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

"TOPPY"
June 2009 No. 227

wander-ful tabi - jeans made in japantby lance kitahese jeans are made forc y c l i n g : A D a y Tr i p t o
KojimaDrive or train across the Seto
Ohashi Bridge in Kagawa, andyou'll fall upon the town of
Kojima ( 児島 ) in Kurashiki City,
Okayama, whose sleepy ﬁshingports and lush hillsides belie ahotbed for fashion: the home ofJapan-made jeans. Here's a day
itinerary that, like the jeans are,a tight ﬁt but feel great.
Morning - What a Ride
Get on an express train from
Tokushima at 8:00 or 8:30 toreach Kojima Station around
10:00 (you may need totransfer in Takamatsu to theMarine Liner). Rent a bicycle atthe tourist information center(500 yen/day) and grab a map.
Find the post office near the
Kojima Culture Center. You'll see
the electric towers of a railway,
but no tracks. The white gravel
path before you is Kaze nothe betty smith jeans museum pays homage to the "birthplace of japanese jeans"

Michi ( 風の道 ), the vestiges of
the Shimotsui Railway that havebeen reborn as a 6.3 km biking/walking path.
W i t h a g e n t l e b re e ze i nyour face, pedaling along thisroad takes you through thebackyards and flower gardensof this local community, pastf l a p p i n g l a u n d r y, d ay c a repatients pushed in wheelchairs,

and strolling grannies. You'll
continue past remnants ofstation platforms as you gently
climb the Washuzan ( 鷲 羽 山 )Heights. Enjoy breathtaking
views of the Inland Sea and theSeto Ohashi Bridge until theterminus at Shimotsui Port.
The architecture of thefishing port harkens back to asimpler time, and you may want

wander-ful tabi ... con't on page 5

inside awa life this monthwander-ful tabi - jeans made in japan - 1, 5 ... hiking japan, tv schedule for june - 3
the nankai ferry - 4 ... my life in mugi - 6 ... martin's manga corner - 7
daily disaster preparations, letter from suketo hoikuen - 8 ... japanese lesson ... 9
memoranda - 10, 11, 12

awalife

Tokushima Prefectural International
Exchange Association (TOPIA)
Clement Plaza 6F
1-61 Terashima Honcho Nishi
Tokushima City 770-0831 JAPAN
Tel: 088-656-3303
Fax: 088-652-0616
topia@topia.ne.jp
www.topia.ne.jp

is a monthly publication of the Tokushima Prefectural International Exchange Association (TOPIA).
Editors:
Andrew Dahms & Mario Dammann
Contributors This Month:
Andrew Dahms, Mario Dammann, Henry Dreyfus,
Kazue Inoue, Lance Kita, Matthew Lindsay,
Martin O'Brien, Kaori Tamada, and the Prefectural
Disaster Center.

Download a PDF ﬁle of awa life or view theonline version by going to TOPIA's website!
www.topia.ne.jp/e_index.htm

editorialjune? Come on! Didn't we just started withthe year? And almost half of it is over? Okay
guys, you survived the May now the rainyseason is the new season. Do you remember
how much fun it was as a child, to play in therain? Rubber boots, rain cape and a sandpit was
all we needed. Now we have huge umbrellas to
not get wet. As a small appetizer I present you
the coast of Ohama beach at strong rain andwind. Lucky you!
Anyway, I wanted to tell you that we at
Topia are doing some effort into the library andstarted registering books completely digitally
into the computer systems. Soon (maybe in one
or two years) you can just call and ask for a
speciﬁc book because we can ﬁnd it easier then.
We ordered and got two new book shelves andregular Topia visitors have already seen them.
Still there are lots of old books and we try to get
rid of the books nobody seem to read anymore.
Unfortunately we don't have any money to buy
new books, but with a little help and donations
and suggestions from you we might be able to
make the Topia library an even better place togo.
However, the one other thing happened
from end of April is the enormous rise of swine
ﬂu infected persons. I hope you are not one ofthem, but if so, odaiji ni (take care)! A lot wassaid about it, and you won't hear anything more
about it, that's why we decided to shut it shortin this issue of Awa Life. I wish you a good andhealthy June. Good Luck and bis bald.
Danke, Euer Mariothe coast of hiwasa - ohama beach at a rainy day (photo by mario dammann)-2-hiking in southern japan

