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

"TOPPY"
January 2008 No. 211

Happy New Year!

ДУѐЩиМѓйкИЦШЖѐЫ̂
artwork by hisatoyo murasawa

inside awa life this montha librarian's tale - 3, 4
bye bye 2007, welcome 2008 - 4 ... miso making mayhem - 5 ... winter recipes - 6
martin's manga corner - 7 ... becky's awa-ben, letter from suketo hoikuen - 8
japanese lesson - 9 ... memoranda - 10, 11, 12

awa life

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is a monthly publication of the Tokushima Prefectural International Exchange Association (TOPIA)
Andrew Dahms & Mario Dammann
Contributors This Month:
Josie Chen, Rebecca Closner, Andrew Dahms,
Mario Dammann, Kazue Inoue, Sachiko
Muramatsu, Hisatoyo Murasawa, Martin O'Brien
and Claire Tanaka

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from the editors
happy new year to you all! How did you
spend the new year's break? Did you
manage to get away for a while or were
you here in Tokushima for the duration?
I found out the hard way last year that it isbest to have plans laid out in advance, after
suddenly finding myself stuck in the midstof winter with all my friends out on various
tropical beaches in the southern hemisphere.
Nevertheless, having a few days free with noplans in mind can be a good way to motivate
you to try new things and broaden one's
horizons a little. Either way, I hope you've had
a wonderful holiday and are ready to get backinto the swing of things. Here's looking forward
to the new year 2008!
Cheers, Andrew

hank you! I also wish you a happy new
year! I spent my time in Tokushima withfriends. I did not want to go away from
Tokushima, because I just got here inAugust. Why should I go somewhere else
when I haven't even discovered the New Yearin Tokushima? I was happy to relax some days
and meet new friends. So the year is over. We
did it, again. And it will happen again, one
year later. For me it was a very pleasant year,
because of my graduation, my first Korean
food, my first Awa Odori and my first year-end
article on page four. Did you get many New
Year Cards? If not, then you maybe didn’t write
much. This can be a good point, but otherwise
it is good to have many people who havesupported you.
Danke! Marioat

the tv crew stands by to catch a shot of traditional shamisen mochitsuki in thehistorical streets of wakimachi (photo by andrew dahms)-2-

a librarian's taleokushima sees a lot ofvisitors throughout theyear, both from within
Japan and abroad as well.
And while a lot of these visitors
come on holidays or for work,some find there way here
through government programs
to aid in internationalizationand education.
Tokushima has been host to
several such programs over theyears, and for some time now
it has been inviting a trainee
from sister province Guanzhou
in China for a period of somefive months each year to study
here in the prefecture.
This year, the trainee is Ms.
Josie Chen. After arriving inTokushima several months
ago, her time here came toan end and I decided to have
one last talk with her I was
surprised to find she spoke
nearly perfect English, as forthe past few months we had
only ever spoken in Japanese.
I guess this goes as a good
lesson never to let down yourguard and let assumptions getin the way of better thinking.
Nevertheless, with this aside,
we sat down for a short chatand talked about Josie's timein Tokushima.

by andrew dahms
awalife@gmail.comt

A: Andrew

J: Josie

A: What have you been
studying here during yourtime in Tokushima?
J: I have been studying about
various aspects of the librarysystem. For example, simple
things such as borrowing andstorage systems, reference
services etc. Each month I
studied in a different section of
the library, so I had the chance
to study a lot.

trainee josie chen in the international
library at topia

A: Have you been able toform any impressions oflibrary systems in Japan?
J: Yes, actually. I think they'revery good. Whenever you
go to a library it's almost likeyou're at home - they're veryw e l c o m i n g . Fo r i n s t a n c e ,there are bookmarks, readingg l a s s e s , p a d s fo r w r i t i n gthings down etc.
A: I see. And what kind ofimpression did you haveof Tokushima before youcame?
J: Actually, I bought a guideto Tokushima before I camehere so I had the chance tolearn about it before I arrived.
I also had the chance to
speak to former CIR Cho Gun
about it, and he told me it
was a very nice place to live.
Particularly, I was impressedby Awa Odori - I really wanted
to try the dance.
A: Did your impression ofTokushima change after

you arrived, then?
J: It's more or less the sameas it was before I arrived.
However, I was very surprised
to find the cake here is really
good! Also, I think it's very
cold in Japan. In Guandong it
doesn't get as cold as it doesin Tokushima - back home I
only ever saw snow once in ablue moon.
As for living here in general,
I really like it. It is a really
nice, easy place to live, andthere aren't many people.
Back home it is very crowded,
so I like that aspect about
Tokushima.
A: Did you get the chance
to go anywhere or doanything while you werehere?
J: To tell the truth, I reallyhate cars because I always
get carsick. So it makes it a bit
difficult to get around. Before
coming to Tokushima, though,I went to Tokyo, Kyoto andOsaka, so that was nice. But
after I came here, I haven't
really travelled outside theprefecture except for when I
have to. One thing that has
been very nice is that a lot of
people have stepped forward
and offered to take me places.
Many people whom I had only
just met said that if I everwanted to go somewhere, all
I had to do was ask. I reallyappreciated this.
A: Is there anything you
would do differently if you
had the chance to do it all
again?
J: I guess I would try to
make more efforts to get out
and see the prefecture ona librarian's tale ... con't on page 4-3-

