2011 年 3 月

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MARCH

Tokushima Vortis - J1 is the Goal
Kim Daempﬂing

The season opener for the
J2, the second leagueo f t h e J a p a n e s e fo o t b a l l
association, is just aroundthe corner. Time for an article
about football.

“Keep Going Forward”©TOKUSHIMA VORTISThis year our team
Tokushima Vortis will face theleague's newcomer Gainare
Tottori on March 6th to begin
the season in which they areplanning to finally make their
way up to the first divisionof the J-League—the J1.
Tokushima Vortis joined the
J-League (J2) in 2005. They
are now in their 7th season in

A stand full of supporters waiting for their Vortis teamthe second division and finallydecided to set themselves ahigh goal.

Tokushima Vortis Home Match Calendar (until May)
Date

Kick-off

Opponent

6 (Sun)

15:00

Gainare Tottori

March 19 (Sat)

13:00

Giravanz Kitakyushu

April

2 (Sat)

16:00

Roasso Kumamoto

April

16 (Sat)

13:00

Consadole Sapporo

April

30 (Sat)

13:00

JEF United Chiba

MarchThis year the J2 has a totalof 20 teams, which marks arecord high for the second
league of Japan's professional
football and means that the
number of contestants has
doubled since the J2 wasintroduced in 1999. After
finishing last three years ina row (2006-2008) Vortis
ended the 2009 season witha respectable 9th place. Theycame in 8th (out of 19 teams)
last season, but only becausea few slumps in the season
caused them to miss their set

Tokushima Vortis - J1 is the Goal... continued on page 3

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MARCH

AWA LIFE

This month in Awa Life
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Tokushima Vortis - J1 is thegoal
Kim Daempﬂing

4

Wander-ful Tabi: Hana
Goyomi , the Flower
CalendarLance Kita

6

Japanese Classes 2011

7

Letter from Suketo
Hoikuen

Dearest Awa Life Reader,
We are finally heading towards
spring and the temperatures will
be going up day by day now. I
hope all of you are doing well despite the longand hard winter.
In this month’s issue I finally get totalk about my passion—soccer. As you havealready seen on the front page, I’m bringing
you an article on our regional J-2-Club,
Tokushima Vortis. But we have lots of otherinteresting corners in our newsletter. Lance andhis Wander-ful Tabi have created a guide forthe ﬂower viewing season, and if you’re keen
on taking Japanese classes the new TOPIA
semester schedule is up! Also, we added asection called “Awa Classiﬁeds” where you canpost classiﬁed ads. I hope you’ll enjoy reading.

Kazue Inoue

89Japanese Lesson
Mariko Yamaki

Awa Classiﬁeds

10 News & Events
12 Memoranda

awa life

Best Regards,
Kim

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goal of 5th place.
One of the players who
Vortis supporters are pinningtheir hopes on this season is
youngster Yoichiro Kakitani(21). Not too long ago at
Cerezo Osaka he playeda l o n g s i d e S h i n j i Ka g a w a(21), who in the German
Bundesliga literally exploded
to become the most wanted
Japanese player in Europe. If
you believe the stories being
told about the third year
rental player, Kakitani was
Kagawa's biggest rival andwas even expected to have abrighter future than the now
famous Borussia Dortmund
midfielder.
Kakitani, who is wearing
the jersey with the number
13 on his back, is said to havehuge potential and everyone
is just waiting for him to show
it on a regular basis. Apartfrom Kakitani, Vortis fanscan expect many goals fromtheir striker Tomohiro Tsuda(24), who finished last season
second on the league's scorer
list with 16 goals.
But achieving this year's
goal will not be an easy task.
Especially because one teamalready seems to have a spotin the TOP 3 which means they
are going to the J1: The FC
Tokyo, just relegated from thefirst division, should dominate
the league with it's former
Japanese national players andin its very strong roster. Also
there are a few other teams
that Vortis will be competingwith for the top three spots:
Kyoto Sanga and JEF United
Chiba as well as two or threeother teams, including Tokyo
Verdy, have ambitions and thepotential to move to the higher
league.
It will be a thrilling season
and Tokushima Vortis will need
all the support it can get inorder to make its way up toplay teams like Gamba Osakao r N a g o ya G ra m p u s n e x t

