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

introduction to iyeo

"TOPPY"
June 2007 No. 204
by yasuyo suzue
awalife@gmail.com

e sent some interview
questions to Yasuyo
Suzue, president
of IYEO, to findout a little more about oneof Tokushima's more active
international exchange groups.
Here are here responses.

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1. When was IYEO created,
and for what goal?
T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l Yo u t hExchange Organization ofJapan (IYEO) was started in
1959 by ex-participants ofinternational youth exchange
programs sponsored by the
Cabinet Ofﬁce of the Japanese
government. Currently, there
are approximately 14,000
members nationwide. In 1985,
the Japanese Youth Goodwill
Mission Seiyu-kai and theSeinen-no-fune-no-kai wereunited into the International
Youth Exchange Organizationof Japan.
The Tokushima International
Youth Organization(Tokushima-ken IYEO) is one

Tokushima IYEO members with guests from theShip for Southeast Asian Youth 2006of the 47 prefectural branches,with volunteer members
consisting primarily of people
who are ex-participants ofinternational youth exchange
programs sponsored by theC a b i n e t O f f i c e . We w o r k
to promote internationale x c h a n g e i n To k u s h i m aprefecture.

2. President Suzue, how
did you join IYEO?
I joined the Cabinet Officesponsored “Ship for WorldYo u t h ” p r o g ra m i n 2 0 0 1 .
My childhood friend was aparticipant on the Ship forWorld Youth in 1998, andshe told me all about it after
she came back, so that madeintroduction to iyeo ... con't on page 3

inside awa life this month
introduction to iyeo - 1, 3 ... a splash of colour - 4,6
omatsu daigongen - 5 ... cold curry wraps - 6
martin's manga corner - 7 ... letter from suketo hoikuen / shin mai mama nikki - 8
japanese lesson - 9 ... memoranda - 10, 11, 12

awa life

Tokushima Prefectural International
Exchange Association (TOPIA)
Clement Plaza 6F
1-61 Terashima Honcho Nishi
Tokushima City 770-0831 JAPAN
tel: 088.656.3303
fax: 088.652.0616
topia@fm.nmt.ne.jp
http://www.topia.ne.jp/

is a monthly publication of the Tokushima
Prefectural International Exchange Association(TOPIA)
Andrew Dahms & Claire Tanaka
Contributors This Month:
Andrew Dahms, James Disley, Kazue Inoue,
Hanoura Conversation Class, Junko Nagamachi,
Yasuyo Suzue, Martin O'Brien, Brian Petersen, andClaire Tanaka

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

from the editors
recent trip to the local grocery store
showed me that tomatoes are in season
now - I bought nine large locally-grown
tomatoes for 300 yen! I also scoreda pile of strawberries for 500 yen a couple
weeks ago and made jam with them. It waseasier than I thought! Cut and lightly mash
the berries, then cook them in a pot with anamount of sugar equal to the amount of berries(ie. 2 cups berries, 2 cups sugar) and the juiceof a lemon. Boil the mixture until it starts to get
thick (if you have a candy thermometer, 105̊cis the goal here), skimming the white scum as
you go. If you make a small batch, you canjust keep it in a jar in the fridge and not worry
about sealing the jar. If you have any culinary
adventures this summer, why not write up yourﬁndings and send them to us at Awa Life?
love, Claire

ear Awa Life readers, this past monthhas been a busy one indeed. With the
opening of the Tokushima-ﬁlmed 'Bizan',a large earthquake in neighbouring Ehimeand yet another bout of climate hiccups, not a
day went by without something to talk about.
And now, heading into June we are well andtruly on the way to another hot and swelteringsummer, and all that entails. For those lessinclined to the hotter months, however it is not
all bad - short sleeves at work for Cool Biz, theopening of beer gardens and all too soon thesounds of the yoshikono floating through thestreets as the dancing groups practice for Awa
Odori. The year sure moves along at breakneck
pace, but it's nice to have things to lookforward to as well.
cheers, Andrewad

