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A Letter From Montreal
"Peai' Kyoto . . ."

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Lethbridge Centennial Odori Concert Big Success
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. —- The tended^ the evening performance:
Lethbridge and -District Japanese were Mr. Dick Johnson, Minister
Centennial ./Society - presented an of Municipal Affairs,— Alberta;
odori concert on May 29th at the Senator Bud Olson, Ottawa;' Mr.
Japanese
Lethbridge Civic Centre. More Hiroshi . Funakoshi,
than/ 100 dancers performed / be­ Consul, Edmonton; -Mrl ■ A. C.
fore a capacity audience oh both Anderson, Mayor of Lethbridge
concerts; MU. Yosh Oishi open­ and Mrs. Sadayd Hayashi, Naed the concert with a smart tionaT Director Centennial Odori,
Sarisei group dancing to the music Calgary.
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Augmenting the program were
of Kon-nichi-wa.
Among the dignitaries who at riumerous -Okinawa dances, among

them
“Katami Bushi”,
“Shochiku-Bai-Tsurukame.’”*
Solos by Ron Sakamoto of
Lethbridge, Mrs. -Takako Sugimoto and.Mrs.- Hisako Takahashi
of Raymond were enjoyed by all.
The program concluded by the
performances of Kenbu and Senbu
by Mr. and Mrs. Nagao of Hawaii
who are teachers , there in the

Thankyou very much for inviting me to visit you while you
were- oh your’ sabbatical in Kyoto. I am glad that I did.
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■What a ^privilege it was to spend an afternoon':with writer
Tsurumi Shuinisuke. There is no'question in my mind that his repu­
tation as -one of Japan’s top intellectuals is well merited.
It was a . most stimulating evening ' of: conversation when we
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dined at the home of Professor Naka and his wife.
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to say a few words in my'halting Japanese to the graduate students’
seminar at Kyoto University. •

