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By ART IRIZAWA
TORONTO _ The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre off Toronto has recently acquired an 85-acre ;
retreat... a place ffor you to picnic, play outdoor sports or indulge in quieter recreational and cul- .
tural pursuits. This is an extension off the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Don Mills to meet
a long-felt need for additional space and facilities... in a relaxed rural setting... within easy
reach off Toronto, approx. 45 miles, or surrounding areas.

The property is located on the west side off Highway 10, approximately one kilometer
north of Caledon and 6.5 kilometers south off Orangeville (see map).
All JCCC Members will be entitled to use the Caledon facilities at all times. Membership is open to anyone who meets the JCCC membership requirements and
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Although the Caledon project is still in the developmental stage, thereare many
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your particular interests. For example: during spring, summer and fall, family or
group picnicking, court sports„such as tennis, badminton, volleyball, boating,
swimming, fishing. There is right now cultivation off popular vegetables such as
daikon, gobo, nasiibi, kabocha, garlic, onions, potatoes, etc. During winter
there is cross-country skiing, toboganning, and hockey.

A fund drive is currently in progress to develop such major facilities at
workshop/Japanese teahouse and of uro.
These Facilities will provide the basis for a diversified cultural and rec­
reational program appealing to all age groups. Highlights will include com­
munity picnics, pottery, woodblock printing, kite-making, Japanese folk
dancing (bon odori, etc.), and organized sports events.

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CULTURAL EXCHANGE — J.C.C.C. BOYS TO TOKYO

GOODWILL JUDO MISSION
GOO DWl LL J UDO MISSION

? By Glenn N; Kawano
Dahcho .
l_ am very happy and proud
to report that the- Judo Mis­
sion to Japan, corresponding
with the 20th Anniversary, of
J.C. Cultural Centre, and the
100th Anniversary off Kodokan
Judo Institute in Tokyo, prov­
ed very successful. The judo
boys have done a great job by
•working diligently together
as a team and fulfilled their
duty and responsibility as a
Mission.
We travelled to five major
cities such as Tokyo (Kawa­
guchi, Matsudo and Kawasa­
ki), Nagoya (Tsushima, Toyo­
ta and Ichinomiya), Nara,
Osaka and Kyoto and pre­
sented special Goodwill Mes­
sages from the Province of
Ontario's Premier, the Hon­
ourable William Davis, to their
Governors. Also presented
were other special Goodwill
~ Messages from the Metropol­
itan of Toronto Chairman, Mr.
Paul Godfrey, and the City of
North York's Mayor, Mr. Mel
Lastman, to their respective
Mayors.
We visited the Kodokan
Judo Institute and expressed
our appreciation to the Presi­
dent, Mr. Yukimitsu Kano, for
his kind invitation for this oc­
casion. We were most fortu­
nate for their acceptance to
have an audience with H.I.H.
the Crown Prince and Prin­
cess, and presented them
with our Ontario made maple
syrup as a token gift.
The major industrial com­
panies we visited were Seiko
Times, Canon Camera, Mitsui
& Co., Noritake Chinaware,
Tokai Bank and the Money
Museum, Toyota Automobile,
Sony Ichinomiya, and Matsu­
shita Technics, and their
modern technology was most
impressive.
Perhaps, the most crucial

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Tokyo Report No. 1
By Russell Takashima
(Team Captain)

Training with 8th & 9th Dan Masters
KYOTO — The Canadian boys pose with some Masters off
Judo affter the Goodwill Judo Tournament with the Kyoto High
School Selects, at the Heian Dojo on July 29,1982. Front row
(lefft to right)^Kent Kawasaki, Russell Takashima, Mark Nishi­
yama, Ian Nagamatsu, Daniel Nishimoto and Warren Kawagu­
chi. Second row: Radashi Goto, 6th-dan, Yoshinori Takahata,
8th-dan, Ryokichi Hirata, Bth-dan, Isamu Morishita, 9th-dan,
and President off the Kyoto Judo Renmei, Koichi Ebii, 9th-dan,
Glenn Kawano and Sam Nishiyama off Canada.

moment of our boys' life ori­
ginated with the special
visits to the Japanese homes
in Nagoya^ Nara, Osaka and
Kyoto. The true sense of ex­
periencing their typical Ja­
panese family life style was
essential and invaluable.
The main objective of the
mission, the judo tour of
Japan, was the most suecessful in every sense. First,
the special judo training
under the guidance of Japan­
ese instructors, and also the
gohdph-renshu (joint training)
with selected teams from
Japanese high schools in
each city gave our boys a tre­
mendous boost.
Secondly, the instructions
which the team received from
the four different instructors
were so impressive that it is
difficult to describe with a
single word. They were all experienced judokas and ex­
tremely knowledgeable, and
taught us kuzushi-tsukuri, taisabaki and randori.'The vital
points they have taught us
were based on their actual
fighting experience and it
was smooth and powerful.
One of the instructors, Ku­
do Sensei is the author of the
book called ”Judo Shidoh
Handbook”. His instruction
is mainly based on how to ar­
range the proper sequence of
a technique, and also how to
combine the movements to­
gether. This detailed analysis
of combining movements will
definitely benefit all shugyosha and upgrade their stan­
dard.
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The goodwill matches pro-

Upon our arrival in Japan, the first
thing we noticed was the weather, it
was hot and humid. We were told '
prior to our departure that this was
the hot summer season in Japan. But
being told it would bto hot and then
being therein the^heat was some­
thing completely different.
Our first week was spent in Tokyo.
The city with 11 million people, we
were continually impressed with the
size off the city. The city's size is
almost intimidating, Jt is so easy to
get lost in a city of that size. As far as
we could see, all around was Tokyo.
As it turned out we had little trouble
getting around the city.
Our stay in Tokyo allowed us to get
the most judo training and instruc­
tion. Our training was conducted at
Kawaguchi Budokan, which was an
athletic centre in Kawaguchi City.
The city is like a suburb of Tokyo,
and the Budokan has a judo dojo,
kendo dojo, gymnasium and weight
training facilities. There was also
sleeping quarters in which we stayed
for the most part off the week. These
accommodations gave us our first
taste of the Japanese life style. We
had to.sleep of futons on a tatami
mat floor.
Each morning, we would go out for
breakfast prior to our morning train­
ing stossion. It may sound strange
but there were no restaurants open­
ed before 10:00 a.m. and our practice
sessions began at 9:15 a.m., so we
had to buy a.bento (box lunch) from
the neighbourhood Seven-Eleven
Convenience Store.'That store must
have done good business in that
week feeding eight hungry judokas
every morning. The majority of the
dinners we ate were at a restaurant
called the Woodpecker. Luckily at
the restaurant, one off the waitresses
was able to speak a little English, so
that we were able to communicate in
ordering our meals.
The judo instructions in Kawagu­
chi was given by several top-level in­
structors: Our morning instructions
were given by Akimoto Sensei, a 5th
Dan degree holder and the 1978 KanoCup Champion. He was an excellent

Russell Masao Takashima
Obtain — Age 22, Shodan
University off Waterloo student

instructor, who taught us many ad­
vanced techniques. We also received
instruction from Uemura Sensei, 6th
Dan Degree holder, who is a two time
All Japan Champion and 1976 Olym­
pic Open-Weight Champion. He is a
good friend of our Kawano Sensei,
and gave us many, key pointers to im­
prove our judo standard. Another.in­
structor was Kudo Sensei, 8th Dan
Degree holder, who is 63 years old
and could still throw us around the
mat. He taught us a real advanced
judo and we are very grateful to him.
Also he greeted us at the Narita Air­
port when we first arrived, and has
escorted us to the hotel, the Kodokan, the Kawaguchi Budokan and
helped us in everyway possible while
we were in Tokyo. His devoted assis­
tance and hospitality were appreciat­
ed by everyone on our team.
Our goodwill matches were our
first chance to fight Japanese judo­
kas. They were selected from the top
judo high schools in Tokyo. They
were extremely good and gave us an
idea off how good the Japanese judo­
kas really are. After those matches,
we knew we had a lot to learn in judo.

vided us with an excellent
opportunity to test our skills
under shiai conditions. The
final results in four cities
were four wins and four loss­
es. However, it has given us
more than adequate satisfac­
tion and encouragement for
the coming season.
In each prefecture and city
where we visited, they greet­
ed us with their whole-hearted
hospitality. Their dedication
and kindness towards us was
something we never actually
expected. They were very
well organized in everyway,
and provided us with special
bus arrangements or taxi ser­
vices for our transportation,
and arranged homestay accommodations, escorted us
Continued on Page 5
in all important official visits,
special luncheons, dinner
receptions, tours off the in­
dustrial plants, sightseeing
of various buildings and his­
torical places, and presented
us with their souvenir book­
lets and gifts. We are very
grateful to many individuals,
companies, city and govern­
ment officials, judo instruc­
tors, students, and their offi- .
cials who have kindly assisted
us and made this mission a
very successful one.
All in all, we had a very j
busy schedule, but it will be a ;
most precious memory which |
will be treasured for many ]
years to come.
On behalf of the Judo Mis­
On July 16, 1982, at the Kawaguchi Budokan, the Cana- ~
sion, I would like to express
dian Boys' Judo team poses. Left to right front row: Mark
my sincere gratitude to each
Nishiyama, Russell Takashima, Nobuo Kudo, 8th-dan, sensei,
and everyone who gave us
their kind encouraging sup­ James Kawano, and Daniel Nishimoto. Back row: Ian Naga­
tsu, Kent Kawasaki, and Warren Kawaguchi.
port.

