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I Nisei farmer in Las Vegas
, ; ;
LA'S VEGAS. — >Some 64 ye­ day.. ■
‘TVs something that I’ve been
ars ao, Bill Yonema.’ Tomiyasu
trekked from California to the in since I was a boy and it ne­
be
Las Vegas valley with, his child- ver seems the lessons can
ren to take hold > of something forgotten,” he said.
“We had
he could not obtain r in Califor­ grown everything from _ mush­
rooms to endive to poultry and
nia land.,
The state of California had turkeys right down where you
passed a land exclusion
law, can see all those condominiums
barring any person of Oriental now.
,
“But there are new turf gras­
descent from owning property,
but Tomiyasu found he, could own ses, methods of hybridization to
land in Nevada, and became one be learned. Whatever
you do,
of the. first Japanese to settle wherever you go, there are al­
ways people to feed information
here.
Nanyu Tomiyasu, 60-year : old to you.”
Much of the area of the ori­
son of Bill, was not even born
when the elder Tomiyasu settled ginal Tomiyasu land is now> a
on the one-hundred
and sixty/ housing development. In the sout­
heast corner of the Las Vegas
acress of open ground.
elementary
“Sure we all helped out,” ex­ valley, there is an
plained Nanyu, known as “Tom- school named for the elder To­
my,” who worked with his fat­ miyasu and even a street bears
her' for more than. two de cades.
the family name.
“You could only leave the ar­
Tommy said he and his fath­
ea by foot, and you weren’t li­ er derived much of their know­
kely to wander too far without how from services offered by bo­
someone finding something for th early and current officials of
you to do,” he added.
the.Clark County Extension-Ser­
Tommy and his wife Setsuko vice, most notably John Wittnow operate a landscaping firm. mer.
“But,” he went on, “that was
In looking at he present time
the same-with all families then. compared to the past,
Tommy
We pretty much -stuck around cites the “scarcity” era of the
by habit ' to help mother
and present as the major change.
dad.”
! : _
“The United: States, and rea­
Tommy’s father developed the lly, the entire world, has gotten
land with amazing success, and to the point now where a maxi­
soon contracted with the
“Big mum amount of
agricultural
Six” companies for. produce! to products are being produced from
feed the thousands of workers existing hybrids that are availa­
who flooded the valley
during ble,” he said.
the construction of Hoover Dam. , In reference to the harmful
. However, in 1936, Tommy went
affects of certain 1 insecticides,
to study trchitecture at the U- Tommy pointed out, “We’ve go­
niv. of California at Berkeley.
ne to a saturation point as far
But, when he graduated, the as development is concerned and
second surge of anti-Oriental fe­ now people: are turning back to
elings was in full flower and see whether enough healthy food
Tommy returned to Las Vegas can be produced as something
when the entire Japanese popu­ to increase production. ..
lation of California was being
“Now we have to start think­
put in recolaction camps.
ing about the ecology of
the
“My father had turned to tree
land. I see the trend constantly.
farming by then since labor was
Trees and shrubs’ that don’t re­
almost non-existet,” Tommy ex­
quire a lot of babying, insectici­
plained. “Members of the local
des or water are landscaping in­
Indian tribes who used to work
dustry trend.
the fields were dying
out as
1 “I don’t think the private in­
the younger , ones left the area
dividuals knows it yet, but we’ve
for better jobs.
.•
running out of . everything —
“A tree nursery "didn’t require
water, fossil fuels •—- that give
harvesting and • selling
under
the United States its good life.
.strict time deadlines like produ­
To all intents and purposes, we
ce.”
While Tommy’s architectural are out.”
Tommy noted that his young­
skills became dormant his agri­
est son, 11-year
old
Bobby,
cultural education began again,
shows some interest in the fa­
a study he said still goes on tomily business.
“People are not dirt doppers
anymore. They all want to wear
nice clean business suits when
they go to work,” Tommy said.

Sansei Caught In
Drug Raid

TORONTO. — John Toguri,
18, of Mississauga was one of
24 people arrested for allegedly
trafficking in drugs.
■ A total of 50 officers from

;

.Cont. on Page 2

He added that there will al­
ways be people who are willing
to work outside, but noted, Let s
hope it’s because he or . she
wants to be there and not just
looking for the big dollar sign.

