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

shopping for o-shogatsuw"TOPPY"
December 2009 No. 233
by lance kita

hile Europe andNorth America gearup for Christmas,
Japanese put more
effort preparing for the New
Year, or O-Shogatsu お 正 月 .
O-Shogatsu is rooted in the
Buddhist and Shinto traditions
for cleansing oneself of the old
year's baggage and ushering inthe spirit of the new year. This
chore and shopping list reﬂects
the symbolism and significanceof the season.

Post Ofﬁce
You'll need over a hundred
nengajo 年賀状 , or New Year
postcards, for your relatives, coworkers, close friends, recent
acquaintances, and anyone
who you're indebted to thisyear. The post office sells predecorated and pre-stamped
ones, and thanks to specialized
printers and design software,
you can even print your own
or make address labels. Typicalgreetings include Akemashite
Omedeto Gozaimasu あ け

shimenawa (twisted straw ropes with decorations) await purchase at a new year's
market in tokushima city

ましておめでとうございます ,Kinga Shinnen 謹賀新年 , andGashou 賀正 . Drop them off ina special slot during the second
half of December, and they'll get
to everyone on the morning ofJanuary 1st. (Please also checkpage 4 of this issue for evenmore details for your nengajo.)
Home Center
Time for O-souji 大 掃 除 , thebig year-end cleaning. It's
important to get the house spic
and span, so the god of the
new year feels welcomed in.
Yep, "spring cleaning" happensin winter. Even your company
or school will spend an entire
day scrubbing, washing,and polishing. On December
13th, many temples perform
susuharai 煤 払 い where theBuddhist statues get theirwander-ful tabi - shopping for o-shogatsu ... con't on page 3

inside awa life this monthwander-ful tabi - shopping for o-shogatsu - 1, 3 ... nengajo advice - 4kair review - 5, 6 ... loanwords in japanese - 6 ... martin's manga corner - 7
letter from a judoka - part 1/ letter from suketo hoikuen - 8
japanese lesson - 9 ... memoranda - 10, 11, 12

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is a monthly publication of the Tokushima Prefectural International Exchange Association (TOPIA).
Editors:
Andrew Dahms & Mario Dammann
Contributors This Month:
Andrew Dahms, Mario Dammann, Anja Hankel,
Kazue Inoue, Kimio Kawano, Lance Kita, Keizo
Konishi, Martin O'Brien, Claire Tanaka, and Akiko
Tsuji.

Download a PDF ﬁle of awa life or view theonline version by going to TOPIA's website!
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from the editorddrawing your very own original nengajo New
Year's card, or to learn a few words of German
Japanese? About these themes and more, you
can ﬁnd out in the last issue of Awa Life 2009.
As a special bonus for you, here is my Top Listof New Year's Resolution 2010:

ecember 2009. Another year is overin just a little bit more. What have I
done? Did I accomplish anything? Did
my Japanese got better? Did I use mychopsticks every day? Could I save the planet?
Well, at least I didn't destroy it.
Still every morning I see several cars parking
in the streets. People sitting, sleeping, reading,playing with their cellphone, etc. and they must
do this in their cars. Would I do the same thing
in my car? I don't think so. It is just a waste ofgasolin and therefore a waste of money, not tomention the air pollution. For me as a German
it is a mystery how people can do this. Anyway,enough rant for this year.
Why not enjoy the last days and head out
for some christmas illumination, or have fun

1. Use My Hashi more.
2. Stop idling my car.
3. Brush up Topia's library.
4. Go into the nature more often.
5. Eat better and healthier.
What are your resolutions? Well, a few moredays left to save the planet this year. I am
looking forward to saving it again next year!
Danke! Marioa view to the o-naruto bridge-2-

