JCCC Family & Friends Golf Tournament
JCCC ファミリーゴルフトーナメント
JCCC Fundraising Movie Screening: Mixed Match
ファンドレイジング映画上映会「Mixed Match」

Shin-Ijusha 50th Anniversary Event
新移住者50周年記念パーティー

September 2017 2017 年9月

Vol. 43, Issue 81

5% discount for JCCC members

DAVID IKEDA
Sales Representative

416-234-2424
www.ikedasells.com
Sutton GroupOld Mill Realty Inc.,
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2017 - 18 JCCC Board of Directors
President
		Gary Kawaguchi
Past President/Advisor
Marty Kobayashi
VP, Heritage
		Jan Nobuto				
VP, Management 		Ann Ashley
Secretary			Sharon Marubashi
Finance Chair			Chris Hope
VP, NJCC			Miki Rushton
VP, Marketing/Strategic Planning
Karen Kuwahara		Directors			Jonathan Carter
				Jiro Fukushima					Mark Hashimoto					Kristin Kobayashi
				Keiichi Kubo					Dereck Oikawa					Cary Rothbart					Ross Saito					Nao Seko
				Peter Wakayama
				Tak Yoshida
				Yaeko Tong
Advisors			Mackenzie Clugston
				William Hatanaka					Sid Ikeda								Steve Oikawa					Connie Sugiyama
JCCC Foundation Chair		Janice Fukakusa

JCCC Staff

James Heron
Executive Director			
jamesh@jccc.on.ca
416-441-2345 ext.224
Kathy Tazumi
Accounting/General Administration Manager
kathyt@jccc.on.ca
416-441-2345 ext.229
Christine Takasaki
Community Events Coordinator			
christinet@jccc.on.ca
416-441-2345 ext.221
Haruko Ishihara
Community Rentals Coordinator		
harukoi@jccc.on.ca
416-441-2345 ext.228
Christine Seki
Corporate Rentals/Programming and Business Development
christines@jccc.on.ca
416-441-2345 ext.231
Sally Kumagawa
Donations/Memberships/Classes Database Administrator		
sallyk@jccc.on.ca
416-441-2345 ext.223
Elizabeth Fujita-Kwan
Heritage and Sedai Project
elizabeth.fujita@jccc.on.ca

416-441-2345 ext.303

Constantin Dutescu
Operations and Technical Coordinator
constantind@jccc.on.ca
416-460-3522
Maki Klotz
Newsletter/Receptionist/Office Assistant
makis@jccc.on.ca		
416-441-2345 ext.227
Yuki Nakata
Volunteer Coordinator			
yukih@jccc.on.ca		
416-441-2345 ext.235
Yoshie Watanabe
JCCC Reception Desk
jccc@jccc.on.ca		Yayoi Kawabe
JCCC Website		
jccc@jccc.on.ca

416-441-2345 ext. 222
416-441-2345 ext. 222

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

Deadline for the October issue is:
Friday September 8, 2017.
10月号の締め切りは2017年9月8日(金）です。

Your news is welcome! Please contact:
newsletter@jccc.on.ca tel 416-441-2345 ext.227
The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Newsletter
Editors: James Heron, Kathy Tazumi, Maki Klotz

In This Issue...
2-4

JCCC Upcoming Events

6-7

Heritage News

7-10

Community News

10-11

Donations

12-16

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JCCC Closed – Labour Day"Gateway to Promise" Book Talk
JCCC Karaoke Club
"Gateway to Promise" Book Talk
JCCC Golf Tournament
Kumihimo Workshop
Fall Cultural Classes Start
Seniors’ Supper Club
Origami Workshop
JCCC Karaoke ClubJapanese Cooking Workshop
JCCC Movie Night "Mixed Match"
Issei Day
JCCC Karaoke Club
JCCC Closed – Thanksgiving Day
Shin-Ijusha 50th Anniversary EventKumihimo Workshop
Seniors’ Supper Club
Origami Workshop
JCCC Karaoke Club
Arigato Day
Japanese Cooking Workshop
JCCC Movie Night“Yoko the Cherry Blossom”
Nikkei Veterans Luncheon
JCCC Karaoke Club
JCCC Movie Night
JCCC Karaoke Club
Kumihimo Workshop
Origami Workshop
Japanese Cooking Workshop

Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre

6 Garamond Court, Toronto, M3C 1Z5
Ph: 416-441-2345 Fax: 416-441-2347
www.jccc.on.ca

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JCCC Upcoming Events
September Movie Night: MIXED MATCH

An Important Film from Japanese-Canadian Filmmaker Jeff Chiba Stearns
The Aplastic Anemia & Myelodysplasia Association of Canada
and the JCCC present a fundraising screening of award-winning
Japanese Canadian filmmaker Jeff Chiba Stearns’ documentary.
His film explores the crisis in identifying bone marrow and cord
blood donors to donate to patients of mixed ethnicity sufferingfrom life threatening blood diseases such as leukemia. 30,000
North Americans annually are diagnosed with life threatening
blood diseases and for many, a bone marrow transplant is the only
chance at survival. Of the seven million registered bone marrowdonors in the US, less than 3% are multiethnic. Finding a multiethnic marrow match in the public registry is akin to finding aneedle in a haystack.
Mixed Match tells an important human story from the perspective of youth
who are discovering their identities through their deadly illnesses and how theirmultiethnic backgrounds threaten their chances at survival.
This powerful film raises critical awareness about the need for multiethnic
donors worldwide.
Sushi will be on sale prior to the screening.