Crash that killed nine blamed on malfunction
blamed a
' - VANCOUVER. — An interna­ cident investigators
tional alert has been issued by malfunction in the twin- engined
reverse
the
Canadian
Transportation float plane’s propeller
Ministry on the
operation of system for tihe mechanical cause
De Havilland Twin Otter
air­ of the crash.
craft following a crash in the
There are 400 of the 20-pascity’s harbor Sept. 2 that killed '
senger commuter aircraft opera­
nine Japanese. tourists and two '
ting’ in Canada and another 200
Canadians according to a Van­
throughout the world.
couver newspaper.
The newspaper said the alert
The Vancouver Province says
it has learned the ministry’s ac­ instructs pilots in the use of the

cockpit power levels that cont­
rol engine speed and says that
before each flight the backup
system designed to prevent re­
versal of power thrust should
be checked.
. While investigating the Sept.
2 Crash, ministry officials found
that the plane’s left engine was
in reverse thrust while the right
engine, was pushing forward.

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THE NEW CANADIAN
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
VOL. 42

NO. 95

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1978

TORONTO, ONTARIO

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J.C. firm
studies
transformation
of Waterfront
TORONTO. — The architect
firm of Sillaste and Nakashima
recently prepared a $9,000. stu­
dy for the City of Toronto ur­
ging the spending of $49. milli­
on to transform an ugly section
of the waterfront into a 29-acre
housing development for 4,285.
people.

The Sillaste and Nakashima
study deals with the Queen Eli­
zabeth dock area — south
of
the Gardiner Expressway
bet­
ween Jarvis and Parliament.

Tough Coach Of
Jpnz. Women's

Volleyball Dies

R. Matsui becomes 1st Sansei
to win U.S. Congressional seat
' LOS ANGELES. — As had
been expected, incumbent Gov.
George Ariyoshi defeated Repu­
blican State Sen. John Leopold
to retain the governorship of Ha­
waii in the nation-wide elections.
The first Japanese American
governor will have as lieutenant
governor in the coming
term,
State ’Sen.
Jean Sadako King,
who becomes the first woman to
occupy that office in the state
of Hawaii.
On the mainland United Sta­
tes, in the meantime, the Asian
American Congressional caucus
of four gained a new member
in the person of Robert Matsui,
the 36-year-old Sacramento law­
yer and city councilman
who
defeated Republican Sandra Smoley to win the
Congressional
seat for the third
district of
California.’
A city councilman since 1971,

Mr. Matsui is a third-generati­
on Japanese American
whose
parents were .born in. Sacramento
and whose grandparents
came
to the United States in the 1890’s.
The Matsuis were interned
at
Tule Lake and Mindoka during
World War II.
'
Described by the New York Ti­
mes as “a moderate conservati­
ve,” and by his opponent as “a
liberal posing as a
moderate,”
Matsui will be filling the seat
being vacated by Democrat John
Moss.
■ ■
Rep. Norman Y. Mineta, De­
mocrat, was reelected by his cen­
tral California constituents for
what will be his second term.
The three other Japanese Am­
ericans serving in the legislatu­
re are Senators Daniel Inouye
(D. Hawaii), Spark Matsunaga
(D. Hawaii), and S.I. Hayaka­
wa (R. California).

High Fever May Arrest Cancer Cells

The Japanese medical profe­
TOKYO. — Japanese scientists
TOKYO. — Hirofumi Daimatthat ssor said his research was prom­
su, former manager of the Ja­ are looking into claims
panese national women’s volley­ high fever has a beneficial effect pted by experience seeing patients recover from cancer after
ball team, died of a heart att­ in treating cancer.
ten
Japanese National Institute of suffering for a week to
ack Nov, 24 at a -hospital in
Ihara, Okayama Prefecture, af-' Health told the Associated Press .days from pneumonia or other diter he had collapsed at a hotel recently, “Cancer cells are less seases accompanied by high fe­
resistant to high body tempera­ ver.
there.
ture than normal, healthy . cells.”
He was 57.
Dr. Okumura, leader of a team
Daimatsu had been in Ihara
of cancer research, said “Can­
city since Nov. 23 to coach a
cer cells stopped reproducing at
senior high school volleyball te­
temperatures above 39.6 degrees
am in the city. He suffered ac­
Centigrade (103.28 degree Fah­
ute pains in the chest at 11:30
renheit) and 80 per cent of the
p.m. at the hotel after he had
malignant cells died at that tem­
Due to_ the forth-coming Spe­
returned from his volleyball co­
perature in one week.”
cial Issue, we will cancel regu­
aching session.
All the cancer cells disappea­ lar issues after December 15th,
He was rushed to a hospital red from infected human uterus ,
1978.
and died two hours later.
tisues after ten ays of the high
All subscribers and
adverti­
•temperature
treatment
while
nor
­
Known
for his hard train­
sers please note. The special is­
mal
body
cells
survived
and
cont
­
ing as a coach.
Daimatsu led
sue will be published dated De­
inued
to
reproduce.
Dr.
Okamu
­
the national women’s volleyball
cember 29, 1978.
ra
announced
at
a
medical
con
­
team to the gold medal. in the
The New Canadian Publisher
ference in Osaka recently.
1964 Tokyo Olympics.