festival stall banners displaying the characters for 'special-made ice', or kakogori (crushed ice) a popular cool treat as thedays get hotter with the approach of summer (photo by james disley)-2-introduction to iyeo ... con't from page 1
me want to go. I saw all her
photographs and heard herstories about being on theb o a t a n d v i s i t i n g va r i o u scountries, and I saw how
much she had grown as aperson, and thought it was
really wonderful. She told me“Yasuyo-chan, I think you’d bereally suited for it. You should
apply!” And her words mademe want to do it even more.
I didn’t even know I’d have totake an exam, but I’d alreadymade up my mind to go.
To tell you the truth, up
until I’d decided to apply,
I didn’t even know IYEO
existed. When I took the
Cabinet Office’s selection
exam, I had some phone callsfrom the IYEO president andother members, and theygave me some good advice
and encouragement. That
was how I first found out
about IYEO. After I came backfrom the program, I became
a Tokushima IYEO member
and started helping out a little
bit, and before I knew it, I’dbecome the president!
3. Could you tell me a bit
about Tokushima IYEO’s
activities in more detail?
The biggest thing we do is toserve as the regional programfacilitators for the Cabinet
Office Youth International
E x c h a n g e P r o g ra m s . T h elength of time depends on the
program, but when the youth
program participants come to
Japan, they all go to various
regions to do a homestay andparticipate in local culturalexperiences for 3-5 days. We
are in charge of providing
the homestay and cultural
program for youth who visit

Tokushima.
We a l s o h o l d b a r b e c u eparties, oyster parties,
Japanese lessons for Chinese
trainees, and through thesea c t i v i e s w e i n t e ra c t w i t hforeign people who live inTokushima. We also help to
recruit participants for the
Cabinet Office programsby holding panel photo
exhibitions, lectures by recent
participants, and presentations
about the programs several
times per year.
4: Is there a way forreaders to get involved in
IYEO activities?
Ye s , f o r e i g n r e s i d e n t s i n
Tokushima can participate
in IYEO events such as
barbeques and oyster
cooking parties, as well as
participating in the welcome
party for an international
exchange program held by
the Cabinet Office each year
inviting young men andwomen from overseas to
Tokushima. Participants comefrom many countries, maybe
even yours as well, and I think
this opportunity to talk tomany different people of manydifferent backgrounds is highly
valuable.
For Japanese readers,
it is also possible for you
to volunteer to become
host families for the
aforementioned program
while the participants stay inTokushima. The regions thatparticipants come from differ
each year, but participantscome from many countries
such as from Asia, the Middle
East, Europe and Africa.
Amongst these, some hostfamilies maintain contact with-3-

the participants for many years
and go to see them overseas
as well. If you are interested
in participating, by all means
let us know! You can contact
us at the following email
address – tokushima@iyeo.

or.jp
5: Do you have any othercomments?
I’d like to take this opportunity
to talk about the above
program, which is divided
into the Ship for World Youth,
Ship for South-East Asian
Youth, Overseas Exchange
Program, Japan-China YouthFriendship Exchange Program,and the Japan-Korea YouthFriendship Exchange program.
Advertising for participants
for these programs beings inMarch each year, and after
selection and brief orientation
the selected young men andwomen become participants.
You can see theseadvertisements on the Cabinet
and Tokushima Prefecture
homepages from February to
March each year, and IYEO
also places ads in the local
Tokushima newspaper so keep
an eye out!
For foreign residents, you canfind out more information
about participating in yourhome countries. For more
information you can also checkthe IYEO homepage at http://
www.iyeo.or.jp (an English
page is also available). Someparticipants in the programs
hear about them while living
in Japan, and then apply tojoin once they head backhome. Maybe you could be aparticipant in one of the next
programs? Give it a go andsee what you think.

a splash of colourt was on a recent trip out
o f To k u s h i m a t o F u k u i
prefecture when I firstencountered one of the
rag-tag street performing
groups known as chindonya. My only other recollectionof them was a one-man band
I saw in Tokyo, which at thetime left far less an impression
on me than the nearbybuildings adorned with giant
statues of ultra-man and thegothic cosplayers lining thestreets nearby. Come to thinkof it, it probably didn't standout all that much either.
This time, however, thedifference was inescapable.
with all the and gusto of a
town crier, the group made its
way through the midst of the
thick shopping market crowds
to more open areas where
they would stop and run
their show. Playing music onmodern western instruments
while dressed in a mix oftraditional Japanese clothing
and clown suits, and wearing
makeup two years thick,by andrew dahms
until_eternity@hotmail.comi

All in a Name
As with all things of this sort inJapan, the name chindon-ya
is both very literal and ladenwith popular social influence.
The word chindon stands
for the sounds made by the
instruments used by band
members (more specifically,
chin for symbols and don fordrums), while ya is a common
particle to designate storesand merchants such as kutsuya for a shoe shop.
However, chindon-ya is
not the only name thesetroupes have claimed over thetwo members of the very colourful chindon-ya performers i witnessed in the
shopping centers around fukui station that day

