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In 2014, Nelson resident Rachel Greenaway won the Arthur Ellis Unhanged award for best unpublished novel for her novel Cold Girl. The award led to an offer from an agent to represent her, and then a book deal with Canadian publishing house Dundurn. In 2016, Cold Girl was published under the name R.M. Greenaway, receiving glowing reviews plus invitations to join the writers festival circuit. The initial three-book deal was soon expanded to six books and the BC Blues series quickly developed a loyal readership among mystery novel fans. The setting for the books, initially Greenaway’s former home of Smithers, in Northern BC, shifted to North Vancouver, but British Columbia continues to be a major character in the novels. Trained as a court reporter, Greenaway makes good use of her years in court listening to sometimes harrowing testimony, both in her novels and in her short fiction. With the release of River of Lies, the fifth book in the series, we thought it was time to pay a visit with the author to get some insights into her writing process. The following interview first appeared on the NAJC website as part of the organization’s online programming initiative spurred on by the COVID-19 pandemic and republished here as a pre-Christmas public service.

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Each of your books can be read as stand-alone novels, but I was very glad to start with your first book, Cold Girl. It introduced me to your RCMP investigators Leith and Dion who are featured in the crime series. They are complex characters who make me want to know more about them. Would you tell us about how the characters developed – and did the story of the murder come first or the characters? The story came first, and at first the characters were like actors who filled the roles, though now that I’ve come to know them so well, they We’ve all been affected by the shutdown because don’t feel like actors at all. of the COVID-19 pandemic and even though a reHow the first book came about was really just a doodle while riding start is happening in BC with the gradual re-openthe Greyhound to Prince Rupert from Smithers, where I was living and ing, we are still not travelling far and following working at the time. I was homesick for Vancouver, and I think my blues safety protocols. How have you been dealing with coloured the setting and influenced the plot. Cold Girl was years in the pandemic and has it affected your writing? the making. I started writing it before the bleak phrase “Highway of I am doing well in the slowdown, actually. I was fiTears” became part of our vocabulary, but I saw the posters of young nancially okay, so was happy to lose the day-job for women gone missing, and though I was in no way attempting to write a month or so, giving me the chance to focus on the their stories, their faces set the novel’s melancholy mood. here and now. There is of course a lot of fear and uncertainty in the upheaval of the pandemic, but I Dion started off as a bit character working alongside my intended main think it’s also clarified for many people what matters protagonist, Staff-Sgt. Laura Gale. Gale disappeared on the second draft, which was I’m sure almost as badly written as the first, and the and what doesn’t so much. I know it has for me. troubled and troublesome Constable Dion stepped into the lead role. The effect on my writing was a real gift, though. As Then his adversary/guardian angel Dave Leith came into being, and my publisher coped with the shockwaves of the panJD Temple has become my third main favourite person to write about. demic, they extended the final submission deadline Writing female characters was always more challenging for me, but I of my sixth book by several months. Which meant I was delighted to find that JD writes her own lines, and they must be got to edit much more thoroughly, which means the good ones, as she’s gotten positive feedback from readers. end result will be worlds better than the version I Tell us about your latest book, River of Lies. would have otherwise been forced to turn in. I try to write what I like to read. When I read novels I find myself skimI need deadlines, and I appreciate deadlines, but ming the technical bits, and am never too concerned with plot devices I appreciate extended deadlines even more. I am or brilliant twist endings. As long as the characters are interesting, I never completely satisfied with the published end glom onto the parts of the story that delve into human relationships, product, but at least this time I’ll be almost comconflict, romance, misunderstandings. And crime fiction seems the pletely satisfied! perfect vehicle for all of the above. What is at the top of your to-do list when all is However, though I focus on relationships in my own writing, I am happy safe again? to say the plot devices and twist endings kind of weave themselves I have a vague plan of taking a month to travel across in quite satisfactorily. When a reader comments that the plotting was the prairies with my son Nick, camping along the clever, I can assure them it wasn’t my doing. way, visiting the Badlands, and relatives, and Vulcan (my Trekkie son’s wish). I may get as far as Virden, River of Lies was inspired by a short bit of testimony in a trial I once Manitoba, where my father was born. If not, at least transcribed (I spent years as a court reporter) about a young man I want to see North Battleford, Saskatchewan, where who took his own life. I originally wrote the novel around that sad one of my protagonists apparently grew up. I have an vignette, and though the plot has since evolved along different lines, even more vague plan of setting a future novel there. the atmosphere remains. Don’t ask me why! Maybe a prequel to my series, or a River of Lies takes place along the Seymour River in North Vancouver sequel, or some ill-conceived parallel universe fable around Valentine’s Day, so romance figures prominently — as does with an entirely different set of characters. That’s the rain — as the North Van RCMP investigate the bizarre kidnapping of beauty of the road trip; it sparks ideas.

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a young child taken from her home in the midst of a dinner party. The intrigue of what actually happened to her interlaces with the personal lives of those searching for her. And of course, lies abound. In your acknowledgements for Cold Girl, you say, “If this story clicks with you, that’s what matters most.” It did click with me in a number of ways. One click was setting your story in BC and the descriptions of the locations resonated with me. Any plans for a story set in Nelson? Or outside of BC or Canada? I don’t think I’ll go too far abroad in my writing, or too close to home, either. But western Canada is such a universe, and I just wish I had another lifetime to explore it. Yes, I’ve actually got more vague plans – Vague Plan is my middle name — of setting a novel in the Cariboo. And/or the prairies. But before I do that, I’d have to go there, live there, and get to know the place as best I can. I don’t know how realistic that is at this point, though. Maybe the road trip I talked about earlier will have to do.

I had given up all thoughts of getting published when I chanced upon an event at the Nelson library – Holley Rubinsky launching South of Elfrida. I liked her and her work so much that when I saw that she and crime writer Deryn Collier were putting on a writing workshop, I got on board. It was the first time I’d gotten feedback and mentoring, and the generous help and encouragement I received from those two with Cold Girl was key to it winning a major contest, which then led to publication. Even now I’m not sure what my main character’s racial background is, and though it bothered me for a while that I couldn’t fill in the blank in my own head, I’ve decided that leaving it unfilled is fitting, since Dion’s heritage is largely a mystery even to himself. Maybe that’s a reflection of my own uncertainty.

that when I saw that she and crime writer Deryn Collier were putting on a writing workshop, I got on board. It was the first time I’d gotten feedback and mentoring, and the generous help and encouragement I received from those two with Cold Girl was key to it winning a major contest, which then led to publication.

