Page 1
99
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1977.
holiday" iss UE
: SECTION ONE
p
Kdhada-mura
Mihama, a “Canadian” Village in
Western Japan Prefecture Wakayama
The Japanese Canadian
Centennial -- NaVI Successs
the ^standpoint, of our public
By ROGER /OBATA
? ? . ^
image were the national projects
The celebration of the Centen,
.
. that were directed towards Edunial this-year has ^een >e .Mg;-^^ wi a vis Historical Photo ’
gest community involvement since' MMt and Kecognition for our ’
Tone of the few?jobs available for thoughts of returning- to Canada. the; Evacuation. That it has; been ^^ •6nt,1.i,bution through the :
Copyright 1977
/■ native /Englisih^speaking - females.
Faced' with- being drafted into such an outstanding success re- National Odori Project.
undisputed. Thousands of
. ? ,
Down an. the Western..,, Japan-..^ was-kHiredby the Japan the Japanese Army, Mr. Uyeno mains
■ .
What • were—the benefits • of the
in our communities from •
•
?
. .
.prefecture of Wakayama,.there’s^ Br*oadcas^ng* Corporation,
and took up an offer to edit a gov people
„
, '
., , , .
Centennial, -firstly to the Japato Montreal pitched in
■
.-a- .little _fisthjng; village ; with y a . e^eritually ’became NHK’s first ernment-sponsored . English news- Vancouver
?
.
?■???/■„ ,
nese Canadians and secondly to .
to make it successful.
'
• .
, ',
o T x
long,, historic connection to . Ca~ feOT^
staffer.
paper-in Shanghai.
: '
the Canadian public at large ? Let .
Ample recognition should. be
Today, he’s, still in Japan. Now,
mada.
— - FrOm that beginning,^ June be■ us consider, tihe J.C. community <
given
to
Toyo
Takata
who
did
all
he
’
s
one
of
the
most
successful
THte-Tiame^dshMihama^^^^
Tofirst.'Their greatest participation :
the
research
in
;
establishing
the
more famously^knownas-Ameri-< kyo ' Roses, a. fact welt, known’’ editors in English-language pub'was- in Celebration • and lasting
of
year;
of
our
Centenary
and
identi: camura?; ?or?-^
Nisei in ' Japan, jbut. still. lashing, as well .as being' one
Contribution.
?'
Tying
the
first
settler
?
to
be
iri
/should be called /Kanada7mura,. an apparent mystery to American the most successful Nisei
Nothing in the^past. since the ,.■
Manzo Nagano. He. is Tihe 'origina? ' '
~
for ?many-.fof its ^elderlyy inhabit government and military, offi Japan.
’ Evacuation.rhas reunited the Japtox- -of the. Centennial . axxd “de
Peter
-Shinobu
Higashi,
one
of
tants used to be longTime resi cials.
•
anese Canadian community across
serves that title.
the
co-founders
of
The
New
:
Cana
But
June
had.
no
choice.
She
dents of /Steyeston,-. British* .Co
Canada to the extent that The ?
? Using- the: National ..J.CU.A.
dian,,
had
ia
similar
experience
as
lumbia, hot the- America .-to.The ■liked her work as. a professional.
; Centennial has done in 1977.
Conference of May 1976 as the
Uyeno
’
s.
Today,
he
has
few
re
broadcaster, but disliked it when
When one considers that over 300
south.
. '
.
grets of his B.C. . days. He’s . spring-board,, -the Centennial was Centennial events took place and f
The
Japanese:
Army
Took
control
..zAmericamurans "have
-special
deputy bureau chief'of the Asso launched-by‘representatives from all of Them successful, it goes
of its editorial 'direction. !
-memories-because of the Canada
across Canada; .'A national organi- ■
Kazuma Uyeno- had much the ciated Press in Tokyo..
without saying that a remarkable .
■ connection. ?If They weren’t the
zation with headquax’ters in - To
People
like
these
are
the
exsame
unfortunate . - experience..
united effort, must have gone
pioneers -who ventured to Canada
ronto
and
provincial
-branches
in
Upon graduating from the Uni- ceptions, however. Most of. the
into each • and every event, and ?
-for adventure: and fortune, then
.
._ ,
, .
.
.. ?
...
-_
each,
of
the
five
provinces
was
Nisei
? versity of 'British. Columbia . in Canadian and American
_ all voluntary. Co-operative effort '
...toey^d^a^
Mi.. Uyeno found Mi-T.™ had tough Hies, trying to 'established with a Federal eharon such a grand scale had never
tx^&» ® ®rs ^ a. ®w
]f wjthout a’job; just like a lot ?make it in a’country that is es- -ter.
- .ries still provide visile..evidence
oth;r
-o Canadian and ser.tiali.v hostile to “henna” gaiThe . objectives were succintly- before been witnessed even .prior,
to the war. There has never been
of: thaTTading but enduring link
•
defined
by
fourwords
—
Celebra
- Japanese American graduates..
: jan.? ’;
a cause involving the total com- “
tion, Recognition, . Contribution,
-/Those links: fhave .-.become.,: esp.e- i .The ’professions 'were largely
of
resignation,
and
indeOut
munity that has rallied the sup-.
ciajly valuable, in this year of closed-To these people and Mr.; cision perhaps, most have man and Education. Most of the Cen port of the' community the way.
the Japanese Canadian Centenni-r Uyeno, Tike many other Nisei - aged to successful careers as tennial events ..fall, into ,, one or the Centennial has. And to Think
more - of these - categories. How
alfefor it’s stories like Amefica- men, took up job offers in Japan. .
that this was done on a national
Cont.
on
Page
2
ever’ the most 'important from
mura which point . out.- a. big’..: gap. Pearl-. Harbor
finalized
any .
scale over thousands of miles, is?
inTour?history.
———-——^-7
:
—------------ ■—"—■—~—
:—
7
;
—
—~
~
—~ in itself a major achievement. To .
a community
fragmented
and,
scattered across Canada from the
across ’literally^'hundicds^of' thoss. r
-- ■ /? -<
■ . _.of Chid
_ n4-w» *-»
v»avo' . nnm.p . and
ami Pacific/to the Atlantic as a re
have:'-come,
by TIIE -REV. GORDON IMAI • little Christmas present which
stories—tales • of ; anguish, . haxdI recall
Christmas
in sult of the Evacuation, the estabwas a toy cap gun made in Japan gone.
of lines of communica/ (Steyestbn United Church)
ship and of compromise. - ;
:
costing 49c. I also remember tak Tashiixe doring The evacuation lishment
As the Centennial celebrations ing a little gift to my teacher; when all we had was
coal-oil tion was a difficult undertaking. •
People ..like June Suyama and
with small isolated comKazuma Uyeno areexamples * of draw to a? close,-let-.us look-back usually, a box of hankies or a box lamps and ordering things from Contacts
were once again reesthose unfortunate Issei;and Nisei over the 100 years since the first of chocolates. My parents also - the; Mail - OrddraCatalogues. ’ We . munities
tablished as a result of Centenwho were forced into lives of. immigrant, Manzo Nagano, land- had a little gift ready for the have been through a lot and tocompromise by the Japanese miU- cd on the shore of B.C. Very few mailman. This was a way of say- day, we can appreciate more nial activities. '
The Centennial provided
the
‘ ■
Issei pioneers who ventured to ing ‘Thank you” for their serv what we have because of what we’
tarists and because , of the racists
come to Canada were Christians. ices. Although we were not Chris Japanese Canadians have been ideal opportunity to honor the
in-prewar B;C.
Issei, -pioneers whose courage,
- .These • people were Canadiap? They were mostly Buddhists., who tians, .Christmas had, a special joy through. One thing we can say is
■we always had religious freedom^ hardships, and determination esNisei ^and they became.. Japan’s brought along Their faith with • to us children.
Tablished our present ethnic compropagandists. . They
had . . ,no them, and I am sure was a great
A week later, we - celebrated .andThrough oux- trials and., tribu
munity. Keirokais and similar
Choice; of course./Yheir- options help to ' them in their ., early New Years the Japanese way. We lations, the Churches have played
events were held in almost every
• were extremely limited. Racism struggle to make a living, facing got up early; my. father said. an important role of helping and
community to-pay trifbute to the
inSc. 'and feverish patriotism in all sorts of-hardships while try “okyo”‘ before the Butsudan and. sustaining j us. and even fighting
.
some of the injustices we had to Issei;
Japan left them no choice but to' ing to establish Themselves.
we. all. sat downTn our Sunday
It was the foresight of the Issei
I presume it didn’t take them
?
.
accept what was offered, once
best clothes to eat “ozoxxi” and face;
who stressed?education^sp>fanati-.
^ decision had been made to long to pick up some of the
As.we celebrate^Christmas ?‘77,
the “gochiso” my mother stayed
cally that' is' reallyJbhe^&asic rea-}
Westem custams such as Chnst~ ..
. _ .
live. in Japan.
'
.
up half the night making. We let us look back and not be so
naive to forget it all. so Easily s<>n for the success of the Nisei
J?.-!.
_... .
mas even .though they didn t unThey became the broadcasters, derstand the mining of it. I welcomed the New Year by chasaway and and say it .will "never happen ' since reIoca^on* Even today, the
writers, reporters and editors for remember as a-; boy, going with ing the evil spirits
Japanese Canadians ihave the
hoping the New Year .will, bo again, for we must all struggle
of
Imperial
the
government
highest pex*centage of university
my father to cut a Christmas
prosperous and better. We can for righteousness and freedom of
Japan.
— -\
students per capita of any. ethnic
Tree somewhere along the Great
look back and say those were the individual; bondage no matter
group.
Railway. tracks
in
June Suyama was born in Northern
cheap wages what, whether it be in Canada ox*
difficult days
For the Nisei the Centennial
Japan, but was brought to Ca Burnaby, lugging it home and
.
,
long hours, very limited oppor anywhere else in the world if we
nada as a youngster*. But in 1938 trimming it with homemade dec tunities. Yet, we enjoyed a simp- are going to ha.ve. peace on earth has given them a sense of identity. From the traumatic experL
herTfather, fed up with the in- orations made from silver paper; lex- life with possibly closer ties and goodwill to all people.
ences during the Second. World
hospitable climes in the province, hanging our socks by The old
of family and friends.
John 10:10 “I came that they Wai’ when our status was that of
wood stove and finding.it filled
decided-to return to Japan.
We have come a long way may have life, and have it abundCaught in Japan when Pearl with nuts and candies early next
CONT. ON P. 7
, and a lot antly.’
Harbor hit The world, Jpne took morning, and under , the tree a since those tough days
By MEL TSUJI
Earlj J.t',Xinas Memories on Our Centennial
■^j^-^^
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1977.
holiday" iss UE
: SECTION ONE
p
Kdhada-mura
Mihama, a “Canadian” Village in
Western Japan Prefecture Wakayama
The Japanese Canadian
Centennial -- NaVI Successs
the ^standpoint, of our public
By ROGER /OBATA
? ? . ^
image were the national projects
The celebration of the Centen,
.
. that were directed towards Edunial this-year has ^een >e .Mg;-^^ wi a vis Historical Photo ’
gest community involvement since' MMt and Kecognition for our ’
Tone of the few?jobs available for thoughts of returning- to Canada. the; Evacuation. That it has; been ^^ •6nt,1.i,bution through the :
Copyright 1977
/■ native /Englisih^speaking - females.
Faced' with- being drafted into such an outstanding success re- National Odori Project.
undisputed. Thousands of
. ? ,
Down an. the Western..,, Japan-..^ was-kHiredby the Japan the Japanese Army, Mr. Uyeno mains
■ .
What • were—the benefits • of the
in our communities from •
•
?
. .
.prefecture of Wakayama,.there’s^ Br*oadcas^ng* Corporation,
and took up an offer to edit a gov people
„
, '
., , , .
Centennial, -firstly to the Japato Montreal pitched in
■
.-a- .little _fisthjng; village ; with y a . e^eritually ’became NHK’s first ernment-sponsored . English news- Vancouver
?
.
?■???/■„ ,
nese Canadians and secondly to .
to make it successful.
'
• .
, ',
o T x
long,, historic connection to . Ca~ feOT^
staffer.
paper-in Shanghai.
: '
the Canadian public at large ? Let .
Ample recognition should. be
Today, he’s, still in Japan. Now,
mada.
— - FrOm that beginning,^ June be■ us consider, tihe J.C. community <
given
to
Toyo
Takata
who
did
all
he
’
s
one
of
the
most
successful
THte-Tiame^dshMihama^^^^
Tofirst.'Their greatest participation :
the
research
in
;
establishing
the
more famously^knownas-Ameri-< kyo ' Roses, a. fact welt, known’’ editors in English-language pub'was- in Celebration • and lasting
of
year;
of
our
Centenary
and
identi: camura?; ?or?-^
Nisei in ' Japan, jbut. still. lashing, as well .as being' one
Contribution.
?'
Tying
the
first
settler
?
to
be
iri
/should be called /Kanada7mura,. an apparent mystery to American the most successful Nisei
Nothing in the^past. since the ,.■
Manzo Nagano. He. is Tihe 'origina? ' '
~
for ?many-.fof its ^elderlyy inhabit government and military, offi Japan.
’ Evacuation.rhas reunited the Japtox- -of the. Centennial . axxd “de
Peter
-Shinobu
Higashi,
one
of
tants used to be longTime resi cials.
•
anese Canadian community across
serves that title.
the
co-founders
of
The
New
:
Cana
But
June
had.
no
choice.
She
dents of /Steyeston,-. British* .Co
Canada to the extent that The ?
? Using- the: National ..J.CU.A.
dian,,
had
ia
similar
experience
as
lumbia, hot the- America .-to.The ■liked her work as. a professional.
; Centennial has done in 1977.
Conference of May 1976 as the
Uyeno
’
s.
Today,
he
has
few
re
broadcaster, but disliked it when
When one considers that over 300
south.
. '
.
grets of his B.C. . days. He’s . spring-board,, -the Centennial was Centennial events took place and f
The
Japanese:
Army
Took
control
..zAmericamurans "have
-special
deputy bureau chief'of the Asso launched-by‘representatives from all of Them successful, it goes
of its editorial 'direction. !
-memories-because of the Canada
across Canada; .'A national organi- ■
Kazuma Uyeno- had much the ciated Press in Tokyo..
without saying that a remarkable .
■ connection. ?If They weren’t the
zation with headquax’ters in - To
People
like
these
are
the
exsame
unfortunate . - experience..
united effort, must have gone
pioneers -who ventured to Canada
ronto
and
provincial
-branches
in
Upon graduating from the Uni- ceptions, however. Most of. the
into each • and every event, and ?
-for adventure: and fortune, then
.
._ ,
, .
.
.. ?
...
-_
each,
of
the
five
provinces
was
Nisei
? versity of 'British. Columbia . in Canadian and American
_ all voluntary. Co-operative effort '
...toey^d^a^
Mi.. Uyeno found Mi-T.™ had tough Hies, trying to 'established with a Federal eharon such a grand scale had never
tx^&» ® ®rs ^ a. ®w
]f wjthout a’job; just like a lot ?make it in a’country that is es- -ter.
- .ries still provide visile..evidence
oth;r
-o Canadian and ser.tiali.v hostile to “henna” gaiThe . objectives were succintly- before been witnessed even .prior,
to the war. There has never been
of: thaTTading but enduring link
•
defined
by
fourwords
—
Celebra
- Japanese American graduates..
: jan.? ’;
a cause involving the total com- “
tion, Recognition, . Contribution,
-/Those links: fhave .-.become.,: esp.e- i .The ’professions 'were largely
of
resignation,
and
indeOut
munity that has rallied the sup-.
ciajly valuable, in this year of closed-To these people and Mr.; cision perhaps, most have man and Education. Most of the Cen port of the' community the way.
the Japanese Canadian Centenni-r Uyeno, Tike many other Nisei - aged to successful careers as tennial events ..fall, into ,, one or the Centennial has. And to Think
more - of these - categories. How
alfefor it’s stories like Amefica- men, took up job offers in Japan. .
that this was done on a national
Cont.
on
Page
2
ever’ the most 'important from
mura which point . out.- a. big’..: gap. Pearl-. Harbor
finalized
any .
scale over thousands of miles, is?
inTour?history.
———-——^-7
:
—------------ ■—"—■—~—
:—
7
;
—
—~
~
—~ in itself a major achievement. To .
a community
fragmented
and,
scattered across Canada from the
across ’literally^'hundicds^of' thoss. r
-- ■ /? -<
■ . _.of Chid
_ n4-w» *-»
v»avo' . nnm.p . and
ami Pacific/to the Atlantic as a re
have:'-come,
by TIIE -REV. GORDON IMAI • little Christmas present which
stories—tales • of ; anguish, . haxdI recall
Christmas
in sult of the Evacuation, the estabwas a toy cap gun made in Japan gone.
of lines of communica/ (Steyestbn United Church)
ship and of compromise. - ;
:
costing 49c. I also remember tak Tashiixe doring The evacuation lishment
As the Centennial celebrations ing a little gift to my teacher; when all we had was
coal-oil tion was a difficult undertaking. •
People ..like June Suyama and
with small isolated comKazuma Uyeno areexamples * of draw to a? close,-let-.us look-back usually, a box of hankies or a box lamps and ordering things from Contacts
were once again reesthose unfortunate Issei;and Nisei over the 100 years since the first of chocolates. My parents also - the; Mail - OrddraCatalogues. ’ We . munities
tablished as a result of Centenwho were forced into lives of. immigrant, Manzo Nagano, land- had a little gift ready for the have been through a lot and tocompromise by the Japanese miU- cd on the shore of B.C. Very few mailman. This was a way of say- day, we can appreciate more nial activities. '
The Centennial provided
the
‘ ■
Issei pioneers who ventured to ing ‘Thank you” for their serv what we have because of what we’
tarists and because , of the racists
come to Canada were Christians. ices. Although we were not Chris Japanese Canadians have been ideal opportunity to honor the
in-prewar B;C.
Issei, -pioneers whose courage,
- .These • people were Canadiap? They were mostly Buddhists., who tians, .Christmas had, a special joy through. One thing we can say is
■we always had religious freedom^ hardships, and determination esNisei ^and they became.. Japan’s brought along Their faith with • to us children.
Tablished our present ethnic compropagandists. . They
had . . ,no them, and I am sure was a great
A week later, we - celebrated .andThrough oux- trials and., tribu
munity. Keirokais and similar
Choice; of course./Yheir- options help to ' them in their ., early New Years the Japanese way. We lations, the Churches have played
events were held in almost every
• were extremely limited. Racism struggle to make a living, facing got up early; my. father said. an important role of helping and
community to-pay trifbute to the
inSc. 'and feverish patriotism in all sorts of-hardships while try “okyo”‘ before the Butsudan and. sustaining j us. and even fighting
.
some of the injustices we had to Issei;
Japan left them no choice but to' ing to establish Themselves.
we. all. sat downTn our Sunday
It was the foresight of the Issei
I presume it didn’t take them
?
.
accept what was offered, once
best clothes to eat “ozoxxi” and face;
who stressed?education^sp>fanati-.
^ decision had been made to long to pick up some of the
As.we celebrate^Christmas ?‘77,
the “gochiso” my mother stayed
cally that' is' reallyJbhe^&asic rea-}
Westem custams such as Chnst~ ..
. _ .
live. in Japan.
'
.
up half the night making. We let us look back and not be so
naive to forget it all. so Easily s<>n for the success of the Nisei
J?.-!.
_... .
mas even .though they didn t unThey became the broadcasters, derstand the mining of it. I welcomed the New Year by chasaway and and say it .will "never happen ' since reIoca^on* Even today, the
writers, reporters and editors for remember as a-; boy, going with ing the evil spirits
Japanese Canadians ihave the
hoping the New Year .will, bo again, for we must all struggle
of
Imperial
the
government
highest pex*centage of university
my father to cut a Christmas
prosperous and better. We can for righteousness and freedom of
Japan.
— -\
students per capita of any. ethnic
Tree somewhere along the Great
look back and say those were the individual; bondage no matter
group.
Railway. tracks
in
June Suyama was born in Northern
cheap wages what, whether it be in Canada ox*
difficult days
For the Nisei the Centennial
Japan, but was brought to Ca Burnaby, lugging it home and
.
,
long hours, very limited oppor anywhere else in the world if we
nada as a youngster*. But in 1938 trimming it with homemade dec tunities. Yet, we enjoyed a simp- are going to ha.ve. peace on earth has given them a sense of identity. From the traumatic experL
herTfather, fed up with the in- orations made from silver paper; lex- life with possibly closer ties and goodwill to all people.
ences during the Second. World
hospitable climes in the province, hanging our socks by The old
of family and friends.
John 10:10 “I came that they Wai’ when our status was that of
wood stove and finding.it filled
decided-to return to Japan.
We have come a long way may have life, and have it abundCaught in Japan when Pearl with nuts and candies early next
CONT. ON P. 7
, and a lot antly.’
Harbor hit The world, Jpne took morning, and under , the tree a since those tough days
By MEL TSUJI
Earlj J.t',Xinas Memories on Our Centennial
■^j^-^^
Page 2
V^ -
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Friday^Di&cember30/\ .1977
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Season’s greetings
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’
i 'bankers’ stockbrokers/ public re-- are-'/urprised at;fhe/interestjbe^/^; ' /" EgtabUriied ta l939
L^latioris'^.represehtativesp/itransla-. / ihg-i shown<in/them/fo-^
, / Second.: Clan inail_Np. .OO366
A member' off Ethnle<Prese
i ' tors,-.'importers and exp ortefs'. '^vf' def/wihy/- their liivescduldbeof •
,
.//Association., off_ '.Ontario.:
i 'But'•memories of their former ~ interest "to anyone''•“back-home.”:
and' Canada'Federation
homes in ,B.G. occasionally still ■ -But little do they-know that
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‘ fug at their hearts. A group. of "their stories are interesting. -• •
.
