Page 1
The Attributes of
Mental Gymnastics
By VIC OGURA
(Montreal N.C. Correspondent)
In, a recent issue of Fortune, an article reads in essence as
fol lbws: That a leading authority on interracial and international
I.Q. comparisons, a Prof. Richard Lynn of the University of Ul
ster, states that if American I.Q.'s are standardized at a mean
of 100, we should think of the Japanese mean as 109 or 110.
Further, it seems only 16% of Americans are over I.Q. 115,
whereas in Japan it's 35% and, he concludes, I.Q. 115 is where
creative thinking begins.
I brought the article up to Prof. Ouchi of theory ‘z’ fame
recently and his response was twofold:
a) He questioned the absolute validity of I.Q. tests
b) he claimed that tests show that when a person is allerted and prepares for tests (such as an I.Q. test) there is an in
crease of around 6 points, thus when you consider that a
Japanese family will pay,as much as $1,000 a week for special
tutorihg to enter the right kindergarten, and then from grade
school to high school to university the regimen continues in
this constant honing of the intellect, the above becomes an
obvious reason for the differential.
Of course, another obvious answer is that Japan is an ex
tremely homogenous society compared to the heterogenious
melting pot we have in North America, therefore the compari
son of apples with apples is impossible.
I remember having a rather heated discussion with a sansei
some years ago, (he is today a highly successful executive) as
to the attributes of a calculator in school. My stance was that
especially in the early years, a student should learn how to
think, and develop that technique of mental gymnastics. That
‘ we Westerners have become the paper processors (lawyers,
accountants, etc) and had lost the art of qualitative thinking,
thereby allowing the likes of Nelson Skalbania to reek havoc
with a responsible society.
It was thus a delight to read the other day that the abacus
(SOROBAN) is still favoured by many in Japan (last year 1.4
million people took abacus examination) and that the elect
ronic calculator did cut into the abacus usage, but only tem
porarily.
THE NEW
CA NAD IAN
|
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
VOL. 46 — NO. 43
FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1982
TORONTO, ONT.
Obasan...
Author Joy Kogawa wins Author' s award
TORONTO. — Toronto Nisei
writer Joy Kogawa's first novel
Obasan has won the $5,000 Cana
dian Authors Association^ fiction
award, it was announced recently. A
story based on the wartime intern
ment of the Japanese Canadians, it
also won the Books in Canada firstnovel prize earlier this year.
Other 5,000 winners, selected
from works published in 1981, ore
Claude Bissell, also of Toronto, for
his biography The Young Vincent
Massey (non-fiction); Gary Geddes
of Dunvegan, Ont, for The Acid Test
(poetry), and Allan Stratton of Toron
to for Rexy! (drama).
The annual prizes are given to
honor writing that “achieves literary
excellence without sacrificing popu
lar appeal.” Presentation ceremo
nies take place June 14 at the asso
ciation's 61st annual conference in
Kelowna, B.C.
First Miss Toronto in 1937, Mrs. Harold
Maeda, 62, of Oakville, ready forreunion
TORONTO. — Mrs. Harold
Maeda is a greying 62-yearold grandmother of three who
works as a plainclothes se
curity guard at an Oakville,
I quote the following: “Both the chamber and the Japan
Federation of Abacus Operators say the abacus 'main virtue
lies in the speed at Which a practised operator^
's
not just a mechanical matter of nimble fingers moving beads
at a rate that would short-circuit an electronic calculator; the
Japanese have also developed a system of mental calculation Ontario K-Mart store. Few
that has added another dimehsion to the device ' s applications. know that Mrs. Maeda was
the first Miss Toronto — away
back in 1937. Known then as
“Bill y ” H al I am, s he was al so
a well known softball star.
Sergeant Doug Lewis of the
Metro Toronto police who is
trying to locate all the win
ners from past years.
That was one of the many
facts on former Miss Toronto
beauty queens culled by Staff-
The Metro Toronto Police,
who sponsor the Miss Toronto
event, hopes to honorall for
mer titlists with a reunion to
mark the 100th anniversary of
the Police Games in July.
As a result, proponents tout the abacus for its capacity to
foster concentration, patience, rhempry, positive thinking, Italian Town Gets A-Bombed Stone
A recent search indicated
self-confidence and even a greater sense of responsibility.
They ' re quick to tell stories of schoolboys whose lacklustre
____
TOKYO. —
A stone which pounds was accompanied by that former Miss Toronto win
academic performance and poor attitudes have, changedT^ra- survived the 1945 atomic 3 P'ea f°r world peace from ners “are scattered from
Toronto to Tokyo,” says
matically after a short regimen at an abacus schopl.
bombing of Hiroshima has Mayor Araki.
To date, peace groups in Lewis. One_of them, 1942 win
% been presented to the
township of Palazzolo in the France and Britain have also ner, Rose Burkett is reported
received similar A-bombed to pe living in Japan.
outskirts of Milano, Italy.
stones from Hiroshima.
x
“I 'd like to be there,” says
In March, Italian president
sMayor Takeshi Araki of the
Mrs. Maeda with a twinkle in
world's first A-bombed city, Sandro Pertini visited Hiro- her eyes. “Just as long as
asked the Italian people to shima and the memorial park they don't expect me to
keep the stone as a symbol during a week-long official show up in my old bathing
for world peace and human visit to Japan.
suit.”
fraternity, Hiroshima city offi-
Sill
ft
1
$
ci.llwM
Japanese TV family drama
The Peace Stone, originally i.
,
4
j
,
part of the Hiroshima Memorr|[O be nimea across Canada
ial Peace Park only 220 yards
'4
I
Sushi-sari!
TOKYO. - Yes, it's true! A robot sushi maker! Mech
anical arms move delicately to press cooked rice into
shape for sushi during a recent demonstration in Tokyo. It
took five years of research to build the robot which can
combine vinegar, salt and sugar to create the glutinous
boiled rice ball used in sushi, normally prepared by itamae
chef. Human hands are still needed to top the rice with
the fiery green horseradish and slab of raw fish.
away from the World War II
blast's epicenter, was pre
sented to Palazzolo, where a
fierce battle was fought dur
ing WWII, after the Italian Na
tional Association of Retired
Combatants and Deceased
requested the stone for incor
poration in a war dead monu
ment there.