wander-ful tabi - journey through joruri ... con't from page 1
annual dusting.
Sweets shop
Order a set of kagami-mochi
鏡 餅 , two round "mirrorshaped" rice cakes. The
smaller one sits on the largero n e , t o p p e d w i t h a b i tt e rorange, and accompanied byaccessories like leaves, driedpersimmons, paper strips,
or even cuttlefish. Mochi is a
traditional offering to the gods,
and the round shape is said tobe reminiscent of the mirror ofAmaterasu, the sun goddessof Shinto belief. Mochi also
stretches and doesn't breakeasily when eaten, expressing
the hope for a long unbroken
life. The orange's name daidai
橙 also can mean "generation
aft er generat ion" 代 々 ,suggesting longevity. Symbolic
wordplay factors into a lot ofJapan's new year traditions.
Order some extra mochi forO-zouni お雑煮 , a soup eatenon the ﬁrst day. The kagamimochi gets cracked open on
January 11th.
Ichiba (local market)
Yo u ' l l n e e d a f e w o t h e r
decorations for your house. A
kadomatsu 門 松 , bundledpine and bamboo, sits at thefront door as the arrival vessel
for the new year god. A ricestraw rope with paper strips,
or shimenawa 注連縄 , hungabove the door expresses thepurity of the freshly-cleaned
house. Businesses will often
purchase kumade 熊 手 , abamboo rake decorated withfruits, lucky symbols and alobster, to "rake in" the proﬁts
next year. Though available
at most big-box retailers,
buy a handmade one at yourplain shimenawa (twisted straw ropes) await decoration before going on sale ata new year's market in tokushima cityneighborhood market andsavor the atmosphere of yourlocal year-end bustle.
Supermarket
Once the new year begins,
all work stops. That includes
cooking, so stacked lacquer
boxes are packed with boiled
seafood, stewed vegetables,
and other victuals to last thethree days. All foods haves ome for t ui t ous me aning.
Herring roe is called kazunoko
数の子 , "numbers of children,"a reference to fertility. Konbu
seaweed sound like yorokobu,
to rejoice. Sweet black beans,or kuromame, play off theproverbs mame ni hataraku(work hard) and mame ni
kurasu (live healthy). Mashedchestnuts, kurikinton 栗 金
団 , resembles lumps of gold toinvite wealth. Most families are
too busy to cook nowadays, so
supermarkets and department
stores offer Osechi ryouri 御節料理 sets to pre-order.
Living Room, Dec. 31st
The cards are mailed, your-3-

house is clean, the decorations
are up, and the Osechi
ryouri sits in the fridge. Flip
the channel to NHK's Red andWhite Song Contest, or opt
for K-1 mixed martial arts or
comedy variety programs.
At midnight, ring in the newyear… solemnly as temples
toll their bronze bell 108 times
for the 108 Buddhist sins ofhumanity. You've completed
your journey to the new year…
see you in 2010 with moretravel columns! 良いお年を！

shoppers pick up ﬁshcake andother foods for osechi ryouri cooking
at a local market in
tokushima city

how to write nengajothere are lots of different
ways to wish someonea H a p p y N e w Ye a r i n
J a p a n e s e . A s i d e fro mt h e a b o ve , yo u c o u l dalso write 去 年 は お 世 話 に なりました。今年もよろしくお
願 い い た し ま す。 (kyonen
wa osewa ni narimashita.
kotoshi mo yoroshiku
onegai itashimasu - Thanks
for all your help in the past
year. I'm depending on you
again this year). Don't forget
to include the date - January
1st has its own special kanji:
元旦 - gantan.
The custom of sendingneng ajo as a ne w ye ar 's
card was invented in the 8th
century, when the aristocrats
and nobles started to wish agood New Year to each other.
きって

切手
Kitte / stamp

①

郵

①

The otoshidama
lottery is held on
January 24th next year check your numbers at
the post ofﬁce to see if
you won a prize!

がき徳島県徳島市寺島本町西���������・����階

としだま

③
お年玉
Otoshidama / New
Year's Giftは④

山田 太郎様

② 年賀

ねんが

便

that their use would be easier:they introduced the nengajo
postcard.
The custom rapidly spreadu n t i l a p p r o x i m a t l y 1 8 8 7,
when it became a generalcustom to send out nengajo
to friends and family. And in1899 the post started ofﬁciallythe nenga-system (send in
the card in the old year, andit arrives on January first).
Last year over 3,640,000,000
cards were send (over 28 perperson), so you can imagine
how important this custom
has become here in Japan.
Why not get started today andbring a little New Year's cheer
to some people you know athome or in your workplace?

