awa life
A monthly newsletter for international residents of Tokushima, produced
by TOPIA, the Tokushima Prefectural International Exchange Association.

tracing waves"TOPPY"
February 2005 No. 176
by jenna beckjenna.beck@gmail.com

when trees in a large group stop growing at the same time, a natural disaster may be to blame.
Brian Atwater first suspected seismic activity in Oregon when he discovered a dead forest.

SU-NA-MI. If there was anyone in theworld who hadn’t heard this Japaneseword before December, they now know it
all too well. The news from Southeast Asia
has shaken the world at large and needs nosensationalizing: a 9.0 earthquake, 15 meterwaves, and 175,000 dead. After we swallow oursurprise that a catastrophe of such magnitude
really occurred, we’re still left with the surprisethat no one saw it coming - that such a thing
can catch us by surprise at all.
There were reasons upon reasons for our lackof warning. We can always lay some blame on“international miscommunication.” Indonesia
possessed a buoy device for the sake oftsunami detection, but it was connected to aphone line that had been dead for four years.
Though the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami
Warning Center detected the earthquake, they
initially underestimated it. When they cameto see the real magnitude of the threat, theyt

didn’t know how to contact Asia in time. Even
if the appropriate officials had received an alert,
there weren’t any tsunami alarm systems that
could have warned the public.
Now the proverbs have it that hindsight is
20/20, and that we’re always fighting the last
battle. It is easy to fix things in retrospect,
and the 2004 tsunamis afford plenty ofopportunity to do just that. But is that a badthing? After all, the recent tsunami is drawing
forth campaigns for an international natural
disaster agency and the funding for thewarning systems that could’ve saved thousandsof people had they been there the first place.
Tsunami warning systems weren’t in place
for the Bay of Bengal because they hadn’t
experienced a major tsunami in over 100 years.
Because it had been so long, the tsunami risk
had slipped out of memory. The risk was at its
greatest precisely because it had been so long.
Geologic events tend to take us by surprisetracing waves... con't on page 8

contents
tracing waves - 1, 8 ... city of paper - 3
millenium actress - 4 ... be my valentine - 5
we jammin' - 6 ... tastes of awa: camellia tea - 7, 9
a night of fantasy - 9 ... japanese in the news - 10
japanese lesson - 11 ... memoranda - 12~15
tv movie guide - 15 ... cinema guide - 16from the editorss spring emerges and the gloom of
winter resides, I guess every one will
start engaging in lots of healthy outdoors
activities. Not me though, I will be mostly
staying indoors to watch anime. As a studentof Japanese I have often read Japanese mangacomics but I never really paid much attention to
anime films. I guess its because the charactersspeak so fast. These days anime has become
increasingly popular in the Western world. As
a result of this emerging market for manga,many of the more popular, acclaimed titles areavailable with English subtitles and dubbing.
This month, I have decided to review one of
my favorite anime films so that people might
check it out (see page 4). Hopefully this will befollowed up in the coming months by further
reviews of more worthy titles.
Peace, Martinaf you go by the displays in supermarkets
and department stores around Tokushima,
Valentine's Day has already been in fullswing for several weeks now. There are lotsof do-it-yourself chocolate sets available forsale as well. I read somewhere that handmade
chocolates are thought to express one's true
feelings more directly than the store-bought
type. See Junko Kimura's article on page fivefor more information on Japanese Valentine
traditions. I've whipped up a few choice morselsof the linguistic variety myself - see page ten
for this month's installment of "japanese in thenews" for some pick-up lines which, while notnecessarily effective in themselves, can provide
a entry into the world of random Japanese
popular culture. Also, there are a ton of events
going on this spring, so be sure to check out
the listings in the back of this month's issue!
Love, Claireiawa life

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text by will jasprizza
iifa@city.shikokuchuo.ehime.jp
photos by asuka iihara

city of paper
he people living in the Uma
region of Shikoku were notblessed with an abundanceof flat land suitable forgrowing rice, so during the
Horeki Period (1751-1764)of the Tokugawa Shogunate
they decided to moonlight,
and began producing paper.
Today the region is known
as Shikokuchuo City, and it is
the largest paper producer inJapan, churning out more than
480,000,000,000 yen’s worthof paper products a year.
Next time you blow your nose
into an Elleair tissue, think of
Shikokuchuo.
The traditional paper making
methods do however live on.
A visit the Kawanoe Paper
Museum offers the chance
to see not only the world’s
largest sheet of newspaper
but also goods made frommizuhiki (decorative paper
twine) and washi - traditional
Japanese handmade paper.
You can even try making paperby hand. This article offers aprimer on paper-making theold way; next time you are in
Shikokuchuo, pop and try it for
yourself.

t

1. Use a rake (in a backwards
and forwards motion) to stir
well the mixture of water, pulp
and neri (a sticky solution
obtained from sunset hibiscus
roots).
2. Once the mix is stirred, dip
the handheld mold into thevat so it fills with pulpy mix
and lift it up a little. To get the
paper fibres to intertwine in a
uniform thickness gently shakethe mold four or five time backwards and forwards andside to side. When you get thedesired thickness shake off theexcess water and lift the moldout of the vat.

5. Line the cards on theheater-dryer, gently press
them with the roller and thenwait until they dry.
6. After about five minutes,
when the paper has started tocurl, use an iron or a heatedpress to flatten out the cards.
For pressed flowers an iron isbest.
7. The finished product.

lifting the mold out of the vat

3. For coloured paper makesure the pre-prepared dye iswell mixed, then lightly pourit on the pulp. When usingpressed flowers, after lightly
placing the flowers onto
the pulp place thin washi(Japanese paper) on top
and then over that pour atransparent glue solution.
4. Use the extractor dryer toremove excess water, thenopen the mold and use a towel
to dab away any remaining
moisture. Tap the mold so
the dried pulp falls out onto a
mat and then press the pulp
between two mats to further
remove moisture.

just a sample of what you can do!