Masato Honda of the Hiro
shima City Office said the
slightly-charred granite stone
which weighs about 2.2
TORONTO. — Brian Villeneuve of Ontario's Film Video
Office, whose job is to attract producers from Canada and
around the world to film in Ontario, says the Japanese are
coming here soon, reports Sid Adilman of the Toronto Star.
A Japanese TV family drama series is being made across
Canada this month and-get this—it's titled Viva Canada.
It' s about a Japanese dog who loses his master in Nova Scotia
and makes his way to Vancouver to get a boat home to Japan.
The Toronto portion was filmed from May 24 for a week and
there will be shooting as well in Niagara Falls, Ottawa, Mon
treal, Nova Scotia, Alberta, and British Columbia.
“It's due on Japanese TV in August and it's got tremen
dous tourism value,” says Villeneuve.
Mental Gymnastics
By VIC OGURA
(Montreal N.C. Correspondent)
In, a recent issue of Fortune, an article reads in essence as
fol lbws: That a leading authority on interracial and international
I.Q. comparisons, a Prof. Richard Lynn of the University of Ul
ster, states that if American I.Q.'s are standardized at a mean
of 100, we should think of the Japanese mean as 109 or 110.
Further, it seems only 16% of Americans are over I.Q. 115,
whereas in Japan it's 35% and, he concludes, I.Q. 115 is where
creative thinking begins.
I brought the article up to Prof. Ouchi of theory ‘z’ fame
recently and his response was twofold:
a) He questioned the absolute validity of I.Q. tests
b) he claimed that tests show that when a person is allerted and prepares for tests (such as an I.Q. test) there is an in
crease of around 6 points, thus when you consider that a
Japanese family will pay,as much as $1,000 a week for special
tutorihg to enter the right kindergarten, and then from grade
school to high school to university the regimen continues in
this constant honing of the intellect, the above becomes an
obvious reason for the differential.
Of course, another obvious answer is that Japan is an ex
tremely homogenous society compared to the heterogenious
melting pot we have in North America, therefore the compari
son of apples with apples is impossible.
I remember having a rather heated discussion with a sansei
some years ago, (he is today a highly successful executive) as
to the attributes of a calculator in school. My stance was that
especially in the early years, a student should learn how to
think, and develop that technique of mental gymnastics. That
‘ we Westerners have become the paper processors (lawyers,
accountants, etc) and had lost the art of qualitative thinking,
thereby allowing the likes of Nelson Skalbania to reek havoc
with a responsible society.
It was thus a delight to read the other day that the abacus
(SOROBAN) is still favoured by many in Japan (last year 1.4
million people took abacus examination) and that the elect
ronic calculator did cut into the abacus usage, but only tem
porarily.
THE NEW
CA NAD IAN
|
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
VOL. 46 — NO. 43
FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1982
TORONTO, ONT.
Obasan...
Author Joy Kogawa wins Author' s award
TORONTO. — Toronto Nisei
writer Joy Kogawa's first novel
Obasan has won the $5,000 Cana
dian Authors Association^ fiction
award, it was announced recently. A
story based on the wartime intern
ment of the Japanese Canadians, it
also won the Books in Canada firstnovel prize earlier this year.
Other 5,000 winners, selected
from works published in 1981, ore
Claude Bissell, also of Toronto, for
his biography The Young Vincent
Massey (non-fiction); Gary Geddes
of Dunvegan, Ont, for The Acid Test
(poetry), and Allan Stratton of Toron
to for Rexy! (drama).
The annual prizes are given to
honor writing that “achieves literary
excellence without sacrificing popu
lar appeal.” Presentation ceremo
nies take place June 14 at the asso
ciation's 61st annual conference in
Kelowna, B.C.
First Miss Toronto in 1937, Mrs. Harold
Maeda, 62, of Oakville, ready forreunion
TORONTO. — Mrs. Harold
Maeda is a greying 62-yearold grandmother of three who
works as a plainclothes se
curity guard at an Oakville,
I quote the following: “Both the chamber and the Japan
Federation of Abacus Operators say the abacus 'main virtue
lies in the speed at Which a practised operator^
's
not just a mechanical matter of nimble fingers moving beads
at a rate that would short-circuit an electronic calculator; the
Japanese have also developed a system of mental calculation Ontario K-Mart store. Few
that has added another dimehsion to the device ' s applications. know that Mrs. Maeda was
the first Miss Toronto — away
back in 1937. Known then as
“Bill y ” H al I am, s he was al so
a well known softball star.
Sergeant Doug Lewis of the
Metro Toronto police who is
trying to locate all the win
ners from past years.
That was one of the many
facts on former Miss Toronto
beauty queens culled by Staff-
The Metro Toronto Police,
who sponsor the Miss Toronto
event, hopes to honorall for
mer titlists with a reunion to
mark the 100th anniversary of
the Police Games in July.
As a result, proponents tout the abacus for its capacity to
foster concentration, patience, rhempry, positive thinking, Italian Town Gets A-Bombed Stone
A recent search indicated
self-confidence and even a greater sense of responsibility.
They ' re quick to tell stories of schoolboys whose lacklustre
____
TOKYO. —
A stone which pounds was accompanied by that former Miss Toronto win
academic performance and poor attitudes have, changedT^ra- survived the 1945 atomic 3 P'ea f°r world peace from ners “are scattered from
Toronto to Tokyo,” says
matically after a short regimen at an abacus schopl.
bombing of Hiroshima has Mayor Araki.
To date, peace groups in Lewis. One_of them, 1942 win
% been presented to the
township of Palazzolo in the France and Britain have also ner, Rose Burkett is reported
received similar A-bombed to pe living in Japan.
outskirts of Milano, Italy.
stones from Hiroshima.
x
“I 'd like to be there,” says
In March, Italian president
sMayor Takeshi Araki of the
Mrs. Maeda with a twinkle in
world's first A-bombed city, Sandro Pertini visited Hiro- her eyes. “Just as long as
asked the Italian people to shima and the memorial park they don't expect me to
keep the stone as a symbol during a week-long official show up in my old bathing
for world peace and human visit to Japan.
suit.”
fraternity, Hiroshima city offi-
Sill
ft
1
$
ci.llwM
Japanese TV family drama
The Peace Stone, originally i.
,
4
j
,
part of the Hiroshima Memorr|[O be nimea across Canada
ial Peace Park only 220 yards
'4
I
Sushi-sari!