7 7 0 0 8 3 1
50②
年賀
Nenga / New Year's
Card
This will let the postman know to post yourcard on January 1st.

In the 9th century however,this custom spread and so theywanted to greet even theirfriends in other parts of thecountry to wish them a good
New Year, so they started towrite New Year letters.
It became famous over
the years until more people,
even the ordinary folk did
this. From the Edo Period on,
express mailmen were used
to transport the letters sothat they would arrive on thefirst day of the new year. In
the year 1871, when the post
system was invented, there
weren't so many letters yet tosend out.
But only two years later,
the post started to simplify
the nengajo so that everyone
could afford them andput your address
andyour name here

The nengajo sold by
the post office alreadyhave a stamp printed
on them. If you makeyour own, you'll haveto buy a 50 yen stamp
to put on it. There aresome with special New
Ye a r ' s d e s i g n s t h a t
include otoshidama
lottery numbers.

submitted⑥

寅⑤

あけましておめでとうございます③

A7777 組The address ④
is written on theright hand side,starting with theprefecture, thenc i t y, g e t t i n gsmaller until
the apartment
number is at the
end.

お年玉

777777

When you address ⑤
your nengajo, makesure you さま
write thehonouriﬁc 様 (sama)at the end of therecipient's name,but be careful not towrite it at the end ofyour own!

-4-

元旦
寅
tora / tiger⑥

People usually decorate their cards with
an illustration of the Chinese Zodiac
animal for the coming year, or the kanji
for that zodiac animal. There are no hardand fast rules, though, making it theperfect opportunity for you to express
your creativity!

kair 2009 - final exhibitionoby claire tanaka

nce again this year from
November 3 to the 8th,
the final exhibition for
the Kamiyama Artist in
Residence program was heldin Kamiyama. This year wasparticularly diverse, with fiveartists displaying work in theﬁnal exhibition.

Cameron Hockenson
The Abduction of Kaguyahime; Untitled; Hazard Cairn:
No Parking; Wara. Yama. Gawa
Cameron constructed several
temporary installations aroundKamiyama using local materials
such as bamboo and ricestraw (wara). For his sculpture
entitled Hazard Cairn: No
Parking which he built in
the Kaizen Center parking lotout of the chunks of asphalt
that were discarded when theparking lot was resurfaced. His
one permanent work pictured
here, Untitled, is located ina field in Okubo and is madeof local cedar. The wood is
unfinished and is expected togradually fade in color until it
is a soft gray, blending in withthe landscape.
Camera Yamanaka
Bon Dance / Kamiyama
Sudachi Ondo
Camera Yamanaka spent
his residency creating music,
lyrics, and choreography foran event which was held on
the night of November 3 in
the Shimobun Elementary
School grounds. He dideverything with input from thelocal people, crafting a truly
Kamiyama experience. The
result was a bon dance festival
entitled Kamiyama Sudachi

cameron hockenson's 'untitled' (photo by keizo konishi)

camera yamanaka's 'kamiyama sudachi ondo' (photo by keizo konishi)

hajime mizutani's 'jisho' (photo by keizo konishi)

Ondo which featured lyrics
about sudachi and the green
valley of Kamiyama, and thedance also featured symbolic
movements representing
uniquely Kamiyama things.
This new dance was also
performed at the KAIR 2009
S a y o n a r a P a r t y. C o u l d i t
become a regular new tradition

for the Kamiyama people?
Hajime Mizutani
Jisho (event)Hajime Mizutani took on thegargantuan task of ﬁlling in anenormous 352cm square pieceof paper with pencil strokes ofapproximately 1cm in length.
By applying varying pressure