K.c. tsumuba
.:
.the.'Nisei tried to organize a
They, were participators' and in’ English Section/Editor
. gathering of T
/terpretatdrs/ in ■ one < of; the ••’inostt^
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last ’ year. / Anther group/;-mostly - unusual periods Jih Japanese his- -.;
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men now in their late;’50s and tory:—and. they dad '.it .because
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jBut these occasions are the ex_. /.-..;'- ;/.
*-;ceptions, not the rule. Many of ' ^P^i?.
Kay . Shimizu ; -.
.2 ' the Nisei have reached retirement 1'317 . Coldrey . Ave.-; .
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.
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o-ninpNisei’ clubs which : PERSONAL GREETINGS .'
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eyes when a Sansei or Yonsei, Mr. &/Mrs. K. Murata > . •
y most of-them students in Japan No. -T10 - 1310 Lawson Ave
L for-a year^of study, asks for an Kelowna, B.C. V1Y_6V2\.
1- interview, to complete papers on
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Mrs./Rosa Kimoto,
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. Cambridge, Ma. ^02138
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TORONTO, ONTARIO M5S 1R1
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.Ucluelet,-B.C./ /i
Mr. & Mrs. Tom -Kimoto,'
Ucluelet/ B.C. _
- -Mrs. Shizue Kimoto,
1 Ucluelet B:C._^ Mr. & Mrs. Tak:Kobayashi,/
Toronto, Cnt.
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Mrs./Rosa Kimoto,
Scarborough, Ont. .
.
231 ..Grove Street,
. Cambridge, Ma. ^02138
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&
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11 King St. West, Toronto, Ont.
Tel. 868-0368
>
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R. R. 2, ACTON, ONTARIO
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. Season’s (^neetings
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$15ubd for one year.
. $9.00 for Six Months
। lubricate relationships.
283. Brook Avenue
.Toronto, Ont.
,**^r*"
DR. EDWARD HISAKI
Orthodontist
131 BLOOR STREET WEST, SUITE 515
TORONTO, ONTARIO M5S 1R1
TELEPHONE 921-2338
R. R. 2, P.O. BOX 127 r
. . - GEORGETOWN, ONTARIO L7G 4S5
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PAGE 7
. Centennial . •
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Seasons Qreeiings
AGINCOURT ROOFING LTD.
’'social - 'outcasts ' and“enemy : homie* and / social ' development /of :
- aliens” we have' come a long way Western Canada, -r In ^addition,
£<■ towards' full acceptance as fellow . with the publication; of the two; q
^citizens.The Centennial brought ’books bn the Japanese Canadians; / :
€0,40/1 4
R0N’S T.V. Service
' 40 MelfondDrive, Unit 1 .
Scarborough, Ont, Ml B 2GZ
tel. 298-3333
(Cont'd from page 1.)
us; out of our shell where we' had “The / Enemy That Never; W
^maintained a low profile since the ' by Ken Adadhi . and “Years of
/
^ Evacuation. - This was ■ the: oppor-. Sorrow, : Years of * Shame” by
S tunity J to tell all Canadians of Barry Broadfoot, the public in
I oiir history-in Canada. A chance general, aswell-astheSaristeibe-
;
RON S. HAYASHI
J■ to show., the Canadian-public our came” fully aware of • the; history
cultural; social, and -economic con- • of
,
the Japanese - Canadians.
tribution to this great land that
• Through the National. Odori
we have_adopted as bur homeland.
237 KinCf Street East
Project as one aspect of our -cul
This 'was " accomplished for the \
tural contribution . to ( Canada,
Toronto,Ont.
;
most
part
through'
the
two
major
4IEN . MURATA, PETE “ Tootsie” YAMAMURA and
hundreds- of "thousahdsy of “ Cana- '
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national
projects,
the
National
Phone 364-8459
dians saw the traditional Japa- <
ART IKEDA
: Odori - Project and the Historial
nese dance performed' by Japa- .
' The Centennial has • made. us
nese Canadians, either live 'or ' on
proud of bur unique heritage of
T.V. Other : cultui-al demonstra
100 years in .Canada. This was the
tions. ' viewed by the Canadian
.Will liWi
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. t; me to “stand up and'- be*: count- public were flower arrangements,^,
ed.”
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martial ;artsfs^craft?work, paint-': '
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, •
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/mehdous educational/"experience.
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The Centennial has afforded us
To- some it was the first' oppor- ■
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r.
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a
timely'opportunity .to show our
. tunity to learn of their Japanese
> .
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contribution to Canada’s . mosaic
' Canadian heritage.' Because most
society. Our record of. a’chieve- "
Nisei -parents. wanted to forget.
ment in'the-professions, business,
, their tragic ■. experiences during
the war, they refrained from dis-; academia, and ■ government attest
to this. Prime Minister Trudeau
> /cussing the subject of the-Eva-cuin his personal message to the
ation with their children. The
Sansei were ill-informed on this ■ ^bntennial Banquet on' May 14th
stated that “The ; contributions
phase of Japanese Canadian his• which'you and your forbears have '
\tory until it was.brought'out into
.. the' open again during the* Cen- made to Canada are rich beyond
calculation. In periods of, adver
■' tennial. ..
sity as in those of opportunity, on
To the Sansei, their identity
occasions of intolerance as in inamong
other
Canadians
was
stances of/justice, you have re
- somewhat of a mystery until Cen
tennial.-brought to their' attention mained firm in your, commitment
. to bettering -the Canadian; com- their . distinctly unique and rich
. munity.’Your record as citizens is
heritage. As a result of the Cen
widely admired throughout Can
tennial, Sansei from across Can
ada and the important7 contribuada' are communicating through
tions-made by so many of your <
conferencces and seminars, 'dis
members is deeply appreciated.”
cussing their role in Canadian
Today,-over :85% of the- Sansei'
society, today. To many it has
.made them proud to be Japanese are intermarried—a far, far cry
from the- days of: the Evacuation
Design' and construction' by Japanese-Landscape Architects'
Canadian.
and Horticulturists, /Residential, Commercial and Industrial
And what benefits did the Ca- ■ when we were unwanted outcasts
nadian public derive from our from society. The pendulum has
M ' Centennial ? Firstly, the publicity swung to the other extreme.
a member of Landscape Ontario, a member of
The fact that we are accepted .
on the Centennial through thei
Toronto Home Builders Assn. AWARD WINNING JGARDENS
media made many Canadians as equal Canadians by our fellow
aware of our 100 year existence Canadians today, .means we have
in Canada. This historical back indeed come a long way. We have
ground was an education to most earned that right the hard. way.
Canadians who had heard very The Centennial gave up the oplittle of Japanese Canadians as a . partunity to tell our story, reflect
on the past, and plan for the
minority 'group since the war.
' The * Historical Photo Exhibit future. It enabled us to take stock
• was_ a . pictorial. history, of the of. oiir position today, and look to
Japanese Canadians covering the the next century with hope and
past century. It depicted by the: aspirations for an even greater ,\
use of photographs the signifi- , involvement in the development
*
cant contributions of the early of Canada as a truly democratic
:
Japanese immigrants to, the eco- nation among nations.
;/ . : \ ’
Season’s Greetings
FURUYA TRADING CO.
FURUYA TRAVEL SERVICE
460 Dundas St. West
Toronto, Ont; M5T 109
Season’s (greetings
7-5-3 GARDEN ENTERPRISE
Willowdale and Richmond Hill, Ont.
PHONE 225-7836
President — MamOru Nishi
Hanaye Nishi And Staff
Manager
Supervisor of Maintenance --— Toki Koizumi
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JAPAN FOOD CORPORATION
(CANADA) LIMITED
25-6 Connell Court
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during the Centennial Year, the Lethbridge/.and
District Japanese Canadian Centennial Society
wishes’to extend its mostrgrateful thanks for making
the year long celebrations a most successful and
memorable experience.
To other JCCS Chapters, the National Office, non
JC’s and especially to the people ' of Southern
Alberta----- Thank You.
-Lethbridge and District JCCS.
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Seasons Qreeiings
AGINCOURT ROOFING LTD.
’'social - 'outcasts ' and“enemy : homie* and / social ' development /of :
- aliens” we have' come a long way Western Canada, -r In ^addition,
£<■ towards' full acceptance as fellow . with the publication; of the two; q
^citizens.The Centennial brought ’books bn the Japanese Canadians; / :
€0,40/1 4
R0N’S T.V. Service
' 40 MelfondDrive, Unit 1 .
Scarborough, Ont, Ml B 2GZ
tel. 298-3333
(Cont'd from page 1.)
us; out of our shell where we' had “The / Enemy That Never; W
^maintained a low profile since the ' by Ken Adadhi . and “Years of
/
^ Evacuation. - This was ■ the: oppor-. Sorrow, : Years of * Shame” by
S tunity J to tell all Canadians of Barry Broadfoot, the public in
I oiir history-in Canada. A chance general, aswell-astheSaristeibe-
;
RON S. HAYASHI
J■ to show., the Canadian-public our came” fully aware of • the; history
cultural; social, and -economic con- • of
,
the Japanese - Canadians.
tribution to this great land that
• Through the National. Odori
we have_adopted as bur homeland.
237 KinCf Street East
Project as one aspect of our -cul
This 'was " accomplished for the \
tural contribution . to ( Canada,
Toronto,Ont.
;
most
part
through'
the
two
major
4IEN . MURATA, PETE “ Tootsie” YAMAMURA and
hundreds- of "thousahdsy of “ Cana- '
:
national
projects,
the
National
Phone 364-8459
dians saw the traditional Japa- <
ART IKEDA
: Odori - Project and the Historial
nese dance performed' by Japa- .
' The Centennial has • made. us
nese Canadians, either live 'or ' on
proud of bur unique heritage of
T.V. Other : cultui-al demonstra
100 years in .Canada. This was the
tions. ' viewed by the Canadian
.Will liWi
W
. t; me to “stand up and'- be*: count- public were flower arrangements,^,
ed.”
’
martial ;artsfs^craft?work, paint-': '
For - the .Sansei it was -a 'treings, etc. ..
, •
~
.
/mehdous educational/"experience.
* _, .
"
The Centennial has afforded us
To- some it was the first' oppor- ■
.
-. .,
—
r.
,
.
*
a
timely'opportunity .to show our
. tunity to learn of their Japanese
> .
. / "I
~
contribution to Canada’s . mosaic
' Canadian heritage.' Because most
society. Our record of. a’chieve- "
Nisei -parents. wanted to forget.
ment in'the-professions, business,
, their tragic ■. experiences during
the war, they refrained from dis-; academia, and ■ government attest
to this. Prime Minister Trudeau
> /cussing the subject of the-Eva-cuin his personal message to the
ation with their children. The
Sansei were ill-informed on this ■ ^bntennial Banquet on' May 14th
stated that “The ; contributions
phase of Japanese Canadian his• which'you and your forbears have '
\tory until it was.brought'out into
.. the' open again during the* Cen- made to Canada are rich beyond
calculation. In periods of, adver
■' tennial. ..
sity as in those of opportunity, on
To the Sansei, their identity
occasions of intolerance as in inamong
other
Canadians
was
stances of/justice, you have re
- somewhat of a mystery until Cen
tennial.-brought to their' attention mained firm in your, commitment
. to bettering -the Canadian; com- their . distinctly unique and rich
. munity.’Your record as citizens is
heritage. As a result of the Cen
widely admired throughout Can
tennial, Sansei from across Can
ada and the important7 contribuada' are communicating through
tions-made by so many of your <
conferencces and seminars, 'dis
members is deeply appreciated.”
cussing their role in Canadian
Today,-over :85% of the- Sansei'
society, today. To many it has
.made them proud to be Japanese are intermarried—a far, far cry
from the- days of: the Evacuation
Design' and construction' by Japanese-Landscape Architects'
Canadian.
and Horticulturists, /Residential, Commercial and Industrial
And what benefits did the Ca- ■ when we were unwanted outcasts
nadian public derive from our from society. The pendulum has
M ' Centennial ? Firstly, the publicity swung to the other extreme.
a member of Landscape Ontario, a member of
The fact that we are accepted .
on the Centennial through thei
Toronto Home Builders Assn. AWARD WINNING JGARDENS
media made many Canadians as equal Canadians by our fellow
aware of our 100 year existence Canadians today, .means we have
in Canada. This historical back indeed come a long way. We have
ground was an education to most earned that right the hard. way.
Canadians who had heard very The Centennial gave up the oplittle of Japanese Canadians as a . partunity to tell our story, reflect
on the past, and plan for the
minority 'group since the war.
' The * Historical Photo Exhibit future. It enabled us to take stock
• was_ a . pictorial. history, of the of. oiir position today, and look to
Japanese Canadians covering the the next century with hope and
past century. It depicted by the: aspirations for an even greater ,\
use of photographs the signifi- , involvement in the development
*
cant contributions of the early of Canada as a truly democratic
:
Japanese immigrants to, the eco- nation among nations.
;/ . : \ ’
Season’s Greetings
FURUYA TRADING CO.
FURUYA TRAVEL SERVICE
460 Dundas St. West
Toronto, Ont; M5T 109
Season’s (greetings
7-5-3 GARDEN ENTERPRISE
Willowdale and Richmond Hill, Ont.
PHONE 225-7836
President — MamOru Nishi
Hanaye Nishi And Staff
Manager
Supervisor of Maintenance --— Toki Koizumi
&
Season’s Greetings
JAPAN FOOD CORPORATION
(CANADA) LIMITED
25-6 Connell Court
Toronto, Ont, M8Z 1E8
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To every person, young and old, who gave of their
time, energy, goodwill, cooperation and donations
during the Centennial Year, the Lethbridge/.and
District Japanese Canadian Centennial Society
wishes’to extend its mostrgrateful thanks for making
the year long celebrations a most successful and
memorable experience.
To other JCCS Chapters, the National Office, non
JC’s and especially to the people ' of Southern
Alberta----- Thank You.
-Lethbridge and District JCCS.
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< -Fridays
THE JAPANESE CANADIAN CENTENNIAL W77
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1-Sept..5—Toronto—“Treasure Swords of-Japan.”
•
"graphic Exhibit;' , ■ „
7
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1—B^ssan^DdinimoV Day .
16-17—Hamilton—(Bazaar. J- "
■“ 7
:
17-June. 25—Ottawa—Historical Photographic Exhibit, arid Supporting Local Programs. '
. 16——Vancouver—^NewYearKeiro-kai.
:.
17—-Hamilton—Film Festival.
. '
? 29^Tdfontc^
dnd Ontario. Centennial
-1-3—-Vancouver—'Kendo Coaching- Mission. ^ /; ■.
. 19—Hamilton—Go 'Tournament.
^„;- .... . ,T/ ,
;
i:—Stevestori-—'Salmon (Queen, Festival.
" ’ ‘ '\
' Dottery-Draw. •
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19—Hamilton—'Sansei Identity .Seminar/ ’ ' ;
2-3
—
--Toronto—
-Inter-city
Tennis
Toumament
with
' Lethbridge—-Ceritennial Stag. —
20—Hamilton—Nevada Night. 7
(1
-Cleveland Nisei Club.
.
20-22—-Winnipeg—^Japanese Canadians: 100-Years.”
2
——
Red
;
■
Deer^—Particiipatipn7 in •'International.' Folk.
20—Calgary—-“Banquet and-, Keiro-kai.
-^
Festival.
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,.
,
21
—
'Hamilton
—
Centennial
Dinner
Dance.
/12-^Ottawa^-Cehtennial . Valentine’s’ Dinner Dance.
3
—
Lethbridge
—
-Centennial
Picnic.
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.
12—Edmonton-—Centennial . St. Valentine’s Dinner -; 21—Winnipeg—'Banquet and Keiro-kai.
3J 5—Edmonton—National Film.Festival.
22—Toronto—Ondekoza-Drummers from Japan
and Dance.
,
4
—Calgary/Banff ( Kendo? Coaching Mission. ;
22—4St? Catharines—Centennial- Celebrations.-; ■
T2—gteVeston—North American Kendo Tournament.
' 5-11—Toronto—Kendo Coaching Mission.
22—Vancouver-:—Performing? Arts Concert; . : r ■:
13—Hamilton—Shiinboku-kai;
. .
8—Montreal—Opening, Historical Photographic
24—Cumberland—Empire Day...~
Ig^Mphtreal—{Centennial Preview' and Discussion.
Exhibition.-,
■ ;
,
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24-28^Raclhmond—Arts Display and Demonstrations. .
.19-yCafgary—International Food Fair participation;'
8-29
—
Montreal
—
(Historical
Photographic
Exhibition.
(26—Winnipeg—Ondekoza Dimmmers 'f^^
Japan. .
, 9—Ottawa'—Sansei Barbeque Party..
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:
22-28r—Edmonton—Japanese Week;
;
9
—
Toronto
—
Centennial
O-bon
Festival.
.
.
: 27—Don Mills—Japanese Family Night. : : • ■ /
27(28-^Montreal—Painting Exhibit and Ikebana ,, — _ 10—Toronto—Kendo “Embukai” Exhibition.
/ .,1-^—Edihonton—'A Japanese Evening.
10—^Hamilton—'Centennial 6-born (Festival..<
- - Demonstration.
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\
2-—Edmonton—New-Year’s Movie. ,; "
’
1’0-—Vancouver—Centennial>Picnic and.- Lottery '
28-June 25—^Moritreal-^Pafticipafiori in. D^ Ex-/
5-6^-Toronto—'Spring Festival.
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Draw.
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5—Winnipeg—‘Centennial Spring Dance—Miss (*.; i •
hibit; /-r'
11
—
Calgary
—
Stampede
Parade
(Centennial
.
Float)
. .
28—Montreal—Keiro-kai.
MJCCA Contest/
C
12
—
‘
M
ontreal
—
Kendo
Coaching
Mission.
—
28—Toronto—'Opening, Prince Hotel Summer ^ Pro■ 5(—Vancouver-^JCCA Historical Costume Ball.
-;. :13—Ottawa—-Kendo Coaching'Mission.
,
/
grain. .
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11—Edmonton—Teriyaki, Lunch.
16
—
'Montreal
—
Centennial,
O-bon
Festival.^
28-Septi
5
—
Tdronto^Prince
Hotel
Summer
Program.
12/riALl Canada—Koku—-Poetry reading by JC poets.16-Aug/ 9—Toronto—National Film Festival. ■
28—Chatham^Keiro-kai- * .
.
v
12—^Montreal—Centennial Musicale.
y
16-—Vancouver-—iSea, Festival .Tribute ~ to. Japanese
28-_ Thunder Bayr—North-Western' Ontario Judo ^
13; 20—Lethbridge—Japanese Film Nights. /:. ,\
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Canadiaris.
7 \
>
Tournament. . ~
.
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’ 18-19—(Edrnonton—Ceritennial Fund-raising Casino.
17^Montreal
—
-Odori
Peiformance
by Minyo-kai.
28—Edmonton—Ondekoza Drummers from Japan . <
19—HDethbridge—Trade and
Convention
Bureau
. 17—Chatham—Centennial Picnic
' / ;
(29-June 12-?Ottawa^National ^
<
‘ Centennial Dancers and
.
17
—
Thunder
Bay
—
Buddhist
Centennial
Memorial
.
29—Toronto—HarbourfrontHeritageDay.
^
. Japanese Cuisine.
"
z Service.
29
—
Lethbridge
—
Variety
Concert.
19—-Calgary—Japan Today Seminar.:.
.
17
—Calgary^-Undo-kai and Barbeque. .
26-27—Toronto—National Board of Directors MeeJ> : ' 29—Vancouver—'Centennial Go Tournaments ..
17/iEdmonton-(-iCentenriiai
O’bon Festival.
. 29_^Vancouver—^-Centennial Graduation -and .Concert.
ing.
'
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20-21—Edirionton—Klondyke Days Festivities/ /
29—Vancouver—“Heritage Japan;” - '
5
27—Toronto—Buddhist Church Ceritennial Memorial
23-Aug: 1—Western Canada—Toronto Buddhist
30-June .6—Toronto—Harbourfront Art Show by
. — .Service;
. '
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Church Issei Tour of Western Churches. .
Japanese; Canadian Artists.
27—Calgary—Film Night.
23—Vancouver—-‘‘An Evening of Japan.”
31—Kitcherier-Waterloo—Film, odori, -and discussion.
24—(London—Odori arid Kendo Performances.
'24—London—Ceritennial Picnic.
^24—Winriipeg-7-Centennial,:. Picnic.
27—Peteriborough—Odori and Shitoryu Karate at
-1-3—-Edmonton—Club Bonspiel.
Water and Art Show.
2—Toronto—Centennial Hanamatsuri Dance. '
29-3'1'
—Toronto—((National ' Youth Conference.^
3—Calgary—:Film Night.
..
/ . ^ ' ^
30-Aug.
1—Kapaskasing—Crow Creek Reunion.
3—-Toronto—-Ikenobo Ikebana Exhibit. ■.
' 30—Kapuskasing—Keiro-kai.
_
: 6-May 2—^-Montreal—Kogo Exhibit.
. . 31
—
Toronto
—
Sod-turning
for
Bell
Si?e.^
:^Toronto-^Invitational Centennial Badminton
31——Toronto—Crow Creek Reunion Picnic.
Tournament. - , .
> 31—Lethbridge—Folk Festival -with Nikka Festival
9—Toronto—Miss Centennial Ball.
Dancers.
9—-Toronto—Hanamatsuri Concert. '
7
731
—
5Camioops(-/Geriterinial
O’bon. Festival.. .. . r
1-July
15
—
Montreal
—
-Kogo.Exhibit.
';16—Toronto—Fashions of the Century. _ ^ ^
2—Vancouver-:—'Bonsai Display./;.
■ ;19c__Osaka, Japan—Japan opening:, of Historical
.
3-6
—Montreal—-Film Festival.
< C Photographic. Exhibit Tour. - ,
.
3-—Vancouver—Ikebana Display-y;.- z
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21-23—-^Edmonton— Spring Charity Bazaar.
l-ori^Lake Scugpg—^Camp Koyu Teen. Jamboree.
■ 4—Vancouver—Folk Dance arid Musical Presenta23—^Hamilton—War Measures 'Act Conference.
