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Wander-ful Tabi: Wander Like a Nihonjin
Lance Kita

rising number of young people
doing the Shikoku 88 Temple
Pilgrimage. See the May 2010
Awa Life article “Pedaling
Pilgrims” for one foreigner’s
experience with a Tokushima
power spot, and set out on aweekend journey of your own.

Chisanchisho. River ﬁsh, local Hida beef, and locally-produced vegetables and tofu
reﬂect the mountain cuisine in Gifu’s Takayama

Happy 2011!

W

hat kind of traveling will
you do this year? Howabout walking in the shoes ofa local? Japanese people are
becoming ever more diverse
travelers, and niche travel
is becoming the rage. Hereare my Top 5 tour-trendy
keywords to enhance yourwander-ful journeys.

パワースポット Power Spot
Whether it’s a sacred tree,
mountaintop shrine, or thetemple where Kukai had arevelation, “power spots” arebecoming magnets for young
women seeking spirituality
and healing. This term evenbecame a candidate forWord of the Year 流 行 語 大
賞 . There’s been a sharp
increase in shukubo 宿
坊 (temple stays) among
younger women, as well as a

地産地消 Chisan-chisho“Grown locally, consumed
locally.” When making myannual trip up to Iya Valley,
I make sure to stop fors a l t- g r i l l e d r i ve r f i s h a n dhomemade tofu slatheredin rustic miso. It makes
little sense to order a shrimp
tempura and sashimi set ora hamburger value mealin the middle of a rural
mountain village. Eating
local ingredients is not only
fresher and tastier, but also
supports local farmers andsmall businesses who are
more likely to feature regional
food. Look for asa-ichi 朝 市(morning markets) or michino-eki 道 の 駅 (roadstop
eateries) to find out what’s
growing in that area.

Wander-ful Tabi: Wander like a Nihonjin ... continued on page 3

阿波ライフTOPPY246
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This month in Awa Life
1

Wander-ful Tabi: Wander
Like a Nihonjin
Lance Kita

4

A Late St. Martin's
Procession
Anja Hankel

5

The World in a Wine
Glass
Hiroshi Oe

6Martin's Manga Corner
Martin O'Brien

7

Letter from Suketo
Hoikuen

Dearest Awa Life reader,
The new year has arrived andwill hopefully bring some positivechanges in your life. Under the
motto of “new” and “changes” we did someslight changes on the Awa Life design. We
hope you will like it. From now on the main
editor of each issue will greet you on this page
with his/her smile.
The first issue of 2011 is again loaded withinteresting articles. For example we have Lance
Kita’s Wander-ful tabi as well as contributions
from our German CIR Anja on the St. Martin’s
procession and from wine expert Hiroshi about- surprise - wine. And don’t miss out on thelatest Manga Review by Martin O’Brien. Pleaseenjoy the ﬁrst issue of Awa Life this year andhave a great start in the new year.

Kazue Inoue

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Best regards,
Kim

Japanese Lesson
Mariko Yamaki

10 News & Events
12 memoranda

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ロケツアー Roke Tour
Short for “location tour”,
Japanese are going gaga overfinding the exact storefront,house, or beach where theirfavorite TV show or movie
was filmed. Tokushima got
a taste of that when the
NHK morning drama, “Welkame”「 ウ ェ ル か め 」took
over the Hiwasa 日 和 佐
district in Minami Town 美
波 町 earlier this year. Today,
you can see the set facades
in the old Hiwasa High Schoolg y m . Ko c h i P re fe c t u re i sbooming from its hometown
hero, Ryoma Sakamoto,whose short-lived yet epic
life was the subject of the2010 NHK historical drama.
2011’s location of choice?
Try Onomichi, Hiroshima 広島 県 尾 道 市 , the setting forthe present morning drama,
a coastal town with steep
roads leading to views of the
Seto Inland Sea and delicious
okonomiyaki and ramen.
B 級グルメ B-kyu Gurume
B-grade gourmet. Blameit on the faltering economy,
but the latest food mania is
not high-class and refined.
Think street food, mom-andpop diners, and pub grub.
This also translates as “cheap

Kobe’s Chinatown is B-kyu gurume
paradise!

