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

"TOPPY"
January 2009 No. 223

happy new year!
おあ
めけ
でま
と し
う て
ご
ざ
い
ま
す
！

artwork by hisatoyo murasawa

inside awa life this month
the judo - 3 ... crossing over tokushima part two - 4 ... and now, for something - 5buying luck, japanese style - 6 ... martin's manga corner - 7
becky's awa-ben, letter from suketo hoikuen - 8 ... japanese lesson - 9
memoranda - 10, 11, 12

awalife

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is a monthly publication of the Tokushima Prefectural International Exchange Association (TOPIA).
Editors:
Andrew Dahms & Mario Dammann
Contributors This Month:
Yoko Aoki, Rebecca Closner, Andrew Dahms,
Mario Dammann, Shane Dore, Kazue Inoue,
Lance Kita and Hisatoyo Murasawa.

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

from the editorshhappy New Year! How did you spend
the New Year Holidays? Go anywhere
special or do something to mark theoccasion? And how about those New
Year resolutions? I myself am resolved to startreading more books, and to try and disconnect
myself from the computer for a few extra hours
each day. How about you? I hope you've got
something in mind. Well, now that we've hit
January you might expect a few more words
about the year to come, but before that takea look at page five for a wrap up on the year
just passed. Also check out Mario's report ona visit by some German Judo practitioners toTokushima last December. And once again, aHappy New Year!
Cheers, Andrew

appy New Year! Danke for reading Awa
Life in 2008! I hope that we can publish
one or two articles from you, or how
about a series? Well, whatever you door plan to do, I wish you good luck and healthfor 2009! My New Year resolutions are: Study,
study, study. That's it. That was missing lastyear. I only enjoyed my time here in Tokushima
without thinking for the future. Which is not
so bad, but otherwise the time with the JET
program in Tokushima is limited, so I haveto think and do about the future. The future
is now! This means also that we have a newchance to save the earth! Please help. Also I
will start again with my My Hashi Chopsticks forwhat I got lazy lately.
Danke, Euer Marioa man carries a large box of pounded rice in the annual daizen temple chikara mochi (photo by shane dore)-2-the judosuddenly in the beginningo f l a s t D e c e m b e r,
six German judopracticioners camet o To k u s h i m a . A l l fo r t h epurpose of starting a judoexchange from now on to sendpeople from Niedersachsen
to Tokushima and vice versa.
The prefectural office were
expecting them for 2009, butthey couldn't wait, so theycame. The 63 year old headcoach of the Niedersachsen
State Olympic B ase Campin Hannover City was
accompanied by five young
athletes between 18 and 25
years young. These sportsmen
are global top class and havewon several medals. Not at
the Olympic Games yet, but atinternational judo tournaments
all over the world.
The four days in Tokushima
were very interesting because
I have never had the chance
to see judo in action. Only
sometimes on TV in the news
for a few seconds. I joined
three days of training for threehours each. Judo in its pureform.
I also had to interpret when
they visited the governor andon ofﬁcal occassions. This time
everything flowed smoothly
without any big interuptions.
Except for sometimes mixing
up German and Japanese andvice versa. One time I spoke
German to the governor or
I talked in Japanese to thejudo practicioners. Both times
they looked at me with hugeeyes and I wondered myself,what happened? This was very
funny. My way to break the ice
and lighten up the atmospherein that speciﬁc room of honour.