bye bye 2007, welcome 2008!
t's decided! The Kanji ofthe year 2007 is 'Fake'.
This was decided through90,816 people. More than
18 percent voted for ࡔ –itsuwari meaning 'fake'. The
second place was ௳ - shoku- 'food' (2,444 votes) and third
place was ۙ - uso - 'lie' (1,921
votes). Also until 13th place,
Kanji like 'fake' are a lot.
Like 'lie' (3rd), 'doubt' (4th),'change' (6th) and 'believe'(13th), they are all connected
to betrayal. In 2007 the news
were full of betrayals andfakes. I.e. the food disguise
problem which follows one
another, many lies in thepolitics, disguise was detectedeven at the veteran businessand in addition, too manyindustries were conspicuous in'disguise'. Famous brands likeshiroi koibito, hinai doriand Nagoya Ko-chin got
even more famous with theirbetrayal to their customer.
How do you feel about thisKanji? Does it express yourmood? Were you fooled by
the industry or politics? Viceversa, did you feel good in any
way when you hear about thisKanji? Please write me youropinion. Maybe we put yourletter in next month's Awa Life
as a look back on 2007!
Another year-end feature in
the media is the 'Catchphraseof the Year'. The winner thisi'itsuwari' - chosen as the 2007 kanji of the year

year 2007 is the governorof Miyazaki prefecture, Mr.
Hideo Higashikokubaru withhis slogan: 'dogenka sento
i k a n ' , w h i c h m e a n s ' We
have to do something!', but
in Miyazaki prefecture slang.
This was very special, because
he said this in a prefecturalassembly in connection to
the stagnation of the old in
the prefecture and that 'we
can't loose the inter-regional
competition'.
The second winner is thenickname 'Hanikami Ooji' –'Shy Prince'. His real name is
Ryo Ishikawa and he is Japan's
youngest amateur golf player.
The fourth place is for Yoshio
Ko j i m a ' s g a g : ' S o n n a n oKankei nee!' – 'It doesn't
matter!'. Kojima wears only
swim pants, tells some funnystories and then suddenly
screams 'But this doesn't
matters!' for some reason.
Running Up catchphrases:
moshobi - extremely hot day- a day with more than 35
degrees celsius and there aremany many coming.
oogui - power eating - cup
noodles, pudding, hamburger,
ice-cream and other highcalorie fast-food are eaten a
lot's these days.
nettokafe-nanmin - internet
cafe refugee - people whopractically 'live' at the internetand manga cafe.
shokuhin gisou - foodproduct disguise - putting
different stuff than labeled
into the product. So it looses
quality, but is way cheaper.

a librarian's tale ... con't from page 3
the weekends. Once I was
invited to an onsen, but since
it was over two hours away I
declined the offer.
But to be honest, I haven't
anything to complain about.
My time here has been very
good and everyone has beenvery kind. I have gotten a lotof presents as well, and myfriends at the library havebeen a great support to me.
A: Do you think you'll comeback?
J: I think so, but not in the-4-near future. It would be niceto come back again sometime
later on, maybe ten years or
so and see how things havechanged. I will always think ofTokushima, though - it was myfirst time overseas and I wasreally impressed.

miso making mayhem
ine times out of ten
when I turn on myTV someone is eating
something. And if
they're not eating something
then they're in a contest or
taking a quiz to win the chanceto eat something. Sometimes
they're on an exciting
vacation, but without fail thiswill end with the hosts orparticipants eating something.
Japanese culture seems
obsessed with food! In fact, inJapanese there is even a wordthat means “the lifestyle ofeating well” - ryoriseikatsu.
This runs counter to my own
quick and easy American
way of thinking. In college,
breakfast was often a cupof coffee and not much haschanged since then. But, I likethe idea of ryouriseikatsu(even if I am the last person
likely to engage in it) so when
my friend invited me to takepart in a Japanese cooking
class and lecture aboutryouriseikatsu I jumped at
the opportunity.
Now its 11AM on the morningof December 13. I'm sitting on
my knees around a bucket of
1kg soy beans, 1kg of salt and
1kg of a mold called kojikin,
which is used to ferment many
Japanese foods. I'm not alone.
There are two buckets in thecramped room and about eight
women around each. We're
about to make miso fromscratch. Our instructor has justexplained the process and now
its time to dive in. "It's not
hard," our instructor reassures
us. "When they were little, mygrandchildren always helpedme." Soon we're wrist deep ina lumpy mess crushing beansleft and right. After about 15nΘΖΥΥΚΟΘ͑ΣΖΒΕΪ͑ΥΠ͑ΞΒΜΖ͑ΞΚΤΠ͒
minutes the woman next tome whispers "yatta" (yay)as she finds and squishes the
final bean.
Making miso by handessentially boils down toplaying with food. After adding
three equal parts soy beans,salt and kojikin in a largebowl, the fun begins. The
name of the game is findwhole beans and crush thembetween your fingers. At first
the task is simple but soon
you have to sift through awhole goopey mess just tofind one bean. This in turnmixes everything together.
When you're finally done, themiso has to sit and ferment for
about a year. But this is only
one way to make one kind of
miso! Miso actually comes in avariety of flavors and types all
depending on how you makeit. My supermarket has a wholehalf an aisle devoted only
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by rebecca closnerrebecca.closner@gmail.com