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Roke Tour. The Minami-Uchimachi stage was featured in the ﬁnal scene of Sada
Masashi’s novel-turned-movie “Bizan”

and ﬁlling,” which is perfect forbudget travelers. How crazyis this boom? 400,000 people
attended the B-1 Grand Prix
food fair in September! B-grade
Tokushima gourmet includes
soft and satisfying Naruto udon
鳴 門 う ど ん noodles, currytinged Fish katsu フ ィ ッ シ ュ
カ ツ from Komatsushima, andTokushima-don 徳 島 丼 , a ricebowl topped with the trimmings
f r o m To k u s h i m a r a m e n .
町ぶら Machi-bura
Burabura ぶ ら ぶ ら means“ t o m e a n d e r, r o a m h e r e
and there,” and paired with“town,” it refers to exploration
without destination, the kindof impromptu street stroll you
see in TV variety programs
where celebrities get off
and walk around a randomneighborhood. How else canyou learn about watermelon
huts from an old lady in Nara,
stumble upon a secret Disneystore in Kyoto, or enjoy a free
concert in Takamatsu? Thisis one of my favorite ways
to get off the guidebook andexperience a region’s uniquepeople and culture. Checkout past articles like “Streetsof Sadamitsu” (September
2 0 1 0 ) a n d “ Ro a m i n g t h eRails” (March 2010) for somesample adventures closer tohome.
May your new year be
full of new adventuresa n d d i s c o v e r i e s . Ta k e a
new approach and explore
Tokushima, and be on thelookout for more Wanderful Tabi columns. Thanks forreading and 来年もよろしく
お願いします！

Machi-bura in Tokyo’s Fukagawa
neighborhood3

A Late St. Martin’s Procession
Anja HankelDo you know St. Martin?
Every year around
November 11, when inGermany it is alreadycold and very unpleasantweather outside, you cansee children with red noses
holding lanterns they madethemselves walking throughthe streets singing St. Martins o n g s . In m a ny a re a s o fGermany it is customary totake part in the so called St.
Martin’s processions on thisday. Why is that?
A famous legend says thaton this day, the Roman soldier
Martin cut his cloak in half toshare with a beggar during
a snowstorm, to save thebeggar from freezing to death.
As he was such a generous
person, the people of his
hometown wanted him to be
the next bishop. But Martin
did not want to become abishop and therefore hid
out in a geese stable. The
people started looking for
him with lanterns and thenoisy geese told them where
Martin was hiding, so finally
he was ordained to be thenext bishop. In Berlin, where
I come from, on November
11th it is customary to eat
a roasted “Martin Goose”
or “Martinsgans”, which isusually served along with red
cabbage and dumplings.
Here in Japan very few
people know about St.
Martin, so I thought it might
be interesting for the kidsof our kindergarten to make4

themselves lanterns, take partin such a procession and learn
about the history of St. Martin.
In late summer I talked tothe teachers about my idea
and everyone was interested.
But due to busy schedules in
November we had to postpone
the event until December 11th.
Many people might agree
when I say that the Japanese
are well known for theirability not only to adopt
foreign customs, but at thesame time perfect or adapt
them to the Japanese wayof living. This is exactly what
happened when the teachersplanned the St. Martin`s eventin our kindergarten: they
did not only organize a walkthrough the neighborhood,they planned a whole
scavenger hunt!
They wanted the kids tolearn something when doing
the St. Martin procession, so
a route was planned with a“Martin” hiding at each of four
stations, or “geese stables”,
waiting for the children who
were looking for St. Martinwith the lanterns they had
lovingly made themselves at
the kindergarten a few daysago.
At each station the kids were
given a sticker which they put
on a specially made card, but
not until they had promised
to “St. Martin”, who was said
to be a morally caring andkind-hearted person, that theywould always behave well, be
polite to others, and take careof their things and tidy up
their rooms.
On December 11th aroundfour o`clock in the afternoon,
about 50 kids and theirparents and the teachers all
met at a playground near
the kindergarten. There weall started the St. Martin’s
procession after I said a few
words about the historicalbackground and the customs
having to do with St. Martin.
Everything was quite like inGermany: children and theirparents were walking aroundthe neighborhood carrying
cute lanterns, and instead of
singing the German lanternsong which we had practiced
for this event, the kids werecalling Martin`s name all theway (“ マ ー テ ィ ン さ ん！ ”).
Everybody wanted to findSt. Martin! You can easily
guess how excited everyone
got when one of the four
St. Martins was found, andwhen the kids discovered
which father or kindergarten
teacher was hiding under thebig, funny, self-made hat,pretending to be St. Martin.
The later it got the more
beautifully the lanterns shone,
as did some very nice-looking
houses which were lit up for
Christmas. At the end when
the walk was ﬁnished, the kids
were all proud of their cards
with the cute stickers on themand went home, tired and fullof new impressions. All in all
it was a very nice first
St. Martin’s procession.