iwas 'recruited' to write
for the blog 'Hiking inSouthern Japan' (demo.
inktails.com/ ) by Ben
Cook, an American living in
Kyushu. He found out aboutme through my blog (j-talk.
com/matt ) which I keep for
my family and friends back inAustralia. I enjoy writing andtaking photos so I thought,"Sure, why not?" when heasked me to contribute.
The blog offers a variety
of information and advice.
Ben tends to contribute thepractical advice while both of
us write about hikes that wehave completed. The hiking
information generally includes
access information, a brief
description and maybe apersonal account.
It was Ben's idea tohave the theme of hiking.
Actually I don't really consider
myself a particularly skilled
or accomplished hiker. I'm
often under-prepared and I
frequently get lost! Although
I do enjoy hiking mountains

the author in front of one of tokushima's waterfalls.

my true passion is boulderingand shower-climbing - in otherwords, hiking in search ofwaterfalls. My inspiration forthis came from an extensive
homepage about Tokushima's
waterfalls: www.ne.jp/asahi/

photo/takeno/

Coming from the dry
continent of Australia, I always
enjoy the abundance of fresh,clean water available here.

tv schedule for june
Date
Thu. 04
Fri. 05
Fri. 05
Sat. 06
Sun. 07Thu. 11
Fri. 12Fri. 12
Sat. 13Sat. 13
Thu. 18
Fri. 19
Fri. 19
Sat. 20
Fri. 26
Sat. 27
Sun. 28

Time
01:45
01:29
02:10
21:00
21:00
01:45
02:10
21:00
02:00
21:00
16:39
01:29
02:10
02:20
02:40
02:00
21:00

by matthew lindsay

Channel
8 - Kansai
6 - ABC
4 - Mainichi
8 - Kansai
6 - ABC
8 - Kansai
4 - Mainichi
1 - Shikoku
6 - ABC
8 - Kansai
8 - Kansai
6 - ABC
4 - Mainichi
6 - ABC
4 - Mainichi
6 - ABC
6 - ABC

I guess I'm a surfer firstand a hiker second but
I ' ve r e a l l y g r o w n t o l o ve
Tokushima's mountains aswell as its coast.The blog is ameans by which I can express
my appreciation and share myexperiences of Tokushima's
wonderful nature. Hopefully
it will inspire others to get
out there and enjoy it too. It
deﬁnitely is worth the effort.
submitted

NationFrance - 2002
USA - 1991
USA - 2001
USA - 2001
USA - 2003
USA - 2002
USA - 1942
USA - 2002
USA - 1995
USA - 1991
USA - Mexico - 2003
USA - 1990
USA - 1999
USA - 1997
USA - 2001
USA - 1998
USA - 2003
-3-

Title
Les Egares / Strayed
Out for Justice
The Point Men
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Sonny
Random Harvest
The Bourne Identity
Assassins
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Casa de los Babys
Back to the Future Part III
The Muse
Conspiracy Theory
Kate & Leopold
Lethal Weapon 4
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttlethe nankai ferryfor those planning a trip
to mainland Japan, theNankai Ferry connecting
Tokushima and Wakayama
might not be their ﬁrst choiceof transport. However, there
are many merits to taking theferry that warrant it a second
look.
Perhaps most importantly,
a trip by ferry offers a quick
journey of just two hours ineither direction, making it
faster than both the highway
busses and travelling by car.
This is especially importantduring peak hour trafﬁc whencongestion in the Kobe andOsaka areas can tend to cause
long delays in travel. Not sofor the ferry, which bypasses
all of this for a smooth trip
from A to B no matter thesituation on the roads
Not only this, but the
ferry ports are strategicallyplaced in some of the mostwell-connected areas of theirrespective prefectures. The
port in Tokushima City is aquick bus ride from Tokushima
Station and then to a variety oflocations both in and outside
the prefecture. Meanwhile, on
the other side in Wakayama
the port sits right next to a
train line that heads directly
to Namba in Osaka, andconnects to the train to Koyasan for those on the Shikoku
88 Temple Pilgrimage.
The ferry also allows for alevel of comfort not enjoyedby other methods of transport.
Passengers have plenty ofspace to lie down and take a
nap while aboard, or go fora walk around the ship andeven get a drink or a bite toeat! Combined with a set ofthree televisions throughout