* .^.I’ve (been back, in Montreal for a’ few’weeks'now but I cannot
wait,for my head to clear before writing to- thank you and your
family; And while Tm at it, let. me write down a few impressions on
- the surface of my mind-r- you might call them raw impressions.
The moment'-I was swallowed up by the crowds at Haneda air­
port an invisible shadow seemed to fall away from me — I Was no
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
longer a member of a minority race.
. My first- impression ‘ of Tokyo formed as I looked out on
Tokyo’s skyline from the thirtieth floor windows of the Press Club
Vol- 41— 55
FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1977
TORONTO, ONTARIO
restaurant. Tokyo is pulsating with life, more vibrant, I think, than
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any other city in'the world.
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After two martinis — or was it bloody marys— Shinobu took
me to the Press Club library.: He loaned out a book and pushed it
into _my hands. I read the book into the early morning hours. It was a book
of memoirs, written ’under an assumed name, of a Canadian Nd sei
recalling his hallowing experience as a Russian prisoner of war. .
Are we really masters of our. own fate ? The -thin veneer of
civilization or sophistication will crumble sooner or later-, at the
threshold of self-preservation. Friendship, ..honor, loyalty — they
KELOWNA, B.C. — The rezon- property temporarily will be from building of the project. Working
mean one thing wihen the band is playing “from the halls off ing of the Kelowna Japanese Burtoh Rd. and when -the remain­ drawings are now being made
Montezuma,” or “miyo tokai no sera akete . . .” Rut what when we Senior Citizens homesite finally ing adjoining properties are de­ for approval for Land use Con­
face starvation, when that extra life-saving morsel depends on
received approval of City Council veloped the access will change to tract.
betraying bur comrades.?
Incar Rd.
It. is hoped by late, fall, the
At his home near Shibuya, Akiyama sensei told me the story on June 29th.
Presently the Provincial Hous­ actual building of the house will
It is' now a reality that the
of another Nisei. She was a brilliant student at Vancouver’s
Japanese language school and she was encouraged to continue her home will be built. The site is the ing Ministry is in the process of begin. The project will have 14
studies in Japan.
immediate lot south of the 5 purchasing the property..Yama­ single' units, 5 double occupancy
- J don’t know how it happened, but it is not difficult to imagine.
Bridges Grocery Store on Suther­ uchi-Takeuchi Associated Archi­ units and one unit for the handi­
During the war .she became one of the several girls that used to
land Ave. The access ' to the tects will design and supervise capped.
broadcast in English as Tokyo Rose.
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The war ended, and it was;reported that American troops were
The Society expressed their
on their way to the broadcasting studio. There was a mad rush to
appreciation, to the Kelowna and
escape. The -truck carrying the’ escapees was involved' in a traffic
District Japanese Community in
accident, and among (the dead was the Canadian Nisei.
fewer theirresponse to the current
.So you see, in my first impression of Japan, the ghosts of the
TORONTO. — Non-whites are during 1976, found that
past .were. resurrected and joined the mass of immediate life being barred from senior mana­ than six positions were held by membership drive. Approximately
the
impressions, and rushed in on me like the rush hour crowds of gement positions in Ontario com­ non-whites. That’s less than one- 70 have (registered with
Ginza’s underground.
Society.
panies, according to a survey ma­ third of 1 per cent.
Non-whites
comprise 6 to 7
de in public today by the Cana­
From Kyoto station, it is half an, hour by “kaisoku” train to
per cent of the population in On­
Umeda s tati on. in O sak a. Then a cross-town subway took me to my dian Civil Liberties Association.
tryst in front of the Kabuki Theatre in Namba. It was almost
In a letter condemning “the li­ tario.
H p.m. and most places of amusement were closed. But the night is
And the number may be high be­
ly-white character of the corpora­
young, I was assured, for. our pub-crawling. expedition.
cause the survey technique was
Junko’s mother was there as my host and guide. And Junko te sector,” the association asked
had sent her husband to-be our “yojimbo” in case we got too the Human Rights Commission, to to examine photographs. Doubt­
do something to make executive ful cases were designated as, non­
drunk or immobile.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Sen. S. I.
white, Borovoy said in a letter to
Through a narrow passageway, and we were in our first tiny offices accessible to non-whitts.
Hayakawa has seemingly climbed
bar.. Shouts of greetings, as we joined the regulars. As the ^irst
There are no existing regula­ Thomas Symons, commission cha­
aboard Anita Bryant’s anti-gaybottle of beer is opened, Junko’s mother asked the “master” to
tions that can prevent high-level irman.
make the connection. He .picked up the phone.
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“The evidence is insufficient to rights bandwagon, judging from
“Have you room now for a party of four?. And do a show. . . discrimination, said Alan Boro­
remark's made here last month.
something nice. For a special- guest from Canada . . . yes, that’® voy, general counsel for the -as­ warrant an allegation of delibe­
He said that homosexuals who
rate discrimination,” Borovoy sa­
right . . . from Mrs. Trudeau’s country . . .”
sociation.
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The association’s survey . of id. “It would be hard to believe, participate in “propaganda and
public f launting are making a big
On the backside of Japan, near the sea of Japan, there is a
1,913 newspaper announcements however, that discrimination was
historic village called Hagi. This village is famous as a hotbed that
not a factor at least in
some mistake . . . they’re going to be
nurtured Yoshida Sho in and his ’ group of brilliant young men of of promotions and appointments
cracked down on.” He also claim­
at the- senior management- level cases.
the early Meiji era.
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“Perhaps in some cases outmo­ ed that news media are “exag­
I arrived in the evening at “Hi-fu-mi ryokan. I changed into
ded recruitment and
promotion gerating the importance of the
yukata, took a hot bath, and enjoyed a leisurely meal. _
The air was muggy since we were approaching .the monsoon
practices have retarded the ad­ gay movement . . . this is a very
season. I was about to put on my shoes when the maid suggested
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vancement of non-whites ? Per­ small minority.”
I wear geta if I was thinking of going for a walk.
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haps the situation has been inf­
On the issue of homosexual
Once outside, I felt .pleasantly half naked, clad pnly in yukata,
luenced also by inertia?”
teachers, (he has said, “One must
geta on my feet, and a .Seiko watch -on my left writ.'I was dressed
Borovoy said non-whites undo­ rot discriminate on grounds of
as a samurai might have been when he went for a walk in Hagi a
TOKYO. — The Japanese Red ubtedly don't apply for positions race or sex so far as these things
hundred years ago.
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I pressed -a-hand gently against my left wrist . . . no swords .. . Cross Society observed its 100th at a senior executive level becau­ are relevant. But certainly I think
So no chambara fights. By the way, surely a samurai would have
anniversary May 20. It -was for­ se they believe they will encoun­ a_ person has a right to deny a
worn something under his yukata . . - hke a fundoshi . . .
med" during the Saigo ' rebellion ter discrimination.
job to a homosexual for reasons
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Employers ' should be urged to of policy within a particular kind
in 1877 when Tsunetami Sano and
The restaurant in Torakomai was called
others organized -a relief group advertise in the n on-white press of organization. I would be very
It was an elaborate restaurant and might ^ be
ethnic The outside decor simulated a street in edo-period Japan patterned after the
European and look outside the usual sour­ hesitant about homosexuals in the
Inside was a wealth of folk-art type decorations and displays of
Red Cross to give aid to
the ces of recruitment and promoti­ teaching profession, particularly
on, the association recommended. i dealing with the young.”
sick and wounded.