kair 2009 - ﬁnal exhibition ... con't on page 6-5-

kair 2009 - ﬁnal exhibition ... con't from page 5
and using a variety of pencil
grades, Mizutani created awork with exceptional depthof texture despite the limited
materials used.
Svetlana Gabova
Poem About Japan
Svetlana's series of small
paintings depicting thesmall interesting things she
encountered in Kamiyama are
a surprising contrast to thelandscapes she has painted
for most of her career. She
said the experience of being
in a new and unusual placecaused her to focus on details
instead of taking in thewhole picture. The result is acharming series of images.
Adam Avikainen
Ty p h o o n C u r r y ; Te c t o n i c
Lasagna
Adam made an image
on each side of a series offusuma-e and each picture
depicts a recipe from a
cookbook he is writing.

svetlana gabova's 'poem about japan' (photo by keizo konishi)adam avikainen's 'typhoon curry' (photo by kimio kawano)

The names of the recipes are taken from two life-threatening
incidents that happened to Adam in the past year: a typhoonin Kamiyama that flooded the river next to his home, and anearthquake near Rome that he experienced during his staythere in the spring. More info: www.in-kamiyama.jp/en/art/

loanwords in japanese - part 2

by anja hankel

As christmas time moves closer, let's have a look at some more food related German loan words.
For example, the word Stollen シュトレン shutoren is a traditional German cake, usually eaten
during the Christmas season. It is a loaf shaped fruitcake, powdered with icing sugar on theoutside and usually made with chopped candied fruit and/or dried fruit, nuts and spices.
Other German words which are now well known in Japanese are e.g. Sauerkraut ザウアーク
ラウト , ザウアクラウト zauâkurauto, zauakurauto, Frankfurter フランクフルト、whichis actually a town in Germany but today also used to name a world famous sausage. Also theGerman word Joghurt found its way into Japanese during Showa era and is here known as ヨー
グルト yôguruto. Kohlrabi (German Turnip) is known as コールラビ kôrurabi and also Malz
(maltz) is used in Japanese as マルツ marutsu - of course we know for what.
The German word "Essen", which means "meal" or "to eat" in German, was borrowed from
German during the Taisho era when Japan oriented on German medicine. As the scientificlanguage for medicine became German the Japanese started to use a lot of German words indaily medicine related work environment. Although Japanese with medical professions do nothave to learn German as the scientiﬁc language anymore, the word エッセン essen is still usedin hospitals to express the term "lunch break".
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martin's manga corner
Title:
Manga-ka:
Publisher:First published:
No of volumes:g

Gyo ( ギョ )Junji Ito
Shogakkokan
2001
2

yo by Junji Ito is arather perfect exampleof the sci-fi horror
manga, where theemphasis is on the horror
rather than the technologicalside. In most contemporary
manga, the opposite is thecase; that is to say the story
tends to revolve around thedark side of technologicaladvancement and the negative
implications for humanity.
Gyo is a straight up gruesome
shock and horror thriller, where
the technological aspect only
serves to highlight all the gorythrills and spills which arepresent in this manga in greatand imaginative abundance.
The story begins innocently
enough when a young couple
Tadashi and Kaori travel to arural part of Okinawa and stayat their uncles house. Plagued
by a foul smell at first they
are then forced to ﬂee when aseries of various forms of fish
and other marine life including
a shark start coming out of thesea and invading the island
in large numbers. The fish
are able to do this because ofsynthetic robotic legs that haveattached themselves somehow
to the fish. As ridiculous as it
sounds Gyo is, at the outset atleast a kind of manga "Jaws"
with robotic legs. As Okinawa
becomes inundated with thesebizarre unprecedented beings,
they couple are forced to flee
Okinawa for the mainland. The
problem follows them from