TOKYO. - Yes, it's true! A robot sushi maker! Mech
anical arms move delicately to press cooked rice into
shape for sushi during a recent demonstration in Tokyo. It
took five years of research to build the robot which can
combine vinegar, salt and sugar to create the glutinous
boiled rice ball used in sushi, normally prepared by itamae
chef. Human hands are still needed to top the rice with
the fiery green horseradish and slab of raw fish.
away from the World War II
blast's epicenter, was pre
sented to Palazzolo, where a
fierce battle was fought dur
ing WWII, after the Italian Na
tional Association of Retired
Combatants and Deceased
requested the stone for incor
poration in a war dead monu
ment there.
Masato Honda of the Hiro
shima City Office said the
slightly-charred granite stone
which weighs about 2.2
TORONTO. — Brian Villeneuve of Ontario's Film Video
Office, whose job is to attract producers from Canada and
around the world to film in Ontario, says the Japanese are
coming here soon, reports Sid Adilman of the Toronto Star.
A Japanese TV family drama series is being made across
Canada this month and-get this—it's titled Viva Canada.
It' s about a Japanese dog who loses his master in Nova Scotia
and makes his way to Vancouver to get a boat home to Japan.
The Toronto portion was filmed from May 24 for a week and
there will be shooting as well in Niagara Falls, Ottawa, Mon
treal, Nova Scotia, Alberta, and British Columbia.
“It's due on Japanese TV in August and it's got tremen
dous tourism value,” says Villeneuve.
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In all the years I have spent ent are the thinking, the1
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yet to hear a Japanese whist behavior.
Much of the traditional
ling in public. While whistling
is a light-hearted casual ex thoughts are still setting the
pression of a typical? Ameri- pattern f or everyday life. As I
can' s feelings, it is almost art ride the commuter train every
unknown phenomenon in* morning, a 50-minute trip on a
fully-packed train, surrounded
Japan.
.None seems to know why by fellow commuters, I note a
the Japanese do not whistle. sea of blank expressions.
For want of an explanation, I Seldom do the passengers
will offer my own, a hazarded look around or show interest
guess that many Japanese in others around them. Even
the mashers, taking advan
will agree with.
The basic reason undoubt tage of immobilized crowds,
edly can be attributed to the are said to. show no expres
traditional Japanese code of sion as they paw their way
etiquette. Many of the earlier around.
The rule of thumb is to con
regional concepts on proper
conduct were formalized na form with others. Thus, there
tionally during the Tokugawa are widely used expressions
period (1600-1867), when the such as “sekken nami” (the
four class system was adopt same as others), {“sekken
ed. The strict rules of decor shirazu” (don't know the
um for the samurai class were rules or society) and “sekken
complemented by standards ni meiwaku” (cause trouble
of behaviors for the farmers, for others). The older Nisei
craftsmen and business men. will recall such term as “haji
And regardless of the sta wo kaku” (hurt one's honor
tus, the constituents- of that or name), which in effect
class were expected to con shows a strong concern for
form to the customs adapted- the opinion of society.
Fundamental to Japanese
for that class. These guide
lines for personal behavior behavior is to be never com
stressed conformity as the spicuous. This is- bad taste.
theme, to -the point that indi Bad behavior by. a child will
viduality was universally dis be admonished, with the par
approved. A person was ex ents saying such words as
pected to blend with the group “Furyo no koto wo suru na”
in all actions and activities or (Don't behave like Ne’erdosuffer social alienation.
- well)”. A “furyo” is a rene
gade or a nonconformist.
Living in Japan can be frus
The modernization of Japan
has brought many Western trating for an American long
concepts into the country: used to the free expression of
multistoried buildings, well his feelings. Fortunately, be
equipped and automated cause of my buck teeth, I am
plants, business Asuits and a poor whistler. When I have
ties, up-to-date plumbing and my pleasant mood and feel
sewage systems, paved roads like whistling, I am more in
and toll highways, rapid tran clined to hum —and even this
— in private. Too open ah ex
sit and 45 million drivers.
Outwardly, the current pression of pleasure, not
Japanese industrial and com shared by others, may lead
mercial infrastructure is as the “sekken” to think that
Western as that of any ad- you are a loony.
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vanced nation. What is differ
In all the years I have spent ent are the thinking, the1
in Japan, a total of 26, I have morals and rules of human
yet to hear a Japanese whist behavior.
Much of the traditional
ling in public. While whistling
is a light-hearted casual ex thoughts are still setting the
pression of a typical? Ameri- pattern f or everyday life. As I
can' s feelings, it is almost art ride the commuter train every
unknown phenomenon in* morning, a 50-minute trip on a
fully-packed train, surrounded
Japan.
.None seems to know why by fellow commuters, I note a
the Japanese do not whistle. sea of blank expressions.
For want of an explanation, I Seldom do the passengers
will offer my own, a hazarded look around or show interest
guess that many Japanese in others around them. Even
the mashers, taking advan
will agree with.
The basic reason undoubt tage of immobilized crowds,
edly can be attributed to the are said to. show no expres
traditional Japanese code of sion as they paw their way
etiquette. Many of the earlier around.
The rule of thumb is to con
regional concepts on proper
conduct were formalized na form with others. Thus, there
tionally during the Tokugawa are widely used expressions
period (1600-1867), when the such as “sekken nami” (the
four class system was adopt same as others), {“sekken
ed. The strict rules of decor shirazu” (don't know the
um for the samurai class were rules or society) and “sekken
complemented by standards ni meiwaku” (cause trouble
of behaviors for the farmers, for others). The older Nisei
craftsmen and business men. will recall such term as “haji
And regardless of the sta wo kaku” (hurt one's honor
tus, the constituents- of that or name), which in effect
class were expected to con shows a strong concern for
form to the customs adapted- the opinion of society.
Fundamental to Japanese
for that class. These guide
lines for personal behavior behavior is to be never com
stressed conformity as the spicuous. This is- bad taste.
theme, to -the point that indi Bad behavior by. a child will
viduality was universally dis be admonished, with the par
approved. A person was ex ents saying such words as
pected to blend with the group “Furyo no koto wo suru na”
in all actions and activities or (Don't behave like Ne’erdosuffer social alienation.
- well)”. A “furyo” is a rene
gade or a nonconformist.
Living in Japan can be frus
The modernization of Japan
has brought many Western trating for an American long
concepts into the country: used to the free expression of
multistoried buildings, well his feelings. Fortunately, be
equipped and automated cause of my buck teeth, I am
plants, business Asuits and a poor whistler. When I have
ties, up-to-date plumbing and my pleasant mood and feel
sewage systems, paved roads like whistling, I am more in
and toll highways, rapid tran clined to hum —and even this
— in private. Too open ah ex
sit and 45 million drivers.