years. They have also been
known by the name of tozaiya, the word tozai being acommon call for attention. It
is a combination of the two
characters for east (to) andwest (zai), and loosely means'welcome'. In some cases they
were also known as hiromeya, the word hirome being
composed of the two kanji for'wide' and 'to see'. Nowadays,
however, the name chindonya is the common favourite.
History and Background
Looking back over the historyof Japan, the appearance ofchindon-ya is a relatively
recent event. It was at theend of the Edo period andthe start of the Meiji era(around 1868) when theyfirst showed their colours,r i d i n g t h e w a v e o f ra p i dindustrialization to provide oneof the ﬁrst methods of modern
advertising in Japan.
As tales have it, the firsta splash of colour ... con't on page 6-4-chindon-ya was a candysalesman in Osaka by thename of Amekatsu, who used
loud noise and bright colours
in order to get the attention ofpassersby. While not the firststreet performer of his type,the main difference in thiscase was his clear commercial
goals.
Since these beginnings,
the appearance of various
chindon-ya began to arise
in various areas about Japan.
Over the years they gainedwide popularity as a means ofadvertising, with many groups
performing in the Tokyo andOsaka areas and gaining quitea deal of notoriety as well.
While their frequent love of
volume over quality of musicsometimes led to trouble withthe police, the day of thechindon-ya continued rightup until WWII. After a swift
decline during that followed
during the war years, theyregained their popularity in thepost war years in kind with therapid development and furtheromatsu daigongen
ore than 300 years
ago, there lived
a good couple at
Kamodani, in Anan.
Their names were Soube andOmatsu. Soube was a shouya(a village headman) and hiswife was a beautiful, kindhearted lady and kept a pretty
cat. She loved it very much.
But at that time, the people inthe village were troubled witha big famine. Soubee tried tohelp them. Soubee went to see
Sanzaemon who was a veryrich man living near there. He
said to Sanzaemon, "Pleaselend me money. I want to help
people in my village." "Ok, butbring me a shoumon (a title
deed) of your own land," said
Sanzaemon. Before the timeof payment, Soubee repaid
all the money to Sanzaemon,but Sanzaemon didn't giveback the shoumon to him.
He asked Sanzaemon to giveit back over and over. But
Sanzaemon wouldn't. Soon
after this trouble, Soubee diedof disease from despair.
After her husband's
death, Omatsu sued at thebugyousho (a magistrate's
office). But the magistrate
didn't accept her lawsuit,
because he was given money
by Sanzaemon. At last sheby the hanoura english conversation classawalife@gmail.com

ma part of the ever-growing collection of cat ﬁgurines in the omatsu-daigongen
shrine in kamodani

made up her mind to make adirect appeal to the Tonosama(a feudal lord). But at thattime, the person who makes
a direct appeal to Tonosama
was given the death penalty.
Alas, by the crime of thedirect appeal Omatsu
was executed. Before theexecution Omatsu told of her
resentment and bitter feelingto her cat. After Omatsu's
tragic death, the ghost of
the cat appeared around thehouses of Sanzaemon and thevisitors paying their respects at omatsu-daigongen-5-

magistrate. Eventually, the two
families ceased to exist.
People in Kamodani built
a shrine to pray to the spiritof the cat and Omatsu. Now
the shrine is called Omatsudaigongen. It is known toenshrine the god of defeat
a n d v i c t o r y. N o w m a n y
students go to the shrine topray for passing the entrance
examinations. There they are
given a cat figurine. After theexamination, if they succeed,
they give back another cat
ﬁgurine along with the original
figurine. So cat figurines
are increasing year by year.
You can see many many cat
ﬁgurines around the shrine.
Now everyone, shall we go
to the shrine when you or
your children want to pass atest? Of course my son anddaughter passed their entrance
examinations by the grace ofOmatsu-daigongen!

cold curry wraps
ere is a recipe you cantry for hot summer days
when you want a little
spice with your food.

hIngredients- 4 medium sized tomatoes,
diced (or 1 can diced
tomatoes)- 1 onion, sliced- 2 medium sized potatoes,
cubed- 1 can of pineapple, cubed (orrings, which you can cube),set juice aside- half a head of spinach,
shredded- 1 cup rice (white, brown orbasmati)- 1 can coconut milk
- sweet basil (1 tbsp dried, or
3 or 4 fresh leaves chopped)- 3 cloves chopped garlic- 2 tbsp chopped ginger- 2 tbsp cumin seeds

by brian peterson
awalife@gmail.com

Also, if you like, cooked andcooled naan, or pitas or
tortillas (any flatbread willdo).

corriander, salt, pepper andchilies, and lower heat tomedium. Cook for 5 minutes.
Add pineapple, basil, tomatoes
and spinach, and cook for
another 5 minutes. Add
coconut milk, pineapple juice,tamarind paste and sugar. If
liquid does not cover the itemsin the curry, add water until
everything is covered. Turnup heat to boiling. Add riceand put on the lid, lowering
the heat to a simmer. Let
cook until liquid is absorbed,
about 20 minutes, stirringoccasionally. Let cool.