Kawanoe Paper Museum
4069-1 Kawanoe,
Shikokuchuo-shi
Ehime 799-0101
TEL: (0896) 58-2011
FAX: (0896) 59-5866
Opening Hours: 9-4 (closed
Mondays, Public Holidays, Oct15, Dec 29-Jan 3)
You can your hand at making
paper on Tuesdays, Thursdays,
Saturdays and Sundays between 1pm and 4pm. Groups
of more than five should ringand make a reservation.

tap the mold so the dried pulp falls out
onto a mat-3-

To get to Kawanoe from
Tokushima, take the train to
Takamatsu, transfer to the
Matsuyama-bound train andget off at Kawanoe Station.

millennium actress
Title: Millennium Actressя҇ѡ҇ьѻѺк
( ಑໩அᄓ .!sen nen joyū)
Directed by: Satoshi Kon
Creators: Blue Collar Productions
International Distribution:
Dreamworks
Released: Japan, 2001 / U.S, 2003
Length: Approx. 87 minutesone of the mostinteresting andenjoyable Anime films
I have recently seen
was Satoshi Kon’s Millennium
Actress. The celebrated
filmmaker and anime artist
has also been responsible
for the acclaimed anime
films Perfect Blue (1997) andTokyo Godfathers (2003).
Mad House Studios, who werealso responsible for films
such as Vampire Hunter D
and Metropolis, produced thefilm. In 2001, Japan's Agencyof Cultural Affairs Media Arts
Festival Animation Grand Prize
was split between Millennium
Actress and the equally
excellent "Spirited Away."
I t w o n t h e 6 t h Fa n t A s i aFilm Festival Award for Best
Animation Film. The film was
the first ever recipient of
the 2001 International Film
Festival of Catalonia’s Orient
Express Award.
The film concerns theadventures of a documentary
filmmaker Genya Tachibana as
he interviews the legendary
a c t r e s s C h i yo k u F u j i wa ra
who abandoned her screen
career at the height of her
fame to live alone. While aninterview might not seem
like an exciting theme for afilm, it isn’t long before theaction moves forward in aunique narrative where theactress and the film makerby martin o'brien
martinobrien2004@gmail.com

m ove t h r o u g h s p a c e a n dtime as Chiyoku Fujiwara
describes her life. This isdone in a similar manner to
Kon’s previous classic PerfectBlue where the boundary`s
between reality and fantasy,
truth and fiction are blended
together in order to drive
the story foward. The man
creating the documentary
gets so caught up in Chiyoko's
retelling of her life story that
he himself sometimes gets
lost in her story as if he wereactually there. The films that
Chiyoku starred in are a mirror
for her own life experience
where she searched endlessly
for a man she fell in love withwhen she was young woman.
Before the man disappears
from her life he leaves her
with only a key to "themost important thing in theworld." The filmmaker Genya
accompanies her throughout
the story acting as a guardianangel that worships her fromafar.
Chiyoku films encompassed
different eras in Japanese
history, so we follow he as
she plays a captive princess
in the Warring States period.
The action then swiftly moves
along toward the Edo periodof Japanese history where
she plays a ninja on the runfrom samurai guards. She isthen transported to the Meji
Era and finally ends up in
the pre WW2 and war-torn
Showa era. Kon blends thereality of the actress’s life withthe fantasy of the films she
starred in as she searches forher love. As Chiyoku moves
through life we see how sheovercomes various personal
challenges and learns the-4-valuable lessons that life
inevitably teaches us. The film
is essentially a love story (agenre that doesn’t particularlyinterest me) however it would
be unfair to call it sentimental
or mawkish. There is from thevery beginning an obvious
tragic element to the film, yet
it is in its own way positive
and uplifting as despite themany challenges that Chiyoku
goes through she neverloses hope that she will bereunited with the man she
loves. Chiyoku is a tragic
figure that is badly affectedby the trials and tribulations
that the world has thrown herway, yet despite everything
she never loses her sense of
innocence and wonder. The
important message conveyed
to the audience is that eventhough life never goes to plan,and is inevitably filled withdisappointment and loss theimportant thing is the attempt,
the struggle to achieve ones
hopes and dreams. In otherwords the pleasure is in thebattle.
Kon`s Millennium Actress isan anime film that is full of
innocence, action and comedy
yet unlike a lot of anime
contains themes that are
relevant to an adult audience.
The innovative narrative,
which encompasses 1000
years of Japanese history, hasalso resulted in an animationthat is visually arresting. We
see lavish portrayals of scenes
as diverse as feudal Japan to
war-torn Japan to Space Age
Japan. The DVD is available
with English subtitles so makesure you check out what I
believe is Satoshi Kon’s best
animation.

be my valentine
re you getting
something nice foryour special person on
S t . Va l e n t i n e ’s D ay ?
In the 1970s, this custom
started getting popular inJapan and it is a part ofour culture now, since it isprinted on our calendars. As
you know, there are western
holidays that Japanese peoplecelebrate such as Christmas,
Mother’s Day, Halloween andso on; however, almost all ofthem tend to be celebrated
in a Japanese way. In North
America, Christmas is the daythat family gathers together
and has a nice dinner. They
open Christmas presents
around a beautiful Christmas
tree. In Japan, Christmas
Eve is the night that a couple
spends a romantic time byhaving a nice dinner at arestaurant and they exchangepresents. In the West, theygive chocolate, balloons, roses,
and cards to each other on St.
Valentine’s Day. When I was acollege student in Japan, my
Aussie friend told me about
Be My Valentine cards. You
write it on a card without yourname as a secret admirer andsend it to someone whom you
like. She/He would wonderand enjoy thinking about who
did that. I once wrote it andleft it in someone’s mailbox.
It was very embarrassing forme doing that for the firsttime. In Japan, St. Valentine’s
Day is the day that a girltells her feelings to a boy
whom she likes by giving him
chocolate. Especially teens
are all excited about the day.
I always asked by my friends
if I was going to give it tosomeone. When I was in 4th

by junko kimura
snowbird@fastmail.fm

awho needs chocolate when you've got
a porcupine who loves you?