What/who is on your reading list? I’m sorry to say that I’m reading very little lately. Time was always an issue, and still is, even with the slow-down caused by the I’d like to try something new, though the something pandemic as I talked about earnew would still involve crime, I’m sure. Given time, a lier. Trying to put my messy life part of me would like to write a dystopian novel set in (house, garden, paperwork) in Northern BC in the near future. I have the thing plot- order seems to be a full-time job! ted out in fact. I would also like to try a caper, along Most nights I’ve taken to listening the lines of Donald E. Westlake’s Dortmunder novels. to podcasts about true crime, which is often stranger than fiction. Or a non-cop suspense, which I have a few plots in mind, since my work-in-progress, the sixth in the BC Among my reading list are some Blues series, Five Ways to Disappear, is pretty well excellent local writer friends: J.G done and out the door. Book six is also the end of Toews and Roz Nay and Dave my writing contract with Dundurn Press and the end Butler. I listen to the classics, too, to at least that part of the series, so I’m freed up to the Sherlock Holmes and the Agthink outside the box, which is a little scary but also atha Christies. For years I had put off reading Christie, thinking her refreshing. work is all about knitting needles I also write short stories, and will likely try my hand and tea, but have recently found at more. I have three published in anthologies so far. it’s not so at all. I also like Ann Does crime figure in those as well? Yes. Cleeves’ Vera and Shetland series, Will you or have you already used your Japanese and will be reading more when I Canadian heritage in your writing? get the time. In the vaguely planned dystopian crime novel I’ve Answer the question that you mentioned, one of my main characters is Japanese wish someone would ask you. Canadian, which will be interesting for me. To what three key words do you When I was younger and starting to write my current attribute your success? series, I hadn’t put a lot of thought into my roots, Serendipity: I had given up all Japanese on one side, Anglo-Celtic on the other, thoughts of getting published and so have not used heritage as a focal point in my when I chanced upon an event books much either. I assign a range of ethnicities to at the Nelson library – Holley Rucharacters, but only because diversity is interesting, binsky launching South of Elfrida. and Canada is diverse. I liked her and her work so much

Music: When I’m feeling flat, writing-wise, music inspires me and lends continuity to the story’s geography. I can thank my brother John for pointing me to what have become my favourite musicians and tunes. I would be so much poorer without them.

Have you always written crime fiction? If you weren’t writing crime novels, what would you be writing? I’ve always liked reading crime novels, particularly series, like those of Ruth Rendell, Colin Dexter, Ed McBain. And then I worked in the court system, so writing crime was the path of least resistance for me.

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Perseverance: I’m embarrassed to admit how many years it took to get published, and how many tears I’ve shed when rejected. But if you’re in the same boat as me, know that if you love writing for writing itself, and keep at it, you will improve, which is success in itself. And goofy as it sounds, love is the key! Thanks for taking the time to chat with us and letting members of the Japanese Canadian community know what you’re up to. Thank you for inviting me to this interview! The questions were challenging and fun to answer. Lorene Oikawa is a yonsei, 4th gen Japanese Canadian, who speaks and writes about her passions including human rights and her heritage. She is also president of the National Association of Japanese Canadians established in 1947.

FOCUS ON JC BOOKS + JC WRITERS

With the holiday season and gift giving just around the corner in this most unusual of times, we present a selection of new and just-about-to-be-published books by Japanese Canadian writers and/or about the Japanese Canadian experience. From Jeff Chiba Stearns and Lillian Michiko Blakey’s graphic novel for young readers, to Tatsuo Kage’s collected writings based on his 45 years in Canada, to the Landscapes of Injustice book, documenting the deliberate destruction of the Japanese Canadian community through the act of dispossession, there is something for every age and interest. All of the books are already on sale or will be available before the end of the year. home. It was obviously his father’s, but it was written in Japanese. Mike never knew his father could write Japanese. He himself could neither read nor write the language. He was fortunate enough to enlist the help of Naoko Ito, a Japanese grad student at the University of Toronto. It turned out, the book was a dream diary, filled with poetry, descriptions of the surreal, and the story of a love affair with a woman named Chiemi. Chiemi is at the centre of the elder Shintani’s dreams, and Naoko, after some time, seemingly disappears into thin air. Both appear as ghosts in dreams. Another great mystery of Mike’s life is the behaviour of one of his best friends, Boku Sugiura, who decides one day to rob a bank in the name of his grandfather and redress for Japanese Canadians.

Migration, Displacement, and Redress; A Japanese Canadian Perspective Selected Writingsby Tatsuo Kage Electromagnetic Print “In Human Rights work we need to transcend conventional notions of national boundary. I suggest that our vision as a community needs to include human values that extend to others beyond ourselves.” – Tatso Kage, The Bulletin, 1999 This new book includes 59 articles, reports, and conference presentations made between 1977 and 2019, creating a remarkable series of windows, through time, into an immigrant community’s development. There is patient and disciplined organization to take care of its vulnerable members; resolve to imagine a bright future for its youth in the new country; and confidence in culture and art, growing into and influencing a yet-undefined multiculturalism on the west coast of Canada.

Mysterious Dreams of the Dead Terry Watada Anvil Press At the heart of Mysterious Dreams of the Dead is the spiritual search for a father who died in a plane crash north of Lake Superior when his son was fifteen. Mike Shintani decides in his early thirties to address the curious circumstances surrounding his father’s death; the senior Shintani’s body was never found, and wolves circled the crash site as if guarding the area. The impetus for Mike’s search for truth is a diary he found in the basement of his

The two strains of the novel come together in Moose Jaw. Mike discovers the truth about his father’s life and Boku’s uncle (Daniel Sugiura from Terry’s previous novel, The Three Pleasures), a protestor in the Moose Jaw stand-off. Through elements of the Japanese ghost story (kwaidan), magic realism, and Buddhist myth, secrets are revealed and explored. Mysterious Dreams of the Dead is an imaginative examination of the effects of exile, internment, and dispersal on the sansei, third-generation of Japanese Canadians. The book will be available online and through bookstores before the end of the year.

to a country that would “never make war,” as a pillar of its new democratic Constitution. That moment of change, which involved blacking out passages in his school textbooks under the supervision of his teachers, seems to have launched Kage to struggle against injustice wherever he encountered it, balancing his critique of contemporary society with a joyously optimistic view of human nature.

This volume speaks to community organizers; educators at all levels – with some similar As a child in Japan during World War II, content reduplicated from publication for different audiences; political leaders; and Tatsuo Kage was faced with personally anyone who wants to understand what a multicultural society is made of. navigating his country’s transition from an Pre-order: electromagneticprint.com/forthcoming Imperial force behind the Asian Holocaust ships November 14

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On Being Yukiko Jeff Chiba Stearns Lillian Michiko Blakey In a rare collaboration between two of Canada’s most notable Japanese Canadian artists, Jeff Chiba Stearns and Lillian Michiko Blakey, comes an intergenerational story on Japanese Canadian family history and cultural identity. Through the blending of two unique artistic styles, 12-year-old Emma learns about her Japanese roots when her Ba-chan tells her the true-life story of her greatgreat grandmother Maki, a Japanese picture bride who journeyed to Canada at the turn of the 20th century. Maki’s story of extreme perseverance and sacrifice inspires Emma, who identifies as a quarter Japanese, to discover a deeper connection to her Japanese Canadian identity...and on being Yukiko. In order to appeal to young readers, this is the first time a graphic novel has ever been created to address both these themes of Japanese Canadian history and identity. Pre-order at www.meditatingbunny.com/store Anticipated release date: December 4, 2020 Intended audience: pre-teen, young adult

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Landscapes of Injustice A New Perspective on the Internment and Dispossession of Japanese Canadians Edited by Jordan Stanger-Ross McGill-Queen’s University Press The definitive statement of a major national research partnership, Landscapes of Injustice reinterprets the internment of Japanese Canadians by focusing on the deliberate and permanent destruction of home through the act of dispossession. All forms of property were taken. Families lost heirlooms and everyday possessions. They lost decades of investment and labour. They lost opportunities, neighbourhoods, and communities; they lost retirements, livelihoods, and educations. When Japanese Canadians were finally released from internment in 1949, they had no homes to return to. Asking why and how these events came to pass and charting Japanese Canadians’ diverse responses, this book details the implications and legacies of injustice perpetrated under the cover of national security. Available online and through the NNMCC gift store.

