The Toronto Japanese Film Festival 2020

2020 トロント日本映画祭

Just Add Shoyu – Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary!
Information about Membership Status and Renewals
October 2020 2020年10月 Vol. 46 Issue 10

DAVID IKEDA
Sales Representative

416-234-2424
www.ikedasells.com
Sutton GroupOld Mill Realty Inc.,
Brokerage

FREE PEA GRAVEL AT JCCC

Office Space Available
for Lease at JCCC

We have approximately 3 – 4 cubic yards ofpea gravel available for free at JCCC on afirst-come, first-served basis.
The pea gravel is mixed with a little soil
but can be easily separated with a hose. If
interested, please bring along your own
container.

We have 1 or 2 office space(s) available
or possibly coming available for lease at
JCCC: 1 for 684 sf. and the other 1,911
sf. If interested, please contact our property
manager, Nao Seko at:
Bus:		
(416) 444-9900 ext 227
Cell:		
(416) 579-6921
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Dear Readers,
For the safety of our members, community and friends - and in accordance Ontario public healthdirectives - the JCCC has been closed to the public since the beginning of the Covid crisis. We
are planning a staged, selective reopening of some programs starting in mid-October. For theforeseeable future, the JCCC will continue distributing our newsletter online. Please feel free
to share our newsletter as it contains helpful information about the community as well as JCCC
online offerings during this time of social isolation. Our website, www.jccc.on.ca, and our social
media channels will have the most up-to-date information.
Please note that this closure does not apply to private businesses operating within 6 Garamond
Court. We thank you for your understanding and support, and look forward to welcoming you backsoon as the crisis abates.
Please stay well.

JCCC Staff

2019 - 2020 JCCC Board of Directors

President 			Gary Kawaguchi
Past President/Advisor		Marty Kobayashi
VP, Heritage			
Jan Nobuto
VP, Management		
Brian Toda
Secretary			Sharon Marubashi
Finance Chair			
Jonathan Carter
Co – VP, NJCC			
Miki Rushton
Co – VP, NJCC			Jiro Fukushima
Directors			Ann Ashley							Karen Gordon					Mark Hashimoto								Chris Hope								Kristin Kobayashi-Reid					Keiichi Kubo					Linda Ono					John Ota					Cary Rothbart					Ross Saito					
Karen Webb		
Advisors		
Mackenzie Clugston					Janice Fukakusa					William Hatanaka					Sid Ikeda							Steve Oikawa					Connie Sugiyama
				Christine Nakamura
JCCC Foundation Chair		Janice Fukakusa

James Heron
Executive Director			
jamesh@jccc.on.ca
416-441-2345 ext.224
Kathy Tazumi
Chief Accounting/Administration Officer
kathyt@jccc.on.ca
416-441-2345 ext.229
Sandy Chan
General Manager		
sandyc@jccc.on.ca		
416-441-2345 ext.226
Constantin Dutescu
Operations and Technical Manager
constantind@jccc.on.ca		

416-460-3522

Haruko Ishihara
Special Events and Rentals Manager
harukoi@jccc.on.ca

416-441-2345 ext.228

Christine Takasaki
Community Events Coordinator 			christinet@jccc.on.ca 		
416-441-2345 ext.221
Yuki Nakata
Volunteer Coordinator			
yukin@jccc.on.ca		
416-441-2345 ext.235
Yayoi Kawabe
Website and Database Administrator
yayoik@jccc.on.ca		 416-441-2345 ext.223
Yoshie Watanabe
Community Rentals
yoshiew@jccc.on.ca		

416-441-2345 ext.231

Su Yen Chongsuyenc@jccc.on.ca		

416-441-2345 ext.303

Theressa Takasaki

SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Deadline for the next issue is: Tuesday October 13, 2020.
次号の締め切りは2020年10月13日(火）です。

theressat@jccc.on.ca		

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Yumi Ogasawara
JCCC Receptionist
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416-441-2345 ext.222

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Your news is welcome!
Please email to newsletter@jccc.on.ca
Editors: James Heron, Kathy Tazumi, Yoko Tsumagari

Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre

6 Garamond Court, Toronto, M3C 1Z5 Phone: 416-441-2345
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Cover Photo: © Wittaya Chuajiw | Dreamstime.com

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Contents
Message from JCCC

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TORONTO JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL

4JCCC News

6

JCCC Programs

10

Calendar of Exhibitions

14

Archiving at Home – Part 6

15

Sedai Features

16

History Mystery16

Community News

17

Thank you – Donation

18

Volunteer News and Spotlight

26

Night Scenes in Shin Hanga Woodblock
Prints29

Community News

31

Embrace @ Home33

JSS 21th The Holiday Drive

読書の時間～書店が選ぶおススメ本～

健やかな老後をめざして

その32

TJFF 2020 Prgramme34
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For updates, please connect with us on
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre@japanesecanadianculturalcentre
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Message from JCCC
As I write this we are preparing for ourtargeted mid-October reopening.
It has been an anxious time for everyone
and we really appreciate the countlessmessages of encouragement, support andgoodwill we have received since lockdown
began.
We are monitoring the possibilityof a second wave but, all going well, we
will open initially with select programs
including martial arts, cultural courses andlanguage classes. We have prepared thebuilding with enhanced cleaning protocols,
signage, touchless faucets, an automaticdoor at the main entrance and all spaces
have new limited occupancy limits. It
will be a gradual transition but a safe,
managed one. It is our hope that, as thecrisis abates and government restrictions
are loosened, we will be able to continue
expand our activities within the Centre.
As you know we have been focusing
on delivering on our mandate in an online
capacity with workshops in dance, sakeappreciation, Japanese lessons, concerts,
film and anime screenings, children’s
activities, a wide variety of heritage
content and select cultural and martial arts
programs. We have also increased ouronline outreach with expanded newslettersand regular KOKUBAN bulletins.
As our onsite administration officegradually returns we will be sending
membership cards, renewals and income
tax receipts. Staff are available byemail when working remotely, and can
be available by phone or in-person byappointment when needed.
Thank you for your patience.
One of our major annual events,
the Toronto Japanese Film Festival, has
moved online too with 22 great premieres.
We hope you’ll find much to enjoy!
Please keep an eye on our website
www.jccc.on.ca and social media for
more updates and specific dates. We can’t
wait to see you again.

James Heron, Executive Director

To find out more about what JCCC is doing,please visit at www.jccc.on.ca

WELCOME CONSUL-GENERAL SASAYAMA
We were honoured to meet and offer a tourof the JCCC to the new Consul-General of
the Consulate General of Japan in Toronto,
Mr. Takuya Sasayama. Mr. Sasayama’s
illustrious career has taken him to positions
around the world and we look forward togetting to know him better and working
together.

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The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre’s
9th annual Toronto Japanese Film Festival
will be held online from October 3 to 22
and features 22 films using the SHIFT72
festival platform. Screenings will also
take place live in Japan during the same
period in Tokyo Hibiya Midtown Centre.
The festival has now grown into one of
the largest film events of its kind in theworld and is recognized by the Japanesefilm industry as a vital conduit for bringing
Japanese film to the world.
We have added one exciting new
title to the lineup: Isshin Inudo’s dramaticreimagining of the Jack Nicholson/Morgan
Freeman buddy comedy THE BUCKETLIST with two Japan’s top female
performers Sayuri Yoshinaga and Yuki
Amami.
The festival’s Centerpiece screeningis the Canadian Premiere of FUKUSHIMA

50, Setsurō Wakamatsu’s harrowing
drama of the employees tasked withhandling the meltdown of the Fukushima
Nuclear Power Plant after the 2011
Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami disasterstarring Ken Watanabe and Koichi Sato.
TJFF also presents major award winners
for their Canadian premieres. Mitsuhito
Fujii’s THE JOURNALIST, which won
the Japanese Academy Awards for Best
Film, Best Actor (Tori Matsuzaka) andBest Actress (Eun-kyung Shim); Hirohiko
Arai’s intense erotic odyssey IT FEELSSO GOOD (Kinema Junpo Awards forFilm and Best Actress and Best Film
Awards from Eiga Geijutsu Magazine andthe Yokohama Film Festival); Nobuhiro
Suwa’s haunting VOICES IN THE WIND
(Special Mention, Berlin InternationalFilm Festival) about a young women
hitchhiking across from Hiroshima to

Tikets are on sale. Visit at torontojff.jccc.on.ca
チケットのご購入はこちら。torontojff.jccc.on.ca

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Tohoku to an actual pilgrimage spot
called the “wind phone”: a disconnected
telephone booth in where 3.11 mourners
go to speak with people they’ve lost.
Other highlights include Kazuya
Shiraishi’s latest masterpiece ONE NIGHT,
Yukiko Mishima’s intense romatic drama
SHAPE OF RED, Renpei Tsukamoto’s
foodie-friendly mother-daughter dramedy
BENTO HARRASSMENT; and Takahisa
Zeze’sdevastating
mystery
andexploration of the limits of trust, THE
PROMISED LAND based on Shuichi
Yoshida’s crime stories. Japan's mostbeloved comedy film series celebrates
its 50th anniversary with its 50th film in
Yoji Yamada’s TORA-SAN, WISH YOU
WERE HERE, while Masaharu Fukuyama
and Yuriko Ishida burn up the screen in
Hiroshi Nishitani’s international story ofromance and classical music AT THE

END OF THE MATINEE. The samurai
are also well-represented in lavish period
comedies like Isshin Inudo’s SAMURAISHIFTERS, and Yoshihiro Nakamura’s
47 RONIN IN DEBT. Other screenings
include Koki Mitani’s smash political farce
HIT ME ANYONE ONE MORE TIME,
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s TO THE ENDS OF
THE EARTH, Naofumi Higuchi’s THE
MASTER OF FUNERALS, Tsutomu
Hanabusa’s PROJECT DREAM - HOWTO BUILD MAZINGER Z'S HANGAR,
Soichiro
Komatsu’s
documentary
FUZJKO: THE PIANIST OF SILENCEAND SOLITUDE, Koichiro Miki’s THE
TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES, andanime hits DETECTIVE CONAN: FIST
OF THE BLUE SAPPHIRE and SUMIKKOGURASHI: THE MOVIE. Takumi Saitoh isagain part of the festival as both a grandjury prize judge as well as director of the5hallucinogenic COMPLY+-ANCE. See
the full line-up on the final pages of thisnewsletter.
Tickets for all Toronto Japanese Film
Festival (TJFF) screenings are priced
at CDN$9.99. Please enjoy the films athome with your family. Some films do
address adult themes, so please checkage recommendations.
Films are presented on a Video on
Demand basis through our online platform
partner SHIFT72. E-Tickets are now
on sale and films are available to view
from Saturday, October 3 to Thursday,
October 22. Enjoy the movies!

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JCCC News
10th Annual Fuyu Matsuri- Winter Festival -第10回バーチャル冬まつり ウィンターフェスティバル開催！
The JCCC Fuyu Matsuri Committee
is pleased to announce this year’s
annual Fuyu Matsuri Winter Festival,commemorating our tenth anniversary!
Like many of our other festivals andevents for the time being, this year’s Fuyu
Matsuri will be held as a virtual, online
event, allowing families and friends toenjoy the festival from the safety andcomfort of their homes. Though the format
may be different, we endeavor to hostas many of your favorite activities fromprevious festivals, and possibly some newones as well to take advantage of our new
setting.
We are planning to hold the festival
on Sunday December 6, 2020, so staytuned for more details in the next issue of
our newsletter. Until then, we here at theFuyu Matsuri Committee hope you stay
happy and healthy, and we look forward
to sharing this new experience with all ofyou!

コロナパンデミックにより、JCCCでのイベントは限られたバーチャル形式を余儀なくされていますが、冬まつりコミティは、今年で１０年目を迎える冬まつりをJCCCコミュニ
ティの皆様と楽しいひと時を過ごし、ユニークで思い出深い時間を過ごして頂きたいと思います。過去のお祭りで提供してきました
人気のアクティビティやプログラムを、できるだけバーチャル形式でも実現できるよう
ただいま企画中です。去年は生憎の吹雪に見舞われましたが、今年は吹雪があっても大丈夫。
ご自宅からご家族やお友達と冬まつりを楽しめます！
開催予定は2020年12月6日（日）です。詳
細はニュースレター１１月号に掲載いたしますのでお見逃しなく！

Information about Membership Status and Renewals

JCCC ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPOct 2020 Vol. 46 Issue 10

The JCCC very much values yourmembership and it is that membershipsupport that is critical to our being able toflourish.
During our closure, many of ourregular revenue sources became severely
limited or disappeared altogether. To
the many of you who renewed yourmemberships during the closure, we arevery grateful. It is your support that has
allowed the JCCC to continue to provide
the broad spectrum of services, events,
heritage initiatives and programs thatmake up our mandate.
For those of you whose memberships
have lapsed during the crisis, we sincerely
invite you to consider renewing yourmembership as a way of supporting the
JCCC. Your renewed membership will
have a new renewal anniversary month

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that reflects your new payment date.
Please also note that, effective
immediately we have also changed ourmembership expiry date to the end of themonth (e.g. memberships that have an
expiry date of December 1, 2020 will now
expire December 31, 2020)
As we look forward to a reopening
in October, the JCCC is committed toproviding a safe experience for our visitorsand class participants through enhanced
safety features and cleaning protocols.
At the same time, the JCCC will continue
to serve the community through online
initiatives.
Again, please accept our thanks
for your thoughtful support and we lookforward to meeting you again soon.

JCCC News
Just Add Shoyu – Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary with a Sale!

Can you believe that it has been 10 years
since Just Add Shoyu was published by
the JCCC? Just Add Shoyu has been
widely praised since its release and evenwent on to be short-listed for a Canadian
Culinary Arts Award in the cultural foodcategory along with books from notablecookbook authors, culinary institutedirectors, and amazing renown chefs. And
the final icing on the cake - now anyone
can find Just Add Shoyu in the Canadian
Culinary Arts Award’s archives at Guelph
University.
It all began when two members of ourcommunity, Russell Onizuka and Theresa
Sano, wanted a book that captured the
feeling of sitting around the kitchen tableenjoying Japanese Canadian comfort
foods and sharing stories that gave aglimpse into their family’s history.
Just Add Shoyu does that and more.
It is not only a collection of Japanese
Canadian recipes, but a book thatshows, through stories and recipes, theevolution of how Japanese food andrecipes became Japanese Canadian
comfort foods. How, when one ingredient
was not available, Japanese Canadianinventiveness and ingenuity found ways
to recreate these ingredients or findalternatives that only slightly changed
flavours or recipes. And in some instances,
creating new recipes using very Canadianfood like wieners! This book showcases
some of our parent's, grandparent's andgreat grandparent's recipes, incredible
photographs of Japanese Canadian
foods, and personal stories of our history.
The stories are quite unique and will
not be found in any history texts. Some
explain the origin of the recipe and pay
tribute to the creator or the capabilities of
specific people who made the food. Some
stories talk about the situations people
found themselves in or how they adapted
foods they liked like Chinese chow mein
into Japanese brown chow mein. But
most importantly almost every story
shared a glimpse into family life and theconnections the food made with an event,a moment, a family ritual.
This book was made possible bya very large and extensive committeeof volunteers, that included JCCC
community volunteers, many of whomwere on the JCCC Heritage Committee,
professional creative designers andartists, food stylists, food photographers,
production assistants, videographers, andwriters. Involving many seniors enhanced
this project as they often shared stories
about food which gave us many first-handaccounts and explained things like why
someone would have a “favourite rock”

for making tsukemono.
The photo shoot itself was anamazing experience with Vince Noguchi
and Brian Sano taking the helm and Eric
Graham assisting. And the video of theshoot captures this part of the production
quite nicely. https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=2pNlr2kjqCIThe work did not end with the photoshoot. A team of reviewers and editors went
through every recipe to ensure accuracy,
clarity, and consistency of informationand instruction. Story submissions werealso reviewed and edited, and additional
material written to pull each section
together. Then our wonderful creative
team of Heather Cooper and Eric Graham
worked their magic to create an amazing
tribute to Japanese Canadian food, its
history, and the stories that connect us
together.
When it was finally published in
2010, Just Add Shoyu surpassed our
expectations. The photos of every dishwere beautiful, and the stories and historyof our Japanese Canadian comfort foods,
as one writer says, “…connects me to atime and place that reminds me who I am
and where I came from.”
To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of
Just Add Shoyu, the JCCC is excited tooffer this incredible cookbook at a special
anniversary price of $20, including tax,
until the end of 2020. This is a 20%
savings!!! JCCC members – don’t forget
to use your 10% membership discountfor even greater savings! For purchaseinquiries, please contact JCCC reception
at 416-441-2345 or jccc@jccc.on.ca.
Shipping fees may apply.

Seniors' Supper ClubWe will be taking a break this month.
Check back next month as we start
looking at recipes for the fall and winter.