Pocari Sweat Stadium (in Naruto City)
Capacity: 20,441
Address: 772-0017 Tokushima-ken, Naruto-shi, Muya-cho,Tateiwa Aza Yonmai 61
Access:25 minute walk from JR Naruto station
10 minutes by taxi from JR Naruto station

Ticket Prices (all seats unreserved) in Yen
Seat Type advance (adult/child) same-day (adult/child)
S-Seat3000 / 1000
3500 / 1500
A-Seat2000 / 800
2500 / 1000
Home
1500 / 500
2000 / 700
1500 / 500
2000 / 700
Away
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season. But before that, there
is still a long way to go. First
task: sending Tottori homeand keeping three points inTokushima.
Another highlight against
Gainare will be the unveilingof a new big LED screen( 9 , 3 6 m x 1 8 ,7 2 m ) — t h elargest in all of Shikoku! It will
be interesting to see in what
way the screen is going to be
used.
Let's all mark March 6th,
15:00 in our calendar andgo and watch and support
our home team at the Pocari
Sweat Stadium in Naruto.
Goalkeeper
1
Hideaki Ueno
21 Seung Hoon Oh
23 Tatsuya Enomoto
32 Kazuki Abe
Defender2
Takashi Miki
3
Naoki Wako
4
Elizeu5
Kentoku Noborio
6
Hiroyuki Nishijima
20 Seung Jin Bae
22 Tsuyoshi Shimamura
25 Takashi Hirajima
26 Yuya Hashiuchi
33 Masahiro Ishikawa
Midfielder
7
Takaaki Tokushige
8
Kazuki Kuranuki
10 Yusuke Shimada
13 Yoichiro Kakitani
14 Takeshi Hamada
15 Takuya Muguruma
17 Yu Eto
24 Shinta Fukushima
Forward9
Douglas11 Tomohiro Tsuda
18 Akihiro Sato
19 Keita Sugimoto

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Wander-ful Tabi: Hana Goyomi , the Flower Calendar
Lance Kita

A

fter the chilly days of
winter, nature greets us
with bursts of floral color
before new greenery floods
the landscape. Flowers,
especially the spring
bloomers, have been thefocus of poetry, festivals, andaesthetics since the ancientverses of the manyoshu were
penned in the eighth century.
For most of you, Japanese
flowers mean sakura 桜 ,the cherry blossoms and thebacchanal flower-viewing

hanami 花 見 parties in local
parks.
Don’t limit yourself to just
one species, though. The
season has already started
and will continue to pumpout blooms of all shapes
and colors well into thestart of the rainy season.
Here is a quick guide for what,
when, and where to see themost famous of Tokushima’s
ﬂowers.
Ume 梅 (Plum):blooming from February

The magenta and white blooms of tsutsuji (azaleas) adorn short, hedge-likebushes in late April.