by mario dammannthe judo boss in the middle surrounded by his students

On the first day (a Friday)
there wasn't much to do. Only
go to Kansai Airport, return toTokushima, visit the governor
and check in at the hotel. The
hard part was getting on thebus at six in the morning forthree hours and then return
instantly after picking up thesportsmen. Six hours on thebus in seven hours! I get old...
On the next day thef i r s t t ra i n i n g s e s s i o n wa s
h e l d . In To k u s h i m a C i ty ' s
Budokan almost 100 highschool students and policeand other judo clubs cameto train with the Germans.
Nothing unexpected happens,as the foreign guests were still
exhausted from the long ﬂight
and the short night before.
Let's just say, the jet lag beatthem.
After a shower and lunch,
we took the six sportsmen
sightseeing. We went to theGerman House and Ryozen
Te m p l e i n N a r u t o . I n t h eevening a welcome dinner washeld with some of the mostimportant people related to-3-judo in the prefecture. All you
can eat and drink. But I had tointerpret, so I didn't get all I
could eat or drink.
On Sunday, the second
training session was held. Thisday everybody was rested,
and no jet lag was noticeable.
The real fight could begin.
Some of the Germans threw
the Japanese through the air
like Asa Shoryu, the famous
Japanese sumo wrestler from
Mongolia. One of them injured
his shoulder and was obviously
in agony, and another had
nosebleed. But the coach said,"That's normal, don't be sucha baby!" I thought to myself,"Wow! They are real men!"
The last session I joined
was on the following Monday
in Osaka at Kinki University.
The German sportsman stayedin Japan for two weeks andI hope they are fine andhad a safe return. It was aninteresting four days. After the
Soccer Coaches last February
it was my second sports
exchange. Here's looking
forward to the next one.

crossing over tokushima part twotby rebecca closner

his month again, Becky from becky's awa-ben has supplied us with a new challenge of hervery famous Tokushima related crossword. All questions for the puzzle are as below, and you
can ﬁnd the answers upside down at the bottom of the page.

--------------- DOWN ---------------------------- ACROSS --------------

1.

A traditional and triangular treat eaten
during the Doll Festival.
5. Holiday on the 2nd Monday of January.
8. Tokushima's Football Team.
13. Tokushima's famous poultry.
14. Naruto City's famous food.
16. The main character of the Ghibli film
released in 2008.
17. Second Highest Peak in Western Japan.
18. Holiday on February 3rd.
19. During Setsubun dried __________ arethrown at someone dressed up like anorge to chase away bad luck.
20. Naka-cho's famous food.

2.
3.
4.
6.
7.
9.
10.
11.
12.
15.

Pilgrim in Japanese.
Spring is the best season to go and see
the...
T h e N a t i o n a l Fo u n d a t i o n D a y i s o n___________ 11th.
Golden Week is in the beginning of...
Scenes from ______________ are printed
on the 2000 yen note.
Tokushima's Baseball Team.
#66 on the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage
is located here.
Aizumi Town's famous food.
Kagawa is famous for udon; Tokushima isfamous for _______.
Grapes are famous in ________.

Answers:

ACROSS: HISHIMOCHI, COMINGOFAGEDAY, VORTIS, AWAODORI, SWEETPOTATOS, PONYO,MOUNTTSURUGI, SETUSBUN, SOYBEANS, YUZU. DOWN: HENRO, NARUTOWHIRLPOOLS,FEBRUARY, APRIL, THETALEOFGENJI, INDIGOSOCKS, MIYOSHI, CARROTS, RAMEN, AWACITY-4-and now, for something...

and so the year 2008
is passed and gone,
far behind us and now
nothing more than amemory. What lies ahead in
the coming year? Who knows,
but one thing we do know forsure is the Kanji of the Year for
2008.
The year 2008's Kanji of
the Year is kawaru, meaning'change'. Out of 111,208 votes,
it took a total of 6,031, placing
it almost 3,000 votes aheadof its nearest rival, kane
(gold / money). In third place
was the kanji for ochiru (tofall) followed by the kanji fortaberu (to eat) and after that,ran (confusion / disarray).
But why the kanji for'change'? Well, the year 2008
was filled with changes of allsorts and varieties, and withlast year's kanji being that for'lie', one would hope this is
the case! Indeed, there aremany reasons why the kanji
for change was appropriate forthe past year, and here are but
a few:First and foremost on manyminds was the big change
in political leaders occured
for both Japan and the US.
Namely, the election of Barack
Obama as president of the US,
and the sudden resignation
on September 24 of a second
J a p a n e s e P r i m e M i n i s t e r,
F u k u d a Ya s u o , w h o w a s
replaced by the current Prime
Minister Aso Taro.
The world of politics wasn't
the only one to see a bigchange, however. Economics,
too, saw a sharp change as theworld economy took a sharp
downfall. The value of stocks
has gone down while the yen