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JCCC NewsLet Our Kids be Explorers! See the World Through Their Eyes
Fall wasted not time making itself known this year. Fall is a greattime to engage in photography – all the wonderful colours, wildlife,
and the constant change that happens daily in our environment.
This fall, the JCCC would like to encourage all our families
to become explorers and get snapping away. What’s more, the
JCCC is inviting children to be active photographers. Photography
is a great way of interpreting the world. 2020 has been such abizarre year, but children often surprise us with the details they
notice, and the beauty they find in simple things in life.
So, let your children go wild with snapping, and post pictures
they take on JCCC’s Instagram, and tag us #jccckids #日系文化会館. We will also repost your submissions on the JCCC
Instagram account.
Let’s create a mosaic of 2020 through the eyes of our kids!

Are you receiving JCCC’s KOKUBAN monthly? It is sent via
email, and contains captivating articles and videos about ourcommunity. If you are not yet receiving our e-bulletin KOKUBAN,
please send an email to newsletter@jccc.on.ca and we would beglad to include you from now on.
In this month’s KOKUBAN, we introduce filmmaker Anne
Koizumi, and her new film In the Shadow of the Pines. Thiswonderful short film, which can be enjoyed for free here, explores
the idea of love, regret, and mourning.
Also in this issue is a look into the work in the sawmills
during the early 20th century. Many Japanese Canadians started
their lives in Canada in working conditions similar to that of ourinterviewee Roy Honda. Watch the video to learn more about theearly lives of the Japanese Canadians. What’s more exciting isthat the JCCC will be opening a new exhibit in its Moriyama Nikkei
Heritage Centre in the coming months called Maru: Immigration
Stories, that will explore the lives of early settlers from Japan in
Canada, as well as around the world. Please check our upcoming
issues of the newsletter as well as website for more details.
For your convenience, current and past issues of KOKUBAN
will now be available on our website.
KOKUBAN means blackboard in Japanese, and the JCCC
hopes to dedicate the contents of KOKUBAN to learning about
the people of our community, the history of our community, as
well as fun facts about our community.
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By Sandy Chan, All photos taken by 4-year-old J.

School has started. Some children are back in the classroom,and some are getting used to learning from home. What a
strange year 2020 must be for the young ones. What will children
remember about 2020? What will the pandemic mean for them?
One thing that the JCCC has learnt through its documentationof Nikkei history in Canada and beyond is how different history
can sometimes be through the eyes of children. They have awonderful ability to notice the beauty and joy in their surroudings.
In many of our Sedai oral history interviews, despite the harshtimes some of the interviewees grew up in, memories of theirchildhood often revolved around small details – the grassy hills,
the games they played, their best friend – and it is those small
details that provide us with a fuller multi-dimensional account ofhistory.
My son is 4 years old. My husband is an avid hobby
photographer. Watching his daddy, my son has developed
a curiosity for photography. He walks around the house with
our old cell phone, and takes pictures of his toys, his lunch, ofthe squirrel that happens to run into our backyard. He takes
his phone with him when we go for walks, and snap shots ofhydrants, dogs on walks, or the clouds in the sky. Looking at his
pictures gives me great peace during these uncertain times. It
helps me understand what he sees in his daily life.
Recently, I’ve started to give him little photo-missions. I give
him themes of things to take. I ask him to take pictures of things
that are round-shaped, or take pictures of things that are red,and it has become a great creative tool for learning. And I hope
to document these photos and let them tell the story of his 2020.
Do you have little ones at home? Give them a chance to show
us the world through their eyes, and share your pictures with us
on our instagram #jccckids #日系文化会館.

Something that’s round.

Baby pine cone

Park is still closed (June 2020)

My brother is wearing a mask.

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JCCC Programs
JCCC Martial Arts Update
As the centre works to reopen, the martial arts program
has been busy working to resume some of its classes. Staff
have been working closely with the clubs to work towards
the optimal way to welcome students back. Depending on
the nature and needs of each club, the execution of these
programs may vary from club to club. Please understandthat decisions about how to conduct each martial arts
program is made with member and instructor safety as apriority.
In order to conduct these programs in accordance
to social distancing guidelines, the capacity of these
programs may be reduced. We ask for members’ patience
if your program is not immediately back in full swing.
Consequently, in order to provide our existing students
with the maximum opportunities to return to their program,we will unfortunately not be accepting new students in
October. Please continue to check our newsletter andwebsite for announcements about registering for our
martial arts program.
For existing martial arts members, the JCCC will becontacting you via email regarding class sign-up forupcoming classes. Once your registration has been
confirmed, we will be in contact regarding payments, andany credits you have on your account.
For JCCC’s latest information on membershiprenewal, please see p.6 of this newsletter.

JCCC Virtual Library
Despite temporary closure of the JCCC, the JCCC Librarycontinues to provide on-line book reading/storytelling on
the JCCC YouTube channel . New content is uploaded
weekly. Please visit the site for new videos.
Please check in regularly on our online channels
regarding the latest updates on re-opening of the JCCC
and the JCCC Library.

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閉じこもり生活でいまこそもっと本が読みたい！というこの時に、ライブラリーが閉館を余儀なくされているのは、仕方がないとはいえ、残念な状況ですね。再オープンができるようになりましたら、JCCCウェブサイトやSNSにてお知らせを流しますので、もうしばらくお待ちください。
よみ聞かせやブックリーディングをJCCC Youtubeチャンネ
ルで配信していますので、良かったらのぞいてみてください。
現在は週一回のペースです。

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JCCC Programs
JCCC Preparing for Cultural Classes This Fall
Despite the JCCC facility having been closed since lateMarch due to the pandemic, many of JCCC’s dedicatedinstructors (martial arts and cultural arts) have beenworking hard to continue providing our members with
programming online. Thanks to their unwaveringcommitment, the JCCC was able to provide many of
our ongoing regular programs as well as introduce newactivities virtually.
As we approach Fall, and as the city works toreopen, great efforts are taking place here at the JCCC
as we prepare to welcome our community back in thesafest manner possible. At this time, we are happy toannounce that we are in the process of resuming selectcultural classes at the JCCC. With safety as a priority,
the JCCC will only be resuming programs which weare confident in conducting in a safe manner. We
ask for everyone’s patience and understanding if yourprograms are not yet resuming at this time.
For programs we intend to launch, the class sizes
will be kept small to allow for optimal social distancing.
Enhanced safety precautions, such as mandatory facemasks/coverings, sign-in logs, and hand sanitization
will also be implemented.
Our instructors are eager to return and engage withyou. They have made extra effort to undergo training
on safety and JCCC COVID-19 protocols to ensurethat the programs are as safe as possible for everyone.
We look forward to seeing you soon! Please check the
JCCC website regularly for more new on classes andprograms!

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JCCC Programs

Even as many activities around us arestarting to resume, there is still a lot ofanxiety about resuming social interactions.
With so much to be concerned about,there’s no better time to pick up a newskill than from the comforts of your home.
Renowned Koto performer and instructor
Linda Kakō Caplan is partnering with
the JCCC, and kindly offering JCCC
members the opportunity to take one-onone koto lessons at a special discounted
rate. Don’t miss your chance to learn froma grandmaster. Students of all levels arewelcome, from beginner to advanced.
*NOTE: Students must arrange their own
access to a koto and must also have theirown set of tsume (picks).

SCHEDULE / FEE
LESSONS AT YOUR CONVENIENCE:
Private one-hour lessons will be
conducted by Skype. Once the JCCC
confirms a student’s registration with theteacher, a mutually-workable day andtime for lessons will be arranged between
the student and the teacher. Course level
and content will be determined by each
student’s level of proficiency. Curriculum
may include contemporary, folk, andclassical repertoire.
There is no dress code. However, forthose who enjoy wearing kimono, feel free
to put on your favourite kimono, yukata, or
haori for your lessons.
FEE
Private lessons are $50* each and mustbe purchased in 4-lesson blocks ($200).
The teacher is offering this special lesson
fee through to the end of 2020, available
only to those who register directly throughthe JCCC. *Regular price is $90/lesson.
REGISTRATION
Koto lessons are open to JCCC members.
If you don’t yet have a membership,
please contact us at jccc@jccc.on.ca andwe can assist you.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS•Fees are non-refundable.
•
Each 4-lesson block must be booked
and used within 6 weeks from date offirst lesson in each block.
•Lessons may be rescheduled with atleast two days prior notice, but missed
or cancelled lessons by students will
be forfeited. Lessons cancelled byteacher will be re-booked.
INSTRUCTOR
Linda Kakō Caplan holds the rankofTobiumeTsukasa
Daishihan(Grandmaster)fromtheIkuta-ryū
Chikushikai koto and shamisen school
headquartered in Fukuoka, Japan. She
has performed in Canada, Japan, and the
US for decades. Caplan directed the York
University Japanese Music Ensemble
from its inception in 2004 until 2014, andalso taught the World Music koto andshamisen courses at York from 2006 to
2016. She has been teaching students of
all levels across North America in person
since 1987 and online since 2000.

REGISTER NOW https://jccc.on.ca/online-private-koto-lessons-linda-kako-caplan
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PRIVATE LESSONSIN CONVERSATIONAL JAPANESE!
Would you like to.....
improve your conversational Japanese?
expand your Japanese language skills with a private coach?
have convenient “no commute required” online-virtual lessons?

Learn Japanese! Have fun! Support JCCC!

ONLINE CONVERSATIONAL LESSONS FOR INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCED STUDENTS:
Geared to intermediate or advanced students, 1 ON 1 Online Japanese Conversation is the
JCCC online program (via Zoom) that focuses on conversation based learnings. This will help
you to develop your Japanese language skills in a direct one on one basis.
All of our instructors are native Japanese speakers who are experienced/certified withJapanese language teaching techniques and are also fluent in English.
Lesson content and format are customizable on a student by student basis.
This program is for students 18 years of age or older. Hiragana reading skills are a requirement.

LESSONS AT YOUR CONVENIENCE:

Learn anytime to best suit your own convenience and preferred schedule. Lesson dates andtimes to be coordinated with your instructor in advance. Classes may be taken up to twice per
week or once every 1-3 weeks according to students’ desire. All lessons must be completed
within a 3 month period (effective from the first lesson date).

LESSONS AVAILABLE FOR
A VERY REASONABLE FEE

5 x 30 Minute Lesson Package:
5 x $14.00 = $70.00 + HSTLEARN JAPANESE WHILE SUPPORTING THE JCCC:

All funds from the 1 ON 1 Japanese Conversation program go directly to supporting the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre. As a result of the COVID 19 pandemic, activities at the JCCC
have been severely curtailed. Our instructors are all donating their time and expertise to support the JCCC until normal activities resume.

(Pricing in Canadian Dollars)• Students are not required to be a member of JCCC.
• Suitable for people who studied and mastered basic Japanese.
• Speaking is the main focus of this program.

Registration will be opened from Mon. Sep 28, 2020

REGISTRATION & CONTACT INFORMATIONTo register and, for more information, please visit our
website at www.jccc.on.ca or contact us at jponline@
jccc.on.ca

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Calendar of Exhibitions
October 1 – December 31, 2020

The Intermedia Work of Nobuo Kubota
A JCCC Art Gallery Virtual Exhibition

Nobuo Kubota's work often combines sound, music, installation and film, apractice that he labels 'Intermedia'. He received the Governor General's Awardfor the arts in 2009. His work is held in numerous collections including the
National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario. He is also a memberof the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts.
This exhibition features some of Nobuo's Intermedia work. These pieces
are an exploration of textual marks and phonic sounds that are translated by
Nobuo into a unique artistic medium of expression that he calls Intermedia.
To access the virtual exhibition, click here.

November 25, 2020 - Ongoing

Maru: Immigration Stories
The Japanese Diaspora in the Americas has over 150 years of history.
Possessing only ambition, they sailed to lands far away including Canada,
US, Hawaii, Peru, and Brazil. Today, millions of people of Japanese ancestry
live in different countries around the world. Although disconnected from eachother for decades, they now commonly identify as Nikkei. This rebirth of
discovering a common history, culture, and memories transcends borders. It is
a coming together and you will be able to explore stories from various Nikkei
communities in this exhibit at the Moriyama Nikkei Heritage Centre.

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Archiving at Home– Part 6
By Theressa Takasaki,
Heritage Manager- Archive, Collections and Programming

A while back, the Heritage Department
encouraged you to use the time you had
while being at home due to the ongoingpandemic to journal your thoughts during
this crazy time or to begin recording yourfamily history. One of our regular Archives
volunteers, Roy Nakagawa, took thisadvice to heart and has been recording
his family history with his son Ron. We
began the Nakagawa’s story in the August
issue, and will end it in the October issue.
This is the finale.
Community in Hiding (part 3)

As told by Roy Nakagawa and written by Ron
Nakagawa

Picture: Roy Nakagawa in Ocean Falls,1941

During this time, I also kept in touch with
Dick Okumura. He was interned in New
Denver. Dick and a few others withbicycles got together. We decided to ridefrom New Denver to Sandon. Sandon
was nine miles up the mountain. It took
us nearly half a day to get there. Kindpeople gave us accommodations to stayovernight. The next day it only took us ahalf hour to ride back down the mountain to
New Denver. It was a fast but memorable
adventure.
By the summer of 1944, the Japanese
had made significant progress in rebuilding
our community. Both men’s and women’scommunity bath houses were built in
Slocan. These were Japanese style bathhouses with a washing area and a soaking
tub. The local tennis court was converted
into a skating rink in the winter. A hockey
league was organized. In the spring a
lot of baseball games were organized.
There were just enough teenage boys
for frequent pick up games. My summer
ended with me going on an apple picking
adventure with my friends. My parents,
however, sent for me before the end ofsummer. We were moving again.
By the fall, we were living in Regina.
My Dad was hired by an old friend to
retread tires at his garage. Finding workin Regina meant we no longer had to beinterned. My sister and I went to realpublic schools. Two years ago, I was anational threat, no longer allowed to carrya camera. In Regina, I was an Air Cadet
and was being taught to shoot a gun. I
wore my uniform to school twice a week.
They taught us weather patterns and how
to identify aircraft. I proudly marched inuniform in the VE Day parade in 1945.
I don’t remember any racism when
we lived in Saskatchewan. For the firsttime in my life, however, there was also no
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Japanese community. I suppose our quiet
victory was that we were fitting in. I spent
the next few years focused on getting top
grades in all my subjects. By June 1947,
I graduated grade twelve at the top of myclass and was accepted into engineeringschool.
Our elders did not want us to endure
the racism they faced. We were to mask
our heritage and not establish a Japanesecommunity. We just kept moving further
east to escape. I went to university in
Manitoba to become an engineer. I took on
an anglicized name to get a job in Toronto.
We were told not to live in one area of thecity when we arrived. So, there wasn't
a place in Toronto for us to live together,go to church or to buy groceries. My
mom only went to church on Easter andChristmas for a while, then stopped going
altogether. She only bought Japanesegroceries over the phone.
Thousands of Japanese came to Toronto
starting in 1947 after World War II. A
Japanese Cultural Centre in Toronto
would not be established until 1963. A
Japantown or “Little Japan” would not beestablished in Toronto until the mid 2010’s
when everything Japanese became
fashionable. This was over 100 years
or three generations after the Vancouver
Anti-Asian riots in 1907, the year myfather arrived in Canada.

Picture: Air Cadet Roy Nakagawa, Regina, 1945

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We hope you have been enjoying Sedai’s monthly feature
as much as we enjoy putting new clips out every month.
Moving forwad, the Sedai features will be released in the
JCCC e-bulletin KOKUBAN If you do not yet receive ourmonthly e-bulletin, please send us an email at newsletter@jccc.on.ca, and we wold gladly add you to our mailinglist. So head over to KOKUBAN to enjoy more articles fromthe Nikkei communities (link to KOKUBAN).
We would also like to take this opportunity to let you
know about recent developments for the Sedai Project.
During this past summer, we worked with the University ofToronto to explore possibilities of making our Sedai interviews more readily accessible by the public. Master of Information students, Andrea Zhang and Danni Zhou joined
the Heritage team to provide expertise on how to go about
creating a catelogue that will maximize accessibility of Sedai content.
These students had to work under challenging circumstance as the JCCC is closed to help reduce the spreadof the coronavirus (COVID-19). However, by the end of
the project, Andrea and Danni successfully identified andmapped out next steps for Sedai.
All of this is to ensure that the stories of the Japanese Canadian experience are well preserved, and can beshared with a wider audience for the promotion of “friendship through culture”.
Their work will help support our goal to share the
JCCC's collection and its inherent knowledge with you. We
look forward to sharing more details with you as the projectcontinues to develop.
To see this project poster (poster 39) and other projects
by students from the iSchool, click here. We would like tothank Andrea, Danni, and the University of Toronto's
iSchool for working with us and we look forward to morecollaborations in the future.

