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January 2005 No. 175.............and a happy new year

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artwork by Mr. Hisatoyo Murasawa

contents
camping, kids and nenkyuu - 3, 8
j-league here we come - 4, 5
raku-on raku-jitsu - 6, 9
japanese in the news - 10
japanese lesson - 11 ... memoranda - 12~15
tv movie guide - 15 ... cinema guide - 16from the editors
fter my holiday in Tokyo I am back inTokushima to bring forth another editionof Awa Life. I am told that in Tokushima
things become very quiet in January
as people like to hibernate indoors due to thecold. I think I am the opposite, the cold doesn’t bother me as much as the blazing heat andtorrential downfall that are common during
the summer months. I spent part of Christmas
week high up the mountains in Kamiyama
listening to some great musicians. This was incontrast to last year when I spent the holiday
period sitting in front of the television watching
MTV, while slowly and methodically decimating
the contents of my parent’s drinks cabinet.
Change is good I guess. Until next time have a
happy new year.

or the ﬁrst time in what seems like a longwhile, I am not around to see Awa Life off
to the printers. Martin has bravely taken thehelm while I've gone to Canada to see myfamily for the holidays. In fact, as I write this,I'm sitting in my mom's kitchen! Since arriving
in Canada, I've been having fun making small
talk (in English! woo) with storekeepers,
walking in the woods around my parents'
house, and eating way too much cheese andcrackers. I'm also really looking forward to theyear ahead in Tokushima. I can already see myschedule filling up with fun events - some ofwhich I am sure will end up between the pagesof Awa Life!
I hope everyone has a successful andprosperous Year of the Rooster!

faLove, Claire

Peace, Martin

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camping, kids, and nenkyuu

ahh, the Japanese winteris now upon us, andfor people who like thebeach and sun (read:
Australians) our thoughts are
already longing for summer.
For the average single English
teacher the summer holidays(and winter ones) mean achance to vacate Japan forsome other exotic locale.
Our summer holiday trip had
to meet the criteria of being
cheap, inexpensive, goodvalue, and not very expensive.
Of course it would also benice to go somewhere moreinteresting than the local
100 yen shop. One idea thatappealed to us was doing
Kyushu by car. For a couple ofyears I had watched my JHS
students go on a school trip to
Kyushu. Unfortunately, I wasnever given the opportunity ofgoing on these jaunts myself.
This is despite offering tactfulexpressions of interest tosenior teachers such as “Do
you need an English translator
on the Kyushu trip?” to “Whatdoes one have to do to geton the Kyushu all expenses
paid junket?” No problem! I
was still going to do this trip,
but with my family instead ofa hundred or so Junior HighSchool students.
Our plan was to do thebasic school trip route. The
sights that we wanted tosee included Beppu, SpaceWorld, Takachiho gorge, andMount Aso (Volcano). Accessto Kyushu is relatively easy.
Catch a ferry from Matsuyama,
Misaki, or, Yawatahama (near
Uwajima). We took a ferryfrom Yawatahama using the
Uwajma Unyu ferry company.
They run five services to

Takachiho gorge.

Beppu a day with each trip
taking about two hours
and forty minutes. (See
http://www.uwajimaunyu.
co.jp/price/index.html) Make
sure you bring your shaken
certificate with you as it isneeded in order to buy theticket.
Now being Australiaj i n w e n e ve r h ave m u c hof an opportunity to catch
ferries in Australia. Where
would we head to? America?
Fiji? I know there are someferries between the mainland
Australia and Tasmania, butthat is Tasmania and enoughsaid there! The point is thatfor the average Australian aferry trip is something of anovelty. And of course thekids enjoyed it…well at least
for the ﬁrst hour! At ﬁrst, theferry tracks along the coast of
Shikoku, and there are sights
such as wind generators andorchards to look at. However,soon the ferry headed off
into open water with little tolook at, and by the time wegot to Beppu and after thechildren had tried out the
toilets on all floors at least-3-

by ronald page

six times we were glad todrive off the ferry into Beppu
City. Beppu is one fascinating
place. Firstly, the majority of
the city is built on a steep hill,with buildings towards the top
offering superb views that arereminiscent of coastal Italy or
Greece. Secondly, it is built onsome geological phenomenathat allows for an abundanceof geothermal hot springs toexist. According to one sourcet h e a m o u n t o f h o t wa t e rleaking out of the hillsideof Beppu is some 136,212
kiloliters (approximately
36 million gallons) per day.
This makes it the second
highest output anywhere in
the world. Our low budget
accommodation at Beppu was
the Lake Shidaka Camping
ground. This camping groundis scenic, well maintained anddirt cheap at 200 yen a nightfor a camp site . (see http://
ksoutdoor.cool.ne.jp/family/
camp/kyusyu/shidakako/)
Please note that whilst
facilities are adequate (squat
toilets) they don’t include
showers. This is simply
because Beppu is onsen
smorgasbord. We ended up
going to a really good onsen
about ten minutes drive awayfor 220 yen.
The tourist attractions at
Beppu include the ‘Hells’,
some cable car up to the topof a mountain, and a SafariPark. The ‘Hells’ are eightjigoku (hell) ponds. These
are bubbling, steaming hot
springs that are for viewing,
not bathing. Temperaturesin these ponds range fromabout ninety degrees Celsius
to boiling (one hundred...con't on page 8

j-league here we comeocal team Otsuka FC
have won their final
game of the season andare champions of theJapanese Football League(JFL) and will now be
promoted to the J-league
Division 2. Otsuka is thename of the pharmaceuticalcompany that are the teams
sponsors and for most of theteams history the company
name has been incorporated
into the actual name of theteam. However the team willplay under the name “Vortis
Tokushima” when they startparticipating in the J-league. I
was lucky enough to be able
to attend the second last gameof the season which was won
by Tokushima. The second
last match of the season was
the first time I attended oneof Tokushima`s games. It wasa home game played in their
Naruto stadium. Tokushima
played against neighboringteam Ehime F.C. The inﬂuenceof Otsuka pharmaceuticals
in regard to the sponsorshipand organization of the team
was obvious. The companies’
factories loomed in the
background and there weremany sales persons promoting
the companies’ products
outside the stadium. We evenparked in a car park that wasowned by the companies’
factory. The strong corporate
influence on every aspect of
the team is somewhat uniqueto Japanese sports teams.
Otsuka FC is no exception. The
atmosphere in the stadium
was very friendly (someone
gave us free tickets for next
weeks match) but at the sametime it lacked the atmosphereof a soccer match in my ownlOtsuka FC in action