Okinawa, and it isn't long until
millions of the ﬁsh-bots start to
crowd into the crowded urban
areas and create a catastrophic
break down of law and order.
Tadashi's scientist tries to
get to the bottom of the
problem and discovers that
their origin is as a resul tof some long abandoned
military secret weapons
project. After experimenting
with some of the captured
creatures, he concludes thatthe omnipresent stench is
as a result of some disease
that is present in the aquatichost, the resulting gas is whatpowers the robotic legs thatallow the creatures to scurryabout on land. The disease isunfortunately transmittable tohumans and it isn't long until
people begin succumbing inlarge numbers, whereupon the
robotic limbs take over until its
not just fish that are walking
around but rather bloated gasemitting cadavers. It makes forsome unforgettably disgusting
imagery of the human form
is its most depraved and dehumanised form one might
possible imagine. It has to besaid, its worth checking out
Gyo for the imagery alone.
Eventually Kaori succumbs
and the desolate Tadashi is left
to wander around following
her in a futile attempt todiscover a way that he might
be able to save her after his
uncles solutions fail when
it is discovered that the-7-by martin o'briendisease might be a naturally
self replicating bacilli which
is primitively intelligent andhas managed to construct themechanical legs from the hullsof sunken battleships. In thisregard we are given a glimpseof how the evolutionary
success of the disease isdependent on its parasitical
relationship with existing
lifeforms and how this situation
might threaten the survivalof humanity. In this sense,
the storyline is somewhat
unsatisfying as there is no realvillain to defeat or conspiracyt o u n c o v e r, i t t h e r e f o r e
becomes a convoluted tale of
how the main character must
deal with the unthinkable on a
day to day basis and manage
to keep his sanity intact.
Despite its limitations plot
wise, there is never reallya lack of atmosphere andtension in Gyo. Ito is masterat maintaining the suspense
throughout and creating in thereader a sinking feeling thatwhat comes around the corneris going to be even more
unpalatable that what came
before. This sense of terror
remains throughout despite
the inconsistencies in the plot
and the some times ridiculous
nature of the actual beings
that the manga is about. He
succeeds in this area largely
through his imaginative
drawings of the various formof hybrid ﬁsh and mammal life
forms. One can only imagine
what the whole Gyo concept
would look like if it were everrealised on ﬁlm.
Gyo is presented in twovolumes with additional
unrelated bonus stories.

letter from a judoka - part 1
Since performing thepartnership between
Germany's Niedersachsens t a t e a n d To k u s h i m aprefecture many exchanges
had been held over the past
two years. One of theseis the sports and youth
exchange. In December 2008
and October 2009 each timea group of Judoka came toTokushima. Here is the daily
report from the group of2009 in a series:
October 6 and 7:
Dear Diary!
In the morning at 6 o'clockon the 6th of October, weall (14 people) met at the
Airport of Hannover (capitalof Niedersachsen state) tocheck in our luggage andto say bye to our parents.
Having done that we passed
through the security gate
and went straight to the
airplane. After a short flightin a small french plane wearrived in Paris Airport, where
we "enjoyed" our five hour
stopover.
We t r a v e l e d 1 8 h o u r s(incl. the seven hour timedifference) to Osaka.
Everyone had a screen to
watch movies, listen to theradio or to play games. Tired,
we arrived in Osaka Kansai
Airport to learn, that a Taifun
is coming the next day andwe, because of possibly
closed bridges, should go
immediately with a bus

by vivian h.
member of the judoka group
visit in october 2009

to Tokushima. But before
this, we had enough time
to bring our luggage to thedesignated hotel in Osaka,and did some Shopping andOsaka castle sightseeing.
Despite the heavy drizzle,
we were brave enough to
go to the castle. It was very
beautiful. At 3 o'clock in
the afternoon, a bus from
Tokushima picked us up at
the appointed hotel. Arrivingin Tokushima we had a little
time to refresh ourselves in
the hotel. Then already wasdinner time and we could
try delicious Japanese food.
Totally tired after the dinner,
we only needed to fall into
our beds and sleep deeply.
--- End part 1 ---letter from a judoka - part 2 ... con't in next awalife

letter from suketo hoikuenl

ast month the H1N1 flu
also spread very strong
through Tokushima andmany schools had to closeclasses and grades. In this timeof the year, the seasonal flu
has also a comeback. Do notunderestimate this situation.
Please care especially for yourchild in this time.
In this issue I will give somepoints for shoe shopping. The
infant's feet change in a grandway. If the infant wears thewrong shoes, it could happen
that the arch of the footdoesn't take shape or the toes
deform. For healthy feet pleasekeep in mind the following
points for choosing the rightshoes:
1. If they start walking, theyneed shoes with enoughleisure for the toes.