Sedai Features
The Japanese Canadian Legacy Project

History Mystery
The JCCC Archives Needs Your Help!
Help the JCCC Archives by identifying people in photographs. This month wewould like to ask for your help in identifying a man named Dave Watanabe. We
have a number of photos of Dave from around the 1940s. Some of these photos
indicate that Dave was a member of the Metropolitan United Church, and also
served in “the No. 17 Platoon, B Company,” but we do not know much more
about him. Help us solve this mystery! Your contribution will help us in our workat the JCCC Archives. To send us information, please email heritage@jccc.
on.ca

A Portrait of Dave Watanabe, Terry and Koto (Yatabe) Adachi Collection,
2018.20.10.37.01. For more information on this photograph, click here.

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Congratulations!

Former JCCC Newsletter editor awarded National Association of Japanese Canadians grant
WINNIPEG – Former JCCC Newsletter editor Suzanne Hartmann is thisyear’s recipient of the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC)
Endowment Fund. Hartmann is a University of King’s College student in her
second-year of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction program andformer JCCC Newsletter editor. She has been awarded the 2020 Sports,
Education, Arts Development (SEAD) grant for her MFA project titled Minyō
Memories: Celebrating the Postwar Japanese Canadian Community inToronto.
The project involves research and writing about the postwar Japanese
Canadian community’s cultural and historical contributions to the Toronto
landscape. Minyō Memories is told from Hartmann’s perspective as a mixedheritage, fourth-generation Japanese Canadian (JC), and the work of creative
nonfiction incorporates stand-alone personal essays combined with extensive
research. This unique next generation story is based on recording her earlymemories, including participating in minyō (folk dance) at Obon (a summer
Buddhist festival), and explores culture and the arts through annual eventsand traditions specific to the Toronto JC community.
Established after the historical Japanese Canadian Redress Agreement
signed on Sept. 22, 1988, the NAJC Endowment Fund’s SEAD programprovides grants to Japanese Canadians furthering their studies and skills inthe visual or performing arts, sports or academic fields. For more informationon the grant, please visit the NAJC website: najc.ca.

JCCC Bridge Club Newsby Ruth MoriTeam Kujirai wins the 2020 Mixed Team Event at the Canadian National Team Championshsip
The Canadian Bridge Federation is pleased toannounce that the Kujirai Team is the winner of the2020 Mixed Team Event of the Canadian National TeamChampionship held this summer.
Congratulations to the gold medal winning team:
Eiji Kujirai (Captain), Barbara Clinton, Marc Andre
Fourcaudot, Francine Cimon, Louise Berthiaume,
Kamel Fergani, Eiji Kujirai has been a dedicatedDirector and Instructor with the JCCC Bridge Club for
thirty-five years. Winning a national championship has
been a wish and a dream come true.
Members of the JCCC bridge club, the Toronto
bridge community, supporters and friends are immensely
proud of Eiji and his achievement and foresee many
more championships in the future.

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DONATIONTHANK YOUThe JCCC is extremely grateful for the generosity of all who have made donations during
this time. The outpouring of support, commitment and kind words of encouragement we havereceived is a testament to our motto, Friendship through Culture.
Contributions will go towards the sustainment of the JCCC despite the temporary closureof the building. All donations help ensure that we will have the ability to execute all of ourprograms and events once the facility reopens. We very much look forward to welcoming you
back to the Centre. Thank you.

DONATIONS TO THE JCCC

As of September 22, 2020
The JCCC gratefully acknowledges the following donations:

JCCC
Anonymous
250
In honour of Demetre Vasilounis
Anonymous
50
In honour of Pat and Harry Adachi
Dr. David Bernhard
50Mrs. Ruiko Cox
30
Mrs. Sanae Fukushima
50
Mr Terry T. Hatanaka
40
Ms. Meg Karper
10
In honour of The Otani Family
Mr. & Ms. Takanori Kuge
20
Mrs. Marlene MacKenzie
25
Mr. George Pachovsky
30
Ms. Dominique Setton
50
Ms. Fumiko Shiba
100
Mr. Yukio Tannoch
100
Mr. Harry Tonogai
100
Mr. Naoyuki Yoshida100
Mr. David Yamashita
50
In Celebration of Kennedy's Birthday

In Memoriam
In memory of Alice Sakaguchi
Mrs. Fujiye Ono &Ms. Linda Ono
50
In memory of Betty & Muts Koyanagi
Mrs. Sally Miyazaki
50
In memory of Fred and Irene Miyasaki
Mr Terry T. Hatanaka
50
In memory of George Toshio Sato
Mr Terry T. Hatanaka
30
In memory of Jean Ikeda-Douglas
Naomi Matsuura
500
In memory of Kay Morishita
Mrs. Kay Mende
25
In memory of Mary Katsuragi
Mr. Toyoo Katsuragi
300
In memory of Patricia Eileen BremnerIkeno
Mr. Peter and Ms. Carla Bremner
Mr. Alex & Ms. Nonie Keen
Mrs. Marlene MacKenzie
Mr. Richard Naruse
Mr. Hideo & Mrs. Naomi Takasaki
In memory of Ritz Kinoshita
Mrs. Maureen Tschirhart

250
25
25
100
25
25

In memory of Tosh and Terry Sakura
Mrs. Mitzi Burrell
200
In memory of Yoko Kobayashi
Mrs. Mitzi Burrell
50
Ms. Toni Osbourne
50
Corporate and Foundation
Scotiabank
Cultural Program Sponsorship
St. Andrew's Japanese Anglican
Congregation
In memory of Kay Morishita
The Japan Foundation Toronto
Toronto Japanese Film Festival
Chris Kano Taiko StudioMs. Patricia Ikeno-Fox

50Support Member
PartnerMr. and Mrs. James Heron
Mrs. Sharon Marubashi
Mr. and Mrs. Kaz Shikaze
Ms. Karen Webb

93
93
110
116

DONATIONS TO THE JCCC Foundation
As of September 22, 2020
The JCCC gratefully acknowledges the following donations:Foundation
The Hatanaka Family Foundation

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GeneralMr. Chris and100
Mrs. Kristin Kobayashi-Reid
In memory of Tsugio and Fumiko Ito

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DONATION

EMERGENCY APPEAL DONATIONS TO THE JCCC
As of September 22, 2020
The JCCC gratefully acknowledges the following donations:

Associations, Clubs, and Organizations
AJC (Association for Japanese Culture)
The Art of Change
Bunka Shishu Artisan group
In memory of Patricia Bremner-Ikeno
Canadian Shorinji Kempo Federation
Hiroko Barall Room Wednesday
JCCC Iaido Club
JCCC Ikenobo Ikebana Thursday Class
JCCC Karaoke Club
JCCC Kyudo Club Seikyu Kai
JCCC Toronto New Japanese Canadian
Senior Club
Kumamoto Kenjin Kai
New Japanese Canadian Association
Ontario Tottori Ken Jin Kai
In celebration of Pat Adachi's
100th birthday
Ping Pong Club
St. Andrew's Japanese Anglican
Congregation
In celebration of Pat Adachi's
100th birthday
Toronto Japanese Garden Club
Toronto Kimono Club
Urasenke Tanko-kai Toronto Association
Wynford Seniors' Club
Corporates and Foundations
1000crows
9 Story Media Group
Asian Pop-Up Cinema Chicago
Beyond the Bounds Inc
Canadian Foundation for Physically
Disabled Persons
Discoveryannouncement.com
Dr. Sharon Sasaki Medicine Professional
Corporation
In memory of Mitsuru Sasaki
J Athletics Canada Inc
Microsoft Corporation
NagataConnex
NGK Insulators of Canada Ltd
Paul Lewis Service Inc
In appreciation of Taeko’s mask
Polar Home Fashions Inc
In appreciation of Aikido classRichard A. Nishikawa Medicine
Professional Corporation
GeneralMr. and Mrs. Jim Abe
JCCC Staff
Mrs. Michiko Abe Kozlowski
Mr. Ahmed Abdi
Nat Acebes
Mrs. Junko Adachi-Amitay

Mrs. Toshiko Adilman
Ms. Maral Agnerian
Mr. Norihiko Akagi
Mr. Can Akalin
Mr. Cameron Allen
Ms. Carly Anderson
Anonymous
In honour of Del Ishida
Anonymous
In recognition of building maintenanceAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymousAnonymous
Dr. Arnold Arai
Mrs. Raluca Ardeleanu
Dr. Katherine Arima
Ms. Martha Arima
Mr. Toshimitsu andMrs. Mary-Beth Arima
Mr. Garen Aronian
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Asa
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Asa
Ms. Kiyo Asaoka
Mr. Ilia Averbouch
Mrs. Marie T. Baba
Mrs. Hiroko Barall
Ms. Laurie Barker
Dr. Ray Barker
Ms. Ryoko Barnes
Mr. Dustin Barton
Mrs. Judy Beca
Mr. Norm Berberich
Ms. Meredith Best
Ms. Sandra Blake
Mr. Wyatt Boutilier
Ms. Julie Brousseau
Mr. Peter Briant
Ms. Andrea Brown
Mrs. Sharlene Bruce
Ms. Renee Brunton
Mr. Chris Bryant

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Mr. Sam Bull
Ms. Karen Butler
Ms. Kerisha Caines
Mr. Kiyoshi Campbell
Mr. Marcus Campbell
Miss Linda Caplan
Mr. Bradley Capstick
Mr. Rob Caravaggio
Ms. K Sheila Carleton
Mr. Adrian Carol
Mrs. Diane Carter
Ms. Melanie CatleughMs. Heather Chan
Ms. Claudia Chan Garcia
Ms. H. Chang & Mr. A. Au
Miss Irene Chang
Ms. Sylvia Chang
Ms. Nancy Chau
Mr. Kai Zheng & Ms. Alex Chen
Mr. Mervin Chen
Ms. Xiaoxuan Chen
In honour of Charlotte Chenzhu
Finn Chen-Quigley
Mrs. Kate Cherney
Mrs. Jessica Cheung
Mr. Jose Chia
Mrs. Aileen Chiba
Ms. Christine Chiba
Ms. Rachel Chiong
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Chiu
Ms. Su Yen Chong
Mr. Andrew Chou
Mr. Zbigniew Chwieszczenik
Ms. Angela Colm
Mr. Bruce Connell
Mr. Octavio Contreras
The Crosby/Chen familyin St. John's, Newfoundland
Ms. Patricia Cornish
Mr. Marc Couturier
Ms. Yuriko Cowper-Smith
Mr. Jesse Cranin
Mrs. Susan Crichton
Mrs. Morven Crothers
Ms. Carolyn Crouch
Ms. Marnie Crouch
Mr. William Cruz
Mrs. Donna Curry
Mr. Agostino Dassa
Ms. Nana Deshima
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Devins
In honour of 私達の日本語の先生
Mr. Simon Christopher Dew
Mrs. Karen S. Dmytryshyn
Mr. Eiji Doi
Ms. Lauren Doi
Mrs. Tsuyuko Doi

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DONATION

EMERGENCY APPEAL DONATIONS TO THE JCCC
As of September 22, 2020
The JCCC gratefully acknowledges the following donations:Mrs. Elinor J. Dunlop
Mr. Patrick Dunlop
Mr. Ryan Dunlop
Ms. Alissa Dumitru
Ms. Yoshiko Dutczak
Mr. and Mrs. Constantin Dutescu
Mr. Dan Cooper Dy
Mr. Greg Edwards
Mr. & Mrs. Chad Elston
Ms. Reizel Encarnado
Mr. J-M Erlendson
Ms. Naomi Estee
Mr. Jeric Estiaga
Mr. Ben and Mrs. Shirley Eto
Ms. Danielle Faulkner
In honour of the beautiful Mary Ellen
MatsuiMs. Taiko Feldkamp
Mr. Jim Fenn & Ms. Pat Sano Fenn
Mr. Michael Filosa
Mr. Lawrence Fine
Mr. Connor Fitzgerald Furney
Mrs. Norma N. Fleming
Mr. Josh Fogarasi
Ms. Mona Forzley
John, Suzuyo and son David andhis family, Candice, Tyler andAustin from Miami
In honour of Teruko Otani
Mrs. Irene T. Foulkes
In honour of 99th birthday- Frances Yaeki Nakamura
Mr. Steve Fraser
In honour of Eiko
Mr. Adam Frantschuk
Mrs. Yukie Fuchigami
Mr. and Mrs. Nobby Fujino
Ms. Denise H. Fujiwara
Mrs. Patricia Fujiwara
Mr. Keeton Fukusaka
Mr. Jiro Fukushima
Mr. Ken Fukushima
Mrs. Sanae Fukushima
Mr. Stephen Fulton
Mrs. Mari Funasaka
Ms. Yumi Funk
In appreciation of Taeko's mask
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Furukawa
Mrs. Lois Fuse
Mr. Filipe Pedrosa & Mrs. Janine Gallant
Mr. and Mrs. Luigi GabrieleMiss Yi Gao
Mrs. Carole Galligan
Vadim Garbuz
Mr. Enore Gardonio
Mr. Sebastian Gawrysiak
Ms. Brigitte Geisler

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Mr. Donald Gibson andMrs. Azusa Kijima
Ms. Maryan Gibson
Ms. Eiko Giese
Mr. Trevor Gittins-White
Mr. Jeffrey Glaister
Mr. and Mrs. Shinya Godo
Ms. Rebecca Goldberg
Mr. Mabiala Gondo
Mr. Robert Gossage
Ms. Akiko Goto
In appreciation of Taeko's mask
Ms. Mami Goto
Dr. and Mrs. David Gotlib
Mr. Liam Gowland
Mr. Robbie Grant
In honour of Front line workers,
Small Business
Mr. Martin Griffith
Mr. Mike Guan
Mr. Nazim Guliyev andMrs. Nargiz Guliyeva
Mr. Ronald Gwynne
Ms. Rie Hamamoto
Mr. Gary Hamasaki & Ms. Gloria Baxter
Mrs. Miyoko Hamasaki
Ms. Jing Han
Mrs. Amy Hanada-Nagahara
Ms. Laurie Harada
Ms. Anzu Hara
Mr. Damon Hartlin
Ms. Desiree Harvery
Ms. Megumi Hasegawa
Megumi’s masks
Ms. Jennifer Hashimoto
Ms. Sandra Hatanaka
In honour of Betty Miyeko Hatanaka
Mr. James Hay
Mr. Kaye Hayashida
Ms. Heather Henderson
Mr. and Mrs. James Heron
Mr. George and Mrs. Gerry Y. Hewson
Mr. James Hilborn
Ms. Laura Hill
Mr. Mark Hirowatari
Ms. Helen Ho
Ms. Keiko Hoehn
Hal Holt
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hope
Ms. Marion Tomoko Hope
Mr. Tom Hosie
Mrs. Kunie Hoshino
Ms. Esther Hotta
Mrs. Sonoe Howard
Mr. Nicholas Howell
Rui Hua
Mr. Frank Huff

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Mr. Eric & Mrs. Narumi Hyatt
Ms. Eleanor Hyodo
Ms. Paula Ibuki
Mr. Toshiyuki Ijichi
Mr. Sid and Mrs. Marie Ikeda
Mrs. Mari Ikeno
Mrs. Naomi Ikonomou
Mr. Brian and Mrs. Sandy Imada
Ms. Sachi Imada
Ms. Nadia Gigi Inara
Ms. Kikuye Inouye
Ms. Stacey Inouye
The Sanaye Inouye Family
Sanaye Inouye's 99th birthday
in August 2020
Mr. Yosh (Yoshitaka) InouyeMrs. Neli Iordanova
Mr. Kevin Isaacs
On behalf of myself, my siblings
and my cousins
Mrs. Teresa Isaacs
Mr. Roland Isberto
In appreciation of Yayoi Kawabeof the JCCC
Ms. Elaine Ishibashi
Mr. Delano Ishida
Ms. Haruko Ishihara
Mr. Arthur and Mrs. Tomo Ishii
Ms. Ellen Ishikawa
Ms. Frances Ishikawa
Ms. Sayumi Ito
Ms. Takako Ito
Ms. Akiko Iwanami
Ms. Margaret Iwata
Mr. Robert Iveniuk
Ms. Vickie Jackson
Mr. Gabriel Jimenez
Ms. Sumiko Jin
Ms. Annu Johnson
Mr. Glen Jones
Ms. Sachiko Kagitomi
Mr. Brian Kai & Ms. Dee Dee Piercey
In cerebration of Sue Sumi Kai,
Sedai interview in JCCC E-Bulletin
July 2020 Edition
Mr. Edreece Kakar
Ms. Masayo Kakihara
Mr. and Mrs. Nori Kanashiro
Ms. Meg Karper
Jun Kasai
Ms. Betty Kashima
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Katsuno
In honour of The Otani Family
Ms. Debbie Katsumi
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kawabe
Ms. Yayoi Kawabe

DONATION

EMERGENCY APPEAL DONATIONS TO THE JCCC
As of September 22, 2020
The JCCC gratefully acknowledges the following donations:

Mr. Gary Kawaguchi and
Ms. Gayle Taguchi
Mr. Kevin K. Kawaguchi
Mr. Yoshiro Kawamura
Mr. Doug Kawasaki
Ms. Arlene Kawasoe
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kawasoe
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Kayahara
Mr. and Mrs. David Kimura
Mrs. Nancy Kimura
Mr. Gene & Mrs. Dorothy Kinoshita
Mr. John & Mrs. Dana Kinoshita Spencer
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kikuta
Mrs. Nobuko Kitamura
Dr. Susan Kitchell
Ms. Grace M. Kobayashi
Mr. James H. Kobayashi
Mr. Jim Kobayashi and
Ms. Karen Yamada
Ms. Lynn Kobayashi
Mr. Isao Kobo
Ms. Gail A. Kondo
Miss Claire Kryczka
Ms. Judy Kudo
Ms. Alley Kurgan
Ms. Naomi Kuru Hyodo
Mr. Edward Hamel &Mrs. Victoria Kusano-Hamel
Ms. Lynne Kutsukake
Mr. Paul & Mrs. Nellie Kuwahara
Mr. Charles Laframboise
In recognition of the great work of
the JCCC
Ms. Kimberley Lam
Mr. Peter Lam
Mr. Andre Langdon
In honour of Harold Kojima
Ms. Barbara Laplante
Ms. Shirley Lau
Mr. Stephen Lau
Ms. Samantha Lavigne
Mrs. Joanne Law
Ms. Linda Lee
Mr. Glenn and Mrs. Phyllis Lee
Ms. Kimiko Leslie
Dr. Alexander and Mrs. Anna Leggatt
Mr. Anthony Leonard
Mrs. Michi Lepik-Stahl
Ms. Dione Leung
Mr. Raymond Leung
Mrs. Roslyn Levin
Mr. Nathan Li
Ms. Karen Lo
Ms. Swee Loke
Mr. Andrew Loung
Mr. Wenshu Luo
Mr. Michael Lustins

Mr. Robert Lyng
Mr. Derek Ma
Ms. Pui King (Gloria) Ma
Ms. Linda Mac
Mr. Thomas MacKay
Mrs. Marlene MacKenzie
Mr. Bruce MacDonald
Mr. Emmanuel Magboo
Ms. Kalli Magura
Ms. Jo Anne Maikawa
Ms. Yuen Kwan Man
Ms. Sheila Marjoribanks
Mrs. Sharon Marubashi
Mrs. Yuli Marubashi-Scheidt
In celebration of Paul Marubashi
Ms. Dawn Maruno
Mr. Paul Mateer
Ms. Dawn Maruno
Mr. Kenji Maruyama
Mr. and Mrs. Masaru Matsubara
Ms. Jackie Matsui
In honour of Jack Matsui
Mr. and Mrs. Kiyoshi Matsui
Mrs. Kumiko Matsui
Mr. and Mrs. Shoichi Matsui
Mr. David Matsumoto
Mr. Hideo Matsumoto
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Matsumoto
Ms. Akiko Matsuura
Ms. Noriko Matsuura
In appreciation of Taeko's mask
Mr. Connor McBrine-Ellis
Ms. Bennett McCardle
Mr. Michael McCartin
Mr. & Mrs. Paul McClure
Mr. Steve McFarlane
Dr. John & Dr. Eiko Mernagh
Mrs. Sheila Merrick
Mr. Richard Mielke
Mr. Robert Minardi
Mr. Gianfranco Minnella
Mrs. Kyoko Minnery
In appreciation of Taeko's mask
Ms. Barb Misiurski
Ms. Saori Mitchell
Mrs. Kay Mitsui
Mr. Nobby Miura
Ms. Kayoko Miyamoto
Mrs. Mitzi Miyasaki
Mr. Kazuo Miyazawa
Ms. Yufuko Mochizuki
Mrs. Kazuko Moghul
Mrs. Rose Mokbel
Mr. David Mondoux
Mrs. Joyce Moore
Mrs. Ruth Mori
Mrs. Shirley Morita
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Mr. Frank & Mrs. Betty Moritsugu
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Moritsugu
Ms. Maria Morvillo
Mr. Steve Motomura
Ms. Yaeko Munemasa
Ms. Caroline Munshaw
In honour of Eiko Brown
Mrs. Reiko Muramatsu
Ms. Aislinn Murray
Ms. Ruth R Nagami
The Nagata family
In celebration of Pat Adachi's
100th birthday
Ms. Marianne Nagata
Ms. Yoshie Nagata
Ms. Rosanne Nagy
Mrs. Mariko Nakagawa
Mr. Roy Nakagawa
Mrs. Kaoru Nakamura
Ms. Maiko Nakamura
Ms. Yuko Nakamura
Ms. Yumi Nakamura
Mr. Hugo Nakasone Trillo
Ms. Yukiko Nakata
Mrs. Brenda Nakata-Gerow
Mrs. Atsuko Nakayama
Mr. David Namisato
Ms. Valerie Nash
Mr. Jerome Ng
Mr. Timmy Ng
Mrs. Anna Ngai
Mrs. Mariko Ninagawa
Mr. Don Nguyen
Nam Nguyen
Mrs. Rumi Nguyen
Mr. Keith Niall
Mrs. Alice Nicholson
Ms. Jeanne Nightingale
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Nishi
Mrs. Laurie Nishida
Ms. Sandra Nishikawa and
Mr. Vince de Grandpre
Mr. Tim Nishikawa
Mr. Richard Nishino
Mr. Tomi Nishio
Mrs. Jan Nobuto
Ms. Mika Nonoyama & Mr. Tim Bishop
Ms. Velva Nystrom
In honour of my grandson,
Toa Maruzaki, who lives in Sapporo
Ms. Jen Obokata
Ms. Samantha Odell
Mr. Mike Oetlinger
Mrs. Minako Ogura
Ms. Kathleen O'Hagan
Ms. Beverley Ohashi
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ohori

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DONATION

EMERGENCY APPEAL DONATIONS TO THE JCCC
As of September 22, 2020
The JCCC gratefully acknowledges the following donations:

Mr. Eizo Oka
Mrs. Shirley Okawa
Mr. Kohei Okubo Family
Ms. Tomoko Omori
Ms. Carole Ono
Mr. and Mrs. David Ono
Ms. Toni Osbourne
Mrs. Haruyo Ota
Mr. John Ota
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Otani
In honour of Teruko Otani
Mr. Gerry Oue
Jamie Papanastasiou
Mr. Minkyu Park
Dr. Paul Pencharz
Mrs. Shirley Peterson
Mr. Angel Petkov
Ms. Mary Phan
Ms. Ayla Phinnemore
Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Piggott
Dr. Agnes Por-Somfai
Mr. Jean-Rosch Prudencio
Mr. Kris Raghubir
Mr. Ralph Ranez
Mr. Curtis Rasmussen
Ms. Suzu Renaud
Mrs. Barb Reynolds
Ms. Paige RiceMr. Dwayne Roberts
Ms. Sue Ropchan
In honour of Raymond Moriyama
Mrs. Nancy Roxby
Marshall Rubinoff
Ms. Vera Rumyantseva
Ifrah Saeed
Mr. Stephen and Mrs. Jill Saito
Mr. Takeo Saito
Ms. Satoko Sakai
Mr. Yao Ryan Sakauye
In recognition of Darrell Sakauye
Ms. Tanya Sakharov
Mr. Eben Haezer Saputra
Mr. Jon Sasaki
Mr. and Mrs. Shiro Sasaki
Ms. Chizuru Sato
Mr. Kazuma Sato
Ms. Naomi Sato
Mr. David Saxby and Ms. Julie Suyama
Mrs. Reiko Schlichtig
Ms. Catherine Schutt
Ms. Eileen Scidmore
Mr. Noel Scott
Mr. John Shaw
Mr. Jacob Shekter
Ms. Tracy Sheppard
Ms. Judy Sheridan

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Jonathan Shida, Family &ICG Business Inc
Mrs. Lily Shigetomi
Mr. and Mrs. Kaz Shikaze
Mr. and Mrs. Hisakatsu Shimizu
Ms. Irene Shimoda
Mrs. Joanne Shimotakahara
Mrs. Angela Shintani-Sandrowicz
In celebration of Yuriko Shintani.
Happy 80th Birthday!
Marni and Martin Shintani
In honour of Kathleen & Koji Morishita
Ms. Mitsue Shintani
Mr. and Mrs. David ShippDr. Seiko Shirafuji
Mrs. Mary Taeko Shiraishi
Ms. Naomi Shiraishi
Mr. Eric Shitahodo
Mrs. Mika Shitahodo
Mr. Peter Shitahodo
Ms. Lynda Silk
Ms. Lela Simovic
Mr. Mikhail Smirnov
Mr. Dan Smith
Mr. Thomas Smith
Mr. Jeffrey & Mrs. Tomiko Smyth
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Soley
Ms. Mayumi Soundy
Mrs. Keiko St. Marie
In appreciation of Taeko's mask
Mr. Markus andMrs. Janice Stadelmann-Elder
Mr. Bart Stanczyk
Ms. Silvia Stanziola
Ms. Victoria Stawiarz
Mr. Joseph Stierman
Ms. Yasmin Strautins
Ms. Ai Su
Mr. Michael Suen
Mr. Pierre Suen
Mr. Kyohei Sugihara
In appreciation of Taeko's mask
Mrs. Ayako Sugino
Miss Gwen Sugiyama
Mr. George Suyama
Ms. Barbara Suzuki
Mr. Robert Suzuki
Mr. and Mrs. Krisztian Szabo
Mr. Cary Takagaki
Mr. Yasushi Takagi
Ms. Kiyomi Takahashi
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Takahashi
Mr. Lisa Takahashi
Ms. Midori Takahashi and
Mr. Chris Barkley
Ms. Rie Takahashi
Ms. Alana Takaki

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Mr. Bill Takaki
Ms. Toshie Takakura
Ms. Donna Takano
Ms. Ayumi Takarada
Ms. Christine Takasaki
Mr. Hideo and Mrs. Naomi Takasaki
Mr. Paul & Mrs. Theressa Takasaki
Mr. Lindsay Takashima
Mr. Richard & Mrs. Stacey Takashima
Mr. Russell Takashima
Mr. Terence Takashima
Mr. Gregory Takata
Mrs. Marie Takata
Ms. Ai Takayama Cawthra
Ms. April Takeda
Mr. and Mrs. Yasushi Takei
Ms. Grace Takenaka
Mrs. Mizue Takeuchi
Mr. and Mrs. Shunji Takeuchi
Ms. Satomi Takusari
Ms. Rosita Tam
Ms. Kathryn Tamaki
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tanaka
Mr. Cornell (Cory) Tanaka
Mrs. Kathleen Tanaka
Mrs. Lynda Tanaka
Mr. and Mrs. Minoru Tanaka
Mrs. Pauline Tanaka
Mr. Yufeng Tang
Mr. Yuki (Yukio) Tannoch
Ms. Carolyn Tateishi
Mr. Rick and Mrs. Kathy Tazumi
Mr. Gary & Mrs. Laurie Tehara
Mr. and Mrs. Masahiro Terada
Mr. Brian and Mrs. Joanne Terakita
Ms. Ruby Tezuka
Ms. Marisa Thomas-Perrier
Mr. Trevor Thompson
Ms. Yaroslava Timoshenko
Mr. and Mrs. Hok Oen Tjoa
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Toda
Mr. Michael and Mrs. Naomi Tomczak
Mr. Sebastian Toncu and
Ms. Keiko Simose
Mr. Harry Tonogai
Mr. Matheus Torres
Mr. Wayne andMrs. Susan Towle (Hatanaka)
Mr. Denny Tran
Mr. Glen Tremblay
Mr. Guy and Mrs. Brenda Troendlin
Mr. Mark Tse
Ms. Donna Tsuji
Mr. Mel and Mrs. Kim Tsuji
Danny, Jerome and Yoko
Mrs. Yoko Tsumagari
Ms. Nancy Uchida

DONATION

EMERGENCY APPEAL DONATIONS TO THE JCCC
As of September 22, 2020
The JCCC gratefully acknowledges the following donations:

In honour of Mona Forzley
Mr. Paul Uchikata
Mr. & Mrs. Rui Umezawa
Ms. Tomoko Uramaru
Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Uyeno
Kyle Van Grinsven
Mr. Demetre Vasilounis
Mr. Alexander Vasolla
M Veerasingam
Mr. Jason Venditti
Ms. Erin Vermeulen
Ms. Laila Vincze
Mr. Dmitry Vinokurov
Mrs. Lori Wakabayashi
Mrs. Kathy Wale
Ms. Minnie Wang
Ms. Rachel Wang Qi
Ms. Karen Webb
Mrs. Carolyn Wells
Mrs. Irina Werner
Mr. and Mrs. David Wesseling
Mr. Gary Wesseling
Ms. Blair Whatmore
Ms. Crystal Whitney
Mr. Derrick Wiedel
Mr. Elvin Wingay
Ms. Hiromi Winters
In appreciation of Taeko's mask
Ms. Alanna Wong
Ms. Jessica Wong
Mr. Jonathan Wong
Mr. Johnny Woo
Happy Birthday Sara Tjan!
Happy Birthday Beens!!!
Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Wood
Dr. Astri Wright
In honour of Melody Cornell
Mr. Jim Wright & Ms. Rika Murota
Mr. Ken Yamaguchi
Mr. and Mrs. Soichiro Yamamoto
Ms. Wendy Yamamoto
Mrs. Yuri Yamamoto
Kei Yamamura
Mr. David Yamashita
Mr. and Mrs. James Yamashita
Mr. Wayne Yamashita
Mr. Keiju and Ms. Junko Yanagawa
Mr. Richard Yang
Mr. and Mrs. Tokuo Yano
Mr. Masuo Yamashita
Mr. Anthony Yao
Mr. Anthony Yi
Mr. and Mrs. Takehiko Yoshida
Mr. Akira Yoshikawa
Mr. Toshi and Mrs. Donna Yoshimatsu
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Yoshimura
Mr. Paul Yu

Mrs. Min Zhou
Mo ZhuMr. Aliaksandr Zhukau
Mrs. Lily Zou
In Memoriam
In memoryr of a student in JapanYi Su
In memory of Anthony "Tony"
Tonegawa
Ms. Gayatri AnandMrs. Chris & Mr. Mark Asadoorian
Ms. Bonnie Curran
Dodie Muir
In memory of Alice Sakaguchi
Ms. Cheryl Grieve
In memory of Andrew Siu
Mrs. Susan Siu
In memory of Arnold Takamori
Ms. Mayumi Lashbrook
In memory of Ayako Takeda Myers
Mr. Frank Myers
In memory of Banjiro & Tsurue Eto,
Fred & Mary Kato
Mr. Benjamin Eto
In memory of Bert Nasu
Ms. Leslie Brindley
Ms. Alison Nasu
In memory of Betty Kiyoye Sugiman
Ms. Momoye Sugiman
In memory of Bruce Ettinger
Mrs. Diane Carter
In memory of Carol & Miki Doi
Mr. Robert and Mrs. Laura Doi
In memory of Connie Mende
Mrs. Janice Bennink
In memory of Corteo
Ms. Maria Jose Garcia
In memory of Dixie & Ina
Mr. Alan Florence
In memory of Faye Harafuji
Mr. Edward Kennedy
In memory of Frank Obara (2015)
Mr. Jonathon Obara
In memory of Fumiko Ito & Tsugio Ito
Ms. Margaret Fulford
In memory of Fusae & Mitsuo Ohashi
Ms. Beverley Ohashi
In memory of George Toshio SatoMs. Sharon Eiko Fune
Ms. Joy Sato
Mrs. Sandra Tateishi-Kotack &Dr. Garry Kotack
Mrs. Jane Masukawa
In memory of Geri & Richard Shiozaki
Mr. Jesse Shiozaki

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In memory of Harry K. Nishio
Miss Amy Nishio
In memory of Haruko Nakashima
Mr. Glen Nakashima and
Ms. Banasha Shah
In memory of Hisa Okihiro
Mr. Kevin Okihiro
In memory of Kaneko (Connie) Hoy
Mr. Peter Hoy
In memory of Kay Morishita
Ms. Janet Aitken
In memory of Ken and Ruth Tanino
Ms. Karen Tanino
In memory of Kilo Aida and George
Obokata
Ms. Elizabeth Obokata
In memory of K. Moranaka
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nishioka
In memory of Kimi Fukushima
Nobuko; Gord, Cathy, Jenn; Bob;
Larry, Judy; Ed, Karen
In memory of Kimiye Hayashi
Mrs. Kay Doi
In memory of Kuniko (Kay) Iwasa
Mr. John and Mrs. Kiyo Tohana
In memory of Kunio & Larry Suyama
Mr. David Saxby
In memory of Lawrence Heron
Mr. Gary Kawaguchi &Ms. Gayle Taguchi
Mr. Toby and Mrs. Haruko Ishihara
In memory of Margaret Mori
and Joyce Nishio
Mr. Greig Nishio & Ms. Carolynne Mori
In memory of Masaaki Dazai
Mrs. Aiko Murphy
Mrs. Mitsuko Dazai
In memory of Masami Tsukamoto
Anonymous
In memory of Masayasu Mine
Mrs. Mari Rutka
In memory of Michi Ueda
Mrs. Brenda Murai
I memory of Muneo and Martha Miike
Ms. Sandy Miike
In memory of Norman Takeshi Ibuki
Ms. Lisa Ibuki
In memory of Ozzie Fujiwara
Ms. Denise H. Fujiwara
In memory of Patricia Bremner-Ikeno
Mrs. Tina Binns
Mrs. Pauline Tanaka
In memory of Rae Misumi
Ms. Joy Sato
Mrs. Sandra Tateishi-Kotack &Dr. Garry Kotack