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through mid March. Barebranches studded with pale
white to deep pink blossoms
herald the coming of spring
and the kick off of the ﬂowerv i e w i n g s e a s o n . Fa m o u s
spots: Agawa Ume-no-sato
阿 川 梅 の 里 in Kamiyama(With over 16,000 treesi t i s To k u s h i m a ’s l a r g e s t
grove), Akadani-bairin 明 谷
梅 林 in Anan, Misato 美 郷 in
Yoshinogawa, and Kanbai-en
観梅苑 in Naruto.
Sakura 桜 (Cherry):blooming from late Marchthrough mid April. Tokushima
children used to fill tiered
wooden lunch boxes called
yusanbako 遊 山 箱 with food,and picnic under the cherry
blossoms which usually
bloomed during Momo no
Sekku 桃 の 節 句 (Girl’s Day
or Doll Festival) on the lunar
calendar. Famous spots: Seibu
Park 西 部 公 園 in Tokushima
City (the largest grove in thecity), Tokushima Castle Park
徳 島 中 央 公 園 , Kamiyama
Shinrin Park 神 山 森 林 公 園
in Kamiyama (largest grovein the prefecture, including
spectacular “weeping”
cherries), and Tsunomine Park
津峯公園 in Anan.
Tsutsuji 躑 躅 (Azaleas):in bloom from late April tolate May. Most of Tokushima’s
roadside hedges are azaleas,
and will burst out in white,magenta, or pink during theseason. However, wild azaleas
can cover whole hillsides orgrow as tall as trees. Famous

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spots: Shiinomiya Shrine 椎
宮 神 社 in Tokushima City (50acres), Funakubo Tsutsuji Park
船窪つつじ公園 in Yamakawacho, Yoshinogawa Ci ty (anatural grove that is over 300
years old), Shiroyama 城 山 in
Minami Town, and Jifuku-in 持
福院 in Naka Town.
Fuji 藤 (Wisteria):
in bloom from late April
to early May. These long,
dramatic strands of purple
flowers are best enjoyedhanging from trellises, butsome can be seen growing
naturally from tree branches.
Famous spots: Jifuku-ji Temple
地福寺 in Ishii Town, Shinkouji Temple 神光寺 in Kamiyama
Town, Fujiidera Temple 藤 井
寺 in Kamojima, Yoshinogawa
City (Pilgrimage Temple #11).
Shobu/ayame 菖蒲 (Iris):in bloom from mid May toJune. The long leaves of thismarshland flower are placedin baths on Boy’s Day since
their resemblance to swords is
supposed to bestow strengthon young men. Famous spots:
Suketo Ryokuchi 助 任 緑 地
and Tokushima Castle Park 徳
島中央公園 in Tokushima City,
Sumitomo Shobu Garden 住
友 菖 蒲 園 in Nakagawa-cho,Anan (the gardener opens his
backyard for viewing with over
40 varieties).
*NOTE: Dates given are
general ranges. Pleasec o n t a c t e a c h l o c a t i o n fo r
specific details and actual
blooming times. Japanese
information on Tokushima’s flowers can be found on
www.awanavi.jp under Hana
Henro「花へんろ」.

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A lavender curtain of fuji (wisteria) ﬂowers ushers in late spring.

Vine doodle by Sarah Nelson

Tokushima’s Castle Park explodes in a shower of sakura (cherry blossoms) inearly April.

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Japanese Classes 2011
JAPANESE LANGUAGE CLASSES AT TOPIA - FIRST TERM
CLASS AND INSTRUCTOR

DAY

TIME

TUE

10:30
↓
12:00

We will study various verb forms, and sentence patterns
Elementary 1
Fromusing those forms. Text: "Minna no Nihongo 1" from
April 5
Ms. Hirota
Chapter 11.

10:30
↓
12:00
10:30
↓
12:00

A salon-style workshop where students can study freely
From
Generalaccording to their current level, needs or requirement.
April 6
Group Lesson
Please buy "Minna no Nihongo" if you wish to use it .
We will study reasoning, causative, passive voice, andElementary 3
Fromhonouriﬁc expressions.
April 7
Ms. Yamada
Text: "Minna no Nihongo 2" from Chapter 39.

WED

THU

FRI

SAT

SUN

CLASS

10:30
↓
12:00

Beginner
Ms. Aoki

Elementary 2 We will study various verb forms, and sentence patterns
From
Ms. Motoki using those forms.
April 9
Text: "Minna no Nihongo 1" from Chapter 21.