The Four Sufferings Terry Watada Mawenzi House In Japanese, shiku hakku means to endure, an expression that originates in Buddhism. The Four Suﬀerings links Terry Watada’s past and present while acknowledging the fundamental suffering of human existence—in birth, aging, illness and death, as well as the suffering endured in daily living—in mundane frustrations, desire, and separation. As well, it celebrates love, and in the end it comes to seek an enlightened state of acceptance. Rise above life’s hardships and rejoice in the state of life is the overall theme of this collection. The book will be available on Amazon and through local bookstores before the end of November.

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River of Lies RM Greenaway Dundurn Press

Kyowakai: Memory and Healing in New Denver Author: Anne Champagne | Book design: John Endo Greenaway Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre

In rain-drenched Vancouver, detectives Dion and Leith chase connections between a tragic drowning, a violent assault, and an apparent suicide.

The Kyowakai Society was formed in New Denver in 1943. When it finally disbanded in 2018 it was the only wartime Japanese Canadian internment organization still in operation. Incorporated as a society in 1977, the Kyowakai Society spearheaded the creation of the Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre (NIMC) with the purpose of collecting, conserving, researching, exhibiting and interpreting objects that represent the life and conditions of the Nikkei living in the Orchard section of New Denver and surrounding West Kootenay internment camps between 1942 and 1957. The only centre of its kind in Canada, it draws attention to global issues of racism, injustice and resilience.

February is the month of romance, but in North Vancouver it’s also become the month of murder. While the North Shore RCMP slog through the rain in the search for whoever left a young woman to die in the Riverside Secondary School parking lot — their first clue a Valentine’s Day card — a toddler mysteriously vanishes from a Riverside Drive home in the midst of a dinner party. With Constable JD Temple's full attention on the parking lot murder, Constables Dave Leith and Cal Dion work the kidnap … until a tenuous connection is made between the two cases, along with the thinnest ray of hope that the child could be alive and well in the hands of a childless couple.

This book tells the story of the NIMC, the people who created it and the healing it inspired. Part history, part cautionary tale, part companion to the exhibits and gardens at the NIMC, this book explores the vision for the centre, elaborates on the interpretive signs that accompany displays, and unravels the symbolic meaning of the Peace Garden. You’ll find little-known photographs and stories about wartime, postwar and ongoing experiences of internees and their descendants. The New Denver experience was unique in that while most were forced east of the Rockies or to move to Japan after the war, detainees from other camps were shunted to the village’s tuberculosis sanatorium along with caregivers and others who were too unwell to move. As a document in the Kyowakai Hall states, they were expected to die soon but many survived and created meaningful lives in the Slocan Valley. Others stayed because they had nowhere else to go, showing great courage, conviction and determination as they resisted pressure from the RCMP to move on.

But when more tragedy rains down on the North Shore, lies must be unveiled before the ugly truth can emerge.

With the NIMC, local Japanese Canadians wanted to tell their story, partly to inspire Nikkei with the fact that they endured and to assure future generations that they too could tap into such inner strength.

Available online and through bookstores.

The book is available through preorder by sending an email to nikkei@newdenver.ca.

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LANDSCAPES OF INJUSTICE: A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE INTERNMENT & DISPOSSESSION OF JAPANESE CANADIANS A REVIEW by Judge Maryka Omatsu LANDSCAPES OF INJUSTICE: A New Perspective on the Internment & Dispossession of Japanese Canadians Edited by Jordan Stanger-Ross

comparison with people who purchased their lands and benefitted over time” (p. 341). The loss was that of the opportunity of holding onto property and passing it onto family.

dhist Temple were scattered over the floor, seats and shrine” (p. 228). 250 public auctions were held and thousands of British Columbians attended these popular events, purchasing over 90,000 personal items of their former neighbours. In support of the uprooting, letters “poured” into M.P. Ian Mackenzie’s Vancouver office from a wide range of voters, e.g. members of the pubSTARTLING REVELATIONS The Collection contains information that many in our lic, the Anglican Diocese of New community might be familiar with, however, there were Westminster, the Vancouver Real Estate Exchange (p. 470). some facts that I found shocking:

4) Profiteers: i) H.R. MacMillan, chair of the Wartime Requirements Board “bought the lands and timber of former competitor, Eikichi Kagetsu, one of the wealthiest JCs at the time for $93,000. Subsequently, MacMillan became a principal of one of the world’s largest forestry companies (p. 472). ii) Gavin C. Mouat, agent for the Custodian on Salt Spring Island, bought the 600acre property of Torazo Iwasaki for $5,250. Subsequently, in 17 years of subdivision and sale, the Mouats netted more than $1.2 million (2018) by selling 73 of the 600 acres that they had purchased. iii) Donald and Edna McLeod and Mervyn and Edith Gardner purchased from the Custodian, Tsunetaro Murakami’s 27 acre farm on Salt Spring Island. Murakami received $986 for 25 acres from the Custodian. Over time, the purchasers “reaped massive profits” as the “total value of the 1944 farm was almost a full $3 million” (p. 350).

3) Researcher, Kaitlin Findlay criticized the Bird Commission that “continually resisted silenced, submerged the testimony of the 1,400 JCs who participated in their articulations of loss and value” (p.314). Yet Jordan Stanger-Ross “found largely to his surprise” that “he corroborated” the Bird Commission conclusions” that topped 2) Everyday British Columbians participated in the up the Custodian’s sale prices (p. looting and vandalism of JC property. Almost every 340). Stanger-Ross’s research deproperty owned by JCs was broken into, looted and termined that JCs “most significant vandalised. Neither the Custodian nor the police losses came not by comparison with stopped the “crazy mobs…who stripped the place the wider market value at the time clean” (p. 387). The “ashes from the Steveston Budof the forced sales but rather by

Politicians: It is difficult to decide who was the worst villain, infamous racist Vancouver MP Ian McKenzie or Port Alberni MP Alan Webster Neil (elected from 1921-1945). Neil advocated that all Asians be expelled from Canada, that no Asiatic be allowed to immigrate to Canada, that fishing licences only be “issued to White British subjects”, that the number of “Japs” who could work in sawmills, canneries and plants be limited and post war, that all JCs be deported. Sadly, despite a campaign in 2017, to remove Neil’s name from a Port Alberni school

McGill-Queens Press, 2020 The Japanese Canadian (JC) community owes a large debt to Jordan Stanger-Ross and the Landscapes of Injustice (LOI) collective for uncovering new facts about the role that the legal system, politicians and widespread anti JC racism played in our history. I approached the book with some trepidation, 500 pages, a tome. At times, it was painful to read about the deliberate destruction of lives and the callous disregard most British Columbians had to our plight. The 14 essays deal primarily with the dispossession and are divided into four sections: i) the “killing of home”, the forced sale of JC property that ripped the heart out of our community; ii) the decision to dispossess was not a hasty action made “as an act of panic under the crisis of war” (p. 461) but required eight years of “sustained government work” by bureaucrats, lawyers and politicians; iii) the report of the lies and justifications Government told to cover up their actions; and iv) the permanence of the dispossession and its continuing effects on our community.