by andrew dahms

inside the holding area of the nankai ferry where tens of cars wait patiently toreach the other side of the kii channel

the deck, the two hours you
spend on board will pass byvery quickly.
Last but not least, goodnews for those wanting to drive
while they're abroad. For an
additional charge it is possible
to take cars, motorbikes andother vehicles on board. Yetanother opportunity to take arest from driving or riding andsave up your energy before
you hit the other side. But be
careful, however, as you needto make a reservation, so callahead in advance to let themknow you're coming.
Of course, taking the ferry
is not without its downsides
as well. Rough weather cansometimes force the boats toremain in port (although thebridges connecting Shikoku tomainland Japan are sometimes
closed for the same reasons)and those susceptible tomotion sickness can feel a
bit queasy when the seas
are choppy. On the whole,
however, the ferry is a very
handy method of transport for
those heading across the seas
to mainland Japan. Next time
you're planning a trip, why notgive it a go?
-4-

Ferry Times
Tokushima - Wakayama
3:25 - 5:25
5:55 - 7:55
8:15 - 10:10
11:00 - 13:00
13:30 - 15:40
16:35 - 18:35
19:00 - 21:05
22:00 - 24:00
Wakayama - Tokushima
2:40 - 4:50
5:50 - 7:45
8:30 - 10:30
10:50 - 13:00
13:40 - 15:50
16:30 - 18:30
19:20 - 21:20
21:35 - 23:25
Tickets cost 3,800 yen for around trip for adults, and 1,900
yen for elementary school
children and below. Prices forvehicles differ according to
the size of the vehicle, but a
concise price list, along withdirections on how to get to theports and other information
can all be found on the
Nankai Ferry Homepage at
the following address: www.
nankai-ferry.co.jp .

wander-ful tabi - jeans made in japan ... con't from page 1
to explore and stop for an
early lunch.
Leaving the port, the roadclimbs steadily up around theforested cape (walk your bike
if you have to) and then falls
steeply down (pump thosebrakes!) back to Kojima Town.
Total time: three hours, withphoto stops and lunch.
Afternoon Jeans and Mr. Nozaki
Kojima's port was essential forthe town's two major products:
cloth and salt. Local textile
makers' expertise with thickcotton fabric and indigo dyeing
led to the town's dominancein the school uniform market.
Today, 70% of the nation's breathtaking views of the seto naikai inland sea and seto ohashi bridge along theKaze no Michi
uniforms are made here.
One post-war Occupation day, teahouses in the garden and wear home.
a young entrepreneur on a eight storehouses. Step into
At 4:45 p.m. it's definitely
business trip was inspired by the Nozaki Residence and Salt time to get the rental cycle
U.S. soldiers' jeans in Tokyo, Museum ( 野 﨑 家 旧 宅 ･ 野 﨑 back, but not to hop on thea n d f i g u r e d h i s m a c h i n e s 家塩業歴史館 ) and step back train. After checking out the
could handle the denim. He into a rich man's life 200 years Nozaki family's lighthouse on
went on to found the B ig ago. It's one of a handful of the port side of the station andJohn company, but you can Edo-period residences still in picking up a bento, there's one
relive this fashion history at good condition. There's an last treat: ride the Washuzan
the Betty Smith
Sunset Bus ( 鷲羽山夕景鑑賞バ
Jeans Museum,ス ) (departs at 6 p.m. in Junean All-Americanand July). You'll be transported
building with ato the mountains again for ancompact look
unforgettable sunset.
at how Kojima
Back to the station in time
became thefo r a n 8 : 3 0 p. m . t ra i n t o"birthplace ofTokushima. A long day, withJapanese jeans."even longer memories of a
The second ﬂoor
town that both preserves andoffers the chance
evolves the hand-made, hometo order a pairstyle, and old-fashioned.
of custom-madeThere are not many English
salt merchant nozaki bunzaemon's residence andplastered storehouses
jeans with uniquelinks available for this area.
buttons, pockets, and accents.
Try kankou-kurashiki.jp andexcellent English brochure.
In the late Edo period,
click on the English link and
In addition, many up-andBunzaemon Nozaki built a"Guide to Tourist & Culture
coming denim designers have
161 hectare empire of salt
Facilities" for a list of sights
shops in front of this historicalﬁelds, reaping so much moneywith information.
site. Take the time to browsethat his residence had threeand ﬁnd something unique to-5-