Outwardly, the current pression of pleasure, not
Japanese industrial and com shared by others, may lead
mercial infrastructure is as the “sekken” to think that
Western as that of any ad- you are a loony.
A member of Ethnic Press
.Association of Ontario
and Canada Federation
Publisher & Japanese Editor
Kenzo Mori
English Editor
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Kei Tsumura
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THE
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CHADO: The Way of Tea
and Its Relevance to Life
Dates & Doings
Yusuzumi dance Aug. 14 has Western theme
in the most formal method of
TORONTO — Cowboys and Cowgals will sashay over as
By SOSHITSU SEN
Kamakura Period
tea presentation to this day. this year's Yusuzumi Dance theme will be “Western Nite”
Born in Kyoto in 1923, Mr.
In the Kamakura period
undertaken by the Friday Nighters' dance group, Saturday,
Philosophical Exercise
Soshitsu Sen graduated from (1185-1392), many Japanese
Yoshimasa summoned Shu August 14. Music is to be provided by disc jockey John Bit6
Doshisha University with a Buddhist monks traveled to
B.A. in economics, and' be China to study at the Zen tem- ko to explain what his chanoyu and the highlight, the Roland and Romaine Dancers, whose
came the 15th Grand Master pies there. Returning to Japan was. Shuko explained that performance will be in keeping with the theme.
Dress is very optional. Admission, $7.50 per person, in
of. the Urasenke School of to establish Zen temples here, chanoyu, which simply means
Tea in October 1964. He is they brought the Chinese prac hot water for tea, was neither cludes refreshments, door prizes. Cash bar. Tickets will be
also president of the Urasen tice of the ritual offering of a pastime nor an art. It was, avaiable from Nich Omotani (751-8067) and Eunice Ishida,
— J.G.C. Centre.
ke Foundation, abbot at Kyo- tea. Tea was prepared, offered in fact, a method of realizing (422-5063), or from the Centre.
shinan Temple and professor at the altar and then drunk by the highest philosophical te- j
at department of history, Uni the priest communally. Tea nets of Zen Buddhism, namely Centre hosts young English handicapped
was also used as a beverage the achievement of enlight
versity of Hawaii at Manoa.
TORONTO — For 21 girls, ages 11 to 16, from Gosden
ver the-past 30 years I by the monks to refresh them enment through the practice House in Surrey, England, a home for mentally handicapped
have traveled the world selves after long periods of and discipline of making a children, the visit to the Cultural Centre was one of the high
.
bowl of tea according to the
over always with the belief meditation. '
7 The priest Eisai (1141-1215) order that he had developed. lights of their trip to Toronto. With the Nisei ladies of the Mothat I could offer to the world,
miji-Kai and the Women's Auxiliary of the Cultural Centre as
“Peace from a bowl of tea.” I traveled to China at the begin In this way Shuko explained hosts, these girls were entertained and given lunch on Thurs
have spoken before many ning of the Kamakura period the spirit of chanoyu to the day, April 22.
kinds of gatherings, demon at the time of the Shogun Mi shogun who became his pupil.
It was obvious that the guests thoroughly enjoyed the ori
strated the manner of serving namoto Sanetomo (1191-1219). This spiritual, secular discip gami, the singing and trying on kimonos, and it was probably
When he returned to Japan, line was passed on to Shuko^ s
the first Japanese lood they had ever tasted. Their trip to Ca
tea and everywhere answered he brought tea seeds which
pupil, Takeno Joo, who in turn
questions about Chado, the he presented to his friend
nada was a part of the exchange program begun last year
taught his disciple Sen Rikyu. when students from Birchmount House of Scarborough were
Way of Tea. Returning to Myoe (1173-1232), the headIt was Rikyou who created
Japan, I often speak of my ex priest of Kozan-ji, northwest
chado The Way of Tea, which in England.
The Cultural Centre is always delighted to share in goodperiences with many Japa of Kyoto. The tea planted near
has been passed down in my
J.C.C. Centre
will programs of this nature.
nese. Most often they ask the Kozan-ji flourished and be family for 400 years.
same basic question, ‘‘Can came known as “real” tea
To illustrate the spirit of the
such a Japanese practice as while the tea from Uji and Dai Way of Tea, I 'd like to share a
SHIATSU DOHJOH
Chado be understood by non go became known as “false” few stories and thoughts that
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When the Chinese poet,
The hours are, Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
to understand,
« x
x even the JapaSoon, the upper classes in Hakurakuten, left for an offi
nese. But what this means is
the Kamakura period began cial assignment in the coun
that given the proper spirit gambling tournaments to see try, he himself decided to
and discipline anyone can
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“false” tea. The tournaments who had no temple, always
Many Foreign Teachers
Open every day until 8 p.m., Saturday until 6 p.m.
sat in Zen meditation at the
reached
such
lavishness
that
Sunday 12 noon to 4 p.m.
At present, many non-Japathey
were
banned
by
the
shotop
of
a
tree.
At
the
foot
of
nese teachers of Chado are
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instructing students in coun gunate in the 15th century. Choka's tree he asked what
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The popularity of tea was not the ideal spirit is, and what he
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created by my ancestor Sen
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moment .of serving a bowl of
Shuko used the daisu, a tea
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THE
NEW
CANADIAN
CHADO: The Way of Tea
and Its Relevance to Life
Dates & Doings
Yusuzumi dance Aug. 14 has Western theme
in the most formal method of
TORONTO — Cowboys and Cowgals will sashay over as
By SOSHITSU SEN
Kamakura Period
tea presentation to this day. this year's Yusuzumi Dance theme will be “Western Nite”
Born in Kyoto in 1923, Mr.
In the Kamakura period
undertaken by the Friday Nighters' dance group, Saturday,
Philosophical Exercise
Soshitsu Sen graduated from (1185-1392), many Japanese
Yoshimasa summoned Shu August 14. Music is to be provided by disc jockey John Bit6
Doshisha University with a Buddhist monks traveled to
B.A. in economics, and' be China to study at the Zen tem- ko to explain what his chanoyu and the highlight, the Roland and Romaine Dancers, whose
came the 15th Grand Master pies there. Returning to Japan was. Shuko explained that performance will be in keeping with the theme.