1) the plan to rid BC and Canada of JCs was behind the selling of all our property. The thinking was, if they have nothing to return to, we can rid BC and Canada of “Japs”. Contrast this with the treatment of Canadian enemy alien Germans (847 interned) and Italians (632 interned) who retained their personal and real property and with Japanese Americans who were released from the camps before the end of the war and kept their property.

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to study JC losses publicly reported in 1951. The Bird Commission Lawyers and Bureaucrats: i) Civil servant, racist lawyer “vindicated the state’s actions and and Vancouver head of the Custodian of Enemy Propportrayed the dispossession as leerty, Glen McPherson drafted OIC 469 that legalized gitimate state intervention” (p.324). the sale of real property (90% of JC property were iv) In 1968, Justice Sheppard of the leased by 1943 p. 175), then legalistically declared all Exchequer Court heard the Iwasaki JC property as “perishable” so that the Custodian could case. Iwasaki challenged the Custosell everything without their owners’ consent. McPherdian’s sales as a breach of trust. In son was also an intelligence agent for the British Se1970 Justice Sheppard released his curity Coordination who was “convinced that BC was decision that held that “there was full of (JC) fifth columnists”. ii) Nameless bureaucrats in no trust, nor any breach of trust” the Custodian’s office who heartlessly denied to Teiji (pp.284-5). Ebisuzaki’s (one of the owners of the Ebisuzaki general store at 337 Powell Street) request to release some SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BOOK cash from the sale of his home and business to buy, A friend’s child returned home because of a severe cold snap in Lemon Creek, warm from school after a grade-school winter clothes for his children who were wearing “ old show and tell. She had described the wartime experiences of her rags..that were beyond patching” (p. 104). grandparents. A fellow classmate Judges: i) Justice Sidney Smith approved each and had heckled her saying it was all every forced sale in Vancouver & Justice David Whilies, that such things didn’t happen teside handled the sales of the rural properties and In Canada. Perhaps some younger farm sales. ii) Justice Joseph Thorson, was Minister of Asian Canadians might feel the National War Service before being appointed president same way. However, the COVID of the Exchequer Court of Canada. The Nakashima pandemic has unleashed the deep case was brought in 1943 and sought an injunction roots of anti Asian racism, such that stopping the Custodian’s sales. Thorson delayed re30% of Chinese Canadians and 27% leasing his negative decision until Aug. 28, 1947, years of Korean Canadians have reported after most of the properties had been sold. iii) Justice incidents of racism. The release of Henry Bird’s whose inquiry was established in 1947 and street, Council voted it down by a vote of 5 to 2.

Landscapes of Injustice is timely. Post George Floyd, Canadians are discussing systemic racism against Indigenous, Black and persons of colour. Our history is a stark reminder of the harm done by racism to individuals and communities. The book’s findings call out for a closer study of the profiteers, the role of BC newspapers in fanning the flames, the widespread support of British Columbians for a white Canada and present-day supporters of white supremacy, groups like the Soldiers of Odin. In some ways Landscapes Of Injustice is a depressing read, however it contains a treasure trove of information that should spur more research and inquiry. Hopefully the essays contained in Landscapes of Injustice will provide teachers and students with information that tell our story and keep our history alive. Available for purchase from the Nikkei National Museum

Maryka will be part of a panel at the Wilson Institute Author meets Critics event on Thursday November 19, 2020 1pm PST. Zoom Meeting ID: 876 6883 7849 www.landscapesofinjustice.com

Limelight Toronto writer Terry Watada has been awarded a $10,000 Writer’s Grant from the Toronto Arts Council to write a new novel. Hiroshima Bomb Money is based, in part, on the true story of Watada’s wife’s great aunt, who survived the atom bomb blast for about a week as she struggled to find her two babies. The novel also follows the experiences of a brother in China and a younger sister in Canada.

Vancouver artist Cindy Mochizuki, together with artists Lucie Chan and Tania Willard, are winners of VIVA Awards, with each artist receiving $15,000 from The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation for the Visual Arts. Esteemed writer Dorothy Woodend is the winner of the $5,000 Max Wyman Award for Critical Writing and Paloma Pacheco was chosen by Ms. Woodend to receive the emerging writer prize of a residency at the Banff Centre. The Max Wyman Awards are jointly administered by the Max Wyman Award Committee and the Yosef Wosk Family Foundation. The usual annual celebration, a public ceremony honouring the recipients, was cancelled this year due to COVID-19.

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update POWELLSTFEST HOLIDAY GIFT BOX ON SALE STARTING NOVEMBER 9 Powell Street Festival is proud to collaborate with local Japanese Canadian crafters to bring holiday cheer to your home. These specially curated boxes demonstrate the creativity and skill of some of the festival’s long-time crafters and vendors. Whether you’re buying this bundle for yourself or for a loved one, you’re sure to be impressed by the amazing craftmanship of these items. Just in time for the gift giving season, it’s also one of the last chances to grab 2018, 2019, and 2020 Powell Street Festival Merchandise. Limited quantities are available so get them before they’re gone! For more information visit www.powellstreetfestival.com

Powell Street Festival Society - Setting the Table for Resilience We spent the early autumn season housekeeping and now have a seat at the Downtown Eastside Community Kitchens (DECK) table, where a network of grassroots groups have gathered to enhance food security, work towards a long-term vision of food sovereignty, and nurture community resilience in our beloved Downtown Eastside (DTES) neighbourhood.

we are contributing to the emergent DECK program, a community kitchen network that aims to coordinate its utilization of facilities, supplies and resources to bolster food security in the DTES. DECK’s activities support the preparation of hot meals and provides ways for Single Room Occupancy Hotel (SRO) tenants to cook for themselves and their neighbours.

To advance economic and social equity by creating skills training and employment opportunities through programs that deliver basic necessities of life and/or cultural education for marginalized and racialized populations currently living in the historic Japanese Canadian geographic location of the Powell Street neighbourhood, currently known as the Downtown Eastside.

to the pandemic, PSFS is screening the feature film The Vancouver Asahi at the DTES Heart of the City Festival. PSFS is partnering with VJLS-JH/Atira’s Respite Space in the Japanese Hall. To add to the festivities, PSFS is distributing popcorn and origami baseball cap art prompts! A heartfelt thank you to Grace Eiko Thomson for providing access to the film.