my life in mugiw

hen I originally signed
up to come to Japanand teach English, I
requested placement
in an ur ban e nv iro nme nt .
The prospect of living in abustling Japanese city had
always appealed to me. But
then, of course, like many ALTs
(Assistant Language Teachers)
before me, I was placedout in the country, and trustme, when I say, that I had
absolutely no idea what I was
getting myself into.
The plan had always been tostay only one year in Japan,
and this became even truer
when I found out that I wasgoing to be living in a fishing
town of 6,000 people, 90
minutes away from the maincity by car. Small town life andfishing are all well and good,
but when you grow up in the
San Francisco Bay Area in the
US where there are a million

by henry dreyfus

a beautiful coastal view at uchizuma beach in mugi

But I have managed to carveout a life for myself here.
There have been moments ofloneliness, moments of acuteculture shock, but in the end,
I have pretty much fallen inlove with my small town. I livein Mugi Town, in Kaifu-gun, on
the south coast of Tokushima,and I find it hard to believethat I will ever live in a more
beautiful place.
Mugi is home to some of
the most beautiful
coastal views in
To k u s h i m a , a n dthere are a lot ofsmall trails aroundMugi that you canwalk or hike. There
are several beaches
in Mugi where you
can swim, dive,snorkel, surf, kayak,
the majestic mugi riverand ﬁsh.
There are also two beautiful
things to do and people toislands in the Mugi Baysee, sitting out in the oceanthat are accessible by boat.
for six hours with a big
Tebajima Island is the closest
stick with a worm on it was
to town, and there is a small
something that didn't totally
population of people living
appeal to me.
there, including a few of myI had never lived in a small
students. There is a ferry that
town, I had never goneleaves from the main port,ﬁshing, I didn't speak a wordand once you are actuallyof Japanese, and I was theon the island, there is a very
only ALT in the entire town.

-6-

beautiful trail that you can
use to walk around the island.
There is also Oshima Island, aprivate island that can also bereached by boat.
Mugi is also home to a
fantastic hot spring, a shellmuseum, a diving school, anature center, and some of
the kindest, most welcoming
people you will ever meet.
There is also the Minami Awa
Sunline Road, which starts
from the road leading past the
Junior High school, and ridesaround the coast into Hiwasa.
Along this road are several
hidden beaches that are
perfect for a weekend getaway.
Uchizuma Beach is ﬁve minutes
south from the center of town
and a good spot for surfing,although less popular thanthe beaches further down the
coast.
All in all, Mugi and Kaifu-gun
in general, is a wonderful place
to be and I am very lucky tohave had the opportunity tospend any amount of time insuch a perfect area. As I get
ready to begin my second year,
I am looking forward to what I
will ﬁnd and how my life will be
as I spend another year living
in absolute paradise.

martin's manga corner
Title:

Folklore Studies of Professor Munakata:
Volume 1 ( 宗像教授伝奇考 )Manga-ka:
Yukinobu Hoshino
Publisher:
Big Comics
First published:2007
No of volumes:3m

ost historians spend
a great deal of theirlife in a dusty ofﬁce,
reading througheven dustier books so they
can relay their ﬁndings to half
asleep students in a university
lecture, and while Professor
M u n a k a t a o f Yu k i n o b u
Hoshino's Folklore Studies
of Professor Munakata
is an adept historian in theconventional understandingof the profession, he is notafraid to get out in the field
and bring the persistence ofan investigative detective to
his work. As we can garnerfrom the title of this manga,
Professor Munakata's specialty
is in researching folklore andmyth. In Hoshino's manga,va r i o u s f i l e s o f P r o fe s s o r
Munakata investigative
adventures are presented to
the reader. The common themeis how Professor Munakata
i nve s t i g a t e s t h e a p p a re n tfacts associated with various
legends and myth, in order toshed some light on their origin
or purpose.
In the volume one edition,
the most interesting one I read
was White Swan, Metal Star.
It begins in the lecture hall,where the good professor is
examining the swan maiden
legends: swans as magicallytransformed females. Like
many legends it is not uniqueto one culture and a variety ofversions of the story can befound throughout the world.

The professor's hypothesisis that the myth began somewhere in central Asia, but
he is at a loss as to whatis the underlying origin of
this myth and why exactly
it has spread so thoroughlyaround the earth. The good
professor gets his chance
to investigate further when
one of his students, a young
woman by the name of Mana
Ikago brings him an ancientsword to examine. On bothsides of the sword there arepatterns that correspondto the arrangement of star
constellations: the Plough and
the Pleiades respectively. After
questioning Mana's motherand father who have comedown from Tottori to show him
the sword, he ﬁnds out that it
was found underneath a small
ancient shrine, not far from thesite of a place known as Swan
Lake. Pondering the ancient
Greek legend of Pleiades,
where the seven stars thatformed it were once beautiful
women transformed into stars
by the gods, he decides to let
his curiosity get the better of
him and heads down to rural
Tottori, to investigate theplace.
Once he gets to Mana's
home town, he finds out thatthe lake is actually a dry lake,forming an unusually large
wide depression in an area
mostly deﬁned by mountainous
peaks and narrow valleys.
Professor Munakata finds a-7-

by martin o'brien

small crevice at the bottom of
the dry lake which is ﬁlled withparticularly heavy stones. Their
unusual nature, sets his mind
in motion and he immediately
rings the science department
back in his university in Tokyo
to find out more about thetype of metal the sword ismade from. It turns out that
it was made from a very rare
metallic iron, mined long ago
from a meteorite that had
fallen to earth.
The Professor starts tojoin the dots and he realisesthat the dry lake is actually acrater formed after a meteorite
crash that occurred thousandsof years ago. The discovery
is particularly exciting as heknows that some of the earliest
metal items that came from
central Asia were made of thesame material. It occurs to himthat ancient metal technology
might have developed as aresult of primitive man being
more willing and able to mind
this meteoric ore because of
its sacred otherworldly origin
and the relative ease of mining
it. He also concludes that theswan maiden legend mighth ave b e e n s p re a d a ro u n d
the world by the first metal
workers who believed that
it was from one of the stars
that once formed part of the
Pleiades constellation, that fellto earth.
White Swan, Metal Staris one of five stories in thisedition. The various stories orfiles that present Munakata's
findings are often somewhat
erudite, but they succeed inallowing academic themes tobe interpreted in the guise of amystery story.