2. The walking strength ofsmall children is very weak, so
you need shoes with tendersoles and easy to bend tips.
3. Shoes should be at least
5mm bigger than the size ofthe feet.
4. They should wrap up thefoot perfectly. It is not good tohave too big shoes. Everyone
has its own wear habits, so
don't share sibling's shoes.
This month's toy:
A christmas tree.
1. Cut lines into the openings-8-

by kazue inoue
suketo hoikuen staff

of two cups.
2. Put three PET bottle caps on
top of one cup and tape them.
3. Put the other paper cup on
top of the cup from No. 2 in achristmas tree shape.
4. Tape stickers and buttons
and short cutted straws, whatever small things you have,on it.
If you touch the tree slightly it
will swing and shake. However,
if you also attach nuts or fruits
and put color on the "tree" itbecomes even funnier.

japanese lessont

by akiko tsuji

his month I'd like to introduce an important characteristic of Japanese speech – aizuchi.
Aizuchi are an important way of backing up a speaker's words and showing that you arepaying attention to what they say, helping to smooth communication. Take a look at thefollowing conversation.
せんしゅう

A：先週ね。
Last week
B：ええ。
Yeah?
A：コンピュータを、
I got
B：ええ。
Yeah?
か
：買
ったんですよ。
A
a computer.
B：そうですか。
That so?
やす
A：とても安かったんですよ。It was really cheap.
B：へえ。
I see.
まんえん
A：７万円で、Maybe 7 man
B：ええ。
Wow!
A：DVD もYou can see
：ええ。
B み
Yeah?
A：見られるんですよ。DVDs on it, too.
B：へえ。
Cool.
A：うれしくてね、
I'm so happy
：ええ。
B
Yeah?
にちじゅうつかA：1 日 中 使ってますよ。I'm using it all day long.
B：よかったですねえ。
Glad to hear it.

As you can see, the two speakers work
together to make the conversation flow,
with B adding aizuchi to the speaker's
words. In English it is common for the
speaker to finish what they have to say
by themselves, but in Japan this can beinterpreted as a little abrupt. Some feelthat listening silently fails to convey a senseof concentrating on what the speaker issaying, and seems uncomfortable.

Now let's take a look at some of the many
aizuchi expressions used in Japanese.
① は い ／ え え ／ う ん：These three words
are used when the listener shows his
agreement and also one's superiors.
②そうですか？／そう？／そうですか／
そ う：Saying these words with a rising
tone indicates doubt and saying them witha falling tone indicates agreement.(the examples in the conversation are of a falling tone)「そう？
／そう」are colloquial expressions of「そうですか？／そうですか」③へえ：This is used when the speaker is surprised or impressed.
Exercise: Please choose themost appropriate word from the brackets to complete the sentence.
に あ（1） A: そのコートよく似合ってますね。 That coat really suits you.
（ええ／そうですか？／へえ）
ありがとうございます。Thank you.
B:きょう
かい ぎ
じ かん
（2） A: 今日の会議の時間ですけど About the time for the meeting today,
B:（いえ／そうですか／ええ）
じ
A: 3 時ですよね。 it's going to be at 3:00, right?
B: そうですよ。
That'sright, yes. ぷん おそ
け さみちこ（3） A: 今朝は道がすごく込んでいて、20 分も遅れましたよ。The roads were so crowded
today that I ended up being 20 minutesたい
late.
へん（ええ／いえ／そうですか）。それは大変でしたね。
B: こ とし ふゆ
Tough break, huh?
いおも（4） A: 今年の冬はヨーロッパにスキーに行こうと思っているんです。I'm thinking of going toEurope to ski these winter holidays.
B:（ええ／へえ／そうですか？）。いいですね。うらやましいです
Sounds good – I wish I could go, too.