As of mid-October, PSFS also contributes to the WePress Community Kitchen based in the Vancouver Japanese Language School & Following the success of the Telethon and Japanese Hall’s (VJLS-JH) facility to cook and distribute 200 meals the groundswell of support for Powell Street per day, Mondays through Fridays. We are also supporting a pilot Festival Society’s (PSFS’s) Community Care project with Health through Spirit, who are integrating their peers Program, we hosted a Special General Meeting into this network with enhanced mental health and trauma support. for members to vote on the following amendment This mutual aid approach sets a path toward a sustainable, capacityto our Constitutional purpose. The motion passed building food system in the DTES. unanimously: In lieu of the Annual Asahi Tribute Game, which was cancelled due

We anticipate an active winter season despite the unpredictabilities of Covid-19. Follow our newsletter and Facebook for updates. Interested We decided to prioritize sustainability and to in learning the Paueru Mashup community dance? Thinking about take a mutual aid approach with the PowellStFest joining a PSFS committee? Are you an artist seeking connections to Community Kitchen. As of mid-October, rather than the Japanese Canadian community? We would love to hear from you! establishing a once-a-week set up independently, Please write to us at info@powellstreetfestival.com

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Japanese Dance with TomoeArts & Satsuki-kai for Discover Dance! The Dance Centre’s Discover Dance! series has moved online this fall due to the pandemic. The November edition is a program of Japanese traditional and classical dances with TomoeArts and guests Satsuki kai, streaming online November 26 – December 10. We sat down (virtually) with Colleen Lanki, Artistic Director of TomoeArts, for a quick chat about her work.

Bulletin Interview: Artistic Director Colleen Lanki How did you get involved with Japanese dance? I was living in Tokyo and saw the most amazing dance play at the kabuki-za called Kurozuka performed by Ichikawa Ennosuke III. I was so moved by the piece, I wanted to know more about this form of theatrical dance. A friend introduced me to Fujima Yūko, a master dancer and teacher who was willing to take on a foreign student. What began as curiosity about the form became a lifelong study and practice. I trained with Yūko-sensei twice a week for almost seven years, and she granted me a professional name, Fujima Sayū – which shows that I am part of the Fujima school or family, and also that I am her disciple as the yū part of the given name is written in the same character as the yū in hers. I feel a real responsibility to her memory (she died in 2003) and the form. I maintain my practice when I return to Japan and study with another teacher, Fujima Shōgo.

Tell us about Satsuki-kai, the company you are working with for Discover Dance! Satsuki-kai is run by dancer-teacher Nishikawa Kayo. The group has been in existence since 2011, and they practice every week at the Nikkei Centre in Burnaby. Satsuki-kai is a really active community group and performs at many festivals and cultural events. Nishikawa Kayo is a part of the Nishikawa School, and also teaches festival folk dancing and does kimono dressing events. Satsuki-kai practices a different style of Japanese dance than TomoeArts. You will see it in the concert, and I expect hear more in the Q & A session! If you didn’t have a career in dance, what might you be doing? I have been working in dance and theatre my whole life…so I am not sure what else I would be doing. I have worked in education and administration but always with a connection to the performing arts. I suppose if I had made a different choice many years ago, I’d have gone into science and been an oceanographer. And honestly – if someone had introduced me to quantum physics in high school, I might have followed that path too! What might people be surprised to know about you? I’m working on my PhD in theatre at UBC. So I’m pretty darn busy!

How have you adapted your practice during the pandemic? My life now exists predominantly online. Though necessary, my practice has become “virtual” in too many ways! I taught lessons online all summer, and still have a few students learning virtually. I have been working on a new piece that has become a kind of experimental video project because my collaborators are in Montreal and Nelson. We have been recording things alone, and now they are being combined and digitally altered; It’s a whole strange way of collaboration. I’m also working out the different What would you like people to know about Japanese ways to live stream concerts and events. The shift from in-person to onclassical dance? screens has been emotionally challenging, yet opened some remarkable I’d rather call what I do it kabuki odori or at least buyō possibilities for involvement from artists and supporters from all over the – but I use the English term because it is easier for world. I am trying to think long-term to build these international connecpeo-ple to understand. It’s a little like calling ballet tions, without falling into depression thinking that we may never get back “French classical dance”! Buyō is theatrical and driven to a fulsome live performance world. by character and image. It has always been connected to the kabuki theatre and geisha world, and it has a What is your next project? history dating back to the 17th century. There are many We created an experimental dance and video project called (Digital) Lady newly created dances, some are in traditional form, but M which will be released on the TomoeArts YouTube page starting Demany others break conventions. Yūko-sensei believed cember 9! I am also part of a symposium I organized called Redefining the her beloved dance form could – and should – be in- Contemporary which will be live streamed (also on the YouTube page) on ternational like ballet and wanted to see it practiced December 5. An amazing group of Vancouver dancers discuss the ideas of “tradition” and “contemporary” as it connects to their practice. There will by people around the world. be similar roundtables happening in Peru and India in December as well. Tell us about your company, TomoeArts, and the All the links will be on our webpage: www.tomoearts.org/Performances/ work you do TomoePerformancesRedefining I founded the company with two purposes: 1) to work towards Yūko-sensei’s goal of internationalizing buyō (Japanese classical dance) – at least in some small The Dance Centre presents the Discover Dance! series way, and 2) to enable me to create works that were Japanese Dances with TomoeArts trans-disciplinary and sometimes trans-national. The Thursday November 26, 2020, 12noon PST company runs classes and workshops in buyō, pro- streaming online until 1pm on December 10, 2020 duces concerts of Japanese dance featuring local Tickets: $0/$10/$20 sliding scale at www.thedancecentre.ca dancers and sometimes guest artists from Japan. We also create new works of dance and theatre (and sometimes opera!).

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This is our sixth installment of Miso Soup for the Soul, our series focusing on food, specifically comfort food and the foods that connect us to our roots and to each other. I have been reaching out to the community for recipes and for the stories that accompany them. The recipes don't have to be Japanese or JC recipes. They can be recipes that express our reality living in a diverse, pluralistic world, they can be fusions of east and west, or north and south. And they don't even have to be recipes – they can be essays on an ingredient or a type of cooking. They can be stories about cooking and connecting in the time of pandemic, or from your childhood. This is open to everyone – I hope to get recipes and stories from across the country. Please feel free to pass along to others.

JEWPANESE MAPLE KABOCHALLAH by Carmel Tanaka At the ripe old age of 27, I learned to bake my first challah. My teacher was none other than the late Robbie McConnell, former Publisher of the Montreal Gazette. Using his recipe as the foundation for my challah, join me in adding kabocha (Japanese pumpkin), courtesy of the one and only Kristin Eriko Posner of Nourish Co., and a splash of 100% “True North strong and free” maple syrup! My friend and fellow member of the Jewpanese tribe Lauren Schreiber Sasaki of Jewish& took this vibrant yet delicate dough that celebrates my multiple identities and gave it her own little extra zazz by making them pumpkin shaped, inspired by Rebekah Lowin. May the Jewpanese community cooking continue to grow! Chag Sukkot Sameach :)

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Ingredient List Kabocha Honey Maple syrup Yeast Eggs Neutral-flavoured oil (i.e. corn, grape seed, etc.) Kosher salt Unbleached all-purpose flour Poppy seeds, black or white sesame seeds (preferably already toasted, can be found in Asian supermarkets) Maldon sea salt flakes

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RECIPES Kabocha Purée 1. Cut kabocha in half 2. Scoop out seeds 3. Brush with oil 4. Bake at 350 F until soft when you can poke your fork through easily and when you see it begin to caramelize around the edges. 5. Let cool. 6. Scoop out 1 cup’s worth of the orange flesh into a food processor. It’s easier to add part of the egg mixture so that it blends more smoothly. Make sure kabocha has cooled, otherwise you’ll cook the egg!