Our boys at Kawaguchi Budokan

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Tokyo Report No. 2

NEW. CANADIAN

Kyoto Report

Takashima.
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Beside the judo training, we visit­
ed several companies in the* Tokyo
es
with
the
Kyoto
High
School
Senarea. We visited such companies .asi
By James Kawano
batsu (all-star) Rengoh Team. Presid­
Seiko Times "in Matsudo, Canon
(Team Vice-Captain)
ing over the pre-fight ceremonies
Camera in Kawasaki, and Mitsui &
Kyoto was the last stop for tne
were Kudan Morishita Isamu Sensei,
Co. in Tokyo. These visits gave us a
JudoMission. At this point, the tight
Kudan Ebii Koichi Sensei, as well as
chance to tour Japanese ffactoriesv
~ and busy schedule along witty the
Hachidans, Hirata Ryokichi Sensei,
We. were impressed by the technolo­
hot, humid climate off Japan had
Hosotani Fumio Sensei, and Takaha­
gical advancement of Japanese in­
ta Yoshinori Sensei. In the two team
begun to take its toll.
dustries. Equally impressive were
On the 28th off July, we arrived at
competitions, we lost by scores of 3
the skill and precision off the employ­
Kyoto station at 11:15 a.m. on the
to 2 and 3 to 1. The results, however,
ees. Seeing Japanese production
Shinkan-sen Hikari No. 524, where
did not reflect the overall superlative
-methods up close, it becomes easy
we were met by two distinguished ; efforts put forth by our team, as both
to see why Japan has become a
judo senseis, representatives off the
sides executed outstanding techniworld leader in manufacturing.
Kyoto High School Judo Associa­ - ques. Experiences such as these,
The Special Dinner Receptions re­
tion. Affter dropping our luggage offf
should undoubtedly help upgrade
ceived by Mr. Shigeyasu Hozumi and
at the New Miyako Hotel, we immedi­ our judo level.
Mr. Ryusei Shindo of Sumitomo
July
30th
was
our
first
free
day
in
ately went to meet the Mayor at Kyo­
Bank off Tokyo, and also by Mitsui &
Japan, and each of us broke away for
to's City Hall, where we presented
Co. off Tokyo were most gratifying. It
either some last-minute shopping or
him with an -official message ffrom
was. so delicious as we enjoyed every«
swimming at a Lake Biwa beach. I
North York' s Mayor Mel Lastman.
bit off the sukiyaki dishes, sashimi,
was fortunate enough to spend the
The judo gohdo-renshu was held at
sushi, tempura, Chinese dishes,
day with my aunt, uncle and some
the Heian High School dojo with
cheese, pizza and many other dishes
cousins living in nearby Fushimisome off the city's best high school
from both receptions.
Kyoto and Hikone City.
judo students, all off whom were
We. also made officiaf visits to a
KAWASAKI CITY — The Canadian Boys Judo Team visits blackbelt holders. Affter this special
The next day, we completed our
few offices while in Tokyo. During
Cannon Camera Company at Kawasaki City. Front row (left to two-hour training session, each of us last official function off the trip with a
our visit to the Kodokan, we met the
visit
to
the
Governor
of
Kyoto,
where
left
in
pairs
to
our
respective
home
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right): Mark Nishiyama, Daniel Nishimoto, Russell Takashima
present president, the grandson of
we
presented
him
with
an
official
stay
families.
Ian
Nagamatsu
and
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Sensei Jigoro Kano. We also visited
(Capt.) Warren Kawaguchi, and-Kawano_sensei (Dancho). Back
message from Ontario Premier Wil­
stayed with Sensei Morishita Kudan,
the Governor of Tokyo. Perhaps, our
row (from left) James Kawano, (Vice-Capt.), Ian Nagamatsu, the- Vice President of the All Japan liam Davis.
most important visit was an audience
David Takahashi" and Kent Kawasaki.
On August 1st, we boarded the
Judo Federation, President off the
with the Crown Prince and Princess.
Shinkan-sen' Hikari-go -to return to
Kinki Judo Association, and also
They were very kind and talked with
Tokyo where we stayed at the beauti­
President
off
the
Kyoto
Prefecture
us for about 15 to 20 minutes. It was
chips and a pop to take back to the
By Mark Nishiyama
ful Takanawa Prince Hotel for our.
Judo
Association.
my first such experience to have a
dojo. At 9:30 a.m. on the dot, we were
The next morning, we visited Kyo­ final night in Japan. Many thanks
conversation
with royalty, and will be
ready and on the mat. We were taught
July 10th, 1982 was the day off de­
should be extended to the kind hos­
to's
world
famous Kinkaku-ji (Gold
remembered as a most treasured
every morning that week by Akimoto
parture from Toronto. The flight was
pitality off their _ management, and
Pavilion),
and
were also permitted to
memory.
Sensei, 5th degree blackbelt holder,
somewhat boring, but as long as we
enter the Hiwunkaku National Trea­ also to the Toronto Prince Hotel's
Our week in Tokyo was a busy but
a. very good instructor who showed
could eat, sleep, read comics dr chat
sure, normally restricted ffrom tour­ generosity in arranging our stay
very rewarding one. We were fortu­
us many advanced techniques. •
with friends for half a day we.were
ists, within the Nishi-Hongan-ji Tem­ there.
nate to be able to see and do as many
After a hard sweaty practice, we
On August 2nd, our weary but hap­
ple where we participated in an offir
f ipethings that an ordinary visitor to
would tour major companies such as
py group boarded the 747 back to
We arrived in Japan the next day.
cial
tea
ceremony.
Japan would never have an opportun­
Seiko Times, Canon Camera, and Mit­
Toronto thereby completing our mis­
Willingly, we stepped out of the
Affter our sightseeing for4he day,
ity to do.
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sui & Co., or visited people such as
sion. We will never forget this experi­
plane to find ourselves walking into a
we headed ffor Heian High School,
the President, of the Kodokan, Mr.
ence in Japan, once the homeland of.
wall of humidity and heat. This is
the sight off our goodwill judo match’ Yukimitsu Kano, the grandson off
. our grandparents, as we met numer­
Japan?!
Sensei Jigoro Kano, or a couple off
ous Japanese dignitaries including
During our week in Tokyo we
very nice dignitaries, the Crown
H.I.H. the Crown Prince and Princess
stayed at Kawaguchi Budokan. This
-Prince and Princess, and the Gover­
off
Japan, the high ranking judo sen­
was the first time for the majority of
nor off Tokyo.
seis, the tours of historical places,
us to sleep Japanese style on hard
Yeadon d
The Japanese companies were
the major companies, and especially
tatami mats and the semi-soft bean­
very well organized and operated
our homestays with the Japanese
bag pillows. Every morning we arose
their assembly lines by either men or
families, undoubtedly, the source of
with a backache, but as the week
machines. What was most fascinat­
our most treasured memories of
passed by we became accustomed
ing about the companies however,
Japanese customs and culture.
to it. For breakfast, we would set out
were the:torture tests which they put
In conclusion of our reports off our
to the corner 7-Eleven Convenience
their products through. .
mission
to Japan, and on behalff off
Store to pick up a box lunch, a bag of
the team, I would like to express our
When the fun was over, it was back
deep.gratitude to all the individuals,
to another practice session which we
companies, organizations, ffriends
had in the iate afternoon. The various
and ffamilies who helped , make this
instructors who taught us during the
tripa reality- Last but not least, our
evening session consisted of Kudo
heartfelt appreciation should be exSensei, 8th degree blackbelt, Uemura
' tended to our Sensei, Glenn Nobuyo­
Sensei, 6th degree blackbelt, and
shi Kawano, for his dedication and
728 A St. Clair Ave,
twice All Japan Champion, and Tsut­
tireless effort in teaching and train­
sui Sensei, who is the. holder of 5th
ing us for the last several years in
TORONTO, ONT.
degree blackbelt.
x James Kazuhiko Kawano
preparation, as well as for his negoti­
ations and arrangements involved in
Assistant Captain — Age 18,1st Kyu
in the evening most of us would
our successful mission to Japan.
East York S.S. student
head offf to the restaurant named the

A visit to Cannon Camera Company

Dr. Paul K.
Asada
& Family

Mark Sumio Nishiyama
Age 16 — 1st Kyu
Newtbnbrook S.S. student

Woodpecker for dinner, where we en­
joyed half-decent food and nice look­
ing waitresses, while others headed
off to a sushi bar.

GOObWILL.JUDO MISSION

’ At the,end of the week, we had
goodwill matches with some off the
high school students at the Kodo­
kan. We didn't win, but considering
the odds, we didn' t do badly. We
gaineda lot off experience and made
many new ffriends. All in all that ffirst
week in Japan was a very good one.

By Danny Nishimoto

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Nara Report
After departing Nagoya on the
Shinkansen, we arrived 1 hour and 10
minutes later at Kyoto Station, where
we were met by two gentlemen, Mr.
Koh and Mr. Tsuda, both of Tezukayama Gakuen from Nara. Also, there
were the families, which we were
staying with for two days. They
greeted us and immediately took us
to their respectable homes.
The family which I had stayed had
modern furniture and lived in a beaut­
iful home.
The city of Nara is an ancient Capi­
tal of Japan and has many old and
famous temples and shrines. I under­
stand that this is one of the lucky
cities in Japan which escaped the
heavy bombing during the war. In
Nara, you could visit the only built-in

Buddha, the largest in the world,
which we had a chance to observe.
On July 24th, accompanied by Mr.
Koh and Mr. Tsuda, we visited the
Governor off Nara Preffecture. Affter
they greeted us, they took us to the
root of their building to observe the'
surrounding historical buildings
while explaining the history of an­
cient Nara.
>
—
The two days we spent in Nara
were very relaxing and. enjoyable.
The tight and busy schedule had
begun to take a toll on us. The timing
of the Nara visit was perfect for us
and without a doubt, it helped relieve
our tension tremendously.
We received very kind hospitality
from all the homestay families and
would like to thank them for their,
generous treatment. Also I would like
to thank the person who made our
visit possible.

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Osaka Report

Nagoya Report

By Warren Kawaguchi
On Sunday, July 25th, 8:00 a.m., we
all assembled together at the front
gate of the Tezukayama Gakuen
School in Nara, and made a quick '
tour of the Gakuen.
>
Fujita Sensei from Osaka met us at
Kintetsu Gakuen-mae Station and es' corted us to, Kamiroku Station in
, Osaka. Upon our arrival in Osaka, we
were greeted by several of Osaka's
Judo Officials, Tateno Sensei, Kawa­
no Masahide Sensei, who came to
Canada as a Dancho of Judo Mission
during our J.C. Centennial year,
Kawasaki Sensei and Mr. Uemura
from the City off Osaka.
The two Mini Buses provided by
Yonezawa Sensei, Vice President off
the Osaka Judo Federation, were
waiting at the station to take us ffirst
to the Osaka New Hankyu Hotel to
leave all pur heavy luggage, and then
to the Osaka Castle. After we toured
the Castle, we walked to the nearby
Osaka Johnai-Shudokan where a
Junior* High School Tournament was
in progress.' The high calibre of judo
in Japan was very apparent to us in
watching these young judo students.
We were treated tp a very satisfying
lunch of udon .and dohburi, followed
by a few hours of much needed rest
back at the Shudokah.
We watched the tournament for a
while and then they invited us to
Kinjoh-kaku, a first-class Chinese
Restaurant, where we were again
treated to a tasty full course Chinese
dinner.
From the restaurant, v/e had an ex, cellentview of the Tenjin-Matsuri
festival on the river below. The festi­
val, unlike anything found in Toronto,
consisted of dozens off boats, color­
fully decorated, carrying many people
- dressed in ceremonial costume
along the river. They were all heading
toward the Tenjin Shrine.
We spent that night at the Hotel
New Hankyu. The following day, we
were met at the hotel by a limousine
bus provided by the City of Osaka,
and were taken to the offices of
Mayor Oshima of Osaka City, and
Governor Kishi of Osaka Prefecture.