Instructions:
Put oil or ghee in a large pot
and heat till hot. Add cumin
and mustard seeds. Fry
until they begin to pop. Add
garlic, ginger and onions. Fry
until onions are carmelized.
Add pot at o e s, c innam o n,Place cooled curry inside naan,
pita or tortillas, roll and serve.
For an extra treat, included
fresh sweet basil, mangoc h u t n e y, c i l a n t r o , c r e a mcheese, or anything else
wonderful you can imagine.
Great for picnics!

- 1 tbsp black mustard seeds(you can omit these if you
can't ﬁnd them)- 2 chilli peppers- salt (to taste)- white pepper (to taste)- 2 tsp cinnamon- 2 tbsp corriander- 3 tbsp sugar (pref. brown)- 2 tbsp Tamarind paste (canomit)
- 2 tbsp oil or gheea splash of colour ... con't from page 4
modernisation of Japan. And
over time, the chindon-ya
had changed and developed
i n fo r m , n o w w o r k i n g i ngroups of several members
and using various instruments
and street shows to bolster
their acts.
Group Composition
While each chindon-yagroup is possessed of theirown style, some things
remain consistent from groupto group. For instance, eachgroup is composed of at least
three members, with somelarger groups of up to evenseven. The members' roles
are each deisgnated within
the group, beginning withthe leader or hatamochi
or ﬂag-carrier. This leader isfollowed by the oyakata,carrying a large drum, andfollowed by another member
traditionally carrying ashamisen. After this,further groups members may
play an assortment of wind
instruments and are known
as gakki-ya.
While members' attire also
varies widely from group togroup, it is tradition for theleader to carry flags andflyers, while the oyakata
sports an umbrella.
Modern Day Chindonya
The modern day Chindonya undoubtedly face a lot-6-of competition. The adventof mass-communicationand its use as a means foradvertising leaves little place
for local, small-scale means
such as those offered by thechindon-ya. Yet althoughthese performers do notcommand the presence
they once had, neither are
they non-existant. Indeed,in recent times they havebeen undergoing a small yet
steady increase in popularity
due to their nostalgic image
as a part of the old Japan.
No-one can say what the
future holds for them, butshould it come, their end
will not be a quiet one, thatmuch is certain.

martin's manga corner
Title: 20th Century Boys
( 20 ౌࡈ஛໩!)Author/Illustrator: Naoki
Urasawa
Publisher: Shogakko-kan
First published:Japan (1999)
No of volumes: 21"This is a story about several
boys who save the world" goesthe opening blurb on the coverof the first volume of 20th
Century Boys, the celebrated
manga series by manga-ka
Naoki Urasawa. 20th Century
Boys was first serialized in
the weekly magazine Big
Comic Spirits in 1999 andthe series currently runs toover 20 volumes. Urasawa's
manga series is one of themost celebrated of the past
decade and was awarded the2001 Kodansha Manga Award.
He has previously written the
popular titles Master Keaton
and Monster.
20th Century Boys unfolds
over 4 different time periods.
These are the 60s and 70s,
the late 90s, the year 2014,
and an era known as the 3FE.
The series begins during thelate 1990s with Kenji is aharassed convenience store
owner who has to take care of
his young niece, Kanna, who
his older sister left with him,
not to mention his nagging
old mother who helps him
run the convenience store.
One day he learns that
Donkey, an old friend of his
h a s c o m m i tt e d s u i c i d e i nmysterious circumstances andit is as a result of this tragic
event that he is drawn back into the complicated world of hischildhood years.
B a c k i n t h e 7 0 s , Ke n j ialong with his friends Otcho,
Yoshitsune, Yukiji, Donkey
and Maruo build their own
secret base in an unused ﬁeld.
They used this secret baseas a place where they could
all hang out together, and to
mark the founding of the base,Otcho drew a symbol for thebase that would represent
their gang. Its in this base thatthe boys started to imagine
a dark future where villains
would plot to destroy the world
and they would be the ones tostand up and defeat them.
They write this dark destiny
down in a book known as
the Book of Prophecy. Kenjiwrote in the book "At theend of the 20th century, anevil organization will try todominate the world. First,
they will release a deadly
virus in Osaka. After that,they will attack London and
San Francisco. On the night ofthe 31st of December 2000, a
giant will loom over Tokyo andspread forth a deadly virus.
It is at this appointed hourthat 9 warriors will stand forth
against them."
After some time their base isinfiltrated by the malevolent
presence of Fukube andSadakiyo. The wealthy but
lonely Fukube and his troubled
counterpart become infatuatedwith the Book of Prophecy
and along with the brilliant
Yamane, they decide to create
what is called the New Book ofProphecy.
In the 1990's, Kenji learns
that a cult is planning todestroy the world on New
Year's Eve of 2000. He realizes
that there is a connection
between the cults plan for
destruction and the stories-7-