Date: Thursday September 28, 2017
Time: 7:00pm
Tickets: $10 (JCCC member); $12 (general)

JCCC Family & Friends
Golf Tournament

Issei Day

The JCCC is hosting the 21st Annual
Family & Friends Golf Tournament on
Sunday September 17, 2017 at Rolling
Hills Golf Club.
This is a chance for families andfriends to share a fun day of golf – all skill
levels welcome and there are lots of prizes to be won! After agreat day of golfing, there will be presentations and dinner backat the JCCC. We encourage everyone to join with grandparents,
aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, moms and dads, or just a groupof friends.
We will continue this year with the shotgun start at 10am,
in an all Scramble format with shared carts included in the cost.
Thank you all for your feedback as we looked for ways to makeit a more enjoyable tournament.
Application forms are available at the JCCC reception
area. We also welcome hole sponsors – corporate or family.
Some sponsor levels include your green fees and contributeto Heritage programming at the JCCC. Our biggest sponsor,
HollisWealth (Marty Kobayashi), is also generously providing
refreshments while out on the course!
For more information, please contact the JCCC at 416-441-2345
or contact Sharon Marubashi (Co-chair) at 647-291-4751 oremail marubashi@rogers.com and Dawna Kobayashi (Co-chair)at dawna.kobayashi@sympatico.ca

The Board of Directors of theJapanese Canadian Cultural
Centre extends an invitation to
Issei Day on Sunday October 1,
2017 and would like to welcome
all who are 70 years of age andolder.
This year will be the 55th yearof celebrating Issei Day. Last year approximately 350 Issei,
Nisei, Sansei and Ijusha gathered in the Kobayashi Hall tocelebrate this annual event. We are also happy to have thesponsorship and support of the Momiji Health Care Society fora second year.
The day is full of activities, with entertainment including
songs, odori and sing-alongs.
As usual there will be a wonderful and tasty bento served
during the intermission.
The program begins at 2:00pm and concludes around 5:00 pm. To
ensure that we are able to accommodate everyone with seating
and a bento, we require that everyone pre-register at 416-4412345 by Friday September 22. It is wonderful to see so many of
our seniors come to this event, but we are close to our maximum
capacity. We want to ensure everyone is able to sit, relax andenjoy the afternoon. Don’t delay and register today!
We look forward to seeing you.

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– A Tribute to Our Seniors

5Arigato Day 2017

Kamp Kodomo 2017

The spirit of community and volunteerism is the foundation onwhich the JCCC is built. Throughout the year many individuals
and groups selflessly support the many programs and special
events operated by the JCCC. As a small token of our gratitude,
the JCCC Board of Directors invites JCCC volunteers to join us
at Arigato Day.
On Sunday October 22, 2017 at 3:00pm, Arigato Day will
start with an informal social time with some Bingo games andprizes to be won! Take this opportunity to relax and have somefun with other volunteers. You will have the opportunity to meetthe newly elected Board of Directors as they serve everyone adelicious dinner. The event will finish with an award ceremony,recognizing of the 2017 recipients of the Ontario Volunteer
Service Awards sponsored by the Government of Ontario, andour own Nisei Veteran Awards.
Invitations will be mailed to those who have volunteered in2016 and 2017. If you are a recent volunteer who has not filled
out a volunteer profile, or if you are concerned you are not on
the list, please contact Yukiko Nakata at volunteer@jccc.on.caor 416-441-2345 ext 235.
Registration is required so that we can make sure toaccommodate everyone. Please contact JCCC reception at
416-441-2345 to RSVP or use an on-line form from http://www.
jccc.on.ca/en/volunteer/ by Friday October 13, 2017.

It was another wonderful summer with the Kamp Kodomo. All
three weeks of Kamp had groups of children who created new
friendships. We were very honoured to have some children(and their parents) who traveled great distances each day toparticipate in our programs.
Throughout the weeks, all of
the children were involved in manydifferent activities that kept them active,
energized and engrossed in Japaneseculture. This summer featured many of
our favourite workshops, like Iaido, andIkebana. Unfortunately, our overly rainy
weather of late created another missed
opportunity for the Toronto Zoo, but thechildren enjoyed visits to the Ontario
Science Centre, the ROM and Ripley’s
Aquarium.
We were very happy to offersome new programming too.
The children enjoyed some
Aikido sessions with Sensei
Camber.
We also saw thelinking of two JCCC programs
when Kamp Kodomo joined the
Seniors Supper Club for lunch.
The Seniors Supper Club madeCurry Udon and the Kamp made Strawberry Shortcake Parfaits.
The two groups then sat down and enjoyed a meal together.
We look forward to trying this exchange again in the future.
Finally, the children had the opportunity to create a new display
in one of our rotational display cabinets. Please visit the second
floor to see a retrospective display of Kamp Kodomo from the
beginning to the present. It will be on display until October2017.
The success of Kamp Kodomo Summer 2017 could nothave been possible without the dedication, enthusiasm andpatience of the staff and many volunteers who helped at thecamp. Without their help, Kamp Kodomo would not have been
as much fun, nor would it have run as smoothly as it did! A
special thank you to our head teacher Jaclyn, who brought her
enthusiasm for games and activities to our program. Anotherthank you to our volunteers: Ayaka, Erica, Erin, Kouta andSerena. Together you helped to make the camper’s experience
memorable. As well, many thanks to the dedicated instructors
who rearranged their busy schedules or took time off of work tocome and teach the campers. Your support of Kamp Kodomo
and the JCCC is aninspiration.
Thanks to:
JCCC Aikido Club, JCCC
Iaido, Ikenobo Ikebana,Discover Japan, and the
JCCC Heritage group
including their summer
students Milen and Esther.
We
hope
that
everyone will join us for
Kamp Kodomo March
Break 2018!