10:30
↓
12:00

A salon-style workshop where students can study freely
From
Generalaccording to their current level, needs or requirement.
April 9Group Lesson
Please buy "Minna no Nihongo" if you wish to use it .
We will study various verb forms, and sentence patterns
Elementary 2
Fromusing those forms.
April 10JTM
Text: "Minna no Nihongo 2" from Chapter 26.
A class for those who are only able to participate
Beginner - on weekends. Chapters will be split into four groups
From
Elementary 2 according to level.
April 10Group Study Text: "Minna no Nihongo 1" from Chapter 1-25, and"Minna no Nihongo 2" Chapter 36-50.

10:30
↓
12:00

3. MATERIALS FEE:

4. NOTE:

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We will take the first steps towards learning basic
From
expressions.
April 8
Text: "Minna no Nihongo 1" from Chapter 1.

10:30
↓
12:00

1. ELIGIBILITY:
2. PLACE:

THU
(free
class)CLASS DESCRIPTION

10:30
↓
12:00

All non-Japanese residents of Tokushima.
Tokushima Prefecture International Exchange Association (TOPIA)
6F Clement Plaza, 1-61 Terashima Honcho Nishi, Tokushima City 770-0831
Tel 088-656-3303 Fax 088-652-0616
1,500 yen for all 20 classes. However, if there are 10 classes or less left in
the term, the fee is 750 yen)
There are no refunds for leaving a class early, but it is possible to switch toa class that suits your level better without paying extra.
① The textbook "Minna no Nihongo" I or II is required (2,500 yen)
② You can register at TOPIA.
③ More than one class can be registered for if required fees are paid.
④ If you wish to change classes after registration, pleace contact
one of the TOPIA staff.

This class helps you prepare for the elementary classes
Beginnerby increasing vocabulary while teaching you to readMS.
and write kana. We will also talk about information to
MURASAWAhelp you in your daily life in Japan. Text: Nihongo Kana＊
Nyumon (English 800 yen, Chinese 1,100 yen)

＊ depending on the situation, the instructor might differ from the one givenon this page. Thank you for your understanding.

Every
Week

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Letter from Suketo Hoikuen
Kazue InoueF

inally it’s spring! I guess
there are many parents
who are preparing because
they are thinking about
enrolling their children in anursery school or kindergarten
in April. But the children are
really worried because they
are being seperated fromtheir mothers for the firsttime! There are many childrenthat start crying when they
part from their mothers.
T h a t ’s w h y I w a n t t ointroduce how to prepare
children for that moment!

・ The mother should tell her
child precisely what she isthinking: Things like “mom has
important things/work to do;
mom will be coming back laterto pick you up; mom wants
you to play a lot with your new
friends” etcetera.
・The parents should not
be worried: when parents
are uneasy, children feel theuneasiness unconsciously andhave a hard time letting go. It
is said to be good if parents
tell themselves “It’s okay” inorder to reassure themselves

as well as the children.
・ When you pick your children
up at the end of the day,practice physical contact!
When you say things like“Thanks for waiting!” and “Yougave your best” from theheart, children want to give
their best for their beloved
mom and dad.
This week’s game is called“handkerchief rabbit”.
Let’s create a rabbit with alarge handkerchief:

Any suggestions or criticism on Awa Life?
Write an e-mail to the editors: awalife@gmail.com
You are the readers, so we want to create a newsletter that you enjoy reading!

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今月の日本語Japanese Lesson
Mariko Yamaki

This month let's learn about the difference between「知る」and「わかる」.
Please try to think about which of the two is the correct one to use in the sentences below.
（１）Ａ：トムさんは今、国へ帰っているんですよ。
Tom is back in his home country right now.
Ｂ：え、そうなんですか。今初めて（）。

Oh, really?! I'm hearing this for the ﬁrst time.
（２）あのことばの意味ですが、帰って辞書で調べたら、すぐ（）。

Concerning the meaning of that word - I got it immediately after looking it
up in the dictionary when I got home.
The answer for（ １）is「 し り ま し た 」, for（ ２）「 わ か り ま し た 」.「 知 る 」has the meaning ofachieving knowledge or receiving information and is normally used in the form of「知っています」.
「わかる」on the other hand expresses the understanding of a result that came from researching andthinking. So, which one should be used below?
（３）私は、アンナさんの電話番号が（）たいです。