country. People seemed veryrelaxed and didn’t really get
excited about the match
unless there was an attempton one of the goals. Thisrelaxed state of affairs could
however be a result of the factthat Otsuka have won nearly
every one of their games thisseason, victory it would seemhas become passé. That mightchange when Tokushima start
playing in the J-league where
they will face much stiffer
competition. In the future is
likely that we will see morevaried performances from
Otsuka FC as they will beplaying teams that containmore hardened professionals.
The teams that they will befacing are all I think you
will agree are interestingly
named. Among their rank are
FC Mito Hollycock who hailfrom Ibaraki prefecture, Kyoto
Purple Sanga and Shonan
Bellmare. These teams are
more likely to have a more
numerous hardcore following
than most Japanese Football
League teams so Tokushima`shome games should be more
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atmospheric.
Otsuka FC have been on
winning form right from theopening game of the season
on the 28th of March against
Sagawa Insatsu SC. Rightfrom the beginning of thisopening match both teams
appeared to be a match foreach other however it wasn’tlong until Otsuka pulled away
to dominate proceedings withan excellent opening goal thatgave Otsuka their first threepoints. After half time Sagawa
fought back vigorously only
to concede another goal.
Otsuka’s 4-0 opening victorywould set the pace for the restof the teams historic season.
O t s u k a ’s s e c o n d g a m eon the 4th of April against
Yokogawa Musashino FC washeld in the unusually named
Amino Vital Field. Despite
the rainy conditions victory
was achieved. The result was
3-2 to Otsuka. On the 11thof November Otsuka played
against The Spa Kusatsu. This
team hailing from Gunmap r e fe c t u r e w o u l d a l s o b e
promoted to J-league division
2 as they ended up runners
up with Otsuka FC in theJapanese Football League. The
Spa Kusatsu were one of thestronger teams in the league
however in this match at least
Otsuka were ﬁrmly in control,
having most of the possession
throughout. The final result
Otsuka FC 2, The Spa Kusatsu
1.
Otsuka’s fourth match of theseason against Hokuriku AIO's
marked yet another victory. It
was however to be their mostclosely fought match so far. At...con't on page 5

j-league here we... con't from page 5
half time the score was 0-0.
However in the second half
success returned again in theform of a single goal. After
four matches and four victories
Otsuka were firmly on top of
the league and had become
the team to beat in 2004.
Brimming with the conﬁdence
that an all-perfect recordbrings, Otsuka proceededt o s o u n d l y t h ra s h D e n s o
7-1 on the 24th of march.
Unfortunately for Denso thiswould not be the only time
this season that they would be
humiliated by Otsuka. In thenext match against Kokushikan
University, Otsuka were ﬁnallybrought back down to earth
not such with a bang but
rather a gentle thud in theform of a their ﬁrst draw of theseason. Otsuka 1 Kokushikan
University 1. Against sucha humble college team one
might argue that this was theirworst result of the season.
On the 4th of may after
having humbly realized thatthey couldn’t win them all
they predictably returned
to winning ways again. In a
tough fought match against
Sagawa Insatsu SC nobody
scored until the second half,
however in the second half
Sagawa would tire giving
Otsuka the chance to score 2
goals. Otsuka were back in theblack again.
Otsuka’s composure wasmaintained against Guma FC
another one of the leagues
stronger teams. Otsuka scoredthe first goal but Guma cameback in the second half, alas
they couldn’t hold it together
for long enough and Otsuka
got the winning goal in the
dying moments of the game.

Otsuka FC 2 Gunma FC 1.
Having seen off another on of
the leagues stronger teams
Otsuka started gearing up for
another wining streak.
Otsuka’s next five matches
would be victories. On the
16th of May they won 2-1 overSony Sendai FC. On the 23 of
May they won a 4-0 victory
over Tochigi SC. On the 30thof May they had a 4-0 win
over YKK AP. YKK incidentally
being the manufacturer of
90% of the worlds zippers. On
the 5th of June they won 2-0
against Sagawa Tokyo and on
the 12th of June 3-0 against
Sagawa Osaka.
As the summer began
to get hot Otsuka seemed
to momentarily lose theircomposure. In a hotly
contested match againston the 16th of July againstneighbors Eihme FC they drew
0-0. This match would be theonly match in which Otsuka
failed to score. Dissappointly
this poor result was followedb y a n o t h e r d ra w a g a i n s t
Honda FC on the 26th ofJ u l y. T h e s c o r e w a s 1 - 1 .
Had Otsuka’s winning streak
come to an end? Were they
becoming a normal footballteam who didn’t win every
match going? The answer
to that question was a very
definite “NO”. After this brieflull Otsuka went on to win allof their matches in July. They
are as follows: July 4th Otsuka
FC 3 Hokuriku AIO's 0. July
11th Otsuka FC 3 Kokushikan
University 1. July 19th Otsuka
2 Sagawa Osaka 1. July 24th
Otsuka FC 1 Guma 0. July
31st Otsuka FC 3 Sony Sendai
FC 2. August 7th Otsuka FC 2
Tochigi SC 1.
-5-After their victory against
Tochigi SC, Otsuka lost theirfirst match of the season
against YKK AP (those tricky
zip makers) who soundly beat
Otsuka 3-0 on the 19th of
September. After their amazing
6 match winning streak
Otsuka suffered a shocking
defeat. With Otsuka however
this state of affairs couldn’t last however and they sized
victory in their next match on
October 2nd against Sagawa
Tokyo winning 1-0. They also
won their next match against
Sagawa Osaka on the Octoberthe 17th winning 3-1.
On the 24th of October they
won their greatest victory of
the year destroying Denso
by an amazing 11 goals to
0. They followed this with
4-0 win over Hokuriku AIO's
the on 31st of October. They
would be defeated for thesecond and final time of theseason in their game against
The Spa Kusatsu on the 5th ofNovember. The Spa showing
fellow promotees what they
could expect next season.
However in regard to thisseason it was too little to late
for the Spa Kusatsu.
Otsuka won their ﬁnal threematches. The results are as
follows November 21st Otsuka
FC 2 Honda FC 0. November
28th Otsuka FC 2, Eihme
FC 1. December 5th Otsuka
2 Yokogawa Musashino 1.
What a season it had been fro
Otsuka. 2 losses, 3 draws and25 victories. An amazing year
an amazing team.
I can`t wait until next season
when Tokushima will officiallybecome part of the big league.
See you next season in
Naruto!