7. Snack on the rest of the roasted kabocha while you 10. Turn dough out onto a floured counter or sheet of parchment paper (bigger is better so you have room to work – you can always trim the prepare the following! paper before the loaf goes into the oven). Chef’s note: If you are unable to find kabocha in your 11. Braid the loaf. For 6 strands, check out online instructions. local grocer, you may substitute with another gourd of your choice, sweet potato, chestnuts or even 12. Cover loaf with a slightly damp-ish cloth and leave to rise for 30 canned pumpkin – be prepared to add more flour to minutes. compensate for added moisture. 13. Set oven for 350 F. If you’re using a baking stone, put it in now to preheat; if it’s a baking sheet, 5 minutes before baking time is enough. Robbie’s Challah 14. When the bread has risen, add a few drops of water to the reserved 7/8 cup warm water egg and brush the wash onto the entire surface of the loaf. 1/4 cup honey (or maple syrup or a combination of 15. Sprinkle on poppy seeds, black or white sesame seeds and some the two) Maldon sea salt flakes for extra crunch, then slide the bread into the 1 tbsp yeast 3 large eggs, warmed (add a 4th egg if adding 1 cup oven, using a cutting board or other flat surface as a transfer vehicle if necessary. of kabocha purée) 1/4 cup oil (neutral-flavoured oil is best; olive oil is OK, 16. Bake for 25-30 minutes. but the bread will maintain some of its taste) 1 tbsp kosher salt Cool, admire, bless and enjoy! 3 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour (add roughly 1-1.5 more cups of flour to compensate for the 1 cup of kabocha purée and extra egg, humidity in the air, Carmel Tanaka (pronouns: she/her) is etc.!) a queer Jewpanese woman of colour from Vancouver, BC, Canada and a Community Engagement professional. Her mother is Ashkenazi Israeli and her father is Japanese Canadian. She founded JQT Vancouver, (pronounced 2. Warm up your eggs in a warm water bath. “J-Cutie”) Vancouver’s Jewish queer trans 3. Lightly coat the measuring cup with oil, then fill with nonprofit, Genocide Prevention BC and was recently named one of honey/maple syrup (easier to get every last drop of it Be’chol Lashon’s 7 LGBTQ+ Jews of Color you should know. She also if it has an oil coating!). spearheads a monthly Zoom call for Jewpanese and their families from 4. In that same food mixer, stir honey/maple syrup into all over the world, so if you know any Jewpanese people in your life, water (mix well). please get in touch and we’ll connect you! Directions 1. Heat the water kettle, and pour boiling water to warm up the bowl of your food mixer.

5. Add yeast; let sit until yeast is dissolved and starting to work. 6. Roughly beat the eggs and add to bowl (or add to kabocha purée), reserving enough egg for a wash. 7. Add oil, salt and flour. 8. Mix until dough is shaggy and still a little moist, adding small amounts of flour or water if necessary. (Likely more flour, if you are adding kabocha and more egg). 9. Cover dough and let rise for two hours. (If your oven has a bread proof setting, mazal tov! If you don’t, heat your oven to 200 F when you are getting all of your ingredients onto the counter and turn it off once you’re about to start mixing, otherwise you can cook your dough while it’s rising.)

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Apart from centres of British and Irish culture outside Britain and Ireland, mainly former colonies like British Columbia and rest of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong, many people in the rest of the world, including the Japanese, don’t seem to have a clear idea of British or more specifically “English cuisines.” We in BC are familiar with English and Irish pubs in varying degrees depending on our taste preference. I would think most readers must be familiar with fish and chips same similar to the fish and chips one would find in most British cities and towns. This is a typical traditional fast food. When I first moved into a cheap bed-sitter in London’s Earl’s Court back in 1966 as I started to work for Reuters news agency, I would go to a fish and chips take-out near the tube station from time to time. I remember a piece or two of fried haddock sitting atop the chips (fries) that came in newspaper rolled into a cone. It would warm my hands and I would always start eating before I got home. Of course, plenty of salt and vinegar were sprinkled on. Having lived in London in my boyhood and later as a young journalist working on Fleet Street, I’ve acquired a taste for English cuisines, pub food in particular. Having lived in Wimbledon outside London as a young teenager, and later for a year with Reuters before being posted to Rome, I know London well and it remains to be my favourite global city. I would even move there were it not for the fairly generous monthly pensions I receive from the Canadian federal government as well as from the BC provincial government (qualifying as a low-income senior). And frankly, one of the big factors would be the UK’s food culture. For me, it all starts with pub food and pub culture. Leaving aside the question of what to drink in pubs for the sake of space, if I were to arrive in London now, I would head straight for a pub for my first meal. One of my favourites is bangers and mash. A thick pork sausage comes with mashed potato and peas all covered in brown sauce. The waiter or waitress taking my order would always ask “garden-fresh peas or mushy peas?” That’s when I really feel like I’ve arrived in London.

Another favourite also available in pubs here, is shepherd’s pie. I have no ideas why it called that. Minced beef and such is placed in a rectangular porcelain dish about 5 or 6 cm deep together with chopped potatoes carrots and peas. The whole thing is then covered with pie crust and baked in an oven, This and bangers and mash can of course be made at home. But somehow they don’t taste as good as when one enjoys them in a pub.

very good among the English, particularly among the upper class, that French cuisine was more classy. At a group dinner in a French restaurant, one had to be able to read the menu in French effortlessly, and be able to discuss which wines would go best with the sommelier. That means those who learned French properly at school, i.e. the upper class. The country’s class system is alive and well even today. No matter how much money one has, one would Then there is roast beef that’s con- be looked down upon if one could sidered a traditional English cuisine. not speak with the proper accent. It is served with roast potatoes A far cry, incidentally, from Japanese and carrots as well as Yorkshire society where rich merchants could pudding. There once was a time buy into the samurai class and, later, the French would use “rosbif”as the nobility through marriage. a synonym for the English. Once over Christmas while I was working Strictly speaking, UK cuisines for Reuters, my flat mate invited should include traditional cuisines me to his parent’s home up north. of Scotland and Ireland too. A faI remember one night they served mous example is Scotland’s haggis. home-made roast beef. As my friend It is finely copped internal organs of said, “We English prefer light sea- sheep which is mixed with oatmeal soning as we like to enjoy the pure and lard, stuffed into a sheep’s stomach and boiled. It is a matter taste of the ingredients.” of taste but this apparently has such Nowadays, one would find various a distinct taste that not even many restaurants serving such traditional Scottish people like it. I spent many fare cooked in various ways and years in Britain but not even once with various ingredients to render did I see someone eating haggis. them more tasty. A few years ago, Frankly I gave it a pass, but it is my ex partner, who is originally from even said that those who like haggis Singapore, and I had a chance to qualify as true Scotsmen. stay in London for about a week. Eating out, we ended going to a As we’re on the subject of food and Chinese restaurant or two, an Indi- drink, allow me to dwell briefly on an restaurant and a slightly fancy what to drink with the cuisines. Ale French restaurant. Because Britain (kind of beer with more bitterness has many people of Indian and Chi- and taste, 6% alcohol content) and nese origin from the former colonies other beers like lager go well with pub of India, Pakistan, Hong Kong and food. Lager also goes well with Indian so on, cities both large and small and Chinese cuisines. With French always have Indian and Chinese cuisines, wine of course is best. restaurants. Many English people So everyone, I hope you’ll be enlove such cuisines too. joying pub food – the most basic Back in the 1960s when I moved of UK cuisines – sometime soon. to London, there was a certain Cheers! prejudice that English food is not