I would like to know Anna's telephone number.
（４）私は日本文化をもっと詳しく（）たいです。

I would like to know more about Japanese culture.
The correct answer for both is「しり（たい）」.「わかる」is a word that describes a condition,
which means that you cannot use the word for expressing a wish like「わかりたい」. Furthermore
you cannot use it in a passive form.
（５）ビタミンが体にいいことは、よく〔×わかられている○知られている〕

It is widely known that vitamins are good for your body.
But in case you don't know the answer, how would you respond?
（６） A：ミランダさんが誕生日に何が欲しいか知っていますか。
Do you know what Miranda wants for her birthday?
B：いいえ、〔①知っていません②知りません〕。

No, I don't know (what she wants).
The correct answer is「知りません」. Please watch out that when you are asked「知っていますか。
」
the answer is not「知っていません。
」. Furthermore, in the examples（７）to（９）for things thatyou should know but don't, you have to use「わかりません」and not「知りません」.
Reference:『日本語ジャーナル』第 15 巻第８号

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（７） A：来週、いつ時間がありますか。
When do you have time next week?
B：すみません、今手帳を持っていないのでわかりません。
I'm sorry, I didn't bring my calendar, so I don't know.
（８） A：今、ご主人は家にいらっしゃいますか。
Is your husband home right now?
B：さぁ、よくわかりません。たぶん、いると思うんですが…。
Hmm, I don't really know. I guess he's at home...(but I am not sure)（９） Guest：このデパートから、アメリカにプレゼントが送れますか。
Does this department store send presents to America?
Employee：申し訳ございません。私ではわかりませんので、係りの者に聞いてまいります。
I'm terribly sorry, I have to go and ask the person in charge because I don't know.

Awa Classiﬁeds
Introducing the classifieds
section of Awa Life! It's one
new section after another! But
we only put in what we think
you'll like...and what we like.
But a few rules apply!
The following will not be
posted: Religious, political, orcommercial activities, businessenterprises searching for clientsor employees, and anything
the Awa Life editors deem
inappropriate.

Submitted by Petra Postema, 2011/2/7:
Dear Awa Life readers,
My name is Petra Postema. I am an anthropology student
from Holland. I am currently staying in Japan to conduct
my master's research about non-Japanese visitors to the
Shikoku 88 temple pilgrimage. I focus on their experience ofthe pilgrimage and the souvenirs they find, receive, and buy.
I would like to do interviews with these people. Therefore
I would like to ask you: Have you ever visited parts of the
Shikoku 88 pilgrimage as a pilgrim or as a visitor? Can I
interview you about your experience of the pilgrimage?
Please contact me by sending an email topetrapostema@student.ru.nl. Thank you!

But you can totally submit
this stuff: Offers to sell or
exchange personal goods;
concerts, lectures, and otherevent information; cultural,
sporting and other community
group information, etcetera.
If you have something you'd
like to share with the Tokushimacommunity, email the editors at
awalife@gmail.com!

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news events&

March 1
- April 1

For the most recent news and event information, check Living in Tokushima at our.pref.tokushima.jp/e_living/ . To post an
event of your own, send the details via email to Awa Life at awalife@gmail.com .