grade, my friend and I liked
the same boy, so we decided
to give some chocolate to
him together. This is the big
event for a girl who admiressomeone. They buy the best
chocolate. She would ask
him to meet up with her after
school or she would wait for
him somewhere. If she wereshy, she would just put it inhis desk in the classroom withor without her name. There
are two types of chocolateѯ ҇ ѵ иfor St. Valentine's Day. ႎ ჏(hon-mei - the "one") is theone fora boy whom you likeт Ѿ
and ࡟ ᅫ (giri - oblilgation) is
for guys who are just friends
or maleco-workers. Typicalпмо ဪ ы! (okaeshi - returngift) are cookies, candies or
marshmallows. When I wasin elementary school, I heard
from my friends that if hegives you candies as a return
gift, it means that he likes
you. If it is cookies, it means
he thinks you are his friend. If
it is marshmallows, it meansthat he is not interested in you
at all. I kind of believed what-5-

they told me, but now I thinkthat boys don't think about
those things when they are
shopping for return gifts.
When would he answer
her feelings? In 1978, theAll Japan Confectionery
Association’s Nagoya general
assembly decided to organize
the All Japan Confectionery
Association White Day
Committee, and White Day
started on March 14th, 1980.
The purpose of having WhiteDay is the promotion of candie
sales, so there was an opinion
to name the day "Candy Day"
however, the Kanto sectional
meeting pointed out that whiteis the symbol of purity. It fitswith teens' refreshing love as
well. A boy who gets chocolate
from a girl on St. Valentine's
Day is supposed to return agift to her on March 14th withhis answer. Of course, even
if she has a boyfriend, shegives her boyfriend chocolate
and a nice present and hegives her something back on
White Day. As I am Japanese,
I take White Day as a partof my culture, but I prefer
the western style. It would
be more pure and romantic
if he cooked dinner for me
and gave me a nice present
as a surprise on Valentine’s
Day than waiting and thinking
what kind of present hewould give me back a month
later on March 14th. Well,
you are always welcome tobring something for me on
Valentine’s Day as a surprise.
Oh, and please remember todraw an ai ai gasa in yourcard with your name and yourpartner’s name!

we jammin'h i s s p r i n g , a g ro u p o fpenniless musicians from
Canada and America will
be coming Tokushima to
spread around some music
and some good vibes. They
won’t be busking outside
Clement Plaza or runningaround barefoot handing out
daisies, though! They will be in
Kamiyama teaching Japanesekids how to jam.
Jamming is when people
unite to make impromtu music
together. A jam session not
only generates music, it isan expression of the creative
power of people working
in syncronicity. In this way,
jamming can express unity
across different musicaltraditions, preferences, andcultures, creating a special kindof cross-cultural interactionthat goes beyond words.
Traditionally, jamming has
been associated with jazz,
but it was brought into therealm of the tie-dyed by thelikes of Grateful Dead and Bob
Marley and, more recently,
Phish and Medeski, Martin,and Wood. However, jamminggoes back much further thanthat. Musicians of the classicalNorthern Indian tradition havebeen jamming for hundredsof years. Their style is toimprovise or elaborate on apredetermined theme, or raga.
Jam Camp is an organizationthat my friend Thomas started
a few years ago in Canada.
This year marks the first timethat Jam Camp has goneinternational, and we’re all
really excited. During Golden
Week, May 3-5, we will befacilitating music workshops
and running English classes
at the Kami-ichinomiya Oawa

by angeline goughadgough@yahoo.comtThomas Tumbach, classically trained violinist and accomplished guitar player,
teaches students how to jam on the violin.

Shrine for kids of all ages
w h o wa n t t o l e a r n a b o u t
music. The purpose of Jam
Camp is threefold. First, we
would like to teach Japanese
students how to play music
together in a free and creativeenvironment. Second, wewould like to promote intercultural communications
through English classes that
focus on the discussion ofmusic and instruments fromvarious parts of the world
u s i n g s i m p l e vo c a b u l a r y.
Third, we would lead thestudents in small groups that
focus on writing, performing,and recording simple songs in
English.
Our expertise ranges all overfrom Asian to African to downhome American Bluegrass,so students will not only beable to learn on their own
instrument during workshops
and lessons, they will be able
to try a new instrument andlearn about where it camefrom! As well as workshops
and lessons, Jam Camp willoffer English classes forparents, and games thatthe whole family can play
together. In the evenings wewill have group activities andcampfires. Campfire will be a
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special time for everyone to
get together and play musicas well as tell fairytales andghost stories in Japanese andEnglish.
We w i l l b e l o o k i n g f o r
volunteers to help out with JamCamp. If you are interested
in helping us, we have manyfu n o p p o r t u n i t i e s fo r yo u
(no worries if you aren’t amusician!). You can volunteer
for the whole camp, a day,or even just an afternoon orevening. For instance, we arelooking for English teachers
who can volunteer for threedays and lead English classes,
or just help out. We are also
looking for some genki people
who would like to donate an
evening or afternoon of theirtime to lead the campers insome sports or games. Finally,
we are also looking for a few
more interpreters to help
our foreign musicians teachworkshops. But if you alreadyhave plans for Golden Week,
you can always lend your ideas
instead of your time!
Check out Jam Camp on the
web at www.jamcamp.org or
contact me in Tokushima at
090 6888 5661 or by e-mailto find out about fees andaccomodation.

tastes of awa - camellia tea
ave you had much
Camellia tea today?
If you're like mostpeople in Japan, you've
probably have many cups ofgreen Camellia tea and several
cups of black Camellia tea,
perhaps with milk, honey orsugar.
Oh, you get it now. Tea,
whether green, black or
Oolong, is made from a
Camellia - Camellia sinensis.
And it turns out that whatever
kind of tea you're drinking, it's
one of the healthiest things
you can drink, even healthierthan a nice Cabernet.
My usual source for thehealth benefits of herbs isAndrew Chevalier's "TheEncyclopedia of Medicinal
Plants" published in 1996.
But when it comes to tea,that book is already out ofdate. All he had to say about
research into the healthbenefits of tea was that somework in China supported theuse of tea against hepatitis
and some Japanese researchshowed that it might inhibit
tooth decay. He mentioned,of course, that it was used
to treat infections of thedigestive tract and, in Indian(Ayurvedic) medicine, it's
used for a variety of ailments
including tiredness (youknew that, right?), fever andhemorrhoids.
Since then, there's been adeluge of research that points
to tea as a powerful medicinal
herb with documented action
against cancer, heart disease,
and, yes, tooth decay. (Noword yet on the hemorrhoid
connection.)
Early research in China andJapan talked about green teahas the healthy kind, but more
recent studies, particularly inEngland (the other great teadrinking country) suggest that
there's little if any differencein the health benefits of green
vs. black tea. Both are richin antioxidants and, though
the specific antioxidants differ(those in green tea are simpler
compounds than those in blacktea) they appear to be equally
beneficial.
So what's the difference
between green and black
tea? Technically, green tea isan infusion made from theleaves of Camellia sinensis
that have been dried,
sometimes following a lightsteaming process. Black tea
is an infusion made from theleaves of Camellia sinensis
that have been dried following
an overnight process of beingrolled to break up the internalcell walls, allowed to sit andferment, and THEN dried.
(Oolong tea is made like blacktea, but the fermentation is
only allowed to proceed a very
short time before the leaves
are dried.)Japanese tea comes by avariety of names:• Gyokurocha - Really, reallyhigh quality - it's brewed withwater that's only 50 degrees
and savored in very small
cups.
• Sencha - Very high quality it's brewed with water at about
80 degrees and also savored
carefully. I've heard there's atea ceremony for sencha, but
I've never read any details.
It's probably similar to thetea ceremony found in Korea