by andrew dahms

This Year's Kanji - Kawaru
Hen
Strange, weird, unusual.
KawaruTo c h a n g e . T h e s t a t e o fsomething changing, as in an
address or the weather.
Kaeru
To c h a n g e . T h e a c t i v echanging of one thing intoanother.
gets stronger and the dollar
weaker.
As if this wasn't enough,food and other commodities
also saw big change. In
particular, the problems withfood safety in cases such as
the contaminated gyoza andother products has brought
about a big change in the way
people view food regulations,and the price of petrol saw

a large hike and sudden
decrease all in the space of ayear.
Well, that's the wrap forthe year 2008, but who knows
what the kanji for 2009 will
be? It's a long journey ahead,
and we're likely to see a lot ofchange this year as well. Lookout for this space next year fora review and to see what thewinning kanji will be!

A Turn of Phrase
The Kanji of the Year isn't the
only thing to personify theyear 2008, however. There isalso the Ryukogo Taisho, anannual competition to decide
some of the most popular
catchphrases from the pastyear:

No. 2: In second is the term
Arafo, coined by actressAmami Yuki as a short formof 'around 40', the title of adrama in which she starred.
The term denotes people,
in particular women, aroundthe age of 40, and reflects
the recent boom in products
aimed as this age group.

No. 1: The winner of thisyear's competition is noneother than guu by the popularcomedian Edo Harumi. Witha smatter of broken English,
Edo Harumi uses a variety of-ing verbs as an accent to her
performances, sticking boththumbs out and making a
strange face each time.

-5-

No. 3: Third place was Ueno
no 413 Kyu, or 'Ueno's 413
pitches' in English. This is thetotal number of balls pitchedby the Japanese women's
softball player Ueno Yukiko inthe space of two days during
the olympics last year in
Beijing.

buying luck, japanese style

by lance kitaa jumbo-sized container to choose your o-mikuji number (nachi shrine, wakayama), and ema lined up on a temple rack(these are from an osaka temple for mothers who want abundant breast milk) (!)

america's financial
shock, continuing wars
and terrorism, Japan's
nose-diving economy...
what's a person to do in
2009? How about a little luck?
The Japanese New Year istraditionally a fresh start andwiping clean the slate. Yourfriendly neighborhood shrine or
temple offers an array of goodluck paraphernalia, especiallyaround O-Shogatsu, to wipe
the slate clean and start 2009
fresh. Here's a three-stepguide:
1. Read Your Fortune
For about 100 yen, shake ahexagonal box and give thenumbered stick to the priest.
You'll receive a fortune paper,or o-mikuji, which contains adetailed outlook for the year.
In order of favorability: 大 吉(daikichi - great luck), 中 吉( chukichi - moderate luck),
小吉 (shokichi - little luck), 吉(kichi - luck), and 凶 (kyo bad luck). You'll ﬁnd advice in

categories like travel, money,
love, study, sickness, and evenlost items or giving birth. Get
a Japanese to read the advice:
it's predictably cryptic, and alsouses archaic words.
2. Make a Wish
Now that you know what's
coming, it's time to change
your fortune with some wishmaking. Purchase an 絵 馬(ema). Write your wish andname on the wooden tablet
and tie it onto the rack withthe dozens of other divine
requests. Why the pentagonal
shape? Originally, these werehouse-shaped, and often had
roof slats attached.
3. Buy a CharmTo g u a r a n t e e y o u r w i s hand fortune, get an お 守 り(o-mamori) or protective
charm. Not only do they lookcool hanging on your wall,bag, backpack, or cell phone,
but they also make a greatsouvenir from temples you visit,-6-

since they often incorporate
temple icons or symbols.
Some favorites include 交通安全 (traffic safety, hang thesein your car), 健康長寿 (healthand long life), 縁 結 び (ﬁndinga partner), 学 業 (learning),and 安産 (safe birth).
Good luck (whether wished orbought) in 2009!
Temples in Tokushima
Looking for a temple or shrine
to visit this New Year? Several
popular sites exist within theprefecture:
Oasa Jinja: Next to theBaruto no Gakuen Eiga Murain Naruto City. Accessed via ashort walk from the Ryozenjimae stop on the Oasa Jinja
Bus Line, or from Bando
Station on the JR Kotoku Line.
Yakuoji Temple: Just ten
minutes walk from the JR
Hiwasa Station on the JR YukiLine.