daily disaster preparations

perhaps you've seen ahorror movie where
strange forces cause
furniture to fly acrossthe room or thump around,moving across the floor. The
occurance of a large-scale
earthquake can take thesekinds of things off the silver
screen and into your home.
Tremors from earthquakes cancause bedside tables to move
about, utensils to ﬂy out of thecupboard, furniture to shift andrattle about, and drawers to ﬂyout and onto the ground.
You don't have to be at themercy of the tremors, however,as securing your furniture canreduce the level of damage
caused during a quake. First,
you can secure large furnitureusing l-shaped brackets. Make
sure to get the right type,however, as the wrong bracket
m ay n o t h ave a ny e ffe c t .
You can find a wide range ofbrackets and stoppers at yourlocal home center, and you caneven get help if you are unsure
how to use them.
� Refrain from placing tallletter from suketo hoikuenour lives have become
very convenient thanks
to the consumption
centered structure theurbanization of Japan brought
about. On the other side, thedaily life rythm is disrupted,
the eating rythm and nutrition
balance is collapsing and bad
influences to our health havegotten bigger. That's why wehave to care more about what
our children are eating andteach them more then everabout having a good diet, andhow they can achieve andprotect this goal. This includes
understanding:
1. How and what to eat is
neccessary to stay healthy.
2. That balanced food helps
directly to get good stool.
3. Until the meal is ready,spend the time with yourchild to understand thecourse of the meal (decide
the menu, go shopping andcooking).
4. Check the vegetables ofthe season and try to spark-8-

tokushima prefectural
disaster centerfu r ni t u re o n c a r p e t s o rtatami (hard surfaces arebest)� Secure all large furniture towalls, the cieling etc withl-shape brackets
� Make sure furniture or items
standing on top of otherfurniture is secured
� Use rubber stops to prevent
items such as TVs andcomputers from shiftingabout� Place shatter-resistant filmon glass surfaces
Translated with permission
from the Tokushima Prefectural
Disaster Center Homepage:a n s h i n . p re f. t o k u s h i m a . j p /disasterCenter/index.html

by kazue inoue
suketo hoikuen staff

interest in cultivation.
5 . K n o w t h e t a s t e o f raw
vegetables and realize thechange of taste when fooddecays.
We at the kindergarten also try
to help to establish the above
skills in the children from avery young age.
How to Make a
Glove Puppet:
1: First of all, turn inside out of
one glove.
2: Draw in the thumb of asecond glove.
3: Put the first glove between
middle and ring finger ofthe second glove.
4: Last of all, turn aroundthe glove at the star markand draw a face with amagic marker. Now play
the puppet with the fingers
inside the glove. Done!

japanese lessont

by kaori tamada

his month we are going to take a look at expressions with「V- たら、V- た」.

The「V- たら、V- た」form is used to express a sudden change in state of affairs during or after
the action of the ﬁrst verb V - たら .
1)

It is used when the situation mentioned in the second clause was found out during anaction in the ﬁrst clause.
み

ともだち

うつ

テレビを見ていたら、友達が映っていた。
When I was watching TV, I could see a friend.

2)

It is used when an action in the ﬁrst clause prompted a new incident to happen.
くすり

の

ねむ

薬を飲んだら、眠くなった。
When I take medicine, I get tired.

【Practice!】
Try
toこう
make
a sentence in さい
theふ「V-おたら、V- た」form.
れい
えん
ある
（例）公園
を歩
いている、財
布が落
ちている
こうえん
ある
さい ふ
お
→公園を歩いていたら、財布が落ちていた。
When I walked in the park, I saw a lost purse.
1．

2．

3．

み

うすがた

がくせい じ だい

ゆうじん

だいとっ かテレビのカタログを見ている、薄型テレビが大特価になっている
look at the TV catalogue, special price for ﬂat-screen TVs
、
。
でんしゃ

の

あ

電車に乗っている、学生時代の友人に会う
ride the train, meet a friend from University times
、
ぱい の

ふつ か

。

よ

ビールを 10 杯飲む、二日酔いになる
drink 10 beers, get a hangover、。

【Answer】
み
うすがた
だいとっ かテレビのカタログを見ていたら、薄型
テレビが大特価になっていた。
1．
でんしゃのがくせい じ だい
ゆうじん
あ
電車に乗っていたら、学
生
時
代
の友
人
に会
った。
2．
ぱい の
ふつ か よビールを 10 杯飲んだら、二日酔いになった。
3．
Reference:「新日本語の中級」スリーエーネットワーク-9-memoranda
Speech Contest

日本語弁論大会

2009 Tokushima Prefecture

平成 21 年度

Japanese Speech Contest For Foreign Residents

外国人による徳島県日本語弁論大会

Around 10-12 contestants will participate and hold a

10 ～ 12 名程度の県内在住外国人が日本語で国際交流や

speech about international exchange and cooperation. We

国際協力についての意見を発表します。大会当日は、多are waiting for many people who cheer on and support
the contestants. Please come and enjoy! It's free!