Answers（1）そうですか？ （2）ええ （3）そうですか

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（4）へえ

memoranda
平成２１年度

藍住町国際交流協会●●● 実践的な日本語の教え方を勉強しませんか ●●●藍住町国際交流協会では、徳島県の事業として、（財）徳島県国際交流協会（トピア）との協力で「日本語指導ボランティア養成講座」を開催します。
後期：平成 22 年 1 月 23 日～ 2 月 27 日の間
計 6 回（合計 24 時間）①
1 月 23 日（土） 午後 1 時 ～ 5 時（時間は全回同じ）②
1 月 30 日（土） ③ 2 月 6 日（土） ④ 2 月 13 日（土）⑤2 月 20 日（土） ⑥ 2 月 27 日（土）＊
「みんなの日本語Ⅱ」の教え方を学びます。
場所：藍住町福祉センター２F（088-692-9951）
内容：初級日本語の教え方
講師：（財）徳島県国際交流協会日本語講師 青木洋子先生
受講料：無料
テキスト：スリーエーネットワーク「みんなの日本語Ⅱ」2,500 円をご購入ください。
協会を通じて購入する場合には、お申し込み時にその旨をお書き添えください。
申込締切：平成 22 年 1 月 15 日（金）※受講を修了した方は、藍住町国際交流協会日本語教室やトピア日本語教室にボランティアとして参加することもできます。

平成 21 年度 阿南市国際交流協会
日本語指導ボランティア養成講座 受講者募集！
阿南市国際交流協会では、県の事業として（財）徳島県国際交流協会（トピア）との協力で日本語指導ボランティア養成講座を開催します。
後期： 12 月 12 日～ 2 月 28 日 土曜日 午前 9:30 ～ 12:30＊前期は 11 月で終了しました。
会場 : 富岡公民館 ( 阿南市富岡町西池田 135 － 1℡ 0884-22-1028 夢ホールとなり )参加費 : 受講料は無料 教科書 2500 円（みんなの日本語Ⅱ )講師： 山田多佳子先生（後期）(( 財 ) 徳島県国際交流協会日本語講師 )お問い合わせ お申込は 阿南市国際交流協会 担当 林
Tel：0884-23-5599 ( 夢ホール市民協議会内 )Fax：0884-23-1383

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:

Free for nursery students!

Info:

Call TOPIA at

毎週木曜日
11:00 ～ 12:00

金額：

託児付き（無料）

問合せ： トピアまで

088-656-3303

電話 088-656-3303-10-

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Berlin Wall Panel
Exhibition
In Cooperation with the General Consulate of Germany「ベルリンの壁崩壊
及びドイツ再統一」
パネル巡回展in Osaka-Kobe, the German House organized a panel
exhibition about the Berlin Wall and the Re-uniﬁcation of

大阪・神戸ドイツ連邦共和国総領事館の企画でパネル展

Germany. The collapse of the Berlin Wall was 20 years ago「ベルリンの壁崩壊並びにドイツ再統一 20 周年記念巡回and the re-uniﬁcation of Germany has it's 20th anniversary

展」を開催します。東ドイツの平和革命および民主化のnext year. See panels about from the time of the Piece

プロセスを書いたパネル展「平和革命から再統一へ」、歴

Demonstrations to the Re-unification a year later, and史の概要及びベルリンの壁にまつわる史実やデータを写

many more. There is also a huge aerial photograph in 3D.

真と共に展示した写真展「ベルリンの壁崩壊から 20 年」、
またベルリンの町を写した 3D の巨大な航空写真も展示します。

When: Tuesday, December 1 to Monday, December 14
Where: The Naruto German House, 2F
Cost:
Info:

400 Yen for adults, 100 Yen for elementary,

日時：12 月 1 日（火）～ 12 月 14 日（月）junior high and senior high school students

場所：

鳴門市ドイツ館

Call the Naruto German House at 088-689-0099

入場料： 大人 400 円

2 階特別企画室

小中学生 100 円

問合せ： 鳴門市ドイツ館まで電話 088-689-0099

Multicultural
Forum

多文化共生
フォーラム開催

TOPIA held the Multicultural Festival in January andこのたび当協会では、「多文化共生」をテーマとしたフォー

November this year. The next step is a forum about

ラムを開催します。講師として（財）とよなか国際交流

Multiculturalism in January. The lecturer will be Ms.