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By Ian Nagamatsu

I was assigned to make a report on
the Nagoya portion of our Judo Mis­
sion. On July 19th, we left our hotel
early in the morning and departed
from Tokyo Station with Hikari-go
Green-sha bound for Nagoya. We got
off the Shinkansen at Nagoya Sta­
tion, where we were greeted by Yone­
da Sensei and Muramatsu Sensei,
both high-level blackbelt holders. We
were told, they were to be our special
guides for our three-day stay in Na­
goya, and they took super care of us.
Many thanks must go to our Kawano
Sensei' s negotiation through his
personal and judo connections and
also for his dedicated preparations
for this trip.
Warren Hiroshi Kawaguchi
We were immediately rushed off to
: Age 21 — 1st Kyu
the Tokai Bank because off our tight
Student — Kaisha*in
schedule. At the Tokai Bank, we were
They invited us to the Osaka Police treated with a light lunch and then
Headquarters Dining Room for visited the Tokai Money Museum.
lunctv and we picked our own choice This was the ffirst time we saw ex­
of dishes. Later that afternoon, we tremely old precious gold coins callhad a judo training session called ed Ohban and Koban. Mr. Haruhiko
gohdoh-renshu with the group of Kitoh, who is the Curator of this
In front of Tsushima Jinja, on July 20,1982, the Canadian
Osaka high school students with their Money Museum, explained to us the
coaches leading the session. The t^istory of all the coins displayed at . judo contingent relax visiting famous sites. Front row (left to
training session was among the hot­ the Museum.
right): Kawano Sensei, Daniel Nishimoto, Mark Nishiyama,
test with the usual Japanese humid­
Next, under the guidance of Nigu- Warren Kawaguchi, Russell Takashima, Ian Nagamatsu and
ity present and was the most ex- ma Sensei and the other Senseis, we
Sam Nishiyama. Back row (standing from left): Y. Yoneda,
hausting off our entire tour.
were driven to the Aichi Prefecture
After training, we were met by our Government Office to meet the Gov­ sensei, a girl from the shrine, David Takahashi, James Ka­
billets, and taken to their homes as in ernor as well as to the Nagoya City wano, Kent Kawasaki, Tsushima shrine gushi, a sensei from
the other cities. Our Osaka homestay Mayor's Office where we were kindly Tsushima, next shirt without tie Tsuneji Muramatsu, sensei
was a great treat, also throughout greeted and took several souvenir
M. Mizutani, sensei of Tsushima, and two other sensei from
the trip, our billets in Nagoya, Nara, photographs with them.
Tsushima.
and Kyoto were extremely kind and
Then, we went to Dohoh High
ffidence. After the tournament, we
School and received kind greetings
tivals, dating from Muromachi Period
hospitable.
(1338-1573),
and
the
old
warrior
said good-bye to Tsushima City and
While in Osaka, we visited the from their Principal and participated
visited Nagoya Castle and checked
named Ode Nobunaga is recorded as
Technics Plant of Matsushita Elec­ in a' rare Japanese customary tea
into the Grand Meitetsu Hotel. That
having attended. The most famous
tric Company. Our tour of the plant ceremony conducted by its Cha-nopart is the Lantern-lit Boats oaring
night we were taken out to tabehohgave us. a first-hand look at Japan's yu Sensei and her students. Later,we
down the Tenno river with dancers,
dai sukiyaki dinner by the Aichi Judo
technological progress. The good met our billets and were taken to
music and fireworks
Federation officials. It was delicious.
relationship between employee and their home for the night. We all enOn the way back to the dojoh, we
The next morning we travelled by
employer that Japanese businessess joyed a first-hand experience of
stopped off to watch a High School
subway to Toyota City. We toured
are known for was very evident.
Japanese life style by staying with a
baseball
game.
While
we
were
watch
­
Toyota's Engine and Car Assembly
Our tournament in Osaka was pre­ typical Japanese family all of whom
ing
All
Japan
High
School
elimina
­
Plants. We also visited the Toyota
ceded by a short warm-up judo prac­ were most kind and hospitable.
tion
series
for
Aichi
Prefecture,
two
Museum, where we were treated to
tice. Although we were not fighting
The next day we visited Noritake
or three local newspaper editors
lunch and a P.R. movie.
the best fighters in Osaka, our win Chinaware Company. We were all
were interviewing us and taking pic­
The following morning, we travell­
gave us a boost in our confidence amazed at the quality of their intritures. After travelling back to Tsushi­
ed with a Sony guide who happened
going into the final tournament in cate work. We then were driven to
ma Renseikan dojoh, we trained with
to make a special appearance from
Kyoto.
Tsushima City Dojoh called the Rentheir high school judo students. Atthe Tokyo Sony Head Office to help
< seikan, where we were met and
ter having a huge delicious special
out our visit to tour Sony Plant in
%
greeted by Mizutani Sensei, Presiteishoku dinner with all kinds of vari­
Owari-lchinomiya. We were treated
&
dent off Tsushima Judo Federation,
ety
in
Japanese
foods,
we
had
a
very well and invited into their cafe­
$
and other Kohdansha Senseis. From
special
judo
clinic
taught
by
the
top
­
teria to have lunch together with
§
there we took a mini-bus supplied by
level judo instructors from Tsushima
their employees.
them to meet the Mayor of Tsushima
City. We slept overnight in the dojoh
City. We were then treated to a specOur visit to Nagoya was very busy,
&
ial lunch at the Tsushima City. May­ on Japanese futons, which they pre­
but enjoyable since we were treated
pared for us.
or's wife's restaurant. We visited
extremely well. We gained many r
The following day we had our
the famous Tsushima Shrine, were
valuable experiences and confidence
we prayed for victory in the upcom­ goodwill team matches. We first
for our future tournaments.
fought a high school team and then
ing goodwill matches. It is too bad
The same day we were on Shinkan­
we were unable to delay our depar­ an all-star junior high school team.
sen again to Kyoto enroute to Nara.
ture from this City, because, the Pur two victories boosted our cony
magnificent Tenno Festival was td~
take place on Saturday, July 24th,
just three days away. The Tenno Fes­
tival is considered to be one of Ja­
pan's most outstanding summer fes*

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My Powell Street, My Little Tokyo, You 'll
never know just how much I'll miss you
By JOHN KAJIOKA
-

Prologue

Powell Street... Powell Grounds... the Asahis ... Strath­
cona School... Stanley Park.. . Hastings Park ^ . . Nihon Gakko
. . Akiyama's . . Maikawa's . . Union Fish . . . So many
names . . . who remember. . . few : . . and getting fewer.
The names ... I remember . . . but the pictures, like old
photographs are becoming blurred . . > becoming hazy. They
are still a vital part of my nostalgia, though, even the mere
reminiscing concerning them, which came so easily . . so
frequently, in the past, is becoming difficult.
On occasion my memory is jarred . . a sound . . . a smell
a voice. Ah, yes, the last time it was a voice.
I was.busily gathering in thq koden
at the funeral of a dear friend, when
suddenly I heard my name ..
— John ...
I recognized the voice . from the
past... someone very close ... who
... no face. I looked up- almost hes­
itatingly ...it was George.
Hard to believe ... I blinked ...
speechless .. . closed my eyes ...
opened them. . . stared in almost
disbelief. . it was George.
George, whom I had not seen for
three decades, and then only, briefly
-between trains —as he had inti­
mated at the time. He appeared thin,
pale and gaunt. Really hasn 't chang­
ed much I pondered, trying to recall a
few details of our last meeting. The
only apparent differences were the
several wrinkles on his forehead and
his slightly balding pate.
George stared-at me intently...
took my hand, and then rather unex­
pectedly said, .
— John, if you ever visit Vancou­
ver, the only shiner you will see will
be the one in the Aquarium at Stan­
ley Park.
I gripped his hand tightly . . . a sudden pang ... my eyes watered ...
again speechless ... he still remembe red . . .afterall these years, he still
remembered .. . still had not forgotten the many happy days we had
spent together fishing for the tiny
silvery shiners.
George and I lived together in the
heart of ‘Little Tokyo’ — 400-block on
: Powell Strpet. Many people today ap­
pear to direct strong criticism toward
the former existence of that ethnic
area. Yet, I consider myself fortunate
in having had the opportunity of
spending my boyhood days in the ex­
citing atmosphere that was ‘Little
Tokyo’... none other like it.
Powell Street was the axis and the
centre of activity. But/it made little
difference where one lived in the area
... Powell, Alexander, Cordova,
Gore, Jackson, Hastings, Donlevy,
and’ countless ,other streets :.. it
was one large neighbourhood in
which it was difficult not to know or
be known.
Certainly, within such a close-knit
unit there must have existed rival­
ries, gossip, and petty jealousies
.. . gladly, such were not part of the
world of young boys.
The very day we move into the area
I encountered George. I remember
him squatting andlooking intently at
what I concluded was his pet frog. As
I stood by, he suddenly glanced up,
and then turning to one of this friends
asked,
- Are wa dare da? (Who 'sjhat?)
His friend guidely replied,
— Namae wa John yo. Ima hikoshitekita bakari. (His name is John. He
just moved in).
'
- Doko kara? y(From where?).
George asked.
Isuto kara, (From the East) his
friend answered.
Then George turned his attention
back to his pet mumbling,
- So-ka? (Is that so?)
'
Thus, our initial meeting was rath­
er uneventful. However in the short
time I was to live on 400-block, during
which I made many friends... Roy,
Kaz, Tad, Ichiro, Atsushi... my first

the street where his-family operated
a combination furo (bath house), confectionery store, and coffee shop, it
was an easy matter for us to contact
each other. We had a secret call con­
sisting of two long and one short
whistle... used in the movie ‘The
Biscuit Eater.’
There were a few mornings when I
had difficulty in responding to
George's whistle. Alas, the entire
house was then rudely awakened by
a loud banging
_ _ on the door below.
Usually, before I had a chance to
answer, my mother would be poking
her head out of the window and con
fronting the intruder with a stern
- Dare-da? (Who's there?)
-— Mi-yo, obasan, (It 's me ma 'am)
we would hear George's now famil­
iar voice.answering loudly.
- John wa? (Where's John?)
- Mata Jyoji ka? (George again?)
my mother would mutter grumblingly.
— Jyon mada nette iru yo. Dosnite
no? (John's still sleeping. Why do
you want him?)
George, very disgusted, would
reply,
— Kesa shina tsuri ni iku hazu. (We
are supposed to go shiner fishing
this morning.)
— So ...? (Is that so?) my mother
would respond, somewhat puzzled.
—konani asa hayaku? (This early
in the morning?)
Then, almost protestingly, George
would shout back,
— Asa hayaku ikankatara hoka no
yatsu ga tsute shimau. (If we don't
go early in the morning the other
guys 'll catch them all:)
To this outburst my mother would
respond calmly,-saying,
- Matte inasai, sugu ni dette kuru
kara. (Wait there. He'll be out soon.)
Fortunately for therest of the
family and the neighbours it was not
always like this.

shiner fishing, usually catching two
pails to my One ... he was always
more financially secure. ‘
--

IV.

hostilities George had to surrender
his rowboat. Furthermore, the gov­
ernment had placed a guard at the
waterfront. We mockingly referred to
the' guard as ‘tetsu-cabuto’ (steel
helmet) because he always wore a
jungle hat I'm afraid George and I
gave the guard rather a hard time;
After all, we really did not understand
why we were not permitted to fish
and refused to listen to any argu­
ments which others gave. The guard
thus became our new quarry. From a
distance we would yell out “tetsucabuto . bakatare . . .ahotare---- kusotare” (steel helmet. .crazy...
dumb ... untranslatable). Gaining
more confidence, wex would hide
behind old pilings and other nearby
barriers, wait until his back was turn­
ed then hurl a barrage of stones in
his direction. We never gave a se­
cond thought to the fact that he was
carrying a rifle. Whether any of the
stones hit him we were never to dis­
cover.