7th Annual Fuyu Matsuri– Winter Festival 2017
Quickly becoming one of the most popular events of the year,
Fuyu Matsuri - Winter Festival is coming on Sunday December
3, 2017!
Fuyu Matsuri will once again feature many of the great
activities such as Christmas ornament making, gingerbreadcookie decorating, lots of interactive games, the muchanticipated photo with Santa, Christmas shopping in ourMarketplace (Shotengai), pampering yourself with relaxing
treatments in our Wellness Room (Iyashi no ba), and of course
many delicious foods like our Japanese winter favourite, oden!
And don't forget the great prizes that await you at the Reindeer
Raffle and Silent Auction.
Mark the date in your calendars and keep an eye out for
more details to follow in the October and November issues of
the JCCC newsletter.
Date:
Time:
Place:

Sunday December 3, 201711:00am – 4:00pm
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (Main Floor)

We are currently looking for vendors for our Fuyu Matsuri FoodCorner, Marketplace, and Wellness Room. Vendor application
deadlines are Thursday October 5, 2017 for the Food Cornerand Thursday October 26, 2017 for the Marketplace andWellness Room.
Please contact Yukiko Nakata at yuki@jccc.on.ca for further
information.
Volunteers are needed for this event. Volunteer registration
begins in mid-October and must be done through the website.
All persons interested in volunteering for Fuyu Matsuri mustsign up through the JCCC website at http://www.jccc.on.ca/en/
volunteer/ by Thursday November 16, 2017.

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Natsu Matsuri /Obon Festival Weekend: Festival Fun in the Sun!
This year’s wet weather had dominated Toronto for weeks and theweek leading up to this year’s Natsu Matsuri/Obon festival was
no different. We were hoping that the weather would pass overbefore our festival and we were very lucky to have a perfect day
for the event. This window of opportunity allowed many families
and other visitors to enjoy a wonderful day of traditional Japanesefestival activities.
During the afternoon there were games and activities for thechildren, including fishing and yoyo balloons. There were many
food vendors with choices including a somen bar, shave ice,
yakitori, takoyaki and ice cream.
The beer garden enjoyed many visitors and we were honoured
to feature Kirin Beer. We also saw the return of our signaturedrink, the “Natsumi.” Visitors were also able to sample a variety ofGekkeikan sakes and plum wine.
At 7pm everyone headed outside for the Obon dancing.
Many of our guests enjoyed the display of Minyo as well as joining
in the audience participation numbers. It was a beautiful sight to see
hundreds of Canadian flags during the dances “Wonderful Canada”
and “Canada Ondo,” as our festival celebrated Canada 150.

This festival is always a special one because of the tremendous
co-operative effort by many community organizations. A very
special thanks go out to Select Wines Merchant Corp, Kirin Beer,and Gekkeikan Sake for their sponsorship. Thank you too to Mr.
Ishii, our wonderful vendors and entertainers, the Toronto Buddhist
Temple, JP Canada, the Consulate General of Japan, all our
wonderful volunteers and Constantin (our dedicated A/V technician
extraordinaire).
We hope to see everyone next year!

Photos courtesy Leon Balaban

JCCC Fall Classes

JCCC Library Schedule

Looking to try something new thisfall? The JCCC offers a wide range ofcourses and workshops which are sure
to suit your interests. Our fall classes
start in mid-September, so be sure topick up a class brochure, or visit our
website at www.jccc.on.ca to learn more.
Registration has started. Please contact
us in person, or call 416-441-2345 to signup.

TUE
10am – 2pm (lending hours)
WED/SAT
1pm – 5pm (lending hours)
THURS/FRI
10am – 2pm (non-lending hours)
SUN/MON
ClosedClosed on Sep. 1 and 2