raku-on raku-jitsu
his Christmas I decided to
do something different.
Seeing as Christmas is
not really celebrated inJapan, that wasn’t exactly
difficult. Nevertheless, I
believe that for me personally
this Christmas will go down
on record as the one of themost interesting and exciting
holidays that I have enjoyed.
On Christmas Eve I headed
up to Kamiyama to participate
in the Raku-On Raku-Jitsu
festival held in the Kamiyama
Skiland Hotel. The hotel is in
a very remote location highup in the mountains. WhenI arrived I had my doubts
spending my Christmas insuch a remote location withpeople I didn’t know very well.
Such fears were put to rest
when I bonded with everyone
during the opening ceremony
where we danced around acampfire and played a varietyof drums. Two professionalmusicians Masato and Kenjifrom Hokkaido kept the tempo.
These guys have playedaround the world usually atworld music events such as
WOMAD. The campfire wasbeneath three long bamboo

by martin o'brientSome of the percussion instruments used

poles, which were arranged ina wigwam shape. The opening
ceremony where everyone
was meant to participate
was intended to imitate theS h a m a n r i t u a l s o f N a t i ve
Americans. According tosomeone I spoke to, this ritual
allowed everyone to take partin the ritual as opposed to justwatching. At the same time
playing your own drum is asolitary act so you are given
the opportunity to think things
over in your own head whileat the same time enjoying thecompany of others. People
couldn’t communicate byspeaking to each other but

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instead expressed themselves
by eye contact and smiles. I
found it to be an incredibly
warming experience - but thenagain that warm feeling I felt
might just have been from the
big-ass bonfire. We will neverknow. I enjoyed the opening
ceremony and discovered that(don’t mean to boast) I havean incredible sense of rhythm.
If the CIR thing doesn’t workout I guess I could go on theroad with Masato and Kenji.
I am sure that they wouldn’t
mind. Good job I got theirbusiness card. After every
one had finished their selfintroductions and the throb of
the drums had died down thus
ending the opening ceremonyof Raku-on Raku-jitsu,
everybody went back to
the hotel to check out themusicians who were playingthat night. The evenings werethe most enjoyable part ofRaku-on Raku-Jitsu experience.
After a hard day playing music
it was nice to lie down on thetatami and watch someone
else play. The evening concerts
were held in a large room thatwas designed for events of...con't on page 9

tastes of awa : goma dofuw

hen is a rotted beanneither a bean nor
rotten? When it's
goma dofu.

Goma = Sesame
Dofu = Tofu (tofu, usuallypronounced dofu if it's thesecond part of a compound
word)
Goma Dofu = Ambrosia of
the Gods
Natto = Rotted Beans
As some of you may
remember from a much earlier
column, I think natto is oneof the truly terrible Japanese
foods. Natto, it seems to me,
deserves to be called "rottedbeans." But in what seems to
be a rare example of humor in
the selection of kanji, nattomeans "stored" or perhaps
we should say "aged" beans.
You may note that the kanji
for stored seems to be madeout of the radicals meaning"thread" and "inside." It's theslimy threads connecting thebeans that I object to.
So tofu is rotted beans!
Actually, of course, there's(usually) nothing at all rotten
about tofu. But perhaps themost delicious kind of tofu
isn't made from beans atall. It's made out of sesame
seeds.
Shojin ryori, vegetarian
temple cooking, is famous formaking good use of tofu in
all it's myriad variations, but
the crowing achievement ofshojin ryori is goma dofu.
In fact, in many ways it's the

symbol of shojin ryori. A
few years ago there was a TV
drama series about a young
woman who goes to a temple
to learn shojin ryori from theabbess. Her training centeredaround the preparation of thisdeceptively simple recipe:
1. Take one cup of whitesesame seeds. Toast themlightly, or not, depending on
which way you prefer. Toasted
seeds will yield a goma dofu
that is very light gray in color
with a slightly nutty flavor.
Untoasted seeds will makea light cream colored gomadofu with a milder flavor.
Both have a creamy texture
unlike true tofu but not as
firm as tamago-dofu (eggtofu, really a kind of savory
custard).
2. Grind the seeds with somewater, by hand if you want
perfect goma dofu. Use afood processor if you don't
have anyone to show you just
how much to grind them byhand. They should make avery, very smooth paste.
3. Put the seeds in several
layers of muslin cheeseclothand squeeze to get most of
the water out.
4. Combine the paste with acup of katakuriko or kuzu.
Katakuriko used to referto starch extracted from theroot of the dog-tooth violet(a kind of lily -- Erythronium
dens canis) but now potato
starch is sold under thatname. Kuzu (or kudzu) isa legume (Pueraria lobata)which also has starchy roots.
Mix the sesame paste and-7-by don weiss