Those happy days passed all too
quickly. The noisy street chatter...
the hustle ... the bustle .. . the long
walks to Second or Kitsilano beach­
es for a day's swimming ... gather­
ing ‘kuri’ (edible chestnuts) inStan-....
V
ley Park in the fall... fishing for
shiners in our secret places... all
were to'come to a conclusion as a
Fate can be cruel... fate can be
result of that unexpected... un­ kind ... it destined that many of us
wanted ... incident in the winter of were to meet again.
The'years following the war has­
1941.
and almost constant companion was
tened
the movement of the Japanese
The Japanese attack on Pearl Har­
to become George.
bour was to become more than just to eastern Canada. The largest num­
It would be difficult for one to suran incident, for it was to change our ber trickled into my hometown ...
mise why George and I became such
lives drastically. It had a great impact Toronto. Among them was my old
close friends. We were different in so
on me at the time. I recall, following friend ... George.
many ways. George ... short... very
Ah yes, in my youthful enthusiasm,
our reception of the news, that I an­
thin ... always sallow complexion. I
I
thought,
we could continue where
grily penned my feelings in one of my
... tall for my age... heavier build
school scribblers. It was to be left we left off. But, alas, the war and the
.. . chubby faced.
behind with many other belongings. accompanying years had wrought
George was, extremely agile, a
Although we noticed deep concern
many changes.
characteristic which stood us in
George walked into our house on
on the part of our parents I dp not
good stead whenever we raided the
Huron Street wearing an ill-fitting
think most df the young people were
neighbourhood fruit trees. Since I
fedora
and puffing a cigar.
fully aware of the possible conse­
displayed a marked tendency toward
Do-yo, obasan? (How are things,
quences... it-was still a relatively
clumsiness it was my task to stand
ma
'am?) he asked my mother with a
happy time. The older people, in their
by and gather the spoils which
wisdom, could foreseezthe far-reach­ big smile.
George was able to shake down. Un­
- Boku gakko yoshite hataraite iru
ing effects ... the discrimination ..
fortunately, on one of these pilfering
no yo. (I quit school and am now
the heartbreak; which were to follow.
ventures, the fruit Of one of George's
We were hurt... we had done 6ur‘ working you know.)
efforts struck me flush in the left eye
-Sooo...ii ne, (Is that so...
part for the war effort .. . at school
... a legacy ... to this day there is an
Isn't that nice.) was all my mother
since the fall of 1939, time had been
annoying dark spot, real or imagined,
could reply as she stared in amaze­
spent knitting squares for afghans,
at times suspended and at others
ment at the billows of white smoke
preparing ditty bags for the sailors,
wavering, in front of that eye. Need­
rapidly filling our tiny kitchen.
collecting pennies to buy War Savless to say, in future shakings I stood
George stayed for dinner... we
ings Stamps. All this changed,
well back or shielded myself with thei
talked ... we reminisced ... we‘jok­
Changed too were the jokes we
lid from a nearby garbage can.‘ ed'. .. we laughed ... I became sadly
cracked about Hitler and Mussolini,
In most of our boyhood games
aware that things would never be the
Others, in the • school, took over
George displayed his superiority
same... we had changed ... I was
these jokes, which were to include
over me. He showed great skill in the
still at school... he had grown up.
the name of Hirohito as well.
building of model planes and also
The war had robbed us of the right
Jn the days following the month of
scooters constructed using old roller:
of sharing tqgether those precious
February (1942) families began to
skate wheels, a piece of two-by-four
W
transition years during which young
leave for the interior, and with them
and an orange crate ... The scooters
boys become men.
I cannot recall the moment pre­ went many of my friends. Of course,
were propelled at great speed ...so
we
young
people
had
little
or
no
con
­
cisely, but one day fishing for shiners
we thought at-the time.... down > became a business' We had discov­ cept as to the location of the interior. <
VI.
Jackson Avenue. George was always
There were rumours of concentration
ered that the Union Fish market on
able to get his kites to fly at great
camps, forced labour, and other un-,
Powell Street was willing to pay the
In the late Forties and early Fifties
heights ... for me it was an endless
warranted
punitive measures. But to
grand sum of five cents a pound for
I
did
sense a great urgency... a
struggle to get one off the ground.
the young people the interior could
the fish. Not an immense amount by
need ... to return to Powell Street
The mastering of yo-yo tricks appear­ today's standards, but in the late
have been a million miles away. I
...
to visit my old home ... Dr. Uchi­
ed to pose no great threat for his in­
wonder if the young Jewish children
thirties
...
chocolate
bars,
ice
cream,
da's office above... the daikusan
nate talent ... I always ended curs­ pop, peanuts, hot dogs ... were only
had similar thoughts . .. similar feel(carpenter),
Mr. Kayahara's work­
ing in frustration ... hanging on to a a nickel Admittance to the Star
ings ... during the holocaust. Any
shop in front. .. Mrs. Teranishi's
tangle of knots.
cries of protest fell on deaf ears and
Theatre
on
Main
Street,
where
we
dressmaking.shop on the other side
Finally, and perhaps most aston­
would be entertained by two fea­ almost obediently families followed . ... the ‘tofuya’ (tofu-maker) Wakaba­
ishing, was that, while George spoke tures, a newsreel, cartoon and serial
each other.
yashi 's behind.
Japanese I always conversed in Eng­ could be gained for five cents.
We gathered at the foot of Don levy
But four decades have passed. I
lish. Even after many years of attend­
Ave. to bid farewell to our departing
Our business venture was pursued
can
now accept that nothing will be
ance at the Japanese language in great earnest and with much
friends. Here all trains destined for
the same. The characters are differschool on Alexander Street, where I energy! To increase our catch we
the east slowed to a snail's pace and
.
ent.
the smells, a-mixture of takuwan
struggled through the classes- of employed two rods, each with three
thus we were able to wave to each
(preserved white radish), sakana (fish)
Sato-sensei, Umetsu-sensei and
other. This location also appeared to
hooks; However, as our tackle was
senbe
(rice crackers) and cooking in
Kamitakahara-sensei, I found myself
be the point of embarkation for many
not
sophisticated
the
initial
outlay
shoyu would have dissipated through
still reluctant to employ Japanese in
transients and admitted draft dod­
was not considerable. A ‘take no
the
years. Powell Grounds would
conversation.
sawo’ (bamboo rod) could be pur­ gers, who hid in the bushes along the
never be the same without the old
tracks and then would hop onto a
chased for as little as Jen cents, a roll
. Roy Yamamura ... Yuki
Asahis
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freight as it slowly passed. George
of ‘tehgutsu’ (cat gut), sufficient to
Nagy Nishihara... Kaz
Uno..
and a few of the other boys frequent­
supply
us
both
with
line,
was
not
Ed
Nishimura. And what of
Suga
.
ly hopped a freight and rode it a few
George and I spent countless
more than a quarter, and the few
their rivals ... . Arrow transfer...,.
happy hours together pursuing our
blocks down the line. This appeared
hooks that we required only set us
Patricia Hotel ... Deithers ... are
several common interests. But pertoo risky for my blood.
back su nickel. All this was obtained
they still there? On a sunny day in August it was
' haps we were happiest... most
; at Kawasaki' s variety store located at
My friends... George, Kaz, Roy,
our turn to leave. I remember vividly carefree ... when we went fishing. Jt
the corner of Gore and Powell.
Ichiro... would not be there. Then,
that my one thought was that I must
was George who introduced me to
We experimented with different
as
George said,
not cry. As the train moved away
the ways ofjishing in Vancouver.
kinds of baits and discovered that
, — John ... the only shiner you will
from the station I gazed blankly at
While our piscatorial efforts were
bits of raw shrimp had no equal. But,
see
is the one in the Aquarium.
passing features, each quite familiar
directed toward bamboozling many
even in those days the price of shrimp
... All gone.
because George and I had walked
of Neptune's finnies.. . rockcod,
was exhdrbitant and thus we were
along these same tracks numerous
dogfish, bass, tommycod, skate ...
often forced to resort to, sea worms,
times.Buildings told me we were ap­
our primary quarry was the small,
and lacking these, even reduced to
proaching
Donlevy Ave ... a lump in
elusive, silvery fish ... the shiner.. using bits of mussel.
Epilogue
my throat... moved away from the
Elusive, not because of its scarcity,
Finally, to keep our catch as fresh
window... sat back in my seat... I
for schools consisted of hundreds of
as possible, floating holding pens
Hey gang... hey... George...
didn' t want to look out... at the last
individuals, but because the locating
were laboriously constructed from
Kaz... Roy.. . Ichiro ... let's hear
moment... leaped to the window ...
of these schools presented a great
orange crates.
those names. /. not just echoes...
beyond ... George ... Kaz ... others
challenge. However, together, we
George and I never became inde­
let's see those pictures... not just
vvere able to narrow them down to
pendently wealthy fishing for shin­ waving ... I waved ... sat back ...
•shadows
... just one last time...
turned away... I did not cry.
specific waters which we named
ers. During the difficult economic
wonderful years... happy years...
I knew that on the other side we
after nearby landmarks . the cantimes of the thirties, however, we
carefree
years'... one last time...
were passing the secret landmarks
the black tanks . standard
nery
were able to earn sufficient pocket
before the light fades... and we also
one by one ... the cannery ... the
the railway tracks... our
oil..
money to keep us in the luxuries of
are for the ages.
railway tracks ... the black tanks.
secret places.
small boys.
But fishing for shiners had long
Fishing ventures began early in
Needless to say, as in our other
since changed. With the outbreak of
the morning. Fortunately, -since
endeavours, George outdid me in
George lived only two doors down

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(Montreal)
pride that imobilizes one into
where
we
lived
in
tents,
to
I sat there alone and deject­
inertia, the thought that one
Lemon Creek and to Montreal
ed. I tried to pluck the strings
where, using a phone for the has failed, the debilitating
of motivation, but the gut was
thought of inadequacy leads
first
time
was
an
occasion.
gone and the silent dirge was
This in a nut-shell was my inexorably to the masochistic
mental inertia.
indulgement of self-efface­
early geographic odyssey.
Just a year ago, I was flying
ment.
My
first
job
was
as
a
dish
high with confidence. As an'
At this juncture, I don't
washer at the exclusive 400
entrepreneur I had found the
know if I am going to succeedformula to not only accomo­ Club, where I got $18 a week. financially. I do know, how­
(I remember a few months
date but beat the status quo
later asking the manager for ever, that my convictions, for­
of high interest, unemploy^
tified by strong philosophic
ment, and recession. I chair­ a raise, and my thanking him tenets, will give me strength
when he declined and enligh­
ed the directors' meeting for
and the will to try.
a conglomerate doing at one , tened me that I would be pay­
Someone wrote, “On the
tome in excess of 30 million 1 ing more income taxes if he plains of hesitation bleach the
complied.)
dollars.
I joke often that I went bones of countless millions
Quality circle, consensus
through McGill —for I walked who at the dawn of-decision
of opinion, turn-over, cash
sat down to wait, and waiting,
through
the
campus
on
my
flow became the corpuscles
died.”
,
way to work, starting at 6 a.m.
flowing through my business
As a new year approaches,
veins. With my friend Kim Na­ and finishing at 2 in the after­ I look forward with enthusi­
noon. Across the street was
kashima, I remember leaving
asm and optimism. I still re­
before dawn, driving to Ot­ the old Sir George Williams member that kindly lady in
evening school where I lived
tawa to listen to a one-day
in the library and attended Toronto who belonged to the
seminar given by ‘Theory Z’
club that taught people how
classes
at
night.
author, Ouchi. Drucker, HaySo there I was, as a young to laugh, likewise I remem­
es, etc., became my idols and
teenager at my first job ber that Sansei who never did
I soaked up their theories
experience personally the
washing
dishes
and
pots
and
with avidity.
pans, scrubbing floors and shame of evacuation, emote
The audited figures show­
on national television, “It raned that in the fiscal year en­ wiping chairs. And here I was cours, it festers.” How inter­
today, stopping off at the
ding 1981, my company had
esting the pendulum of life,
loaned to the parent compa­ Church to borrow their mop and how one interprets it.
squeezer and bucket — and
ny over three-quarter of a
Ralph W. Emerson wrote,
throwing
aside
false
pride
—
million dollars.
“ Every person I meet, every
I psyched myself into the
Then the roof caved in. I
situation I cross, I learn
had signed years ago a cross­ future with “Failure is only
something: what to do and
company guarantee, suppor­ when you give up trying.”
what not to do.”
When one is falIing, I think
ting not only the parent
In closing, I quote Norman
it of paramount importance
but also all associated comCousins from his book Human
that he focuses his attention
panies.
Options, “The tragedy of life
on
something
positive
and
I was drawn into receiveris not death, but what dies in:
ship and the trustees swept hang on, like one may grasp side us while we live.”
a twig or latch on to a ledge
me clean.
I had written some; time
ago that unlike the sheep that
meandered towards comfort
and security, I likened my­
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and enterprising, risking for
from
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security, had I gone against
the odds? And so I sat there
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J.C. Cultural Centre's Poetry contest
Judged by Gerry Shikatani