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Hiroshi Oe

Today when I hold a glassof wine, I unconsciously
swirl the contents and holdthem in my mouth for a beatbefore swallowing. I mightthen say something enigmatic
like “This wine comes from theNorthern hemisphere.” I run awine shop in Komatsushima,
so these things have becomecommon practice for me. But
there was a time when I did
not drink much alcohol at all,let alone wine.
In college when I was
all but forced by myupperclassmen to drink beer,bad sake, watery whiskey,
and bitterly sour wine, I didn’t think they tasted good in
any sense of the word. So
how did I get into wine when
I could barely stomach mostalcoholic drinks? It happened
that a business associate of
my father’s invited me on awine tour in France, and thetiming was just right for me
to take an extended vacation.
During that trip, I realizedthat wine would allow me tocross international boundaries
in more ways than one.
I still clearly remember
sitting at a terraced bistro
in the Bourgogne region ofFrance and talking with awoman who sat at the tablenext to mine about wine. She
had been going around todifferent wine producers andshe and my father’s associatet a l ke d a b o u t w h i c h o n e sthey liked best. We were in a

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Hiroshi Oe at a French vineyard

foreign land and talking withforeign people we had nevermet before, but through ourmutual interest in wine we hada highly enjoyable exchange.
At the time I was working
at a rigorous law firm, andit was a matter of coursethat I couldn’t really have
conversations about law withperfect strangers, so I was
astonished by how much wewere able to talk about andshare through the wine we
had at the bistro that day. The
narrow world view that I held

Full house at Vin Neuf

before was blown apart, anda new world of possibility
opened up before my eyes.
After returning from France
I began drinking about two
glasses a day, and became
enamored with the taste ofwine. I found that good wine
was very, very good, and badwine was barely drinkable.
High quality wine is good
throughout, right up until themetal seal. The sound when
you cut the seal with a knife
fills you with anticipation,and even the cork adds tothe quality. A good cork is
soft with a fine texture, andelasticity; all these things
can transport you to anotherworld before you’ve even
opened the bottle. Particularly
with a mature, good quality
Pinot Noir, once I pour it ina glass and bring it to mynose, I can’t help but give asigh of pleasure. Relishingits pleasant aftertaste andsharing with friends is forme the best way to spend an
evening.
I have a store in
Komatsushima where I sellwine and many other types ofalcohol, and I run a wine barcalled Vin Neuf in Tokushimaon the weekends, at Alliance
Français. A Hawaiian friend ofmine organizes a wine party
once a month at the bar,so I am continuing to enjoy
international exchange inthis line of work. Feel free tocome by anytime!

5Martin's Manga Corner
Title:
Manga-ka:
Publisher:First Published:
No. of volumes:

T“I am a Cat” & “Botchan”(「吾輩は猫である」と「坊っちゃん」)
Chiroru Kabato, Kaori Okura(original story by Natsume Soseki)Homesha201040

his month’s review
concerns a manga
adaptation of not one but
two of the works of therenowned Meiji era author
Natsume Soseki. These
two volumes are Soseki’s
Wagahai wa neko de aru (“Iam a Cat”) and Botchan . The
latter was published in 1906
and is generally regarded
as the most significant
work of modern Japanese
literature. ”I am a Cat” wasoriginally a three volume
work published in 1905. Due
to his eminent status as themost famous Meiji era writer,
Soseki’s works have beeninterpreted in comic booknarrative form throughout theyears, allowing them to beenjoyed by a wider and often
younger audience who mightotherwise approach the worldof what is literary with a little
trepidation.
These two new manga
editions are part of a selection
published by Manga Bungo
and are two of Soseki’s works
that have been adaptedin this interesting newseries, which also contains
adaptations of famous works
of Japanese literature byother well regarded authors
from different historicalperiods. Some of the other6

volumes include: Yukiguni(“Snow Country”) by Yasunari
Kawa b a t a , Chumon no Oi
Ryoriten (“The Restaurantof Many Orders”) by Kenji
Miyazawa. Nogiku no Haka(“The Wild Daisy”) by Sachio
Ito.
The accessibility of “I ama Cat” is apparent from the
beginning, as it is quite shortand the comic narrative
c o nve ye s a g r e a t d e a l o f
the complex meaning of theoriginal prose form, where
Soseki used a lot of polite
language in a sarcastic andsatirical manner which is
obviously challenging for thenovice or non-fluent reader.
In this respect, “I am a Cat”
is a story that lends itself wellto such an adaptation. The
humorous basis of the story
is in the account of household
life by a family’s cat.
The cat has no name, since
he was not given one by thehead of the household, who
is known throughout as Mr.
Sneeze. The cat is generally
ignored by the various
members of the family, as hewanders around making his
observations. There is much
immediate amusement value
in the narrative of the cat,in his attempt to understandhis human owners. Throughby martin o'brien

the cat’s various anecdotes,
we gain an amusing
understanding of some of
the mores and behaviour ofpeople at this time. Thereis l i tt le dramat ic c onf l ic t
and resolution in the story,
instead we get a string of thec a t ’s a m u s i n g a n e c d o t e swhich are subtle criticismsof the members of thehousehold.
In one memorable partwhich reveals the selfimportance of Mr. Sneeze,
the cat ponders how easy
his life as a teacher is,remarking how Mr. Sneezemanages to convince
everyone of the seriousnessof his role as an academic,
disappearing for hours onend, seemingly committed
to important research while
in fact snoozing. In this way,
“I am a Cat” provides a
relevant criticism of the rolesof academics and intellectuals
who often avoid examinationand scrutiny because of theirrole as critics of society.
It is an advantage tohave a manga adaption of“I am a Cat” since the formal
structure of the original novel
can be a little daunting foryounger readers.
The adaptation of Botchan,
while well done, inevitably
loses something of the prose
original. The power andconviction of the charactersis s t i l l e v ide nt , ho w e ve r.
Botchan concerns a period
in the life of a teacher from
Tokyo who goes to work in a
middle school in Matsuyama.

TOPIAThe story is considered
to be a subtle allegory forthe spiritual and culturalconcerns that were a factor
in the rapidly developing
We s t e r n - i n f l u e n c e d M e i j iera. The essential struggle
is between the traditional
and the modern, and theconflict that exists when one

tries to deﬁne what is relevant
and sacred, and what is not.
Despite its cultural relevance,
it is an enjoyable story in
its own right. There issomething of the comic
jaunt throughout the story.
Both of these works, in thisfirst 40 volume offering by
Manga Bungo representt h e i n t r i g u i n g p o s s i b i l i tyof allowing readers toaccess a large cross sectionof significant Japanese
literature, and while somewill be more relevant thanothers, it is nevertheless an
exciting resource for bothfans of manga and Japanese
literature.

Letter from Suketo Hoikuen
Kazue InoueI

n Japan, as a year-end
a c t i v i t y, i t i s p o p u l a r
for nursery schools andkindergardens to practice
making mochi, or rice cakes.
Suketo also has this sortof event in December. The
children have several chances
to practice with the pestle,
the tool used to pound rice,
but in preliminary practices
they pound a kind of clay
made of wheat ﬂower insteadof actual rice.
This “wheat clay” is safe,
soft, and easy to manipulate
and make things out of, so
it is an optimum material
for kids to play with and use
their imagination. Especiallyin toddlers, this is the age
when their hand and finger
dexterity begins to develop,
so kneading the clay androlling it and stretching it out
are good exercises for using
their hands.
Wheat Clay Recipe
Ingredients: 2 cups ofwheat flour, 1 teaspoon ofsalk, water (add a little bit ata time while kneading), andfood coloring.