Dress is very optional. Admission, $7.50 per person, in
of. the Urasenke School of to establish Zen temples here, chanoyu, which simply means
Tea in October 1964. He is they brought the Chinese prac hot water for tea, was neither cludes refreshments, door prizes. Cash bar. Tickets will be
also president of the Urasen tice of the ritual offering of a pastime nor an art. It was, avaiable from Nich Omotani (751-8067) and Eunice Ishida,
— J.G.C. Centre.
ke Foundation, abbot at Kyo- tea. Tea was prepared, offered in fact, a method of realizing (422-5063), or from the Centre.
shinan Temple and professor at the altar and then drunk by the highest philosophical te- j
at department of history, Uni the priest communally. Tea nets of Zen Buddhism, namely Centre hosts young English handicapped
was also used as a beverage the achievement of enlight
versity of Hawaii at Manoa.
TORONTO — For 21 girls, ages 11 to 16, from Gosden
ver the-past 30 years I by the monks to refresh them enment through the practice House in Surrey, England, a home for mentally handicapped
have traveled the world selves after long periods of and discipline of making a children, the visit to the Cultural Centre was one of the high
.
bowl of tea according to the
over always with the belief meditation. '
7 The priest Eisai (1141-1215) order that he had developed. lights of their trip to Toronto. With the Nisei ladies of the Mothat I could offer to the world,
miji-Kai and the Women's Auxiliary of the Cultural Centre as
“Peace from a bowl of tea.” I traveled to China at the begin In this way Shuko explained hosts, these girls were entertained and given lunch on Thurs
have spoken before many ning of the Kamakura period the spirit of chanoyu to the day, April 22.
kinds of gatherings, demon at the time of the Shogun Mi shogun who became his pupil.
It was obvious that the guests thoroughly enjoyed the ori
strated the manner of serving namoto Sanetomo (1191-1219). This spiritual, secular discip gami, the singing and trying on kimonos, and it was probably
When he returned to Japan, line was passed on to Shuko^ s
the first Japanese lood they had ever tasted. Their trip to Ca
tea and everywhere answered he brought tea seeds which
pupil, Takeno Joo, who in turn
questions about Chado, the he presented to his friend
nada was a part of the exchange program begun last year
taught his disciple Sen Rikyu. when students from Birchmount House of Scarborough were
Way of Tea. Returning to Myoe (1173-1232), the headIt was Rikyou who created
Japan, I often speak of my ex priest of Kozan-ji, northwest
chado The Way of Tea, which in England.
The Cultural Centre is always delighted to share in goodperiences with many Japa of Kyoto. The tea planted near
has been passed down in my
J.C.C. Centre
will programs of this nature.
nese. Most often they ask the Kozan-ji flourished and be family for 400 years.
same basic question, ‘‘Can came known as “real” tea
To illustrate the spirit of the
such a Japanese practice as while the tea from Uji and Dai Way of Tea, I 'd like to share a
SHIATSU DOHJOH
Chado be understood by non go became known as “false” few stories and thoughts that
KEN SAITO
Japanese?”
tea The shogun himself be might best convey its mean
822 Broadview Ave., Toronto, Ont.
My answer to this is, “Chado gan to drink tea as a medicine ing.
Telephone number is (416) 466-8780.
is a difficult thing for anyone for his health.
When the Chinese poet,
The hours are, Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
to understand,
« x
x even the JapaSoon, the upper classes in Hakurakuten, left for an offi
nese. But what this means is
the Kamakura period began cial assignment in the coun
that given the proper spirit gambling tournaments to see try, he himself decided to
and discipline anyone can
NIPPON VIDEO CENTRE
which of them could distin seek the advice of Choka, a
understand Chado.”
guish the “real” tea from the famous Zen priest. Choka,
1993 Danforth Ave., Toronto
“false” tea. The tournaments who had no temple, always
Many Foreign Teachers
Open every day until 8 p.m., Saturday until 6 p.m.
sat in Zen meditation at the
reached
such
lavishness
that
Sunday 12 noon to 4 p.m.
At present, many non-Japathey
were
banned
by
the
shotop
of
a
tree.
At
the
foot
of
nese teachers of Chado are
Telephone 698-0633
instructing students in coun gunate in the 15th century. Choka's tree he asked what
video tapes — Beta a VMS
The popularity of tea was not the ideal spirit is, and what he
tries all around the world.
should do now that he must
Under my direction, they have restricted just to the upper
govern. The priest did not ^
prepared themselves with classes. By the beginning of
move. Hakurakuten looked up * f"| iH I IVA
(1392460 Dundas St. West
study and research at my the Muromachi -period
,
■ . .
at
the
priest
from
below
and
$
r U nU I A
Toronto, Ont. M5T1G9
home in Kyoto. They have 1573), tea was being sold by
said, “If you doze off sitting ★
Travel Service
Tel: 977-7655
made my belief, that peace vendors at temples and marup
there,
you'll
fall
and
hurt
★
can be had through the sim kets for one sen^a bowl.
The next central figure in yourself, won't you?” Hear- {
ple sharing of a bowl of tea,
men's Tour to ?
the history of tea was the Sho
their own belief.
\ x
Hawaii
$
gun
Yoshimasa,
who
had
built
In contrast, many modern
i August 6—Nisei Week 5
HYLAND
himself
a
palace
in
north
Japanese react to the mention
i0-Centre Judo
Los Angeles *
eastern
Kyoto
at
Ginkaka-ji,
of Chado with apprehension,
Tour to Japan
Oct. 21 —Nisei Fun Tour $
FLOWERS
where
he
amused
himself
feeling that it is too obscure
18-Buddhist Wo- .
to Las Vegas
*
proprietor
with
aesthetic
pastimes.
Just
and difficult to understand;
JON ONODERA
that the rules and etiquette as he was becoming bored
For further information regarding all your travel needs, $
are overly complicated and with moon-viewing, ^poe ry
489-4654 — — 481-8895
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that it has little relevance to comparing and the like, he
(Business) (Residence)
modern life. It is my opinion, heard of a monk from Shomyohowever, that the Way of Tea, ji in Nara, Murata Shuko (1422540 Eglinton Ave., W.,
1502),
who
had
developed
created by my ancestor Sen
Toronto
TIMES SQUARETRAVEL CENTRE LTD
something
called
chanoyu.