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EMERGENCY APPEAL DONATIONS TO THE JCCC
As of September 22, 2020
The JCCC gratefully acknowledges the following donations:

In memory of Ritz Kinoshita
Ms. Johann Cooper
Mr. Ron Davies
Ms. Karen Sasaki
Ms. Joy Reiko Takahashi
In memory of Roman T Yap
Anonymous
In memory of Roy and Lillie Yano
Ms. Lillian Michiko Blakey
In memory of Sadao Kitagawa
Mr. Michael Kitagawa
In memory of Saichi Otani
Mr. Karl Otani and Mrs. Sawako Elston
In memory of Shigeo Stanley Kishimoto
Ms. Joyce Hayward
In memory of Shirley Mitsuko Edamura
Mr. Henry Edamura
In memory of Shoji and Sachi
Takahashi
Mrs. Midori Takahashi &Mr. Chris Barkley
In memory of Shoko Inokuchi
Mr. George Evans
In memory of Sidney Shigeru andSachiko Oue
Mr. & Mrs. Theurer Britton
In memory of Sugar Sato
Mr. Gord Sato
In memory of T. E Nishioka
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nishioka
In memory of Tad Miura
Mr. Steve and Mrs. Laura Hirano
In memory of Teruko Otani
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Otani

In memory of Tom Oyagi
Mrs. Doreen Oyagi
In memory of Tom, May & Bill Oyagi
Mr. and Mrs. George Oyagi
In memory of Tom Smith
Mr. Grzegorz Radziwonowski
Mr. David Simmons
In memory of Tony and Kimi Takenaka
Mr. Regan Takenaka
In memory of Tosh and Terry Sakura
Ms. JoAnne Sakura
In memory of Toshio Ryoji
Mr. Hideo Matsumoto
In memory of Mr & Mrs Toyoshi
Hiramatsu
Ms. Marion Yanase
In memory of Tsutomu Tanaka
Mr. Akira Fukuri
In memory of Yuriko Inouye
The Sanaye Inouye Family
In memory of Yoshikatsu Nagami
Mr. Tony & Mrs. Kumiye Gardiner
In memory of Zoya (Sophia) Karpa
Miss Su Yen Chong
Hiroko Barall Room
Ms. Eiko Giese
Mrs. Sonoe Howard
Ms. Yoko Hyde
Mr. Yosh (Yoshitaka) Inouye
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kawabe
Mrs. Nobuko Kitamura
Mr. Isao Kobo

Mrs. Kazuko Moghul
Ms. Toshiko Nakano
Mr. Eizo Oka
Ms. Mitsuko Okui
Ms. Fumiko Ouchi Grafen
Ms. Fumiko Shiba
Mrs. Kimiko Teh
Mrs. Nagiko Watanabe
Dr. Seiko Shirafuji
JCCC Aikikai
Anonymous
Mr. & Mrs. Ilia Averbouch
Mr. Chris Bryant
Mr. Adrian Iliescu
Mr. Valentin Iliescu
Mr. Adrian Pop
Ms. Gurneet Singh
Mr. Aliaksandr Zhukau
Urara Minbu Kai
Mrs. Michiko Abe Kozlowski
Mrs. Harue ClipshamMrs. Sonoe Howard
Ms. Yoko Hyde
Mrs. Mariko Liliefeldt
Mrs. Kazuko Moghul
Ms. Toshiko Nakano
Ms. Yoshiko Nakao
Mr. Eizo Oka
Mrs. Noriko Oka
Mrs. Kimiko Teh

In the face of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC)
is facing unprecedented operating challenges and we need your help.
The JCCC Emergency Appeal is our request for your financial support to weather
this unprecedented crisis.
We closed the JCCC on March 16 cancelling all regular progams, classes andevents planned until futher notice.
During this closure the JCCC has no new revenue but still has operational costs
to bear.
Please consider supporting the JCCC Emergency Appeal. We know these are
tough times for everyone so we welcome any donation.
http://www.jccc.on.ca/en/donate/emergency_appeal.php
Thank you for your support.

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DONATION

Friends of the Moriyama Nikkei Heritage Centre Inscriptions(August 15, 2015 to present)
Individuals/Couples
In honour of Kaz and Nao Amemori
Rinzo and Aiko 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
Yoshiko Jean Goto & Family
Hamade Bunichi & Ito Matsunosuke & Hana
Mio
Yoshiko & Shigeo Bus Harada - In Memory
Elaine Ishibashi and Keith Smithers
Sam and Margaret Ito
Fred and Hedy Iwata In Memory
Eizo and Fumi Kamitakahara - In Memory
Ken and Agnes Kanda
Koji and Elaine Kozuye Kari
Mark & Ryan Kari
Frank and Natsuko Kumagai - In Memory
Ray and Amy Kutsukake In Memory
Kiyoshi and Eiko Maikawa
Sumie (Sugamori) Medoruma - In Loving
MemoryTommy Medoruma (Kanashiro) and Family
In Memory of Margaret Mori
Mas and Yuri Mori

Saburo and Nancy Morita
Nete Mowry - In Memory
Fumiye and Masaharu Mukai - In Memory
Isaburo and Noshi Nagasuye - In Honour ofJanet Michiko Nagasuye - In Gratitude
Mae & Shigemi Nagasuye - In Loving Memory
Michael, Elizabeth & David Nagata
Asako and Tsuneharu Nakanishi - In Memory
In Memory of Rei and Kim Nakashima
Kimiaki and Rei Nakashima - In Memory
In Memory of Mamoru and Hanae Nishi
Ron and Judy Nishi
Nana and Tomi Nishimura
In Memory of Ippei and Hama Nishio
Dr. Nori Nishio - In Memoriam
In memory of my parents Etsu and Moichi
Roy Chukichi and Suzu Oyagi - In Memory
Kevin and Nancy Roxby
In Memory of Grace Haruko Sakamoto
Nancy Shin - In Memory
In Memory of Nancy Aiko Shin
Emiko Sumi
Victor and Bev Suzuki
Rick and Kathy Tazumi
Sachio and Betty Tomihiro
Ray and Edna Uda
In Memory of Toshiko & Frank Usami
In Memory of Ethel Midori Wakayama
Beaver & Michi Yamamura - In Loving

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MemoryTsutae Yamamura - In Loving Memory
In memory of Amy Shizuko YoshidaGroupsAsahi Baseball Ichigun
Ayame-Kai Odori Group
Chado
Urasenke
TankokaiToronto
Association
DundeeWealth Inc. - Marty Kobayashi
Endow Dental Arts Studio Inc
Ghost Town Teachers Historical Society
学校法人山口学園 global.ecc.ac.jp ECC JAPAN
華やぎエッセイグループ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
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JCCC Volunteer News
Implementation of the new JCCC Volunteer Database System
ボランティアデータベースソフトウェア導入
By Volunteer Committee

With safety as a primary concern for all
our members and visitors, the JCCC has
had to suspend most of our volunteer
activities for this year.
Nonetheless, the volunteer committee
remains hard at work in implementing
a new software system so that when
the JCCC is ready to host events andwelcome volunteers once again, we will
be able to do it in a manner that is safeand efficient. VolunteerHub will allow
volunteers to find opportunities, registerand manage their profiles electronically,making the volunteer experience at the
JCCC more efficient. Information on the
progress of this system will be updated
in future newsletters. We look forward to
your support as we move to improve the
JCCC volunteer database system.

『ニューノーマル』に直面している今、JCCC
はコミュニティの皆様の安全第一を考慮し、年内はJCCC恒例イベントを中止いたします。
残念ながら、JCCCで行うことはできません
が、バーチャルで開催することを検討しております。
このような状況の中ではありますが、ボランティアコミティでは、『VolunteerHub』
というボランティア管理ソフトウェアの導入を進めてまいりました。データを管理しやすくする
ためのソフトウェアの構成、オンライン申込フ
ォームの設定、現在に至るまでのデータ取り込み作業など、これらの作業が完了すれば、ボランティア募集要項の共有、事前登録、イベント当日のサイン・インとアウト、全てのデー
タ集計と管理をより効率的で安全に行う事が
できます。
また、
クラウドベースのシステム管理により、JCCCウェブサイトから直接『VolunteerHub』にアクセスできるようになります。
これ

により、各イベントで毎回決まったエリアを担当してくださるクラブやグループの代表の方は、直接自分達のグループのボランティア管理を行う事が可能になります。
この『VolunteerHub』をスムーズに活用していけるように、引き続き尽力致します。
しば
らくの間は新しいシステムに馴染んで頂く為に、何かとご不便をおかけする事もございま
すが、ご理解とご協力のほどどうぞよろしくお願い致します。ニュースレターで、引き続き進
行状況をお知らせしてまいります。

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JCCC Volunteer News
Volunteer Spotlight
Meet Jas D.

In this space, we will be shining a “spotlight” on one of our many dedicated JCCC volunteers.

Jas is one of the first volunteers that you encounter at most of our big events
as he is often in the parking lot. Though nature can make this a thanklessjob, Jas always volunteers with a positive attitude. He is another example oftaking an interest in JCCC martial arts and turning it to o a more meaningfulexperience.
How long have you been a volunteer here at the JCCC?
My first volunteer event was Oshogatsu Kai in 2015 and I continue to volunteer at many of the events held at the JCCC.
How did you get involved with volunteering at the JCCC?
I originally discovered the centre through my interest in Japanese martial
arts. I believed this would be an excellent opportunity to meet people andgrow as an individual. One day, I received an email about volunteer opportunities and didn't hesitate to sign up.
Over the years, I have had the honour of working with some of the mostamazing people I've ever met as well as learning so much about Japaneseculture that I can't resist visiting Japan time and time again.
Volunteering at the centre was one of the best decisions of my life andI can never forget all the wonderful friendships and memories forged along
the way. The JCCC is like a home away from home and the staff and volunteers are more like family. I am always looking forward to many morewonderful memories and friendships that are yet to come.
What type of volunteer work have you done?
I have volunteered as the parking leader for the majority of events from
Oshogatsu Kai to Natsu Matsuri and Fuyu Matsuri. In addition, I havevolunteered at the Toronto Japanese Film Festival in various roles.

This senbazuru will be a reflection of the community's collective wish for the health and wellbeing of everyone.
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13thJapanese
Calligraphy

Competition
in CanadaAward Presentation | Nov. 8, 2020 | 2PM
The ceremony will be broadcast via Zoom
To register email shodocanada@gmail.com
Exhibition | https://shodocanada.com
Competition organized by SHODO CANADA
Follow us @/shodocanada

Supported by The Consulate General of Japan | The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre | The Japan Foundation, Toronto
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Night Scenes
in Shin Hanga
Woodblock Prints
by Mark Burkeitt, Era Woodblock Prints
mark@erawoodblockprints.com
https://www.erawoodblockprints.com/

Photo: Fishing Boat by Arai Yoshimune

The turn of the twentieth century usheredin the shin hanga movement in Japanese
woodblock prints. The scenes in these“new prints” differed from earlier ukiyo-ein their use of perspective and light. The
images were largely allowed to standalone. Gone were the series banners,
actor names, poems, and other text that
populated the great works of the ukiyo-emasters. When successful, the new format
permits an immersive experience thatbrings the viewer into the scene, be it atemple garden, a Fuji vista, or a snowy
village. Many would call the prints pastoral
scenes idealized, and this is undoubtedly
true. Yet, when visiting a Japanese shrine
in a wood or a mountain retreat, do you not
get the feeling that you would not changea thing?
Perhaps best positioned to exploit the
new style were night scenes. The receding
nature of darkness invites you in to have alook around with only the light of a stonelantern, a lamp, or an exquisite moon as
your guide. A number of renowned shinhanga artists like Kawase Hasui andHiroshi Yoshida have given us timelessnight scenes. But the most focused
exploration of the night came a little earlier
from a lesser known group.
You may be familiar with the publisher
Hasegawa Takejiro for their charming
Japanese Fairy Tale Series books madeentirely of woodblock prints on paperthat is creped after printing and boundtogether with string. The traditional
Japanese stories were rendered in foreign
languages, including English, French andGerman, and were exported to Europe andNorth America starting in the late 1800s.
They were profusely illustrated by some of
the most talented woodblock print artists ofthe time.
The publishing enterprise took on a
new project in the early twentieth century what has come to be called The Hasegawa
Night Scenes series. Shoda Koho, Arai
Yoshimune, and others from the stable ofartists who worked on Hasegawa’s books
and calendars went on to design works
for the night series. There were also otherartists, and a few of the prints are even29marked with the name of the much earlier
Hiroshige. The designs were issued in
the chūban format. At roughly 26 by 19
centimeters, the prints are smaller thanthe most common ōban size. These prints
went on to be produced well into the mid
century by Hasegawa’s successor firm,
Nishinomiya Yosaku.
Among the woodcuts, we find moonlit
bodies of water, beaches, boats, andpines presented not only in varied depthsof blue but in sepia and gray as well.
There are necessarily silhouettes butlargely incorporated in a way that is not
distractingly dominant. While the night
scenes are uniquely Japanese in theircontent and technique, the mood, serenity,
and spirit they embody cross cultures quite
readily. The viewer immediately relates.
Reference: Hasegawa Takejiro and Nishinomiya
Yosaku – A blog by Marc Kahn for the website Shotei.
com.

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Serving the JCCC community

REAL ESTATE DID NOTTAKE A VACATIONTHIS SUMMER!
COVID-19 affected the real estate market inevery possible way… including the usual summer
downtime. It also affected how we all live andwork. As the reality of permanent work-from-homeemployment sank in for so many of us, both thelocation and the size of our homes suddenly
became an issue. Should we move to the 905(or beyond) where we could get so much more,
for so much less?
What was shaping up to bea hot Spring market got
pushed into the summer,
so August saw record gains
compared to last year. The
volume of low-rise homes
sold was up 40% over August
2019, with prices increasingover 20% across the GTA.
The resale condominium market also saw a price gain (almost 10%), with volume of sales just over 10%.
One notable exception however, was the downtown condo market. Prior to the pandemic, the supply of condos
in the core was very limited. Now? With fewer sales and a surge in new listings, prices have started to soften.
So, with COVID-19 still top-of-mind after nearly 7 months, what’s in store for GTA real estate? Will there be afall-out when the government rolls back the emergency income support and mortgage deferral programs?
Certainly, looking back, no one expected the record-breaking summer that we experienced this year.
Looking ahead? The forecast from the CMHC (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation) was definitely
the most pessimistic with a prediction of plunging prices in late 2020 and 2021. Opinions fromall other industry experts were mixed. On the upside, Royal LePage forecasted that theaggregate price of a home in the GTA will increase 4% in the fourth quarter of 2020
compared to the same quarter last year.

Gary

647.987.8872

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garytehara@gmail.com

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JSS 21th Holiday Drive 2020
Japanese Social Services

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Our Annual Holiday Drive is just around the corner. It is the time of the year when members of the Japanese
ethno-community embrace the holiday spirit and give to the less fortunate among us.

JSS 21th Holiday Drive 2020

In the past, the Holiday Drive has centered around the community gathering and donating various toys, gifts,
and non-perishable food items. This year,
since largeSocial
gatherings
won’t be possible due to the pandemic, JSS
Japanese
Services
will
be purchasing and delivering food and essential items for families in need while ensuring everyone’s safety
Our Annual Holiday Drive is just around the corner. It is the time of the year when members of the Japanese
Therefore,
we are asking
all theour holiday
supporters
providedonationshelp facilitate
Holiday Drive
ethno-community
embracespirittoandgive financial
to the lessfortunatetoamongus.
purchases. Please see below for the available methods of donation. We look forward to your participation andkindinterest!
In thepast, the Holiday Drive has centered around the community gathering and donating various toys, gifts,
and non-perishable food items. This year, since large gatherings won’t be possible due to the pandemic, JSS
will be purchasing and delivering food and essential items for families in need while ensuring everyone’s safety

Therefore, we are asking all our supporters to provide financial donations to help facilitate Holiday Drive
purchases. Please see below for the available methods of donation. We look forward to your participation andkind interest!
How to make a donationx Online by PayPal (credit/debit card) visit www.jss.ca/holidaydrive2020
x e-Transfer to info@jss.ca (Please note as Holiday Drive)x Cheque payable to “Japanese Social Services” (Please note as Holiday Drive)

How to make a donationx Online by PayPal (credit/debit card) visit www.jss.ca/holidaydrive2020
x e-Transfer to info@jss.ca (Please note as Holiday Drive)x Cheque payable to “Japanese Social Services” (Please note as Holiday Drive)

Please feel free to ask JSS䠄416-385-9200 or holidaydrive@jss.ca 䠅, if any questions regarding Holiday Drive.