Japanese-Canadian popula- lege to have the opportunity
tion: the differences in style to share in the work of un­
it seems that'al most all of are fairly obvious, and inter- known developing, and amaThe following are the results of the Japanese Canadian
teur writers. I give my congra­
the poems submitted in some esting.
CulturatCentre's 20th Anniversary English Poetry contest.
So, while I find that most of tulations 4o the winners —
ways were explorations (per­
First prize ($100) winner was Lynne R. Tsubouchi of Agin­
court. Second prize ($50) went to Katherine Motosune of
sonal and social/cultural) in. the work submitted can bene­ and encourage all of the
the structure of separation or fit from further exploration —. poets to remain open to the
Stoney Creek, Ont. Third prize ($25) was won b^ Osamu.Kasahara of Ottawa. Judge was Sansei poet/writer Gerry - division within the self. Aspir­ I have been impressed by the universe of language.
ing to resolve being Japanese various perspectives and the
Shikatani. Other winners ($10) were Darlene Nakamura of
Gerry Shika tan I,
and Canadian; remarking on concerns expressed in the
Toronto, Sandra and Linda Toyonaga of Toronto.
October, 1982
poems. It's always a privi“Japanese food’’ in North
America; difference to dis­
cover racial or universal com­
monality; expressing pain or
wistfulness at the passing of
time — all of these concerns
demonstrated a conscious, if
By Lynne R. Tsubouchi
not also unconscious, focus
on how one deals with the
By Osamu Kasahara
Rice paper thin
fact of racial heritage.
Ottawa, Ont.
a shroud cloaks and
Certainly the concerns
separates us from them.
Soya-bean has lots of vegetable protein,
here expressed are not those j
but is very hard to cook and digest.
of Japanese Canadians only j
A common tongue,
North American farmers give it to cows,
— poetry has always attend- ;
fading heritage
so that cows digest it for men,
ed to these things, generally; i
and'Seldom spoken memories
and men get cows for animal protein
but the specifics are obvious­
all serve to heat the crucible.
ly Japanese Canadian.
i
In the early history of my old country,
The language of the poems ;
We,
Buddhist missionaries came from China
however, had little to distin- ;
the children of the children
with that famous propaganda:
guish them as being Japa­
search for foreign characters “You shall not kill any living creatures.”
nese-Canadian, in general.
;
to define ourselves
Can one live with Buddha's mercy albne?
From where I stand, the ‘
and although the words are correct
handling of language came i
and formal
So the monks introduced Soya-bean to them
from all directions, a lot of it ;
they are not right.
People soon learned how to cook it;
falling into a tone of what i
Tofu, Mattoh, Miso, Shohyu,
people generally think poetry I
Edamame, Eromam6, Tsubushimam6,
Still we try . . .
should sound like in the Eng- ;
It will be the legacy of our children
Kinako, Aburagg, Mam6-no-mochi.
lish language (a product of ;
and theirs.
schooling and other cultural
Soya-bean is now sold even as a burger;
conditioning factors, un­
yet the people in this continent "
! doubtedly).
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still prefer to have it as animal meat.
Briefly, what I looked for in
5
Is that because they have no mercy on the cow,
the work were the compon­
or they have no time to cook the bean?
ents ! deem to be characteris­
tic of poetry, as distinguished
from prose, whether fiction or
By Katherine Mototsune
non-fiction. Attention to con­
Stoney Creek' Oht.
crete image, as opposed to
general statement, line con­
There is a treejhat grows outside my window.
By Sandra Toyonaga
We
all
heard
of
the
horror
struction
and
music
(both
Before my seeking eyes it changes
Mississauga, Ont.
I rhythmn and tone) are major
we all saw the films.
shape-shifting
Off many lives.
5
factors to me.
and wavers
that were ended, and suddenly stilled
thoughtless as mist and fire. |
Unfortunately, much of the
worK tended towards reitefa- J ' The memories of people we didn't even know.
Still today, hits a feeling of loss,
My childhood was shaded by a green growing maple
tions of prose statement in
that happened such a long time ago.
With leaves like flags and a voice like raucous
“poetic” structure and avoid- :
child's play.
8 ed the dynamics inherent in
People helpless, children crying.
3
People dying, only a few surviving.
language, of shaping the
Young and heedless
We were hurriedly, stumblingly green
words, feelings into hew ex­
There was silence,
only to explode into flame
citing forms.
death lurked everywhere.
when the days grew short and shining.
There
was
much
deep
feel4
Nobody could stop, it,
ing and insight in the work J
not even God up there.
which, sadly to me, became
My parents nurtured a small red maple
Sorrys, are too late,
A gift from the East, the older land of their fathers.
diffused or left behind: the :
what had been done,
trick and magic of poetry is to
Supple and slender
will be in history by date.
We were buffeted by foreign frosts
move the energy of the mat- u
ter from line to line, to jump it
but stayed steadfastedly scarlet
through the work. That separ­
through even seasons of iong days.
OUR ORIGIN
ates it from the common
By Darlene Nakamura
everyday sentence or speech.
My maple
Scarborough, Ont.
Occasionally, the poems
indecisive
maintained-focus and paid
flickers between green West We are the Japanese Canadians
good attention to concrete
We are people who are old and young
and scarlet East
We are people with a ^roud and distinguished origin
image; and although the best >
and taps gently at my mind's window
We are people who are talented artists
ones still faltered in certain
Surprised and tree-like
We are people who are creative and intelligent writers
respects, their over-all effect
I grow.
We are people who are strong and healthy athletes
made me return to them
We are people who are inspirational poets
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We are people with strong faiths in many religions
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People who live life just like everyone else.
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a visit to a B.C. fishing village

By Hiroshi Kashiwagi
I had always wanted to visit
Steveston.J had heard stories
about the.town, how original­
ly the folks had come from
Mio-mura, a fishing village in
Hidaka-gun, Wakayama-ken
and how they spoke in a rough
dialect, unintelligible to out­
siders. My parents were from
Wakayama-ken, Hidaka-gun,
though from a different, more
inland village; my father had
been a fisherman in San Pedro.
The bus driver assured me
that he would go to Steves- ,
ton. So I sat back. The con­
cierge at the hotel after some
effort had given me good di­
rections. We were heading
south on Granville Street
from downtown Vancouver. .1
had been afraid I would have
to rent a car but here I was on
a bus that would take me
there in an hour, How Jortunate.
Exactly at 8:30 the bus
stopped at the end of the line
and I got oft The Japanese
owner of the ESSO Service
Station on the corner direct­
ed me to Moncton Street, just
a block away. So I was finally
in the fishing port of Steves­
ton, SSW of Vancouver at the
mouth of the Fraser River
Delta.
Moncton Street with stores
on both sides reminded rhe of
the small town in California
where I grew up. Only the
NET SHED CAFE was open. I
hadn't had breakfast but I
didn't feel like going in. I im­
mediately recognized HIRO'S
GROCERY from the book Ste­
veston Recollected which I
had read in the Vancouver
Public Library the day before.
Steveston was first settled
in 1887 when a villager from
Mio-mura named Gihei Kuno
came to “America” or Canada
and began salmon fishing on
the Fraser River? He soon
sent for other young men
from his village. In time rela­
tives and in 1926 there were
as many as 1,057 persons in­
cluding children who were
born to the settlers.
Most of the businesses on
Moncton Street seemed to be
owned by Japanese: HOKKAI, Sushi Bar and Restaurant; PURETIC FISHING
GEAR, INC.; YO COMMER­
CIALFISHINGTACKLE, INC.;
MOMOI NET CO.; KOBY'S
BILLIARDS; PACIFIC NET &
TWINE LTD.; NAKASHIMA
HOLDING LTD.; RIVER RAD­
IO & TV; MARINE GARAGE;
NIKKA OVERSEAS AGENCY,
Commercial Fishing Sup­
plies. ..
I walked past the STEVES­
TON HOTEL at the end of the
block and out toward the pier
where many boats were dock^
ed. A large fishing vessel was
being loaded with cases of
Pepsi Cola.

had come to Steveston at age
16 in 1926. He was from Nado^
cho.
4‘lf' you mention shigin
some people might know
me,” he said.

About Hiroshi Kashiwagi
• The author of the following is a Nisei writer/actor living
in San Francisco. In September he visited Steveston, B.C.,
and came up with the matarial for this piece.
Hiroshi Kashiwagi has written a play which is to be
included in the forthcoming “Big Aiiieeeee!” His latest
film credit includes a voice-over narration in the anti­
-nuclear film “Dark Circle.”
H

The other was Mr. Itsuji Hamade from Hidaka-cho. He
was born in Steveston, sent
to Japan at the age of seven
and returned when he was 17.
He had been a fisherman un­
til he retired four years ago.
He said he had a cousin living
in Monterey, California whom
he hadn't met----- Mr. Toichiro Takigawa, whom he re­
membered was an abalone
fisherman.
Though bilingual, both
spoke to me in Japanese---- not the rough! fishermen's
talk but proper standard Japa­
nese. But their accent and in­
tonations were definitely Wa­
kayama. Listening to them, I'
could hear my mother speak­
ing when she was young,
when her accent was still dis­
tinct, before it was changed
by broken English and the
dialects of other prefectures.
And I could hear my father
speaking when he was alive.
We shook hands.
“Ogenkide.”