by don weiss
woosongdonald@yahoo.com

and China about which I also
know essentially nothing.
• Bancha - Everyday tea,
which we all drink every day
in Japan. It's brewed at 90 100 degrees and drunk any
which way.
• Hōjicha - Bancha that has
its leaves lightly roasted giving
it a slightly nutty flavor. It'sa specialty of Uji, a famous
tea village on the east side of
Kyoto. The street leading fromthe train stations to Byodoin
are lined with souvenir andtea shops where you can try
and buy a variety of teas, but
especially hōjicha.
• Genmaicha (bancha withpopped brown rice added)• Matcha (powdered green
tea used for the chanoyu or
Tea Ceremony)
Sometimes you can findbancha with a little matcha
added. This is the standard
tea at one of my schools. It
makes a really zesty morningcup. We brew it strong, withlots of caffeine. Caffeine ishighly soluble in water, so if
you brew more than one cup
from the same leaves, only
the first-brewed cup(s) is (are)high in caffeine.
Many people are worried
about getting too muchcaffeine from tea, thoughmost Japanese don't seem tobe concerned judging fromthe virtual unavailability ofdecaf black tea outside major
cities. Of course, caffeine
wa s p r o b a b l y o n e o f t h eearliest attractions of tea.
Bodhidharma, the Indian
Buddhist mystic who founded
Chan Buddhism in China (Chancamelia tea... con't on page 9-7-

tracing waves... con't from page 1
because they cycle more
slowly than the human life
span. We can’t be expected
to perceive threats we haven’t
experienced. But that doesn’tmean we absolutely cannot
perceive them.
The story that follows
concerns another tsunami that
crested in the Pacific Ocean
over 300 years ago. It is thestory of something gone right.
Communications did not break
down, even across country
lines, and the cooperation ofa few committed researchers
solved a mystery that haschanged our understandingof where tsunamis strike.
The cast includes a team ofJapanese and North American
researchers and some God-likebookkeepers from the Shogun
era.
Like all good stories, it
begins with a geologist. In
1987 a USGS (United States
Geological Survey) researcher
found a forest of dead treesthat had been killed in a salt
marsh on the Oregon coast.
If they’d died in the same
event, it might be evidence ofa past earthquake or tsunami
in the Cascadia region (thenorthern Pacific Coast of
North America). The region
has always been seismicallyquiet, and before the 1980s
the Cascadia fault was thought
to be inactive. But many
earthquakes behave likethe villain who disappears
early in a Bond film - theyturn up later - with renewed
force. Some regions are truly
harmless, and some fault
lines are “locked;” they arestuck and building pressure
for an eventual release. To
sort these dangerous spots
from the benign requires aseismic history. And since thehuman lifespan is less thana century, we don’t always
have a history for faults thatshift every 300-1,000 years.
The Indonesian quake thatspawned last month’s tsunami
was one of these forgotten
threats. Had Atwater notfound a salt-marsh forest ofdead trees in Oregon, theNorth American Pacific coast
might be as well.
While a dead forest is
nothing to scoff at, Atwater
needed to know more about
the time and cause of death
before he could gauge therisk. He knew there had been
an earthquake, possibly evena tsunami. A radiocarbon
date a few years later put thedeath of the trees somewhere
between 1680 and 1720.
Atwater still didn’t know thestrength of the quake, andthere is no written history fromthe Pacific Coast for dates thatearly.
Enter Japan. While Atwater
was digging up trees in
America, geologists on theo t h e r s i d e o f t h e Pa c i f i cwere keeping up with theirliterature. Kenji Satake of
the Geological Survey ofJapan had read about thediscovery in Oregon. Thanks
to Japan’s earthquake andtsunami disaster records,
Satake tracked down agovernment record from the
Shogun-era which told of afive meter wave striking thesoutheast coast of Honshu
on January 26th, 1700.
T h e r e s i d e n t s h a d n ’ t fe l t
an earthquake prior to thetsunami, and so the wave’s
origin had long remained amystery.
Satake and his colleagues-8-

penned a letter to the journal

Nature in 1996 that told of
the possible link between
the Cascadia trees and theJapanese tsunami. The
ingenuity of the Japanesegeologists amazed thescientific community, as did theimplication of the connection:a tsunami had crossed thelargest ocean in the world.
Dendrochronology (tree-ringcounting) later confirmed the1700 date, and the Japanese
team made a computer
simulation of the wave. By
tracing it backward, they foundthat the Cascadia earthquake
was least a 9.0 on the Richters c a l e . T h a t ’s t h e e n e r g yequivalent of 32,000 A-bombs.
It is also the same size as theSumatra quake of last month.
If the Cascadia fault wascapable of producing a 9.0
quake and a trans-Pacifictsunami, it’s but a matter oftime before it happens again.
In geologically active regions
like Cascadia and Southeast
Asia, the catastrophes of thepast recur without fail. The oldadage is "it's not a matter ofif, it's a matter of when."
The findings have changedbuilding codes and evacuationroutes in Vancouver, Victoria,
and the Northwestern
US. Evidence of what had
happened in the area hasreadied us for what will
happen again. The Cascadia
region will be far better
prepared for future disasters
because a group of geologists
stretched their 20/20 hindsighta little further into the past.