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カレーライス 教室で出会った重
松清
重松清／著
出版社名
出版年月
店頭価格

読書の時間
～書店が選ぶおススメ本～

新潮社
2020年7月$14.90+TAX

教科書で読んだ物語は、あの日の学校にタイムスリップさせてくれる。
給食の味が、放課後の空気が、先生や友
だちの声が、
よみがえってくる。
学習教材にたびたび登場する著者の作
品のなかから、「カレーライス」「あいつの年賀状」「もうひとつのゲルマ」の文庫初登場三作を含む九つの短編を収録。
おとなになっても決して忘れることはな
い、子どもたちの心とことばを育ててくれた名作集。

半沢直樹アルルカンと道化師
池井戸潤／著
出版社名
講談社
出版年月
2020年9月
店頭価格$31.30+TAX「半沢直樹」シリーズ６年ぶりとなる待望の最新作！
東京中央銀行大阪西支店の融資課長・半沢直樹のもとにとある案件が持ち込まれる。
大手ＩＴ企業ジャッカルが、業績低迷中の美術系出版社・仙波工藝社を買収したいというのだ。
大阪営業本部による強引な買収工作に抵抗する半沢だったが、やがて背後にひそむ秘密の存在に気づく。
有名な絵に隠された「謎」を解いたとき、半沢がたどりついた驚愕の真実とは。
江戸川乱歩賞作家・池井戸潤の真骨頂ミス
テリー！
「やられたら、倍返しだ」。
明かされる真実に胸が熱くなる、シリーズの原点。 大ヒットドラマ「半沢直樹」シリーズ
待望の最新刊、ついに登場！

上記書籍は、Blue Tree Booksよりお求めいただけます。
www.bluetreebooks.com

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健やかな老後をめざして

その32

あなたの腎臓は大丈夫ですか！？
糖尿病が出てしまった！」と。私の場合は、ス
腎臓の機能が低下すると、尿にタンパ
トレスを受けると心臓や血圧に影響がでる
クが漏れ出し、血液中に血清クレアチニン
ことを思い知らされました。
（creatinine）が増えていきます。
この２つということで、51歳でカナダへ移住しては、慢性腎臓病（腎機能が低下している状からは、特に生活習慣病の予防に心がけて態）を早期発見する重要な指標です。慢性腎きました。日本ではどこへ行っても美味しい
臓病の主たる原因は生活習慣病、腎臓自体ものに溢れ、胃腸が強くて好き嫌いがないの病気（慢性腎炎など）や加齢です。生活習ために、今思えば...たぶん飽食傾向にあっ
慣病では特に糖尿病と高血圧に要注意でたのでしょう。当地では、外食の大好きな夫
す。脂質異常症、肥満、喫煙なども関連する
Johnに付き合っても食べたいと思う料理はと考えられています。
少なく（決してまずくはないけれど）、自然と
私は、毎年4月にチェックしています。尿タ食べ過ぎることがなくなりました。また、外ンパクはマイナス、
クレアチニン値は正常範
食の塩分は日本に比べると少なく、自宅で囲、糸球体ろ過量(eGFR)は良い状態を保っも醤油や砂糖をふんだんに使う煮物などのています。eGFRは年齢とクレアチニン値に料理を作ることがほとんどないので（夫の慣より算出され、腎臓が何パーセント働いてれ親しんだ味ではない）、自然と若い頃よりいるかを示します。例えばeGFR60％と指摘されたら、正常時の60％の働きを表します。 も塩分摂取量が減少。また、バランス良い栄
養や身体に良いナノバブル水素水・油脂の特に病気が無くても、加齢とともに低下していきます。検査結果を見て「これが私の値！？」 摂取にも努めてきました。
60代後半の今、医師に太鼓判（二重丸）をと、その低下に驚くかもしれませんよ...。
もらえるほど、40歳代の検査結果に比べて私の場合、何も努力しないで良い値を保コレステロールや中性脂肪の値は改善し、っている訳ではありません！もともと家族
生活習慣病に関連するその他の結果も良的にみると、祖父母、両親などは心血管系好です。さらに、血圧も安定しています。加齢疾患（高血圧、狭心症、脳出血）の治療を受とともに諸々の機能は低下（悪化）
していく
け、それらが主たる死亡原因ともなっていまのが一般的ですから、生活習慣病をなるべす。40代前半当時の私は、医学部に新しいく遠ざけるために、まずは身体を支える“食”学科を創設するために、過労死しなかったに留意してきた成果と受けとめています。
のが不思議なくらいに、チーフとして早朝か
もちろん、運動と休養も大事です。自宅でら深夜まで土日もなく働いていました。夜中できるTV体操や大好きな“めちゃくちゃ踊りに運転して自宅へ帰る際、シートベルトで心（曲調に合わせて盆踊り、日本舞踊、フラや臓が絞めつけられるように苦しくなり、血圧
モダンダンスなど適当に組み合わせて楽しも不安定に陥りました。検査入院して徹底的に調べましたが、若さが助けてくれたので む）”をよく実践しています。小さなことを暮らしの中で積み重ねていくことにより、私のしょうか...器質的・機能的な障害は見つから腎機能レベルは維持されていると確信してず、相当のストレス状態によるものと診断さいます。
れ、服薬治療は必要ありませんでした。友人
さて、同世代の友人は下肢のむくみがな
は「我が家は父や兄弟が糖尿病。私も妊娠
かなか引かないので受診したら、腎機能低をきっかけに身体に負荷がかかり、やっぱり

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

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下（黄色信号：専門医受診要）と指摘されました。彼女には糖尿病、高血圧などの持病はありません。腎炎やがんなどが潜んでいる場合もあるので精密検査を受けた結果、
特に問題はなく加齢によるものと判断されました。皆さま、年齢とともに腎機能は低下していくのです！腎臓は薬の成分を排泄する働きがあり、機能低下が生じると薬が体内に残って効果が出すぎるために副作用が現れやすくなります。様々な薬を服用しているシニアは注意してくださいね。
親友の夫は50歳で退職し、起業しようと研修中だった矢先に腎透析が必要となりました。40代の頃に腎機能低下を指摘されていたのですが、食生活も飲酒もセーブしていませんでした。まさかそこまで悪化するとは予想していなかったのです。彼は「糖尿病や高血圧よりも腎透析患者の食事制限は厳しくて...こんなに苦労するとは思ってもいなかった！」と。
日本にいる兄は急激に腎機能が悪化。腎透析の一歩手前と宣告され（2020年7月号：
その30）、栄養士や保健師の指導を受けながら義姉とともに食事内容を学習中。
「英子、食べていいものが本当に少な～い」と嘆いています。体調が少しずつ改善しているのでほっとしています。毎日の食事を工夫している義姉のサポートの賜物でしょう。彼女
は「一緒に食事しているので、私の血圧も下がってきた！」と喜んでいます。塩分を厳しく制限された食事の効果です。
前述した親友夫妻は10年間ほど透析療法と食事管理に努力しました。そして、夫婦間腎移植を決断し、実行しました。二人きりの人生をもっと有意義なものにしたいと願ったからです。手術して3年後に医師の許可が出て、海外への旅も実現しました。
病気により人間関係や働き方など様々な面で新しい絆や学びが増えます。決してマイナスではありません。でも、いのちを支える
細胞や臓器の一つひとつがなるべくその寿命をまっとうできるように大事にしたいと思いませんか！わたし（あなた）にできることが未だあるのです。

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トロント日本映画祭について“トロント日本映画祭の素晴らしいところは日本映画を取り巻く今現在の状況を見事に切り取っていることにあると思います。今の日本の映画界がどうなっているかを肌で感じる事が出来るのです。
映画という物、
特に商業映画に内包されるその国の情報という物は想像以上に豊かな物です。この取り組みは、実は今の“日本そのもの”をトロントの皆さんに紹介してくれているのだと思います。
”
山崎貴監督『海賊とよばれた男』(
2017年上映作品)“トロント日本映画祭は第4回にして既に、日本映画を世界に発信するもっとも重要な窓口としてその地位を築きつつあります。上映作品個々の規模や予想観客動員数には幅がありますが、ラインナップとしては日本映画のトレンドを完璧に網羅するものでした。我々日本の映画制作者は、
ここに日本映画の未来の在り方を見出だすことができると思います。
”
原田眞人監督（『駆込み女と駆出し男』
2015年上映作品）
今や世界でも最大規模の日本映画祭となったトロント日本映画祭ですが、これもひとえに皆様の厚いご支援の賜物と、深く感謝申し上げます。
今年度も皆様の期待に応えようと、
早くから準備を進めてきました。
しかし新型コロナウイルスの影響で、多くの映画祭が開催延期や中止に追い込まれ、トロント日本映画祭でも、恒例の6月の開催を断念せざ
るを得ませんでした。
しかしその後も状況を把握しながら議論を続けた結果、観客や関係者の感染の危険を回避するために全作品オンラ
イン上映という形で、10月に第9回トロント日本映画祭を開催することを決定しました。
オンライン上映可の作品という制限がある中、今年も数ある日本映画の中から、トロント日本映画祭に相応しい作品を選びました。
子供からお年寄りまで楽しめるように、時代劇、現代ドラマ、
コメディ、
アニメー
ション、
ドキュメンタリーなど幅広い分野を網羅したラインナップとなっています。
日本で多くの支持を得た作品や、国内外の映画祭などで受賞するなどの話題の作品ばかりで、皆様の観たい作品がきっと見つかるでしょう。作品の殆どは北米、カナダあるいはトロントプレミアとなります。
トロント日本映画祭では日本映画を皆様に紹介するだけではなく、作品を通して日本文化に触れてもらい、友好を広げるきっかけになればと願っています。
それはトロント日本映画祭を主催する日系文化会館の使命とも重なります。映画祭の売り上げの一部は会館のヘリテージプログラムの為に利用されます。
来年は第10回という記念すべき回になります。今も懸命に努力されている医療関係者の皆様の苦労が報われて事態が収束し、来年6月には皆様と小林ホールでお会いできますよう心から祈っています。
それでは皆様、素晴らしい日本映画の数々をご自宅から安全にお楽しみく
ださい。

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ABOUT THE JAPANESE CANADIAN CULTURAL CENTRE
Now in its 57th year, the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) serves as the gathering point for the Japanese Canadian
community and for those of non-Japanese ancestry who have an interest in things Japanese.
The JCCC offers a wide variety of Japanese cultural programs for its 5,000 members and 210,000 annual visitors: ﬁlm screenings,
traditional and contemporary Japanese performances, festivals, art and history exhibitions, Japanese language classes and a wide
range of courses and workshops in traditional Japanese cultural arts and music. The JCCC also boasts a state-of-the-art Dojo where
over 600 members pursue 8 different martial arts disciplines. The JCCC houses the Ikebata Nursery School, Japanese Social
Services, Nikkei Voice, Tokyo Beauty Studio, Sayaka Music Studio, Kiai Acupuncture Clinic, the Canadian Race Relations Foundationand one of North America’s ﬁnest Japanese restaurants, Kaiseki Yu-zen Hashimoto.
While the majority of Japanese Canadians are born in Canada, the past 10 years has seen a large inﬂux of new Japanese immigrants.
The JCCC helps these new Canadians connect to a larger community network and facilitates friendship with Canadians from all
segments of society. The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre is truly a multicultural centre which, in the spirit of its motto ‘Friendshipthrough Culture’, also hosts numerous events in collaboration with cultural groups that do not have cultural facilities of their own.
The JCCC model is based on inclusion - in fact, almost half of the Centre’s members are of non-Japanese ancestry. The JCCC isalso home to the Discover Japan Educational Program which hosts 15,000 school children annually. Among the many guests wehave welcomed in these 50-plus years were Their Majesties, the Emperor and Empress of Japan, who graced us with a visit in thesummer of 2009 and Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado in 2019.
Now approaching it 60th year, the Centre has evolved into one of the largest and most vibrant Japanese cultural centres in theworld. Through our ever expanding facility and programming, of which the Toronto Japanese Film Festival plays an important role,
we look forward to continuing to share the story of the Japanese Canadians, and connecting all Canadians to the exciting richnessof Japanese culture, both traditional and contemporary.

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Some ﬁlms do address adult themes so please check age recommendations.
Films are presented on a Video on Demand basis through ouronline platform partner SHIFT72. E-Tickets are now on sale and continue through to the end of festival on October 22 at 11:59pm. The
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Please note that while all titles will be accessible at any time
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and Android phones.
Line-up and availability of ﬁlms subject to change.
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FUKUSHIMA 50

VOICES IN THE WIND

Available to view: October 3 - 22 • 121min/2020
Director: Setsuro Wakamatsu
CANADIAN PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles

Available to view: October 3 - 22 • 139min/2020
Director: Nobuhiro Suwa
CANADIAN PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles

On March 11, 2011 a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off northern Japansending a massive tsunami inland, destroying countless homes and lives, andeventually engulfed the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. As waves
penetrate the facility, shift supervisor Izaki and site superintendent Yoshidastruggle to stabilize the meltdown in the face of overheating reactors, corporate
greed and government inaction. A thrilling, edge-of-your-seat interpretation ofreal-life events based on Ryusho Kodata’s bestselling novel of the men andwomen – the “Fukushima 50” – who stayed behind to avert a catastropheof global magnitude. An epic, big-budget tale of courage and self-sacrificefeaturing a cast of Japan’s top actors.

Winner: Special Mention, Berlin International Film Festival

Starring Ken Watanabe, Koichi Sato, Riho Yoshioka, Hidetaka Yoshioka,
Narumi Yasuda.

風の電話

Based on the actual pilgrimage spot called the “wind phone”; a disconnected
telephone booth in Iwate Prefecture where mourners go to speak with people
they’ve lost.
Haru lost her family to the 2011 tsunami disaster and has been raised by her aunt
in Hiroshima. Compelled by the weight of her sorrow she hitchhikes back to her
old home and along the way encounters people who have endured tribulationsof their own. At the end of her journey awaits the “wind phone.” Emotionally raw
and filmed in a semi-documentary style, it is a “gentle yet epic road movie with ahaunting finale that is simultaneously devastating and uplifting.
Starring Serena Motola, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tomokazu Miura, Toshiyuki Nishida.