数の応援・声援をお待ちしています。是非ご来場ください。

Date:

日

Monday, 20 July (a public holiday),時： 7 月 20 日（月・祝日）、
13:30 ～ 16:30

13:30 - 16:30
Place:
Cost:

Awagin Hall

場

(Tokushima-ken Kyodo Bunka Kaikan)

入場料：無料Free!

予

Reservation: not neccessary!

所： あわぎんホール（徳島県郷土文化会館）
約：不要

問合せ：
（財）徳島県国際交流協会 (TOPIA)

Contact: TOPIA

TEL: 088-656-3303

TEL: 088-656-3303

FAX: 088-652-0616

FAX: 088-652-0616

My Piano Story by
Ikuyo Nakamichi

仲道郁代のピアノストーリー

At the age of 4 she started to play the piano. In her ﬁrst

4 歳からピアノをはじめ、桐朋学園大学 1 年在学中に第year at Toho Gakuen School of Music she participated at

51 回日本音楽コンクール第 1 位を受賞し注目を集める。

the 51st Japanese Music Contest, won the ﬁrst prize and多数の受賞を経て、1987 年ヨーロッパと日本で本格的にgathered a lot of attention. Before giving her debut inデビュー。温かい音色と叙情性、卓越した音楽性が高くJapan and Europe in 1987 she won countless prizes. Herwarm tone colour and lyricism, her superior musicianship

評価され、人気実力ともに日本を代表するピアニストとis highly evaluated and very popular. A representive pianist

して注目を集めている。

of Japan and now coming to Tokushima.
予定曲目：Musical selection:

ラフマニノフ（Op.3-2「鏡」など）- Rachmaninoff (Op.3-2 and others)

ベートーヴェン（ピアノ・ソナタ第 14 番など）

- Beethoven (Piano-Sonata Nr. 14 and others)

ショパン（Op.66 など）- Chopin (Op.66 and others)
When: Sunday, June 21, from 14:00 ～Where: Nankai Bunkakan

日時：、14：00 ～6 月 21 日（日）

場所：

海南文化館

入場料： 一般 1000 円（当日 1500 円）

in the Awa Nankai Culture Village

高校生以下 500 円（当日 1000 円）(JR Kainan station on the Mugi Line)
Cost:

Info:

親子券 1200 円（前売りのみ・2 人分）

Adults 1000 yen (on the day 1500 yen)
Senior Highschool students and younger 500 yen

問合せ： 海南文化館まで電話 0884-73-3100

Parent and child ticket 1200 yen (only booking)主催：

Call the Kainan Bunkakan at 0884-73-3100

海陽町・海陽町教育委員会・徳島県（財）三井住友海上文化財団-10-

memoranda
Recruiting Awa
Odori Members!
Group: Ashita-Ren, Beginners are Welcome!
The Tokushima Prefecture Youth Activity Support
Center is looking for new members, especially young
people. Everyone can join! Let's meet new friends,
have cultural exchange and most important of all,let's dance and have fun together! We are waiting foryour application (until August 8)!
When: Saturday, August 15
Where: Tokushima Seishonen Katsudo Center
Cost: 2500 Yen (costumes and light food included)
Info: Call 088-625-6166 for more information.