to miso! It's rich in proteinsand vitamins and has been afundamental component ofJapanese cuisine since next toforever.
A f t e r, m a k i n g m i s o o u r
instructor, the author Saitou
Natsume, also gave us a shortand simple lecture about theimportance of taking timeand care to prepare food.
The lecture related back to
the general rational behindryouriseikatsu. She told
us that really it makes nodifference if you eat something
you bought at the convenience
store or literally threw together
in a few minutes or something
you poured your heart andsoul into making. Biologicallyit will get digested the same.
The reason you put a lot oftime and care into preparing
food is so that you can show
someone how much you
care about them. If you justthrow something together
all higgledy-piggledy then it
reflects how little you care. In
other words, ryouriseikatsu
i s a l l a b o u t fe e d i n g y o u rheart and not so muchabout fulfilling a biologicalneed. I was really moved bythis lecture and for about aweek after I woke up early,
fighting the cold and urge togo back to sleep, to make anice wholesome breakfast.
Unfortunatly, I have to admitthat after about a week thiswore off and the appeal of mynice warm futon appeared tome stronger than a nice warm
meal. As much as I agreewith the sentiment behindryouriseikatsu, it's hard forme to resist the urge to grab
something quick and easy togo.

winter recipes
anuary is quite possibly
the worst month of all.
The holidays are over, butwinter is still here. It's cold,
it's dark, and no one has any
money. Many people turn tofood for comfort. An oven fullof chocolate chip cookies helps
to heat the kitchen up as wellas raise the spirits of those
who eat them. But wait! YourJapanese apartment didn't
come with an oven? Or worse
yet, you've got one of thosemysterious microwaves that
purport to also have an ovenfunction but you can't figureout how to use it, so it taunts
you with promises of baked
goodies that are just out ofreach? Well I can't tell you
how to bake cookies in yourmicrowave, but I do have a
few ideas for sweet treats thatyou can make on the stovetop.

jPancake Cake
I saw this on an NHK kids
program a couple of weeks
ago. It's an easy way to makecake without using an oven.
First, cook some pancakes
which are all a uniform size,
then use them as the layers inyour cake! The kid on TV usedwhipped cream and cut fruit
to make his cake, but icing
or custard or jam would all
taste good, I think. Here's myfavourite pancake recipe:
Ingredients- 1 cup flour (any kind - whole
wheat, white, rye, whatever)- 1 teaspoon baking powder(This is called Ӌ̶ҟӥҢ̛ӃҘ Ҳ ̶! .! beikingu paudaa
in Japanese. Mine came in apink and red box with picturesof muffins and cookies on theby claire tanaka
clairish@gmail.com

front. According to google, 5g
is the same as one teaspoon,s o i f yo u r b a k i n g p o w d e rcomes in convenient 5g
sachets, just dump in one ofthose.)- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda(This is called ୓ ೨ - 'juusou'or ѓ҇щ҇ - 'tansan' and you
can find big bags of it in thecleaning section sometimes a green and white bag with
an illustration of a happy,
environmentally-friendly
housewife on the front.
After you're done with yourpancakes, you can do somewashing up with the left overbaking soda!)- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon oil- 1 cup milk (or soymilk, or
yogurt, or whatever)- 1 egg
One thing to keep in mind measuring cups in Japan only
hold 200ml, but the "cup"measurement in recipes likethis one refers to a 250ml cup.
So if you are using a Japanesemeasuring cup, make sure you
are adding an extra 50ml.
Instructions
Just mix the dry ingredients
together first, then add theoil, egg, and milk, and whisk
gently - just enough to makesure everything is mixedt o g e t h e r. I f y o u m i x t o omuch, you'll break all the little
bubbles created by the baking
soda and you'll get toughpancakes.
If you are feeling creative,
you can spruce up your batterwith some vanilla essence andlemon rind (my favourite!) or
add some frozen blueberries,
or if you are really ambitious,-6-

you can whisk the egg whiteseperately until it is light andfluffy like meringue, then foldit into the batter, for a reallyhigh-class pancake.
Chocolate Truffles
These are surprisingly easy tomake considering their image
as a luxury item. Of course,
the final result will depend
a lot on the quality of the
chocolate you use.
Ingredients- 4 ounces chocolate- 1-2 tablespoons butter- 4-5 tablespoons cream- 4 tablespoons chopped
hazlenuts (or whatever you
like - this is optional)- 2 tablespoons liqueur(brandy, flavoured liqueur,
whatever you like. This too, is
optional.)
Instructions
It's best to try and fashion adouble boiler out of a pot anda metal bowl. Just put a bit ofwater in the pot, then sit thebowl on top, so the heatedwater is not touching thebowl, but the steam from thewater wafts up and gently
heats it. First heat thecream and butter, then add
the chocolate and stir until
everything is melted andmixed together. Take it off
the heat, add the nuts and/or liqueur, then refrigerate it
until it is hard. You can cut
the chocolate into squares
and dust it with cocoa for theJapanese nama choco style,or roll them into balls and coatthem with melted chocolate
or cocoa powder for a more
traditional truffle.