How to make:
1. Pour the ﬂour and salt intoa bowl and stir well. If you
would like to make colorful
clay, add food coloring.
2. Add water to the clay alittle bit at a time and knead
until it is about as soft as yourearlobe. If you add a small

amount of olive oil, the clay
will not stick to your hands asmuch.
When you’re finishedkneading, if you put it in an
airtight plastic bag and store
it in the refrigerator, it will begood for playing with for up
to a week!

“Omochitsuki” by Sarah Nelson

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今月の日本語Japanese Lesson
Mariko Yamaki

This month let us study expressions that will help you explain reasons or situations. There aremany ways to explain a reason or situation, but in Japanese conversations the expression「〜んです」
is often used.
例 1)

Ａ：明日は、Ｂさんも一緒にスキーに行くでしょう。
Tomorrow, you (B) will also come skiing with us, won't you?
Ｂ：いいえ。明日は仕事があるんです。
No, I have work tomorrow.

例 2）

Ａ：どうして遅刻したんですか。
Why are you late?
Ｂ：すみません。道が込んでいたんです。
I'm sorry, the road was crowded.

This way, you explain situations where you cannot meet people's expectations（例 1）or when you
inadvertently cause trouble（例 2）using 「〜んです」 in order to soothe the person you're speaking
with. But on the other hand, depending on the use of the expression, you could also hurt theperson's feelings, so let's be careful! Please take a look at 例 3.
例 3）アルバイト先で。

Ａ：店長 (shop owner)

Ｂ：わたし（留学生）(me; exchange student)

Ａ：Ｂさん、ちょっとお願いがあるんだけど。
B, I have a favor to ask.
Ｂ：はい、何でしょうか。
Yes, what is it?
Ａ：今度の日曜日なんだけど、来てもらえない？Ｃさんが急に都合が悪くなってしまって。
Could you come this Sunday? C cannot come because something suddenly came up.
Ｂ：日曜日ですか。
Sunday?
Ａ：午後だけでもいいんだけど、無理かな。
It would even be ok if you could only do the afternoon. Is it too difﬁcult?
Ｂ：ええ。日曜日はレポートを書くんです。月曜日が締め切りなんですから。
Yes. Actually, I am writing a report on Sunday because the deadline is Monday.
Ａ：あ、そう・・。じゃ、いいよ。
Oh, I see... Then it's ok.
B feels bad towards the shop owner because he cannot live up up A's expectations and explains thereason with「日曜日はレポートを書く」and「月曜日が締め切りだから」. Because it is a common
thing to get declined, A cannot be angry at B because of the fact that he declined. But B still madethe shop keeper angry because of the expression that he used.

Reference:『日本語ジャーナル』「めざせ！会話の達人（第４回）」

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If he were to speak more politely, then B may have used the following:
Ｂ ’：すみません。日曜日はレポートを書かなければならないんです。月曜日が締め切りなので。
I'm sorry. On Sunday I have to write a report, because the deadline is Monday...
Both of B's expressions use「〜 ん で す 」to explain why he can't come in on Sunday. But whereexactly is the difference? The second, more polite expression B used was「書かなければならない」,
which stresses that he cannot do anything about the situation and wished the shop keeper would
understand. However the ﬁrst expression B used showed the intention to write a report, and left out
the absolute necessity of it. To say「
（レポートを）書く」is a very strong way of declining, as if tosay "no matter how often you ask me, I won't work because I will be studying." The reason for thechange in the shop keeper's mood lies there.
Also, in such situations you should avoid using「〜 ん で す 」and「〜 か ら 」together. If you do,it means that you feel that you are in the right, and you should only use those two together insituations where that is the case and you want to complain strongly.
例：Ｄさんは経済については誰よりも詳しいはずですよ。大学院で経済学を専攻したんですから。
D should know more about economics than anyone else. He was an Economics major atuniversity.
In cases where you only want to express facts, you should use「〜ので」or「〜から」like B did.
【Let's try】Which one is correct?
（１）