katakuriko very, very, very,
VERY thoroughly by hand.
5. Now put the goma dofu
in a mold the size and shape
you want it -- usually square,
about 5 cm. by 2 cm. high.
Press it into the mold andtap the top repeatedly with awooden spoon to make surethe corners get filled andthere are no bubbles. Thenquickly chill it in the moldunder cool running water.
Serve the same day -- itdoesn't keep.
I've had several different
sauces with goma dofu but
I prefer just soy sauce with atouch of wasabi.
You can buy goma dofu at
any supermarket, but don't
b o t h e r. I t ' s n o t w o r t h i t .
Probably you can get reallyfine goma dofu at Sogo.
But for the full goma dofu
experience, go to Osakaor Kyoto and take the train
to the top of Koyasan, themountain-top headquarters of
Shingon Buddhism. Stay in atemple and wait for breakfast.
You'll see how "rotted beans"can be the most ambrosial oftreats.
"Shojin Ryori Girl," as I cameto think of the character inthat TV drama, went througha variety of emotional andspiritual crises in her life,
all reflected in her attitude
towards making perfect goma
dofu. Sometime perhaps
I'll talk about cooking andBuddhism but for now, justkeep this in mind. How many
hours do you want to spend
cooking for each minute ofeating?

camping, kids and ...con't from page 3
degrees). Each jigoku has
a little park built around it,with additional attractions
such as fancy gardens, a zoo,a n a q u a r i u m , a n d e ve n acrocodile farm. Our ﬁrst day at
Beppu was spent wandering
around these ‘Hells,’ and to
put it very tactfully, there are
only about four or five ‘Hells’
worth seeing. Seeking somerelief from the touristy stuff we
decided to check out some less
known ponds that are used for
public onsens. This plan was
soon cancelled after finding
a rather large Japanese man
swimming around naked in
the first pond that we looked
at. We also went to the safari
park near Beppu. This is worth
doing if one has children, likes
looking at animals, or wants
to do a dodgy insurance claim
for a scratch on their car. The
safari park has a good quantityof well fed animals in what is arelatively large park area.
The next stop on our
agenda was Space World at
Kitakyushu. Problems arose on
the first ride that we tried toget on. My son was too shortthey said. When the staff had
said that he was too short they
were talking millimetres, notcentimetres. Thinking that they
had been a little pedantic weheaded off to try our luck onanother ride. ‘Hmm’, the firststaff said, ‘he is maybe too
short.’ A senior measurement
staff member was called in. He
then called in further staff inwith some high tech measuring
equipment (a tape measure).
By now we had completely
held up the ticket line and with
12 serious looking staff withtape measures in attendance
we had attracted considerable

attention from a large crowd ofspectators (with blond haired
children we tend to standout). Finally the most seniormeasuring ofﬁcial pronounced
Josh high enough to go on
the rides, the crowd of fifty
spectators enthusiasticallyapplauded, and Josh wasgiven a yellow armband toprove his height. After that
we had a fantastic day andJosh was not measured
again! For those interested ingoing, Space World is moreof a fun park than of being an
educational facility concerningspace matters! Just make sure
you are high enough for the
rides.
Most of the accommodationon our trip was camping,
however for one night
we bought a night’s hotel
accommodation at the Yutaka
business hotel near the railway
station. The staff there treated
us like royalty. However, ourroom turned out to be a two
bed room. No problem, inwhat looked like somethingfrom a Fawlty Towers episode,the staff went to great efforts
to set up another bed in theroom for us. Even more funny
was the staff sneaking in earlynext morning, removing the
bed and telling us to keep it a‘secret.’Tired of the cities we headed
off toward the Mount Aso
region. Mount Aso is an active
volcano that is surrounded bytwenty-four kilometre widecaldera. You can walk, take acable car or drive your car to
the top of the actual crater. We
chose the latter and paid 1500
yen for the privilege. Thereis a volcano museum, and ofcourse associated omiyage-8-

shops located near Aso. The
area around Mt. Aso is quite
scenic, with little industrial or
suburban development. We
set our tents up at a camp
ground that was only occupied
by one other couple, someAmericans from Hiroshima.
Whilst not minding paying
money for what was a quality
campground (great views),
we and the other couple werea little disappointed with thecleanliness of the toilet andshower block. We pointed out
this issue to the Japanese
official and he nodded hishead in agreement with us
and immediately started toclean it up.
From the Aso region wewent to Takachiho gorge. This
beautiful gorge with its brilliant
and colourful greenery has
been carved out of volcanic
rock and is worth making
the trip to see. You can takeone of the many walks along
the gorge, or hire a row boat
for a closer look. The only
negative aspect is the numberof bridges built over thegorge. It seems a shame that
the Japanese have destroyed
the beauty of this region due
to their love of construction
projects. My advice would
be to go and see this gorge
before someone gets the reallybright idea of building hotels
on the sides of the gorge.
In conclusion, our summer trip
was cheap, easy to do, a lot of
fun, and we saw some really
nice spots of Japan. If wewere to do the trip again wewould leave out Space Worldand spend more time poking
around Aso, and exploring thebeaches on southern Kyushu.

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this kind. There was a stage
but it wasn’t used, instead
the musicians played on adesignated place on the tatami
at the back of the room on thesame level as those viewing
the concert. On Friday night,
Shigehara Sawamura played.
He sang acoustic guitar driven
songs. He reminded me of
Ron Sexsmith, another guitarplaying singer songwriter.
Shigehara played his own
percussion instruments
between songs. This toned
things down and bridged thegap between songs creating anice mellow mood.
On Saturday I decided tocheck out some workshops.
The first one I found was
Moto-kun's dragonfly balls
workshop. I used wandsof colored glass, pressedt o g e t h e r o ve r a f l a m e t ocreate a cool bead (which canbe viewed at TOPIA if any one
is interested). It took me atleast 15 minutes to make one
bead so as you can imagine
making a decent sized necklace
takes some time. Taking partin the workshop gave me a lotof respect for the craftspeople
that take the time to make