by martin o'brien
martinobrien2004@gmail.com

and concepts that his friends
came up with in their base. He
decides to track them down
before it is too late. Kenjirealizes that he must find the"Book of Prophecy", in which
he can learn how to savethe day. He also figures outthat the powerful cult is leadby a man known only as the"Friend" and that they plan
to wipe the earth clean of all
except those that slavishly
follow their rule.
As mankind converges tocelebrate the end of the 20th
century and the beginning ofa new era a mysterious ﬁgure
appears over the major citiesof the world and spreads adeadly virus killing millions.
While it would appear that
Kenji and his friends havefailed to prevent these deaths
they still have to prevent the
mysterious cult behind theattacks from perpetuating
something even worse against
mankind.
2 0 t h c e n t u r y b oy s w i t h
its layers of complicatedrelationships set amidst
a taut thrilling vision ofa world threatened byterrorist conspiracy and theevery growing presenceof totalitarian, militaristic
governments is very much astory of its age and the tale is
one that resonates clearly in
our paranoid, post September
11 world. Urasawa's manga issigniﬁcant in that he manages
to depict how tragedy canensue when those in power
exploit our worst fears.

letter from suketo hoikuen
ere we are, facing therainy season for yet
a n o t h e r y e a r. B e i n g
so humid, this time ofyear is the easiest to get foodpoisoning or catch contagious
diseases, so please take goodcare of your children and lookafter their health. Especially,
cases of food poisoning causedby E.coli 0157 may even provelethal in some circumstances.
It is important to make sure
you use fresh ingredients,
properly prepare meat goods,
clean both the ingredients andyour hands when cooking,and look out for symptoms

hsuch as diarreha and nausea.
Common problems during thistime include such diseases
as Herpangina, in whichsmall blisters can appear
in the throat, and Foot andMouth Disease, where similar
blistering appear on thehands, feet and inside of themouth. Sometimes it becomes
impossible to swallow foodproperly due to the pain
caused by these blisters, soshould your child contract thisdisease try and give themfood that is easy to swallow,
and make sure to be aware ofpotential dehydration.

shin-mai mama nikki
ell I'm sure you were
all rooting for me
in my bid to avoid
joining the PTA, but
now it appears I never had
any choice in the matter. I am
now one of the new parental
representatives of the Tulip
class (the youngest class other classes have names
like Sunflower and Peach).
I was just coming to termswith being strong-armed into
civic duty when during thedirector's opening speech at
the daycare's annual general
meeting, she singled me out
to give an impromptu English
lesson to the onlooking
masses. "This is Soﬁe's mom;
she's from Canada. Tell us,
how do they say kaminari(thunder and lightning) in
Canada?" Apparently mylook of utter shock, horror,
and befuddlement was
misinterpreted as modesty,and she gave me a look thatw

said, "C'mon, share yourculture, don't be shy". It was
comforting to see at least one
mom looking sympatheticallyat me, but no one came to
my rescue. Next time I'mgoing to take some preemptive measures and gently
inform the director (before themeeting starts!) that I am not
fond of holding sudden, ondemand language lessons.
In other childrearing news,
the government's monthly
child beneﬁt payment has been
increased from 5000 yen to
10,000 yen for children underage three. This is one morein a string of policy changes
aimed at convincing people tohave more kids.
In June, I will be taking Soﬁein for her 18 month checkup.
It is a group checkup at thehealth center, so I imagine
there will be lots of other 18
month-olds there when wego. It will be interesting to see-8-by kazue inoue
suketo hoikuen staff

This month's toy - Flour
Clay: 'Clay' made out of ﬂouris safe even if accidentally
ingested, so it is often usedin childrens' play activities inJapan.
How to make it: First taketwo cups of flour and add ateaspoon of salt. Then knead
the mixture as you add watera little at a time. When it
hardens up to the desiredconsistency, it's ready. You
can even play around byadding food colouring dyes tothe mixture to add your own
colours.

by claire tanaka
clairish@gmail.com

how she compares to otherkids her age.
Soon it will be summer, andthat means pool season at
daycare. they have several
wading pools which they
fill with water and have thechildren splash around on
sunny summer days to help
ward off heatstroke. Everychild has to bring in a "poolbag" holding their towel andan extra set of clothes. A poolbag is a special clear tote bag
which usually has cartoon
characters printed on it. I
didn't know this last year andby the time pool season cameand I was asked to supply thebag, they were no longer forsale in shops, so Soﬁe had tomake do with a regular boring
green drawstring bag. Well
this year I have managed tosnag a cute pool bag withcharacters I like, so we are allset for summer now.

japanese lesson

by junko nagamachi

ave you ever had the need to make a complaint to, or had a complaint from someone
close to you? And have you had the need to make an apology? In this month's lesson wewill take a look at ways to apologies in Japanese so as not to leave a bad impression on
the person you are talking with.