martin's manga corner
Title:!
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Manga-ka:
Publisher:First published:
No of volumes:

Gokudou Meshi( ࣇທѵы )Tsuchiyama Shigeru
Futabasha
2007
Twohould your average
resident of Japan happen
to turn on the TV after
a day's work, it could be
easily claimed that nine times
out of ten the programme willconcern food. The obsessionthat the TV watching public
accords to cuisine goesbeyond cookery programmes
and celebrity chefs, however,as for example one mightwatch documentaries
concerning ingredients andproduce, dramas involving
chefs and foodies or eveneating competitions. Foodis a national obsession andthus the list of food related
programmes is endless.
As one might expect, there
are also numerous comics
where the characters greatlove of cuisine, be it gourmet
cuisine or home cooking, sets
the scene for a variety ofdramatic possibilities. Suchcomics are known as gurume
manga or gourmet manga.
One of the newest and wellreceived of these gourmet
manga comics is Gokudou
Meshi which translates as'Ferocious Meal'.
One might expect a gourmet
manga comic to be somewhat
domestic and mundane,
regardless of how successfully
it manages to display thewriter's love and knowledgeof a particular aspect of foodculture. However that is not
the case with Gokudou Meshi.
It is conspicuously fast-pacedsand hard hitting.
Gokudou Meshi is set in a
prison where the thuggish
but somewhat charismaticShunsuke Aida is incarcerated,having been arrested somemonths previously at his house
after finishing a rather lavish
meal. Shunsuke soon findsthat the prison food is a poor
substitute for the varied dishes
that he previously enjoyed.
Shunsuke thusly devises aunique competition among
his work group with the prize
being and expensive box of set
dishes which are prepared for
New Year's. The competition
is a storytelling competition
where each prisoner mustdescribe a delicious meal they
enjoyed and the circumstancesin which they ate it.
The rules of the competition
are somewhat strange: thewinner is the one that getsthe greatest response fromthe others in the group, withShunsuke keeping some senseof discipline by roughing
up anyone he suspects ofdishonesty. While Shunsuke
keeps things in line, thedeciding judge is the oldest
man in the group.
And so, starting on Christmas
eve it begins. In order todecide who should go first,
straws are drawn with theloser and first speaker being
an inmate known as Nogiwa.
Nogiwa recalls how when on
the run and penniless he wasdrawn into a yakiniku shop-7-

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martinobrien2004@gmail.com

by the pleasant aroma, andgot the chance to enjoy somebeef on a stick with white miso
sauce before being carted
off by the police before hecould finish the delicious meal.
Another chap by the name of
Minami associates his mostmemorable meal with his
hometown Fukui where muchto everybody's surprise his
favourite meal was not thecelebrated crab of Fukui but
sauce katsudon. Anotherinmate chooses a kakiage
soba set that he ate late onenight in Tokyo after getting off
the Shinkansen. While there
were a variety of set meals
available on the Shinkansen,
he waited desperately until he
was off the train so he could
enjoy something really nice.
One of the most unusual andheartfelt tales is of an inmate
who had his first real meal
after the war, consisting ofbasic ration ingredients whichwere put in a soup. Crudeand unappetizing in normal
circumstances, it was then
then salvation for the half
starved boy.
Salvation and comfort are
the common themes evident
in all their stories. Gourmet
cuisine doesn't play a big part,but rather comfort food, street
food, everyday food that not
only eased their hunger but
also soothed their souls. The
stories told in this Christmas
setting provide a humorousand heartwarming tale of men
who despite their flaws are notabove sharing their precious
memories with others.
Gokudou Meshi is a shortseries with only two volumes,
with the winner being decided
in the second volume.

Becky's Awa-ben!
When I first arrived in Japan, jet-lagged and generally confused about everything I thought
the people in my office were speaking Chinese. I kept thinking I heard people saying "hao ma"(Chinese for "is it ok?"). I heard it everyday and everywhere. Not only that, but there were avariety of words that I never learned in Japanese class and were nowhere to be found in myJapanese dictionary. Eventually I woke up from jet-lag and general naivity and realized thatpeople were simply speaking a dialect. People were speaking Awa-ben!
эѥѐ (honma)
What I originally thought was Chinese( ঻ ) is actually ႎ ๴̈́hontou) in standard
Japanese. It is a noun that means "truth" or"reality". It is often used as an adverb whenџ (ni) is added. The resulting meaning is"really" or "actually".
ѯ҇Ѳ̣ honma?
Really?