2011年3月11日、マグニチュード9.0、最大震度７という東日本大震災が起こした大津波が福島第一原子力発電所を襲う。浸水により電源を喪失した
発電所は原子炉を冷やせない状況に。
メルトダウンの可能性が迫る中、１・２号機当直長の伊崎ら現場作業員は原発内に残り原子炉の制御に奔走する。福島第一原発を襲った史上最大の危機に立ち向かった、50人の作業員の真実の物語。

第70回ベルリン国際映画祭国際審査員特別賞受賞作品。今は亡き大切な人と思いを繋ぐ電話として、岩手県大槌町に実在する電話ボックス「風の電話」。東日本大震災で家族を失い、広島の叔母と暮らす17歳の少女ハル。叔母が突然倒れたことをきっかけに、故郷の大槌町を目指しヒッチハイクを始める。
道中、様々な人と出会いながら、ハルは家族と「もう一度、話したい」との想い
を胸に故郷にある＜風の電話＞へと歩みを進める。

監督：若松節朗『空母いぶき』『沈まぬ太陽』
出演：佐藤浩市、渡辺謙、吉岡秀隆、安田成美、緒形直人

監督：諏訪敦彦 『M/OTHER』『不完全な二人』
出演：モトーラ世里奈、西島秀俊、三浦友和、西田敏行

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Available to view: October 3 - 22 • 123min/2020
Director: Yukiko Mishima
CANADIAN PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles

Based on the devastating best-seller from Naoki-Award winning novelist Rio
Shimamoto. Toko is married and raising a lovely daughter in her husband’s
luxurious family home. Her life is comfortable but she feels an emptiness. At
a wedding reception she meets the handsome and mysterious Kurata, herlover from 10 years ago. Falling helplessly into the throes of a deep passion,
they embark on an intense and doomed affair that takes them far into “snowcountry” and the extremes of emotion.
Starring Kaho, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Tasuku Emoto, Shotaro Mamiya,
Reiko Kataoka.
R15+指定作品。センセーショナルな描写で新境地を開いた本作が禁断の実写化。誰もが羨む夫に可愛い娘、“何も問題のない生活”を過ごしていたはずだった塔子は１０年前の恋人・鞍田に再会する。渦巻く感情、さまよう身体。
妻夫木聡と夏帆が官能に挑んだ官能的な大人のラブストリー。
監督：三島有紀子 『幼な子われらに生まれ』
出演：妻夫木聡、夏帆、柄本佑、間宮祥太朗、片岡礼子

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新聞記者

Available to view: October 3 - 22 • 113min/2019 • Director: Mitsuhito Fujii
CANADIAN PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles
Winner of the Japanese Academy Awards for Best Film, Best Actor andBest Actress
Erika Yoshioka is a reporter for the Toto Newspaper. Obtaining an anonymous fax
containing highly confidential information related to the building plan for a new
university, she decides to investigate.
Meanwhile, Takumi Sugihara is a bureaucrat in the Cabinet Intelligence andResearch Office whose job is to control the media and prevent unfavorable
coverage of the government. He is shocked when his esteemed former superior
Kanzaki commits suicide. When Erika Yoshioka and Takumi Sugihara connect
with each other, a shocking truth is revealed. Inspired by the controversial nonfiction book by Tokyo Newspaper journalist Mochizuki Isoko.
Starring Tori Matsuzaka, Eun-kyung Shim, Tsubasa Honda, Tetsushi Tanaka.
優秀作品賞含め第４３回日本アカデミー賞で６部門を受賞した社会派サス
ペンス。東京新聞記者・望月衣塑子の同名ベストセラーを原案に、若き新聞記者とエリート官僚の対峙と葛藤をオリジナルストーリーで描き出す。新聞記者としてある事件の真実に迫ろうともがく吉岡と、内閣情報調査室で働く
中、政権の暗部に気づき選択を迫られる官僚の杉原。そんな2人の人生が交差する時、ある衝撃の事実が明らかになる。
監督：藤井道人 『デイアンドナイト』『青の帰り道』
出演：シム・ウンギョン、松坂桃李、本田翼、田中哲司、西田尚美

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引っ越し大名！

Available to view: October 3 - 22 • 120min/2019
Director: Isshin Inudo
CANADIAN PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles
Under the Tokugawa shogunate, political dominance is maintained by forcing
lords to move their clans from domain to domain. When the Echizen Matsudairaclan is called upon to make a particularly tough relocation, the undesired role ofrelocation officer falls to Harunosuke Katagiri, a socially inept samurai librarian.
Under the threat of forced harakiri, he accepts the near impossible task withthe aid of his childhood friend Genemon, and Oran, the beautiful but headstrong
daughter of a former magistrate. A lavish and hilarious period comedy thatpokes gentle fun at the famous Japanese work ethic.
Starring Gen Hoshino, Issey Takahashi, Mitsuki Takahata.
江戸時代の姫路藩。書庫にこもって本を読んでばかりの引きこもり侍・片桐
春之介は、突然【引っ越し奉行】に任命される。引っ越し奉行とは、すべての藩士とその家族全員で別の国に引っ越し（国替え）をする際の総責任者である。失敗すれば、即、切腹！という状況の中、全くノウハウのない春之介は、果たして国の存亡をかけた超難関プロジェクトをクリアできるのか!?
監督：犬童一心『最高の人生の見つけ方』『のぼうの城』
出演：星野源、高橋一生、高畑充希、及川光博、濱田岳、松重豊© 2019 FUJI TELEVISION/TOHOHIT ME ANYONE ONE MORE TIME
記憶にございません！

Available to view: October 3 - 22 • 127min/2019
Director: Koki Mitani
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles
Keisuke wakes up in a hospital bed with a lump on his head, unable to remember
who he is. Fleeing the ward, he spots himself on a TV and realizes he is theprime minister of Japan! In fact a very unpopular prime minister. He is spiritedback to the official residence and his three secretaries attempt to hide thesituation, even from his wife. But loss of memory gives him new perspectives
and he decides to change the country for the better. Master of comedy Koki
Mitani’s all-star political farce took the Japanese box office by storm. Hilarious
and timely!
Starring Kiichi Nakai, Dean Fujioka, Yuriko Ishida, Koichi Sato, Eiko Koike andYo Yoshida.
三谷幸喜の長編映画監督8作目で、記憶をなくした総理大臣が主人公の政界コメディ。国民からは史上最悪のダメ総理と呼ばれた総理大臣の黒田啓介は、演説中に一般市民の投げた石が頭にあたり記憶喪失になってしまい、
一夜にして悪徳政治家から善良な普通のおじさんに変貌してしまった。記憶を失ったことは国民には隠され、秘書官のサポートによりギリギリ日々の公務をこなしていく。
監督：三谷幸喜『ザ・マジックアワー』『THE有頂天ホテル』
出演：中井貴一、
ディーン・フジオカ、
石田ゆり子、
佐藤浩市、
草刈正雄、
小池栄子

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寅さん

Available to view: October 3 - 22 • 116min/2019 • Director: Yoji Yamada
CANADIAN PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles
Japan’s most beloved comedy film series celebrates its 50th anniversary withits 50th film. At the 7th annual memorial service for his wife, novelist andfather Mitsuo struggles with the next steps in his life. Conversation turns tolively reminiscences of the past, especially about their incorrigible uncle,
Tora-san and his many unrequited loves (as documented in the first 49 films).
Two women enter Mitsuo’s life: one a thoughtful coworker, the other his longlost first love Izumi. Can Tora-san’s experiences guide Mitsuo to the rightdecision? Lovingly blending nostalgic scenes from the original series withnew footage featuring original cast members master director Yamada createsa moving and wistful tale of family, love and memory.
Starring Hidetaka Yoshioka, Hiyori Sakurada, Chieko Basho, Gin Maeda,
Ruriko Asaoka, Kumiko Gotõ, Kiyoshi Atsumi.
サラリーマンを辞めて、念願の小説家になった満男は中３の娘と二人暮し。
亡くなった妻の七回忌の法要で久しぶりに葛飾の実家を訪れる。伯父・寅次郎（渥美清）との日々を懐かしむ満男だが、その後自身のサイン会で初恋の人・
イズミに再開する。山田洋次監督による国民的人情喜劇「男はつらいよ」
シリーズの50周年記念にふさわしい、笑いと涙あふれる感動作。
監督：山田洋次 『家族はつらいよ』『小さいおうち』『たそがれ清兵衛』
出演：渥美清、倍賞千恵子、吉岡秀隆、後藤久美子、前田吟、浅丘ルリ子© 2019 “The Promised Land” Film Partners

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楽園

Available to view: October 3 - 22 • 127min/2019
Director: Takahisa ZezeNORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles
Takeshi, devoted to his mother and a village outcast, mends and sell used
items. At a Y-shaped intersection in the middle of a rice field near the village,a schoolgirl, Aika is kidnapped. Aika’s friend Tsugumi is traumatized, having
been with Aika only minutes before she was kidnapped. On the same day,
12 years later, another girl disappears at the same intersection and villagers
suspect Takeshi. In another part of the village, Zenjiro, a widower beekeeper,
lives in growing isolation that pushes him towards committing a terrible crime.
A devastating mystery and exploration of the limits of trust based on Shuichi
Yoshida’s crime stories.
Starring Go Ayano, Hana Sugisaki, Koichi Sato, Akira Emoto, Reiko Kataoka,
Asuka Kurosawa, Nijiro Murakami.
ベストセラー作家・吉田修一の短編集「犯罪小説集」の映画化。青田に囲まれたY字路で少女誘拐事件が起こる。事件は解決されないまま、それから12年後、同じY字路で再び少女が行方不明になる。犯人として疑われる孤独な男、12年前の事件で心に傷を負った少女、そして限界集落で暮らす養蜂家の男の、三人の犯罪をめぐる喪失と再生を描く。
監督：瀬々敬久 『64 ロクヨン』『ヘブンズストーリー』
出演：綾野剛、杉咲花、片岡礼子、柄本明、村上虹郎、佐藤浩市

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火口のふたりIT FEELS SO GOOD
Available to view: October 3 - 22 • 115min/2019
Director: Haruhiko AraiCANADIAN PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles

Winner of the Kinema Junpo Awards for Best Film and Best Actressand Best Film Awards from Eiga Geijustu Magazine and the Yokohama
Film Festival.
This intense erotic drama finds Kenji drifting home to Akita after the collapse of
his marriage and career. He is there to attend the wedding of his past lover Naoko
who still keeps an album of erotic photos tracing their relationship. She invites him
to share her bed for one last night of intimacy but a single night proves inadequate
to contain their passion and they set off on a five-day road trip. As the intensity of
their erotic escape escalates, and with the return to Naoko’s fiancé imminent, they
face a terrible decision. Physically explicit and emotionally raw.

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Available to view: October 3 - 22 • 115min/2020 • Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa
TORONTO PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles
Asegawa, marketing director of the conservative Maeda Construction
Corporation, decides to establish a “fantasy division”. His perplexed team is
purposed with creating a detailed plan for the construction of a hangar for
Mazinger Z, the giant robot star of the sci-fi series that has obsessed Japanfor decades. Asegawa’s spirited enthusiasm gradually infects the team andtogether they strive to do the impossible: to make the imaginary real. This feelgood comedy was a box-office smash and blends office intrigue, romance andsci-fi fantasy, and is based on a true story!

Starring Tasuku Emoto, Kumi Takeuchi.

Starring Mahiro Takasugi, Hiroaki Ogi, Yusuke Kamiji, Yukino Kishii,
Chikara Honda, Keita Machida, Seiji Rokkaku.

R18+指定作品。2011年の東日本大震災をきっかけに書かれた直木賞作家
白石一文による小説を脚本家として有名な荒井晴彦が映画化。昨年のキネ
マ旬報ベスト・テンでは日本映画第１位と主演女優賞を受賞し、ヨコハマ映画祭でも作品賞、最優秀新人賞、特別大賞を受賞し話題となった。１０日後に結婚式を控えた直子は、故郷の秋田に帰省した昔の恋人・賢治と久しぶりの再会を果たす。直子の婚約者が戻るまでの５日間、二人は昔のように恋人同士に戻ることに。身体に刻まれた快楽の記憶と葛藤の果てに、二人がたどり着いた先はー。

高度成長期のころ、
ダム、トンネル、発電所など、数々の大プロジェクトに携わってきた前田建設工業株式会社の一室で、上司アサガワが言い放った一言から始まった。
「うちの技術で、マジンガーの格納庫を作ろう！」それまで何気なく仕事をしてきた若手サラリーマンのドイと部員達が、上司のムチャぶりに巻き込まれ「マジンガーZの地下格納庫」の建設に挑むが、アニメ世界の途方も無い設定に翻弄され、非協力的な社員たちという障壁も立ちはだかる。果たしてファンタジー営業部は、無事に「地下格納庫」の設計図と見積もり書を完成させ、プロジェクトを成功させることができるのか―。

監督：荒井晴彦『この国の空』
出演：柄本佑、瀧内公美

INCLUDES SCENES OFSEXUALITY: RECOMMENDED
FOR ADULT AUDIENCES

監督：英勉『ハンサム★スーツ』『あさひなぐ』『映画 賭ケグルイ』
出演：高杉真宙、上地雄輔、岸井ゆきの、本多力、六角精児

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マチネの終わりに

Available to view: October 3 - 22 • 123min/2019
Director: Kazuya Shiraishi
CANADIAN PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles

Available to view: October 3 - 22 • 124min/2019
Director: Hiroshi Nishitani
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles

One night, a beleaguered wife murders her alcoholic and abusive husband. She
tells her three children, who he has beaten regularly, “You are free,” and turns
herself in to the police. The children are haunted by their traumatic past and eachfollow divergent paths in life. Fifteen years later, their mother returns. Burdened
by inner conflict and confusion, the family struggles to revive their ties to eachother as the town turns against the retiring murderess. A powerful examinationof the strength of family bonds, inescapable destiny, and the ultimate form of loveand sacrifice. The latest masterpiece from the director of The Blood of Wolves
and Birds without Names.

Satoshi Makino is a brilliant classical guitarist who performs at the world’s top
concert theatres. On tour, he meets Paris-based journalist Yoko Komine and their
attraction is immediate and intense. But Yoko has a fiancé. Together they mustnavigate a twisting road of passion, loyalty and guilt. Sweeping in scale andgorgeously photographed, this international romance – filmed in Japan, Parisand New York – boast charismatic performances from some of Japan’s leading
actors. Based on Keiichiro Hirano’s best-selling novel.

Starring Takeru Satoh, Ryohei Suzuki, Mayu Matsuoka, Yuko Tanaka,
Kuranosuke Sasaki.
ある雨の夜、
タクシー会社を営む稲村家の母こはるは3人の子供たちを守るためDV夫を殺害し、子供たちとの15年後の再会を誓って家を後にした。事件後、残された長男大樹、次男雄二、長女園子は、心に傷を抱えたまま成長する。やがて刑期を終えたこはるが帰ってくる。再会を果たした彼らがたどり着
く先は、、、
監督：白石和彌『彼女がその名を知らない鳥たち』『孤狼の血』
出演：佐藤健、鈴木亮平、松岡茉優、田中裕子、佐々木蔵之介

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Starring Masaharu Fukuyama, Yuriko Ishida, Yusuke Iseya, Yuki Sakurai,
Ikko Furuya.
東京、パリ、ニューヨークを舞台に音楽家とジャーナリストの愛の物語を描いた芥川賞作家・平野啓一郎の同名ベストセラー小説を福山雅治、石田ゆり子
主演で映画化。パリでの公演を終えた世界的なクラシックギタリストの蒔野聡史は、パリの通信社に勤務するジャーナリストの小峰洋子と出会う。2人は出会った瞬間から惹かれ合うが、洋子には婚約者がいた。40代の2人をとりまくさまざまな現実を前に、蒔野と洋子の思いはすれ違っていく…
監督：西谷弘『容疑者Xの献身』『昼顔』
出演：福山雅治、石田ゆり子、伊勢谷友介、桜井ユキ、木南晴夏、古谷一行

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Available to view: October 3 - 22 • 106min/2019
Director: Renpei Tsukamoto
CANADIAN PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles

Available to view: October 3 - 22 • 125min/2019
Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles

A film about the love between a mother and daughter told with much laughterand many tears. Futaba is going through a rebellious phase and refuses to
speak to her single mother Kaori. Kaori retaliates with “bento harassment” –sending Futaba to school each day with an elaborate home-made box lunch
incorporating messages of love and encouragement. Over the next 3 years,
Futaba overcomes her initial embarrassment and comes to appreciate these
expressions of the undying support of her mother.

In 1701 Lord Asano is ordered to commit ritual seppuku for drawing his swordin Edo Castle during a confrontation with Lord Kira. Realizing Kira’s duplicity
in the affair, Asano’s right hand man, Kuranosuke Oishi organizes revenge
together with his samurai retainers forming the basis of the famous historicalstory: “Chushingura, the revenge of the forty-seven rõnin”. However, no one
has ever told the story about their finances... Revenge, it turns out, is ultraexpensive! Director Yoshihiro Nakamura (The Magnificent Nine, Mumon: The
Land of Stealth) reveals the financial realities of the loyal samurai story in ahilarious all-star comedy!