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should you use in the next three occassions. Choose̛‫̻؍‬њ
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̛؏̻њ
correct answer.
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ї ````````````````````````````````````````` эфசщуыѲэ̝ϸ̡̛ж
p o f h b j t i j n b t vϷ̡̛оѡриыѲэ̝ϸ̡! `````````````````````````````````````````````
utvhjopijϨͅ૑Ѣ໘
p i b z p v h p { b j n b t vϸ̡̛оѣѼкшъиѲэ̝Ϸ̡̛`````````````````````````````````````````````z v v c f x bкѭѣ!````````````````````````````````````
ϸ̡̛Ѻ
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Ϸ̡̛иим̝t v n j n b t f o e f t i j u b

t v n j n b t f o

l j h b u t v l b o b l v u fѳѲя҇ћыѓ̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̝،̛эѳѲя̝҇ࡂрјпўуњ̝!!؋̛э
d i j j t b l v t i j u f n p s b f o b j e f t i p v l b
p i b z p v h p { b j n b t v!!!!!!!؎̛оѣѼкшъиѲэ̝!
!!‫̛؍‬சщуыњѶѽмўићыѻкп̝
In Japan, when someone makes a complaint to you, while it is only natural you apologise at thetime, it is custom not to try and explain your actions in detail. Also, the next time you see theperson who brought the complaint to you, it is important to apologise brieﬂy once again. This is
the same as when receiving gifts; the next time you see the giver you should thank them once
more. This is considered good manners in Japanese society, and those you interact with willinterpret these actions in a good way. If you don't make a follow-up apology or thanks, the person
you are talking with might wonder if something is amiss.

ϧ

ϧؒؓͅ
Ϩͅ؋̻ؐ
ϩؐؑؒͅ
( ؔؕ are not considered polite, no matter who you are talking to)‫̛؍‬،̛؎̛؋
-9-Ϩ

Answers:

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JTM Tokushima
Intermediate
Japanese Class

KUN ќуыѲ
ඨࢇ໘ႎতࢱ૬
‫ލ‬৬ඨ

Through this class, use the grammar you learned during୷ࢇћ଺їѓဌၓ҆ચїњ̜Ѳ҃ѾѢగќ૛ಹўҥӑӗelementary classes to communicate smoothly with theҽң̶ҩәӥрћсѿѼкџўѿ̝people around you.
໘̛ૐ̡!̛ႚୃცᄹ໘̛2:̡11 ̻ 31̡41

When: Every Thursday 19:00-20:30

௘̛୸̡!̛ຝ๥ॡᇕ຋࿵વ‫ࠛݵ‬ϨG̛‫ࡢݵ‬૬̈́ຝ๥દநᇬ!

Where: Tokushima-ken Rodo Fukushi Kaikan 2F, meetingroom (Tokushima-shi Showa-cho 3-35-1, near!

̛෎ 4 ඼წ 46 ͗ 2̡ຝ๥ॡසѢࣝуͅTokushima Prefecture ofﬁce)ഴ̛௉̡!̛ѳ҇ўѢ໘ႎত‫҆ؠ‬ସᆇыѓӞӋӝѢగ

Target: Those who have completed all of Minna no
Nihongo ‫ؠ‬ૃᆍ൉๷̡!ႚै 2311 ‫̛܅‬: ैကѲћ‫߉ڴ‬࿻и

Cost:

!

ҸҟҫҺ̡!ఁ໘ႎতѢඨࢇ̈́ҫӜ̶Қ̶ҿҵҺӡ̶ҡͅ! !

1,200 yen per month(materials cost, etc.) (paidin lump sum for classes up to September)̛8 ‫ݡ‬пѽఇਔѳ̠ჴи৽҃я̡̛KUN ќуыѲ໘ႎতҿҵҺӡ̶ҡ!

Textbook: Shin Nihongono Chukyu (Three A Network),!

from chapter 7!!्̈́பͅ

!

Info:

Contact the JTM Tokushima Network Ofﬁce!