information for this article was gleaned
from: www.usgs.gov,
www.nature.com/news, andwww.wikipedia.org

a night of fantasy
okushima's JET Programmeparticipants have been
putting on a musicaleach spring for the past
eleven years! This year, rather
than put on one long play,
participants have organised
into regional groups to prepare
three short performances
which are connected by afairytale theme.
" A N i g h t o f Fa n t a s y " i s
Tokushima's 11th annual AJET
musical. This year's production
follows a group of elementary
students (participants fromthe audience!) on a school
excursion to an English
theatre. Join the students asthey experience performancesof their favourite fairytales;
G o l d i l o c k s a n d t h e T h re e
Bears, Little Red Riding Hood,and Cinderella.
Follow Goldilocks on her
adventures to find one that's"just right." Watch as Little
Red Riding Hood encountersa few dangers on her way
to Grandma's house. Finally,

submittedtdance scene from last year's musical, "Taming of the Brew"

experience Cinderella's story will she ever find true love??
JETs have come together
from all around Tokushima-ken
to create a musical burstingwith humour, dancing, andsinging.
Audience participation will
be required at each venue.
Volunteers will be recruited 30
minutes before the scheduledstart time, so come early if
you are interested in joining in
the fun!
This is a non-profit event andadmission is free!

camelia tea... con't from page 7
found it's way to Japan under
the name Zen) is sometimes
credited with discovering, orat least popularizing, tea as ameans of staying awake while
meditating.
Tea can be pretty strong, but
it rarely has as much caffeine
per ml as coffee. The British
tea board claims that even in
Britain, where strong tea isconsumed from wake-up time
to bedtime, tea "normally"
has about half the caffeineof a "normal" cup of coffee.
Of course, nobody I know
in Britain drinks 12 cups of"normal" coffee a day, so I

suspect lots of tea drinkers
in London are just as strungout on caffeine as anybody inTokyo or Seattle.
There are actually two
possible (I emphasize possible)
medical counter-indications
for tea. One is, don't drink
too many cups of strong tea
at one sitting (over 4 cups)
or you'll end up thirstier thanwhen you started. Caffeine inlarge amounts is a diuretic.
The other is, if you're anemicor susceptible to anemia,
you probably shouldn't drink
tea with or just after meals
since chemicals in the tea can-9-when & where:
March 5th - Hiwasa Community Hall 18:00 - 20:00
March 6th - Anan Kominkan - 14:00 16:00
March 12th - Aizumi-cho Chomin
Kaikan - 18:00 - 20:00
M a r c h 1 3 t h - Yo s h i n o g a w a - s h i
Kamojima Kominkan - 14:00 - 16:00
March 19th - Wakimachi Odeon-za
Theatre - 18:00 - 20:00
for more info: call Claire or Martin
at TOPIA.
tel. 088.656.3303

potentially bind to one of thetwo kinds of dietary iron (thekind from vegetables, not thekind from meat) and prevent
your body absorbing that iron.
By the way, the kanji used torefer to black tea in Japan, ৞ඥ actually means "red tea."It's the ৞ of ৞ᅃ used for fallcolor. If you think about it, it
makes a lot of sense since thecolor of "black tea" is closer to
red than to black. It isn't at all
close to black, as a matter offact, though the dry leaves are
pretty black. So put some dried
Camellia leaves in a pot, pouron the correct temperaturewater, and enjoy!

japanese in the news - love lingo
y the time you readthis, Valentine's day willalmost be upon us! In
the spirit of love, I've
dedicated this month's column
to romance-related phrases.

b
̩

̓

ͭ͜ ̩

࢛୰̧໲߉
(kudoki monku)

pick-up lines
A study commissioned by
the popular Wednesday nighttelevision program, Trivia no
Izumi (on Wednesdays at
9:00pm, channel 8) revealed
that the pick-up line judged tobe most romantically effective
by a panel of Japanese
linguists and psychologists was
ɕ
this
ѽиѡ҇
Ѧ
иїыѻ
҃ѽ
͐ᅖ ໩ѢчѢ໘ Ѷ‫୽ ڴ‬џ஼ їњиѼк͑Ȼ(rainen no kono hi mo
issho ni waratte iyō)"Let's smile together on thisday next year."
It has the perfectcombination of hope for the
future and positive vibes. Justbe sure that the person you try
it out on hasn't been watching
Trivia no Izumi (or reading
Awa Life!), or the gig will be
up!
сѳ

Ѳм

пҀ ы

пи

рಶ Ѣླྀ
ળ ќыѓҟҫѢ‫ݷ‬
उ
эк
оҀ
ѳїп
ా ў҇њܺ р 4 ໘ћѠињѸ
ѿѐ(kimi ga mae no kareshi toshita kisu no kaisū nanteore ga mikka de nuite yaruze)
"I'll kiss you more in threedays than your last boyfriend
ever did."
OK, I'll admit, this isn't reallya working pick-up line. It's
the title of a book of poetryby Shigeo Hamada - a.k.a.

Sandaime Uotake Hamada
Shigeo. He writes reams of
poetry filled with lines like theone above, and all in thick
Osaka dialect.
сѳ

Ѧќѳ

э

єиэ

঻ сѼ̜ҧҡѕѷ̝҇ോ ঻сєѼ(suki yo, Saku-chan.
daisuki da yo)"I like you, Saku-chan. I reallydo"
Last year's ragingly popular
film, Sekai no Chushin de
Ai wo Sakebu featured a
confession of love which won
the heart not only of the leadcharacter, but also of viewers
all over the country.
̭͂ ͊

ႪՔ͈࡞ဩ
(renai no kotoba)

words of loveѦќѵ‫ڴ‬წѰҀ
(hitome bore)
love at first sightчиJunko tells me when you fallin love with someone all by
your self, you've ѯ Ҁ ѓ! andwhen you've falleninо love withчиeach other, it's ᇄџᅜѕѓ .

иѕѲ҇उѢຓѣ‫ڴ‬ႮӎӝҺ(kimi no hitomi ha ichi
man boruto)"Your eyes are ten thousand
volts"
OK, OK, this isn't really apick-up line either. It's a songfrom 1978 by Takao Horiuchi.
You may not pick up anyone
with this line, but you will
wow them with your extreme
knowledge of Japanese pop
culture!