昼寝して手の動きやむ団扇かな

太祇

Hirune shite te no ugokiyamu uchiwa kanaTaigi

A nap in the day-time;
The hand stops moving
The fan.
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Heritage News
Heritage Corner
Through the assistance of both Canada Summer Jobs and Young Canada
Works, the Moriyama Nikkei Heritage Centre has been fortunate to hire
two summer students for each for the past six years. The JCCC is gratefulfor this assistance as it allows us to continue making Japanese Canadianhistory available to the general public, through our online database which
can be found at nikkeimuseum.org. This year’s students, Milen andEsther, have brought with them a passion for learning, endless energy,
and cheerful dispositions.
“This summer I had the pleasure of being the Archives
Assistant in the Moriyama Nikkei Heritage Centre under theYoung Canada Works and Canada Summer Jobs programs.
As a history student at the University of Toronto, I had applied
to many museum and archival related positions this summer
in hopes of learning about new avenues of work other thanacademia. I had never heard of the Japanese Canadian
Cultural Centre but after doing some research, I thought it'dbe a great learning experience for me. My time here has
been beyond amazing, from the insightful volunteers to theincredible archival collections. This experience has bothproblematized and evolved my understanding of Canadianhistory and the discipline of history in general. I am gratefulfor Theressa and Elizabeth, and to all the Heritage volunteers
for being so welcoming and teaching me how to maintaincultural communities relevant to our multicultural society. As
the year continues, I hope I can bring awareness of the 75th
anniversary of Japanese Canadian Internment on my own
campus through different projects I work on.”							 Milen

Left to Right: Milen, MP Yasmin Ratansi, Esther“Fridays were the days I always look forward to, but thispast summer I found myself waiting for every Tuesday andWednesday just to see the volunteer groups come in one
by one with their wide smiles and welcoming hellos. The
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre has opened my eyes to
new perspectives of the world that not even the education
system has been able to do thus far. What I’ve learned here
during my time is nothing that I knew from reading textbooks
at school. I had the pleasure of hearing firsthand about
the lives that individuals had to endure during their timein internment camps. Not only that, I’ve had the pleasureof cooking with them as well for the Senior Supper Club.
The presence of the volunteers, as well as Elizabeth and
Theressa, has been a great added joy in my life, and I know
I will still be thinking about them even when I’m off to UBC.
Thank you JCCC – thank you for being a part of my journey.”														 Esther

Ashes: Recollections Of A Sansei – Part I
By Laura S. Uyenaka"The assistance of Joy Kogawa in the preparation of this article is acknowledged. The title"Ashes" was Joy's idea. The author assumes responsibility for the content."
Among my memories of growing up in a middle class neighbourhood in Toronto is themystery surrounding my grandfather, Joichi Uyenaka who died in Grandview Hospital on
May 20, 1942 after order-in-council PC 1486 had forced obaasan, his wife Osame andtheir children into the Hastings Park and Lemon Creek internment camps. Jiichan had
been dying of liver cancer for years. The Adventist Association ordered a cremation;
however, no burial took place. What became of his ashes? My inquiries have not elicited
any response.
I first met Joy Kogawa in 2016 after an operatic performance of Naomi’s Road. Joy’s
Joy Kogawa and Laura Uyenaka
daughter and I were classmates at the U. of T. before redress. Joy reconnected us
through e-mail and, as we corresponded, I had a flashback to French class when the teaching assistant would call me “Deidre”. I
guess we all looked the same to him. If not for redress, would we not all still look the same to a hakujin?
Joy and I got acquainted over dinner a few weeks later. Joy was intrigued by my family history and lamented my grandfather’s
missing ashes. Obaasan, despite her loss, lived into her 90s. Upon release from Lemon Creek, stoically she raised 6 children
alone in Toronto, far from her privileged life in B.C. before the family home, import-export business, car and family heirlooms wereconfiscated. The Uyenakas had settled on Vancouver Island by 1927, after sailing from Yokohama, Japan on the Empress of Japan8

in the illustrious company of the explorer Roald Amundsen. Life around the Woodfibre sawmill and my father’s honours standing had
been topics of long ago dinner table conversations of my childhood. Had Bachan known, in preparing for Hastings Park, that she
would not see her dying husband or her home again, would she have acted differently or packed anything else into that one suitcase?
My nisei parents told us little about their lives in or before Lemon Creek. Through my child’s eyes, our family photo album started in1942 whereas my childhood neighbours – Shona & Gary, Carol, Marion, Kevin & Diane, the Ball children – had family photos datingback to infancy and beyond.
On my mother’s side, obaasan Seki Nakauchi, widowed in 1950, kept the urn containing her husband’s ashes on a makeshift altar
in her bedroom. During childhood visits I saw her offer gohan at the altar in keeping with the Buddhist belief in a nirvana where thedeceased are transformed into buddhas. By 1976 when she died, the assimilation of the nisei and sansei was complete: the spouses
were buried in one plot after the sansei ceased observing the issei’s Shinto religion. My Nakauchi grandparents were reunited in deathand the cycle of life was complete whereas Obaasan Uyenaka is alone in death, just as she had lived alone for almost 50 years after
Lemon Creek, without the closure that jiichan’s ashes would have brought.
I showed Joy a photograph of my late mother Yoshiko taken in Cumberland, the mining community where she was born in 1931.
Post-war my parents revisited B.C. only after 1970, with two of my brothers and I in tow. Mother still remembered the crisp B.C. applesof her youth with the innocence of the 11 year old she had been before the racism of wartime changed her life and Canadian history
irreversibly. She searched in vain for the apple orchards which the locals say grew from cores tossed by emigrant miners from Japan.
Thirty years later, mother still recalled the haunts of her youth, but the apple orchards had given way to development. In her selective
memory the orchards would bear their fruit eternally. “Yoshiko” who entered Lemon Creek became “Gloria” in the post-war whitewash.
My father “Masayuki” became “Roy” in the dispersal period as the nisei were forced to assimilate or face exclusion.
[Part II will follow in the next edition]