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The Journey of a Piece of Furniture, a Piece of Family History The on going series of stories arising from the Landscapes of Injustice claims series has been posted on our Touched by Dispossession section of the website. A past article in this section from 2016 about my family’s history in Paldi prompted an email from a reader and sparked the remarkable journey of the repossession of an end table built by my Uncle Bob Toyota before the war. Here is the provenance of this piece of family history. by Michael Abe PROLOGUE In 1991, my Auntie Katy (Kaoru nee Toyota) and Uncle Kumy (Kumeo) Yoshida came from London Ontario with Kumy’s brother Shige (Shigeuki Edward) Yoshida’s family for the unveiling of the Lone Scout mural in Chemainus. The mural paid tribute to Shige’s history as a scout leader, starting in Chemainus and eventually building the largest Scout troop in the Commonwealth while interned in Tashme just outside Hope BC. Years later I heard a story that while they were there someone came up to them and said that they still have their family’s furniture that they took in for safekeeping until they returned after their forced removal. “We’ve been looking for you for 50 years” she said. When I asked my aunt for more details about what happened she said she couldn’t remember and so this family urban legend remained a mystery for another 30 years. Until recently. My mother, Ruth was the 13th of 14 children to Shoshichi and Kiriye Toyota living in Paldi BC just outside Duncan before WWII. Her uncle and aunt Daigoro and Hanayo and their 10 children lived next door. The houses and furniture were built by some of her brothers, including Mus, George and Bob. Paldi, known as Mayo at the time, was a bustling sawmill community, populated with Indo, Japanese and Chinese Canadians. Caucasians were the minority in this unique community of mixed races.1 My aunt remembers it fondly as a place where there was little racial discrimination despite a very racist BC at the time. Sadly, not much remains of Paldi today and in 2015 my cousin and my family went looking for the

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Ruth, front row, second from right.

exact location of the Toyota houses, eventually discovering not only the location but two plum trees that my grandmother used to make umeboshi, a pickled sour plum for the middle of rice balls. I wrote about that in an article, Paldi, The Town History Plum Forgot, after my mother visited in 2016 and there it has remained, on the Landscapes of Injustice website in the Touched by Dispossession section. Fast forwarding to September 2020 imagine my surprise when I received an email from a visitor to the site. She writes: Hello, my name is Judy Koga-Ross. Thank you for sharing your lovely story. I lived and grew up in Paldi and married into the Ross family from Duncan. Mary and Perry Ross held onto some dresser drawers for a Toyota family during the internment. They had promised the family it would be here upon their return but the Toyota family never came back to the Cowichan Valley to their knowledge. We have a corner table which Mike Ross, my husband, inherited when he left for university. The other piece of furniture may have been sold along with the house when Mary and Perry died. If you would like the end table, it is yours. Respectfully Yours, Judy Koga-Ross

Excited and in shock I wrote back and several emails were exchanged. I also found out more about Perry and Mary Ross in the book Paldi Remembered, written by Joan Mayo, long-time resident of Paldi. In an interview with Perry Ross and his wife Mary, Joan relates Perry saying, “It all happened so fast we didn’t really catch on to what was happening till suddenly they were all gone.”2 Said his wife Mary, “I remember all those people coming from Duncan offering to buy their furniture, cars and other belongings real cheap. It was criminal. They took their hard-earned belongings for next to nothing. We bought a chesterfield from the Toyotas but we paid them a fair price. It was real sad to see them go like that.3 Joan added that later the Ross family moved into one of the two large two-storey houses the Toyota brothers had built for themselves. The other one was lost in a fire. 4 The connection continued to grow and so did my anticipation of meeting Judy and Mike and as luck would have it my wife and I and eldest son were on our way to the mainland later that week so we started out a day earlier and fit in a trip to Mission BC. We spent a wonderful afternoon sharing stories and history with Judy and Mike, who were the most gracious hosts and after some emotional goodbyes we took possession of a small but treasured piece of family history that survived the forced uprooting and dispersal of a family half a country away, almost 80 years before. We were assured by Mike and Judy that it had served them well and was well loved. The sturdy end table built by my Uncle Bob Toyota had weathered much use, and it was accompanied by index cards that said, Welcome Home! and I have lived with Perry and Mary Ross since 1941ish! I was a bedroom end table all my time away. Mission accomplished. EPILOGUE Talking to my 95 year old Auntie Katy she said that it was likely Uncle Bob who made the end table as he made most of the furniture and also helped build the two Toyota houses. Bob passed away in 2018 at the age of 96.

I then emailed Rodney and Marsha, Bob’s children. Rodney said that working with his dad on many hotel furniture projects, that night table reminded him of many projects they did -and he used that style in a few hotels. He also remembers his dad telling him stories about how he’d stay up late at night making handmade furniture in their shed for the community. He’d use scrap material from the mill where he worked full time since he was 13 years old. This experience led to a lifetime career in woodworking. I pulled the case file for Uncle Bob and there is a line that says under personal property, 1 box of carpenter’s tools, 1 bicycle in their house at Paldi, BC, being looked after by P. Ross who is living in house. Auntie Katy also related the story of Shige being whisked off to Victoria during his internment in Tashme to be congratulated in person by Lord Baden-Powell at a Jamboree being held there. Helen Lansdowne, Associate Director at CAPI upon hearing this story, noted the contradiction of the entire situation. The largest scout troop with its inherent colonial ideals, honoured while being incarcerated by their own country of birth. And talking to Joan Mayo, she recalls the Ross’ and said that she has home movies of young Judy overtaking her son in a sack race at a picnic in the early 60’s. I have a feeling that this story might continue. Joan Mayo, Paldi Remembered, 50 years in the life of a Vancouver Island logging town, (Duncan: Cowichan Valley Museum & Archives 2016), 9

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by Linda Kawamoto Reid Borrowed from Nature, a full length CBC documentary will stream nationally on CBC Gem starting on Friday Nov. 13, and will air on CBC TV in Alberta and BC on Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. While featuring the life of the late master gardener Roy Tomomichi Sumi who played a vital role in the creation of UBC’s Nitobe Garden in Vancouver, BC and the Heiwa Teien Peace Garden in New Denver, it features accounts and reflections of the Japanese Canadian gardening community in western Canada. Japanese Canadians such as Hiro Okusa of the Vancouver Gardeners Association (founded by Roy Sumi in 1959), key members of the Nikka Yuko Garden society in Lethbridge, and the Kyowakai Society in New Denver all express their love and appreciation for memorial gardens and the history they represent. Roy Sumi immigrated in 1925 to Kichirano, joined the community of gardeners there, and was interned in Tashme after a stint in the Rainbow Road camp along the Blue River Yellowhead Highway project. Haiku he wrote while interned in Tashme and New Denver is interspersed through the film, along with historic photos donated generously by Marlene Sumi to the Nikkei National Museum.