ѓчலсോ॓иѸ̝
takoyaki daikirai ya
I really hate Takoyaki.
̻ў̛̻̈́ na)Na is a sentence final particle that means "isn'tit?" or seeks agreement from the other party.
Na is its Awa-ben equivalent.

ѯ҇Ѳьѷ̤ honma jya!
It's a fact!
ѯ҇Ѳџ̣ honma ni?
Is that so?
ѯ҇Ѳџ ѧїуѾыѓ̤ honma ni!bikkurishita!

I really was surprised!

̙і̛(~ya),Ya is used in Awa-ben as the short form of ћӭ́єͅin standard Japanese. It is a copula or"to be" verb.

Ѳѓ‫ۑ‬Ѹў̝mata ame ya na.
Rain again, huh.
(Note: all of this months examples also apply to
Kansai-ben. Kansai is the area of Japan around
Osaka.)

letter from suketo hoikuen
appy New Year! How
did you spend the New
Year holiday period?
Were you able to go
and visit your friends andfamily? Well, I hope we're all
looking forward to a wonderfulyear ahead!
There are several days on
the Japanese calender inwhich the growth of children
i s c e l e b ra t e d . J a n u a r y i s
known for the ceremony of
becoming an adult, known
as seijin shiki. While themain purpose of the day iscelebrating the passage into
adulthood, it is also a day forparents to look back on twenty
years of childrearing and fondmemories. The path to making
these memories isn't an easy
one, however, and requireshconstant loving effort.
Many people are involved in
the process of raising a childto become an adult. Forming
good relations at this stage is
one of the necessary steps tobuilding the base for a goodlife. And the most important
thing to this is the basis of allcommunication - that within
the home. Through such
communication you can fostera concientious child sensitive
to those around them.

-8-by kazue inoue
suketo hoikuen staff

This Month's Toy: Devil
Hat
1: Cut a half page from thenewspaper into a squareshape and fold along the lines
shown.
2: Fold along the lines shown.
3: Fold in half.
4: Make the ears as shown.
5: Fasten with tape.
6: Turn over and decorate witha face!

japanese lessonby sachiko muramatsu
jtmtoku-lesson@mbk.nifty.com

n our daily lives we consume a lot of items made using oil, wood and other natural resources.
And when we have no more use for them, these items eventually become garbage andare thrown away. However, much of what is thrown away can be used again and is known
as resource waste. In order to make full use of these resources, it is important to properly
separate garbage. This month, let's take a look at separating garbage. In Tokushima City it is asfollows:
Ѷ
ўѲ
пѳ
с т
ѠѢѿи
1: ໭Ѹяѿшѳ̡ౠшѳ̜સую̜ცಂҀ̜࿑ᆬўѝi

Burnabalegarbageс҇ђу- food scraps, paper
waste, wooden
items, cloth, etc.
Ѷќксяи
2: ໭Ѹяўишѳ̡ࣞഔ̜Ҟӛҫ̜ງ࠯̜Ӊӛҫҳҵҡ౥ѢӅҹҜҸ̶Ӊ̜!!!оѶѕѷ̜ӁӥҞ̶ўѝ
Unburnable Garbage:
metal,
glass, pots,
video
tapes, toys, hangers,etc.
я и Ѽ к с ѯкёк
я҇ъи
Ѽкс
ѓѲш
п ы
ᄴ࠯၅೻̡ಞ੒ўѝѢᄴ࠯̜ᅟўѝѢӃҵҡ̜‫ݟ‬તѸҫ̶Ӄ̶
3: Ӊӛҫҳҵҡ౥ѩуҁ!!!ўѝѢൂ - Plastic containers and wrapping: washing deturgent bottles, plastic
egg packs, candy and food wrappings, shoppingbags, etc.
п҇
4: ࠌ̜ѧ̜҇ӌҵҺӎҺӝ̡Ӆ̶ӝўѝѢࠌ̜ӡҖӥўѝѢѧ҇
п҇Cans, bottles:
beer cans, wine bottles, other drink bottles, etc.
ы҇Ѫ҇оѾчѳ
5: ఁဍસ̜ఁဍಆਔҳӛҩы҇Ѫ҇ ы