̜̞ͦͭby claire kinder
clairish@gmail.com

о

ᇄџᅜѕѿ
(koi ni ochiru)
fall in love
пѓоѶ

ဦ઩и
(kata omoi)
unrequited love-10-

and in other news...

brought to youby the letter "i"R e c e n t l y, t h e A i z u m i
International Association
celebrated its first birthday.
As a celebration of this, theassociation put out a request
for ideas for a nickname
for the association. The
successful entry was from
Miyuki Mihara, of Naruto City,
who suggested the catchy
name "I's" (pronouncedaizu). The letter "I" holds avariety of connections which
made it perfect for the Aizumi
International Association. In
English, "I" is the first letterin the word International, "I"meaning myself, as well as
Indigo, which is a traditional
product of Aizumi, and is themeaning of the first characterin the name Aizumi ( ᅣ ୉ ).
In Japanese, ai can mean love( ‫) ٮ‬, or indigo ) ᅣ *, or it
can be part of the word deai) ୞ ‫ ݵ‬и * - encounter, notto mention the ai of Aizumi
again! Plus, the word aizu ( ৽న ) means "a sign" like, say,a peace sign!
For more information about
the Aizumi International
Assiciation, contact theiroffice, at:tel. 088.692.9951
fax. 088.692.1626
e-mail. aizumi_kokusai@
garnet.nmt.ne.jp

japanese lesson: particle ҆phrasesa place from whichmovement beginsћ҃શѣ۷তрကпѿ̛I understand English

a place to go
throughANSWERS:a direction

phrasesfunction

Thus, ҆ often indicates aplace or space. џ! and ћ
are also used to indicate aplace but they have different
functions. Please put ̜҆ џor ћ in the squares of thefollowing phrases.

؋ؔ‫ؗ‬How many did you get right?

a place from whichmovement begins

gate
сѓ
Ѵ
‫ؚ‬ၾ҆শу face north҃ѓы ми ш‫ؖؓؒ؏؍‬graduatefrom schoolѶ҇ы‫ؘ‬ჷ҆ဘѵѿ̛close a gateѶ҇‫ؙ‬ჷ҆уфѿ go through aжa place to movearoundwalk
along the beachрїчк ёјтѻк
‫޺ؗ‬৑҆ഘࣄэѿ̛ѸѲ єશѣсѢкઅโщ҇џ‫ݵ‬їѓI met Ms. Yamada yesterdayؐ‫ؙ‬streetѸѲп؎અ҆༝к!buy a mountainѸѲѢѰ؏અ҆๎ѿ!climb a mountainѣы҃ѓؐࢲ҆ํѿ cross a bridgeѣыјуؑࢲ҆੢ѿ build a bridgeёѽќࣱؒ҆ྌѪ!fly in the airпѝѲؓ޳҆ࣆрѿ turn a cornerћ҇ыѷоؔใଆ҆৵Ѿѿ get off a trainыѓѴؕ݀҆শу̛look downпир҇щ҇ѱ‫҆ࠟކؖ‬ઈံэѿ̛҃ѓы

a place to movearounda place to go through؋‫҆݌‬୞ѿ leave homeѯ҇Ѽ،ႎ҆ລѴ read a bookѳѕжѿ‫؍‬ທ҆ံу walk along the(1) џ̛(2)!ћ̛(3) ҆имfunction

Another function of ҆ is toindicatetime
spent.
ўјѸэиўпэ݊ࡷѳ҆โૻћ‫ݥ‬шэ
spend summer holiday in the
country side
note: Although ҆ marks the
direct object, you must be very
careful as direct objects in
English are not always markedby ҆ . For example:

ؕ‫ؚ‬

m

Then, divide "others" further
into four categories according
to the functions of ҆ .

meyamada@mb3.tcn.ne.jp

a direction

ost of you knowthat particle ҆ isan object marker inJapanese,but ҆ hassome other functions. First,
divide the following phrases
into two categories according
to the function of ҆ : object
markers and others.

by takako yamadaчкм҇* র‫( ܆‬1) ӈӛӥҥржѿ!!!!!!
there is a swing in the park(a place of existence)чкм҇* র‫(!܆‬2) Ҹҽҫ҆эѿ
play tennis in the park(a place to do something)щ҇ѱ* র‫( ܆‬3) ઈံэѿtake a walk in the park(a place to move around)-11-

،!؎!ؑ!‫ؘ‬

Check your answers at theend of the page to see how
many you got right.

othersothersobject markersчкм҇؋! ‫!ؐ !؏ !؍‬ؒ! ؓ! ؔ! ؕ!
‫ؚ!ؙ!ؗ!ؖ‬object markers

memoranda
Big Hina Matsuri

Man Ray ExhibitionӅҵҢѦўੋѾӐӥ̠ӞҖึ

Every spring, a gigantic display of Hina Matsuri dolls can"I am an enigma."be seen at the Katsuura-cho Ningyo Bunka Koryu Kan.
when: January 15 - March 21
where: Tokushima Modern Art Gallery at Bunka no Mori
cost: adults: ]600, students: ]450 / ]300

when: February 20 - April 4
9:00 - 16:00

for more info: 088.668.1088

where: Katsuura-cho Ningyo Bunka Koryu Kan

http://www.art.comet.go.jp

Take the #72 or #82 bus from Tokushima Station

To get to Bunka no Mori from Tokushima Station, takeplatform A-5, and get off an hour later at
Nakatsuno ( ඨ޳ )the number 6 bus from Bus platform B-3 to Ichihara andtransfer to the Bunka no Mori bus there.

cost: ]300 for adults, ]100 for Elementary students
for more info: 08854.2.1505

Postal Delays

Toastmasters ClubਇੑᄧာѢ೽൥ඛ‫܊‬Һ̶ҫҺӐҫұ̶Ҭ

Delivery of mail to the United States and Canada may beThis month, the monthly Toastmasters Club In-House

delayed to increased Customs Inspection. The contents of

Speech Contest will be held at the Chuo Kominkan instead

packages sent to Canada must be described in detail onof at TOPIA.

the customs form or they will be returned. Countries inSouth-East Asia affected by the recent tsunami are also

when: February 20, 1:30 - 4:00pm

experiencing postal delays.

where: Chuo Kominkan
for more info, contact: Minoru Tamura

for more info, contact Japan Post's English hotline:

e-mail: minoru@nmt.ne.jp

Osaka 06-6944-6245

tel: 090-1329-5668

Hiroshima 082-224-0380
Matsuyama 089-932-5932
or: http://www.post.japanpost.jp/english/index.html

Japanese Lessons
in Anan City

Tastes of Awa

٬໊દ!໘ႎত৬ਸ਼

٬༂ѢႳ

If you live in southern Tokushima and are looking for a

Combini food getting you down? Your Japanese kitchen

way to study Japanese without coming all the way to

didn't come with an oven? Discovering that all the cheap

Tokushima City, try Anan's Japanese class for foreign

vegetables in the supermarket are the ones you've neverresidents. They use the textbook "Minna no Nihongo I."

heard of?? Ask Don! Don Weiss, author of 'Tastes of Awa,'

Classes are taught by Madoka Mori.