martin's manga corner
Title:
Manga-ka:
Publisher:First published:
No of volumes:eManhole ( マンホール )Tetsuya Tsutsui
Square Enix
2005
3

ntitled "Manhole"perhaps because thatis exactly where thisthriller begins. On a
normal day in a busy street of
Sasahara City a bloodied naked
man emerges from a street
manhole. As the shoppers on
this street watch in horror,
the man walks into the pathof Amamiya Yoichi, a college
student who is too busy playing
with his cell phone to take inwhat is going on around him.
As the two collide the dying
man coughs a final breath ofblood and bile into Amamiya's
face before he collapses anddies in front of the startled
passers-by. Amamiya does arunner, worried that he might
be held responsible as hepushed the man away fromhim before he died.
Two detectives are charged
with the investigation, thegruff macho Ken Mizoguchi
and the charming junior ofﬁcer
Nao Inoue. The unlikely pairingof the two detectives brings ahumorous lighthearted touch
to an otherwise very darkstory. While at first the two
detectives are at a loss tounderstand the circumstancesof the unfortunate event, theysoon get a lead after they bring
the body back to the morgue
where they find out theidentity of the deceased andalso make a rather fascinating
and worrying discovery of aparasitic worm identified as
Filaria in the eyeball of the

cadaver.
Things get really interesting
when Amamiya turns up at thestation to make a statement,
only to bizarrely walk out of
the station half way throughthe interrogation. Seemingly
unaware of his surroundings,
he ends up under a passingcar. As the police and themorticians turn up at the scene
they discover a Filiaria worm
slithering out of Amamiya's
crushed skull. The authorities
have a biohazard on theirhands.
Soon after, Ken and Nao
uncover a bizarre laboratory
located in the sewer beneath amanhole. Further investigation
leads them to the father of theman who died in the shopping
street and subsequently passedon the death dealing Filaria to
Amamiya. The father of thedeceased informs Ken and Naothat his son was taken in thecare of a mysterious benefactor
known as Maasaki Mizuno,
who wanted to try cure him of
his anti-social tendencies bymeans of a radical treatmentthat he developed after hewent on a trip to Botswana.
Mizuno was traveling on an
expedition in a remote partof the country though vast
desolate area of swampland,
when he came across a tribeof people known as the Maun
who all suffer from a conditionw h e r e t h e i r l e f t e ye s a r e
clouded over and useless,seemingly from some variant-7-

by martin o'brienof the river blindness disease
that is common in Africa. Whileriver blindness explains their
physical condition it doesn't
explain their behavior which iscold, docile and mechanistic.
After much research Mizuno
hits on the idea to use theworms on people back inJapan whose behavior is athreat to society for example
criminals and other social
undesirables. He manages topersuade Yoshihito's father
that allowing him to undergo
Filaria treatment will reformthe boys destructive andaggressive nature. Prior tohis death, Yoshihito was agambling addict and would
regularly harass his motherand father for money.
In the meantime, while
Ken and Nao garner anunderstanding of the roots of
the related deaths, a serious
situation is developing asa result of the subsequent
death of Amamiya's infected
girlfriend Mika Sekiguchi. Her
unassuming death in the quietof her apartment has allowed
mosquito's to hatch fromher cadaver, the mosquito's
act as a host for the Filiaria
and represent a biohazard of
terrifying proportions. The
police and the departmentof health officials quarantine
off the area. "Manhole" is afast-paced, compelling story
and while in many ways a
traditional detective story, itssetting amid the hazardous
conditions that the outbreakof the deadly biological agent
lends the drama a great dealof intensity and excitement.
The series is not yet completedwith its three volumes.