協会

Yukari Enoi from the Toyonaka International Exchange

事業課長 榎井 縁氏をお呼びして「日本における多文化共生の課題と今後の展望について」として講演してAssociation. She will talk about "The task of Multicultural

いただく予定です。

Symbiosis in Japan and the outlook from now on."

日程等は次のとおりです。
When: Thursday, January 21 2010
from 14:30-16:40

日時：

Where: TOPIA - meeting room
Lecturer: Yukari Enoi from the Toyonaka International
Exchange Association
Cost:

Free!

Info:

Call TOPIA at 088-656-3303

2010 年 1 月 21 日（木）14:30 ～ 16:40（予定）場所： （財）徳島県国際交流協会

会議室

講師：（財）とよなか国際交流協会事業課長 榎井 縁氏

参加費：無料
申し込み・問い合わせ：（財）徳島県国際交流協会

Application via telephone or fax or Email:Fax:

088-652-0616

電話：088-656-3303 FAX：088-652-0616

Email:

coordinator3@topia.ne.jp (Ms. Kasai)

メール：coordinator3@topia.ne.jp ( 笠井 )Multiculturalism in the Neighborhood -「多文化共生のまちづくり」パネル展開催

Panel Exhibition

日時：2010 年 1 月 16 日（土）～ 1 月 24 日（日）When: Saturday, January 16 to Sunday, January 24

場所 : クレメントプラザ 4F

Where: Clement Plaza 4F (Clement Hiroba)
Cost:

参加費：無料

Free!

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クレメント広場

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Christmas Lights
Display Information

クリスマス
イルミネーション情報

Christmas light displays will be held all across the prefecture

今年の 12 月と来年の 1 月上旬にクリスマス・イルミネーショ

this December and early January. Why not take this

ンのディスプレイが県内各地で行われます。ぜひこの機会

opportunity to head out and enjoy the sights.

に、足を運んでみてください。

Kenchopia

ケンチョピア

When: Monday, Dec. 14 to Friday, Dec. 25

日時 :From 17:00 to 23:00 every evening.

12 月 14 日（月）～ 12 月 25 日（金）17:00 〜 23:00

Where: Tokushima City, in the harbor in front of thePrefectural Ofﬁce.

場所 :徳島市、ケンチョピア（県庁前ヨットハーバー）

Cost:

Free!

料金：

無料

Info:

Call the Tokushima Yacht Club at 088-644-0087.

問合せ : 徳島ヨットクラブまで電話 088-644-0087

Winter Lights in Ikeda

池田冬のオブジェ

When: Tuesday, December 1 to Sunday, January 10,

日時：2010, from 17:00 to 22:00 every evening

17:00 〜 22:00

Where: Ikeda Town.
Cost:
Info:

Free!

場所：

三好市池田町

Call the Ikeda Town Commerce and Tourism

料金：

無料

Section at 0883-72-7620.

問合せ： 池田町商工観光課まで電話 0883-72-7620

Bizan and Night View and Christmas

眉山と夜景とクリスマス

When: Tuesday, December 1 to Friday, December 25

日時：

Where: Top of Mt. Bizan in Tokushima City.
Cost:
Info:

12 月 1 日（火）～ 2010 年 1 月 10 日（日）12 月 1 日（火）～ 12 月 25 日（金）17:00 〜 21:00

Free!
Call the Tokushima Tourism Division at

場所：

徳島市

088-621-5232.

料金：

無料

眉山山頂

問合せ： 徳島市観光課まで
電話 088-621-5232

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 - 16:30
Tel. 088-656-3303 or 088-656-3320 (allows three-way conversations with an interpreter)

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