΁ 881.1:53̛ຝ๥દநᇬ෎ 4 ඼წ 46.2.3G!

Kanematsu
΁ 770-0942̛ Tokushima-shi Showa-cho!

ຝ๥ॡᇕ຋଄࿵વࢤࡢ‫ݵ‬3-35-1-2F!

UFM;199.736.9498

Tokushimaken Fukushi Kyogikai!

GBY;199.736.6224

TEL:088-625-8387!

ϻ .nbjm̡!kunuplvAojguz/dpn!

VSM!iuuq;00ipnfqbhf3/ojguz/dpn0kunuplv

FAX:088-625-5113
E-mail̡ jtmtoku@nifty.com
URL

http://homepage2.nifty.com/jtmtoku

Speech Contest໘ႎতုᇪോ‫ݵ‬

2007 Tokushima Prefectureဓౖ 2: ໩๗‫ޒ‬ਇగџѼѿຝ๥ॡ໘ႎতုᇪോ‫ݵ‬Japanese Speech Contest For Foreign Residents
Come to cheer on this year's contestants and hear somevery interesting and inspiring speeches!
Date:ຝ๥ॡѢ‫ޒ‬ਇగ୞܏଄҆‫܍ܤ‬ыџᅖњуєщи̤ѓущ҇ѢࢹႳఆиҫӆ̶ҳрဍхѲэѼ̤

Monday, 16 July, 2007 (a public holiday)໘̛ૐ̡ဓౖ 2: ໩ 8 ै 27 ໘̈́ै̠୙໘ͅ

13:30-16:30!

24;41.27;41

Place: Tokushima-ken Kyodo Bunka Kaikan௘̛୸̡ຝ๥ॡࢻ๘ဌ݁‫!ࠛݵ‬!

for: Foreign Residents of Tokushimaഴ̛௉̡ຝ๥ॡ੓୉Ѣ‫ޒ‬ਇగ!

!

Theme: A topic of your choice relating to Japan,Ҹ̶Ӑ̡ਇੑᅫ‫̠ݶ‬ਇੑপᅺ̠ࢤᆛџ࠘эѿѶѢўѽ૛ᄡinternational affairs, international cultural exchange, and!!

cooperation.

ჴ৽я̡̈́੖ͅຝ๥ॡਇੑপᅺࢤ‫! !ݵ‬For more info: TOPIA.
TEL: 088-656-3303

UFM;!199.767.4414!!

FAX: 088-652-0616

GBY;!199.763.1727-10-

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Doitsu-kan EventsһҖҶࠛҖӋӥҺ

German Wine EveningһҖҶ̠ӡҖӥѢᄪѭ

Enjoy tasting some wine german wines over dinner, at theӍҸӝ̠Ҕһ̠Җӥეჷћѣ̜ຟ౥ѢҹҕҼ̶҆޼ыѳ

Hotel Ad Inn Naruto.

ўрѽһҖҶѢ৸ࢇӡҖӥ҆Ⴓ҃їњѳѲя҇п̝

When: Sunday, June 2

໘ૐ̡! ϬैϨ໘̈́๘̜ͅ2:;41 ̻

19:30 〜Cost:ࣞ޽̡! 8-111 ‫܅‬7000 yen

German Oil Painting Display

һҖҶ࿭तᄼ‫ึݬ‬A display of oil paintings displaying German streets andһҖҶࠛћѣ̜һҖҶӟӐӥҳҵҡ‫ޛ‬ທ҆ѣьѵ̜ോਖ਼

cities, by painter from Osaka will be on display at theћߊᄆыњиѿโ‫ڴڮ‬ඍщ҇џѼѿ̜һҖҶ҆Ҹ̶ӐџDoitsu-kan.

ыѓ੢࿀рึ૘щҀѲэ̝

When: Thursday, 7 to Sunday, 10 June
Cost:

໘ૐ̡! 7 ै 8 ໘̈́ც̻ͅ 7 ै 21 ໘̈́໘ͅFree

ࣞ޽̡! Ⴥᆍ

Opera and Guitar Concert
Come enjoy this concert, featuring well-known sopranoҠұ̶ќҜӌӛҥӥҧ̶Һ

Amane Akie, to be held in the ﬁrst ﬂoor hall of the Doitsu-һҖҶࠛѢ‫ݷڴ‬Ӎ̶ӝћѣ̜үӉӛӀѸҠұ̶џѼѿҥkan.