■ .
ll_^lberta—HeritageDay.
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• 23—Toronto—(Princess Ball.
■ ■ tiori. ' ' " /
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T
—
Calgary
—
'Exdriarige
of
;
;
Scrolls'
with
City,
Nikka
24—Toronto Shitoryu Itosu-kai Centennial Cham- < 5—Toronto-—Sogetsu Ikebana Show^
• Festival Dancers folk performance;
. 5-—London—Keiro-kai.
'
pionships.
2—Calgary—“Nikka Festival Dancers in Concert.”
5-—Hope—Keiro-kai.
_ '
29—Ottawa—Fun and Fund. Nite.
'y :
. 5—Tororitb—-Opening, Historical Photographic
5—Vancouver-:—“Heritage Japan.” .
; 30—Toronto-—Flower and Bonsai Show.
Exhibition.
, .
. 5—Vancouver.—Church Centennial Memorial Service.
30—Lethbridge^—Centennial Ball.
5-Sept. 5—Toronto——Historical Photographic Exhibi
6-10—Vancouver—Centennial Cultural Week at
30—Edmonton—Sakura Odori Performance at
. .
t-ion and Supporting Programs.
• Chaplain Heights Community School.
Stettler Hall.
■■
5—-Edmonton—“Nikka Festival Dancers in Concert.”
8—Celista—Tree-planting Ceremony. :
, . ,
6—Edmonton—“Nikka Festival Dancers in Con
10—-Brooks—Farmer’s Day Parade (Float).
. ..
10-16—Vancouver—Japanese* Training Ship Visit. cert.”
*
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9
—
Vancouver
—
“
Nikka
Festival
Dancers
in Con“1—Toronto—“A Touch of Japan.” ,
.
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11-12——Vancouver—Powell Street Festival.
3-^-Hamilton—Film Festival.
12—Thunder Bay—Centennial Tea.
' IQ.—Toronto—^“Issei Day” at Photo Exhibit. . _
7—Montreal—Centennial Banquet.
'
12—Vancouver^—“Heritage Japan.”
10-11^-Williams Lake—Caribou Fall Fair (Displays
17-27—Toronto—Participation, in Metro Caravan..
~ 9-10—Ottawa-—^10th Anniversary International
- - and Dem’onstrations).
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17—Vancouver—Sumo Wrestlers.'.../ . :
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Ikebana Presentation..x
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10—Vancouver—-Japariese, Language School Reunion
10—Hamilton—Film Festival.
18—Montreal—Martial' Arts Display. (
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14-20^—Winnipeg—^Participation in Folkorama.
13^-Toronto—“Japanese Canadians: Past, Present,
18-22—(Edmonton—International Suzuki Workshop.,
14
_ New Denver—Centennial Memorial Service and .
18—-Vancouver—Centennial Presentation by Reiyuki.
Dedication of Plaque. .
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13—^Lethbridge—Keiro-kaa.
•
18—-Steveston—'United Church Walkafhon.
14-20—-Kamloops—-Participation in Heritage Week.
> 19—.Edmonton—“Japan Day” with Sakura Dancers. . -13—Vernon—Centennial Memorial Service. ;
:
14-—Kamloops—Centennial Picnic.
13_14_ Vancouver^—Ikebana Centennial Exhibit*ori.
21-—Toronto—“Nikka Festival Dancers -in -Concert.”
1
14-—ALL CANADA—CENTENNIAL DAY.
; 14-20—Kamloops—Library Display.
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21, 28—Edmonton—National Film Festival. - ^
18-19
—
'Kamloops
—
(Ikebana
and
Bonsai
Display.
/
22
—
-TorOnto—
“
Nikka
Festival
Dancers,
in
Concert.
”
’ - 14-—Toronto—Keiro-kai.-.
•- : .,■ 19-Sept. 5—Toronto—Display of Centennial Bell as
24_ LongSault—Montreal CentenniaLPicnic. . . . .
. . 14—-Toronto Centennial Banquet
25—Hamilton—“Nikka Festival.Dancers in Concert.”
:( 14—Edmonton—Senior Citiz^ Day. .
CNE.
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20^Toronto—Summer Frolic Dance.
- ;- ■
25—Thunder Bay—Banquet and Keiro-kai. .
25—Vancouver—'Centennial O-bon Festival. - ...
20-21—Winnipeg——Niseiette Reunion.
26
—
'Edmonton
—
Centennial
Children
’
s
’
Day
.
Picnic.
20-—Winnipeg-:—Banquet and Dance.
Ceremony.'
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26—-Vancouver—Konko-kyo Church Commemorative
20—Kamloops—Heritage Day Concert.
15—^Montreal—National Film Festival Opening,
21—Toronto—Kendo Goodwill Mission.
h 151.22—^Montreal—National Film Festival..
■■’Service. .
.
.•.■■■.“.■
•
21—Kamloops—Recepition for Senior Citizens.
. - 15-21^—Ottawa'—Tulip Festival Participation. /
(27—Ottawa—Keiro-kai.
lS^Toronto—Union'Service of Christian Churches. / 29—Toronto—Opening “Treasure Swords of Japan.”
27—-Ashcroft—Centennial Concert.
/* 15—Toronto—Buddhist Family Day Service.
30-Juiy 1-—Kamloops-r—Participation in Folk
-27—Kelowna—Centennial Concert.
28—Toronto—Nikka Festival Dancers perform at
< 15_ Hamilton—(Proclamation by Mayor. . C
'
' Festival.
~ 15-21—Hamilton—JapaneseCanadian-Week..
. CNE..
30
—Toronto—North York Library Opening — parti
-r. 15—/Kamloops—Keiro-kad.
?
t’ 15—Vancouver—Buddhist Memorial, Service.,. cipation by performing arts groups. - '
1—Ottawa—-Dominion Day Festivities.
J 16_ Ottawa—House of Commons Proclamation.
CCONT. NEXT YEAR)
77 16_ Ottawa—National Opening of Historical Photo- - ,1—Oshawa—Toronto Centennial Picnic.
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' March (
Best Wishes For 1978
And Our Second Century!
The Japanese Canadian
Centennial Society
June
, August
/'May
July
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THE JAPANESE CANADIAN CENTENNIAL W77
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1-Sept..5—Toronto—“Treasure Swords of-Japan.”
•
"graphic Exhibit;' , ■ „
7
~
1—B^ssan^DdinimoV Day .
16-17—Hamilton—(Bazaar. J- "
■“ 7
:
17-June. 25—Ottawa—Historical Photographic Exhibit, arid Supporting Local Programs. '
. 16——Vancouver—^NewYearKeiro-kai.
:.
17—-Hamilton—Film Festival.
. '
? 29^Tdfontc^
dnd Ontario. Centennial
-1-3—-Vancouver—'Kendo Coaching- Mission. ^ /; ■.
. 19—Hamilton—Go 'Tournament.
^„;- .... . ,T/ ,
;
i:—Stevestori-—'Salmon (Queen, Festival.
" ’ ‘ '\
' Dottery-Draw. •
.
'
'
19—Hamilton—'Sansei Identity .Seminar/ ’ ' ;
2-3
—
--Toronto—
-Inter-city
Tennis
Toumament
with
' Lethbridge—-Ceritennial Stag. —
20—Hamilton—Nevada Night. 7
(1
-Cleveland Nisei Club.
.
20-22—-Winnipeg—^Japanese Canadians: 100-Years.”
2
——
Red
;
■
Deer^—Particiipatipn7 in •'International.' Folk.
20—Calgary—-“Banquet and-, Keiro-kai.
-^
Festival.
c
,.
,
21
—
'Hamilton
—
Centennial
Dinner
Dance.
/12-^Ottawa^-Cehtennial . Valentine’s’ Dinner Dance.
3
—
Lethbridge
—
-Centennial
Picnic.
’
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.
.
.
12—Edmonton-—Centennial . St. Valentine’s Dinner -; 21—Winnipeg—'Banquet and Keiro-kai.
3J 5—Edmonton—National Film.Festival.
22—Toronto—Ondekoza-Drummers from Japan
and Dance.
,
4
—Calgary/Banff ( Kendo? Coaching Mission. ;
22—4St? Catharines—Centennial- Celebrations.-; ■
T2—gteVeston—North American Kendo Tournament.
' 5-11—Toronto—Kendo Coaching Mission.
22—Vancouver-:—Performing? Arts Concert; . : r ■:
13—Hamilton—Shiinboku-kai;
. .
8—Montreal—Opening, Historical Photographic
24—Cumberland—Empire Day...~
Ig^Mphtreal—{Centennial Preview' and Discussion.
Exhibition.-,
■ ;
,
■ . /
24-28^Raclhmond—Arts Display and Demonstrations. .
.19-yCafgary—International Food Fair participation;'
8-29
—
Montreal
—
(Historical
Photographic
Exhibition.
(26—Winnipeg—Ondekoza Dimmmers 'f^^
Japan. .
, 9—Ottawa'—Sansei Barbeque Party..
. '
:
22-28r—Edmonton—Japanese Week;
;
9
—
Toronto
—
Centennial
O-bon
Festival.
.
.
: 27—Don Mills—Japanese Family Night. : : • ■ /
27(28-^Montreal—Painting Exhibit and Ikebana ,, — _ 10—Toronto—Kendo “Embukai” Exhibition.
/ .,1-^—Edihonton—'A Japanese Evening.
10—^Hamilton—'Centennial 6-born (Festival..<
- - Demonstration.
'
\
2-—Edmonton—New-Year’s Movie. ,; "
’
1’0-—Vancouver—Centennial>Picnic and.- Lottery '
28-June 25—^Moritreal-^Pafticipafiori in. D^ Ex-/
5-6^-Toronto—'Spring Festival.
~
'
Draw.
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z
\
x
5—Winnipeg—‘Centennial Spring Dance—Miss (*.; i •
hibit; /-r'
11
—
Calgary
—
Stampede
Parade
(Centennial
.
Float)
. .
28—Montreal—Keiro-kai.
MJCCA Contest/
C
12
—
‘
M
ontreal
—
Kendo
Coaching
Mission.
—
28—Toronto—'Opening, Prince Hotel Summer ^ Pro■ 5(—Vancouver-^JCCA Historical Costume Ball.
-;. :13—Ottawa—-Kendo Coaching'Mission.
,
/
grain. .
’ . '
<~ (
11—Edmonton—Teriyaki, Lunch.
16
—
'Montreal
—
Centennial,
O-bon
Festival.^
28-Septi
5
—
Tdronto^Prince
Hotel
Summer
Program.
12/riALl Canada—Koku—-Poetry reading by JC poets.16-Aug/ 9—Toronto—National Film Festival. ■
28—Chatham^Keiro-kai- * .
.
v
12—^Montreal—Centennial Musicale.
y
16-—Vancouver-—iSea, Festival .Tribute ~ to. Japanese
28-_ Thunder Bayr—North-Western' Ontario Judo ^
13; 20—Lethbridge—Japanese Film Nights. /:. ,\
<
Canadiaris.
7 \
>
Tournament. . ~
.
3?'
’ 18-19—(Edrnonton—Ceritennial Fund-raising Casino.
17^Montreal
—
-Odori
Peiformance
by Minyo-kai.
28—Edmonton—Ondekoza Drummers from Japan . <
19—HDethbridge—Trade and
Convention
Bureau
. 17—Chatham—Centennial Picnic
' / ;
(29-June 12-?Ottawa^National ^
<
‘ Centennial Dancers and
.
17
—
Thunder
Bay
—
Buddhist
Centennial
Memorial
.
29—Toronto—HarbourfrontHeritageDay.
^
. Japanese Cuisine.
"
z Service.
29
—
Lethbridge
—
Variety
Concert.
19—-Calgary—Japan Today Seminar.:.
.
17
—Calgary^-Undo-kai and Barbeque. .
26-27—Toronto—National Board of Directors MeeJ> : ' 29—Vancouver—'Centennial Go Tournaments ..
17/iEdmonton-(-iCentenriiai
O’bon Festival.
. 29_^Vancouver—^-Centennial Graduation -and .Concert.
ing.
'
' .
20-21—Edirionton—Klondyke Days Festivities/ /
29—Vancouver—“Heritage Japan;” - '
5
27—Toronto—Buddhist Church Ceritennial Memorial
23-Aug: 1—Western Canada—Toronto Buddhist
30-June .6—Toronto—Harbourfront Art Show by
. — .Service;
. '
.
'
.
Church Issei Tour of Western Churches. .
Japanese; Canadian Artists.
27—Calgary—Film Night.
23—Vancouver—-‘‘An Evening of Japan.”
31—Kitcherier-Waterloo—Film, odori, -and discussion.
24—(London—Odori arid Kendo Performances.
'24—London—Ceritennial Picnic.
^24—Winriipeg-7-Centennial,:. Picnic.
27—Peteriborough—Odori and Shitoryu Karate at
-1-3—-Edmonton—Club Bonspiel.
Water and Art Show.
2—Toronto—Centennial Hanamatsuri Dance. '
29-3'1'
—Toronto—((National ' Youth Conference.^
3—Calgary—:Film Night.
..
/ . ^ ' ^
30-Aug.
1—Kapaskasing—Crow Creek Reunion.
3—-Toronto—-Ikenobo Ikebana Exhibit. ■.
' 30—Kapuskasing—Keiro-kai.
_
: 6-May 2—^-Montreal—Kogo Exhibit.
. . 31
—
Toronto
—
Sod-turning
for
Bell
Si?e.^
:^Toronto-^Invitational Centennial Badminton
31——Toronto—Crow Creek Reunion Picnic.
Tournament. - , .
> 31—Lethbridge—Folk Festival -with Nikka Festival
9—Toronto—Miss Centennial Ball.
Dancers.
9—-Toronto—Hanamatsuri Concert. '
7
731
—
5Camioops(-/Geriterinial
O’bon. Festival.. .. . r
1-July
15
—
Montreal
—
-Kogo.Exhibit.
';16—Toronto—Fashions of the Century. _ ^ ^
2—Vancouver-:—'Bonsai Display./;.
■ ;19c__Osaka, Japan—Japan opening:, of Historical
.
3-6
—Montreal—-Film Festival.
< C Photographic. Exhibit Tour. - ,
.
3-—Vancouver—Ikebana Display-y;.- z
j‘
21-23—-^Edmonton— Spring Charity Bazaar.
l-ori^Lake Scugpg—^Camp Koyu Teen. Jamboree.
■ 4—Vancouver—Folk Dance arid Musical Presenta23—^Hamilton—War Measures 'Act Conference.
■ .
ll_^lberta—HeritageDay.
A
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• 23—Toronto—(Princess Ball.
■ ■ tiori. ' ' " /
4
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T
—
Calgary
—
'Exdriarige
of
;
;
Scrolls'
with
City,
Nikka
24—Toronto Shitoryu Itosu-kai Centennial Cham- < 5—Toronto-—Sogetsu Ikebana Show^
• Festival Dancers folk performance;
. 5-—London—Keiro-kai.
'
pionships.
2—Calgary—“Nikka Festival Dancers in Concert.”
5-—Hope—Keiro-kai.
_ '
29—Ottawa—Fun and Fund. Nite.
'y :
. 5—Tororitb—-Opening, Historical Photographic
5—Vancouver-:—“Heritage Japan.” .
; 30—Toronto-—Flower and Bonsai Show.
Exhibition.
, .
. 5—Vancouver.—Church Centennial Memorial Service.
30—Lethbridge^—Centennial Ball.
5-Sept. 5—Toronto——Historical Photographic Exhibi
6-10—Vancouver—Centennial Cultural Week at
30—Edmonton—Sakura Odori Performance at
. .
t-ion and Supporting Programs.
• Chaplain Heights Community School.
Stettler Hall.
■■
5—-Edmonton—“Nikka Festival Dancers in Concert.”
8—Celista—Tree-planting Ceremony. :
, . ,
6—Edmonton—“Nikka Festival Dancers in Con
10—-Brooks—Farmer’s Day Parade (Float).
. ..
10-16—Vancouver—Japanese* Training Ship Visit. cert.”
*
.
9
—
Vancouver
—
“
Nikka
Festival
Dancers
in Con“1—Toronto—“A Touch of Japan.” ,
.
"
11-12——Vancouver—Powell Street Festival.
3-^-Hamilton—Film Festival.
12—Thunder Bay—Centennial Tea.
' IQ.—Toronto—^“Issei Day” at Photo Exhibit. . _
7—Montreal—Centennial Banquet.
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12—Vancouver^—“Heritage Japan.”
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Always the Movement of Life in Nanga.
Section II
Toronto Nisei Artist, Kaz Hamazaki
A Master in the Ar t of Nanga Painting
J
M
I do not see my self
Reflected in the mirror
My self, reflected in the mirror
Kaz Hamazaki
Nanga Master
Sees me.'
- Daigaku Horiguchi
By J AN ET BON ELLIE
colour forms the whole founda November at Edmonton’s Lefe- .
Pacific coast.
-The subtleties
of Japanese to two dimensional matter.
bvre Gallery. The collection ex
Nanga is an art of selectivity. tion for. his skill.”
Hamasaki elected to pursue
reality ..are not limited to poetry.
Carrying' the
principle - of hibited at this. time was charac
this art form after he had finish- All unnecessary elements are
The- same. enigmatic, definitions
eliminated but, in order to suc streamlined simplicity a step fur teristic of the broad spectrum of are present -in philosophy, litera "edyhis academic education in
cessfully strip the subject matter- ther, unpainted areas . are left to subject matter which he was able
ture and art. When Toronto ar- Canada and he spent six years of
suggest to the viewer a clear sky, to incorporate within the discip
tist Kazuo Hamasaki says
intensive study within Nanga s down to .its fundamental-essence,
a river, or mist on the mountains. lines of his chosen medium. Many
“There is always the movement - stringent parameters with teach- the artist must know and study
the structure of what he is paint- In a painting of fish, the white painting echoed . the Canadian
of life in Nanga painting, even if er .Seirin Ninomiya of Osaka. On
ing. Leaves,
rocks,
branches, of the paper may be left untouch- feeling with autumn scenes and
that life is the viewer- who, an completion he was awarded his
petals are all broken down into ed to suggest ; water. Thus the moonlight landscapes. Others re
looking at the painting, becomes diploma for proficiency'under the
their primary shapes —or rather, viewer, as in Hamasaki’s defini flected more traditional motifs
part of it” — he is simply ex- nom-de-plume Shin-iSen. He also
their spirits in a sort of philoso tion, becomes part of the painting? including Japanese pines, sea- ’
pressing another > definition of received his .teacher’s certificate
by supplying the missing ele sonal floral arrangements and.
phical cubism.
realityas dt applies . to his own and is qualified to instruct in the
simple studies of bamboo, plum
“When the -student begins to ments with his own imagination.
Nanga
school
techniques.
work.
Hamasaki’s Nanga paintings blossoms and chrysanthemums.
study Nanga,” Hamasaki recalls,
“
In
this
.art
form,^
he
explains,
Prince
Rupert,
British
/Born in
“In
my
Canadian
scenes,”
“he spends one whole month have been exhibited four times in
Columbia, Hamasaki is one of “the artist tries to express the
watching the' teacher’s own skill; Osaka, Japan and his works are Hamasaki explains, “adherance to
the country’s foremost exponents ■ creative essence and not neces
then another month practising.the - included in private collection in the old rules lends an original,
of this century’s old art forrn. sarily the outward form of the
Germany, Austria, the United fresh approach to the familiar
shape of one leaf.”
And he has taken the principles object .he ds painting. The feeling
Then he adds, “And this prac States, Japan and Hawaii as well landscape.”
of the Nanga school and adapted ■for the subject must be invoked
tice is done exclusively in black as bis native Canada. In 1974 he
Like tradition everywhere in
them to his - dual-cultural back and imparted through his arm
formulted
the
first
cultural
ex
the modern world, Nanga paint
ground to produce a distinctive and hand into’the brush and into ink.
change
of
art
between
Canada
-x “In photography, almost any
ing in Japan is in its desccendstyle of painting that is uniquely the spirit of the painting itself.”and
Hawaii
and
was
the
official
ency. Even those artists who fol
This feeling is most evident an thing looks well in full colour but
his own.
the truly proficient photographer representative of the Society of low the basic tenets of the school
The Nanga school in art has Hamasaki’s painting of the Cana
dian landscape in which he has is judged on his ability in black Canadian Artists at the opening are becoming careless in detail.
its origin in the 16th century
and white. Applying this theory ceremony in Honolulu. Repre Hamasaki points out that a know
when academics from the south been able to transmit this spiri
to the Nanga student, he must sented by galleries an Quebec ledgeable viewer has difficulty to
ern’ part of Japan began to de tual flow-to our country’s georeach a level of proficiency in> City, Halifax, Montreal, London, day in finding a painting that is
velop a free, emotional style of graphy — the scarlet leaves of
Kitchener,
iStratford, authentically representative
of
maple forests an autumn, the flut- painting an'black and white be- Toronto,
painting in direct . contradiction
ter of yellow birches in Ontario fore he can indulge in the super Winnipeg, Kingston, Sao Paulo the Nanga school.
to the highly stylized principles
valleys, the steam and swirl of ficial luxury of colour. The ex- Brazil, and Honolulu, his most
“As in Japanese flower arrang
of -the Yuan and Ming dynasties.
recent
one-man
show
was
held
in
the rock-infested water of the perience
in
painting
without
ing,” he says, “ all of the ele
Nevertheless, in keeping with the
ments must be sympathetic in
Japanese belief that symmetry
nature and correct according to
and balance should be present in
the seasons. If a bird is to be
all J things,
the
freedom
of
added to a painting of cherry
Nanga’s mood and subjet matter
blossoms the bird must be a
is firmly counterbalanced by a
swallow, If a bird appears in a.
strict, discipline in technique.
painting of bamboo, it is a sparThese disciplines extend to the
row. It’s essential that the plant
execution of the brush stroke, the
and animal life be consistent with
varying ; degree of light and
nature. Too often ■ the contem
shade, the selection and spacing
porary artist selects both spring
of the- subject’s components, and
to the artist’s personal ability to
CONT. ON P. 3
impart the feeling of movement
THE NEW CANADIAN
Friday, December 30th, 1977 .