Becky's Awa-ben!
Uchi (standard Japanese: watashi) - In awa-ben this means "I".
Uchi wa iku. - I'll go.
Dare no kasa..? - Whose umbrella is this?
Uchi no. - It's mine
Omahan (standard Japanese: anata) - In awa-ben this means "you". In Japanese, "you" is often
omitted so you may only hear this when express emphasis is put on you.
Omahan, doko ikkyon? - Where are you going?
Omahan nani shion? - What are you doing?
Hidoi (standard Japanese: kashikoi)
In standard Japanese hidoi means "awful" or "terrible" but in awa-ben hidoi can mean clever. So
if someone calls you hidoi maybe they're actually giving you a compliment!
Ayako ha hidoi-ko ya na! - Ayako is a clever child, isn't she!

letter from suketo hoikuenakemashite omedetou
gozaimasu! Happy
New Year! If you stayedin Japan over the New
Ye a r o r m a d e a t r i p b a c khome, I hope that you hadlots of delicious food to eat. To
relieve a weakened stomach
from its stress or to pray forsound health, we Japanese
have the tradition of eating 七
草がゆ (nanakusa gayu) or arice gruel containing the sevenplants of spring on January

7th. The kids at Suketo
Kindergarten also eat this! I
hope for all that 2009 will be ahealthy and perfect year...
Last year the influenza
spread very early in Tokushima
and at the end of 2008
the infectiousness of thegastrointestine disease also
spread widely. To prevent the
influenza there is of course
vaccination, but you can also
wash your hands and gargle
and avoid crowds of people-8-

by kazue inoue
suketo hoikuen staff

as much as possible. If there
are times when you can't doso, then it may help to wear amask.
The influenza is weak inhumid places, so use a 加 湿器 (kashitsuki) or humidiﬁer.
And if you don't own one you
can also hang a wet towel inyour room or put a bowl of
water in it to take precautions
against the dryness.
This Month's Toy: Fuku
Warai (laughing luck) - a
game like 'pin the tail on
the donkey'.
This is an ancient Japanesetraditional game.
1: Cut out a cardboard face
like the お 多 福 (otafuku) - amoon-faced woman.
2: Cut out also eyes, nose andmouth separately to afﬁx later.
3: Cover the eyes of your childand choose the parts for eyes,nose and mouth. Your childmust try to ﬁt the right part to
the right place. I guess that
this will cause many funny
faces!

japanese lessonby yoko aoki

がいらい ご外来語（2）Loan Words

わ せいがいらい ご◆和製外来語Faux Loan Word

がいこく ご

つか

たん ご

つく

に ほんせい

たん ご

い

み

ちが

つか

かた

外国語の単語を使って作った日本製の単語で、もとの意味とは違った使われ方をしているもの。
Japanese words created by Japanese using foreign words; words used differently from their original
meanings.

マイカー = one's personal vehicle (My Car)
OL = white collar female worker, female ofﬁce worker (Ofﬁce Lady)
コストダウン = cost reduction (Cost Down)
れい

例：

えんだか

ざいりょう

やす

て

はい

おおはば

に ほん ご

ひん し

かたち

つか

◆日本語の品詞の形にして使われるもの
Loan Words Used as a Japanese Part of Speech.

く

あ

どう し

①「する」
「る」と 組み合わせた動詞
Verbs employed with suru and ru

アドバイスする = to give advice
コピーする = to make a copy
トラブる = to get in trouble
れい

例：

か のう

円高で材料が安く手に入るようになったので、大幅なコストダウンが可能になった。
＝ Due to the strong yen we are now able to get materials cheaply,
and so have been able to reduce costs on a broad scale.

し ごと

しんこう

おく

仕事の進行が遅れて、トラブっちゃったよ。
＝ I got into trouble because the progress of my work fell behind.

くあけいよう しふく し②「な」または「に」と 組み合わせた形容詞 または副詞
Loan Words Used with na or ni to make Adjectives and Adverbs.
シビアな = to be severe
リアルな
= to
be real
れい
え
とう じ
よう す
えが
例： この絵は 当時の様子をリアルに描いている。
＝ This picture realistically portrays the circumstances of the time.