When I returned to Monc­
Married in 1928, his family sounded vaguely familiar.
ton Street, the shops were
now includes his wife, two The shelves of imported Ja­
opening and I wondered how
sons, two daughters, seven panese can goods reminded
to make the first approach.
grandchildren and one great me of my father's store.
Actually, the place is noted
Then I recognized the propri­ grandchild. He spends his
etor of MARINE GROCERY.
time coming to Steveston , for its structure which was
“I know you from the pho­ daily, working in his garden designed by a Japanese archi­
tograph in the book,” I said;
and travelling in the U.S. and tect and built before the war.
“Oh? What book?” he Japan. He has been to Japan No one seemed to know how
old it was but someone re­
asked.
five of six times.
“Steveston Recollected.”
Sakamoto-san is not from membered that it was built in
“Yeah, I'm in that book all
Mio-mura but from nearby Hi- the year his daughter was
right,” he said, pleased.
daka-cho which is where my born and she is now 45. That
When I explained my inter­ uncle lives. Mio-mura, he ex­ didn 't seem old fora building
est and purpose and when I
plained, was always impover­ regarded as a city monument.
told him that my parents were
ished; because of the moun­ It had a definite Japanese
from Hidaka-gun, he said,
tainous conditions and the facade.
The store was a hang-out
“Oh, I'm from Hidaka too.”
rough shorelines, fishing was
for retired fishermen and
Mr. Morishita, a native of always difficult.
Steveston, was sent to Japan
“That's why so many emi- soon Hiro was hailing a coufor his education and had re­ grated to Canada.”
pie of them.
“They're from Hidaka,” he
turned.
Later the village became
“Oh you' re a Kibei,” I said
prosperous and famous as said by way:of introduction.
One was Mr. S. uyeyama,
and realized that I had made a “America-mura” as the sett­
mistake. A Kibei is someone
lers sent back money and retired ship's carpenter, who
born in the United States - - C they themselves returned to
beikoku-jin; Mr. Morishita live there with their earnings.
was a Canadian returnee. He
“But most of the original
said there were many people settlers who returned are all
from H idaka-gun but now gone,” he said.
Yanagawa Japanese Foods
the re we re a I sp p e o p I e f ro m
Nowadays Mr. Sakamoto
Shiga and Kagoshima prefec­ and his wife are kept busy en­
& Imports
tures. He has operated the tertaining visitors at their
grocery store for 32 years.
639 UPPER JAMESSTREET,
home in Richmond.
When I asked if I could talk to
HAMILTON, ONT.
“Complete strangers write
a fisherman, he suggested and ask to visit; sometimes
PHONE 383-1518
Sakamoto-san.
they stay for a month,” he
“He should be at MARINE said not uncordially. I thank­
GARAGE; he's there every ed Sakamoto-san for the in­
morning,” he said, pointing terview and he gave me his
across the street. Sakamotoname card.
san had already been at the
I stopped at the STEVES­
garage; 1 found him in the TON POST OFFICE and MU­
jewelry store. A tall, quiet- SEUM which is a two-story
Hamilton Buddhist Church
spoken man, Mr. Unosuke wooden building with a gab­
Sakamoto did not look his 79 led roof and a board walk all
671 TATE STREET, HAMILTON, ONT.
years. He had been a fisher­ to itself. On the upper floor
L8H 6L5
man since 1919.
museum there was an old
Phone 549-4816
“I arrived on February 16, photograph, ca.1897, of the
1919,” he said.
Steveston Japanese Hospi­
Except for seven years dur­ tal. The caption read: “Found­
ing World War II when all ed by the Japanese FisherJapanese Canadians were man fs Association, 1895, for
forcibly moved inland by the the care of the Japanese fishCanadian government and ermen and their families; ser­
kept there, he had fished in vices available to all.” The
the Steveston area for nearly pictured staff included seve­
half a century. He retired ral Caucasian doctors and
seven years ago.
nurses and a single Japanese
surgeon.
I couldn't leave without
For the first nine years he going to HIRO'S GROCERY.
from
fished with* his father who Mr. Hiro Nuwatsukina, a
had come to Canada in 1900. native of Steveston, was
After 1928 when oyaji-san re­ cleaning the meat slicing ma­
turned to Japan, Mr. Sakamo­ chine when I entered. A fri­
to always worked alone from endly man and a kendoist, he
a small boat, netting and trol-. seemed well-traveled in Cali­
ling salmon. He said he never, fornia—- Los Angeles, Fres­
experienced fear and didn’t no, San Jose, Oakland, San
recall any close calls. In fact, Francisco. He kept mention­
he had saved others in dis­ ing names of people that
tress.

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Ethnic
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& the church
in Canada
By Dr. ROLAND KAWANO
• Dr. Roland M. Kawano is the rector
of St; Andrew 's Japanese congrega­
tion, in the Toronto Diocese. He was
born, in Honolulu and graduated from
an Anglican (Episcopal) School. All
of his college graduate studies and

seminary training were in the main­
land USA. He came to the Diocese
of Toronto in 1977, prior to which
he was two years in the Diocese of
Utah and two years in the Diocese of
Los Angeles.

growing but the mainline churches
are not. But curiously, in the ethnic
communities, they are growing. This
is not always a factor for rejoicing.
First it is often a misunderstood phenomenom bn both sides. Responsi­
bility lies on both sides to cross over.
Responsibility lies on both sides for
reconciliation.
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Tradition will be broken, both in
the host society and in the ethnic
communityas such responsibility
comes to the fore. It is a journey in
which each pilgrim is free to speak
his truth and tell his story. After all,
itis the parable of the labourers (Mat­
thew 20) which matters here. It is not
necessarily those who have laboured
the longest who reap the most bene­
fits or who see the truth most intent­
ly. It is often the newcomer, those
who were not asked and who did not
participate in the vineyard until noon­
tide or evening, who.stand shoulder
to shoulder with the old ones and the
pillars. Yet all receive the same pay.

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Raymond Buddhist Church
Sunday School

FUJIN KAI. HOON KAI

P.O. Box 286, Raymond, Alberta TOK 2S0
By ethnic community, I mean a
Ministry in an easily identifiable
community which exists because of
ethnic society moves along relation­
Phone 752-3081
characteristics remarkably different
al lines, blood lines, lines off close
from the host society. In a Cauca­
connection. Evangelism may be the
sian or Anglo-Saxon oriented society,
spreading off the seed broadcast, but
non-Anglo-Saxons are easily group­
the word is passed ffrom mouth to ear
able— whether these be Southern
via close connections. Thus, whole
Europeans; North Africans, Asians,
clans may enter the faith because
etc. These characteristics are easily
the clan is intimately tied together.
definable: difference in skin colour,
The ethnic community does have its
language and cultural background.
limits and these are defined by its
These tend to be remarkable types of
remarkable characteristics. The eth­
characteristics, ones that draw an
nic community has its boundaries and
ethnic group together apart from the
evangelism pursues relationships
host society, ones which are hind­
until it encounters these boundaries.
rances1 to any easy assimilation.
These boundaries are markers which
These same characteristics help
define the interphase between host
define an Anglo-Canadian, or Anglosociety and ethnic community, be­
European ethnic community existing . tween the Church and the ethnic
in a Third World or non-Western
parish.
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country. Europeans and North Ame­
These boundaries are crossed from
ricans certainly formed a distinct
both directions. We usually think off
ethnic group in China before the Se­
the host society crossing over into
cond World War, and the same is true
the ethnic parish by its missionaries.
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in present-day Tokyo. If a Japanese
Or, off ethnic pastors who attend dif­
citizen was to ask an Anglo-Canadian
Management & Staff
ferent functions off the host society
why he didn't learn Japanese and
or the host church, giving these a
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become a citizen, the probable nega­
spice and flavour they had not had
tive answer would be understand­
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before. What we have not counted
able. The Anglo-Canadian is there on
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on are prophets, priests and even
business; perhaps even for church­
martyrs, emerging ffrom the ethnic
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mission work, but for him the Asian
communities and ethnic parishes,
country always tends to remain unwhere they have been hidden away.
assirhilable. Besides, the language is
These are hidden.ffrom the host socdifficult. Thus, the Japanese simply
ciety bythe various characteristics
do not expect the North American or
which mark the boundaries.
European to assimilate.
But the very reverse is true in the
Ethnic communities and parishes
West. An Asian community is expec- \ hide many things from the host socted to learn English; and in Ontario
iety. They function as a preservative,
the question — whether spoken , or
trying to keep alive old homeland
assumed — is, “When will you be­
values, often strangely frozen, while
come like us?” It is thus that assi­
the homeland itself has moved on.
milation is seen as a primary ihterThese communities also try to keep
grative process, the promulgation
alive languages which are .slowly dy­
of multiculturalism notwithstanding.
ing. The ethnic community, for all
Between these two poles lies a wide
its contained suffering, is basically a
gradient which can almost be accurconservative community. Those who
j
rately .measured, by the distance a
make name and fame within the host
situation lies from its homeland.
society are often on their way out
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of the ethnic community.
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sians or “haoles” are the minority,
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No one questions the right to exist
and Employees
the few places in North America
of Kawaihao Church, the mainly all­
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where the mainline denominational
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middle class haole parish, nor Makifundamentalists and the sects are
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ki, the mainly Japanese parish or
Kalihi Union, a .very mixed parish.
Moving further east, in Los Angeles,
one finds, quite a gradient off racial
mixtures in the parishes. But that is
due, in part, to the ever-increasing
non-Anglo population. Los Angeles
is quickly coming to the point where
Anglos will be in the minority.
By the time one reaches Toronto,
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the society is turned around, and
we exist in a milieu which has been
traditionally Anglo. Thus, when non­
Anglo people in the ethnic parishes
exist as part of a larger Anglo Church,
the question they hear constantly is,
“Why haven't they assimilated? Why
haven't-they joined us? How long
will the ethnic parish continue to ex­
ist as a separate entity?”
This is hot a question that I heard
in Honolulu or Los Angeles because
of the overwhelmingly large number
off non-Anglos. But it is asked in
Anglican' Canada. It is asked here,
I assume, because in Ontario and
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ITORONTO NISEI WOMEN'S CLUB
volunteers^visited the Cullen' s MiK The Toronto Nisei Women's Club
bazaar at our November meeting.
the
Our recipe vbook, “TREASURED niature Village in Whitby- and
has now completed 28 years of ser­
the.
RECIPES” continues to sell well. l Ontario Science Centre when
vice in our community. Meetings were
This project is for the benefit of Chinese exhibit was on display.
usually held in members' homes. In
Highliaht of the season is a party
the Japanese elderly care. Orders
May, we held a dinner social with our
prepared by the volunteers for the
may be placed with Mrs. Hide' Shihusbands at the Golden Mile Restau­
Isseis in December. Parcels of baked
mizu, phone! 789-3602 at $4.00 each
rant. We had a guest speaker, Miss
’ goodies will be delivered to residents
including postage.
Shizue Takashima, who spoke of her
in the Greenview Lodge and Castlefirst-hand inpression of life in India
view-Wychwood Nursing Home.
while under the auspices of the Can­
A few staunch members continue
Some of-our members also prepare
adian Council at one of our meetings.
to expend many hours with the weekly Japanese lunches for resid-?
Momiji Kai every second and fourth
On< - again our members manned
ents dff Castleview-Wychwood Nurs­
the Tea ^Ov^i and also sold home- Tuesdays. The purpose, of this Moing Home.
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baked fooos as our contribution for miji Kai is for social gatherings of the
Mrs. Hide Shimizu, our_past presi­
the annual Japanese Canadian Cul­ Isseis and to give them an opportu-^ dent, was recently appointed Member
tural Centre bazaar in Mpy 1982. Our nity to enjoy fellowship,
listening to
,
of the Order of Canada and received
money-making projects consisted of . various speakers, watching films, _ her medat at the investiture at Rideau
holding a sale at the St. Lawrence taking part in craft activities, etc. '
Hall, Ottawa, in October, 1982. She
Flea Market in the spring and a mini
This past year, the Momiji Kai and ; was the driving force in maintain­

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ing education for evacuee children
in camps during WW II. Since her
arrival in Toronto in 1945, she has
been deeply involved in various com­
munity services.
The executive for 1983 is as follows:
Past President — Hide Shimizu, Vice
President — Yuki Tamaki, Secretary —
Kay Sakaguchi, Treasurer—Lily Oda,
Publicity— Tye Tsukada, Co-chair­
man — Kay Hayashi (West Group) and
Kaz Ememoto (East Group).
We. welcome prospective members
to join us in our activities.