Section II
Section II
Toronto Nisei Artist, Kaz Hamazaki
A Master in the Ar t of Nanga Painting
J
M
I do not see my self
Reflected in the mirror
My self, reflected in the mirror
Kaz Hamazaki
Nanga Master
Sees me.'
- Daigaku Horiguchi
By J AN ET BON ELLIE
colour forms the whole founda November at Edmonton’s Lefe- .
Pacific coast.
-The subtleties
of Japanese to two dimensional matter.
bvre Gallery. The collection ex
Nanga is an art of selectivity. tion for. his skill.”
Hamasaki elected to pursue
reality ..are not limited to poetry.
Carrying' the
principle - of hibited at this. time was charac
this art form after he had finish- All unnecessary elements are
The- same. enigmatic, definitions
eliminated but, in order to suc streamlined simplicity a step fur teristic of the broad spectrum of are present -in philosophy, litera "edyhis academic education in
cessfully strip the subject matter- ther, unpainted areas . are left to subject matter which he was able
ture and art. When Toronto ar- Canada and he spent six years of
suggest to the viewer a clear sky, to incorporate within the discip
tist Kazuo Hamasaki says
intensive study within Nanga s down to .its fundamental-essence,
a river, or mist on the mountains. lines of his chosen medium. Many
“There is always the movement - stringent parameters with teach- the artist must know and study
the structure of what he is paint- In a painting of fish, the white painting echoed . the Canadian
of life in Nanga painting, even if er .Seirin Ninomiya of Osaka. On
ing. Leaves,
rocks,
branches, of the paper may be left untouch- feeling with autumn scenes and
that life is the viewer- who, an completion he was awarded his
petals are all broken down into ed to suggest ; water. Thus the moonlight landscapes. Others re
looking at the painting, becomes diploma for proficiency'under the
their primary shapes —or rather, viewer, as in Hamasaki’s defini flected more traditional motifs
part of it” — he is simply ex- nom-de-plume Shin-iSen. He also
their spirits in a sort of philoso tion, becomes part of the painting? including Japanese pines, sea- ’
pressing another > definition of received his .teacher’s certificate
by supplying the missing ele sonal floral arrangements and.
phical cubism.
realityas dt applies . to his own and is qualified to instruct in the
simple studies of bamboo, plum
“When the -student begins to ments with his own imagination.
Nanga
school
techniques.
work.
Hamasaki’s Nanga paintings blossoms and chrysanthemums.
study Nanga,” Hamasaki recalls,
“
In
this
.art
form,^
he
explains,
Prince
Rupert,
British
/Born in
“In
my
Canadian
scenes,”
“he spends one whole month have been exhibited four times in
Columbia, Hamasaki is one of “the artist tries to express the
watching the' teacher’s own skill; Osaka, Japan and his works are Hamasaki explains, “adherance to
the country’s foremost exponents ■ creative essence and not neces
then another month practising.the - included in private collection in the old rules lends an original,
of this century’s old art forrn. sarily the outward form of the
Germany, Austria, the United fresh approach to the familiar
shape of one leaf.”
And he has taken the principles object .he ds painting. The feeling
Then he adds, “And this prac States, Japan and Hawaii as well landscape.”
of the Nanga school and adapted ■for the subject must be invoked
tice is done exclusively in black as bis native Canada. In 1974 he
Like tradition everywhere in
them to his - dual-cultural back and imparted through his arm
formulted
the
first
cultural
ex
the modern world, Nanga paint
ground to produce a distinctive and hand into’the brush and into ink.
change
of
art
between
Canada
-x “In photography, almost any
ing in Japan is in its desccendstyle of painting that is uniquely the spirit of the painting itself.”and
Hawaii
and
was
the
official
ency. Even those artists who fol
This feeling is most evident an thing looks well in full colour but
his own.
the truly proficient photographer representative of the Society of low the basic tenets of the school
The Nanga school in art has Hamasaki’s painting of the Cana
dian landscape in which he has is judged on his ability in black Canadian Artists at the opening are becoming careless in detail.
its origin in the 16th century
and white. Applying this theory ceremony in Honolulu. Repre Hamasaki points out that a know
when academics from the south been able to transmit this spiri
to the Nanga student, he must sented by galleries an Quebec ledgeable viewer has difficulty to
ern’ part of Japan began to de tual flow-to our country’s georeach a level of proficiency in> City, Halifax, Montreal, London, day in finding a painting that is
velop a free, emotional style of graphy — the scarlet leaves of
Kitchener,
iStratford, authentically representative
of
maple forests an autumn, the flut- painting an'black and white be- Toronto,
painting in direct . contradiction
ter of yellow birches in Ontario fore he can indulge in the super Winnipeg, Kingston, Sao Paulo the Nanga school.
to the highly stylized principles
valleys, the steam and swirl of ficial luxury of colour. The ex- Brazil, and Honolulu, his most
“As in Japanese flower arrang
of -the Yuan and Ming dynasties.
recent
one-man
show
was
held
in
the rock-infested water of the perience
in
painting
without
ing,” he says, “ all of the ele
Nevertheless, in keeping with the
ments must be sympathetic in
Japanese belief that symmetry
nature and correct according to
and balance should be present in
the seasons. If a bird is to be
all J things,
the
freedom
of
added to a painting of cherry
Nanga’s mood and subjet matter
blossoms the bird must be a
is firmly counterbalanced by a
swallow, If a bird appears in a.
strict, discipline in technique.
painting of bamboo, it is a sparThese disciplines extend to the
row. It’s essential that the plant
execution of the brush stroke, the
and animal life be consistent with
varying ; degree of light and
nature. Too often ■ the contem
shade, the selection and spacing
porary artist selects both spring
of the- subject’s components, and
to the artist’s personal ability to
CONT. ON P. 3
impart the feeling of movement
THE NEW CANADIAN
Friday, December 30th, 1977 .
Section II
Page 10
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Hamazaki.
different View With Each Visit;
Cont. From Page 1
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and .fall flowers and takes birds ,
:qr(. .fish- from all, parts of . the. s
world.? Then" ,^
oyerall composi- g
tion is ...pretty but the natural :
harmony of reality is missing.
. The wholepoint of the Nanga
.philosophy is defeated.
The Nanga school aims specially at the representation of a
- .
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state of mind using 'serenity’ as
^^ 8°°d 1OTtme' to stay> with, my husband ^ keynote^ Any preoccupation
and children, in Kyoto, Japan, for the • year. We lived in a lovely;
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-? eemi-rural, semi-suburban area on the. northern edgd' of the city. A ^^ visual ‘prettiness cancels
■ short walk from bur house took us to a large field-of rice: paddies, - put the initial purpose.-Therefore,.
.■ Standing at the edge of that field one could see our neighbourhood the most prized examples of
and the several adjoining ones, a vast array of tile roofs punctuated Nanga painting are those which
; here and there by the^thatched and peaked roof of one of the older reflect a’, certain 'nobility - of spirit
- farm. houses . of the area. And surrounding us -all—-the valley we
rather than an exact . r.eproduc.. ^shared, with farmers and students .of Doshisha high .school—were
, tion of the visual; Nanga spiri- .
mountains in- all directions.
■^
-We soon learned that the highest peak, off to the east of us, tuality has its source in Zen
-' \vas Mt Hiei, -accessible hy cable' car or ibus or automobile, and Buddhism - which, . like the art
affording a beautiful view of the whole city of Kyoto on one side form, appears simple but is diffi
J and of lovely Lake Biwa on the other. Naturally we traveled to its cult--to explain to the western
. peak and enjoyed the: Slight within a few weeks of our arrival.'
mind. With:Zen'as a? background,
- . . . 'We also heard that,the train whichran near our . house ended to Nanga painting attempts to reach Ij
' the west of us at Mt. Kurama. This was not an imposing mountain the soul of the subject and this ij
A ’peak and its name and history were an unknown quantity?- to a ■
. newcomer like me. .Still it was intriguing to wonder each time the mysticism offers as great a %
Kurama train went by what i£s-destination was like. My gradual source of comfort, to the contem■• -• acquaintance with Kurama;-acquired through the course of the year porary artist as it did to the *
> -during several visits of varying' intensity,, is . so -.analogous . to my Japanese of the 16th century who ®
; grasping of Japanese culture' in general that I: want to share the
strove to balance their troubled «:
■ experience with the -readers of. The New Canadian. -Perhaps it is
time’s through serenity in art.
«
how. we all come to appreciate a new culture..
The first time I went to Kurama was. on the spur-of-the- ■ An’ area in^ which simplicity
moment. My husband had an afternoon free and suggested.-we do does., exist is in the discriminat■ some sight-seeing. “Well* that stradn to . Kurama is near-by. Why ing use of. the art materials
-. don’t we go there?” was my.reply. So off we went, though the day themselves, These include brush,
was cloudy and -threatening. - What a pleasant- surprise. We quickly
paper and pigment. Hamasaki
left our suburban setting.- behind and were soon climbing the moun( tain^ through? the .trees,. the train tracks paralleling a sparkling uses two -brushes, both much
mountain stream. Despite the rainy day, my memory of going to wider than the tools of the westKurama that first time is of verdant mountain- woods and bamboo erri artist. One is used for broad,
stands, bur train literally cutting7 a path through them as the track background washes while the
^ narrowed to a single line only near the end. We passed -several
other can be skilfully handled to
.mountain villages, with more and .-more thatched, roofs—we were
never really in a wilderness-:—but1 still II remember most of alb the produce strokes .ranging- from the
-green, tree-covered mountain sides, and then the steaming bowl of hairline spikes of a pine needle
noodles at -a tiny inn in the village of Kurama itself. We walked cluster to the plump sides of a
the main street—one block long—and saw the gate of the temple’ goldfish. The paper; has the
of Kurama and then returned to our own home. A lovely, hazy spongy characteristics of a blot-,
. Strain- trip.
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_ ter ?to absorb the all-important
“iSb you went to Kurama,’’ my .friends said the next day.“Did
i watery pigment. And the pigment
you take the cable car ? Did you see the temple and the famous
- itself, in Hamasaki’s case limited statues? Did you climb to.the top of.the mountain?”
Cable car? Statues, temple, mountain top ? We had seen none to tiny saucers of sienna, yellow, of these things and I felt :we must have gone to a different place. blue-grey and scarlet, is mixed
But at any rate, I had gone to Kurama and: could now- put it out and diluted to create an entire
of my mind.
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rainbow of unbelievably crisp
Thus it rested for a few months. Then one sunny -Sunday in the
tints and shades.
autumn we decided to take the children to see. Kurama. It was,
Nanga. painting must be exe
after all a beautiful'train, ride. We set off, this time with obento
boxes packed with rice- balls and, the other goodies that make an cuted directly and without hesita
outing fun in Japan. We all enjoyed the train ride through the trees tion. No correction or ‘touching
and when we got to the gate of the temple we decided to go in. I up’ is permissible. A complete
' really don’t know yet what vast grounds we were entering. But painting is created at one time
I began to get an inkling. .Suddenly before us we saw the cable
so the work, compared to a wes
car climbing steeply through the trees. Of course the children were
eager to ride it and we did. From its windows another panoramic tern artist who labours for days
view of neighbouring mountains unfolded on one -side of us and on and weeks over one canvas, seems
the other the various buildings of Kurama-dera began to be seen. fast and conclusive. “However/*
The priests’ living quartersat one level, the washrooms at another, Hamasaki concludes, “the speed
_ the souvenir shops near the top of the cable line.
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with which a Nanga painting can
^- . But then a new sur-pise. Hundreds of wide concrete sdepsW
be executed is the end result of
- further up the mountain, taking us to the main temple building.
There we were all content to sit and enjoy a quiet moment. But years of study and self discip
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the narrower wooden steps leading, from one Slde. of }t ^™
intrigued the kids and they were ready to climb again. My husband
had had his fill of mountain climbing and stayed to enjoy the quiet-,
stop while we entered a much smaller gate and made our way
.further into the mountain. Now.we -were left with only exposd
’ roots to use as steps, or barren paths through the trees, with here
7 and there the sudden surpise of a smaU, rustic altar or s^e!^
one such altar a middle-aged couple was placing someboiled eggs
; and sake clapping their hands in the Japanese ritual and apparen y
saving'some prayers. I was somehow surprised to witness worship
-oing on here—although why should J have been? It was after
all Stemple. We climbed a bit further, then rejoined my husband
and returned home.
.I had now visited Kurama, climbed its mountain,
-
CONT. ON P; 4
seen its
line’”
There is
an
often-repeated
phrase used by practitioners of
Nanga art. It is .“Fude No
Ikoyoi” — the life in the brush.
And Hamasaki makes an impor
tant contribution —- and gift
to the Canadian art community in
his ability to take this Fude No
Ikoyoii and catch and control it
within the mirror of our own
Canadian environment.
(Courtesy of Artmagazine 26/27)
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Hamazaki.
different View With Each Visit;
Cont. From Page 1
|
and .fall flowers and takes birds ,
:qr(. .fish- from all, parts of . the. s
world.? Then" ,^
oyerall composi- g
tion is ...pretty but the natural :
harmony of reality is missing.
. The wholepoint of the Nanga
.philosophy is defeated.
The Nanga school aims specially at the representation of a
- .
.
state of mind using 'serenity’ as
^^ 8°°d 1OTtme' to stay> with, my husband ^ keynote^ Any preoccupation
and children, in Kyoto, Japan, for the • year. We lived in a lovely;
;
.
■
•
-? eemi-rural, semi-suburban area on the. northern edgd' of the city. A ^^ visual ‘prettiness cancels
■ short walk from bur house took us to a large field-of rice: paddies, - put the initial purpose.-Therefore,.
.■ Standing at the edge of that field one could see our neighbourhood the most prized examples of
and the several adjoining ones, a vast array of tile roofs punctuated Nanga painting are those which
; here and there by the^thatched and peaked roof of one of the older reflect a’, certain 'nobility - of spirit
- farm. houses . of the area. And surrounding us -all—-the valley we
rather than an exact . r.eproduc.. ^shared, with farmers and students .of Doshisha high .school—were
, tion of the visual; Nanga spiri- .
mountains in- all directions.
■^
-We soon learned that the highest peak, off to the east of us, tuality has its source in Zen
-' \vas Mt Hiei, -accessible hy cable' car or ibus or automobile, and Buddhism - which, . like the art
affording a beautiful view of the whole city of Kyoto on one side form, appears simple but is diffi
J and of lovely Lake Biwa on the other. Naturally we traveled to its cult--to explain to the western
. peak and enjoyed the: Slight within a few weeks of our arrival.'
mind. With:Zen'as a? background,
- . . . 'We also heard that,the train whichran near our . house ended to Nanga painting attempts to reach Ij
' the west of us at Mt. Kurama. This was not an imposing mountain the soul of the subject and this ij
A ’peak and its name and history were an unknown quantity?- to a ■
. newcomer like me. .Still it was intriguing to wonder each time the mysticism offers as great a %
Kurama train went by what i£s-destination was like. My gradual source of comfort, to the contem■• -• acquaintance with Kurama;-acquired through the course of the year porary artist as it did to the *
> -during several visits of varying' intensity,, is . so -.analogous . to my Japanese of the 16th century who ®
; grasping of Japanese culture' in general that I: want to share the
strove to balance their troubled «:
■ experience with the -readers of. The New Canadian. -Perhaps it is
time’s through serenity in art.
«
how. we all come to appreciate a new culture..
The first time I went to Kurama was. on the spur-of-the- ■ An’ area in^ which simplicity
moment. My husband had an afternoon free and suggested.-we do does., exist is in the discriminat■ some sight-seeing. “Well* that stradn to . Kurama is near-by. Why ing use of. the art materials
-. don’t we go there?” was my.reply. So off we went, though the day themselves, These include brush,
was cloudy and -threatening. - What a pleasant- surprise. We quickly
paper and pigment. Hamasaki
left our suburban setting.- behind and were soon climbing the moun( tain^ through? the .trees,. the train tracks paralleling a sparkling uses two -brushes, both much
mountain stream. Despite the rainy day, my memory of going to wider than the tools of the westKurama that first time is of verdant mountain- woods and bamboo erri artist. One is used for broad,
stands, bur train literally cutting7 a path through them as the track background washes while the
^ narrowed to a single line only near the end. We passed -several
other can be skilfully handled to
.mountain villages, with more and .-more thatched, roofs—we were
never really in a wilderness-:—but1 still II remember most of alb the produce strokes .ranging- from the
-green, tree-covered mountain sides, and then the steaming bowl of hairline spikes of a pine needle
noodles at -a tiny inn in the village of Kurama itself. We walked cluster to the plump sides of a
the main street—one block long—and saw the gate of the temple’ goldfish. The paper; has the
of Kurama and then returned to our own home. A lovely, hazy spongy characteristics of a blot-,
. Strain- trip.
■.
_ ter ?to absorb the all-important
“iSb you went to Kurama,’’ my .friends said the next day.“Did
i watery pigment. And the pigment
you take the cable car ? Did you see the temple and the famous
- itself, in Hamasaki’s case limited statues? Did you climb to.the top of.the mountain?”
Cable car? Statues, temple, mountain top ? We had seen none to tiny saucers of sienna, yellow, of these things and I felt :we must have gone to a different place. blue-grey and scarlet, is mixed
But at any rate, I had gone to Kurama and: could now- put it out and diluted to create an entire
of my mind.
. . .. .- ■•• ■“
■;-• .
"■
rainbow of unbelievably crisp
Thus it rested for a few months. Then one sunny -Sunday in the
tints and shades.
autumn we decided to take the children to see. Kurama. It was,
Nanga. painting must be exe
after all a beautiful'train, ride. We set off, this time with obento
boxes packed with rice- balls and, the other goodies that make an cuted directly and without hesita
outing fun in Japan. We all enjoyed the train ride through the trees tion. No correction or ‘touching
and when we got to the gate of the temple we decided to go in. I up’ is permissible. A complete
' really don’t know yet what vast grounds we were entering. But painting is created at one time
I began to get an inkling. .Suddenly before us we saw the cable
so the work, compared to a wes
car climbing steeply through the trees. Of course the children were
eager to ride it and we did. From its windows another panoramic tern artist who labours for days
view of neighbouring mountains unfolded on one -side of us and on and weeks over one canvas, seems
the other the various buildings of Kurama-dera began to be seen. fast and conclusive. “However/*
The priests’ living quartersat one level, the washrooms at another, Hamasaki concludes, “the speed
_ the souvenir shops near the top of the cable line.
.
. .. <
with which a Nanga painting can
^- . But then a new sur-pise. Hundreds of wide concrete sdepsW
be executed is the end result of
- further up the mountain, taking us to the main temple building.
There we were all content to sit and enjoy a quiet moment. But years of study and self discip
The Many Faceted
Mount Kurama
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the narrower wooden steps leading, from one Slde. of }t ^™
intrigued the kids and they were ready to climb again. My husband
had had his fill of mountain climbing and stayed to enjoy the quiet-,
stop while we entered a much smaller gate and made our way
.further into the mountain. Now.we -were left with only exposd
’ roots to use as steps, or barren paths through the trees, with here
7 and there the sudden surpise of a smaU, rustic altar or s^e!^
one such altar a middle-aged couple was placing someboiled eggs
; and sake clapping their hands in the Japanese ritual and apparen y
saving'some prayers. I was somehow surprised to witness worship
-oing on here—although why should J have been? It was after
all Stemple. We climbed a bit further, then rejoined my husband
and returned home.
.I had now visited Kurama, climbed its mountain,
-
CONT. ON P; 4
seen its
line’”
There is
an
often-repeated
phrase used by practitioners of
Nanga art. It is .“Fude No
Ikoyoi” — the life in the brush.
And Hamasaki makes an impor
tant contribution —- and gift
to the Canadian art community in
his ability to take this Fude No
Ikoyoii and catch and control it
within the mirror of our own
Canadian environment.
(Courtesy of Artmagazine 26/27)
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I •
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Friday, -December 30, 1977
PAGE 4
Kurama
Cont.From Page3
temple and altars even- tin moments of worship*, j Now I ’ knew what
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Kurama was like.
’
' , •
-j But Kurama was not to ,he gained so lightlyX Now another .
■ friend came along..“’So you went to Kurama. Then 1 think you would l
enjoy this hook.” And she gave hie a tattered copy of her daughter’s
■ kindergarten hooks entitled - Yoshitsune.” -It _ was the story - of that
famous samurai’s detention and training, at Kurama-dera during his
■ early childhood, and the somewhat mythical legend about how he
learned his excellent - swordmanship -from -living.-' in-.-the woods
there. -So this was what four-year-old children in-Japan know about Kurama. And they could probably read its story, (written in. hira' - gana)” better than I could. I really didn’t know Kurama at all yet!
Then followed a search of the libraries and bookstores for. what
ever accounts of this historical side of Kurama I could find-in
: English. Who was Yoshitsune, when did he live, how did he fit into
Japanese history? Several.months passed.;1
x
When my mother visited Kyoto in the spring,-, one of my plans
was to show here Kurama. .She would surely enjoy the train ride
and cable car. But I worried. Could she climb all those steps ? She
could and did. And she also introduced me to one more facet .of
Kurama when she suggested we visit its museum, a building my
' family and I had passed up. There in a vault under careful guard
were some of the temple’s most precious treasures from previous
centuries, including a- large statue which was eight hundred years
old. Now’Kurama’s historical'past, from the time of Yoshitsune
and before, came to life.
_
;
;
There remained now one more aspect of Kurama that I had still
to conquer before I could feel my knowledge of the' mountain and
temuTe anywhere near complete. This was to scale its summit. As I
am ho mountain climber my children eagerly accompanied me in
this attempt. They had in fact already made the climb over it with
their Japanese classmates—they were well beyond me already in
their grasp of Japanese life!