Family Sports Show and Carnival
ファミスポ SHOW カーニバル
The Family Sports Show and Carnival is a sports event

小さなお子様から高齢者の方までが楽しめるスポーツイベthat everyone can enjoy, from small children to theント「ファミスポ SHOW カーニバル」を鳴門・大塚スポー

elderly. The main event features Naoki Iketani, theツパークで開催します。メインイベントは、跳び箱世界記

world record holder of the vaulting box, who will be

録保持者の池谷直樹さんによる跳び箱教室です。小学生 50

teaching 50 elementary schoolers how to vault. All

名を募集します。ちょっと苦手な子も、得意な子も一段上

kids are welcome to challenge themselves and aimを目指してチャレンジしてみよう。また、日ごろ体験するfor the top. There are also many other activities that

ことのない、アーチェリー、ボクシング、スケート、相撲

you won’t often experience including archery, boxing,

といった競技の体験や、小さなお子様でも簡単にできる輪

skating, and sumo competitions, a new sports corner

投げやフライングディスクなどのニュースポーツコーナー、with ring toss and flying disc games for smaller kids,

スポーツの後の疲れた体にはマッサージコーナーなど、楽and a massage corner for when you get tuckered

しいイベントが盛りだくさんです。

out. Feel free to bring your friends and family.

是非、ご家族で、又はお友達とご参加ください。

When: March 6 (Sun.), 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

日時：2011 年 3 月 6 日（日）10:00 〜 14:30

Where: Naruto Otsuka Sports Park場所：

鳴門大塚スポーツパーク（鳴門市撫養町立岩字四枚６０番地 )Info:Naruto city, Muya Town, Tateiwa Azashimai 60

参加料： 無料！

Tokushima Sports Show Day Committee

問合せ： とくしまスポーツＳＨＯＷデー実行委員会

Tokushima Sports Promotion Foundation（財）徳島県スポーツ振興財団

TEL 088-685-3131

TEL 088-685-3131“The Road of Ningyo Joruri” Festival「人形浄瑠璃街道」フェスティバル
Ningyo Joruri is a traditional performance that features「人形浄瑠璃」は、太夫、三味線、人形の３者が結びついた

three puppets, a narrator, and a person playing the

伝統芸能です。西宮神社の「戎かき」が人形遣いのルーツ

shamisen. Ebisu Kaki at Nishinomiya Shrine is said toと言われます。また、淡路には今もプロの人形座が活躍し、

be the root of puppeteering. Even now in Awaji there

徳島では人形芝居の農村舞台が全国で最も多く残り、多数

are active, professional puppet theaters, and Tokushimaのアマチュア人形座が活動しているなど、徳島・淡路が人

retains the most provincial farming village puppet shows

形浄瑠璃の最も盛んな地域であると言っても過言でははあin the whole country. Let your imagination run free

りません。人形浄瑠璃発展の歴史的経路とも言えます、こdown this historical path that Ningyo Joruri has taken,の「人形浄瑠璃街道」に思いを馳せ、それぞれの地域の持“The Road of Ningyo Joruri,” and experience the deep

つ文化資源の深い魅力に触れてみてください。

fascination of each region’s cultural assets.

日時：2011 年 3 月 21 日（日）13:00 〜

When: March 21 (Sun.), from 1:00 p.m.

場所：

美馬市脇町大字猪尻西分 140-1

Where: Mima City, Wakimachi Town, Odeon-za Theater

脇町劇場オデオン座

Cost:

free!

参加料： 無料！

Info:

Tokushima Cultural Promotions Division

問合せ： とくしま文化振興館

TEL 088-621-2097

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TEL 088-621-2097

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The 23rd Annual Big Dolls’ Festival
第 23 回

ビッグひな祭り

The Big Dolls’ Festival began in Katsuura as an event to

ビッグひな祭りは、勝浦に春を呼ぶイベントとして始まっ

herald the spring season, and this marks it’s 23rd year.

たもので、今回で第 23 回を迎えます。会場の中央にピラミッ

In the center of the venue towers a 100-tierd doll stand,

ド状の百段のひな壇がそびえ、周囲に大小三百段のひな壇

and surrounding are big and small stands totalling 300に、全国から寄せられた約 30000 体のひな人形が飾られ、tiers, with over 30,000 dolls from all over the country

日本に春を告げるイベントに発展し、期間中 4 〜 5 万人がadorning them. As an event that tells the coming of

見物に訪れています。その他イベントも同時開催！詳しくspring, 40-50,000 spectators come to see the exhibition.