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The Toronto Nisei Women's Group

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WERE J.C. NISEI RADIO HAMS SPIES?
gave the Westinghouse td my threat of so-called economic
and .OE1ZHW in Vienna, Ausamateur radio licence plates.
I
By Mike Hoshiko
friend David Herberts to keep competition from the small
tria, and now W9CJW in the
I think ham radio is a great
B
The first thing that govern- for me. He took the radio to Japanese Canadian berry and U.S.A. I keep up my interest
hobby, ^ut sad to say, I see
B
ments do when war is declar- Winnipeg where he finished chicken farmers, saw mill in ham radio; at present I am
very few Niseis lited in the
B ed is to prevent communica- Medical School. Later, when I laborers, mom and pop busi­ the faculty advisor for the
current Amateur Call Book. I
B tion with the enemy by its was in Montreal, he sent it to nesses, fishermen, etc. But Southern Illinois University
B citizens. September, 1939, ail me there. He is now VE7BLQ then if the Prime Minister of Amateur Radio Club, and would be pleased to hear
B Canadian amateur radio sta- in Vancouver, and I have talk­ Canada, William Lyon Mc­ trustee of the club station, from any of the old timers, or
B tions were required to shut ed with him and hope to more Kenzie King, was resorting to W9UIH and the club repeater, about them, or from anyone
I down, including some sta- frequently now that he has secret meetings with psy­ WR9AKT. All my cars have interested in becoming a ham.
| tions owned by Niseis. I was more time and the advanced chics in order to communi­
|
in high school in 1939, and license. And after all these cate with his dead mother
I was just about to take the ex- years, I still have our old and even with his pet dog, it
| am Jor my license when all radio, and I keep it in working is not suprising that all kinds
I amateur operations were condition.
of irrational thinking was go­
It
seems
that
many
Niseis
|
stopped. I had become intering on in the minds of other
were
fascinated
by
radio
and
I
ested in radio in the early thirgovernment officials, too.
By Linda Toyonaga
.
electronics.
By
1939,
there
|
ties when I used to visit our
Anyway, several years ago I
Toronto, Ont.
were five Nisei amateurs out had a long talk with Jin Ide
family friend, Mr. Tisdale,
of a total of 452 licensed in VE3DR in Toronto. He told me
There are very few sounds here with me tonight
who had an RCA Radiola Re­
B.C. This is a high percentage that amateur radio had a great
Except for the eternal splashing of the waves
ceiver. I pumped Mr. Tisdale
And somewhere far away I hear the cry off seagulls _
for information on how the when you consider that there influence on his life, from
radio worked, but he didn't were on|y a »ew Niseis 16 or teaching him parliamentary
I sit here and wonder how things would be if they were different
over at the time. For the re­ procedures to helping him
know too much about it.
As the end of day sun shines brightly
cord, the five amatuers were: earn his living in electronics'
And gives promise for a tomorrow which will one day be but
Now, in front* of me as I
VE5FJ
H.
Inouye
605
E.
Hast
­
an unpleasant memory
\
.after the^ evacuation. As a
. type, I have an antique 1928
ings St.
.
■.
young man' in B.C. he had
RCA Radiola 18, one of the
The sand, so warm between my toes
first AC radios (that is, not VE5JS Jin Ide 4695 McHardy copied press wireless news
And the water, so cool and refreshing
St.
(later
became
VE3CR
—
from
Japan
for
the
local
Japa
­
battery-operated). I found this
If only all my future days could be spent like this
'
Mississauga)
nese
newspaper.
He
told
me
one in an old shed and paid
The tide goes out and takes with it some of my troubles/
$5.00 for it. I refinished the VE5KW M. R. Yanagisawa that when he was in the Army
But leaves an emptiness within my heart that will no doubt stay
2818 Yew St.
in Asia he used to monitor
cabinet and the stand which
Perhaps
forever
holds the speaker and put it VE5ME G. Tanaka 3467 Mon­ radio transmissions, and thus
mouth St.
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he heard the Japanese com­
into working condition. Also,
We will be leaving this place tomorrow
VE5FV
Shegeo
Hayami
2504
To return I know not when, maybe never
mander as he flew in to sur­
right above the radio I have a
Eton St.
So I must savour each and every moment
render. He said the Allied
stamp collection of radio sta­
And remember the sun as it sets
When the war started in operators did a poor job When
tion envelopes from the mid­
And how it sparkles and glistens on the water
dle thirties which includes, 1939, and all amateur radio he could have been asked to
And I must breathe the salty sea air
among other stations, an en­ stations went off the air, communicate with them in
Knowing I may never fill my lungs with it again
his fluent Japanese.
velope from CKMO Van­ there were ten licensed Nisei
I take one long, last look
hams. They included the
I asked him whatever hap­
couver postmarked 1938.
Then my eyes wander to the bay, strangely vacant of fishing boats
above plus the following:
pened to his radio he had
It
was
by
selling
empty
5
And I finally realize this is not a dream
beer bottles thrown away by VE5AER I. Miyawawa 620 E. back in B.C. He said that the
And there is no going back
s
government
eventually
com
­
16th A ve.
Americans who came up to
I turn to leave and hear the sound of children's laughter off in the distance
Canada during the Prohibi­ VE5AFJ Jack Kobayashi 1935 pensated him-by a piddling
And
wonder when ! will have the chance to be young again
r
IV. ist Ave. (later became amount-about $2.80 for the
tion days that I was finally
amateurequipmenthe had so
able to save up enough
VE2WJ Montreal)
money to send away for a VE5AHG Y. Matsomoto 1617 carefully built.
Well, it was not until the
W.3rd Ave. (now, VE3BLU
small mail order kit to build a'
war was over in 1945 that
Ajax)
crystal set. I bought my ear­
phones from a second-hand (VE5DJ Geo. Tanaka, trustee amateurs were allowed back
on the air. I took my test as
4961 Hoy St.)
junk shop on Front Street in
VE5IV R.H. Sakaguchi 1632 * soon as the war was over. I
New Westminster. Since we
had to send in a copy of my
W. 2nd:
were oh the farm we had tall
father's naturalization certifi­
trees and I was able to put a
cate, letters of reference, and
By Osamu Kasahara
long antenna high up in the
Prior to the evacuation, the a copy of my birth certificate,
Ottawa, Ont.
air. I used to hear stations all
RCMP, etc., were instructed and even then had a personal
over the U.S., as far away as
to make sure that all radio visit from the RCMP. And this
Atlanta, Georgia. Later, by
The door bell rang once and twice,
transmitters and all radio re­ was in 1945 when the war was
constant nagging, I was able
and after a short stop, once again.
ceivers were turned in. Per­ over.
Said myself in me, “Answer the door,”
to persuade my mother to buy
haps they had looked at the
but dead tired was I from.my work,
r a second hand radio. I used to
numbers of Japanese Canad­
simply starving, want of sleep
Well, I passed the test and i
stay up all night sometimes
It's the eve of the first Halloween.
ians who seemed interested was eventually licensed as |
trying to log as many stations in radio communications and
VE2AAS in Montreal. Since |
as I could. But that soon wore
It rang again in the empty room.
concluded that they were get­ then I was VE3DNZ in Toronto I
With mask or mustache on their faces,
off, and I wanted a short wave
ting ready for the day to send
dressed up children must be waiting,
set. By arguing that w |^ould
messages to Japan as volun­
with their bags open, for my treat.
hear Japanese broadcasts teer spies? What was the pur­
Yet in bed I'm searching for a word,
each night etc., I finally got pose of confiscating short
DUE TO ILL HEALTH
by which I may shout them away all at once.
my mother to trade in the old
WE SEND GREETINGS
wave radios if they didn't
Look kids, I am a night worker,
I set and buy a new table model
THROUGH THIS PAPER
believe that some Japanese
who immigrated six months ago.
I Westinghouse radio with
Mrs. Teruko Ishii
Canadians
might
be
receiving
I dislike to receive your strange tricks,
I short wave. This was in 1934.
Castleview/Wychwood
but I had no time today to buy treats.
secret messagesJrom Japan?
I Since we were probably the
I came home this morning at around ten,'
Tbwer W2Q
On the other hand, what was
I first to have a short wave
- had a shower, wrote some letters,
Toronto, Ont. M6G 3C3
the purpose of banning ordi­
and began cooking before I fell asleep.
radio, Issei visitors from nary radios unfess it was to
miles around used to come to keep the Japanese Canadians
The door bell rang once again.
listen to news, music, etc'
I don't want to see them disappointed,
ignorant of the daily news,
from Japan. Soon many of the thus creating insecurity,
though they may tell me, “It's O.K.”
I dim the light of this bedroom,
Issei neighbours started to panic and disorganization? In
SEASON'S GREETINGS
wait for my wife to come home soon,
get their own radios.
such a psychological state,
Mr & Mrs. T.N. Matoba
hoping our dinner won't get spoiled.
they would be easier to mani­
55 St. Andrew's Blvd.,
After Pearl Harbor, all pulate, and it would be easier
Weston, Ont. M9R 1W2
radios had to be turned in, not to carry out the racist plan of
just amateur transmitters. I eventually getting rid of the