We again took our lunch and planned a whole day for the
outing. We made it happily to the top, enjoyed from yet another
• perspective the ranges of mountains all round, then: followed several
other groups also out climbing. Now there.came ope last surprise—
■ the back side of the mountain. No temples or souvenir shops just
a rustic path winding down and. at the bottom a road following the
- stream again. There we were able to sit on a platform built out oyer
’ the stream, its gurgle right beneath us, and this time, eat noodles
sent down a long bamboo : tube and landing right in each person s
place along a common trough. A delight!
.
We walked the mile back to the train. J was'feeling happily
fatigued so happy” to have been at Kurama, and wondering when,
with our return to Canada imminent, I would ever see Kurama ;
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Kurama
Cont.From Page3
temple and altars even- tin moments of worship*, j Now I ’ knew what
Season’sQreetings
|^ . '
Kurama was like.
’
' , •
-j But Kurama was not to ,he gained so lightlyX Now another .
■ friend came along..“’So you went to Kurama. Then 1 think you would l
enjoy this hook.” And she gave hie a tattered copy of her daughter’s
■ kindergarten hooks entitled - Yoshitsune.” -It _ was the story - of that
famous samurai’s detention and training, at Kurama-dera during his
■ early childhood, and the somewhat mythical legend about how he
learned his excellent - swordmanship -from -living.-' in-.-the woods
there. -So this was what four-year-old children in-Japan know about Kurama. And they could probably read its story, (written in. hira' - gana)” better than I could. I really didn’t know Kurama at all yet!
Then followed a search of the libraries and bookstores for. what
ever accounts of this historical side of Kurama I could find-in
: English. Who was Yoshitsune, when did he live, how did he fit into
Japanese history? Several.months passed.;1
x
When my mother visited Kyoto in the spring,-, one of my plans
was to show here Kurama. .She would surely enjoy the train ride
and cable car. But I worried. Could she climb all those steps ? She
could and did. And she also introduced me to one more facet .of
Kurama when she suggested we visit its museum, a building my
' family and I had passed up. There in a vault under careful guard
were some of the temple’s most precious treasures from previous
centuries, including a- large statue which was eight hundred years
old. Now’Kurama’s historical'past, from the time of Yoshitsune
and before, came to life.
_
;
;
There remained now one more aspect of Kurama that I had still
to conquer before I could feel my knowledge of the' mountain and
temuTe anywhere near complete. This was to scale its summit. As I
am ho mountain climber my children eagerly accompanied me in
this attempt. They had in fact already made the climb over it with
their Japanese classmates—they were well beyond me already in
their grasp of Japanese life!
We again took our lunch and planned a whole day for the
outing. We made it happily to the top, enjoyed from yet another
• perspective the ranges of mountains all round, then: followed several
other groups also out climbing. Now there.came ope last surprise—
■ the back side of the mountain. No temples or souvenir shops just
a rustic path winding down and. at the bottom a road following the
- stream again. There we were able to sit on a platform built out oyer
’ the stream, its gurgle right beneath us, and this time, eat noodles
sent down a long bamboo : tube and landing right in each person s
place along a common trough. A delight!
.
We walked the mile back to the train. J was'feeling happily
fatigued so happy” to have been at Kurama, and wondering when,
with our return to Canada imminent, I would ever see Kurama ;
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again.
will go - again. My next dream is to visit it once in the .
But I
snow.
.
Going to Kurama,
Every step-a different vista.
Every trip a new delight.
OiilMlliiiBBJ^
Rev. June King and Family
Rev. and Mrs. L. Kawamura
Rev. and Mrs." Y. Kawamura
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: Sensei To Royalty.
English lessons at Japanese Imperial Palace
By MARY HARU CHAPPELL
। She seemed slightly as a loss.
“Do you know, Mary, that the
Imperial Household Agency is in; vestigating you ?”
Mary H. Chappell, ^well-known
to most Toronto Japanese .Cana- '
dians, and her twin sister Con
stance lived for many years jn
Japan _working as private tutors
; to the Empress... Several - years ,
ago,, they were both awarded
special “kunshos”. medals from
Japan for their work as teachers.
I “Miss Rhoades never did,” she
answered slowly. Then ■ she con
tinued confidently, “but she was
an American. Yes, Canadians
As a special treat for the
readers of The New Canadian,
Mary Chappell has given us per
mission to use “some memories”
I looked up from^my desk in'
, j the familiar English faculty room
.curtsy.”
:
at Tsuda College, Tokyo; where I
of that time.
1
My Imperial pupil was - a seri
“I wrote them for my family
taught -both before andt after
ous student and expected to work.
and friends and not for publica
. World War II. A Japanese- col
She had behaviour patterns held
league' was smiling mysteriously.
tion/’, if she said. “It has never
over from -earlier years. -If the
She spoke of the fact that Esther
been printed before.”
teacher gave her an assignment,
Rhoades, the . American Quaker
’ fox''instance, in my case p list of
lady, who .had been the English
words to be put into sentences,
tutor to the Empress of Japan,;
cottage we heard the roar of the • could be selected. The choice was, ary post-war apartment in the she was determined to satisfy
was soon to retire. To my comme. One of her obligations- was to
plete surprise she told me that motor cycles whic a preceded the made at an early age. Her girl- office building of the ‘Imperial
hood was one intensive prepara- Household Agency. The beautiful accompany the Emperor when he
Esther had' suggested me as her Empress’s car. We had tea hi an
tion for her future’ role. Her ‘ new palace which now replaces went on tours. iShe expected- me
successor. Tsuda College had upstairs room, traditionally the.
td.be done
father builther a study house the-one. destroyed in the war was to give her; ^
been asked for a recommendation. best room in a Japanese house.
- while fheyjwerew^My-’assignThe Empress was simply dressed adjacent to the . family home, in the process of construction.
ment was usually to keep an
Events moved quickly and beHere her days were spent receiv
'Chamberlains
and ladies-in
in Western style.
English diary. It distressed?; her if
’ fore long It was' arranged that I
For ordinary day-time events ing her numerous tutors, each an waiting greeted me at a side en
she was. unable to do thi^ com- shou'd meet Her Majesty for the this- is her, usual costume. For expert in some branch of khowl-J
trance and ushered me into a
•Tirst lime at a simple seaside cot- formal social occasions she often edge or art. The result of .their waiting room. A few stayed to. pletely.
m'
the,- room;where
. tage n< ar Tokyo which belonged wears kimono of exquisite mate endeavours was that the Empress chat. These,
ladies and gentlemen . When< .I.>>.entered
a
.
_
-.
^
_
.
,,
,
.
i
.-1
.
the
lessori
was
to
be
given,
the
to Miss Rhoades. It was located
■
>
rials, colours and designs,’ and has a broad understanding of his- - were friendly and nelpful to me.
t
j
:^'\Emp^
out her hand. I
conveniently near the Hayama for state functions she appears in tory and geography and is skilled - «
for I could appeal to them in
<
„
,,
s
curtsied and we took our .^places
Detached Palace, a holiday re- European-style court dress, com in painting and other arts.
?
.
&
matters of etiquette.
' treat wheix the Emperor and Em plete with tiara, decorations and
My lesson with Her Majesty
At a previous meeting. I had
press "were then staying.
my
CONT. ON P. 7
became a
lady,
“
Should
I
curtsy
”
'
asked
a
.^jThus began, a fresh chapter ip
As we were looking out across weekly routine. The Imperial car
my teaching career.. It .took me rooftops to- the sparkling sea
on the . suburban
into a new world, the “World •Esther
commented
upon her my ..house
Above the Clouds,” as the Japa pleasure in the view, especially, campus of Tsuda College. My
nese say when skeaking of their she explained, the sight of moon Japanese housekeeper carried my
Imperial Court.
light on-the water. “How lovely briefcase to the car and bowed as
On the gre: t day. I went early it must be,” said the Empress, I drove-away. The same chauf
to Hayama to help get ready. The and added, “I have never seen the feur drove me every time, and
woodwork, of the cottage had moon shining oh the ■•sea.’* In a though neither he nor I were inbeen vigorously' polished., Esther flash I realized how this was pos ~dined to gossip, I could feel his
explained that she. had -prepared sible: In her spacious villa con > profound loyalty to the Imperial
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sandwiches for our lunch to take
down to the seashoi e. /She / had
done this to avoid any possibility
of dropping a crumb. on the im
maculate matted_ floor. Her sim• pie arrangements included one
.elegant detail. She had brought
from Tokyo a silver tea-service
■ inherited from five generations
of Philadelphia Quakers.
•Soon after we returned to the
structed in the style of an. ancient House and his sense of responKyoto palace, the shutters_ would sibility and of the dignity of his
be closed as soon as darkness fell. position. At last in the centre of
“The World Above the Clouds,” the city we came to the centurieswith all its luxury and . artistry old moat and the thick grey stone <
was, on the other hand, • a world wall. We crossed the ancient
bridge, arid passed through the
of restrictions and deprivations.
The present Empress of Japan massive gate into the quiet ex
was born into one of the few panse of the palace grounds..
At this time the Emperor and
aristocratic families from which
an Imperial bride—at that time Empress were living in a. temp or-
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English lessons at Japanese Imperial Palace
By MARY HARU CHAPPELL
। She seemed slightly as a loss.
“Do you know, Mary, that the
Imperial Household Agency is in; vestigating you ?”
Mary H. Chappell, ^well-known
to most Toronto Japanese .Cana- '
dians, and her twin sister Con
stance lived for many years jn
Japan _working as private tutors
; to the Empress... Several - years ,
ago,, they were both awarded
special “kunshos”. medals from
Japan for their work as teachers.
I “Miss Rhoades never did,” she
answered slowly. Then ■ she con
tinued confidently, “but she was
an American. Yes, Canadians
As a special treat for the
readers of The New Canadian,
Mary Chappell has given us per
mission to use “some memories”
I looked up from^my desk in'
, j the familiar English faculty room
.curtsy.”
:
at Tsuda College, Tokyo; where I
of that time.
1
My Imperial pupil was - a seri
“I wrote them for my family
taught -both before andt after
ous student and expected to work.
and friends and not for publica
. World War II. A Japanese- col
She had behaviour patterns held
league' was smiling mysteriously.
tion/’, if she said. “It has never
over from -earlier years. -If the
She spoke of the fact that Esther
been printed before.”
teacher gave her an assignment,
Rhoades, the . American Quaker
’ fox''instance, in my case p list of
lady, who .had been the English
words to be put into sentences,
tutor to the Empress of Japan,;
cottage we heard the roar of the • could be selected. The choice was, ary post-war apartment in the she was determined to satisfy
was soon to retire. To my comme. One of her obligations- was to
plete surprise she told me that motor cycles whic a preceded the made at an early age. Her girl- office building of the ‘Imperial
hood was one intensive prepara- Household Agency. The beautiful accompany the Emperor when he
Esther had' suggested me as her Empress’s car. We had tea hi an
tion for her future’ role. Her ‘ new palace which now replaces went on tours. iShe expected- me
successor. Tsuda College had upstairs room, traditionally the.
td.be done
father builther a study house the-one. destroyed in the war was to give her; ^
been asked for a recommendation. best room in a Japanese house.
- while fheyjwerew^My-’assignThe Empress was simply dressed adjacent to the . family home, in the process of construction.
ment was usually to keep an
Events moved quickly and beHere her days were spent receiv
'Chamberlains
and ladies-in
in Western style.
English diary. It distressed?; her if
’ fore long It was' arranged that I
For ordinary day-time events ing her numerous tutors, each an waiting greeted me at a side en
she was. unable to do thi^ com- shou'd meet Her Majesty for the this- is her, usual costume. For expert in some branch of khowl-J
trance and ushered me into a
•Tirst lime at a simple seaside cot- formal social occasions she often edge or art. The result of .their waiting room. A few stayed to. pletely.
m'
the,- room;where
. tage n< ar Tokyo which belonged wears kimono of exquisite mate endeavours was that the Empress chat. These,
ladies and gentlemen . When< .I.>>.entered
a
.
_
-.
^
_
.
,,
,
.
i
.-1
.
the
lessori
was
to
be
given,
the
to Miss Rhoades. It was located
■
>
rials, colours and designs,’ and has a broad understanding of his- - were friendly and nelpful to me.
t
j
:^'\Emp^
out her hand. I
conveniently near the Hayama for state functions she appears in tory and geography and is skilled - «
for I could appeal to them in
<
„
,,
s
curtsied and we took our .^places
Detached Palace, a holiday re- European-style court dress, com in painting and other arts.
?
.
&
matters of etiquette.
' treat wheix the Emperor and Em plete with tiara, decorations and
My lesson with Her Majesty
At a previous meeting. I had
press "were then staying.
my
CONT. ON P. 7
became a
lady,
“
Should
I
curtsy
”
'
asked
a
.^jThus began, a fresh chapter ip
As we were looking out across weekly routine. The Imperial car
my teaching career.. It .took me rooftops to- the sparkling sea
on the . suburban
into a new world, the “World •Esther
commented
upon her my ..house
Above the Clouds,” as the Japa pleasure in the view, especially, campus of Tsuda College. My
nese say when skeaking of their she explained, the sight of moon Japanese housekeeper carried my
Imperial Court.
light on-the water. “How lovely briefcase to the car and bowed as
On the gre: t day. I went early it must be,” said the Empress, I drove-away. The same chauf
to Hayama to help get ready. The and added, “I have never seen the feur drove me every time, and
woodwork, of the cottage had moon shining oh the ■•sea.’* In a though neither he nor I were inbeen vigorously' polished., Esther flash I realized how this was pos ~dined to gossip, I could feel his
explained that she. had -prepared sible: In her spacious villa con > profound loyalty to the Imperial
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NEW ORIENT EXPRESS
sandwiches for our lunch to take
down to the seashoi e. /She / had
done this to avoid any possibility
of dropping a crumb. on the im
maculate matted_ floor. Her sim• pie arrangements included one
.elegant detail. She had brought
from Tokyo a silver tea-service
■ inherited from five generations
of Philadelphia Quakers.
•Soon after we returned to the
structed in the style of an. ancient House and his sense of responKyoto palace, the shutters_ would sibility and of the dignity of his
be closed as soon as darkness fell. position. At last in the centre of
“The World Above the Clouds,” the city we came to the centurieswith all its luxury and . artistry old moat and the thick grey stone <
was, on the other hand, • a world wall. We crossed the ancient
bridge, arid passed through the
of restrictions and deprivations.
The present Empress of Japan massive gate into the quiet ex
was born into one of the few panse of the palace grounds..
At this time the Emperor and
aristocratic families from which
an Imperial bride—at that time Empress were living in a. temp or-
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MR. KEN KUTSUKAKE
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.
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W. E. McHugh
M. J. Canic, 1st vice-president
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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M5T1G9
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Mrs. Hide Shimizu
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Kudo
123-Felbrigg Aye.,.
* Toronto, M5M - 2M6
70 Erie Aye., /?‘
'Hamilton;: Ont.'. L8N 2W6
Mr. & Mrs. Mas Sugamori
James & 'Minnie Horiuchi
‘
Mrs. Chiyo Nagai & Mary
Mr. & Mrs. W. T. Nagai
. J.. S. Nagai & Family,
P.O. Box 1510,
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~
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.
Mr. & Mrs. Jinzo Tsuchida
& Family
6 Yarmouth,. .Ont. _
Hamilton, Ont.
L®S 3E1
1.328 Queen St. West
Toronto, Ontario
Mrs. Teruko Kajioka
22 Prince Rupert;Ave.,
: Toronto, Ont. M6P 2A7^
Mr. & Mrs. John Kajioka'
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kajioka
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Dineen
Phone 531-1931
Season’s Greetings
Best wishes for a
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Very Merry Christmas
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and a
Prosperous New Year
Willowdale, Ontario}'
.Season’s Greetings
Providing the following financial services:
THOMAS T. ONIZUKA, Q.C
425 University Ave.,
Suite 615
First and Second Mortgages
Fishing Vessel Loans
Consumer Loans
Plan 24 Savings Accounts
Short and Long Term Deposits
Chequing Accounts
Share Savings
,
TORONTO, ONT.
Registered Retirement Savings Plans
Registered Home Ownership Savings Plans
Income Averaging Annuity Contracts
Safe Deposit Boxes
Travellers’Cheques
Money Orders
Night Depository
Personal Financial Counselling
Greetings and Best Wishes
from the
TORONTO CENTENNIAL
SOCIETY
With thanks to all those who participated in our
Centennial events.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
A. N. T. Boroevich
P. Wishinski >
R. F. Long, president
.
.
D. C. Rea
W. E. McHugh
M. J. Canic, 1st vice-president
T. Pileberg
J. E. Person
W. W. Paulik, 2nd vice-president
G. Williamson
Manager: J. R. Sutherland
GULF and FRASER FISHERMEN’S
CREDIT UNION
803 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C.
. V6A1R8
Telephone 254-6266
Chairman, Kunio Suyama; Treasurer, Keigi Saisho.
Secretary, Hide Shimizu.
Season’s Greetings
Japanese restaurant/ tavern
.460 Dundas Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Sensei
?>AGE/7
Cont.From Page 5 >
at; the table on which/work mate ■ h®^ the sea calm,, and there was objects richly
of that disastrous® war to step/
decorated - , with
He is internationally, k^
rials had beeri; arranged. The Em no danger of anyone; being
_ sea- ^turquoises. The effect was .that as am ichthyologist, and has pu from the seclusion of the
pre-\
press maintained: a/ strictly dis- sick. At that point her smile tur- of primitive, barbaric . splendour. blished scientific papers on his war Japanesecourt into, the post—'
ciplined. schoolroom . atmosphere ned . to a laugh,- as -. it so
often One: day. I was taken - to see the researches.The-'Empress
loves ■ war worldl The achievement of
becoming the consort of a mo
andherattitudetotheteacher did, a* cascade of gay laughter." house(on the palace grounds whe- collecting and
paintingflowers,
was/that-which had- been incul- It: was such .a wonderful joke to re the' Empress’s silk-worms are A handsome volume of her paint dern monarch seems to me to be;.
cated. . by- -the- Japanese- , ethic - her that the ladies had been so raised; From * olden - times
this ings and sketches has been pro evidence of her vigorous, innate
/.•
through the generations. It was worried and their anxiety
had skill has been cultivated by high- duced. For the most part the. su courage.
■Changes were quickly introdu- .<
notlong, however, before I recog-been unnecessary. /
ranking Japanese-ladies. - Also I bject is; wildflowers of Nasu,--a
nized' the fun-loving-, merry dis-. - The? English- language provides saw the special rice-field' which mountain area where an Imperi- ced. New fashions in dress were. '
high-heeled
position that was ~ distinctly her many oportunities for amusement His Majesty himself planted an- al summer villa was located. The- accepted including
with its twists of idiom and pro- nually. The rice''from this field . re are also some: sketches of ma- shoes an d other details which reown.
My method was to prepare a nunciation. One day we .had a' is offered to the Shinto divinities rine creatures and one of a rare quired untried postures. So when*
the time came for her to go to
short paragraph on a non-cont- good deal of fun with the word at harvest time. Now and then bird.
roversial subject of .current inte- “porcupine”. 'I was showing Her when-1 was returning : home after
Popular magazines have repro- Europe and to be the guest of
rest and to make this the start Majesty a Canadian Indian bas my= lesson, a splendid bouquet of duced photographs of the Empe- the Queen at Buckingham Palace
ing point of the lesson. The first ket and explained that it was de roses from the Empress’s
rose ror and Empress ' in completely she was prepared to travel and to;
lesson I prepared for her was ba- corated-with porcupine quills. It. garden was thoughtfully brought informal attire, wandering along take her place at public functithe mountain paths of Nasu ex ons in the conventional - British
sed on two dr three sentences de seems that in her studies she had out to my car for me.
the way. She- also acted as hostess
scribing an incident .that I had been fascinated by Eskimos and
My' duties in the' “ World Abo amining the plants along;
heard of. Their / Majesties had Indians. She looked at the bas- ve the Clouds” did hot bring me yay. The Empress does not go when Queen Elizabeth and the
recently gone on a visit to the -ket with . great interest and was into contact with the Emperor. on excursions, for marine rese Duke of Edinburgh made a ret
Some
Island of Oshima .about half a not satisfied until she had maste- However, as T came to know the arch. She - accompanies -her hus urn state visit " in 1975.
day’s sail from the
.mainland, red the pronunciation and spell- Empress better,/! realized that' band to the pier where he bo sense of congeniality must have
established during their,,
Before starting out, the ladies-in- ing of “porcupine quills”.
Their Majesties enjoyed a
fine ards a launch especially equipp been
waiting had been .extremely anxiMy relationship with my pupih ./companionship. It sprang
from ed for scientific work. Then, in first meeting for many .television, ous because the waters between was without strain. Often I rea- shared experiences during bitter the manner of countless Japan-. viewers were impressed by the.
the mainland and this island had lized that she gave considerable years shadowed by war and the ese wives, she. bows as he depar- - joy of recognition which was ap-.
the reputation of being
rough thought to providing some spe- devastating defeat. I could rea ts. She takes an active, interest parent as they met in Tokyo. The
At
and they ' dreaded seasickness.,. I ci al privilege which she knew wo- dily believe what I heard about in all his projects and makes a Queen, too, was adaptable.
prepared three or four sentences uld give me pleasure. One of the her unfailing courage and moral further contribution by. helping an exhibition of flower arrange? .
as a drill in grammar and voca- first of these was at the time of support when they . were ' endu to organize and classify the she ments, before entering a strictly
with
a
biliary? The Empress studied the- a state visit from the King and ring undreamed of- reversals of lls’ and other specimens he has Japanese style room
' straw-matted floor,. she removed
se. unfamiliar English words ear- Queen of Nepal. I was invited; to fortune. ’ .They, shared also ’ their collected.
In her early years the Emp- her shoes, according to custom**'
nestly. (Soon, however, her expr- go to the room where the gifts intellectual and cultural interests.