Newspapers, newspaper
leaflets,etc.
ъїытѹкџѹкпѳп ы Ѥч
੺ુ̜Ҳӥӎ̶ӝ̜ࢋ໙ўѝѢસӃҵҡ̜‫ݟ‬ત༺ўѝ
6:
Magazines, ёcardboard
boxes,
milk cartons,
candy boxes, etc.
ёєи
к ь с
пћ҇яиѦ҇п фьњ҇ыѷ
7: ೌോшѳ̡ೣஊ࠿ўѝѢ‫݌‬ใ౥࿀̜‫̜࣭݌‬૛฼ଆўѝ
Large-sized garbage: electrical appliances such as vacuum
machines, aswell asэит҇furniture,bicycles, etc.
Ѻкри
п҇ћ҇ѕ
ѓио҇хи
8: ᄛ‫ޔ‬шѳ̡ߥใඕ̜య࣠ലܽऱ
Dangerous goods: batteries, mercury-driven thermometers, etc.
Of these, resource waste includes numbers three, four, five and six.
Are you clear on how to separate garbage? In the sentences below, choose a number from one toeight
above and match the sentencewith the kind ofп҇
garbage (in bold)being talked иїѱ҇about.
я҇ыѹк џ ѕ Ѽ к ѧ
им
п҇
пѽ
ಐ
ୃѢ໘
ᄹ໘̜Ҫәӥщ҇Ѣ‫݌‬ћӃ̶Ҹҕ҆ы̜ࠌӅ̶ӝрϭࠌ
ќҘҖҫҟ̶рϧႎࣱџўA̛ѾѲыѓ̝
̛̛̈́ͅ
Last Sunday we had a party at John's place, and finished off seven cans of beer and abottle of whiskey.
иїч ҃
̛̛̈́ͅ
B Ҫәӥщ҇ѣкїпѾыњҢӛҫ҆‫߆ॼڴ‬їњыѲиѲыѓ̝
John accidentally broke one of ѩѿ
the glasses. ѩ̛̛̈́ͅC ൱прӅ̶ӝ҆чѰыѓѢћ̜ॽиұҜӝћ௫сѲыѓ̝єҀ

Someone spilled somebeer, soѸ I wiped it up with an
old towel.
јп
ќѕѹк
ѡ҇Ѿѻк
D ҝҭҵҺҥӥӟ҆ચїњэсலс҆ыѲыѓр̜๑ඨћҞҫӎӥӋѢ໭ᆍрўуўїњыѲи!
!!!Ѳыѓ̛̛̝̈́ͅ
We had sukiyaki
withour gas cooker,
but the gas canister ran dry part way through.
сѢыѓ
пѳѤч
ѣ
Ѷ
̛̛̈́ͅ
E ც݀щ҇рસ༺џ໚їѓң̶ҟ҆૏їњсњуҀѓѢћ̜ҹҨ̶ҺџыѲыѓ̝
Ms. Kinoshita brought some cakes in paper wrappings, so we ate them for dessert.
A:4 B:2 C:1 D:2

E:6

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memorandaφττό໇2008 TanoshimaNight! (New Year's брЩѐҚѴҘ̢̂௟໇ҡ̔Җѳ̣̔Party)
Awa Connection kicks in the new year with anotherж҃ҥҿҡҩәӥѣਗ໩ѶѸѾѲэї̤‫̠ݒ‬ᅇѾ̠ᄕєevening of singing, dancing, and hanging out. OkinawanѕрౡѾ൘અ̝ਗ‫ݷ‬ѣ່ܱܿ޼̜ҘҕҢӝ̈́຾ӔӥҦӝͅmusic, Uighur (Silk Road) music, a capella, and much,ѢჁᅆ̜ү̶ӝӇӝўҔҝӌӛўѝшъиѲэ̝਻ఁ௜much more.

၇҆ IQ ћҳҙҵҡ̤

Check out our HP for the latest line-up.
When: Friday, January 18 from 19:30~

໘ૐ̡! ϧैϧϮ໘̜̈́ࣞͅϧϯ̡ϩϦ̻

Where: BELL'S (Sakae-machi, Kototoi Bldg. 4F)

௘୸̡! ӋӝҬ̈́ຝ๥દ‫ۯ‬෎ϧ͗ϫϦॸჴӅӝϪGͅ

Cost:

1000 Yen in advance, 1200 Yen at the door (One઄݇ྉ̡!ಶ࿻иϧϦϦϦ‫̜܅‬๴໘ϧϨϦϦ‫̈́܅‬ϧһӜ! !

drink incl.)!

Contact:Awa Connection 088-633-2242ӥҡ࿋сͅჴ৽я̡!٬༂ҥҿҡҩәӥ̈́ใᇭ 199.744.3353*

www.geocities.jp/awaconnection2005!

www.geocities.jp/awaconnection2005

പ ȫ ‫ݕ‬౯໇р௡ҋүҚ̔The Second
Thousand Year Forest
SeminarఃѶగѶຍь૛ಹѢౠ჏҆ӜӞ̶эѿඩ̝ࠖпхрмѢ
ўиః҆ଙѾ̜ёѢझѳ҆Ѷїќఒࣝџ߶ь̜‫ڴ‬గ‫ڴ‬గ

The forest and humankind coexist in the same space.