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Festival & holiday are part
of Japanese culture
TOKYO — Festivals and cognition of these occasions, ful paper and cloth images
Among Japan's 12 national off carps are hung from the
holidays have long been a
ritual part of Japanese cul-' holidaysare Adult' s Day, roofs of Japanese homes,
one kite-like creature for each
ture, ranging from themes as Children's Day, and Respect
child in the household. —
diverse as regional culture for the Aged Day.
In Japanese society the
On these occasions, spe­
“Bunka-no-Hi,” or Culture
Day, to bean-throwing “Set- cial regard is given to the carp is highly regarded as
suban,” or the Bean-Throw­ individuals in each respective symbol of perseverence, le­
gendary for its,,ability to swim
phase of life.
ing Festival.
Perhaps the most colorful upstream.
While festival observance
The analogy stems from
of the three is Children's.
practices vary' greatly within
Day, at one 'time celebrated parents's hopes that their
Japanese society, national
as two separate festivals children will likewise be able
holidays in this country serve
as a common denominator in­ known, not surprisingly, as to cope as healthy and strong
Boys' Festival and Girls' individuals when faced with
volving most citizens iff ffor
life' s obstacles- —
Festival.
no other reason than most
National observance of the
On Children's Day, colorbusinesses are closed in re। vernal equinox March 20 or
I 21, and the autumn equinox,
I September 23 or 24, illust| rates the great significance
For Best Results from the Japanese Canadian
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Community place an ad in The New Canadian
events in the Japanese cul- ture.
The equinox week, or “Higan” begins three or four
days prior to the actual equi­
nox. “Higan” is a Buddhist
term meaning “yonder shore”
— more broadly translated as
life beyond temporal exist­ ♦2
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Kahori Hirano
ence. The term originally was
associated with the autumn
231 Grove Street,
• Kahori Hirano is a Grade 5 student off Strathcona School in equinox because off the belief
Cambridge, Ma. 02138
Vancouver. Recently the Vancouver Sun published her inter­ that Buddha is situated in the
view of children rs book author, Robert Munsch.
West, and, on this day, the
sun sets directly due west.
. By KAHORI HIRANO
During this week, Buddhist
VANCOUVER — Bob Munsch wrote his first book four
and Shinto temples through­
years ago. Since then he has written six books. This author
out the country hold services
likes to write before lunch.
in memory off the departed,
When asked where he gets his ideas for stories he said,
and many people make excur­
“I don't know.”
sions to shrines or the burial
Mr. Munsch writes his books anywhere. He likes to write
grounds off ancestors.
and he likes to read books.
.
The rituals associated with
I asked him, “Which book do you like best among your
this period clearly place an
works?” He said, “Mud Puddle.” And then T asked, “Where
emphasis on the passage of
did you get a title like Murmei, Murmei, Murmei?” He replied,
time and the .inevitability of
“In the bathtub, making sounds.”
When Bob Munsch started writing books his parents,ask­ the life circle.
The most widely celebrated
ed him why he didn 't get a steady job.
holiday is New Year's Day.
OF TORONTO
When he came to our school, I interviewed him. Then we
The unofficial festivities
ate lunch. After lunch he told two of his stories.
283 Brooke Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5M 2L1
begin weeks before the ac­
He made funny faces as he was telling the stories. He was
tual January 1 observance
really funny.
with the essentially secular
He even made up two stories. We laughed and copied
celebration off Christmas (the
what he said and did some actions with him.
Japanese population is more
I even got a small book and he signed it for me. I enjoyed
than 90 percent Shinto Bud­
his visit and I think I was lucky to be there. I hope he will come
dhist).
again some day.
Christmas is observed by
exchanging giffts as a mark
off “O-seibo,” a year-end
greeting, and decorating the
streets with pine twigs, plum
branches, bamboo stalks, and
WITHIN THE BARBED WIRED FENCE
ropes with paper festoons.
by Takeo Ujo Nakano $12.50
_
Such practices are relative­
postage included $13.00
ly new; this holiday observ­
ance was almost unknown at
JAPANESE CANADIAN HISTORY
one time except to the small
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“THE ENEMY THAT NEVER WAS”
Christian community.
by Ken Adachi,
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New Year's morning, con- J
Hamilton, Ontario’ L8P 4K3
In paperback $8.50 (postage included)
sidered to be a phychological
rebirth off sorts, is observed
Specialist — Complete Collision
by drinking “O-toso,” sweet
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And Painting
red wine flavored with pepper,
A Man of Our Times” by Rolf Knight & Maya Koizumi,
dried Chinese flowers, and
$4.00 (Paper back with postage)
several exotic spices.
“OBASAN” by JOY KOGAWA,
c According to tradition, iff a
SAM & TOM SUENAGA
member
of
a
family
drinks
In paperback $8.50 (postage included)
this beverage, there can be
no sickness within one mile;
Phone 528-6758
the wine—has the mythic
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powers of driving away evil
spirits and invigorating human
TORONTO, ONT. M5V 2A9
life.

My Interview with
Robert Munsch

Season’s Qreetings

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Friday, December 31,1982

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Page 19

CANADIAN

He won't make it
. By Toyo Takata
They say you can't judge a book
by its cover. People are even more
misleading. Those who ^excel at
school, or do poorly are not gua­
ranteed
or a dead
□ -r । a brightx future,
end. Take this friend who was' in
our class because he failed a couple
of times. He joined the army as a
private, ^earned a commission, be­
came fluently bilingual, was head of
security with a Canadian military
mission in Southeast Asia.
Then there was this cocky young
redhead next door who would round
up his brothers and others in the
neighborhood, including our son, to
play road hockey. The entire family
was geared to sports competition,

the father would have loved to be
a professional athlete but did not
have the physical skill or tools. But
perhaps one of his sons... So he en­
couraged and pushed them, particu­
larly the cocky redhead. He would
bawl him out severelly if he didn't
play as he was toio.

- This berating used to amuse me as
I said to others on occasion, “He
won't make it. He's got bad knees,
and he's too.small. If any one of
those 200-pound brutes crashed him
against the goal-post, he'd be fin­
ished.” But he persisted, played
juniors and down to Michigan, then
to the big-time.
His name: MIKE PALMATEER.

Issei in the Yukon
By TOYO TAKATA

This revelation has been confirm­
ed by a Nisei who spent the 1930'. s
into the 1940's in the Territory as a
B
A recent CBC television drama
baker It seems that the white miners
based on Laura Berton's autobibwere persistent about keeping the
graphy “I Married the Klondyke”
Chinese out because they didn't
I reminds us that of many books writU ten about the Yukon including those want “cheap labour”. But why the
I written by her illustrious son, Pierre Japanese were not similarly classi­
fied is puzzling. This continued until
I Berton,'only hers mentions about the
World
War II.
S Japanese in Dawson City, the focus
The Issei prospectors who joined
I of the Klondyke bonanza. Indeed, at
the trek to riches were, for the most
H the time of the gold rush (1899-1901),
part, those already in Alaska working
| there were more Issei in the Yukon
in mines, canneries, or on the rail­
i than in the rest of Canada, excluding,
road, who skipped across the border
i of course, British Columbia. There
in the mad rush for gold.
I were close to 100 Issei scattered
Among them was a legendary char­
I about the mining sites at the turn of
acter who could have stepped out of
I the century.
a
Jack London novel or a Robert Ser­
I
She wrote: “For some reason, ChiI nese were barred from the country vice poem. He was Jujiro Wada, a
there were Japanese familiar name in Alaskan frontier an(Yukon), but
nals , who for years prospected and
by the score
__ delivered mail by dog team in the
frozen land. The tough, durable sourdough was cited by the Governor of
Alaska when, while on a ship stranded by ice, he volunteered to trample,
across snow and ice fields to get
help. How he fared in the Klondyke is
shrouded in the icy northern mist.
The. first Japanese women in the
Klondyke, some say, were shady
ladies. But no one has^volunteered
from
Ail Canada Headquarters
solid proof. Years after the strike,
some wives lived in the Yukon but
usually only during the summer mon­
ths. Aiko Uyematsu (1923) is thought
to be the first Nisei born in the
3751 Bloor St. West "
Territories. A 1939 directory lists
(Westwood Theatre Plaza)
Miyoko Yoshida in Mayo. About the
same time, two Nisei sisters from
-Phone 233-3478 ;
Alberta operated a beauty parlor in
affiliated F.A.J.K.O.
Dawson.
Federation off All Japan
Few Issei remained after the
Karate Organizations
precious metal ran out. They were
mainly cooks in hotels, bakeries,
recognized by Japan Govt.
restaurants, mining camp or on ves­
- Eastern Toronto
sels plying the Yukon River during
Headquarters
the summer. Some had businesses
in the food trade. For years, the
Yoshida brothers ran the Whitehorse
Inn, in Whitehorse.
Laura Berton describes a curio
shop owner in Dawson City, (Makisaburo) Kawakami, a scholar who,
she wrote, read through the ency­
clopedia. However, by. all accounts,
he was an inept merchant whose
123 WynffordDr,
friends chipped in to purchase his
Don MUis, Orit.
passage back to Japan.

Season's
Greetings

Shitoryu itosukai
Karate Dojo

J.C. Cultural
Centre
Shitoryu Karate
Dojo

Season's Greetings

The New Canadian Staff

When I was a partner in a printing
shop years back, there was this
fussy little hack artist who would br­
ing in the odd little job. He would
stand by the press as if his life
depended on it. One day, he brought
in a little bigger job which we quoted
at $40.00 (COD), and we checked out
his bank account to make sure he
could pay. He just had enough.
About that time, I remember that I
had just bought a new 1955 Chevro- „
let. When I dropped into his office,
which was above a rundown neigh­
borhood theatre, he wanted to see
my car. He climbed in enviously —
to have a good look.
Although I haven't seen him per­
sonally for years, he's been on tele­
vision. I've heard him bn radio and
wondered what kind of car he's driv­
ing today. This struggling artist is
now one of the best known names in
Canadian advertising, owns his own
agency, has written a book. And he
was one of the originals off the sing­
ing trio, The Travellers. One off his
better-known commercials is, “At
Speedy, You're a Somebody!”
His name: JERRY GOODIS.
His ears seemed to stick out and flap
in the wind that they nick-named
“Sails.” He was skinny and hardly
an athlete. But he was an avid sports
buff who bought the St. Louis Spor­
ting News, which was then devoted
strictly to baseball, to study the stan­
dings and the box scores. Although
he was a few years younger than I,
he, his cousin and I, spread out on
the lawn to read the sports pages.
Sports writing became his career
as he moved from the Victoria Times
to the Vancouver Sun.
- '
His name! JIM KEARNEY.

He was no academic threat to any­
one. Whenever pur grade was split
into two classes according to rank,
he was inevitably among the lower
halt. He was never nominated to hold
any office in a club at school nor did
he participate in activities, except
to be the victim of a prank, such as
being tied up in the washroom at
High School.
But he plodded on, and graduated
with us. Went to .the University of
Victoria, on to UBC and the Univer­
sity of Wisconsin where he received
his doctorate. He is the professor of
geography at UBC.
His name: Dr. ALBERT L. FARLEY.
’ In no way can I claim to have ar­
tistic talent. But my being Japanese,
the art teacher must have thought
that I have, or should have, the skill
and ability. And he wasted a lot of
time with me. Whatever I did, he
seemed to find some merit. One
time, we were to draw a plain white
cylinder and color it as we saw it.
It was plain white, but I colored it
indiscriminately, still he pinned it up
on the board I didn't think he show®d artistic judgement.
He left teaching to take up pain­
ting seriously. He became an assoc­
iate and a protege of Emily Carr. Not
long ago, I poked up her biography
and his name is mentioned frequent­
ly. He is well known in the West
Coast art colony.
His name: MAXWELL MAYNARD.

From the ranks of The New Cana­
dian editors, there are those who
have made a niche for themselves
after leaving its fold. The first
that crops up is Tom Shpyama, now
teaching at the University of Victo­
ria, and who became the the deputy
minister of finance. Shinobu Higashi
distinguished himself in journalistic
circles in Japan. Kasey Oyama turn­
ed to a successful business career in
Montreal. Ken Adachi, the author, is
the book editor of the Toronto Star,
while sports writer Rick Matsumoto
follows the Argos for the same paper
...But whatever became of Toyo
Takata?

The Premier
of Ontario

Ontario

To the Editor
and Readers off The New Canadian

December, 1982

On behalf of the people and the Government of
Ontario, it is with great pleasure that I extend my
warmest greetings to your readers during this Holi*
day Season.
This is a time when we come together with fami­
lies and friends to find a moment of peace, promise
and good will, to draw encouragement from the basic
principles off love and equality that are our common
inheritance.
>
As we capture this spirit and share in the joys and
blessings of giving from the heart, let us resolve anew
that the generosity and compassion that mark this
Season will endure forever and spread throughout our
troubled world to bring peace on earth in a binding
brotherhood of man.
May I express my gratitude for all that you have
contributed throughout the years to the strengthening
of Canada and the enrichment off our uniquely varied
heritage, with my best wishes that you and your loved
ones will enjoy a most happy Christmas and a reward­
ing New Year.
William G. Davis

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