Making Mochi

such unique
objects. I
guess its
worth theextra expense
to purchasesomethingsuch as ap i e c e o fpottery or
j e w e l e r y
w h e r e ahuman being
has been
Dragonﬂy balls workshop
responsible forits creation as opposed to where she had lived for asomething which has been number of years. She spokep r o d u c e d b y a m a c h i n e . about how she felt God had
After lunch I went to Mr. helped her through difficult
Bear’s (Kuma-san’s) wooden times there when she wassculpture workshop. Mr Bear pregnant and unemployed.
normally works with stone In contrast to Friday nights
but decided to hold a wooden concert this performance wassculpture workshop because more emotionally charged.
wood is a less time-consuming
On Sunday, everybody mademedium than stone so such mochi. For the uninitiated,workshops are perfect for making mochi is when you
events like Raku-on Raku- get to pound cooked ricejitsu. I really enjoyed the r e p e a t e d l y w i t h g i g a n t i cworkshop and found it very h a m m e r s . T h r e e p e o p l etherapeutic unlike the glass hammer the rice while anotherballs workshop, which made person moves it around. Latermy arms sore. I planned to on everybody watched a DVD
carve a kitchen fork but I about September 11th. It
think that I was a little bit showed how that a plane could
ambitious because I ended not have been responsible forup with a kind of wooden egg the attack on the Pentagon
thingy. Not very useful but b e c a u s e t h e w i d t h o f t h e
it looks nice. After my hard building destroyed was far
work I retired back to the shorter than the wingspan of
hotel for a well-deserved meal the plane. There was footageof wild boar stew (inoshishi that showed how the rooflinen a b e ) . I t wa s a b s o l u t e l y of the building was still intact
delicious. Inoshishi tastes a only to collapse soon after the
lot different and a lot better attack. Watching the film left
than normal pork. Saturday me in a very pensive mood
Yuri Yoshimoto and Makoto and I wanted to research what
Shimomura provided night’s I had watched about further. I
music. The songs were very guess even in the mountains of
personal and spiritual. Makoto Kamiyama far you can’t leavesung about her life in America the rest of the world behind.
-9-japanese in the news - new yearat the end of each year,
the people at the Kanji
Kentei association ask
people to write in with
their suggestions for 'Kanji of
the Year.' The winner is usuallya character which contains
nuances or meanings thatreflect a variety of current
events as well as the overall'feel' of the past year.
1st place:! ੆ (sai, or
wazawai) - this is the firstc h a ra c t e r i n t h e w o r d ੆‫ ( ޔ‬s a i g a i ) - d i s a s t e r, o r
calamity - was chosen bya strong margin to be thesingle kanji character thatmost represented the year
2004. The Niigata earthquake
and countless typhoons
which occurred this autumn,
as well as record-breaking
temperatures this summerr e s u l t i n g i n m a s s i ve c r o p
failure made this an obvious
choice.
2nd place: ࠚ (kan or kara) this is the ﬁrst character in theword ࠚਇ (kankoku) - Korea- reflecting the 'Korea Boom'of the past year, with popular
actor Bae Yong Joon, star of
the Korean television drama,
Winter Sonata, making a huge
impact on the fantasy lives of
middle-aged Japanese women,
spreading to replace David
Beckham as a spokesman forsuch varied consumer products
as chocolate almonds, digital
cameras, and cars.
3rd place: ఖ! (shin or
furueru) - this is the secondc h a ra c t e r i n t h e w o r d එఖ! (jishin) - earthquake a reference to the Niigata
earthquake. The character
used on its own can be used tospell the verb 'furueru' whichmeans to tremble or shake,referencing various things thatmoved people emotionally inthe past year, be it olympic
victory, events in Iraq, or theongoing typhoons.
As well as Kanji of the Year,
there is also a yearly award
for the 'Phrase of the Year'
presented by Jiyukokuminsha
publishing company. This
year, the most popular phrase
was ҳә̶сѶѕии！ (chōkimochii) - I feel great!
- which was how swimmer
Keisuke Kitajima answered the
media's question about how
he felt after winning the goldin the 100m breaststrokeat the Athens olympics.
A f t e r d ay s o f wa t c h i n g
female judo athletes breaking
down in tears in front of the
television cameras, virtuallyapologising for their olympic
victories, it was refreshing tohear Kitajima's self-confident
reaction.
Other popular phrases
included:! ! ࡂ ৽ и є̤ (kiaida!) - let'em have it! - The trade markphrase of wrestler "Animal"
Hamaguchi which came backinto the spotlight when his
daughter, Kyoko Hamaguchi,
competed as a Judo athlete
in the Athens Olympics, andhe enthusiastically supported
her from the sidelines, often
having to be held back by
security guards.
! ! ખ ໪！ (zannen!) - Toobad! - Entertainer Hada Yoku
(aka. The Guitar Samurai) has
brought this common phrase
to new heights of popularity
as the kicker in his formuliac
dittys which comment onc u r r e n t e ve n t s a n d m o c kfellow pop stars. In his song
about Korean actor Bae Yong-10-by claire kinder

Joon (aka. Yon-sama) - hesings "If you marry Yon-sama,
well, his last name is Bae, so...
Too Bad!"! ! ૛ ং ౽ ໞ (jiko sekinin) personal responsibility - When
three Japanese people - twojournalists and an aid worker- were taken hostage in Iraq
this past April, the Japanese
government spent a fortune torescue them and fly themback to Japan. Upon theirarrival they were scolded bypoliticians and media alike forputting themselves in danger
and costing the government
so much time and money for
their rescue, and the phrase"personal responsibility"
became a buzzword. Anotherfour-kanji phrase, ૛ ࣄ ૛ ຜ(jigō jitoku) - you reap what
you sow - was often bandied
about with regards to thisincident.
This year's Kanji of the YearTop Ten:
1. ੆ - sai, wazawai disasater, calamity
2. ࠚ - kan, kara - ﬁrst kanji
in 'kankoku' (South Korea)
3. ఖ - shin, furuu, furueru- shake, tremble
4. ࣞ! - kin, kon, kane, kana- money, gold
5. ఁ - shin, atarashii,arata, nii - new, ﬁrst kanji in'Niigata'
6. ࿭ - fuu, fu, kaze, kaza wind, second kanji in 'taifu'(typhoon)
7.!ᅠ - ran, arashi - storm
8. ᅞ - ran, midareru,
m i d a s u - r i o t , d i s o rd e r,
disturb
9. ᄷ - you, yureru, yuragu,
yusaburu - tremble, vibrate
10. ჏ - mei, myou, inochi life, destiny

japanese lesson: polite speechby tamura sumika

he endings!͐ћэ͑and ͐Ѳэ͑are used to make sentences more polite. These forms areused to make sentences more polite. They are often used when talking to superiors or people
you don’t know.