Starring Ryoko Shinohara, Kiyoko Yoshine, Rena Matsui, Kenta Sato, Ryuta Sato.
Amebaブログで１位の栄冠を手にしたキャラ弁の人気ブログ、エッセイの映画化。自然と人情が豊かな八丈島で、反抗期の次女・双葉と暮らしている
シングルマザーの持丸かおりが、そんな娘への逆襲にと、双葉の嫌がる「キャラ弁」を作り続けているのだが、双葉は「ウザい」とぼやきながらも、毎回残さず食べ続ける。やがてそのお弁当は、会話のない娘への大切なメッセージへと変わっていく。
監督：塚本連平 『ぼくたちと駐在さんの７００日戦争』
出演：篠原涼子、芳根京子、佐藤隆太、松井玲奈、佐藤寛太

Starring Shinichi Tsutsumi, Takashi Okamura, Gaku Hamada, Yu Yokoyama,
Satoshi Tsumabuki.
「忠臣蔵」を題材に、限られた予算の中で仇討を果たそうとする赤穂浪士たちの苦労を描いた時代劇コメディ。赤穂藩主・浅野内匠頭は幕臣・吉良上野介に斬りかかり、即日切腹、藩はお取り潰しに。宿敵・吉良邸に討ち入るにも旅費、武具、その他経費に超お金がかかることから、筆頭家老の大石内蔵助（堤真一）は勘定方の矢頭長助（岡村隆史）の力を借りて財源の確保などに努めるが．．．
監督：中村義洋『忍びの国』『殿、利息でござる！』
出演：堤真一、岡村隆史、濱田岳、妻夫木聡、竹内結子、石原さとみ

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THE MASTER OF FUNERALS

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Available to view: October 3 - 22 • 99min/2019
Director: Naofumi Higuchi
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles
Inspired by Nobel Literature Prize-winner Yasunari Kawabata’s Soshiki no Meijin.
Single mother Yukiko who lives with her son in Ibaraki, receives notice that
her high school classmate Yoshida has passed away suddenly after returningfrom America. Old friends including Yoshida’s baseball teammate Toyokawa gettogether and decide to bring the coffin to their former high school and hold thewake at the school. They share stories about their lives since graduation andthe mysteries around Yoshida’s death begin to reveal themselves.
Starring Atsuko Maeda, Kengo Kora, Jin Shirasu, Asuka Hinoi.
ノーベル文学賞作家・川端康成の作品群をモチーフにし、川端の出身校である茨木高校を舞台にした青春群像ファンタジー。ある日、高校時代の同級生の訃報が届いたシングルマザーの雪子は通夜の席に足を運ぶ。高校卒
業から10年、久しぶりに顔を合わせた雪子と同級生たち。同級生が些細なことで葬儀屋と喧嘩をしてしまい、母校の中でお通夜をする羽目になってし
まう…
監督：樋口尚文
出演：前田敦子、高良健吾、白洲迅、樋井明日香

THE TRAVELLING CAT CHRONICLES
旅猫リポートAvailable to view: October 3 - 22 • 119min/2018 • Director: Koichiro Miki
TORONTO PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles“Featuring fluffy felines, a handsome human with a heart of gold, serene
small-town scenery and a story with sniffling separations aplenty.”– Hollywood Reporter
Satoru is forced by circumstance to get rid of his cat Nana. This gentle boy with asecret boards a silver station wagon with his cat companion and they embark on
a “final journey” to find a new owner for Nana. Their travels are full in incident andhuman interaction as Satoru reconnects with a childhood friend and his first love.
Gradually his unknown past and secret are revealed. Adapted from Hiro Arikawa’s
best-selling 2012 novel which has since been translated into English. Heartwarming and heart-breaking, make sure to have your Kleenex close at hand.
Starring Sota Fukushi, Yuko Takeuchi, Alice Hirose, Mitsuki Takahata, Nana.
世界１６カ国で翻訳されている同名の人気小説を原作としたロードムービ
ー。野良猫として誇り高く、タフに生きてきたナナ（声＝高畑充希）。誰にでもなつくわけではないが、時々食べ物をくれる優しい青年・悟（福士蒼汰）のことは、ちょっと気に入っている。
ある日、交通事故で大怪我をしたナナを助けた悟は、一緒に暮らすことにするが、ある事情によりナナを手放すことに。
ナナの新しい飼い主を探すため、ナナを愛車に乗せ旅に出るが、悟と別れたくないナナは行く先々でトラブルを起こす。
監督：三木康一郎『トリハダ－劇場版－』『植物図鑑 運命の恋、ひろいました』
出演：福士蒼汰、高畑充希（声の出演）、竹内結子、広瀬アリス

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Available to view: October 3 - 22 • 115min/2018 • Director: Soichiro Komatsu
CANADIAN PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles

Available to view: October 3 - 22 • 115min/2019
Director: Isshin Inudo
CANADIAN PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles

フジコ・ヘミングの時間

This remarkable documentary looks at Ingrid Fuzjko Hemming and a life of
tribulations; her separation from her Swedish father, her mother’s strict piano
lessons, the segregation she endured as a Eurasian in Japan, the poverty she
experienced as a piano student abroad and finally the devastating loss of her
hearing. None of which deterred her from reaching for her dream. The film
examines the life and music of a woman who never gives up on her dreams.
Following Fuzjko Hemming from Paris to New York, Argentina, Berlin and Kyoto,
we get up-close with her on her emotive world tour and in her private life inwhich she surrounds herself with her beloved cats.
Starring Ingrid Fuzjko Hemming.
60代になってから世界に見いだされ、８０代になっても精力的に世界の舞台で演奏を続け、高い評価を得ているピアニスト、
フジコ・ヘミングを追ったドキュメンタリー。
日本人ピアニストの母とロシア系スウェーデン人のデザイナー
である父を両親に持ち、母の手ほどきによって5歳からピアノを習いはじめた
フジコ。ピアニストとしての評価が高まる中、突然聴力を失うという大きなアクシデントに見舞われるなど、数奇な人生を歩んできた。
ワールドツアーで各国を巡る姿や、パリの自宅でお気に入りのアンティーク家具や猫に囲まれて過ごす時間など、公私にわたるフジコの素顔に密着。厳しい母のレッスン、ハーフへの差別、父との別離、貧しい留学生活や聴力喪失など、様々な困難に立ち向かいながらも、夢を捨てずに人生を歩んできたフジコの人間性と音楽に迫る。
監督：小松荘一良

キャスト：フジコ・ヘミング

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Sachie is a housewife who has dedicated her life to taking care of her family.
Mako is head of a huge hotel chain who has dedicated her life to her career. The
two meet in hospital after both receive terminal diagnoses. Faced with imminentmortality, they accidentally find the “bucket list “written by a terminally ill
12-year-old girl patient. To live life to its fullest, Sachie and Mako decide to go
on a journey to accomplish her list on her behalf. This heartwarming adventure
about the meaning of life and friendship remakes the Jack Nicholson/Morgan
Freeman original recasting the roles with Japan’s top actresses.
Starring Sayuri Yoshinaga, Yuki Amami, Tsuyoshi Muro, Hikari Mitsushima,
Kento Kaku, Rio Suzuki.
ジャック・ニコルソンとモーガン・フリーマンが主人公の同名映画を原案に、吉永小百合と天海祐希が共演したハートフルドラマ。人生のほとんどを家庭のために捧げてきた主婦・幸枝と、仕事だけに生きてきた大金持ちの女社長・マ子。余命宣告を受けた2人は病院で偶然に出会う。初めて人生に空しさを感じていた彼女たちがたまたま手にしたのは、入院中の少女が書いた「死ぬまでにやりたいことリスト」だった。二人は残された人生の中、
このリストに書かれた全てを実行することを決断し、今まで気づけなかった幸せや楽しみを見出していく。
監督：犬童一心 『引っ越し大名！』『ジョゼと虎と魚たち』
出演：吉永小百合、天海祐希、ムロツヨシ、満島ひかり、賀来賢人

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Available to view: October 3 - 22 • 120min/2019
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
TIFF ENCORE PRESENTATION • In Japanese with English Subtitles
Though Yoko dreams of becoming a singer, she has resigned herself to life as atelevision reporter on a travel reality show. In search of a mystical fish, she and hercrew visit an area in Uzbekistan which had prospered as a hub on the Silk Road.
One day after filming Yoko wanders off into town and is drawn by a faint singing
voice to a beautiful theatre and soon after her world begins to unravel. An entertaining
and often very funny tale of culture clash; at the same time a penetrating depictionof a young woman’s alienation and anxiety that finds director Kurosawa’s craft
exploring new, mysterious, and deeply emotional realms.

© EAST FACTORYCOMPLY+-ANCE

コンプライアンスAvailable to view: October 3 - 22 • 75min/2020
Directors: Takumi Saitoh, Takashi Iitsuku, Isora Iwakiri
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles
Takumi Saitoh takes on the roles of director, screenwriter, cinematographer andactor in this surreal investigation into the nature of “compliance.” In contemporary
Japan obsessive self-regulation and risk aversion has paralyzed the society’s
ability for self-expression. This theme is explored in a hallucinatory triptych of
narratives featuring experimental indie filmmaking, rap music, rudimentary
puppet theatre and an increasingly bizarre attempt at an interview with actress
Yuki Akiyama (One Cut of the Dead). A deliriously disorienting film for those looking
for something completely different.
Starring Yuki Akiyama, Yuki Hirako, Takumi Saitoh.

Starring Atsuko Maeda, Shota Sometani, Tokio Emoto, Adiz Rajabov, Ryo Kase.
国内外で活躍する黒沢清監督がウズベキスタンに１ヶ月滞在して撮影された本作は第７２回ロカルノ国際映画祭でクロージング作品として上映され盛況を博した。テレビリポータを務める葉子は巨大な湖に棲む“幻の怪魚”を探すため、番組クルーと共に、かつてシルクロードの中心地として栄えたこの地を訪れる。収録を重ねるが、約束どおりにはいかない異国でのロケで、いらだちを募らせるスタッフ。ある日の撮影が終わり、ひとり街に出た彼
女は、聞こえてきた微かな歌声に誘われ美しい装飾の施された劇場に迷い込む。そして扉の先で、夢と現実が交差する不思議な経験をする─。彼女が、旅の果てで出会ったものとは…？

フィルムメーカー、モノクロ写真家としてマルチに活動する斎藤工が、“齊藤
工”名義で企画・原案・脚本・撮影・写真・声・総監督を務め、その思いに共感したアーティスト、俳優、芸人が集結。“コンプライアンス“をテーマに、音楽、
実写、人形アニメーションなど多様な視点と表現が放たれた近い未来の放送業界・映画界に警告を鳴らす、類を見ない問題作。日々、忖度やコンプラ
イアンスがニュースのみならず日常会話においても語られ、明確な基準もないまま”自主規制“ばかりが増していく日本にアンチテーゼを投げかかる。
総監督：齊藤工 ゲスト監督：飯塚貴士、岩切一空、
出演: 秋山ゆずき、華村あすか、中井友望、斎藤工

監督：黒沢清出演：前田敦子、加瀬亮、染谷将太、柄本時生、
アディズ・ラジャボフ

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Available to view: October 3 - 22 • 109min/2019
Director: Tomoka Nagaoka
CANADIAN PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles
The latest installment in the wildly popular Case Closed animated film series
finds high school detective Conan Edogawa travelling to Singapore on the caseof the world’s greatest sapphire, the “blue lapis fist”. The gem sunk with a pirate
ship in the late 19th century off the coasts of Singapore. A local millionaire plots
to retrieve it, and when the stone is exhibited, a murder takes place. The callingcard of Conan’s main nemesis, magician-thief The Kaitou Kid is found on thescene. And so begins a thrilling adventure of Conan and his friends Ran, Sonoko
and Kogoro.
Voiced by Minami Takayama, Chika Nagaoka, Wakana Yamazaki, Rikiya Koyama,
Kappei Yamaguchi.
大ヒットアニメシリーズ「名探偵コナン」の劇場版23作目。シンガポールを舞台に、伝説の宝石をめぐる謎と事件が巻き起こる。19世紀末に海賊船とともにシンガポールの海底に沈んだとされるブルーサファイア「紺青の拳」を、現地の富豪が回収しようとした矢先、殺人事件が発生。現場には、怪盗キッドの血塗られた予告状が残されていた。
監督：永岡智佳 『名探偵コナン 緋色の弾丸』
声の出演：高山みなみ、永岡智佳、山崎和佳奈、小山力也、山口勝平

SUMIKKO GURASHI

映画 すみっコぐらし とびだす絵本とひみつのコ
Available to view: October 3 - 22 • 65min/2019
Director: Mankyu
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE • In Japanese with English Subtitles“Sumikkogurashi” are the popular San-X characters who prefer to live quiet andsolitary life in the corner. They are Shirokuma, a polar bear who dislikes the cold,
Penguin? who is unsure of being a penguin, Tonkatsu, a piece of leftover pork
cutlet, Neko, a timid and anxious cat, and Tokage, a dinosaur who pretends to bea lizard. One day, at their favourite coffee shop, they are drawn into the basement
by a strange noise and find themselves in a mysterious flying picture book where
they pursue strange and magical adventures.
Narrated by Yoshihiko Inohara and Manami Honjo.
大人気キャラクター「すみっコぐらし」の劇場版アニメーション。ある日すみっ
コたちは、お気に入りのおみせ「喫茶すみっコ」の地下室で、古くなった一冊のとびだす絵本をみつける。絵本を眺めていると、突然しかけが動き出し、絵本に吸い込まれてしまうすみっコたち。絵本の世界で出会ったのは、どこからきたのか、
自分がだれなのかもわからない、
ひとりぼっちのひよこ・・・？
「このコのおうちをさがそう！」新しいなかまのた
めに、すみっコたちはひとはだ脱ぐことに。絵本の世界をめぐる旅の、はじまりはじまり。
監督：まんきゅう『伝染るんです。』『ガンダムさん』
ナレーション：井ノ原快彦、本上まなみ

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GRAND JURY PRIZE AND KOBAYASHI AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDThe GRAND JURY PRIZE is awarded to the feature selected as the best ﬁlm
among this year’s festival offerings. Films are reviewed by an Official Jurymade up of ﬁlm makers, ﬁlm professionals, writers and educators. The winningﬁlm-maker is awarded with a certiﬁcate and a cash prize of 100,000 Japanese yen.
This year’s jury is comprised of:

JASON ANDERSON is a programmer, journalist and lecturer based in Toronto. He is the lead programmer for the Short Cuts
programme at the Toronto International Film Festival. He is also the director of programming for Aspen Shortsfest and theKingston Canadian Film Festival. A former ﬁlm critic and columnist for Eye Weekly and The Grid in Toronto, he writes regularly
for such publications as Uncut magazine, Cinema Scope, Sight & Sound and Movie Entertainment. He teaches at the Universityof Toronto and Ryerson University. Follow Jason at: twitter.com/jandersonesque and www.jandersonesque.com

EIKO K BROWN is a ﬁlmmaker and producer based in Toronto and a jury coordinator at the Toronto Japanese Film
Festival since 2018. Alongside her good friend Alice Shin, Eiko has co-produced the award-winning Canadian short ﬁlms
Haru’s New Year (2018) and Signal Fire (2019). Recently, the two have ﬁlmed a short documentary about the artist
Emma Nishimura for CBC Arts, and are grateful for the help they received from the Moriyama Nikkei Heritage Centre at
JCCC. Eiko’s full credits are included on the website for Alice Shin Productions: www.aliceshin.com

GORO KOYAMA is an internationally acclaimed foley artist who has contributed the soundscapes to ﬁlms by Terrance Malik,
Denis Villeneuve, Tim Burton, David O. Russell, Wes Anderson, David Cronenberg and the Coen Brothers. His over 200 ﬁlm
credits include: Blade Runner 2049, Bombshell, Ford vs Ferrari, Marriage Story, The Lighthouse; Japanese ﬁlms including
Unforgiven and Parasyte and popular series such as Vikings and A Handmaid’s Tale. Goro has received a number of soundawards including Canadian screen awards, Golden Reel Awards and a Prime Time Emmy Award.
www.imdb.com/name/nm0468704/ and https://always-listening.audio-technica.co.jp/articles/goro-koyama/

STEVE MORRIS is an independent ﬁlmmaker with 20 years of experience in producing, writing, directing and post production.
He has worked on independent ﬁlms, documentaries, shorts, sit-coms and music videos. Steve teaches directing at the
New York Film Academy and is well-known as the host of the wildly popular Cine-Files podcast. Learn more about Steve at:twitter.com/cine_ﬁles and www.cine-ﬁles.net

TAKUMI SAITOH is a proliﬁc actor, director and student of ﬁlm. His recent work includes Hirugao (2017) A Gamblers Odyssey
2020 (2019), MANRIKI (2019) (producer, director, lead role), Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku (2020), Tapestry (2020), The 12 Days
Tale Of The Monster That Died in 8 (2020) and Kodokuna Jukuji (2020). As a ﬁlm director and black and white photographer,
he directed his debut ﬁlm blank 13 (2018) which received 8 awards domestically and internationally. In that same year, his black
and white photography project received the bronze award at an exhibition at the Louvre Museum in Paris. For the past 2 years,
he has worked and received various awards as the Japanese representative director on international projects for HBO Asia. The
ﬁlm COMPLY+-ANCE, on which he served as producer, director, cinematographer, actor, voice actor, screenplay and original story,
was officially screened in the Panorama Section of the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival. He also directed C RONAPLY+-ANCE (2020).
In 2021 he stars in Shin Ultraman and his next project as a director, Zokki will be released. Takumi’s professional career expands to many ﬁelds suchas a founder of the Cinemabird, a project to deliver cinematic experiences to people living in remote areas of Japan, including the disaster-stricken
areas by The Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. https://www.saitoh-takumi.jp/home/•

The KOBAYASHI AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD is presented to the ﬁlm chosen as
the festival favourite by audiences. The award is named in honour of Coby andYone Kobayashi, a second-generation Nikkei couple whose vision, generosity andtireless efforts over 50 years were essential to the creation and success of theJapanese Canadian Cultural Centre. This year input will be gathered virtually.
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James Heron, Chris Hope
Programmers:
Aki Takabatake, James Heron
Administration:
Yoko Tsumagari, Sandy Chan
Technical Coordinator:
Constantin Dutescu
Hibiya Outdoor Film Festival Coordinator:
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Jury Coordination: Eiko Brown
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Jean-Rosch Prudencio, Su Yen Chong
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