рఃѢѓѵџћсѿчќ҆ৣм৪ຌэѿ̠̠̠We are dependent on each other. We have to protect theёҀр҃ѓыѓѕџќїњ̜ോಂўчќћѣўићыѻ

forest and live close to it and get familiar with receiving its

кп̤৸ࠝઅ಑໩ѢఃѢ‫ڔ‬඘љхѸᄂ߆џјињ޺ୟศ

grace. What can we do to protect it? Isn't it a importantўॣඑпѽိࢫыѲыѻк̤thing for us to do? Come to this seminar to learn about͔ช‫͕ڿ‬211 ჎

foresting and the role of the forest at Takamaruyama!
When: Saturday, January 26 from 9am to 3pm

໘ૐ̡! 3119 ໩ 2 ै 37 ໘̈́๘ͅ:;11 ̻ 26;11

Where: Kamikatsu-cho, Asahi Nakamura 66-1, Sennen

௘୸̡! ௑஍෎ോૌ‫ٸ‬ૌඨഠ 77.2 ಑໩ѢఃѩҀжиࠛno Mori Fureai Kan (for 100 people)
Cost:

ᆍ̡ࣞ! оჴи৽я݀щи

please contact for more information

Contact:Sennen no Mori Fureai Kan at 0885-44-6680

ჴ৽я̡!಑໩ѢఃѩҀжиࠛ̈́ใᇭ 1996.55.7791ͅ

The 3rd Annual
Awa City Marathonപχ‫ݕ‬‫ي‬໠઄႟ҮҹҍӃഩ‫ݓ‬٬༂દჁഴ௉џौ৅̠ലᆛশ௑҆నѿќќѶџ̜ॡ຾‫ޒ‬To make PR for Awa City within and outside the prefecture
and to earn health and strength!

џ͐٬༂દ͑҆ІЈы̜එ‫ڰ‬Ѣߊౕ݁ќદჁўѽѧџ઄݇଄Ѣఐႅ҆నѾѲэ̝

When: Sunday, February 3 from 10am

໘ૐ̡! ϨϦϦϮ໩Ϩैϩ໘̈́໘ͅϧϦ̡ϦϦ̻

Where: Awa City, Donari-cho, Donari, Start from Midori

௘୸̡! ٬༂દ๘ౖ෎๘ౖ!ᆜѢࡴҫӏ̶Ҷর‫܆‬ҫұ̶Һ

no Oka Sportspark
Appl. Deadline: Tuesday, January 15 - 5pmఇਔนಂ̡ϨϦϦϮ໩ϧैϧϫ໘̈́‫ͅݔ‬ϧϭ̡ϦϦѲћ!

Cost:

઄݇ྉ̡!ϫϦϦ‫̻܅‬ϧϦϦϦ‫܅‬from 500 Yen to 1000 Yen

Contact:Awa City Board of Education at 088-696-3969

ჴ৽я̡!٬༂દࢱ‫̛ݵڿڙڱ‬ଂ‫̈́ݡڱࢱݵ‬199.7:7.4:7:ͅ

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memoranda
AnnouncementsМଷЖұғҋ̔҈

A new birth in the family? Have you recently gotten਻̜ࣝॅਛ̠୞ઌўѝѢоѵћѓиҽӗ̶ҫржїѓၑ̜married? Then good news! Awa Life is looking for٬༂ӛҖӇћѣжўѓѢ‫݌‬ഖѢо୙иૈ҆ລ଄Ѣ‫މ‬щ҇

submissions from readers to help you get the word out!

џཇླыѓиќ઩иѲэ̤ 211 ဌૌธ๗Ѣဌ஻ќ̈́Ѷы

Send us the details and a short blurb, accompanied by apicture if you have any on hand, and we will post it foryou in the next issue of Awa Life!

жїѓѽͅૼఉ҆٬༂ӛҖӇѲћ೽їњиѓєхѓѽ૑ৼѢ٬༂ӛҖӇџड੐иѓыѲэ̝

Send any submissions to the awalife email address at:٬ ༂ ӛ Җ Ӈ Ѣ ӓ ̶ ӝ Ҕ һ Ӟ ҫ Ѳ ћ о ೽ Ѿ у є щ и̡awalife@gmail.com.

awalife@gmail.com

Let's Find the Red ̮౜Ж୸ඹ̯ѺѺҮ҇҃Ѥ
Little Bird Omashiko ൕЩиёњИ
The Bird Watching Party of Sanagochi invites you to watch

੦๝̜ോಖ८৸८҆໔҃ыѓҜҜӐҩҥ҆ਗ๝Ѷ࠼സы

the little red bird called Oomashiko. Please bring yourњ൷ыњѳѼк̝оု๴̜య๹̜жҀѤೖࠣࢼ̜ෛᆬన

lunch box, drink bottle and, if you have, your binoculars
and birdguide.
When: Sunday, January 27 from 10am to 2pm
Where: Sanagochi, in front of the parking lot of the
Cost:ࠕѣި૛шᄿ‫݀ڝ‬щи̝
໘ૐ̡! ϨϦϦϮ໩ϧैϨϭ໘̈́໘ͅ!21̡11 ̻ 25̡11
௘୸̡! ਨຽ‫ݓ‬຾ഠᄂ௘ಶඵଆ௘

village office

઄݇ྉ̡!Ⴥᆍ!͔ช‫͕ڿ‬41 ჎Free (for 30 people)

ჴ৽я̡!ਨຽ‫ݓ‬຾исѶѢѩҀжиѢᅰҿҖҳӕ̶ҭӥұ̶!