t

ьѹј ш

и

пѓ

ы

͐Ѳэ̛͑҆јхѿќ̛њиѡиў̛ॸиၑџ̛ўѾѲэ̝Ѽу̛ඐѽўиୠ তџ͐ћэ͑Ѹ̛
ѵ км
Ѧќ
јп
గѸ̛წ௑Ѣగџ̛ચиѲэ̝The more polite ways of speaking known as Sonkei-go and Kenjō-go can be used when talking topeople such as teachers and company bosses.
ё҇хи ш

х҇ьѻк шHonouriﬁcs - Sonkei-go - ഞणতModest Language - Kenjō-go - । ௥ ত

Verbs
andхиAdjectives:
ѝк ы
Ѽк ы
ຌાќ̛छᄴાџѣThe speaker uses o or ni to elevate people,
and ga to speak humbly about people.

The speaker uses ga before verbs andadjectives which the speaker uses to describe
the person s/he wants to show respect to.

ᇭыଚр̛͐҆͑рјуగѸ̛͐џ͑рјуగ҆ѓпѦќѦу̛৸уии̜
͐р͑рјуగ̛҆ฃуииѲэ̝

ѣў

њ

Ѧќ

ѣў

њ

Ѧќ

Ѧќ

ѓп

͐р͑рјуగ̛҆৸уииѲэ̝ Verbs
ᇭыњଚр̛ѝк ыຌાVerbs can be modified to make them more
Here are three different ways of transforming
polite as shown in the three ways below:
the verb in order to make the sentence intokenjō-go.
The teacher will speak
я҇яи

ѣўы

ಐౠроᇭџўѾѲэ̝(use o and add ni narimasu)

I will adviseя҇theteacher.
яиж҇ўи҃ѓыр̛ಐౠ҆ш‫ڎ‬຾ыѲэ(put go before the suru verb)я҇яи!
ಐౠр̛оїыѷиѲэ̝(use the irregular verb form)
я҇яи

ѣў

ಐౠрᇭщҀѲэ̝(use the passive form of the verb)
The teacherц҇isсwellಐౠр̛о७ࡂћэ̝Suzukisan willя҇tellthe Ѷк
teacherэю сяижᆷცщ҇р̛ಐౠџ̛ఇы௑цѲэ̝(use the humble irregular form of the verb)

я҇яиThe teacher is busy
я҇яиSuzukisan spoke
to the teacher
эю с
я҇яи
ѣў
ᆷცщ҇р̛ಐౠџ̛оᇭыѲэ̝(put o before the suru verb)

иёкрHere are some common verbs and their humble
irregular counterparts:ಐౠроၭыићэ̝
2. o and!go!are placed before nouns͐ш͑҆јхѲэ̝჎ાџѣ͐о͑

ѵи ы

я҇яи

ў Ѳм

(The teacher’s) name / ಐౠѢо჎ಶ!!
я҇я҇
ьѹкыѻ
(The teacher’s) address / ಐౠѢш୉୸иѿ̛̛̛̛΂̛оѿ̛(to be)иуѲи৪у̜ᅖѿ̛΂̛઄ѿ (to go, to come)эѿ̛̛̛̛΂̛иѓэ(to do)иѶкк̛̛̛̛΂̛ఇэॸ(to say)ѓѭѭѿ̛̛̛΂̛иѓєу௳(to eat)ѳѣих҇ॣѿ̛̛̛̛΂̛༌ॣэѿ (to see/look at)-11-

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J E T P r o g r a m m e On Sale at TOPIA
Postcard Collection ҺӆҔћ༝мѲэ
JET ӉӟҢӛӒѢӏ̶ҫҺҝ

Postage stamps, revenue stamps, and postcards can beһ̠ҥӞҡҩәӥ

purchased at TOPIA. Please inquire at the counter. Reciepts available upon request.

Booklets of postcards created from photgraphs taken bymembers of the JET Programme are now available tomembers of the public. Come to TOPIA and pick one up
for free.

Japanese Lessons
in Anan City
٬໊દ!໘ႎত৬ਸ਼

when: Now (until they run out)
where: TOPIA
cost: freeIf you live in southern Tokushima and are looking for a
way to study Japanese without coming all the way toTokushima City, try Anan's Japanese class for foreign

Japanese Lessons
in Aizumi-cho

residents. They use the textbook "Minna no Nihongo I."Classes are taught by Madoka Mori.
when: starts Nov. 21 - Sunday mornings 10:00 - 12:00am

ᅣ୉෎!໘ႎত৬ਸ਼
This class uses the textbook 'Minna no Nihongo I." Classes
are taught by Aizumi International Exchange Association

where: Tomioka Kominkan
cost: ]1000
for more info: Anan City International Associatione-mail: etonne@stannet.ne.jp

Members Akiko Tsuji and Kaori Tamada.

fax: 0884.23.6323

when: ongoing - Thursday nights 7:00 - 8:30pm

Aiding Foreign
Nationals during
a Natural Disaster
Lecturewhere: Aizumi Welfare Center, near Aizumi Town Ofﬁce
cost: ]1000
for more info: e-mail: aizumi_kokusai@garnet.nmt.ne.jp
tel. 088.692.9951
fax. 088.692.1626