(page 7) is looking for reader's suggestions for future columns. What aspects of Japanese food interest you? What

when: starts Nov. 21 - Sunday mornings 10:00 - 12:00am

would you like to know how to cook? Send Don a message

where: Tomioka Kominkan
cost: ]1000

with your thoughts and impressions:for more info: Anan City International Associatione-mail: woosongdonald@yahoo.com

e-mail: etonne@stannet.ne.jp
fax: 0884.23.6323-12-

memoranda
African ConcertҔӇӜҝӥ̠ҥӥҧ̶Һ

Come see Congolese drummer Botango Bedjil Mo-Franck

Seishonen Centre
Festival౬஛໩ҭӥұ̶ੋѾin concert! Fun! Dancing! Rhythm! Interesting Stories!
The Tokushima International Youth Exchange Association
when: February 19, 14:00 - 15:00
Ishii-cho Chuo Kominkan(TIYEA) presents one of the main events at the Tokushima
Youth Centre Festival this year; the fashion show!
Participants from all over the world show off their nationalandFebruary 20, 13:30 - 14:45

costumes. The fashion show will be at 10:00 and 14:00

Nakagawa-cho Hirashima Elementary School(two shows) on the 3rd floor Conference Room of the*the Nakagawa cho also features a chance to try

Seishonen (Youth Centre)

foods from various countries!
There are plenty of other things to see and do at the
cost: free

festival as well. Especially for kids! TOPIA is putting

for more info: 088.656.3303 (TOPIA's Mr. Noguchi)

on a variety of international games for children, anditems to bring: make some maracas with PET bottles

presentations about various countries.

and marbles or beans, and bring them to the concert!
The festival will also feature the usual festival staples delicious outdoor food stalls and fun games of skill and

TOPIA's Librarychance.

ҺӆҔѢన୿૬

when: February 20, Sunday

If you are a Tokushima resident (regardless of nationality)
you can get a library card for TOPIA's library, and borrowbooks free of charge! The library has mostly English, Chi-

where: Seishonen (youth) Centre
near Tokushima City Hall
cost: free
for more info: Seishonen Centre: 088.625.6166
TIYEA: featherricefields@yahoo.co.jp

nese, and Japanese books, with a small section of novels

TOPIA: 088.656.3303

written in other European languages.
Books that have been culled from TOPIA's library areavailable for people to take home for free. Come to TOPIA
anytime and take a look in the big boxes marked free.
Donations of books are also accepted year-round!

JET Programme
Postcard Collection
KFU ӉӟҢӛӒᅃ୿ҥӞҡҩә
ӥ

Booklets of postcards created from photographs taken

Origami ClassಆѾસࢱ૬

Learn the basics for the traditional Japanese art of paper
folding. Taught by Kazuko Yoshida. Contact TOPIA in
advance to ensure a seat.
when: February 27 (Sunday) 15:30 - 17:30
where: TOPIA
cost: free
for more info: 088.656.3303

by members of the JET Programme are now available tomembers of the public. Come to TOPIA and pick some up
for free.

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memoranda
Counselling
Service at TOPIA

Japanese Lessons
in Aizumi-choҺӆҔѢ೰ඎೱ঵

ᅣ୉෎!໘ႎত৬ਸ਼TOPIA offers a counselling and advisory service to all
foreign residents to help with issues involving accidents,
working conditions, housing, visas, international marriage,and more. Counselling is available in English and Japanese. Please note that although every effort will be made,we may not be able to deal with all cases.

This class uses the textbook 'Minna no Nihongo I." Classes
are taught by Aizumi International Exchange Association
Members Akiko Tsuji and Kaori Tamada.
when: ongoing - Thursday nights 7:00 - 8:30pm
where: Aizumi Welfare Center, near Aizumi Town Officecost: ]1000

Monday to Thursday

for more info: e-mail: aizumi_kokusai@garnet.nmt.ne.jp

10:00 - 17:00

tel. 088.692.9951

tel. 088.656.3303 or 088.656.3320 (allows three way

fax. 088.692.1626

conversations with an interpreter)

Japanese Salon

The Chiiori Project๘ᄹџѯ҇তҧӟӥҳҖҜӜ̠ӉӟҪҙҡҺ

A free Japanese conversation salon is now available at the
March

Seishonen Center in downtown Tokushima City, near City

4-6

Bamboo crafts

Hall. Volunteers will help students of Japanese to improve

11-13

Tofu making

their converstion skills

18-21*

Open House

25-27

TBA

when: Every Saturday from 7.00pm to 8.30pm
where: Seishonen Center ౬஛໩ҭӥұ̶ (5F)

April

cost: free

1-3

Straw raincoat weaving

8-10

Wood crafts

15-17

Mountain vegetable picking and hiking

22-24

TBA

for more info, contact: Minami-san 090.4506.5296

New Year's Card
Lottery Numbers

April 28 - May 8 Golden Week open house
May
13-15

о໩ࣈ໩‫ݰ‬ѣрс๴ರ཮ৼ̛Hiking (Mt Tsurugi to Mt Miune, staying
overnight on the mountain)

20-22

Iya River Fishing

Check the bottom right hand corner of your New Year's

27-29

Country Cooking

Cards for your lucky numbers and a chance to win a prize
from the post office! Prizes can be claimed at any post

* designates long weekend/ public holiday

office in Japan at anytime until mid-July.

Basic rate: ]6000 per night,]7000 during Golden Week.