-9-memoranda
Japanese Cooking
Class

日本料理教室ひなまつりと日本料理：寿司や和菓子などの作り方を勉
強しましょう！参加したい方は e-mail や電話で名前、国Learn how to cook Japanese Dishes for the Doll's Festival:
Sushi, Japanese sweets, etc. Please send an e-mail or call

籍、連絡先（メールアドレスまたは電話番号）を知らせ

if you want to participate. Tell your name, nationality andてください。エプロンを持参してください。日本人で一contact information (e-mail or telephone). Please don't

緒に料理を作って下さる方も歓迎です。

forget to bring an apron.
When: Sunday, March 1 from 9:30-13:00
Where: Uchimachi Community Center near the
700 yen (for ingredients)

Info:

HIROBA International Takako Yamada、9:30-13:00
3 月 1 日（日）場所：

内町コミュニティーセンター（徳島市内の市役所の近く）

Tokushima City Hall
Cost:

日時：

材料費： 700 円
問合せ： 国際交流懇話会 HIROBA の山田多佳子まで

E-mail: welcometotokushima@yahoo.co.jp

e-mail: welcometotokushima@yahoo.co.jp

Tel: 090-2787-3597

電話 090-2787-3597

Fax: 088-6520-4846

Fax: 088-6520-4846

Living inTokushima

徳島県生活情報
ウェブサイトIn need of information for daily activities? Come andtake a look at the Living in Tokushima website hosted
by Tokushima Prefecture, home to information suchas earthquake and typhoon-related messages, TV andmovie guides, events, contact numbers and more.

日常生活において情報をお探しですか。ぜひ、徳島県の生活情報ウェブサイトをご覧ください！このウェブサイトから地震・台風についての情報、テレ
ビや映画のガイド、イベント情報などにアクセスできます。パソコン・携帯版両方提供しています！

Living in Tokushima Computer Website

our.pref.tokushima.jp/e_living/index.php

パソコンサイトour.pref.tokushima.jp/e_living/index.php

Living in Tokushima Mobile Website

携帯サイト

our.pref.tokushima.jp/e_living/m

our.pref.tokushima.jp/e_living/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)-10-memoranda
Australia andMulticulturalism

オーストラリアに学ぶ
多文化共生

The aim of this seminar is to create an open discourse

本講演では、外国出身者が多く暮らす国の事例を学び外

about how to make a society easy for foreign residents

国人住民にとっても暮らしやすい社会について考える

to live in, using real life examples. Shiobara Yoshikazu,

きっかけとするため、慶應義塾大学准教授 塩原良和氏よAssociate Professor at the Keio University, will be

りオーストラリアの多文化共生についてお話いただきまpresenting a speech on the multicultural society ofす。

Australia.
When: Tuesday, February 3, 2:30-4:00pm.

日時：

平成 20 年 2 月 3 日（火）午後 2:30 ～４:00

Where: TOPIA

場所：

財団法人徳島県国際交流協会

Title:

演題： 「オーストラリアに学ぶ多文化共生」（仮題）

Learning from Australia as a Multicultural Society.

Lecturer: Yoshikazu Shiobara (Associate Professor at Keio

講師：

University)
Cost:

塩原

良和

会議室

氏 （慶應義塾大学准教授）

参加費： 無料

Free!

人数： 30 名程度

Places: 30.

締切： 平成 21 年 1 月 23 日（金）ただし、定員になりCutoff: Applications are open until Friday, January 23 or

しだい締め切ります。

until all places are ﬁlled.

申込・問合：財団法人徳島県国際交流協会

Contact: Call TOPIA at 088-656-3303 for more
information.

電話：088-656-3303 ファックス：088-652-0616

Fax:

088-652-0616

メール：coordinator2@topia.ne.jp ( 宮城 )Email:

coordinator2@topia.ne.jp (Miyagi)

Interpreting
Seminar

言葉で外国人サポート：
災害時通訳研修会

A great deal of information passes back and forth

災害時、避難所では様々な情報提供があります。しかし、

between people in evacuation centres after the occurance

外国人の皆さんは、言葉の壁により、適切な情報を得ら

of a disaster. Sometimes, however, the language barrier

れないことがあります。そんなとき、情報提供者と外国

prevents foreign residents from receiving the right

人を「言葉」でサポートするのが通訳者です。ロールプ

information at the right time. It is in these times of trouble

レイをしながら研修しませんか。

that intetpreters can lend a helping hand. Come and joinin this role-play style seminar to learn more!