Japanese
ession changed. She was
much from Nepal were exhibited: soft, The Emperor has made, marine ress led a sheltered life. It took and at a traditional
mana
amused when the'story . went on delicate mats and blankets
of biology* his chief scholarly inte- a remarkable degree of adapta- dinner, the Queen deftly
bility and flexibility at the end ged her chopsticks.
to say' that the day had’been fi- snow-white lamb’s wool and gold rest.
Sensei
?>AGE/7
Cont.From Page 5 >
at; the table on which/work mate ■ h®^ the sea calm,, and there was objects richly
of that disastrous® war to step/
decorated - , with
He is internationally, k^
rials had beeri; arranged. The Em no danger of anyone; being
_ sea- ^turquoises. The effect was .that as am ichthyologist, and has pu from the seclusion of the
pre-\
press maintained: a/ strictly dis- sick. At that point her smile tur- of primitive, barbaric . splendour. blished scientific papers on his war Japanesecourt into, the post—'
ciplined. schoolroom . atmosphere ned . to a laugh,- as -. it so
often One: day. I was taken - to see the researches.The-'Empress
loves ■ war worldl The achievement of
becoming the consort of a mo
andherattitudetotheteacher did, a* cascade of gay laughter." house(on the palace grounds whe- collecting and
paintingflowers,
was/that-which had- been incul- It: was such .a wonderful joke to re the' Empress’s silk-worms are A handsome volume of her paint dern monarch seems to me to be;.
cated. . by- -the- Japanese- , ethic - her that the ladies had been so raised; From * olden - times
this ings and sketches has been pro evidence of her vigorous, innate
/.•
through the generations. It was worried and their anxiety
had skill has been cultivated by high- duced. For the most part the. su courage.
■Changes were quickly introdu- .<
notlong, however, before I recog-been unnecessary. /
ranking Japanese-ladies. - Also I bject is; wildflowers of Nasu,--a
nized' the fun-loving-, merry dis-. - The? English- language provides saw the special rice-field' which mountain area where an Imperi- ced. New fashions in dress were. '
high-heeled
position that was ~ distinctly her many oportunities for amusement His Majesty himself planted an- al summer villa was located. The- accepted including
with its twists of idiom and pro- nually. The rice''from this field . re are also some: sketches of ma- shoes an d other details which reown.
My method was to prepare a nunciation. One day we .had a' is offered to the Shinto divinities rine creatures and one of a rare quired untried postures. So when*
the time came for her to go to
short paragraph on a non-cont- good deal of fun with the word at harvest time. Now and then bird.
roversial subject of .current inte- “porcupine”. 'I was showing Her when-1 was returning : home after
Popular magazines have repro- Europe and to be the guest of
rest and to make this the start Majesty a Canadian Indian bas my= lesson, a splendid bouquet of duced photographs of the Empe- the Queen at Buckingham Palace
ing point of the lesson. The first ket and explained that it was de roses from the Empress’s
rose ror and Empress ' in completely she was prepared to travel and to;
lesson I prepared for her was ba- corated-with porcupine quills. It. garden was thoughtfully brought informal attire, wandering along take her place at public functithe mountain paths of Nasu ex ons in the conventional - British
sed on two dr three sentences de seems that in her studies she had out to my car for me.
the way. She- also acted as hostess
scribing an incident .that I had been fascinated by Eskimos and
My' duties in the' “ World Abo amining the plants along;
heard of. Their / Majesties had Indians. She looked at the bas- ve the Clouds” did hot bring me yay. The Empress does not go when Queen Elizabeth and the
recently gone on a visit to the -ket with . great interest and was into contact with the Emperor. on excursions, for marine rese Duke of Edinburgh made a ret
Some
Island of Oshima .about half a not satisfied until she had maste- However, as T came to know the arch. She - accompanies -her hus urn state visit " in 1975.
day’s sail from the
.mainland, red the pronunciation and spell- Empress better,/! realized that' band to the pier where he bo sense of congeniality must have
established during their,,
Before starting out, the ladies-in- ing of “porcupine quills”.
Their Majesties enjoyed a
fine ards a launch especially equipp been
waiting had been .extremely anxiMy relationship with my pupih ./companionship. It sprang
from ed for scientific work. Then, in first meeting for many .television, ous because the waters between was without strain. Often I rea- shared experiences during bitter the manner of countless Japan-. viewers were impressed by the.
the mainland and this island had lized that she gave considerable years shadowed by war and the ese wives, she. bows as he depar- - joy of recognition which was ap-.
the reputation of being
rough thought to providing some spe- devastating defeat. I could rea ts. She takes an active, interest parent as they met in Tokyo. The
At
and they ' dreaded seasickness.,. I ci al privilege which she knew wo- dily believe what I heard about in all his projects and makes a Queen, too, was adaptable.
prepared three or four sentences uld give me pleasure. One of the her unfailing courage and moral further contribution by. helping an exhibition of flower arrange? .
as a drill in grammar and voca- first of these was at the time of support when they . were ' endu to organize and classify the she ments, before entering a strictly
with
a
biliary? The Empress studied the- a state visit from the King and ring undreamed of- reversals of lls’ and other specimens he has Japanese style room
' straw-matted floor,. she removed
se. unfamiliar English words ear- Queen of Nepal. I was invited; to fortune. ’ .They, shared also ’ their collected.
In her early years the Emp- her shoes, according to custom**'
nestly. (Soon, however, her expr- go to the room where the gifts intellectual and cultural interests.
Japanese
ession changed. She was
much from Nepal were exhibited: soft, The Emperor has made, marine ress led a sheltered life. It took and at a traditional
mana
amused when the'story . went on delicate mats and blankets
of biology* his chief scholarly inte- a remarkable degree of adapta- dinner, the Queen deftly
bility and flexibility at the end ged her chopsticks.
to say' that the day had’been fi- snow-white lamb’s wool and gold rest.
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Page 17
Section III
AJ.C.StoryOfStruggleAndSuccess
Japanese Canadian Pioneer Family
B.C.
the Kozuki s of Williams Lake, B.C.
And The Whole Clan Together
Homestead And Idyllic Setting
on Kozuki Road overlooking' the When they first heard Japanese
north ’ shore of Williams Lake, would be evacuated from the
Williams Lake, B.C.)
.
Fred and Lily Kozuki [were busy coast Fred says, they -didn’t think
In 1942; faced with evacuation recently making ceramic"" cow- they would be affected-“because
from their home and successful boy hats to give to each of the we were Canadians.”
That wasn’t .the way it was
business; in Vancouver, Fred and participants in
the
Japanese
Liiy Kozuki, their three small Canadian Performing Arts group though. Like all the other Japa
children, brother. Harry , Kozuki who were presenting an evening nese Canadians, they had to go.“I didn’t believe in going to a
- • arid their father • opted to come of music and dance here.
Well
known
and"' respected camp,” Fred says. “Lily’s family
to the Cariboo rather than be
sent to a camp. Their welcome members of this community, ‘Fred were all sent to Slbcan, but we
during those war years was less and Lily- recall their early years didn’t-want to- do that. I had a
than Warm in many instances, but < here with some hurt but mostly. scihool chum, George Luscombe,
living in-Williams Lake, he had
though there were bad times, laughter.
Prince
there- were good times-, with
Lily .was1 born in Vancouver, been a policeman in
friends and neighbours-to lend a her parents were British subjects. George and at that time was
Her family thought a lot of operating a garage here. I asked
hand. Fred arid Lily can even
him to help.”
laugh about the bad times now. their adopted country.
the Kozukis
With /his help
“We always flew the flag and .
' Through hard work, a philosophy
of making the best of things and on the Queen’s birthday we had a managed to get permission to
aways looking on the bright side, special dinner to celebrate,” she come to Williams LakeWhen the final word came for
this delightful couple have con recalls;
Fred come to this country with their move, they had'four days
tributed to the history of the
’ .(Courtesy The Tribune of
•
Cariboo and have, earned their
respected place in . this commu
nity. -This .year Japanese Cana
dians are celebrating their cen
tennial in Canada. The Kozukis
are celebrating too. Coming to
the. . Cariboo was the best thing
he .ever did, Fred believes.
The Japanese, have a saying
which iroughly translates, “If you
can’t help it — forget it.’’. Cele
brating their _ centennial in Can
ada this year, Japanese Cana
dians have much to forget —
particularly the Second World
War years in -Canada -—- but they
also have much to remember.
The Cariboo has its own “first”
Japanese family, the Kozukis,
who arrived here during the dark
days of the war in 1942.
In their gracious home on a
truly, beautifully landscaped lot
his family from Hiroshima- when notice.
The family included Fred’s bro
he was .13 and he was raised and
ther Harry, their father, and the
schooled -in Victoria.
When the war with Japan ’ three small children, aged, onebroke out, Fred, .who was by then and-a-half to five.
Fred phoned Luscombe, who
a naturalized citizen, Lily and
their three small children were said 'he’d find a house 'for them,
living in Vancouver where they and “we loaded up whatever we
operated a successful market. could — a few junks — into a
pickup -truck —• we had a wood were so busy trying to feed ourstove, kitchen utensils, just a few selves and family that we didn’t
belongings — and came to the have time and after we got
- settled down we thought about it.
Cariboo.”
• The roads to the Cariboo were but we believe in looking’ on the
something else in those days and bright side -of life.”
At that time, there was a great
it took Harry - two days to get
deal of anti-Japanese sentiment
here-with his -loaded-pickup. .
“We- didn’t know' about this in the radio and newspapers, and
country at all,” Fred says, “All the Kozukis, the only Japanese in
we. knew was it -was bush and this area, were of course caught
up in it. Fred recalls a- Tribune,
cowboy country.” the
“coyotes”
tin order to get permission to editorial saying
come here instead of going to a should be all sent back.
Finding work and feeding the
camp, the Kozukis had to promise
that ’ no matter what happened family were the top priority for
they would not ask for govern the Kozukis, but work was hard
- to find because few people want
ment help.
“We had a few dollars savings, ed to hire a Japanese.
“We had. to do something, so
that was our security,” Fred re
we purchased some cross cut saws
calls.
■The government later had an and my father, Harry and my
auction and sold their store, home, wife and I cut wood,” Fred says.
They didn’t really make much
and all their belongings.
The family realized precious of a living from this venture
little out of the sale, They re though, Fred and Liy recall with
not many people
ceived $900 for their $6,000 home laughter
— the government sold it for $1,- would buy our wood.’’
‘Some laketown citizens were
200 but kept $300 for selling it!
“We felt it was an injustice, we really helpful, though, among
were Canadians — and yes, we them Jessie (Foster) Pigeon who
felt bitter, but at that time we helped them find work.
“Many people needed help but
some were afraid to hire us,”
Fred says. The first real job they
got was haying for a couple of
months for Julian Fry. For city
folk, that was quite an experi
ence. Later (Mrs. Fry had the
elder .Mr. Kozuki do some land
scaping for her.
Then they worked for Barney
Boe, building a stone fence that
stands today after 30 years.
THE NEW CANADIAN
Friday, December 30th, 1977
Section III
CONT. ON PAGE 3
AJ.C.StoryOfStruggleAndSuccess
Japanese Canadian Pioneer Family
B.C.
the Kozuki s of Williams Lake, B.C.
And The Whole Clan Together
Homestead And Idyllic Setting
on Kozuki Road overlooking' the When they first heard Japanese
north ’ shore of Williams Lake, would be evacuated from the
Williams Lake, B.C.)
.
Fred and Lily Kozuki [were busy coast Fred says, they -didn’t think
In 1942; faced with evacuation recently making ceramic"" cow- they would be affected-“because
from their home and successful boy hats to give to each of the we were Canadians.”
That wasn’t .the way it was
business; in Vancouver, Fred and participants in
the
Japanese
Liiy Kozuki, their three small Canadian Performing Arts group though. Like all the other Japa
children, brother. Harry , Kozuki who were presenting an evening nese Canadians, they had to go.“I didn’t believe in going to a
- • arid their father • opted to come of music and dance here.
Well
known
and"' respected camp,” Fred says. “Lily’s family
to the Cariboo rather than be
sent to a camp. Their welcome members of this community, ‘Fred were all sent to Slbcan, but we
during those war years was less and Lily- recall their early years didn’t-want to- do that. I had a
than Warm in many instances, but < here with some hurt but mostly. scihool chum, George Luscombe,
living in-Williams Lake, he had
though there were bad times, laughter.
Prince
there- were good times-, with
Lily .was1 born in Vancouver, been a policeman in
friends and neighbours-to lend a her parents were British subjects. George and at that time was
Her family thought a lot of operating a garage here. I asked
hand. Fred arid Lily can even
him to help.”
laugh about the bad times now. their adopted country.
the Kozukis
With /his help
“We always flew the flag and .
' Through hard work, a philosophy
of making the best of things and on the Queen’s birthday we had a managed to get permission to
aways looking on the bright side, special dinner to celebrate,” she come to Williams LakeWhen the final word came for
this delightful couple have con recalls;
Fred come to this country with their move, they had'four days
tributed to the history of the
’ .(Courtesy The Tribune of
•
Cariboo and have, earned their
respected place in . this commu
nity. -This .year Japanese Cana
dians are celebrating their cen
tennial in Canada. The Kozukis
are celebrating too. Coming to
the. . Cariboo was the best thing
he .ever did, Fred believes.
The Japanese, have a saying
which iroughly translates, “If you
can’t help it — forget it.’’. Cele
brating their _ centennial in Can
ada this year, Japanese Cana
dians have much to forget —
particularly the Second World
War years in -Canada -—- but they
also have much to remember.
The Cariboo has its own “first”
Japanese family, the Kozukis,
who arrived here during the dark
days of the war in 1942.
In their gracious home on a
truly, beautifully landscaped lot
his family from Hiroshima- when notice.
The family included Fred’s bro
he was .13 and he was raised and
ther Harry, their father, and the
schooled -in Victoria.
When the war with Japan ’ three small children, aged, onebroke out, Fred, .who was by then and-a-half to five.
Fred phoned Luscombe, who
a naturalized citizen, Lily and
their three small children were said 'he’d find a house 'for them,
living in Vancouver where they and “we loaded up whatever we
operated a successful market. could — a few junks — into a
pickup -truck —• we had a wood were so busy trying to feed ourstove, kitchen utensils, just a few selves and family that we didn’t
belongings — and came to the have time and after we got
- settled down we thought about it.
Cariboo.”
• The roads to the Cariboo were but we believe in looking’ on the
something else in those days and bright side -of life.”
At that time, there was a great
it took Harry - two days to get
deal of anti-Japanese sentiment
here-with his -loaded-pickup. .
“We- didn’t know' about this in the radio and newspapers, and
country at all,” Fred says, “All the Kozukis, the only Japanese in
we. knew was it -was bush and this area, were of course caught
up in it. Fred recalls a- Tribune,
cowboy country.” the
“coyotes”
tin order to get permission to editorial saying
come here instead of going to a should be all sent back.
Finding work and feeding the
camp, the Kozukis had to promise
that ’ no matter what happened family were the top priority for
they would not ask for govern the Kozukis, but work was hard
- to find because few people want
ment help.
“We had a few dollars savings, ed to hire a Japanese.
“We had. to do something, so
that was our security,” Fred re
we purchased some cross cut saws
calls.
■The government later had an and my father, Harry and my
auction and sold their store, home, wife and I cut wood,” Fred says.
They didn’t really make much
and all their belongings.
The family realized precious of a living from this venture
little out of the sale, They re though, Fred and Liy recall with
not many people
ceived $900 for their $6,000 home laughter
— the government sold it for $1,- would buy our wood.’’
‘Some laketown citizens were
200 but kept $300 for selling it!
“We felt it was an injustice, we really helpful, though, among
were Canadians — and yes, we them Jessie (Foster) Pigeon who
felt bitter, but at that time we helped them find work.
“Many people needed help but
some were afraid to hire us,”
Fred says. The first real job they
got was haying for a couple of
months for Julian Fry. For city
folk, that was quite an experi
ence. Later (Mrs. Fry had the
elder .Mr. Kozuki do some land
scaping for her.
Then they worked for Barney
Boe, building a stone fence that
stands today after 30 years.
THE NEW CANADIAN
Friday, December 30th, 1977
Section III
CONT. ON PAGE 3
Page 18
/ Friday, December.. 30,-1977;
' PAGE 2
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.With Our Appreciation
For Your Constant Support
Season’s Greetings
i toRonto Bumisr cm
Rev. Takamasd Moriki.
And Congregations
TORONTO, ONT.
Season’s (greetings
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60 SHORNCLIFFE ROAD, TORONTO, ONTARIO
M8Z 5K1
PHONE 231-4192
ft
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401 BAY St., SUITE 2700
TORONTO, ONT
M5H 2Y4
Forwarding Agents, Customs Consultants,
Air Cargo Agents
Service across Canada and around the world
We Extend Our Sincere Best Wishes
For 1978. May This Year Be Both
Enjoyable And Rewarding For AIL
Readers Of: "The New Canadian"
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FROM THE MANAGEMENT AND ALL EMPLOYEES
33
SUZUKI
AMEER AVE.,
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2L2,
Phone. 781-1002
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155 ST. REGIS CRESCENT
DOWNS VIEW,
TORONTO
MR. & MRS. DAVE AZUMA
ONTARIO
& FAMILY
M3 J 1Y6
Season’s Greetings
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TORONTO OFFICE
DIRECTOR: TAMOTSU YAMANOUCHI
165 University Ave., Toronto. Ont. M5H 3B8
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PAGE 3
Friday,.December.L30, 1977
| Pioneer Fdmily
Season’s Greetings
HYLAND
FLOWERS
- 540 Ecflinton Ave., West, Toronto
Phone 489-4654
DAVID, RICHARD, MIDORI AND DOUGLAS
JON & MARTHA ONODERA
j'
The .Kozukis lived bn the Chil? cotin road, about six miles from
j .town. Lily recalls deer and moose
coming to their doorstep—“They
knew they were safe from us—we
weren’t , allowed to have any
guns,” she laughs.
Although the.- Kozukis were
happy “living in the bush,” time
came for Ed to go to school, and
they looked for a place in town.
< It wasn't easy to find one — they
needed su big: house, the family
had grown to seven with the birth
of Roy and'Frank and few land
lords wantedto rent to a big
■ famiy.
Sectson^s 'greetings
INTERPLAN LTD
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
DON MILLS, ONT. M3B 2M3
PHONE 447-9146
Season’s (greetings
MELL REAL ESTATE LIMITED
2006 Lawrence Ave. East
Scarborough, Ont.
Phone 757-5184
Tosh Iwai — President
Tom Omura
Season’s Greetings
Yamashita-Shinnihon Line
Steamship Co., Ltd.
-159 Bay St„ Toronto, Ont. M5J 1J7
Tel. 364-6881
S. OKANIWA
?
■
-. ; . . ■
- They approached George Abby,
who rented them a house and
“who was good to us.” Abby was
an Englishman and Lily recalls
him with affection. After a while
the Kozukis were able to buy the
house and “that- was how . the
motel got started.”
When .'eight-year-old Ed went
to go to school, however, there
was so much resentment still for
the Japanese that he wasn’t al
lowed to at first.
“The school board had a special
meeting to decide if he could go,”
Kozukis
• Fred remembers.
5 didn’t attend the meeting, but
g friend and mentor Roderick Me
tt Kenzie did, and came to tire Kozuki home after the meeting to
| tell them Ed would be allowed to"
r go to school.
k
“The kids were better to him,
5 he did get teased but the biggestK problem was some of the adults-,”
K the Kozukis recall.
R
With jobs still hard to come by,
S' the Kozukis took whatever work
| they could come by. They grew
I a big -garden, sold vegetables and
S eggs, and the men worked at odd
5 jobs.
K'
In spite of this, “We always
S had food on the table, a roof over
K our heads, clean clothes to wear
5 and the children always had toys
5 under the tree at Christmas,” Lily
J says.
A
They gained a reputation for
S hard work along the way too.
*
In 1946, the elder Kozuki re• turned to Japan. His wife had
l been visiting Japan when the war
i broke out and of course had to
S remain there while her family
I were in Canada. She had a stroke
i and was in poor heath by the end
i of the war and her husband went
i on the last repatriation ship to be
j w’ith her.
A
It wasn’t until 1948 that the
and other Japanese
Kozukis
Canadians — were allowed to own
land, travel without permission
and were free from other restric
tions.
Along the way, Fred became
what his wife laughingly calls “a
pretending amateur ~ carpenter.”
Digging septic tanks by hand was
one of his specialties, she recalls.
His first major job was building
Cont. From = Page 1
a root cellar for Dr. Avery at the says.
A & P Ranch. Done by ‘hand, .it
He stayed in Lytton for six
took .over three' months but this months, with his wife and kids
job led to bigger and better still in ..Williams Lake. Brother
Harry was still in the laketown,
things.
Fred says that bn his first con doing odd jobs.
/‘There wasn’t much stock,
struction job he didn’t even know
how to hold a saw properly, but mostly junks,' couldn’t get rid of
it even at a- bargain,” he recalls.
he learned.
“In those days it was .easier to “I packed up and came back and
get started as a rough carpenter. Avent to see Ma-. McKenzie. The
You could take chances. When old gent said “O.K. Fred, if you’re
you went on your own the-/big stuck I’d like to help you. Mc
thing was to figure how much it Kenzie bought the remaining
was-'going to cost so you could stock for 10 per cent less than
cost, and “took everything. I was
make some money at it.”
Fred says he didn’t make any sorry for him, the stuff- was
thing on the first house he built junk. I used to do a lot of work
for him around the house and we
because he’d 'underestimated.
The odd jobs grew to a small always dealt there (at McKenzies
construction firm and Fred at one store) Fred recalls.
time had six people working for ’ Along the way he also did work
for the Buckleys, who operated
him;
In 1948, worried that there the Sunnyside Motel here. Gerry
wasn’t much future for them in Buckley was a friend, and kept
the laketown, Fred bought a hard- suggesting the Kozukis go into
the motel business- themselves.
ware store in Lillooet.
They didn’t think much of the
I think I was brainwashed in^
to it,” he says now. He didn’t idea at first, they knew nothing
have the money for the venture about it, but Buckley kept encour
but cashed in an insurance policy, aging /them"and finally Fred built
to finance it. The business was a duplex on his property and in
not a succcess.