N.C. Special
Issue Eliminates
Regular issues

Page 2

Friday! December 15, 1978

FAGS 1

Raid

Cont. from Page 1

four police raided homes in Mi- ver officer.
ssissauga. Brampton and the We­
“I would love to say we have
st end of Metro at dawn recently. the problem of marijuana lick­
The youngest, person arrested ed,” Sgt. Lee McKergow of the
was 15' years old and the oldest Mississauga detachment of the
was a 32-y ear-old Toronto man. ROMP said recently. .
“But you/ just ,-can’t say that
The investigation was; directed
“primarily at- the drug culture Marijuana appears to be in plenV
eng’agedin the sale of hash oil tiful supply.”
McKergow' said he didn’t know
and hashish,” police said.
During the investigation LSD the source of the hashish,
the
-and POP —- a halucinogen ■dec- hash oil or the psychedelic .drugs
lared illegal last year — were purchased by the. undercover ag­
also purchased by an underco- ent. •

NEW YEAR'S DANCE
DATE: JANUARY 6 th, 1979 — .8:30, P.M.

Place:
J.C. Cultural Centre,
128 Wynford Drive,
Don Mills, Ont.

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’SACRAMENTO. — Members /modest two-bedroom home in SaDistrict,
of the Sacramento City Council cramento’s Riverside
stood in their chambers Nov. 14 came, to California from Japan
and applauded -a frail,. 83-iyear in’ 1925. She and her husband,
old immigrant woman who do­ Masutaro, operated a boarding
esn’t speak English.
house in Newcastle for many
■'/Shige Tahara, a-widow, had years.
just handed the council a cashi-:
interned
The Taharas were
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$10.00 for Six Months
“It’s a small token of my ap­ the war. They returned to New­
$17.00 for one year.
preciation to Sacramento,”
the castle, in 1945. Ten years later,
479 Queen Street West,
native of Japan, who has lived they bought a hotel-in Sacramen­
Toronto. Ont. M5V 2A9
PHONE 366.5005
in Sacramento 28 . years,
said to. Her husband died in 1956,
through, an interpreter.
but she kept the hotel, until 1969. MiinouiiDiim
; “It is . a wonderful thing you
During an interview
before
do and : an-1 honor to us,” Mayor the council meeting’, Sakai said
Phil Isenberg told her. “This is •Mrs. Tahara used to do a/lot of
a rare gesture. We ^re all deeply sewing and - flower
arrange- Obituaries

Personal Notes

appreciative.”
ments, ibut age has slowed her
When the ovation ended, Coun- pace.
Admission: $7.50 per- person
oilman Blaine- Fisher oibserved:
“She doesn’t do too many thi5 — piece Orchestra
“I hope we use your money wi- ngs now,” Sakai
explained as
DOOR PRIZES
sely.”
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BAR FACILITIES
Mrs. Tahara sat,’ smiling shyly
| City officials said it was the nearby. IShe just wants to
REFRESHMENTS' INCLUDED' IN ADMISSION PRICE
do
j first time in memory that some- । whatever she can for the city.”
one has given a substantial cash
?
I The council unanimously adgift with so strings attached. The
* opted a resolution expressing the
The money will be deposited in
city’s “deep. gratitude for the. pu­
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on is made, on spending it.
shown,”
.
(
“She appreciates all ' the things
that happened to her. here,” ex­
- Phone 273-5696
672 No. 3 Rd.^ Richmond, B.C.
plained her friend and interpre­
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1157 Melville St.. Vancouver, B.C.
ted, Toshio Sakai, an insurance
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'A treat for your sweet"
Treat that someone special to a magnificent
dinner over the holiday season.