Community News
Japonica at Momiji
Interested in all things Japanese? Join us at Momiji
for a NEW event offering finds from our inventory of
donated Japanese ‘treasures’. The sale will featurekokeshi, bamboo, lacquer, Ikebana, tablewareand a selection of gently or never-used soft goods
including kimono, furoshiki and bags. Many of the objects are
mid-century and a few are pre-war.
Plus Café – Refreshments - Obento, lunch, teas, coffee, homebaked sweets.
Date: Saturday September 30, 2017
Time: 11:00am to 3:30pm
Place: Momiji Centre 3555 Kingston Road, ScarboroughFacebook.com/MomijiHealthCareSociety/
Email enquiries – japonica@momiji.on.ca

Seniors' Conference - A Day of Learning

Lunch’n Learn with the Wynford
Seniors Club
While there are an abundance of resources
out there for seniors including their families,
friends or support network, it can be hard
to know what services are right for youor your loved ones especially if there areissues around elder care or wellness. Join us to learn about theresources available to seniors who may feel vulnerable or havesafety concerns.
(The event will be held in English with a Japanese interpreter)
Date: Wednesday October 4, 2017
Time: 11:00am to 1:30pm (lunch included)
Place: Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
Topic: Keeping yourself safe as an older person
Contact & RSVP: Chie (Community Outreach Coordinator),
Japanese Social Services
Funded by
Tel: 416-385-9200 Email : programs@jss.ca
Founded by Ontario Seniors' Secretariat

Join us at this conference where experts will share valuable information on a wide range of topics of interest to
the wellbeing of the elderly.
11:00am-11:30am Opening (Registration start 10:30am)
11:30am-12:30pm Presentation“Keeping safe as an older person”
12:30pm-1:15pm Lunch and Entertainment
1:30pm-3:30pm
Choose the topic(s) 			
		(E: English, J: Japanese )Funded by

Date: Saturday October 14, 2017
Place: Momiji Health Care Society
Contact & RSVP: Keiko Hoshi (CIW), Momiji Health Care Society Tel: 416-261-6683 ex.249 Email : keiko@momiji.on.ca

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Bayview United Church
Food and Craft Bazaar
The Bayview United Church Foodand Craft Bazaar will be held on
Saturday October 14, 2017. The
doors will open from 12:00pm to3:00pm for Udon, Baked Goods,
Pickles, Japanese Food, Crafts, andof course, a Silent Auction! We arelocated at 2609 Bayview Avenue(east side, north of York Mills) in
Toronto. Come out and join us forsome fun, food and friendship.
Please come out to support yourcommunity!

Back2feet Undefeated Atop The
JC3-Pitch League
Submitted by Bob Doi

The Nisei Curling ClubThe Nisei Curling Club islooking for new members
to join us for fun Sunday
evenings. We play out of
the Unionville Curling Club from 7:00pm to 9:00pm. Everyone
is welcome whether you are a beginner or a seasoned curler orwish to be a spare. We will teach newcomers to curl.
The Nisei Curling Club was established in 1963 to provide
a social environment for members of the Japanese community
in the sport of curling. The Nisei dominated the membership in
our early years, however, as the years passed there are now
Sansei, Yonsei, new immigrants from Japan, and people fromall backgrounds in the Nisei Curling Club.
We stress social curling and friendly competition. It’s a
fun and enjoyable evening to make new friends and enjoy thisCanadian sport. We have a Christmas party and year-end
banquet.
The annual dues are approximately $350 per year payablein 2 installments. Fees are pro-rated based on when you join.
Spares are $5 per night.
Unionville Curling Club, 257 Carlton Road, Unionville,
is located at the southwest corner of Carlton Road and Main
Street.
For more information please call Scott Clarke, President
416-473-8146; email niseicurling@gmail.com or for informationin Japanese please call Yoshie Dutzcak at 416-258-4163 orchippen@rogers.com. Please come join in the fun!

With one game remaining in the regular season, Tod
Nagamatsu’s Back2feet team remains undefeated on thestrength of great hitting and excellent defense. The remaining
5 teams are well balanced, trading wins back and forth withlosses as they endeavor to capture one of the three remaining
play-off spots. It will come down to the week’s final games
to determine who will qualify for post-season play. The
Nagamatsu clan is well represented at the top of the standings,
with brother’s Tod and Jon captaining the top two teams andcousin Neil on the 3rd place Cruiseshipcenters team. Gamesare played Sunday mornings at Risebrough Park and Highgate
Park in Markham.
Please check the JC3-Pitch website for details andscheduled games. www.JC3Pitch.com

Left to Right: Christina Doi, Paul Takaoka, Justin Ogino, Larry Kimura,
Hubert Chen, Brian Aida

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The 13th Annual All Community Games
Submitted by Chris Reid