阿波踊りメンバー募集☆明日連（あしたれん）☆初心者歓迎☆
徳島県青少年活動支援センター、徳島県青少年センターの利用者など若者が中心となり気軽に参加できる連です。
仲間との出会いや交流の場ともなります。一緒に愉しく踊りましょう♪ご参加お待ちしています。
☆締切：8 月 8 日、お早めに！
日時：

8 月 15 日（土）場所：

徳島県青少年活動支援センター集合

参加費： 2500 円（男踊り・鳴り物衣装代・軽食代込）
申込み・問合せ： 徳島県青少年活動支援センターまで
電話 088-625-6166

Fireﬂy Week at the
Haha River

母川ホタル
週間

Throughout the week of this event you can see ﬁreﬂies at

期間中、ホタルの幻影的な光を鑑賞する機会のほか、高the Haha River, as well as take a tour boat ride or join in

瀬舟の遊覧や野点・笹舟づくり教室が行われます。

ﬁreﬂy related workshops!

日時：

When: Saturday, June 6 - Saturday, June 13

8:00-21:30

8:00-21:30
Where: The Haha River and surrounding area in Kaiyoucho, Kaifu-gun.
Cost:

場所：

母川と周辺、海部郡海陽町

金額：

無料（高瀬舟の遊覧は大人 300 円、中学生以下

Free, but 300 yen to ride the tour boat for

は 200 円）adults, 200 yen for junior high school

問合せ：海陽町観光協会まで

students and below.
Info:

6 月 6 日（土）～ 6 月 13 日（土）電話 0884-76-3050

Call the Kaiyo-cho Tourism Association at
0884-76-3050

Japanese Lessons
at Suketo Hoikuen

助任保育園の日本語教室

When: Every Thursday

日時：11:00 - 12:00
Cost:

毎週木曜日
11:00 ～ 12:00

Free for nursery students.

金額：

Contact: Call TOPIA at 088-656-3303.

託児付き（無料）

問合せ： トピアまで電話 088-656-3303-11-

memoranda
Inokami Shrine
Festival

井上神社祭
祭礼は毎年 7 月第 1 日曜日に実施され、川の中から暴れ神This festival is held every year on the ﬁrst Sunday of July.
From the depth of the river a portable shrine will appear.

輿が出てきます。これができるまでは、女人禁制でした。

Furthermore, you can enjoy handmade stuff, sold by young

また、地元若衆の手作りによる出店やもちなげがあり、訪people from this countryside.

れた人々を楽しませてくれます。

When: Sunday, July 5, 8:00 - 15:00

日時：、8：00 ～ 15：00
7 月 5 日（日）Where: Inokami Shrine, Aza Ono, Hibihara, Kaiyo-cho,

場所：

海部郡海陽町日比原字大野

金額：

無料

Kaifu-gun
Cost:

Free

Info:

Call the Kaiyo-cho Sightseeing Association at

井上神社

問い合わせ： 海陽町観光協会まで
電話 0884-76-3050

0884-76-3050

The 64th Summer
Awa Ningyo Joruri
Tournament

第 64 回 夏期阿波人形
浄瑠璃大会
徳島の郷土芸能として古くから伝承されている「阿波人形浄瑠璃芝居」の各座の競演。毎年開催されており、夏の風

The legendary Awa Ningyo Puppet theatre's most famous

物詩として庶民に親しまれています。

groups have a recital contest. This tournament is held every
year and with special plays about the summer season, it is
loved by the common people of Tokushima.

日時：、10:00 ～7 月 11 日（土）～ 12 日（日）

場所：

徳島市

あわぎんホール（徳島県郷土文化会館）

When: Saturday, July 11 and Sunday, July 12, from 10am

入場料： 無料！

Where: Tokushima City, Awagin Hall (Kyodo Bunkakaikan)

問合せ： 阿波人形浄瑠璃振興会（井上氏）まで

Cost:

Free!

Info:

Call Mr. Inoue from the Awa Ningyo Promotion

電話 088-669-1752

Association at 088-669-1752

Counselling Service at TOPIA
トピアの相談窓口

TOPIA 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.
Monday to Friday, 10:00 - 18:00
Tel. 088-656-3303 or 088-656-3320 (allows three-way conversations with an interpreter)

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