Rikyu more than 400 years
. 672 No. 3 Road. Richmond, B.C.
ago, has a relevance to the Shuko had taken elements of
the Zen ritual tea presentation
tel ephone:-604 273-1811
20th century people, be they
which he applied to the pre
Japanese or not.
In the world of Tea, at the paration of a bowl of tea for a
BOOK EARLY AND SAVE ON AIRFARES TO JAPAN...
guest.
moment .of serving a bowl of
Shuko used the daisu, a tea
tea in conformity with the eti
ALL CASH
quette of presentation, a syn implement stand with four
OUR TRAVEL COUNSELLORS ARE TRAINED TO HELP
FORYOUR HOME
thetic cultural system gives legs and a top and bottom, ap
proximately one meter wide
YOU WITH ALL YOUR TRAVEL NEEDS:
birth to itself. That system is
and half a meter deep. The top
WE BUY ill
of a wide scope and lofty qual
airfares
he
called
heaven,
the
bottom
ask about our guarantee
ity. It includes the religious,
earth, while the four legs sym
hotels
FOR FREE APPRAISAL
moral, philosophical, disci
insurance
Dennis •
plinary and social. All these bolized the four directions.
transfers
aspects exist together as you Upon this stand he arranged a
Masuda
offer a bowl of tea, and as a brazier and kettle, a cold water
PImh contact us.
ET
752-7740
bowl of tea is offered to you. container, a container for the
; 1885 LAWRENCE AV E?_
Here, it is no exaggeration to ladle and fire-tongs, a waste
THE PLACE TO START YOUR HAPPY HOLIDAY
water
receptacle,
and
a
kettle
757-8347 (Residence) .
say, is the culture of the Way
lid rest. The daisu is still used
of Tea itself.
O
YORKLAND
Page 4
THE
Chado
NEW
CANADIAN
(Continued from page 3)
Friday, June 4,1982
You understand?
ing this the priest yelled back, best movements of the body. and contributed to the spread ।
TOKYO —■ With an eye to
Materialization of the pre
Do good, don ' t do evil. This of Christianity . and at the
“What are you saying? Your
feet aren't even touching the is easily said but is quite diffi same time, added elements of alleviating the trouble that sent Travel-Phone service,
the new religion to their tea forgjgn visitors to Japan: system is the fruit of rn
, ground, are they?” Hakuraku- cult to carry through.
might suffer due to the so- years of joint efforts on the
Rikyu is quoted in the Nan- practice.
ten was so surprised by the
Rikyu identified the spirit of called “Language Barrier” part of the ministry of trans
priest's words that he looked boroku as having said: “Shel
afresh at his own feet and he ter is enough it it protects the Way of Tea'with the four and the resultant restriction port and the Japan National
realized that his feet were not from the rain and food is suf basic principles of harmony, on their freedom of action Tourist Organization.
The service is primarily
on the ground atall. With that, ficient if it satisfies hunger. respect, purity, and tranquil they experience while touring
he bowed and begged to be With your own hands bring ity. These four principles un the country, Japan will in aimed at enabling visitors to
allowed to receive teaching. wood and water, boil it, make derlie all the practical rules of augurate “Japan Travel-Phone” ~ Japan as many chances as
possible to experience a clos
Choka said, “That' s easy. The tea and offer it at the altar, Tea and represent at the same an epoch making system of
services on a nationwide er contact with the life, cul
leader does good for the com share it with others and drink time its highest ideals.
“Harmony” is the result of scale, effective in April of this , ture and people of the coun
mon people; he does not com it yourself. One also arranges
mit evil acts; and he purifies flowers and burns incense, the interaction of the host and year, thereby enabling visi try, thereby having a better
his own mind. This is the Bud These actions are taken to- guest, the food served, and tors to grasp a better under understanding of Japan and
the Japanese; through their
dha's doctrine.” He explain- gether for the purpose of stu- the utensils used with the standing of Japan.
ed that the first idea means; dying the deeds of Buddha.” flowing rhythms of nature. It re
This revolutionary assis visit.
In 1981, Japan received an
This too is a simple thing flects both the evanescence tance service will enable
one must do good. The next
means that one would never when first heard. J wonder of all things and the unchang overseas visitors to obtain, approximate total of 1,580
free of charge, all kinds of foreign visitors or up 20 per
do evil acts. The third means how simple it is, though? ing in the changing.
“Respect” is the^sincerity travel/tourism-related infor cent compared with the pre
to always have a pure spirit. Please try yourselves to boil
The priest said that this is all water, using cold water and of heart that liberates us for mation, guidance and inter vious year and well over 40
of the Buddha's teachings, charcoal. Then make tea, offer an open relationship with the preter services from the Eng percent of the total in respect
and if only these things are it at your altar arid share it immediate environment, our lish speaking staff stationed to the previous year, visited
done, Hakurakuten would gov with another, and drink it your- fellow human beings, and na in the Tourist Information the TIC's for a variety of in
self. Though it may seem ture while recognizing the in Center (TIC) located in Tokyo formation.
ern h i s cou ntry we 11.
A random survey of foreign
easy, it is diffcult for anyone nate dignity of each.
and Kyoto by utilizing the
‘What is Tea’
“Purity,” through the sim following procedures:
visitors annually conducted
to do.
Someone once asked Sen
ple act of cleaning the dust
Christian Influence
(1) Foreigners who happen by JNTO reveals that almost
Rikyu, “What is tea?” Rikyu
As I mentioned earlier, the from the room and the dead to be in any part of this coun all those polled have highly
answered him,' “Tea is not dif
assessed the hospitality of
leaves from the garden path
ficult. Suggest coolness in Way of Tea is very often asso all represent clearing the try other than the area of the the Japanese and returned to
summer and warmth in winter. ciated with Zen. However, Tea “dust of the world,” or the Tokyo Metropolis including their respective homes with a
Set the charcoal so that the has not simply been control worldly attachments, from the 23 ward areas and the very favorable impression of
water will boil. The flowers led by and combined with Zen one's heart and mind. The act areas within the city limits of Japan.
should be arranged as if they and Buddhism. In fact, Tea at of cleaning thus enables one Kyoto as well as its neigh
On the other hand, how
were still in the field.” To that the time of Sen Rikyu, as well to sense the pure and sacred boring satellite cities of Mu- ever, there have also been
the man replied, “Anyone can as today, has been influenced essence of things, man, and kd-shi, Nagaokakyoshi and many cases where, while
Yawata-shi, just dial 106 and
do that.” Rikyu's reply were by Christianity. In 1549, Fran nature.
tell the operator “Collect touring the country they have
the words of Choka. “If that is cisco Xavier came to Japan to
Concept of Tranquility
Call, TIC” for immediate con found it difficult to make
so then I will become your propagate Christianity. Many
“Tranquility,” an aesthetic nection to the travel experts themselves understood in
disciple and you my master.” missionaries came and stayed
respective languages and
People often say they un in Japan. They had to partici- concept unique to Tea, comes described above.