On June 17, 2017, the 13th Annual All Community Games (formerly the Asian Community
games) 10-pin bowling tournament took place at World Bowl in Richmond Hill. Fourteen
Japanese Canadians took part this year, proudly representing our community against 66
other bowlers from various multi-cultural communities.
Since 10 pin bowling was added to the Games several years ago, the Japanesecommunity has brought home quite a few medals and the trend continued this year. The
team event went first, consisting of 4 games. In the team division, we had a 4th place finish
as well as a bronze medal-winning team of Cathy Ishii, Jeff Kadohama, Dana Amemori andCaptain Jeff Cockburn.
The afternoon competition was another 4 games for the doubles teams. In doubles, theduo of Garrett Amemori and Daniel Reid brought home the Silver medal, missing gold byonly 19 pins.
In the singles competition, bowlers were broken into 3 divisions. In the top division, Jeff
Cockburn secured a 4th place finish, Jeff Kadohama brought home a silver medal, and our
first gold medalist of the day was Daniel Reid averaging 208 for 8 games.
The day was capped off by having the top four men, women, senior men and senior womenbowl head to head to determine the Masters champions. In the first round, Jeff Cockburn
defeated Daniel Reid 208 to 184, and Conroy Chan defeated Jeff Kadohama 175 to 172.
Daniel and Jeff Kadohama received bronze medals in the Master Class. On the women’s side, Karen Martin lost her first round matchto Nalini Nauth, 185 to 175, and Karen took home the Senior Women’s Bronze in the Master class. The day concluded with Jeff
Cockburn falling 177 to Conroy Chan’s 232, resulting in a silver for our last medal of the competition.
If anyone is interested in competing next year, please contact Christine Takasaki (christinet@jccc.on.ca). Full results at http://
www.zonebowlingclub.com/acg-2017

Correction:
Due to a formatting error in the August 2017 newsletter, the balance of the donation list should be

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We apologize for the error.
JCCC

NEW!
Starting in September 2017, the JCCC Tax Receipts will have a new look. The tax receipts and thank you letters will no longer
be printed separately. Look for your new income tax receipt/letter on gray stock.

Friends of the Moriyama Nikkei Heritage Centre Inscriptions(August 15, 2015 to present)
You can purchase a Friends of the Moriyama Nikkei Heritage Centre inscription for yourself, a friend or a loved one, for a donation of $500. Corporate andGroup inscriptions are also available at the $2,000 giving level.
To make your dedication, call the JCCC or visit us online at www.jccc.on.ca. Proceeds will support the Moriyama Nikkei Heritage Centre's ongoing
operation and programming.
Individuals/Couples
In honour of Kaz and Nao Amemori
Karen Ruth Chong and Harry Ham Sit Chong
Susan Lem and Margaret Toy Yuen Wong Chong
Shirley Mitsuko Edamura – In Loving Memory
From Henry Lorie Robbie Kristi Dean
& Families Edamura Kobayashi Sikura Shin
Kokuryo Shintani Ross Schroeder Colman
Masaji and Kazue Endo - In Memory
Shinya and Masumi Godo
Elaine Ishibashi and Keith Smithers

Sam and Margaret Ito
Eizo and Fumi Kamitakahara - In Memory
Koji and Elaine Kozuye Kari
Mark and Ryan Kari
Kiyoshi and Eiko Maikawa
Saburo and Nancy Morita
Nete Mowry - In Memory
Fumiye and Masaharu Mukai - In Memory
Asako and Tsuneharu Nakanishi - In Memory
In Memory of Rei and Kim Nakashima
Kimiaki and Rei Nakashima - In Memory

Ron and Judy Nishi
Dr. Nori Nishio - In Memoriam
Roy Chukichi and Suzu Oyagi - In Memory
Nancy Shin - In Memory
Emiko Sumi
Victor and Bev Suzuki
In Memory of Toshiko & Frank Usami
In Memory of Ethel Midori Wakayama

GroupsAsahi Baseball Ichigun
Ayame-Kai Odori Group
Chado Urasenke Tankokai Toronto Association
DundeeWealth Inc. - Marty Kobayashi
Endow Dental Arts Studio Inc
Ghost Town Teachers Historical Society
global.ecc.ac.jp ECC JAPAN

Hanayagi Essay Group
Ikenobo Ikebana Society of Toronto
Japanese Cdn Citizens Assoc Toronto Chapter
JCCC Judo Kai
JCCC Kendo
JCCC Kyudo Seikyu Kai
Nelson Arthur Hyland Foundation
New Japanese Canadian Association

Ontario Tottori Ken Jin Kai
Salden Foundation
SHODO CANADAThe Frank H. Hori Charitable Foundation
Toronto Japanese Garden Club
Toronto Kohaku Utagassen
Wynford Seniors Club

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JCCC映画鑑賞会
９月の映画：Mixed Match
9月

4 （月） JCCC休館日 – Labour Day
		6 （水） 「Gateway to Promise」ブックトーク
		
9 （土） JCCCカラオケクラブ
		
9 （土） 「Gateway to Promise」ブックトーク
17（日） JCCC ファミリーゴルフトーナメント
17（日） 組み紐ワークショップ
18（月） 秋季文化クラス開講
19（火） シニアサパークラブ
20（水） 折り紙ワークショップ
23（土） JCCCカラオケクラブ
25（月） 和食ワークショップ
28（木） JCCC映画鑑賞会「Mixed Match」

