Church’s Annual Big event
Kiyohisa Ono was first picked “BON ODORI” was held on Saturday, July 12bh . on the stage of
UP by a Japanese fishing boat Piark Lafontaine’s “Theatre Under the ^Stars’’.
Under the balmy starry July skies, the eager Minyo dancers
and-then was- transferred to the
patrol boat . recently about 180 helped to enchant the 1,000 odd/spectators for a delightful hour
miles east of here.
and a half programme, which opened with nearly50?dancers for
The agency quoted Ono as say­ the opening number, “Sakura. Odori”, from the 'front: of- the - stage.
It was ably opened by tri-lingual master of ceremonies, Mr.
ing that a screw propeller was
Kenny
Nakano with -benediction from Rev. Takahatake, to the
lost and he could? not continue
enchanting
music and exciting taiko - beats from drummer/ Mr. Ta­
the voyage with sails, alone.
kashita. After long months of practice under the able guidance
The agency. sent two
patrol
boats - and an aircraft to search of Mrs. Marge Hayashi and assistants, Mrs. Kimi Gekko- and Mrs.
Kay Matsns-hita; the? evening of odoris; was executed , with fine , fi­
for the raft immediately after
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and enthusiasm.
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varietyof
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performed,
the
popular
'numbers
cepted by two Japanese • amateur
were “Hoheri Taiko Odori”-- performed by the-- children with hachioperators.
. Ono left Yokosuka, a U.S. na­ maki, Happi and sticks, the teen-agers “Kiiroi Sakurambo”, the
val base site south of Tokyo, fast paced-cha'cha music, the juniorsdancing to the 2 fans “NanJuly 31 abroad the two-masted goku Tosa” and the ever popular “Okesa < no Hyakuman. Byoshi”,
“Tsubaki Ondo”, '“Hanagasa JTsukiyo”, “Kishu
raft made-- of- 58 empty oil dru- “Mikuni Bushi
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ms , with an auto - body- fixed a- Shirahama Ondo”.
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top for a cabin.
“Tanko Bushi”, enthusiastically supported by many tobi-iris,. both
It was equipped with a 24-hoJapanese arid Caucasians, adding the final'joyous touch to; com­
rsepower engine ■and ? a
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plete the job ,on atmosphere' of the evening.,
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he
Our'“Thank You” to everyone who took part in making the
was bounded for San Francisco
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I, fliBBiiiisf The Japanese Martial Art Of Aikido
I^MH^B'

direction you apply, your techni­ nt it firmly; into the subconscious
que on an ? opponent who is . mo­ mind . through; repeated practice
Mind and Body Coordinated. By
ving ? straight toward -you; you In^due jime'the level of masteij
Koichii Tohei, Japan Publications,
must be: careful to lead and to would ,lbe'- such, .that • one -will ^
1968
-and
avoid a "direct collision with his able to throw an opp onent with,
Inc. (First edition
strength.’’ . “Tenkari” is explain­ out . allowing ' even a finger to
revised edition 1 March ' 1975)
ed thusly:? “You turn yourb'ody touch him by leading the attac
1,000 gravure illustrations front
from your opponent’s line of a ker’s Ki. toward the intended di;
photos by - IheiMisaki .180. PP
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ttack, cause his- strength to flow rection.” '
OBMIBSilS
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off wasted,- move -your ' body to . . Besides ; stressing . the import. ' -up of wealthy' Japanese ind'ustri- lll^BOio
a place where his .strength is ahce of cooperative practice will
ralistsfrbmTTokyd! hasifeached
inactive', and lead him.”
;• .
good feeling on both sides, th>
agreement? with/Horace'C.Sto- ~ Aikido' has always been one

The author also' goes into self- author reminds : the ■ reader that
Noting that “if one wants to
/ ;^ha^^
defense for women. But he poin­ “aikido is originally the. wa/J
o/the'mos/T
obtain an unmovable body,' he
/hci^^GiantSi;with';the;iransac7 ern ..martial arts.. For tone ^
ts out that although there are no non-fighting,” making it nece­
tion to be finalized- at the end the; public, rarely. : gdts' a ; chance must first obtain an immovable special techniques, devised solely ssary for .one’, to return the att-'
of this season,; it was learned to see it in action since there mind,” Tohei points the way by forwomen,“allaikidotechniques ack from ' his -side. “The persoi
instructing the- student, to “relax- recently.
'
are no contests or tournaments;
his whole body ■ completely and can be mastered by young or old, attacked,-rather than perceiving
For slightly more 'than
$17 moreover, - attempts . to . explain
men, swomen or children: because the situation as conflict-ridden,
it' are/irivariably .;1 obscured, by think - of the one point.” He loca­ aikido/relies jon/the correct use can approach it positive-minded
?m^
tes it at the center of the' abdo­
ceive all- assets/of the National flights into the mystic realm of men and also, “the center of the of . ki rather than on strength.” and turn it into a harmonious
the’ spirit. For example, the late
'

Several .arrest techniques are dance.”
?%Eih&itidri/C^^
universe.”
.
Morihei Ueshiba, the founder.of
In elaborating on bhis last sta- also shown' and' explained, 'since - . All in all, “This Is Aikido” is
‘ the Giants,, their farm. ? system .aikido -who died in the late 1960s
temcntjTohei.
expl ainsthat.“ the as Tohei points out: “Although the ideal - book, for both the be­
.in'his80s,once?told'hisfollow■ultimate
purpose"
of ;"Aikido., is to aikido is a way of peace, we ginner as-well " as the experien­
;/pler;at;’(^/GSn3/(Srife??T ers: “The'God of the Universe
become
onewith
the
juniverse by must sometimes use it, in this
turned into purple smoke ; and
ced aikidoman.
The .sale" marks _thefirst time
providing training so that eve- world we live in, to counter vio^
^aan&jiiftoSS^^
complete ’ownership of -, an Arything 'man does ;.? conforms to lence?’ He claims that the mar­
./ Now - in his - newly, revised, mu- the laws of the universe.
.merican.i^^
Our gin of safety can be. greatly in­
eh? improved .edition - of “This ?Is j life force and’our bodies-are born creased by applying aikido-ba­
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Aikido,’’KoichiToheihaspro- of the ki of the universe. Each sed arrest ^ techniques, including
reign interests. \?
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bably come; closer . than -anyone of our lives is .a' part of the ki one devised'-against' three; oppon­
/T/stoneliia^
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the- report, insisted negotiations so far in revealing, the inner my­ of- the universe enclosed within, ents.steries'- of-• aikido, 5especially that the' skin: of our • bodies.- We■ call it
///.were/still/^
: In his ‘ conclusion, Tohei stre­
/Last' month; the directors of 'elusive • element. called “ki.” But ‘living’" when our ki- is flowing sses the importance' of ■ practi­
2008 Lawrence Ave. East
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variety,; of applications.1 In. some
tion/hf /tnind ^
at the following locations:'
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centrat/h/: mi^
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them'inhisglossary,' “irimi”me/
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think with .'alkhis .might-1^
power of his-dnnef-min^
his
ki,’ is flowing forth from his arm
and fingertips with great force
far into the distance.” “Ki”.'being- extended through, thearin
niakes ?;it /unbendable in; the sa­
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mes unibendable.when-the watersis
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