Bear in mind, please, that find various signs, notices
derstand something when pate in the life of Japan in or- with the constant practice of
and guide maps quite unintel
they really do not. Rikyu set der to be able to teach the the first three principles of in this case as well as in the ligible because of a lack of bi
the etiquette for drinking a faith. One easy route was harmony, respect, and purity following, the telephone dia lingual explanations.
mere bowl of tea. The reason through chanoyu which was in our everyday lives. Sitting logue should always be in
JNTO is firmly convinced
for these rules is the fact that then the flower of Japanese alone, away from the world, at English. The 10 yen Japanese that the use of the Travel
it people do not have them culture. At that time several one with the rhythms of na coin requested for the call
they could not perform well famous men of tea, Sen Rik- ture, liberated from attach will be returned to you as phone will provide foreign
and would be unsure as to the yu's disciples, were baptized ments to the material world soon as the call is completed. visitors-With greater conveniThe public phones available once and pleasure and at the
and bodily comforts,: purified
and sensitive to the sacred es for this purpose are those same time have a greater un
OPEN
sence of all that is around, a painted yellow or blue. The derstanding of Japan.
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£; 0 0
Sat.
person making and drinking service is available daily, r . "■ ■ ..
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■ Sunday & Holiday Closed
tea in contemplation ap Monday through Sunday
Paul K. Asada, D;CM N D.
KO
proaches a sublime state of from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ,
“Doctor of Chiropratic”
EGUNTON AVE. EAST
tranquility. But, strange to
728-A St. Clair Ave., W.,
say,
this
tranquility
will
deep
(2) Regrettably, however, no
opens at 10 a.m.
WICKSTEED
en even further when another collect-call system can be
TORONTO
Res. 621*1989
person enters the microcosm made from within the afore
651-8060
Honami
of the tearoom and joins the mentioned city areas due to
host in comtemplation over a circuit complications.
bowl df4ea. That we can find a
In this case, please note
114 LAIRD DR. LEASIDE, ONTARIO
lasting tranquility within our that similar services of assis BE BUMS 7
PHONE* 421-6016
own selves in the company of tance are not free of charge.
DONORS^
others is the paradox.
Instead, your telephone in
Without concern for religi quiries are to be made at your
ous differences, the- Way - of own expense, (10 yen for a
Tea speaks directly to the call of three minutes) since
The New Canadian
humanity of man. Without you will be directly connect
479 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ontario M5V2A9
concern for national origins, ed to the TIC either in Tokyo
the spirit of tea enriches all or Kyoto.
for which [ 1 renew
Please find enclosed $
those people who practice it.
The phone number in the
Supply and install
I have toured the world with Tokyo area is 502-1461 and
my subscription, [ ] enter rhy subscription for _
the goal,“Peace through shar 371-5649 for the Kyoto area.
KITCHEN
year(s)/months.
ing a bowl of tea,” which I feel
CABINETS
is a modern interpretation of
$25.00 per year, $15.00 for six months
Rikyu's four principles, in our
OAK, PINE OR LAMINATED
Donald I. Kimura
increasingly erratic and fren
Redesign or additions
Name (Mr. Mrs. Miss) zied modern world, the peace
which comes to host and guest
•155 Main Street West
NEW ART
Address _
meeting heart to heart and
. Stouffville, Ontario
sharing a bowl of tea is more
CARPENTER
Prov.
LOH 1LO
City
necessary than ever. It is here
M.UYENO
621-8802
that the spirit of the Way of
640-5454
Postal Code
ETOBICOKE
Tea can speak to modern man.
Chado
NEW
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(Continued from page 3)
Friday, June 4,1982
You understand?
ing this the priest yelled back, best movements of the body. and contributed to the spread ।
TOKYO —■ With an eye to
Materialization of the pre
Do good, don ' t do evil. This of Christianity . and at the
“What are you saying? Your
feet aren't even touching the is easily said but is quite diffi same time, added elements of alleviating the trouble that sent Travel-Phone service,
the new religion to their tea forgjgn visitors to Japan: system is the fruit of rn
, ground, are they?” Hakuraku- cult to carry through.
might suffer due to the so- years of joint efforts on the
Rikyu is quoted in the Nan- practice.
ten was so surprised by the
Rikyu identified the spirit of called “Language Barrier” part of the ministry of trans
priest's words that he looked boroku as having said: “Shel
afresh at his own feet and he ter is enough it it protects the Way of Tea'with the four and the resultant restriction port and the Japan National
realized that his feet were not from the rain and food is suf basic principles of harmony, on their freedom of action Tourist Organization.
The service is primarily
on the ground atall. With that, ficient if it satisfies hunger. respect, purity, and tranquil they experience while touring
he bowed and begged to be With your own hands bring ity. These four principles un the country, Japan will in aimed at enabling visitors to
allowed to receive teaching. wood and water, boil it, make derlie all the practical rules of augurate “Japan Travel-Phone” ~ Japan as many chances as
possible to experience a clos
Choka said, “That' s easy. The tea and offer it at the altar, Tea and represent at the same an epoch making system of
services on a nationwide er contact with the life, cul
leader does good for the com share it with others and drink time its highest ideals.
“Harmony” is the result of scale, effective in April of this , ture and people of the coun
mon people; he does not com it yourself. One also arranges
mit evil acts; and he purifies flowers and burns incense, the interaction of the host and year, thereby enabling visi try, thereby having a better
his own mind. This is the Bud These actions are taken to- guest, the food served, and tors to grasp a better under understanding of Japan and
the Japanese; through their
dha's doctrine.” He explain- gether for the purpose of stu- the utensils used with the standing of Japan.
ed that the first idea means; dying the deeds of Buddha.” flowing rhythms of nature. It re
This revolutionary assis visit.
In 1981, Japan received an
This too is a simple thing flects both the evanescence tance service will enable
one must do good. The next
means that one would never when first heard. J wonder of all things and the unchang overseas visitors to obtain, approximate total of 1,580
free of charge, all kinds of foreign visitors or up 20 per
do evil acts. The third means how simple it is, though? ing in the changing.