YOUR CHOICE
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$15.00 per person
— SUNDAY DECEMBER 31, 1978
$15.00 per person
Dinner served at 8:00 p.m.

The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre invites appli­
cations from interested persons to fill the position of the
Executive Director.
This position will be attractive to a person who-likes-to-be
involved in community activities and. is able to
manage
effectively the administrative functions and. programmes of
a cultural organization.
Please send a resume to the President at the following
address:

Persident, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, P.O? Box
191, Don Mills, Ontario. M3C 2S2
The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre'wishes to an­
nounce the resignation of Mr. Kaz Okuda from the position
0? the Executive Director. Mr. Okuda worked hard and con­
scientiously on behalf of the Centre in the past year and
•we wish him well in his future endeavours.

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* How about sending them to
us for Cuba?
Suggestion For the Issei
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for Only $419.00 per person
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NAGATA

TORONTO.-^- Mrs. Jane Nagata (nee Miyashita), : beloved
wife of Sam Nagata,
passed
away on November 30th, 1978.
Dear mother: of Louise, dear sis­
ter. of Susan (Mrs. Roy Tsuji),
Archie, Mack, Roy, Louis' and
Sam.
We would like to
thank all
our friends and family for their
kind expressions of /sympathy
during .our bereavement.
KAWABATA

TORONTO.
Mrs. Tsugiye
Kaiwabataj beloved wife of Tobei Kawtbata, passed away on
December 1st, 1978 at Toronto
Western Hospital. Dear mother
of Mike, Sakaye (Mrs.' Tt Tsuji),
Sally (Mrs. G. Hori). Dearly
loved grandmother of 12,granddhildren and seven great-grand­
children. Frank Lynett Funeral
Chapel. Otsuya at Toronto Bud­
dhist Church.

CARDS OF THANKS
The family of the late Shomatsu Toyama wish to express
their deepest appreciation to
many relatives and friends for
their, support, sympathy, ko_den, floral tributes, messages
of condolence and telegrams
during the recent loss of a
and
dear husband,
father,
grandfather.

A special thank-you to the
Japanese United Church-, and
the Japanese Seventh Day Ad- ,
ventist
Church,
and
the
Japanese Gospel Church.
Mrs. Maka Toyama
Mr. Masao Toyama (Edmon­
ton)
Mr. & Mrs. S. Okumura (Wi­
nnipeg)
.
Mr. & Mrs. Seitoku Nakada
Mr. & Mrs. Toki Toyama.
Mr. & Mrs. J. S. Toyama
Okumura
Dr. & Mrs. R.T.
(San Jose, Calif.)

Mr. George Toyama <
Mr. Roy Toyama >
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Mr. & Mrs. R.K. Toyama.
Mr. Mitsuru David- Toyama

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Friday, December 15, 1978

( Dates & Doings 11 Greetings omitted due to bereavement
43 Glenwood Ave.,
Toronto, Ont. M6P 3C7

GREETINGS OMITTED
DUE TO BEREAVEMENT
Mojiro Kishimoto
No. 3 Rutledge Ave:,
Scarborough, Ont.

GREETINGS OMITTED
DUE TO BEREAVEMENT

GREETINGS OMITTED
DUE TO BEREAVEMENT

Mrs. R. Kimura
& Family
P.O. Box 146,
Raymond, Alta.

Mr. & Mrs. Kaoru Minato
& Family
6091 Willow St.,
Vancouver, B.C. V52 357

GREETINGS OMITTED

DUE TO BEREAVEMENT

Orientation Course For New Canadian Harry & Pat Adachi
VANCOUVER. — The Japanese . Immigrants'
Association
will be offering a- 20-hour course for new immigrants,
once a
week from mid-January. Instructor will lecture on Canadian hislody, geography, economy .and • government, with
discussions
which will .include immigration policy, citizenship and internat­
ional relations.
Films and slide-tape shows will be used to enhance
the
discussions. In'some .cases, a guest speaker will be invited.
Sessions will be ^given in English, with assistance in Japa­
nese also available.'To register and for 'details, please contact:
Tatsuo Kage or Rick Shiomi, 255-2651.