はお問合せ下さい。

There are other events going on at the same time, fordetails inquire below!
When:

日時：

February 20 (Sun.) - March 20 (Sun.),9:00 〜 16:00

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
場所：

Where: Katsuura county, Katsuura town, Ikuna

Info:

勝浦郡勝浦町大字生名字月ノ瀬

入場料： 大人

Asatsukinose, Ningyo Bunka Koryu-kan
Cost:、2011 年 2 月 20 日（日）〜 3 月 20 日（日）人形文化交流館

300 yen (adult) 200 yen (per person in groups

団体

larger than 10) 100 yen (elementary students)

小学生

300 円
200 円（10 人以上）
100 円

問合せ： 人形文化交流館

Ningyo Bunka Koryu-kan

TEL 0885-42-4334

TEL 088-542-4334

Japanese Lessons at Suketo Hoikuen (free)
助任保育園の日本語教室 ( 無料 )When: Every Thursday, 11:00 - 12:00

日時：

毎週木曜日、11:00 〜 12:00

Cost:

Free, and child care is also available!

金額：

託児付き（無料）

Info:

Call TOPIA at

問合せ： トピアまで

TEL 088-656-3303

TEL 088-656-3303

Tokushima Marathon 2011
とくしまマラソン２０１１
Tokushima holds a marathon full of charme with a 7

制限時間 7 時間、徳島の魅力満載のフルマラソンを開催！

hour time-limit! The fools running in the land of Awa

阿波おどりの国で走る阿呆たちが、徳島中央公園「鷲の門」

Odori, start at the Central Park’s “Washi no Mon” run forをスタートし、四国三郎「吉野川」の清流を眼下に、映画で42.195 km having the Shikoku Saburo “Yoshinogawa”

話題となった「眉山」を望みながら走る 42.195 ｋｍ。美しunder their eyes and a view on the “Bizan” which has

い景色、心地よい春風、そして沿道では「阿波おどり」をこ

become popular through a movie. Supported by the

よなく愛する阿波っ子たちが、6000 人の快走に爽やかなエー

beautiful landscape, strong spring breeze and Awa-

ルを送ります。

children that love Awa Odori standing by the riverside,6000 runners will participate.
When: March 20, 2011 (Sun.), 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

日時：2011 年 3 月 20 日（日）、 9:00 〜 16:00

Where: Tokushima Central Park “Washi no Mon” ~場所：

徳島中央公園「鷲の門」前〜吉野川北岸〜西条大橋

Info:

Tokushima Athletics Stadium〜吉野川南岸〜城ノ内高校西側〜徳島市陸上競技場

Tokushima Marathon 2011 Executive Committee

問合せ： とくしまマラソン２０１１実行委員会事務局

TEL 088-621-2150

TOPIA

TEL 088-621-2150

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AJET Musical 2011 “Treasure Island”
Treasure Island: The Musical
A young brother and sister are
thrown into an exciting adventure
when they meet an old pirate who
gives them a treasure map. With awonderful captain and a questionablecrew, they set sail for Tokushima insearch of buried treasure.
Along the way, they meet lots ofcrazy characters who want the treasurefor themselves: ninjas, famous pirates,
anda very angry love-sick girl. Thisturns out to be the greatest adventureof these siblings’ lives; however, theyrealize that what they’re looking for
and what they discover, isn’t buriedtreasure after all...
Contact the editors of Awa Life at(088)656-3303 or awalife@gmail.com
for more information!

THE ADMISSION IS FREE!

Date

Venue

Performance time

March 5
March 6
March 12
March 13
March 20Ishii Chuou Kominkan
Minami Community Hall
Awa Gin Hall
Tokushima General Education Center
Wakimachi Odeon-za

6:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
6:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
2:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
6:00 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.

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 andJapanese. 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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