“Respect” is the^sincerity travel/tourism-related infor cent compared with the pre
to always have a pure spirit. Please try yourselves to boil
The priest said that this is all water, using cold water and of heart that liberates us for mation, guidance and inter vious year and well over 40
of the Buddha's teachings, charcoal. Then make tea, offer an open relationship with the preter services from the Eng percent of the total in respect
and if only these things are it at your altar arid share it immediate environment, our lish speaking staff stationed to the previous year, visited
done, Hakurakuten would gov with another, and drink it your- fellow human beings, and na in the Tourist Information the TIC's for a variety of in
self. Though it may seem ture while recognizing the in Center (TIC) located in Tokyo formation.
ern h i s cou ntry we 11.
A random survey of foreign
easy, it is diffcult for anyone nate dignity of each.
and Kyoto by utilizing the
‘What is Tea’
“Purity,” through the sim following procedures:
visitors annually conducted
to do.
Someone once asked Sen
ple act of cleaning the dust
Christian Influence
(1) Foreigners who happen by JNTO reveals that almost
Rikyu, “What is tea?” Rikyu
As I mentioned earlier, the from the room and the dead to be in any part of this coun all those polled have highly
answered him,' “Tea is not dif
assessed the hospitality of
leaves from the garden path
ficult. Suggest coolness in Way of Tea is very often asso all represent clearing the try other than the area of the the Japanese and returned to
summer and warmth in winter. ciated with Zen. However, Tea “dust of the world,” or the Tokyo Metropolis including their respective homes with a
Set the charcoal so that the has not simply been control worldly attachments, from the 23 ward areas and the very favorable impression of
water will boil. The flowers led by and combined with Zen one's heart and mind. The act areas within the city limits of Japan.
should be arranged as if they and Buddhism. In fact, Tea at of cleaning thus enables one Kyoto as well as its neigh
On the other hand, how
were still in the field.” To that the time of Sen Rikyu, as well to sense the pure and sacred boring satellite cities of Mu- ever, there have also been
the man replied, “Anyone can as today, has been influenced essence of things, man, and kd-shi, Nagaokakyoshi and many cases where, while
Yawata-shi, just dial 106 and
do that.” Rikyu's reply were by Christianity. In 1549, Fran nature.
tell the operator “Collect touring the country they have
the words of Choka. “If that is cisco Xavier came to Japan to
Concept of Tranquility
Call, TIC” for immediate con found it difficult to make
so then I will become your propagate Christianity. Many
“Tranquility,” an aesthetic nection to the travel experts themselves understood in
disciple and you my master.” missionaries came and stayed
respective languages and
People often say they un in Japan. They had to partici- concept unique to Tea, comes described above.
Bear in mind, please, that find various signs, notices
derstand something when pate in the life of Japan in or- with the constant practice of
and guide maps quite unintel
they really do not. Rikyu set der to be able to teach the the first three principles of in this case as well as in the ligible because of a lack of bi
the etiquette for drinking a faith. One easy route was harmony, respect, and purity following, the telephone dia lingual explanations.
mere bowl of tea. The reason through chanoyu which was in our everyday lives. Sitting logue should always be in
JNTO is firmly convinced
for these rules is the fact that then the flower of Japanese alone, away from the world, at English. The 10 yen Japanese that the use of the Travel
it people do not have them culture. At that time several one with the rhythms of na coin requested for the call
they could not perform well famous men of tea, Sen Rik- ture, liberated from attach will be returned to you as phone will provide foreign
and would be unsure as to the yu's disciples, were baptized ments to the material world soon as the call is completed. visitors-With greater conveniThe public phones available once and pleasure and at the
and bodily comforts,: purified
and sensitive to the sacred es for this purpose are those same time have a greater un
OPEN
sence of all that is around, a painted yellow or blue. The derstanding of Japan.
00
£; 0 0
Sat.
person making and drinking service is available daily, r . "■ ■ ..
.. ,
. ■ ■ ■
■ Sunday & Holiday Closed
tea in contemplation ap Monday through Sunday
Paul K. Asada, D;CM N D.
KO
proaches a sublime state of from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ,
“Doctor of Chiropratic”
EGUNTON AVE. EAST
tranquility. But, strange to
728-A St. Clair Ave., W.,
say,
this
tranquility
will
deep
(2) Regrettably, however, no
opens at 10 a.m.
WICKSTEED
en even further when another collect-call system can be
TORONTO
Res. 621*1989
person enters the microcosm made from within the afore
651-8060
Honami
of the tearoom and joins the mentioned city areas due to
host in comtemplation over a circuit complications.
bowl df4ea. That we can find a
In this case, please note
114 LAIRD DR. LEASIDE, ONTARIO
lasting tranquility within our that similar services of assis BE BUMS 7
PHONE* 421-6016
own selves in the company of tance are not free of charge.
DONORS^
others is the paradox.
Instead, your telephone in
Without concern for religi quiries are to be made at your
ous differences, the- Way - of own expense, (10 yen for a
Tea speaks directly to the call of three minutes) since
The New Canadian
humanity of man. Without you will be directly connect
479 Queen St. West, Toronto, Ontario M5V2A9
concern for national origins, ed to the TIC either in Tokyo
the spirit of tea enriches all or Kyoto.
for which [ 1 renew
Please find enclosed $
those people who practice it.
The phone number in the
Supply and install
I have toured the world with Tokyo area is 502-1461 and
my subscription, [ ] enter rhy subscription for _
the goal,“Peace through shar 371-5649 for the Kyoto area.
KITCHEN
year(s)/months.
ing a bowl of tea,” which I feel
CABINETS
is a modern interpretation of
$25.00 per year, $15.00 for six months
Rikyu's four principles, in our
OAK, PINE OR LAMINATED
Donald I. Kimura
increasingly erratic and fren
Redesign or additions
Name (Mr. Mrs. Miss) zied modern world, the peace
which comes to host and guest
•155 Main Street West
NEW ART
Address _
meeting heart to heart and
. Stouffville, Ontario
sharing a bowl of tea is more
CARPENTER
Prov.
LOH 1LO
City
necessary than ever. It is here
M.UYENO
621-8802
that the spirit of the Way of
640-5454
Postal Code
ETOBICOKE
Tea can speak to modern man.
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