THE NEW CANADIAN

Kelowna J.C. Community Sr. Citizens
Homesite Receives City Approval

"Non-whites Barrel 1 From Senior Jobs"

S. I. Hayakawa
For Anita Bryant
Anti-gay Rights'

Japanese Red
Cross Observes
Its Centennial

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Friday, July 15, 1977

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old'wooden utensils. .

. ’? .'■ ’(Nakako was - treating, me to a "welcome to Hokkaido” dinner.’
T had ' enough - of 'the sit-down-on-the-tatami meals for the time
being, so opted for the rustic table and bench.
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I jiever t&uspected there were" so many varieties of shell fish
that could be eaten raw. Or that there were , so many - Hokkaido
spcialties. I think we .ordered too much .because- there was a- lot ..of.
leftovens'; when we finished our dinner over dark-coloured “bahcha;”
-We were serenaded throughout. the meal - by a hit- recording of
' Miyako - Harumi. “From an Inn in the North” and other ‘‘enka”
style popular songs. The words and music were in . the old . style,
but the rythmic accompaniments incorporated- touches of American.-:
style blues or the rock and roll. The effect was strangely appro­
priate and strangely appealing.

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We slurped down our miso ramen in Sapporo’s Ramen Yoko cho
—- a narrow street lined with nothing but ramen restaurants. Then
we went to see Chi-chan who is “mama-san” at "a bar called Konaya.
We were having “mizu-wari” and tidbits when two strangers
walked an.- One carried a large lion mask with movable jaws /that
bit playfully at bur heads. The cither man held up his hand and the
tips of-this fingers were missing. They di dn‘t ? ask for money in- so
many words, but we ended up by contributing 100 or 200 yen apiece.
When the intruders left with very polite thank-you’s,- “mama­
san” held a finger to her cheek. ' We had just had a visit from our friendly “yakuza.”
• .

Yes, I visited these places’ and many many more . . .<Nara —
Tenri —r- Kobe -—'Okayama —Kurashiki — Soja' —— Matsue ^-—
Izumo —- Nagasaki' — Misumi — Amakusa — Tamana — Kumamoto---- Hiroshima . > . Yes, I visited all these places and returned
to Kyoto with magic in my eyes. •
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It may the only a slight rainfall; Butrin a swiftly moving car,
the raindrops beating against the windshield creates an illusion
that it is raining harder than it is.
This magnifying effect, may have operated during my. travels
in Japan. I found everything faster, richer, and larger than life. I
i moved freely into and out-of peoples’ lives. And.when the time came
to leave, perhaps I was left sadder than I should have been. .
The plane at Haneda was late taking off. Maybe I was unfair
in blaming the delay on the CPA because it wasn’t a Japanese
airline. I had become so used to the clockwork precision of