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Mr. & Mrs Hideo Kimura ,
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Kimura
TORONTO. — The evening of Feb. 2, 1979 promises to be Mr; & Mrs. 'Sam Kimura
one of the highlights of theJ.C. community social season.
Mis’s Tomoye Kimura
Sponsored by the Nikkei Beauty Pageant committee, the evening
at the J. C. Cultural Centre will feature a talent show that will le­
GREETINGS OMITTED
ave you^inawe; a small community such as purs has so murh to
DUE TO BEREAVEMENT
contribute to, the field of arts.
;
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There will also be a dance after the show.rMusic, (music, music! Mrs. H.S. Okata
You name it we have it. One of those dances that will appeal to । & Fa.mily
-all.. - ' • •
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I Mr. Mrs. H.K. Okata
As well as participants in the talent show, beauty will be
well represented by former and present contestants. Though, they Mr. & Mrs. K. Iguchi

Talent Show, Dance at J.C.C.C. Feb. 2nd

say “beauty is in-the' eye of the beholder”, these young ladies are
su'dh that we would strongly recommend wives equipping their GREETINGS OMITTED
husbands with blinders if they dare come.
.
! DUE TO BEREAVEMENT
The sipecific aim of the N.B.P. committee is to try and as­
sist in providing more exposure of J.C. women to the field of Mrs. Maka Toyama
& Families
arts either visual, through • communication, or both..
In keeping within - these objectives we have decided to limit 192 Cassandra Blvd
the. talent show to J.C. women only.
Doni Mills, Ont.
y We still have openings: for talented young, ladies. Friends,
M3A 1T3
relatives or concerned parties should contact: Kay Fujiwara 7575957, Ken Hori 431-9191, iSusan Tsuji 534-7875.
It's a date: Feb. 2, 1979 "Nikkei Beauty Pageant
Benefit GREETINGS OMITTED
Dance” at the J.C. Cultural Centre from 8 p.m. — 1 a.m. — NBP. DUE TO BEREAVEMENT
Mrs. Hiro Nishimura
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Nakata
Mr. & Mrs. David Kuwahara

NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE
AT ■ '
ONTEORA
CANADIAN JAPANESE CULTURAL INSTITUTE

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GREETINGS OMITTED
DUE TO BEREAVEMENT



243 FENNELL AVE., EAST — HAMILTON, ONT.
ON DEC. 31st, 1978 FROM 9 P.M. TO 1 A.M.
OROHESTRA, HOT BUFFET — $25^ PER COUPLE

5th Annual
CHILDRENS FESTIVAL



Cartoon Theatre
Tea Ceremony




Martial Arts
Origami (Paper Folding)




Japanese Dance
Philiipine Dance

Sunday,



Scottish Dancing

January 7th




Calypso



Magician




Door Prizes
Clowns

Mr. Kazuta Nobuto,
Mr. & Mrs. Mickey Nobuto
and ■family
Mr. & Mrs. Harry Nobuto
Mr. Jim Nobuto
and family
Mr. & Mrs. Ed Nobuto
and family
| Mr. & Mrs. Lou T. Sato
! and family
Mr. & Mrs. Gord Nobuto

GREETINGS OMITTED
DUE TO BEREAVEMENT
Mrs. A. Sasaki,
Mr.' & Mrs. M. Nishi,
Mr. & Mrs. H. Sasaki
Winnipeg, Man.
Mr. & Mrs. R. Sasaki,
Mr. & Mrs F. Usami
Toronto, Ont.

GREETINGS OMITTED
DUE TO BEREAVEMENT

•■ Md. & Mrs. Eiji Miyazaki,
8 Electro Road,
Scarborough, Ont. MIR 2A7
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GREETINGS OMITTED
DUE TO BEREAVEMENT

Mr. & Mrs. J.E. Hashizume
& Family
P.O. Box 2106
Taber, Alta. TOR 2G0
GREETINGS OMITTED
DUE TO BEREAVEMENT

Mr. & Mrs. Sam Nakagawa
Terry & Tracey
1-50 Willson Road
Welland, Ont. L3C 2T6
SEASON’S GREETINGS
OMITTED DUE TO ILLNESS