੆‫ޔ‬ૐѢ‫ޒ‬ਇగફ‫܍‬џјињѢ
৬܏

TTC21 Ping Pong൒ࢃҡӛӈ

A talk will be hosted by Mr Taro Tamura on how foreign
Come join this casual table tennis club and meet

residents might be assisted during a natural disaster. Mr

Tokushima residents and local University students! Bring

Taro Tamura participated in the establishment of the for-indoor shoes and wear comfortable clothes - if you don't

eign resident information centre in Kobe. The talk will be

have a racket, there are extras available.

in Japanese.

where: Tokushima City Gymnasium (taiikukan)

when: Jan. 21 (Friday) 2:40pm - 4:00pm

when: Monday and Friday, 6:00 -9:00pm

where: TOPIA(ﬁrst timers: come at 7:30 and ask for Mr. Okayama -cost: Free. Please apply to TOPIA before January 18. If

participation fee is waived until the second visit)
cost: ]1000 to join, ]1500 per month

you neglect to apply in advance it is still possible to attend.
for more info: 008.656.3303 topia@fm.nmt.ne.jp

homepage: http://www.geocities.jp/tokushima_ttc21-12-

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Shikoku "Yuki
Gassen"(snowball ﬁght)
Tournamentટਇಋ৽ಗോ‫ݵ‬Your Message HereчѢҫӌ̶ҫ҆ᅦᄿыя҇п̣Let the International Community know about your eventor announcement! Submit your text (in Japanese or English) by the 20th of the month to get it printed in next

Teams of 7 to 10 people, Adult and Junior Catagories.
Fun! Easy! Everybody welcome!
Winning adult team gets ￥25,000 and FREE trip tomonth's edition. Drop off your message in person at TOPIA or write to: topia@fm.nmt.ne.jp

Hokkaido to play in National Tournament! (Feb 26-27)
Junior team wins ￥10,000
when: January 23 (Sun) 8:30 - 15:30

For Saleས༞ыѲэ

where: Iyashino Onsen, Higashi Iya Village
cost: free to participate, free to watch too!
for free entry form and rulebook,contact: Mr. Nakanishitel. 0883.88.2211
fax. 0883.88.2166
Entry deadline is January 14 (Fri).

Workout bench for sale. Curved bench for situps, backlifts, push ups. Compact size for smaller rooms.
cost: ]3000
for more info: Please contact Luisa on 09091141025 or
lulu_plf@hotmail.com

Team numbers are limited, so act fast!

Photography
Exhibitionૼఉึ

Tastes of Awa٬༂ѢႳ
Wondering what to do with all that brick-like mochi that
seemed like such a good deal when you bought it? Trying
to come up with new, inventive ways of eating mikan?

An exhibition of photographs by Ed van der Elsken en-

Curious about how natto came to be thought of as atitled "Love on the Left Bank" will be on exhibition.

food? Ask Don! Don Weiss, author of 'Tastes of Awa,' (page7) is looking for reader's suggestions for future columns.

when: December 5 (Sun) to January 30 (Sun). 9:00

What aspects of Japanese food interest you? What would-17:00 (Admission until 16:30) Gallery closed on Dec

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

7,13,20,27,28,29,30,31 and on January 11,17,24

your thoughts and impressions:where: The Museum of Art, Kochi, 353-2, Takasu, Kochi
City.

e-mail: woosongdonald@yahoo.com

cost: General Admission ]700
for more info: tel. 088.866.8000

Man Ray ExhibitionӐӥ̠ӞҖึ

Japanese Chess‫ڗ‬ণங࠽

Participate in the trational game of Go (Japanese Chess)"I am an enigma."
when: January 15 - March 21

when: April 4 to March 31

where: Tokushima Modern Art Gallery at Bunka no Mori
cost: adults: ]600, students: ]450 / ]300

where: Mino-cho Public Ofﬁce Miyoshi-gun, 15 mins fromfor more info: 088.668.1088
http://www.art.comet.go.jp

Eguchi Station
cost: Tournament Fee ]1200
for more info: 088.377.3865-13-

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Japanese Salon

Naruto German
House Exhibition๘ᄹџѯ҇তҧӟӥ
A free Japanese conversation salon is now available at the
Seishonen Center in downtown Tokushima City, near City
Hall. Volunteers will help students of Japanese to improvetheir converstion skillsһҖҶࠛࠫ‫ึݬ‬

There will be an exhibition of everyday objects donatedby German prisoners of war at Naruto German House. A
collection of letters written by deceased POW`s are on display.

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

when: December 11 to January 30, 9:30 - 16:30

cost: freewhere: Naruto German House

for more info, contact: Minami-san 090.4506.5296

TOPIA's LibraryCounselling
Service at TOPIAҺӆҔѢన୿૬

ҺӆҔѢ೰ඎೱ঵

If you are a Tokushima resident (regardless of nationality)

TOPIA offers a counselling and advisory service to all

you can get a library card for TOPIA's library, and borrow

foreign residents to help with issues involving accidents,

books free of charge! The library has mostly English, Chi-

working conditions, housing, visas, international marriage,

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

and more. Counselling is available in English and Japa-

written in other European languages.

nese. Please note that although every effort will be made,Books that have been culled from TOPIA's library are

we may not be able to deal with all cases.

available 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!

Monday to Thursday
10:00 - 17:00
tel. 088.656.3303 or 088.656.3320 (allows three way
conversations with an interpreter)

Video/Digital Photography Contest
ӅҹҜ 0 ҹҪұӝૼఉҥӥҡ̶
ӝ!੢࿀ျ୆!

Take part in this exciting contest. Themes can be the nature of Tokushima or your own home and personal life.
Whatever takes your fancy. Contact Bunka no Mori formore details.