First Prize: 470873 or 120767
Second Prize: last five numbers are 40135

Extra charges apply for weekend events.
for more info: www.chiiori.org

Third Prize: last four numbers are 8165 or 4970

reservations@chiiori.org

Fourth Prize: last two numbers are 16 or 34 or 64

tel. 0883.88.5290-14-

memoranda
Culture, History, Recent Earthquake &Tsunami in SumatraҖӥһҿҩҔѢᆾઝќဌ݁ќҫӐҺӛܱඑఖџјињMore than 120,000 people died just in a few minutes
23 Ⴎగ‫ڒ‬௑Ѣ჏р‫ڴ‬୤џыњ૪҃ҀѓLet us invite you to join in this program in order to introduce the unique of Indonesian culture,
history as well as the recent earthquake and tsunami disaster.
Contains:
1.The speech and movie about the earthquake and tsunami in Aceh ( ҫӐҺӛ๥ ).
2.Indonesian traditional crafts.
3.The unique culture and philosophy of the Aceh tribe.
4.The variety of foods in Aceh.
date: Feb. 13, 2005 (Sunday)
time: 13:30 - 15:30
place: Tokushima station, Clement Plaza, 6th floor, TOPIA
for more info:
Mr. Ootera (Japanese speaking)
Mr. Deendarlianto (English speaking)tel. 090.1172.3584
tel. 090.7573.6557

tv movie schedule・february
Japanese television broadcasts most foreign movies in their original language as well as in Japanese. Bilingually equipped
TVs can be flipped between these two audio channels by selecting the ܿ౤ಂ഼ button on the remote control.

Date

Time Place

Nat.

ұҖҺӝ

Title

Sun. 13

9:00

ؐ BCD

USA '97ӓӥ̠Җӥ̠ӈӛҵҡ Men in BlackMon. 14late nightؒ࠘౦USA '00ၿѓѕѢҔҼ̠ӂҼҼ Keeping the Faith♥

Wed. 16

9:00

ؔລ༞JPN '02ଦ‫܋‬Sat. 199:00

ؒ࠘౦USA '97

Sun. 20

9:00

ؐ BCD

Thu. 24late night

Fri. 25JuonÜ¾Å¦Ý±ÚÅß¦½ß«Ø½°¹
Ëà±¹

The Lost World:
Jurassic Park5(

USA '97ӆ̶ҫӓ̶ҝ̶The Peacemakerؒ࠘౦USA '00

Á³ÁÞ¾ß҆ၬҀўи

Remember the Titans



9:03

ؔລ༞

USA '03ұ̶ӑҿ̶ұ̶ 4

Terminator 3:
Rise of the MachinesFri. 25late nightؔລ༞USA '00

ҹӗҚҵҺ

Duets

♥

Sun. 27

9:00

ؐ BCD

FRN '01½ß«´ß¬±ÁßÞѢ୑

Le Pacte des Loupshorror? mystery‫ޓ‬suspense‫ ☺ ޓ‬comedy

5(science fiction ‫ޓ‬drama action ♥love & romance 5(This schedule is subject to change.

-15-

cinema guide
TOKUSHIMA HALL ຝ๥Ӎ̶ӝ
(Saiwai-cho - near the Central
Post Ofﬁce)
088.653.1802
TOKUSHIMA TOHO ຝ๥๪၉(Kagoya-machi - in Higashi
Shinmachi Arcade)088.625.5311
TOHO CINEMA ๪၉ҩҿӐ(Kagoya-machi - in Higashi
Shinmachi Arcade)088.625.5311
ATTACK HEIWA Ҕұҵҡဓᇬ(Kuramoto 2 cho-me - near
Kuramoto Station)
088.631.6490
HEIWA DOLBY !ဓᇬһӝӅ̶
(Kuramoto 2 cho-me )088.631.6490
KITAJIMA CINEMA SUNSHINE*FUJI GRAND*The Terminal͔USA͕!ұ̶ӑҼӝ

until 2/10

The Bourne Supremacy ͔USA͕!ӎ̶ӥ̠ҫӉӞӐҩ̶from 2/11

Regular tickets ψ ]1800 1st of each month ψ ]1000‫ޓ‬
Ladies’ day / Tuesday ψ ]1000 Men’s day / Friday ψ ]1000
Chakushin Ari 2 ͔JPN͕!ට௸ҔӜ 3!(in Japanese)
Regular tickets ψ ]1800 1st of each month ψ ]1000
Ladies’ Day / Wednesday ψ ]1000 Men’s Day / Thursday ψ ]1000
Finding Neverland͔UK/USA͕!ҿӂ̶ӛӥһfrom 2/5

Regular tickets ψ ]1800 1st of each month ψ ]1000
Customer Appreciation Day / Wednesday ψ ]1000
Ocean's 12͔USA͕!Ҝ̶ҩӕӥҬ 23
1st of each month ψ ]1000 Customer Appreciation Day/ Wednesday ψ ]1000
Alexander͔USA͕!ҔӝҟҧӥҲ̶Regular tickets ψ ]1800 1st of each month ψ!]1000
Customer Appreciation Day / Wednesday ψ ]1000
Alexander͔USA͕!ҔӝҟҧӥҲ̶
The Notebook͔USA͕!пѳџລѴ࿾তၾ๥ҩҿӐҧӥҩӕҖӥ
̈́Kitajima-cho Tainohamaͅ
088.697.3113
088.697.3111
̈́24 ૐࠖҸ̶Ӊ‫ڎ‬຾!.!
24 hour recorded messageͅ

from 2/5

from 2/5

One Missed Call 2͔JPN͕!ට௸ҔӜ 3̛(in Japanese)
The Bourne Supremacy ͔USA͕!ӎ̶ӥ̠ҫӉӞӐҩ̶from 2/11
The Grudge ͔USA͕!UIF!KVPO!0 ଦ‫܋‬
Suspect Zero͔USA͕!ҧҫӌҡҺ̠Үӟfrom 2/12

MAKOTO͔JPN͕!

from 2/19

Ocean's 12͔USA͕!Ҝ̶ҩӕӥҬ 23
Regular tickets ψ ]1800

Ray͔USA̛͕ӞҖThe 1st of each month ψ ]1000
Ladies’ Day / Wednesday ψ ]1000

Howl's Moving Castle͔JPN͕!ӁҘӝѢຌуௗ
The Phantom of the Opera ͔USA͕!Ҝӌӛਸ਼Ѣ‫ݼ‬గ
We Shall Overcome Someday͔JPN͕!ӃҵҳҠ̛(in Japanese)Year One in the North ͔JPN͕北の零年 (in Japanese)
The Terminal ͔USA͕ұ̶ӑҼӝ
The Prince of Tennis͔JPN͕!ҸҽҫѢ‫ܪ‬તᄻ̛(in Japanese)coming soon:
At Kitajima Sunshine Cinema in Fuji Grand this March:
Shark Tale featuring the voice of Will Smith
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason starring Renée Zellweger-16-ౝыиඐૡћ

ਭဠ‫ݶ‬ய