Mrs. Keiko Sato
15 Linton Ave.,
Scanboro, Ont. .
MIN 1W5

Mrs. Maka Toyama
i Mr. Masao Toyama (Edmonton)
Mr. & Mrs. S. Okumura (Winn-

Mrs. Pat loi,
Chris, Susan & Janice
127 Brooklawn Ave.,
Scarborough, Ont. M1M 2P8

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Mr. & Mrs. Masami Miyazaki
32 Electro Road,
Scarborough, Ont. MIR 2A7

Healthy Body & Mind

Through the Martial Arts

Mr. & Mrs. Harry T. Muraoka,
77 Sparkhall Ave.,
Toronto, Ont. M4K 1G7
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Mr. & Mrs. Hideo Takahashi,
11 Pl ay ter Cres.,
Toronto, Ont. M4K 1S1
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Mr. & Mrs. Charles Yoshida,
20 Roker Cres.,
Agincourt, Ont. MIS 1P4

GREETINGS OMITTED
DUE TO BEREAVEMENT
Mr. & Mrs. Saburo Takata

499 Prince Edward Dr
Toronto, Ont.
M8X 2M4

GREETINGS OMITTED
DUE TO BEREAVEMENT
Mr. & Mrs. Marc Yano

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Mr. & Mrs. Seitoku Nakada
Mr. & Mrs. Toki Toyama
GREETINGS OMITTED
Mr. & Mrs. J.S. Toyama
Dr. & Mrs. R.T. Okumura '(San DUE TO BEREAVEMENT
Mr. & Mrs. Hiroshi Nogami
Jose, Calif.)
& Family
Mr. George Toyama
5951 Kittiwake Dr.,
Mr. Roy Toyama
Richmond, B.S.
Mr. & Mrs. ILK. Toyama
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PAGE 4

Jpnz. public baths becoming
another^vanishing tradition
Bath prices have gone
up.
. [ Today it costs ^ equivalent of
i

Py CHIKAKO YATABE

Affluence
and about 80 cents. Ten years, ago it
TOKYO.
changing life styles are pressing cost about eight cents.
At one .time there also was an
in on another Japanese tradition
extra charge for women for hair
— the public bath.
'
■Many would lament the pass­ washing. That was dropped af­
their
ing of what for generations has ter men started letting
been a centrepiece of social acti­ hair grow longer and the women
vity and a symbol of togethern­ complained Japan’s economy has
boomed, housing has lagged. Mi­
ess in these islands.
But latest1 statistics sihow that llions still live in-tiny houses or
individual
in Tokyo alone, 248 public bath apartments without
houses have closed down since baths -or sewer connections.
In most new housing develop­
1968.
Although 2400.. remain in the ments, a private bath is taken
city, a number are hanging on for granted and many Japanese
only through side activities such ’ aspire to su'ch Hying* as soon as
as coin laundries or just 'the i they have the means.
An ambitious five-year plan
loyalty of longtime customers.
A root cause has been'the ra­ calls for 8.6 million new housing
pid growth of modern apartment units by 1980, miniature in size,
blocks fitted with private baths. astronpmical in cost, but modReinforced concrete has put the ern.
“Things have changed comp
stamp of anonymity on many ur­

Three more
books on Nisei
Gl’s planned
by Harrington
TOKYO. — Joseph D. Har­
ri earlyring’ton, author of the
iSamurai,

completed “Yankee
I
wdich will chronicle the formation
and little-known wartime explo­
its of the Nisei in Military Inter
lligence Service (MIS)
action
during World War II,
said in
Tokyo - recently that he plans to
write three, other volumes about
Japanese American" servicemen.
In Japan to address the MIS
Veterans Reunion held in Tokyo
earlier last month. Mr. Harring­
ton disclosed that he will write
a book about the 100th battalion,^

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stature' they enjoy in America
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the barrier of modesty, false or
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tely for The New Canadian’s annual HOLIDAY ISSUE
ing times brought an end to thar,
We would appreciate writings on club activities* sports,
and today mixed bathing is fo­ to encourage the continuation of author said.
short stories, profile, “think” pieces, fashions, hobbies, as­
und only in a few remote hot what they feel is one of the de­
“It’s a book that needed to
pirations, poetry, etc. Accompanying photographs or illustra­
lights
of
Japanese
life.
springs resort areas.
tions are also welcome. About 1000 words is a good length,
be written. It fills, a void in A-

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