CONT. ON P. 4
“I bought it, then lost it,” he
SEASON'^ GREETINGS
ST. JOHN’S CLEANERS
AND SHIRT LAUNDERERS
George & Pat Kitamura
2215 DUNDAS ST. W„ TORONTO
532-6714
Season’s (greetings
PICKIN’ CHICKEN
TAVERN
1720 QUEEN ST. WEST
TORONTO, ONTARIO
PHONE 535-1177
KAZUKO NAGAO
KAORU JACK NASU
JUNN KASHINO
Friday,.December.L30, 1977
| Pioneer Fdmily
Season’s Greetings
HYLAND
FLOWERS
- 540 Ecflinton Ave., West, Toronto
Phone 489-4654
DAVID, RICHARD, MIDORI AND DOUGLAS
JON & MARTHA ONODERA
j'
The .Kozukis lived bn the Chil? cotin road, about six miles from
j .town. Lily recalls deer and moose
coming to their doorstep—“They
knew they were safe from us—we
weren’t , allowed to have any
guns,” she laughs.
Although the.- Kozukis were
happy “living in the bush,” time
came for Ed to go to school, and
they looked for a place in town.
< It wasn't easy to find one — they
needed su big: house, the family
had grown to seven with the birth
of Roy and'Frank and few land
lords wantedto rent to a big
■ famiy.
Sectson^s 'greetings
INTERPLAN LTD
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
DON MILLS, ONT. M3B 2M3
PHONE 447-9146
Season’s (greetings
MELL REAL ESTATE LIMITED
2006 Lawrence Ave. East
Scarborough, Ont.
Phone 757-5184
Tosh Iwai — President
Tom Omura
Season’s Greetings
Yamashita-Shinnihon Line
Steamship Co., Ltd.
-159 Bay St„ Toronto, Ont. M5J 1J7
Tel. 364-6881
S. OKANIWA
?
■
-. ; . . ■
- They approached George Abby,
who rented them a house and
“who was good to us.” Abby was
an Englishman and Lily recalls
him with affection. After a while
the Kozukis were able to buy the
house and “that- was how . the
motel got started.”
When .'eight-year-old Ed went
to go to school, however, there
was so much resentment still for
the Japanese that he wasn’t al
lowed to at first.
“The school board had a special
meeting to decide if he could go,”
Kozukis
• Fred remembers.
5 didn’t attend the meeting, but
g friend and mentor Roderick Me
tt Kenzie did, and came to tire Kozuki home after the meeting to
| tell them Ed would be allowed to"
r go to school.
k
“The kids were better to him,
5 he did get teased but the biggestK problem was some of the adults-,”
K the Kozukis recall.
R
With jobs still hard to come by,
S' the Kozukis took whatever work
| they could come by. They grew
I a big -garden, sold vegetables and
S eggs, and the men worked at odd
5 jobs.
K'
In spite of this, “We always
S had food on the table, a roof over
K our heads, clean clothes to wear
5 and the children always had toys
5 under the tree at Christmas,” Lily
J says.
A
They gained a reputation for
S hard work along the way too.
*
In 1946, the elder Kozuki re• turned to Japan. His wife had
l been visiting Japan when the war
i broke out and of course had to
S remain there while her family
I were in Canada. She had a stroke
i and was in poor heath by the end
i of the war and her husband went
i on the last repatriation ship to be
j w’ith her.
A
It wasn’t until 1948 that the
and other Japanese
Kozukis
Canadians — were allowed to own
land, travel without permission
and were free from other restric
tions.
Along the way, Fred became
what his wife laughingly calls “a
pretending amateur ~ carpenter.”
Digging septic tanks by hand was
one of his specialties, she recalls.
His first major job was building
Cont. From = Page 1
a root cellar for Dr. Avery at the says.
A & P Ranch. Done by ‘hand, .it
He stayed in Lytton for six
took .over three' months but this months, with his wife and kids
job led to bigger and better still in ..Williams Lake. Brother
Harry was still in the laketown,
things.
Fred says that bn his first con doing odd jobs.
/‘There wasn’t much stock,
struction job he didn’t even know
how to hold a saw properly, but mostly junks,' couldn’t get rid of
it even at a- bargain,” he recalls.
he learned.
“In those days it was .easier to “I packed up and came back and
get started as a rough carpenter. Avent to see Ma-. McKenzie. The
You could take chances. When old gent said “O.K. Fred, if you’re
you went on your own the-/big stuck I’d like to help you. Mc
thing was to figure how much it Kenzie bought the remaining
was-'going to cost so you could stock for 10 per cent less than
cost, and “took everything. I was
make some money at it.”
Fred says he didn’t make any sorry for him, the stuff- was
thing on the first house he built junk. I used to do a lot of work
for him around the house and we
because he’d 'underestimated.
The odd jobs grew to a small always dealt there (at McKenzies
construction firm and Fred at one store) Fred recalls.
time had six people working for ’ Along the way he also did work
for the Buckleys, who operated
him;
In 1948, worried that there the Sunnyside Motel here. Gerry
wasn’t much future for them in Buckley was a friend, and kept
the laketown, Fred bought a hard- suggesting the Kozukis go into
the motel business- themselves.
ware store in Lillooet.
They didn’t think much of the
I think I was brainwashed in^
to it,” he says now. He didn’t idea at first, they knew nothing
have the money for the venture about it, but Buckley kept encour
but cashed in an insurance policy, aging /them"and finally Fred built
to finance it. The business was a duplex on his property and in
not a succcess.
CONT. ON P. 4
“I bought it, then lost it,” he
SEASON'^ GREETINGS
ST. JOHN’S CLEANERS
AND SHIRT LAUNDERERS
George & Pat Kitamura
2215 DUNDAS ST. W„ TORONTO
532-6714
Season’s (greetings
PICKIN’ CHICKEN
TAVERN
1720 QUEEN ST. WEST
TORONTO, ONTARIO
PHONE 535-1177
KAZUKO NAGAO
KAORU JACK NASU
JUNN KASHINO
Page 20
Friday, : Decemljer . 30, 1977
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Pioneer Family
SEASON'S
GREETINGS
FROM THE
JAPANESE
CANADIAN
CULTURAL
CENTRE
Cont. From Page 3
Season’s Qreetings
IZUMI MISHO-RYU
IKEBANA KENKYU-KAI
Toronto, Ontario
Season’s Qreetings
Toronto Japanese Language School
#—^ltt Orde Public School '(Central)
^S§tt Wexford Collegiate (Scarborough)
M^^& Wilkinson. Public School
1950-51 • they were in 'business.
Lily ran the motel.
“
S
a
They had a wood'stove, almost. 3K
like a 'cook stove, for-heat. Want-.
ing to - {provide the (best’ service,
■possible, Lily. used to put . the ; S
paper; kindling and wood in; the. «
stove so the customer only had to
•put the match to it.
■She recalls their first important S :
client, a bank official .from out of an
- town, who was gracious about but in
; quite taken aback by the heating jjarrangements.
1
Later Fred built. three more
’ units, then added more -— .up to
: ten in 1955 ..(.at that point - Lily
• said no more as that was as much
: as she could handle.). In 1955-56
E. .Fred decided. to give up the conEcstruction business.
e
“I’d been; busy as a squirrel at
e- ’that,
but il never made , much .
E money,” he laughs..
,
E
During their 20 years operating
S the Lakqfiide<M
the Kozukis
| made many friends and hosted
P many people, including cabinet
J ministers;
|
“Our motel wasn’t fancy but it
| was clean and .we tried . to give
| ;good service,” Lily says.
The iK.ozuki children, especially
k Ed, Dick and - Freda. did a lot of
| the work, their mother recalls, |
SHARON’S FLORIST
942 PAPE AVENUE. TORONTO. ONTARIO
Phone
425-2122
Peter (Lefty) Sasaki
Seasons Qreetings
To All Our Members And Friends
JAPANESE CANADIAN
CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION
Toronto Chapter
® polishing floors, cleaning bathS rooms
“we had no polishers or. ;
S anything like that ■—- we had to :
Jdo it all by hand.” “I was strict J
and
made
them^ work,”
Fred :
-grins.
j
The .Kozukis had borrowed mo- :
ney from' a person who believed :
in them,.to finance, the beginning - :
of the motel but by three years :
had it paid off, and after that :
things came easier, they . say.
■
The Kozukis operated the motel •
for 20 years before retiring. They •
raised their family here -and have •
become an integral part of the :
community, ;the bad years are all j
behind.
,
j
’Coming to the Cariboo was Mtihe j
best thing that ever happened to j
me” Fred insists. “We have many J
friends, many good people helped *
«®^^^P.T.A.
Season's Qreetings
Season’s Qreetings
PARAMOUNT GIFT SHOP
733 Danforth Ave., Toronto
M4J 1L2
Ross, Judy and Jamie Ogaki
Mr. & Mrs. Tsutomu Nakano
us.”
■
j
That more than' makes up for... j
the hard times, you can laugh at j
Season’s Qreetings
THE JAPANESE CANADIAN
TORONTO CREDIT UNION
60 Sandbourne Cres.,: Willowdale
Ontario
Days —• 368-9934
Eves. — 491-4373
them, he says.
I
tHarry Kozuki, like his brother, j
Season^s Qreetings
-’ remained in the laketown, and is I
partsman
at
Williams
Lake i
Foreign Car Centre.
’
J
Ed Kozuki, his wife Midora and I
their family, Dick and wife Pat i
and their family, and Roy and ।
wife Eleanor and their family all ।
live in Williams Lake. The Ko- j
zuki’s only daughter, Freda (Mrs.
Ken Marko) spent some years in
: New Zealand but returned to
■ make their home in Vernon. The
' Kozukis lost their third son,
' Frank, in 19671 The couple have
■ 15 grandchildren, all but three
: living in the laketown. —
WILLIAM WALES LTD
Insurance Agents
William Wales
Ian Wales
TORONTO, ONTARIO
2 CARLTON ST.
PHONE 368-4681
PAGE 4
Pioneer Family
SEASON'S
GREETINGS
FROM THE
JAPANESE
CANADIAN
CULTURAL
CENTRE
Cont. From Page 3
Season’s Qreetings
IZUMI MISHO-RYU
IKEBANA KENKYU-KAI
Toronto, Ontario
Season’s Qreetings
Toronto Japanese Language School
#—^ltt Orde Public School '(Central)
^S§tt Wexford Collegiate (Scarborough)
M^^& Wilkinson. Public School
1950-51 • they were in 'business.
Lily ran the motel.
“
S
a
They had a wood'stove, almost. 3K
like a 'cook stove, for-heat. Want-.
ing to - {provide the (best’ service,
■possible, Lily. used to put . the ; S
paper; kindling and wood in; the. «
stove so the customer only had to
•put the match to it.
■She recalls their first important S :
client, a bank official .from out of an
- town, who was gracious about but in
; quite taken aback by the heating jjarrangements.
1
Later Fred built. three more
’ units, then added more -— .up to
: ten in 1955 ..(.at that point - Lily
• said no more as that was as much
: as she could handle.). In 1955-56
E. .Fred decided. to give up the conEcstruction business.
e
“I’d been; busy as a squirrel at
e- ’that,
but il never made , much .
E money,” he laughs..
,
E
During their 20 years operating
S the Lakqfiide<M
the Kozukis
| made many friends and hosted
P many people, including cabinet
J ministers;
|
“Our motel wasn’t fancy but it
| was clean and .we tried . to give
| ;good service,” Lily says.
The iK.ozuki children, especially
k Ed, Dick and - Freda. did a lot of
| the work, their mother recalls, |
SHARON’S FLORIST
942 PAPE AVENUE. TORONTO. ONTARIO
Phone
425-2122
Peter (Lefty) Sasaki
Seasons Qreetings
To All Our Members And Friends
JAPANESE CANADIAN
CITIZENS’ ASSOCIATION
Toronto Chapter
® polishing floors, cleaning bathS rooms
“we had no polishers or. ;
S anything like that ■—- we had to :
Jdo it all by hand.” “I was strict J
and
made
them^ work,”
Fred :
-grins.
j
The .Kozukis had borrowed mo- :
ney from' a person who believed :
in them,.to finance, the beginning - :
of the motel but by three years :
had it paid off, and after that :
things came easier, they . say.
■
The Kozukis operated the motel •
for 20 years before retiring. They •
raised their family here -and have •
become an integral part of the :
community, ;the bad years are all j
behind.
,
j
’Coming to the Cariboo was Mtihe j
best thing that ever happened to j
me” Fred insists. “We have many J
friends, many good people helped *
«®^^^P.T.A.
Season's Qreetings
Season’s Qreetings
PARAMOUNT GIFT SHOP
733 Danforth Ave., Toronto
M4J 1L2
Ross, Judy and Jamie Ogaki
Mr. & Mrs. Tsutomu Nakano
us.”
■
j
That more than' makes up for... j
the hard times, you can laugh at j
Season’s Qreetings
THE JAPANESE CANADIAN
TORONTO CREDIT UNION
60 Sandbourne Cres.,: Willowdale
Ontario
Days —• 368-9934
Eves. — 491-4373
them, he says.
I
tHarry Kozuki, like his brother, j
Season^s Qreetings
-’ remained in the laketown, and is I
partsman
at
Williams
Lake i
Foreign Car Centre.
’
J
Ed Kozuki, his wife Midora and I
their family, Dick and wife Pat i
and their family, and Roy and ।
wife Eleanor and their family all ।
live in Williams Lake. The Ko- j
zuki’s only daughter, Freda (Mrs.
Ken Marko) spent some years in
: New Zealand but returned to
■ make their home in Vernon. The
' Kozukis lost their third son,
' Frank, in 19671 The couple have
■ 15 grandchildren, all but three
: living in the laketown. —
WILLIAM WALES LTD
Insurance Agents
William Wales
Ian Wales
TORONTO, ONTARIO
2 CARLTON ST.
PHONE 368-4681
Page 21
• . :BAGE 5.
Where Do We Go From Here?
Season s Qreetings
Summer: The Teen Jamboree 1977
'
MURAKAMI LOGGING LTD
Mickey Murakami
271-1296
Season’s Qreetings
NEW WORLD HOTEL
MR. & MRS. Y. FUJIWARA
AND STAFF
VANCOUVER, B.C
By David Fujino
ed: How many people were from
Toronto ? What ages were the
campers ? Want another dough
nut, or how about these ones with
the cherry .filling ? How many
girls were coming? CLord knows,
'I thought, 'because the same questudes, and the interesting feeling bions were bobbing around, in my
mind.
■ that we all were Japanese. .
I’d been to Canip Koyii for part
We climbed onto the bus that
was taking us to. the TEEN JAM- Of the evening right after the
j BOREE ’77 at Gamp iKoyu on Centennial Picnic, so, of course, I
• Bake iScugog.v Sixty miles from became an instant expert on the
■■
8520 Sierpina Dr., Richmond, B.C.
V7A 4M9
;
-It was training hard when we
came out of the Cultural Centre
Good-byes had been said to the
new people many of us had met
at the 3-day youth conference;
“Where Do We Go From Here ?’’
So many- new faces, new atti-
The bus moved- on-^steadilyJ?.^;
Grey low-level factories and con- _
Crete highways changed into small T
towns /and green fields. Tf~>"had
stopped raining.
; Our curiosity and our tired
bodies kept us peering out the
windows, willing the bus to move
on a bit quicker. Trees and fields
and country roads and more:trees. -■
The bus took a sharp turn left. . •
Forests of tall wet pines were on
both sides of us until we speededToronto we’d be together from camp. - On a low hill there were past the white sign,. “Camp Koyu
August ; 1st to the 5th, and I !0 grey cabins in the form of a International,” and .arrived at a
couldn’t' help - wondering, as the semicircle, and surrounding this ■ ]argg clearing.
Under a grey sky -— with Lake
bus pulled away, what kind of was a forest of talk pines -—thin
vertical lines,' just like you see in.
Scugog to the left, * the dining
experience * was
awaiting’ us.
Japanese
wqodblock
prints.
The
hall before us/and^oh a'-16^
"
Kathy wondered, too -— and as
cabins
were
probably
similar
to
10 grey cabins in the form of a
she spoke, about herself and the
some
of the places our parents semicircle — the camp Director,
goals she’d set for the future —
Iv kept thinking that whatever lived, in. during ■ the internment :Di;ck Takimoto, the kitchen staff,
was said, in a sincere or joking period of World War iH. I looked the ever-jovial Kei iSaisho, .and
manner, still had to be lived out ^quickly for a reaction. Nods of the_ tireless David Kai,_ began the head. No words. Then a quick helping - us /to find our cabins.
by her, myself, and everyone in
change of topic as more dough
the bus.
nuts came travelling from across
(Contd. on page 7)
Across the aisle my sober
the aisle.
thoughts were .balanced out by
Ken’s quick ■ smiles and the - im
pressive supply of doughnuts- and
pastries
that kept appearing
from the side of his seat. He ask-
Season’s Greetings
Dr. & Mrs. M; MIYAZAKI
Season’s Greetings
P. O. Box 688
Lillooet, B." C.
VOK TVO
Phone (603) 256-4463
VERNON TOYOTA CENTRE LTD. |
4508 - 27th STREET, VERNON, B.C.
Season's Greetings From
SAKAKIBARA BROS.
Tosh, Ak, Yosh, Ken & Len
Season’s Greetings
FROM
NIKKA OVERSEAS AGENCY LTD
Commercial Fishing Gear
378 Powell St. Vancouver 4, B.C
684-4155
New Branch: 3551 Moncton Street, Steveston, B.C.
Season’s Greetings
DR. B. S. WADA
c/o Mr. Kono
901—-6th Ave., Seattle
Washington 98104, U.S.A
Where Do We Go From Here?
Season s Qreetings
Summer: The Teen Jamboree 1977
'
MURAKAMI LOGGING LTD
Mickey Murakami
271-1296
Season’s Qreetings
NEW WORLD HOTEL
MR. & MRS. Y. FUJIWARA
AND STAFF
VANCOUVER, B.C
By David Fujino
ed: How many people were from
Toronto ? What ages were the
campers ? Want another dough
nut, or how about these ones with
the cherry .filling ? How many
girls were coming? CLord knows,
'I thought, 'because the same questudes, and the interesting feeling bions were bobbing around, in my
mind.
■ that we all were Japanese. .
I’d been to Canip Koyii for part
We climbed onto the bus that
was taking us to. the TEEN JAM- Of the evening right after the
j BOREE ’77 at Gamp iKoyu on Centennial Picnic, so, of course, I
• Bake iScugog.v Sixty miles from became an instant expert on the
■■
8520 Sierpina Dr., Richmond, B.C.
V7A 4M9
;
-It was training hard when we
came out of the Cultural Centre
Good-byes had been said to the
new people many of us had met
at the 3-day youth conference;
“Where Do We Go From Here ?’’
So many- new faces, new atti-
The bus moved- on-^steadilyJ?.^;
Grey low-level factories and con- _
Crete highways changed into small T
towns /and green fields. Tf~>"had
stopped raining.
; Our curiosity and our tired
bodies kept us peering out the
windows, willing the bus to move
on a bit quicker. Trees and fields
and country roads and more:trees. -■
The bus took a sharp turn left. . •
Forests of tall wet pines were on
both sides of us until we speededToronto we’d be together from camp. - On a low hill there were past the white sign,. “Camp Koyu
August ; 1st to the 5th, and I !0 grey cabins in the form of a International,” and .arrived at a
couldn’t' help - wondering, as the semicircle, and surrounding this ■ ]argg clearing.
Under a grey sky -— with Lake
bus pulled away, what kind of was a forest of talk pines -—thin
vertical lines,' just like you see in.
Scugog to the left, * the dining
experience * was
awaiting’ us.
Japanese
wqodblock
prints.
The
hall before us/and^oh a'-16^
"
Kathy wondered, too -— and as
cabins
were
probably
similar
to
10 grey cabins in the form of a
she spoke, about herself and the
some
of the places our parents semicircle — the camp Director,
goals she’d set for the future —
Iv kept thinking that whatever lived, in. during ■ the internment :Di;ck Takimoto, the kitchen staff,
was said, in a sincere or joking period of World War iH. I looked the ever-jovial Kei iSaisho, .and
manner, still had to be lived out ^quickly for a reaction. Nods of the_ tireless David Kai,_ began the head. No words. Then a quick helping - us /to find our cabins.
by her, myself, and everyone in
change of topic as more dough
the bus.
nuts came travelling from across
(Contd. on page 7)
Across the aisle my sober
the aisle.
thoughts were .balanced out by
Ken’s quick ■ smiles and the - im
pressive supply of doughnuts- and
pastries
that kept appearing
from the side of his seat. He ask-
Season’s Greetings
Dr. & Mrs. M; MIYAZAKI
Season’s Greetings
P. O. Box 688
Lillooet, B." C.
VOK TVO
Phone (603) 256-4463
VERNON TOYOTA CENTRE LTD. |
4508 - 27th STREET, VERNON, B.C.
Season's Greetings From
SAKAKIBARA BROS.
Tosh, Ak, Yosh, Ken & Len
Season’s Greetings
FROM
NIKKA OVERSEAS AGENCY LTD
Commercial Fishing Gear
378 Powell St. Vancouver 4, B.C
684-4155
New Branch: 3551 Moncton Street, Steveston, B.C.
Season’s Greetings
DR. B. S. WADA
c/o Mr. Kono
901—-6th Ave., Seattle
Washington 98104, U.S.A
Page 22
PAGE 8
, Friday, December -30, 1977
Season’s Qreetings
Toronto Japanese Canadian Centennial Society
IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALL
GAIA WIND-UP PARTY
GROVE CYCLE
SPORTING GOODS
ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1978
to be held at J.CLC. CENTRE
123 Wynford Drive, Don Mills, Ontario
Matt & Frank Matsui
335 College St.
ONTARIO CHAPTERS
- 923-9633 —
-
^Season’s Qreetings
J
1 *-FREE WINE &r CHEESE— 6:00 p.m? — 7:00 p.m.