ӥҧ̶Һр৪҃ҀѲэ̝

When: Sunday, June 17, from 14:00

໘ૐ̡! 7 ै 28 ໘̈́໘̜ͅ24̡41 ‫ލ‬௘̛25̡11 ‫܏ލ‬

Cost:

ࣞ޽̡! 2-111 ‫̈́܅‬๴໘ 2-611 ‫ͅ܅‬1000 yen

For more details and information on the Doitsu-kan, takeһҖҶࠛѢҘҙӈҧҖҺџѶࡆಉѢҖӋӥҺ௜၇ўѝa look at the Doitsu-kan homepage for more seasonalржѾѲэ̡iuuq;00xxx/djuz/obsvup/uplvtijnb/kq0̛

event information and other details, here at: http://www.

city.naruto.tokushima.jp/germanhouse/index.html

hfsnboipvtf0joefy/iunm

The 30th Jurobei
Festival

ൌ 41 ‫ݷ‬٬༂ୋᇤတ۸
ѲјѾ

Over the two days of this event there will many different‫ލ‬ਹ࠼ࠖѢ໏໘ࠖџํѾ̜٬༂ୋᇤӋҖୋᇤတܴ࿕ћѣॡdisplays of the awa puppet theatre, Awa Ningyo Joruri.

຾Ѣިਸ਼џѼѿగछ௠ᆨᅬѢ܏଺р৪҃ҀѲэ̝ѐѦчѢ

A variety of puppet theatre groups will be performing࠿‫ݵ‬џओௗ٬༂ѢეჷѸ̜ഢѢ٬༂௠ᆨᅬѢ൉ླศў܏୞throughout the event, with shows running with only a 15ўѝ҆шᅥуєщи̤

minute break between each.
When: Saturday, June 4 to Sunday, June 5
9:30 to 15:30 both days
Where: The Awa Jurobei Yashiki, in Tokushima-shi,
Kawauchi-cho, near the northern banks of the
Yoshino River.
Cost:

400 yen for adults, 300 yen for middle and highschool students, and 200 yen for primary school
students and below.

Info:௘୸̡! ٬༂ୋᇤတܴ࿕
!

̈́ຝ๥દ̜ಖ຾෎ͅ

໘ૐ̡! 7 ै 5 ໘̈́๘̻ͅ 7 ै 6 ໘̈́໘ͅ!

:;41 ̻ 26;41

ࣞ޽̡! ോగ 511 ‫܅‬!

ඨ৸ౠ 411 ‫܅‬!

ச޺ౠ‫ ݀ڒ‬311 ‫܅‬ჴ৽я̡!ୋᇤတܴ࿕Ѳћใᇭ 199.776.3313

Call the Jurobei Yashiki at 088-665-2202-11-

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Hahagawa Firefly
Festival၀ಖѯѓѿੋѾCome and see the light of the ﬁreﬂies over the HahagawaчѢ࠿‫ݵ‬џ၀ಖయნѢ௑џྌѪ॰ೡศўरѢযрॣѽҀ

River. as well as enjoy tour boat rides on traditionalѲэ̝৸଼్ѢᄥᅥѸࢱ૬ўѝ̜ᄻ̳ўҖӋӥҺѶ࠼ࠖJapanese boats, bamboo-leaf boat making lessons andmore during this event.

ඨџ৪҃ҀѲэ̝
໘ૐ̡7 ै : ໘̻ 27 ໘!

When: June 9 - 16
Where: Kaifu-gun, Kaiyo-cho, in the Hahagawa river area௘୸̡‫ކ‬࿪ऎ‫ކ‬ᅉ෎၀ಖମဩ!

Cost:

Free

ࣞ޽̡Ⴥᆍ

Info:

Call the Kaiyo-cho Industry and Tourism Divisionჴ৽я̡!‫ކ‬ᅉ෎ࠑযࢤ‫ݵ‬

at 0884-76-3111!

1995.87.4161

Living inTokushimaຝ๥ॡౠߊ௜၇
ҘҚӈҧҖҺ

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

ӍҫҺыњиѿ͐Living in Tokushima͑ౠߊ௜၇ҘҚӈҧby Tokushima Prefecture, home to information such as
earthquake and typhoon-related messages, tv and movie
guides, events, contact numbers and more.

ҖҺ҆шᅥуєщи̤чѢҘҚӈҧҖҺпѽඑఖ̠ൊ࿭
џјињѢ௜၇̜ҸӞӅѸۭ‫ݬ‬ѢҞҖһ̜ҖӋӥҺ௜၇ўѝрѢ௜၇џҔҡҭҫћсѲэ̝Ӄүҥӥ̠ढഷཟᆊ

Available from computer and mobile phone alike!

ၑณ࢝ыњиѲэ̤

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)ౝыиඐૡћਭဠ‫ݶ‬ய
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