lapanese trains'.
The 747 finally lifted off. Escaping the glow of Tokyo skies.
we were -swallowed swiftly into the night.
I felt a sudden constriction of “kokoro.” As if I were leaving
a part of my life 'behind. I also felt relief — that my travels .were
over and I was going home.
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Too bad, I thought, that we cannot live in two places at once.
Too bad that we cannot live close to all; the interesting people, we
meet and get to like. ■
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Pioneers
The' following articler about" early ? Japanese pioneers in Canada
is a translation from a series of recollections in' a book edited by
Jinshiro .Nakayama, “CANADA DOBO HATTEN ' TAIKAN”, pub­
lished liar 1922. The translators were - Hanako Sato and Tsutae, Sato.
of Vancouver, Sumi Nogami/ Dr. Yuki Nogami, Mitsu Moriyama,
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'Kusawake koromo* can be translated as “one who parts .the
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It is very important’ for an
immigrant -to learn the language,
of his new country. IL/most , of
the early Japanese immigrants
had learned to speak English,
many -problems . would not - have
occurred. For Japanese, new­
comers learning English was very
difficult.. -Many- could not speak
one word of English.
Let - me tell you the story of
Gensuke Hayashi. In 1892 Haya­
shi was working in Hastings Mill
and he felt poorly. Hayashi, earn­
ing a labourer’s wage,, lived without—too many comforts. He did
not have the money to see a
doctor or to buy medicine. But
even if he did he could- not make
himself understood. He decided to
improve his health by adding
tamago — eggs to his diet. *
Hayashi did not know the Eng­
lish equivalent for tamago nor did
he know how to ask for the
price of eggs. He was fluent in
Japanese but he did not even
know the A, B, C’s in English. .
Hayashi . went to a- grocery
store operated by. a hakuji n near
the Chinese district. He spread
his arms, imitated a chicken and
cried like a rooster. Then he used
his hands to make a shape of an
egg and showed his" money. The

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SUGINOMOTO

OGAKI

WINNIPEG: — MrsHana
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PersonalNotes Across Canada*

J«C. Youth Confab, Disco, Billeting

TORONTO. -— Last in a. series of 3 disco-pub-nites sponsored
by the JG. Youth Conference Committee. Attendance has- been great
at the 'previous two discos. Come down; and party, Thursday July
21, from 8 pm to 1 am at the Cultural Centre West Room.
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OSAKA — Average Japanese
For those of you who are 14 and over (young Issei, Nisei,
girls are experiencing menarche Sansei, Yonsei. The main concentration of participants will be 18
when they become 12 years and to 30 years,, but anyone interested, especially youth organizers are
six months old, and the - age is; more than welcome. For more information,, contact our office at the
Cultural Centre, tel. 4’29-0676,? and ask for Steve Isozaki, Janet
becoming younger year ; after
Ogaki, or Frances Endo.
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Got a spare place for a Youth Conference attendee? Young*
This fact was disclosed- by a people from all across Canada and the U.S will be dropping in on
group of scientists of Osaka Uni­ the Youith Conference and will . need a place to stay. Please phone
429-0676^429 (Janet or Steve) if you can billett.
versity who specialize in human
science, after they surveyed some
100,000 . girls throughout the
country.
MONTREAL. — The month of June was rain, rain and more
The age when the menstrual rain. Then on the 24th, the sky cleared, the climate tempered, and
function, begins became 16 months suddenly there was dancing-, singing, playing and rejoicing, as over
earlier than in the previous sur­ 700 Montreal converg'ed at the Longue Sault to celebrate the Cen­
vey undertaken five years ago, tennial Picnic.
It was the largest g-athering of Japanese in Quebec, and by
the group led by Assistant Pro­
unanimity it was the best organized affair ~of its kind, with all the
fessor Akira Tazawa reported.
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events proceeding- with precision, and diversified enough to allow
It was also eight months earlier young and old to become involved.
Congratulations go to Addie Kobayashi, chairperson, for* pu­
than the average age determined
through a similar survey conduct­ tting the whole thing together and accolates to Jim Ishii, Vice-Cha­
irperson, for his hard work and constant smile.
ed 16 years ago, the group noted.
Webster defines SYNERGISM as "the tot al of two being gre­
Two-thirds of the girls covered ater than when apart”. There is no refuting the fact that the re­
by the latest survey, it also re­ sounding success of the picnic was due to the cooperation of all the
ported, are, experiencing men­ various organizations. We wish to make specific mention of the
following for their assistance: Club Montreal Academie, Koyu Kai,
arche sometime between 11 years
Montreal Japanese Buddhist Church;. Montreal Japanese Catholic
and four months and 13 years and Church, Montreal Japanese; United Church, Montreal
Japanese
eight months old.
Presbyterian Church, Nikin Kai, Nikei Jin Kai, and the New Im­
The menstrual function begins migrants Association.
Special thanks to all the donors of prizes whose contributions
at an average age of 12 years
allowed the picnic to be a financial success as well. — Vic Ogura.
and six months in case of girls in
urban areas and at an average
age of 12 years and 6.2 months
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Earlier

Largest J.C. Que. Gathering At Picnic

This slight difference is grow­
ing .more and more slim, the
survey also revealed.
The general trend calls for the
need of advancing the time sex
education is .currently given to
school-children, the group said.