日時： 平成 21 年 2 月 22 日（日）午後 1:30 ～ 4:00

When: Sunday, February 22, 1:30-4:00pm

場所：

Where: TOPIA

講師：

Lecturer: Aki Tanaka of the Multicultural Center Tokyo
Cost:

特定非営利活動法人

会議室

多文化共生センター東京

田中 阿貴 さんFree!

参加費：無料

Places: Approximately 30.

人数： 30 名程度

Cutoff: Please apply by Friday, February 13 or until all

締切：

places are ﬁlled.

平成 21 年 2 月 13 日（金）ただし、定員になりしだい締め切ります。

Contact: Call TOPIA at 088-656-3303 for more
Email:

財団法人徳島県国際交流協会

information.

申込・問合：財団法人徳島県国際交流協会

coordinator1@topia.ne.jp (Murasawa)

電話：088-656-3303 ファックス：088-652-0616
メール：coordinator1@topia.ne.jp ( 村澤 )-11-memoranda
Tokushima
Multicultural
Festival

多文化共生
フェスティバル
県内在住外国人と県民との相互理解・国際理解を深めながら多文化共生について考え、国籍や性別にかかわりなく社

Sunday, January 25 in 2009 is the planned date for theTokushima Multicultural Festival. The Multicultural Festival

会に参画し、能力を発揮できるような県民意識の醸成を図

to be held in Tokushima is a large-scale event based

ることを目的として開催します。

around the keyword of Multicultural Coexistence, a word
gaining ever more importance in our society. The purpose◇多文化ステージ（10:30 ～ 16:00）

of the event is to both help bring people in touch with the● 10:30-12:00『国際理解支援フォーラム』

greater issues behind multiculturalism and to learn about its（ アフリカの青年との意見交換）

importance in their everyday lives.

● 13:00-13:10『主催者からのメッセージ』● 13:15-14:30『ゲストステージ』講演＆トークショー

Multicultural Stage (10:30-16:00)

ゲスト：ゾマホン ルフィン氏（ベナン共和国出身）●10:30-12:00 Forum for international understanding● 14:45-16:00『外国人のど自慢』(opinion exchange with young africans)●13:00-13:10 A word from the sponsors.

◇世界のひろば（10:00 ～ 16:00）●13:15-14:30 Guest stage: Lecture and Talkshow with●『異文化体験コーナー』

Mr. Zomahoun Idossou Ruﬁn (born in Benin)●14:45-16:00 Singing contest＊「なりきり撮影会」（民族衣装を体験しよう。フォト・Plaza of the world (10:00-16:00)＊「日本文化を体験しよう」（茶道、書道、日本の昔のポストカードをプレゼントします。
）先着 150 名程度● Corner: Experience foreign cultures!

遊びなど）●『活動紹介コーナー』「県内国際交流・協力団体パネル展」＊ All you can! Photosession in national costums. The● スタンプラリー

ﬁrst 150 people get a photo or a postcard.

●『多文化交流サロン』＊ Experience Japanese culture (with tea ceremony,calligraphy, historical games and others)＊都合によりイベント内容が一部変更になることがありま● Introduction and Exhibition of International Associations

す。

within Tokushima Prefecture
2009 年 1 月 25（日）10:00 ～ 16:00● Stamp rally

日時：● Salon for multicultural exchange

場所： 徳島県立男女共同参画交流センター「フレアとく＊ subjects may change according to circumstances

しま」 徳島市山城町東浜傍示１（アスティとくし
ま内）

When: Sunday, January 25 from 10:00 to 16:00

入場料： 無料

Where: In Asty Tokushima
Cost:

Free

主催：財団法人徳島県国際交流協会（TOPIA）

Sponsor: TOPIA, Tokushima Prefecture, JICA
Info:

共催：徳島県、独立行政法人国際協力機構（JICA）四国支
部

TOPIA

Tel: 088-656-3303

後援：徳島県教育委員会

Fax: 088-652-0616

問合：（財）徳島県国際交流協会（TOPIA）

Email: harada@topia.ne.jp

電話 :088-656-3303 FAX: 088-652-0616

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