10月

1 (日） 一世の日
7 (土）JCCCカラオケクラブ
9 (月） JCCC休館日 – Thanksgiving Day
12 (木）新移住者50周年記念パーティー
15 (日） 組み紐ワークショップ
17 (火）シニアサパークラブ
18 (水）折り紙ワークショップ
21 (土）JCCCカラオケクラブ
22 (日） ありがとうデー
23 (月） 和食ワークショップ
26 (木） JCCC映画鑑賞会「陽光桜」

11月

3 (金） 日系ベテランランチョン
4 (土) JCCCカラオケクラブ
16 (木) JCCC映画鑑賞会
18 (土) JCCCカラオケクラブ
19 (日) 組み紐ワークショップ
22 (水) 折り紙ワークショップ
27 (月) 和食ワークショップ

第７回冬まつりウィンターフェスティバル 2017
今年でいよいよ第7回目を迎えるJCCC冬季恒例イベント『冬まつり‐
ウィンターフェスティバル』
が2017年12月3日（日）に開催されます！
更に充実した『商店街（マーケットプレイス）』と『癒しの場（ウェ
ルネスルーム）』で皆様に楽しんで頂けます。只今、出店大募集中！
お申し込みについての詳細は中田由希子宛にyukih@jccc.on.ca
までご連絡下さい。
フードベンダーお申込み締め切り日：2017年10月5日（木）
商店街と癒しの場のベンダーお申込み締め切り日：2017年10月26日（木）
このイベントのボランティア募集は10月中旬から開始致します。
お申込みはJCCCウェブサイトのボランティアページから。締め切り
は2017年11月16日（木）です。初めての方も、常連のボランティアの方もサイン・アップをお願い致します。
（http://www.jccc.on.ca/en/
volunteer/）
日時： 2017年12月3日（日）午前11時 ― 午後4時
		
(毎年日程変更がある事をお詫び申し上げます。)
場所： 日系文化会館 １階 ※更なる詳細は次号10月号にて。

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今月のTheAplastic Anemia&
Myelodysplasia Association of CanadaとJCCCによる共同ファンドレイ
ジング 上 映 会で は、日系カナダ
人 の ジェフ・千 葉・スターン 監
督 によるドキュメンタリー映 画「MixedMatch」を上映します。
この作品では、致命的な病気の診断から知る自身のアイデンティ
ティーの発見と、生きる為の道を青年の視点を通して伝えるヒュー
マンストーリーです。この映画ではMixed Marrowへの協力と患者と彼らを支える人々の実体験をもとに、より多くの多様なドナーの必要性を世界へ訴えています。
日時：
チケット：

2017年9月28日（木） 午後７時
$10（JCCC会員）； $12（一般）ありがとうデー2017
JCCC理事会役員並びにスタッフ一同より、今年もJCCCでボラン
ティアをして下さっている多くの皆さんに多大なる感謝を申し上げます。 この度はＪＣＣＣ理事より、日頃の感謝を込めて、JCCCでご活躍されている全てのボランティアの皆さまを2017年10月22日（日）午後3時より開催されるありがとうデーにご招待致します。
ありがとうデーでは、毎年オンタリオ州により表彰される『オンタ
リオボランティアサービスアワード』2017年受賞者の授与式が行われます。
この賞は５年以上の長期にわたり、様々な分野で活躍して下さっている方々が受賞されます。又、JCCC独自の二世ベテランアワー
ドの授与式も同時に行います。
2016年、2017年にボランティアをして下さいました皆様にはご招待状をお送りいたします。ボランティアプロファイルが未提出の方、又はボランティアプロファイルの提出確認をされたい方はvolunteer@jccc.on.ca又は416-441-2345内線235中田由希子までご連絡下さい。
ありがとうデーにご参加申し込みの方は、受付にお電話、又はJCCCウェブサイトのオン・ライン・フォームよりご参加申し込みを2017年10月13日（金）までにお願い致します。

JCCCファミリーゴルフ
毎年恒例のJCCCファミリーゴルフトーナメントが今年も2017年9月17日（日）にRolling Hills Golf Culbで開催されます。
ご友人やご家族同士での参加はもちろん、
個人参加も大歓迎です。
詳細は英語ページP2をご参照ください。
申込用紙は会館受付でもご用意しております。
詳細はJCCC受付416-441-2345、
Sharon Marubashi 647-291-4751,
Dawna Kobayashi dawna.
email marubashi@rogers.com または、
kobayashi@sympatico.caまでお問い合わせください。

一世の日
JCCC恒例の一世の日が2017年10月1日（日）午後2時より開催されます。去年に引き続きモミジヘルスケア協会からのスポンサー
シップ支援を受け今年も行われる一世の日は今年で55年目を迎えます。毎年70歳以上の日系コミュニティの方たちをお招きし、歌、踊りなどのエンターテイメントをお楽しみ頂いています。参加ご希望の方は、必ず2017年9月22日（金）までにJCCC受付416-441-2345
にてお名前をご登録ください。

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ウィンフォードシニアクラブとの勉強会と昼食会
勉強会の内容:「お年寄りの安全を守るためには 」
身の回りには様々な情報がありますが、心身の健康や日常で問題があったような時には、どこに助けを求めたら良いか困ってしまうものです。
このお年寄りの安全面に関して勉強できる会に、一緒に参加してみませんか？
※英語（日本語の通訳付）で行われます。
日時：
場所:

2017年10月 4日（水） 午前11:00-午後1:30（無料、昼食付）
日系文化会館

新入荷本（小説・エッセイ・漫画）がたくさんあります！

Funded by

お問合せと申込み: Japanese Social Services、
ちえ まで
電話: 416-385-9200 Email : programs@jss.ca

シニアのための集会：学びの1日
シニアの方々に興味を持っていただけそうなトピックを準備しました。是非、この機会に一緒に学んでみましょう。
（無料、昼食付）
11:00am-11:30am
開会（受付は10:30amより）
11:30am-12:30pm
お話し「お年寄りの安全を守るためには」				
12:30pm-1:15pm
昼食とエンターテイメント
地域にある情関節炎と骨粗
1 部会
13:30報源とどう結鬆症との付き1:30pm-3:30pm 		
表より選んでください。
14:15
びつくか(日)合い方(英)
				（英: 英語、日: 日本語 ）日時： 2017年10月14日（土）2 部会
地域にある情関節炎と骨粗場所： モミジヘルスケア協会
14:30報源とどう結鬆症との付き問合せと申込み: モミジヘルスケア協会、けいこまで
電話: 416-261-6683 ex.249 Email : keiko@momiji.on.ca

健やかな老後をめざして

15:15

びつくか(英)その12

水素水にはもっと秘められた力があるかも！
両手で身体を洗っているので、皮膚の変化に注意していたはずなのに盲点がありました（笑）！耳の奥に異物が成長し、痒くも痛くもなかったので気づかなかったのです。さすがに耳を手かがみで覗くことはしていませんでした。幅
1cm、高さ5㎜程度、黒っぽい色、表面のブツブ
ツ感と成長スピードからすると皮膚がんの可能性も。見たくないほどグロテスクな性状でした。
直ぐに皮膚科医を受診。
「珍しい部位だ！」と言われ、写真撮影。組織検査の結果、幸いなことにがんではなく「良性角質変性症の一つ」と診断され、まずはほっとしました。
「どん
どん大きくなって耳から溢れだすと困ります。なるべく早く手術を！」と依頼すると、「耳は皮膚が薄いので手術で除去することはできない。塗り薬などの特効薬もない」との返答。
どうしたものかと困っていると「ただ一つ、水素ガスで焼き切る方法がある」と。次回に治療法を決定することにしました。
「水素ガスで焼き切る」という言葉にヒントを得ました！私は水素水を飲んでいます。水素は何にでも働くというのではなく、身体の中の「問題のある（活性酸素が発生）場所に一極集中する」という特徴を持っています。ですから、私のように胃食道逆流症、乾燥＆冷気による皮膚炎やドライアイがあれば、水素は日々これらのために働いているわけで（お蔭さまで、どの病気も薬要らずに！）、良性の角質変性症などには行き着かないだろうと思われました。

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合い方(日)

Funded by

成年後見人と 家ででき認知症になるリスクと遺言書に関し る運動(日) 頭の健康維持の勉強会
て(英)
(日&英)
成年後見人と 家ででき健康に関するオンライ
遺言書に関し る運動(英) ン情報やコミュニケーて(日)ション (日&英)

水素の力を発見した大田成男博士は「例え皮膚をきれいにしたいと水素水を飲み始めても、本人が気づかないもっと大きな健康問題があれば、そこを目がけて行くので、望む結果はすぐには出ない」と。それでは、直接に水素水で洗浄したらどうだろうかと考えました。成長を少しは抑制できるかも、との期待を込めて、朝夕シュッ
シュッと噴霧。か～るい気持ちで始めたのに何と2週間後に全てが取れ、まさかのことに驚愕しました！そこで、色が醜く変わってしまっ
た足の親指を（耳のついでに検査してもらい、特に治療法はないと言われた！）洗面器につけて洗い始めました。そうすると、伸び始めた部分から正常の色へ！4カ月にわたる経過写真を医師に提示。彼は不思議そうな顔できれいになった耳と爪を撮影・・・。
水素水を皮膚科領域の研究に、との願いをこめて報告したのです。水素水ビジネスが話題になる中、使用者の声は医師に届きにくい現実があります。今回の結果は「細胞を活性化し、正常の働きへ近づけるという水素の性質に起因するのではないか」と、私は考えています。1年後の今、耳も爪も正常ですよ。
さらに、50年ほど前にできたイボにも試みましたが、古いものには明らかな変化は認めませんでした。その9（3月）＆その10(5月）で報告した食道や皮膚変化も考え合わせると、「 増殖中、あるいは炎症中の部位に集中的に働きかける」と判断されます。あくまでも私個人の体験と見解です。
なお「自宅で生成された活性水素がどのくらいの時間あるいは日数、水のの中にとどまっているかは製品によって異なる」点に注意
しましょう！とどまっていなければ、容器に入れ携帯する、ご飯を炊
く、スープを作る等には適しません。
						
マーナ豊澤英子（医学博士 老年看護スペシャリスト mernagh@rogers.com ）国語教室

生徒さんの作品集

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1962 - 2017

Sunday October 1, 2017
6 Garamond Court
2:00 - 5:00 pm
Pre-registration at 416-441-2345 is requiredby September 22, 2017

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