A：Ｂさん、先週の授業は欠席でしたね。
B, you missed class last week, didn't you?
Ｂ：はい。先週は〔①熱があったので②熱があったんですから〕休みました。

① Yes, last week I missed class because I had a fever.
② Yes, that was because I had a fever.
（２） Ａ：これからちょっと飲みに行きませんか。
Do you want to go have a drink?
Ｂ：今日はちょっと。家に早く〔①帰るんです②帰らなければならないんです〕。

① Sorry, today is difﬁcult. I'm going home early.
② Sorry, today is difﬁcult. I have to return home early.

Answer:（１）① （２）②Reference:『日本語ジャーナル』「めざせ！会話の達人（第４回）」

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news events&

January 1- February 10

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 .

International Snowball Fight Tournament Shikoku
国際雪合戦四国大会
From adults to children, I think everyone has experienced a

大人から子供まで、雪があれば誰でも雪合戦をやったこと

snowball ﬁght when there is snow around. This snowball ﬁghtがあると思います。この雪合戦は、日本雪合戦連盟公認のis held as an official tournament approved by the Japanese

大会で公式ルールに則りスポーツとして開催しています。

Snowball Fight Association and follows the ofﬁcial rules. That

このため、北海道で開催している昭和新山国際雪合戦の四is why the Shikoku qualiﬁcation round for the Hokkaido Showa

国ブロック予選も兼ねています。

Shinzan International Tournament is also mixed in.

日時：2011 年 1 月 29（ 土 ）・30（ 日 ）9:00 〜 17:00

When: January 29 (Sat.), 30 (Sun.) 9:00 - 17:00

場所：

三好市東祖谷菅生 いやしの温泉郷グランド

Where: Miyoshi City, Higashiiya Sugou, Iyashino Onsen Ground

問合せ： 三好市観光課

Info:

Miyoshi City Tourist Division (088-372-7620)

TEL 088-372-7620

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

088-656-3303

TEL 088-656-3303

Challenge! Tokushima Art Festival
チャレンジとくしま芸術祭
People involved in various art ﬁelds will be presenting

様々な表現活動を行っている人や、あこがれを持っている人

their work and spreading their wings at this event for

たちに、広く活動発表の場を提供し、未来へ羽ばたく徳島発

discovering and supporting Tokushima’s artists. Thereのアーティストを発見・支援しようという事業です。美術、

will be two venues, one for canvas works, photography,

写真、工芸等の「展示部門」と、音楽、朗読、ダンス等のand other ﬁne arts, and one for dance and music per-「パフォーマンス部門」の２部門で開催します。公募で集まっ

formances. A variety of artists from around Tokushima

た徳島県出身または存住の才能豊かでユニークな参加者によas well as special guest artists will be attending, and theる、バラエティに富んだ異種格闘技さながらのバトルが繰り

ensuing contest will be worthy of a martial arts battle!

広げられます。

When: January 18 (Tues) - 23 (Sun)日時：2011 年 1 月 18 日 ( 火 ) ~ 23 日 ( 日 )Where: Tokushima Modern Art Museum

場所：

徳島県立近代美術館

Cost:

Free

入場料： 無料！

Info:

Tokushima Modern Art Museum

問合せ： 徳島県立近代美術館

TEL:

088-668-1088

Site:

http://www.art.tokushima-ec.ed.jp/challenge.
html

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展示室

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TEL 088-668-1088
サイト： http://www.art.tokushima-ec.ed.jp/challenge.
html

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Sagicho
左義長
Every year on the morning of January 15, New Year’s

毎年 1 月 15 日の早朝、正月の飾りものを燃やして無病息

decoration is burnt in order to pray for sound health,

災や豊漁や豊作・家内安全を祈願します。

good ﬁshing and safety of the farm and house.
When: January 25 (Sat.), 5:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m.

日時：2011 年１月 25 日（土）5:00 ~ 6:00

Where: Mugicho Umibe-gun, Nishi no hama (the west

場所：

海部郡牟岐町西の浜

beach)

入場料： 無料！

Cost:

Free!