Contact: Call the Sanagochi Nature Center at!

̈́ใᇭ 199.78:.3966) ‫̻ݔ‬๘ *ͅ

088-679-2855

Fureai Festival in
SanagochiਆປܱຜчўДЖ
ѐжќIn the village Sunagochi a testing of high quality agrarianਨຽ‫ݓ‬຾ഠћќҀѓ਻৸ࢇѢ໺ᆟઌ࿾Ѣ࿀ྴ‫ݵ‬ѸѶѶиproducts and big direct-sale-fare will be held. There willѕш̠эєѕ๷Ѣോഌ༞‫ލ҆ݵ‬ਹыѲэ̝Ѳѓ̜ჾ‫ޒ‬ҫҸ̶

also be a big outdoor-stage where junior high schoolҪћѣඨ޺ౠџѼѿఫ೛޼Ѣ܏೛ўѝҖӋӥҺр୊૲ы

students will play brass instruments and loads of music
performances. Locals will also sell lots of low priced goods
at a basar.

њиѲэ̝එ७Ѣగ൥џѼѿެ‫ڊ‬ӂҨ̶Ѷണా୞ืыѲэ̝

When: Sunday, February 2 from 9am to 2pm

໘ૐ̡! ϨϦϦϮ໩Ϩैϩ໘̈́໘ͅ:;11 ̻ 25;11

Where: Myodogun, Sanagochison, At the gym of Sana-

௘୸̡! ჎๪ऎਨຽ‫ݓ‬຾ഠ̛ਨຽ‫ݓ‬຾ச޺৑ല‫̠ࠛڱ‬໺!!

Cost:gochi Elementary School

!

Free!

઄݇ྉ̡!Ⴥᆍ

Contact: Call the Sanagochison Division for Industrialఀҭӥұ̶ମဩ

ჴ৽я̡!ਨຽ‫ݓ‬຾ഠઌࣄ॔ಇ‫̈́ݡ‬ใᇭ 199.78:.3226ͅ

Construction at 088-679-2115-11-

memoranda
21st Fureai Snow
Festivalപ ȫȪ ‫˹ݕ‬чўДЖ౩ѐжќ

Treasure hunt for kids, lottery and other big events areѕѧїત၉൷ы̠ඬರ‫ݵ‬ѯп̜иҁ҇ўࠫ‫ݬ‬рౡѾєуplanned at the 21st Fureai Snow Festival in Kainayama.

щ҇ћэ̝

When: Sunday, February 3

໘ૐ̡! ϨϦϦϮ໩Ϩैϩ໘̈́໘ͅWhere: Miyoshi City, Ikawa-cho, Ikawa Ski Resort

௘୸̡! ં঻દ‫ڮ‬ಖ෎̛‫ڮ‬ಖҫҟ̶௘ᇽઅ̈́пиўѸѲͅ

Kainayama
Cost:

ᆍ̡ࣞ! оჴи৽я݀щи

please contact for more informationჴ৽я̡!ં঻દ‫ڮ‬ಖೳ৽ફ୸ઌࣄࠑয‫ݡ‬Contact: Call the Miyoshi City Ikawa Division for Tourism!

and Industry at 0883-78-5005

̈́ใᇭ 1994.89.6116ͅ

Living inTokushima๻ใिాި஺ဥ
ѶѷҦ҅ѴҘ

In need of information for daily activities? Come and໘௛ౠߊџоињ௜၇҆о൷ыћэп̝ѐѦ̜ຝ๥ॡѢtake a look at the Living in Tokushima website hostedౠߊ௜၇ҘҙӈҧҖҺ҆шᅥуєщи̤чѢҘҙӈҧҖ

by Tokushima Prefecture, home to information such asҺпѽඑఖ̠ൊ࿭џјињѢ௜၇̜ҸӞӅѸۭ‫ݬ‬ѢҞҖһ̜earthquake and typhoon-related messages, tv and movie
guides, events, contact numbers and more.

ҖӋӥҺ௜၇ўѝџҔҡҭҫћсѲэ̝Ӄүҥӥ̠ढഷཟᆊၑณ࢝ыњиѲэ̤

Living in Tokushima Computer WebsiteӃүҥӥҧҖҺ

http://our.pref.tokushima.jp/e_living/index.php

http://our.pref.tokushima.jp/e_living/index.php
Living in Tokushima Mobile WebsiteढഷҧҖҺ

http://our.pref.tokushima.jp/e_living/m

http://our.pref.tokushima.jp/e_living/m

Counselling Service at TOPIAҺӆҔѢ೰ඎೱ঵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 notethat although every effort will be made, we may not be able to deal with all cases.
Monday to Friday, 10:00 - 16:30
Tel. 088-656-3303 or 088-656-3320 (allows three-way conversations with an interpreter)గग़ଙїњࡏуა໘
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