’ BUFFET DINNER (Roast B^ef, Hot & Cold Plates).
'
7:00 ’^ 8:30 p.m.
* APPRECIATION CEREMONY — 8:30 — 9:00 P.m.
* SPECIAL, ENTERTAINMENT COMMEMORATING
7 THE. HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR CENTENNIAL. ‘77
* DANCING TO D.J.. — 10:00-— 1:00 A.M.
* FREE CENTENNIAL SOUVENIR FOR ALL
DRESS: OPTIONAL
$7.50 Per Person
1055 MIDLAND AVENUE (Oriole Plaza) SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO
T. IWAMOTO
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Season’s Qreetings
NISSHO-IWAI CANADA LTD
TINY TOGS
DON MILLS SHOPPING CENTRE
939 LAWRENCE AVE EAST
Don Mills; Ont. M3C 1P9
1 First Canadian Place; Suite 4040
Toronto, Ontario M5X 1A9
Season's Qreetings
Season’s Greetings
JIM MORITA TEXACO SERVICE
KYODA PLASTICS LTD.
1286 College Street At Lansdowne
TORONTO, ONTARIO
_ < PHONE 534-0100 -
Seasons Qreetings
1407 Shdwson-Drive
Mississauga, Ont. L4W 1C4
Tel. (4J6) 677-7222
Kent Oda
Dave Misumi
Ken Oda
Season’s Greetings
SONY OF CANADA LIMITED
Toronto, Onto rio
M8Z4X8
22 FRONT STREET WEST,
TORONTO 1, ONT.
MR & MRS. LUKE TANABE
AND FAMILY
awRBessme*s>..j<i iirww wi .«».ien-——1 “
.
',*■■
1 ■
S
, Friday, December -30, 1977
Season’s Qreetings
Toronto Japanese Canadian Centennial Society
IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALL
GAIA WIND-UP PARTY
GROVE CYCLE
SPORTING GOODS
ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1978
to be held at J.CLC. CENTRE
123 Wynford Drive, Don Mills, Ontario
Matt & Frank Matsui
335 College St.
ONTARIO CHAPTERS
- 923-9633 —
-
^Season’s Qreetings
J
1 *-FREE WINE &r CHEESE— 6:00 p.m? — 7:00 p.m.
’ BUFFET DINNER (Roast B^ef, Hot & Cold Plates).
'
7:00 ’^ 8:30 p.m.
* APPRECIATION CEREMONY — 8:30 — 9:00 P.m.
* SPECIAL, ENTERTAINMENT COMMEMORATING
7 THE. HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR CENTENNIAL. ‘77
* DANCING TO D.J.. — 10:00-— 1:00 A.M.
* FREE CENTENNIAL SOUVENIR FOR ALL
DRESS: OPTIONAL
$7.50 Per Person
1055 MIDLAND AVENUE (Oriole Plaza) SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO
T. IWAMOTO
Season’sGreetings
Season’s Qreetings
NISSHO-IWAI CANADA LTD
TINY TOGS
DON MILLS SHOPPING CENTRE
939 LAWRENCE AVE EAST
Don Mills; Ont. M3C 1P9
1 First Canadian Place; Suite 4040
Toronto, Ontario M5X 1A9
Season's Qreetings
Season’s Greetings
JIM MORITA TEXACO SERVICE
KYODA PLASTICS LTD.
1286 College Street At Lansdowne
TORONTO, ONTARIO
_ < PHONE 534-0100 -
Seasons Qreetings
1407 Shdwson-Drive
Mississauga, Ont. L4W 1C4
Tel. (4J6) 677-7222
Kent Oda
Dave Misumi
Ken Oda
Season’s Greetings
SONY OF CANADA LIMITED
Toronto, Onto rio
M8Z4X8
22 FRONT STREET WEST,
TORONTO 1, ONT.
MR & MRS. LUKE TANABE
AND FAMILY
awRBessme*s>..j<i iirww wi .«».ien-——1 “
.
',*■■
1 ■
S
Page 23
- PAGE7
Friday; December ;30, 1977
-Jamboree.
Cont.- From Page 5 ■
- “We. ■ need some pictures.. of the
live in .-this society, and make a ’that’ of .being more /-Westernized of us, I should say, had ever had can truly knowhim/herself?.The
' arrival,” Kei said. So off with the
contribution to it -L— so felt the than; the "Nisei arid Issei. What so , much Japanese culture pre- Jamboree clarified these things
knapsack arid: on-with the camera,
organizers of the Teen Jamboree .connects. 'the three " generations sented .to us . within such a short for me. The campers were in the
.grabbing ..pictures of people I’d
— then they should be. aware of are Japanese moral and. social time.. The range of lectures and age. group : of middle and late
.. come ’to ;know better within a
what the previous generations values such as respect for the • demonstrations was well thought teems and, contrary.’ to popular 7
short week’s time.
;. went through in order to secure •elders, respect for others’ feelings out: there was something’ of in- opinion, they proved to be sensitive, considerate, and intelligent
< - After a. - late- supper1 and a the privileges .Sansei enjoy today, (and, on the negative side. an terest for everyone. ,
77 people. And I think that’s pretty
The TEEN JAMBOREE
■ , period of free time', we took a On - Monday, the “Issei panel over-concern for' what others)
walk7? .through - the forest, with - demonstrated, -in an amusing arid - might say: about you.) You could wasn’t/ only lectures and demon- ’ good,
flashlights floating in the dark, informative way, how frustrating se^, in the Sansei at the camp strations on Japanese Canadian'
Jn this .camp — I’m referring.
: v and people - asking, “Where are it was for our grandparents to most of' these moral and soccial history, and Japanese traditional of ccourse, to the TEEN JAMBO
you from ?” “Oh, that’s not your even do something simple like values.; These- are not things culture, there was also good and REE — our occupancy waslarge-.mother, is it ?” and' “What’s the shop for food. Kei iSaisho played spoken about. They’re shown in plentiful food (thank you ladies); ly voluntary; and with “so many
point-of all - this ?” “Do you think the English-speaking storekeeper *the way people act toward each . it was / Counsellor Mel -Shimoda Japanese” around us, we Sansei
the snacks are ready yet ?” We who-lost. his patience with Mr. other..
• ■k ’
bravely entering Cabin 3, / filled felt a closeness of community
The-beauty and sensebflife in with muscular"" athletes; it ‘ was which, I thought, was something
had our snacks and watched with Sora who kept asking for “pan,”
hddding heads "films on Japan; the . Japanese
translation
for traditional Japanese culture was Louise (The Nurse) Kimura, who close to what the Nisei must have
arid within an* hour dr so, wrapp bread. Pots and pans kept appear introduced by lecturers - and de kindled in all the male hearts the known.
As I write, the TEEN JAM
ed in a princely sleeping bag, ing until Mr. Sora, in a desperate monstrators each of , the . 5 -days. desire to have her remove any
sleep came upon me as I lay in rage, yanked a loaf of bread off I was fortunate in being-asked to thing , stuck in their eye; it was BOREE ’77 is months back in the
my bunk in Cabin One.
the store shelf and put an end to speak on my poetry in relation to the soccer game with younger past. But it exists now in the
Seven thirty a.m., rise and the drama of cultural misunder- the haiku style of Mrs. Kagawa Sansei that told me I’m definitely form of friends I jmade during
shine, to the sound of a rock standing. On Tuesday, the “Nisei . and Mfs.. Kitamura. . The difficult the athlete I never was; and. those 5 days. The Jamboree also
gonging away on'metal.7We) were panel” conveyed to us what the translations from Japanese to above all, it was because" of the exists as a model of what a
off and running into a week pack- Nisei felt when the surrounding English were carried out. on' the efforts of. the Director, Dick Ta- Japanese Canadian community
but firstj white society labelled . them as spot, by -Art Kobayashi, who kimoto, that Camp Koyu’s TEEN can really be — proud and aware
ed with activities
" some daily exercise. Under the “dirty Japs.” Although they were made the lecture . run a lot JAMBOREE_’77 was a well-super- . of its own culture, while remain
leadership, of Mike Koyanagi, we as Canadian as anyone else, the smoother. I had the easiest task vised and flexibly-run camp for ing sensitive to what others have
' ,
performed Taiso, a form of Jap a- Nisei were oftenbrutallyremind- since most of the >Sansei audi- all of us. I remember sitting with to offer.
Thank you, TEEN JAMBOREE
real the other counsellors at the end
nese calisthenics; the remaining 4 ed of their Japanese faces and en'ce, like myself, lack a
days Bryce Kanbara took over their Japanese background. The command of basic spoken Japa- of each day. We’d discuss dif-. ’77, and all of the Nisei organi
the 'duties, and while he may have tone was just right fin these two nese, never mind the subtleties of ferent parts of: the day’s pro- zers and excellent kitchen staff.
lost count of the movements,1 he: panels: not too heavy, yet truth- Japanese in haiku. So I spoke in gramming— did things go over Thank you to all the campers —- English' about my poems written well, or not ? — did we feel the all the young male bloods and:
succeeded in toning up and tiring ful, and to the point.
On another day, the. “Sansei in English; and I tried to explain kids could have more free time?; wonderful young women. I had a
x out both himself and the campers
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poetry
and' Director did his best to make 'the mental superior, felt more posi
Without discussion, milk, tea, and Sansei discussion, there was a both in Japanese
culture
in
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munity, and found out that
long dining tables. The spirit of males in the camp —namely, the., the direct, experience and recount- pressed by this.
age
differences
There’s always a lot to be chronological
consideration matter of preference in “ dating—ing of reality —- I fashioned into .
coroperation ■ and
was in the air. It felt good to see Why was it, asked one of the poems based on how I see and learned from other people, no weren’t always that important,
counsellors, that a poster of feel. In the case of “judo,” the matter whether they’re younger not when child is father to the
this happen.
The'TEEN JAMBOEE ’77, you Sarah'Fawcett-Majors hung high gentle art, the demonstrators or, older than yourself. And Who man.<
see, was no ordinary summer from the rafters of one of the showed that bending with the /
camp. Sansei. came together from cabins ? Why not have a poster force of an opponent’s attack is ft
wide-spread areas' likke Toronto. of some Japanese girl ? Unavail akin to the principle of being at ft
Hamilton,-Kenora’-Ottawa, Mont ability of such posters was the one with nature and its changes,
real, Peace River in Alberta, and sober answer among ‘ the Sansei The, same sense of man adapting ft
even, for one way, some of the ; males. (I found myself ready to to nature’s ways was shown in ft
Tonari Gumi people visited on suggest Yoko Ono as a possibility, Kou Kitagawa’s sumi-e demon- ft
theirjway back to Vancouver. All but realized quickly that my idea stration (the brush painted the ft
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about it. After the first reaction observed that food and hospitality placed into a container;' we saw,
Toronto; Ontario
instead,
three
main
branches
corft
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responding with the Buddhist con
so many Japanese,” I saw people it was a Japanese date, the parfrom different cabins begin to get ents were not only hospitable,
close to each other. A lot of the they all of a sudden had an extra and upon these branches were
friendships, I know, have con wild gleam in their eyes. A Japa- only two or three blooms. The
nese date! At times, the parents’ simplicity of these various forms
tinued on past those 5 days.
excitement didn’t, help? of Japanese culture, the idea of
-The -ties that bind' us —- make obvious
man
and
nature
being
in
us . one family, as one of the dates maintain their composure at
all (they couldn’t wait to get out harmony, was beautifully brought
people saw it--- are -based upon
-two things: the Meiji roots of the front door.) Mostly, it was out, as well, in the odori arid
Japanese Canadian culture as understood that parents had a shodo demonstrations. For direct
brought over by our grand concerned interest in who their audience participation, however,
it was,, -hard to beat Frances ,
parents; arid the World War II- children met socially; and if par
Endo’s origami session'which had
internment period experienced by ents were happy to see a Japa
the dining tables covered with
most Japanese Canadian families. nese date at their doorstep, this
brightly-coloured paper birds and
Over and over, in moments of clearly meant a lot to them, even
sea creatures;- or the introduction
serious thought, the internment though they rarely came out in
to traditional Japanese games
period of the 40s returns to our the open and said so.
6 Thorncliffe Square
The three panel discussions refl like “go” (taught by Mr. Fuku
minds.
Nisei
parents
lived
Overlea Blvd. y
Toronto 17
shima and Mri. Sora) and * shogi
ected
the
characteristics,
of
our
through it, but for many Sansei
TEL: 421-9450
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Sora), this, too, was a great fa
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vourite among thecampers. None But if. Sansei are to effectively ences. The Sansei experience is
Season’s Qreetings
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Friday; December ;30, 1977
-Jamboree.
Cont.- From Page 5 ■
- “We. ■ need some pictures.. of the
live in .-this society, and make a ’that’ of .being more /-Westernized of us, I should say, had ever had can truly knowhim/herself?.The
' arrival,” Kei said. So off with the
contribution to it -L— so felt the than; the "Nisei arid Issei. What so , much Japanese culture pre- Jamboree clarified these things
knapsack arid: on-with the camera,
organizers of the Teen Jamboree .connects. 'the three " generations sented .to us . within such a short for me. The campers were in the
.grabbing ..pictures of people I’d
— then they should be. aware of are Japanese moral and. social time.. The range of lectures and age. group : of middle and late
.. come ’to ;know better within a
what the previous generations values such as respect for the • demonstrations was well thought teems and, contrary.’ to popular 7
short week’s time.
;. went through in order to secure •elders, respect for others’ feelings out: there was something’ of in- opinion, they proved to be sensitive, considerate, and intelligent
< - After a. - late- supper1 and a the privileges .Sansei enjoy today, (and, on the negative side. an terest for everyone. ,
77 people. And I think that’s pretty
The TEEN JAMBOREE
■ , period of free time', we took a On - Monday, the “Issei panel over-concern for' what others)
walk7? .through - the forest, with - demonstrated, -in an amusing arid - might say: about you.) You could wasn’t/ only lectures and demon- ’ good,
flashlights floating in the dark, informative way, how frustrating se^, in the Sansei at the camp strations on Japanese Canadian'
Jn this .camp — I’m referring.
: v and people - asking, “Where are it was for our grandparents to most of' these moral and soccial history, and Japanese traditional of ccourse, to the TEEN JAMBO
you from ?” “Oh, that’s not your even do something simple like values.; These- are not things culture, there was also good and REE — our occupancy waslarge-.mother, is it ?” and' “What’s the shop for food. Kei iSaisho played spoken about. They’re shown in plentiful food (thank you ladies); ly voluntary; and with “so many
point-of all - this ?” “Do you think the English-speaking storekeeper *the way people act toward each . it was / Counsellor Mel -Shimoda Japanese” around us, we Sansei
the snacks are ready yet ?” We who-lost. his patience with Mr. other..
• ■k ’
bravely entering Cabin 3, / filled felt a closeness of community
The-beauty and sensebflife in with muscular"" athletes; it ‘ was which, I thought, was something
had our snacks and watched with Sora who kept asking for “pan,”
hddding heads "films on Japan; the . Japanese
translation
for traditional Japanese culture was Louise (The Nurse) Kimura, who close to what the Nisei must have
arid within an* hour dr so, wrapp bread. Pots and pans kept appear introduced by lecturers - and de kindled in all the male hearts the known.
As I write, the TEEN JAM
ed in a princely sleeping bag, ing until Mr. Sora, in a desperate monstrators each of , the . 5 -days. desire to have her remove any
sleep came upon me as I lay in rage, yanked a loaf of bread off I was fortunate in being-asked to thing , stuck in their eye; it was BOREE ’77 is months back in the
my bunk in Cabin One.
the store shelf and put an end to speak on my poetry in relation to the soccer game with younger past. But it exists now in the
Seven thirty a.m., rise and the drama of cultural misunder- the haiku style of Mrs. Kagawa Sansei that told me I’m definitely form of friends I jmade during
shine, to the sound of a rock standing. On Tuesday, the “Nisei . and Mfs.. Kitamura. . The difficult the athlete I never was; and. those 5 days. The Jamboree also
gonging away on'metal.7We) were panel” conveyed to us what the translations from Japanese to above all, it was because" of the exists as a model of what a
off and running into a week pack- Nisei felt when the surrounding English were carried out. on' the efforts of. the Director, Dick Ta- Japanese Canadian community
but firstj white society labelled . them as spot, by -Art Kobayashi, who kimoto, that Camp Koyu’s TEEN can really be — proud and aware
ed with activities
" some daily exercise. Under the “dirty Japs.” Although they were made the lecture . run a lot JAMBOREE_’77 was a well-super- . of its own culture, while remain
leadership, of Mike Koyanagi, we as Canadian as anyone else, the smoother. I had the easiest task vised and flexibly-run camp for ing sensitive to what others have
' ,
performed Taiso, a form of Jap a- Nisei were oftenbrutallyremind- since most of the >Sansei audi- all of us. I remember sitting with to offer.
Thank you, TEEN JAMBOREE
real the other counsellors at the end
nese calisthenics; the remaining 4 ed of their Japanese faces and en'ce, like myself, lack a
days Bryce Kanbara took over their Japanese background. The command of basic spoken Japa- of each day. We’d discuss dif-. ’77, and all of the Nisei organi
the 'duties, and while he may have tone was just right fin these two nese, never mind the subtleties of ferent parts of: the day’s pro- zers and excellent kitchen staff.
lost count of the movements,1 he: panels: not too heavy, yet truth- Japanese in haiku. So I spoke in gramming— did things go over Thank you to all the campers —- English' about my poems written well, or not ? — did we feel the all the young male bloods and:
succeeded in toning up and tiring ful, and to the point.
On another day, the. “Sansei in English; and I tried to explain kids could have more free time?; wonderful young women. I had a
x out both himself and the campers
panel.” We knew where we Sansei how I’d learned from translations — should we have a Disco Night good time, got in the water for a ?
in-tim
breakfast. , -.Breakfast- was an eye-opener. had come from. Now, in this about the core meanings found run by the campers?; '(Yes). The swim, went canoeing with a
poetry
and' Director did his best to make 'the mental superior, felt more posi
Without discussion, milk, tea, and Sansei discussion, there was a both in Japanese
culture
in
general, programme fit the interests of tive about the continuing exist-.,
coffee were-spontaneously passed chance to talk about matters close Japanese
on from hand'to hand down the to the hearts of the males and fe- These core meanings — such as the campers, and I was very im- ence of a Japanese Canadian com
munity, and found out that
long dining tables. The spirit of males in the camp —namely, the., the direct, experience and recount- pressed by this.
age
differences
There’s always a lot to be chronological
consideration matter of preference in “ dating—ing of reality —- I fashioned into .
coroperation ■ and
was in the air. It felt good to see Why was it, asked one of the poems based on how I see and learned from other people, no weren’t always that important,
counsellors, that a poster of feel. In the case of “judo,” the matter whether they’re younger not when child is father to the
this happen.
The'TEEN JAMBOEE ’77, you Sarah'Fawcett-Majors hung high gentle art, the demonstrators or, older than yourself. And Who man.<
see, was no ordinary summer from the rafters of one of the showed that bending with the /
camp. Sansei. came together from cabins ? Why not have a poster force of an opponent’s attack is ft
wide-spread areas' likke Toronto. of some Japanese girl ? Unavail akin to the principle of being at ft
Hamilton,-Kenora’-Ottawa, Mont ability of such posters was the one with nature and its changes,
real, Peace River in Alberta, and sober answer among ‘ the Sansei The, same sense of man adapting ft
even, for one way, some of the ; males. (I found myself ready to to nature’s ways was shown in ft
Tonari Gumi people visited on suggest Yoko Ono as a possibility, Kou Kitagawa’s sumi-e demon- ft
theirjway back to Vancouver. All but realized quickly that my idea stration (the brush painted the ft
those present at the camp felt, in was best kept to myself.) For the simple forms of bamboo stocks 9
592 WINDERMERE AVE.,
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and
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Mrs.
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ground, and, more ^important, great concern. Interestingly, when arrangements, we didn’t see a 9
Mrs- MICHIYO TAMURA & STUDENTS
they began to feel comfortable dates met one’s parents, it. was clump of flowers and leaves
about it. After the first reaction observed that food and hospitality placed into a container;' we saw,
Toronto; Ontario
instead,
three
main
branches
corft
.-of; “Gee, I’ve never been around were always freely offered. When
responding with the Buddhist con
so many Japanese,” I saw people it was a Japanese date, the parfrom different cabins begin to get ents were not only hospitable,
close to each other. A lot of the they all of a sudden had an extra and upon these branches were
friendships, I know, have con wild gleam in their eyes. A Japa- only two or three blooms. The
nese date! At times, the parents’ simplicity of these various forms
tinued on past those 5 days.
excitement didn’t, help? of Japanese culture, the idea of
-The -ties that bind' us —- make obvious
man
and
nature
being
in
us . one family, as one of the dates maintain their composure at
all (they couldn’t wait to get out harmony, was beautifully brought
people saw it--- are -based upon
-two things: the Meiji roots of the front door.) Mostly, it was out, as well, in the odori arid
Japanese Canadian culture as understood that parents had a shodo demonstrations. For direct
brought over by our grand concerned interest in who their audience participation, however,
it was,, -hard to beat Frances ,
parents; arid the World War II- children met socially; and if par
Endo’s origami session'which had
internment period experienced by ents were happy to see a Japa
the dining tables covered with
most Japanese Canadian families. nese date at their doorstep, this
brightly-coloured paper birds and
Over and over, in moments of clearly meant a lot to them, even
sea creatures;- or the introduction
serious thought, the internment though they rarely came out in
to traditional Japanese games
period of the 40s returns to our the open and said so.
6 Thorncliffe Square
The three panel discussions refl like “go” (taught by Mr. Fuku
minds.
Nisei
parents
lived
Overlea Blvd. y
Toronto 17
shima and Mri. Sora) and * shogi
ected
the
characteristics,
of
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through it, but for many Sansei
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vourite among thecampers. None But if. Sansei are to effectively ences. The Sansei experience is
Season’s Qreetings
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