An increase in stimulation re- ;
suiting from changes in the living
environment is partly, responsible ,
for the advanced menarche, it

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The
Education
TOKYO
Ministry, in an action likely - to
'raise a hot controversy, recently
gave an official ^recognition to
“Kimigayo” as" Japan’s national
anthem.
■ The anthem begins with “May.
our Lord reign forever over a
thousand ages more . . .” ;
The song, banned by the allied
forces during the. immediate post­
war years, has been sung as
Japan’s de facto national, anthem
since 1958/when the ministry “ad­
vised” public schools nationwide
to have it sung to. celebrate na­
tional holidays. Japan has no con­
stitutional provision about its
national anthem. :
The ministry action, announced
' without a legal baSis in hew
teaching guides for public educa-

that fostering of moral practices
tion,? is certain to cause__ sharp the people as the . national / an- integration, of the courses is de. to serve the state ' and interests
signed. \
prote sts from; opponents,-‘ who say them.'"'
Minister
Toshiki of the state is emphasized in the
the song . arouses bad memories — The’*- “J£iihigayo”poem.is • in—- 'Educati on
preamble: He also questioned the
of the war. in which -millions of eluded in the •: “Kokin ' Wakashu” Kaifu said the new guides were
stipulation of “Kimigayo”: as the
Japanese died for the Emperor. / collection.of poems known to have drawn-up with full consideration
paid
to the / recommendations -national anthem in the guides.
“Kimigayo” was- first unoffi­ been edited in 905 A.D. . '
made last December-by; the Edu­
cially revived in 1950 when then
In 1870- John < W.: .Fenton, a
Education-Minister ..Teiyu Amano British music teacher, composed cational Curriculum Council,^- ah
instructed public schools to hoist, the music for the poem, "but it advisory organ to the. minister.
The new guides are to be form-'
the national flag and have “Kimi­ was found unpopular.
gayo” sung to celeebrate national
Then the mew music' for the ally approved by the .. Government
holidays.

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poem was selected from among next month, he said.
■ Kaifu said /that his ministry
In 1974, then Prime Minister entries by court musicians- of the
Kakuei -Tanaka ■ told • the Diet then Imperial Household Agency; would, also .make ■ efforts to im­
prove the textbooks and teachers
Japan should establish by law'the in a contest.
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abilities.
national flag and the national
■Prof. Kosuke Kobayashi of
' .Motofumi Makieda, chairman of
anthem “Kimigayo.”
Aoyama Gakuin University in
In 1975, then Prime Minister Tokyo, an expert on the Constitu­ the Japan Teachers Union, criti­
^s
Takeo Miki and Education'Minis­ tion,- said /most ' legal experts cized- the new guides as going
ter Michio Nagai told the Diet agree that “Kimigayo” is incom­ against the public demand for
that “Kimigayo” is the national patible ; with the postwar Consti­ democratic education. He noted
anthem of Japan.-i .
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tution
which
says
sovereign
Soon
afterward,. - the Prime ■power rests with the peeople.
Minister’s office puhlished a pub­
The Tokyo Board of Education
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sawa, director of the Education
Ministry’s elementary and second­
Announced by the Education
ary education, said there “had Ministry recently,: the new cur­
been no outside pressure on the riculum guides for teachers in
ministry to sanction the song.
the nine-year compulsory educa­
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He said the ministry has con­ tion system emphazises eliminacluded that “Kimigayo” has now tion of cramming and revitalizaAMM( MIWffirt»f
settled firmly in the minds of tion of schooling.
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authorities’ response to the wide­
spread public concern about the
future of the six-year elementary
and succeeding three-year junior
high school compulsory education
yiow - plagued by the problem of
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to 30 per cent.
The volume of the'new guides
has also been curtailed to about
half that of the existing guides
as detailed instructions are de­
teachers room for
leted,
their own creative effo-rts.
The. Education Ministry said
schooling under the new guides
will begin in 1980 in the elemen­
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junior high schools. During the.
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