問合せ： 牟岐町産業建設課

Info:

Mugicho Industry Construction Division0884-72-3420

088-472-3420

Momote Shinji (Shinto ritual of 100 hands)
百手神事
It is a talisman festival which has been handed down to

古来より王子神社に伝わる魔よけの祭りです。10 人の射

the Ouji Shrine in ancient times. Ten bowmen dressed

手が裃姿で的に矢を射ます。

in samurai clothes will shoot arrows at a target in thisarchery event.
日時：2011 年１月 10 日（月）8:00 ~ 終日

When: January 10 (Mon.), from 8:00 a.m. (all day)

場所：

吉野川市山川町

Where: Yoshinogawa City Yamakawacho

入場料： 無料！

Cost:

問合せ： 吉野川市商工観光課

Info:

Free!
Yoshinogawa City Trade and Tourism Division088-322-2226

088-322-2226

多文化共生フォーラム「みんなで考える多文化共生のまちづくり」
徳島県には様々な文化的背景を持つ人々が共に暮らしており、地域の国際化が進んでいます。
しかし言葉の壁や母国との制度の違いにより、毎日のくらしの中で様々な支援を必要としている
人がたくさんいます。
本講演では、広く県民のみなさんに多文化共生推進の必要性を知っていただき、地域において国籍や民族などの異なる人々が暮らしやすい社会について考えるきっかけとするために多文化をテーマにフォーラムを開催します。
●日時2011 年１月 27 日（木）14:00 〜 16:00（無料）●場

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財団法人徳島県国際交流協会

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師

有田

典代

会議室

氏

前特定非営利活動法人

関西国際交流団体協議会

事務局長

国際文化交流協会事務局長●主催／問合せ

TOPIA

徳島県

徳島県国際交流協会

TEL：088-656-3303

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外国にルーツを持つ子どもたちの未来への責任〜他県公立学校の取り組みから学ぶ〜
外国にルーツを持つ子どもたちが在籍する学校からは、受け入れ時はもとより学年が進む段階においても日本の子どもたちの指導とは違う難しさがあるという声が聞こえてきます。一方で地域の支援者には、学校での子どもたちの様子が見えにく
く、「何をどこまで、どうやって」支援したらいいのか、模索しながら日本語や教科学習の支援に取り組んでいるのが現状です。
セミナーでは、東京都の公立学校日本語学級で長年にわたり指導を実践している教師を招き、学校生活適応支援や日本語指
導、教科指導、進学指導等に関して「何をどこまで、どうやって」取り組めばいいのかを学び、子どもたちのよりよい支援のために徳島の現状の中でできることをともに考えていきます。
●日時：２０１１年１月２２日（土）13：30 〜 16：30（13：00 受付）●場所：徳島県国際交流プラザ（TOPIA） 大会議室
●内容：
［１］報告

県内公立学校での取り組み［２］講演

日本語指導と教科指導「何をどこまで、どうやって？」

講師

郁子先生 （東京都北区立稲付中学校教諭）

小川●参加費：無料●定員：５０名●参加対象：学校関係者、自治体関係者、日本語教育関係者、外国にルーツを持つ子どもたちの支援に関心がある人●締め切り：１月２０日（木）●申込み／問い合わせ：JTM とくしま日本語ネットワーク（主催）TEL：088-625-8387

FAX：088-625-5113

Awa Traditional Arts Forum
あわ民俗芸能フォーラム● When: January 9, 2011 (Sun.) 1 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.（Opening 12:30）● Where: Tokushima Shiritsu Bunka Center (Tokushima City, Tokushima-cho, Jounai 1 banchi)● Contents: Please come and watch and experience the traditional arts of Awa and Tokushima
・Awa Ningyou Joururi (Awa Puppet Theater) ・Shishimai (Lionʼ s Dance)
・Shishitaiko (Lionʼ s Drum)・Kamiodori (Godʼ s Dance) and much more

● Cost: free
● Info: Tokushima Prefecture Board of Education, Division for Education and Culture Policy
TEL：088-621-3161

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)

人権守って輝く明日
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