Postcard Design
Exhibitionச޺ౠџѼѿҹҨҖӥѣрсึAn exhibition of Elementary school children's postcard
designs, at Yamakawa's fascinating traditional Japanese
paper factory, Awagami Factory
when: January 19 (Wed) - February 1 (Tue)where: Awagami Factory, Kawahigashi, Yamakawa-cho,
Yoshinogawa City
cost: free
for more info: 0883.42.6120.

when: December 1 - January 31
where: 21st Century Building, Bunka no Mori
cost: free
for more info: tel. 088.668-1111 fax. 088-668-7196-14-

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!
̛̛̛пѽ޺Ѫчќ̻͑໘ૐ̡̛ဓౖϧϭ໩ϧैϨϧ໘̈́ࣞͅঙঝϨ̡ϪϦ̻Ϫ̡ϦϦ௘୸̡̛੖ආၓగຝ๥ॡਇੑপᅺࢤ‫̈́ݵ‬ЊЅІϿϷ̛ͅോ‫ࡢݵ‬૬̛̈́¹ÛÓÞÅÍàØ¼ßϬϼͅ৬ધ̡̛โഠതᇤળ
̛̛̛̛̛ຟชྋ۪ᅦߊຌၓగ̛ണဌ݁ࢢౠҭӥұ̶̛ᅫૈ̛̛
!!!!!!!!!!గќ೎௯ќඑࢃѢѓѵѢਇੑफ़ࢄ୸̈́J!JIPFͅफ़ࢄଗߴ̛
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Wed. 128:00

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B/J/

Fri. 14

9:03

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Fri. 14late night؎ႚ໘Sat. 15

9:00

Sun. 16

Title
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DrivenUSA '93ҪҙӟҽӔ

Geronimoؒ࠘౦USA ‘01Ҝ̶ҩӕӥҬ 22

Ocean's 11



9:00

ؐ BCD

USA ‘97ҪӕҵҝӝThe Jackal

Fri. 21

9:03

ؔລ༞USA ’96ӐҟҩӐӒ̠ӜҫҡMaxium Risk

Fri. 28

9:03

ؔລ༞USA ’01

QMBOFU!PG!UIF!BQFT0‫ܔ‬Ѣᇱౙ

Planet of the ApesFri. 28late night؎ႚ໘USA '90ҢҵһӇҙӟ̶Ҭ

Good FellasSun. 30

9:00

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USA ‘99ӈ̶ӥ̠ҥӞұ̶

The Bone Collector5(science ﬁction ‫ޓ‬horror? mystery‫ޓ‬suspense‫ ☺ ޓ‬comedy drama action ♥love & romance 5(This schedule is subject to change.

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cinema guide
TOKUSHIMA HALL ຝ๥Ӎ̶ӝ
(Saiwai-cho - near the Central
Post Ofﬁce)
088.653.1802

The Terminal͔USA͕!ұ̶ӑҼӝ
1st of each month ψ ]1000‫ ޓ‬Ladies’ day Tuesday ψ ]1000
Men’s day / Friday ψ ]1000

TOKUSHIMA TOHO ຝ๥๪၉(Kagoya-machi - in Higashi
Shinmachi Arcade)088.625.5311

Finding Neverland͔USA/UK͕!ҿӂ̶ӛӥһ

TOHO CINEMA ๪၉ҩҿӐ(Kagoya-machi - in Higashi
Shinmachi Arcade)088.625.5311

Howl's Moving Castle͔JPN͕!ӁҘӝѢຌуௗ (in Japanese)

1st of each month ψ ]1000 Ladies’ Day / Wednesday ψ ]1000
Men’s Day / Thursday ψ ]1000

1st of each month ψ ]1000 Ladies’ Day / Wednesday ψ ]1000
Men’s Day / Thursday ψ ]1000
Windstruck͔KRN͕!ၿѢླྀஅ҆ா‫ݴ‬ыѲэ!(in Korean)

until 1/21

ATTACK HEIWA Ҕұҵҡဓᇬ
Ocean's 12͔USA͕!Ҝ̶ҩӕӥҬϧϨfrom 1/22(Kuramoto 2 cho-me - near
Kuramoto Station)
1st of each month ψ ]1000 Customer Appreciation Day/ Wednesday ψ ]1000088.631.6490
HEIWA DOLBY !ဓᇬһӝӅ̶
(Kuramoto 2 cho-me )088.631.6490

The Incredibles͔USA͕!Ns/ ҖӥҡӞҹҕӈӝ (in Japanese)

1st of each month ψ!]1000 Customer Appreciation Day/ Wednesday ψ ]1000

Ocean's 12͔USA͕!Ҝ̶ҩӕӥҬϧϨKITAJIMA CINEMA SUNSHINE*FUJI GRAND*
ၾ๥ҩҿӐҧӥҩӕҖӥ
̈́Kitajima-cho Tainohamaͅ
088.697.3113
088.697.3111
̈́24 ૐࠖҸ̶Ӊ‫ڎ‬຾ͅfrom 1/22

The Incredibles͔USA͕!Ns/ ҖӥҡӞҹҕӈӝ
Man on Fire͔USA͕!ӐҖ¦ӎҹҕҞ̶һThe Terminal͔USA͕!ұ̶ӑҼӝ
Howl's Moving Castle͔JPN͕!ӁҘӝѢຌуௗ!(in Japanese)
Kung Fu Hustle͔USA/China͕!ҝӥӇ̶Ӂҵҫӝ!(in Chinese)
The Incredibles͔USA͕!Ns/ ҖӥҡӞҹҕӈӝ
Tokyo Tower͔JPN͕!๪࢜ұӡ̶ (in Japanese)

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

House of Sand and Fog͔USA͕!਱ќ჈Ѣ‫݌‬Kita no Reinen͔JPN͕!ၾѢᆹ໩!(in Japanese)
Windstruck͔KRN͕!ၿѢླྀஅ҆ா‫ݴ‬ыѲэ!(in Korean)

coming soon:
At Kitajima Sunshine Cinema in Fuji Grand this Spring
Japanese Anime:ଥх઱ѵњиѲэпగग़Ѣ୓ѳThe Prince of Tennis
One Piece - Baron Omatsuri and the Secret Island-16-