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Other locals featured in the film are Judy Hanazawa, president of the GVJCCA; Santa Ono, Vice Chancellor of UBC; Ryo Sugiyama, current caretaker of Nitobe Garden; and Henry Wakabayashi. This film is not only a tribute to Roy Sumi and his contributions but also a nod to the resilience of Japanese Canadians through the complex history and unique contribution to the mosaic of multicultural Canada. Make sure to watch it! Local goes National! And it’s really well done by Kino Sum Productions! Linda Kawamoto Reid is the researcher for the Borrowed from Nature.

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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF JAPANESE CANADIANS by Terry Watada

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THE SWEET AND THE BITTER In May 2019 (during the Before Times), I wrote about an obscure Japanese actor named Yoko Tani. What caught my interest in her was the fact that she starred in a James Clavell film called The Sweet and the Bitter. And it was filmed in Vancouver, the canneries of Steveston, and Vancouver Island in 1962 (released in 1967)!

From that plot point, she goes back and forth from Rob to her fiancé, until she finds out that Kazanami (the fisherman) is her real father! He didn’t die in the camp but took the name of a dead man so he could start over with a new boat in Ste-

The DVD was impossible to find at the time, though one had been released but quickly went out of print. I promised I would look for it. A year or so later, I successfully found it, ordered it, and viewed it. The Sweet and the Bitter, though written and directed by James Clavell, is not a great film; it’s not even a good film. The plot is convoluted, dependent on coincidence and illogical development; the acting terrible except for the veteran actors from Hollywood; and the location switching does not make sense. But it was interesting to see the locales (the Hotel Vancouver is visible in some shots) and the locals, a mix of Issei and Nisei, as extras. I didn’t recognize anyone but I’m sure people born and raised in the Vancouver area would. The film focussed on Mary Ota, a picture bride from Nagasaki, Japan, who wants to get back the three fishing boats stolen by Duncan MacRoy, a BC shipping magnet, during WWII. Her mother died in the Nagasaki atom bomb blast and her father was said to have died in a Japanese Canadian internment camp. MacRoy bought Ota’s boats for $500 (they were worth thirty to forty thousand dollars each), and immediately started an affair with Ota’s wife. Mother and daughter were banished to Japan while Ota went to his fate in camp.

veston. Kind of creepy since Mary tries to seduce him into releasing her from the contract. In the end, all is forgiven as Kazanami/Ota and his daughter plan to go out on the fishing boat and travel the high seas together and forever. But Rob shows up and declares his love for Mary (after a long line of love pronouncements throughout the movie), and the two go out to sea in the father’s boat while Ota Senior watches from the dock. Convoluted plot neatly wrapped up in an illogical manner.

Twenty years later, Mary or Mariko returns to Canada as a picture bride, in a marriage contract with a Nisei named Dick Kazanami. She takes on a false name and appears with a disfigured face (thanks to makeup). How she got through immigration is not explained. She meets her future husband and promptly runs away. The irony is MacRoy senior stole Ota’s boat and wife at the beginning She stays in a swanky downtown hotel and plots her of WWII. Ota, at the end, sees Macscheme. For some inexplicable reason, Rob MacRoy Roy Junior take his daughter and (son of the shipping magnet, the object of Mary’s ire) boat. Almost laughable if not for the finds her at the hotel (he says he looked her up – other implications. than bumping into her accidentally, how does he know her?), asks her on a date, and falls in love with her in The cast is interesting. Yoko Tani, as I outlined last year, appeared in Stanley Park. Just like that. many films in Europe. Paul Richards

as the lovelorn MacRoy junior is a TV regular, appearing in such popular shows as I Spy, The Mod Squad and The Fugitive. MacRoy Senior, Torin Thatcher, is arguably the most recognizable. He played prominent villains in such shows as Gunsmoke and Mission Impossible. Dale Ishimoto as Dick Kazanami/Ota was placed in the Gila Internment camp in Arizona before joining the fabled 442. He earned a purple heart before leaving on a medical discharge. He appeared in a long list of movies and TV shows, including The King and I, Sea Hunt, PT 109, McHale’s Navy, King Rat, Walk, Don’t Run, MASH, and Come See the Paradise. None of the roles were what I would call a star vehicle, but they did provide a living for the man. Finally, there was Teru Shimada, who played Tom Hirata, Kazanami’s friend. Shimada is memorable in the James Bond adventure You Only Live Twice. He also appeared in a slew of TV shows and movies. Quite a pioneer for Asian American actors along with Dale Ishimoto. And to think Shimada, growing up in Japan, wanted to become the next Sessue Hayakawa! As I said, The Sweet and the Bitter was not a good movie. But it is a remarkable film – James Clavell’s attention to history is admirable. It foreshadows his work in books and TV series like Shogun. To delve into the Japanese Canadian internment experience at that early date was a brave act. I’m sure the topic was not popular at that time, especially amongst Japanese Canadians. When Mary Ota asked of a group of Nikkei fishermen how Japanese Canadians could believe in a country that betrayed them, incarcerated them, and stole their property, Dick Kazanami/Ota responded, “What is past is past.”

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After an unpredictable and unnerving spring and a cautiously optimistic summer, we find ourselves cross-fading into an perilous autumn. Warning signs are everywhere. Rising case numbers across the country, fueled in part by lockdown fatigue and the accompanying dropping of defenses remind us that the experiences in Europe and the United States are alltoo-easily replicated here. Here on the west coast we seem to have settled too easily into complacency, thinking ourselves immune from a virus that is ravaging cities and towns east of the Rockies and south of the border. On some level it is hard to comprehend that the simple steps that can be taken to shut down the pandemic are so hard for so many. After all, we are not being asked to strap on guns and fight an enemy. Instead, we are asked to keep to our homes when possible, to take simple precautions when out into the world, and to keep socializing to a bare minimum. Surely we owe it to our seniors, our loved ones, and the most vulnerable among us, to do all we can to beat the surging case numbers back, so that when we emerge in the spring, the country, and the world, is facing a more hopefull future. Stay safe everyone.

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By Judy Hanazawa Hello Community,

INTRODUCING: CARY SAKIYAMA

Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving and Hallowe’en! The numbers of new Covid cases are a concern but overall, we will get through by remaining considerate and sticking to the pandemic safety routine. Take good care everyone. November is here and many of us have routinely gone to Stanley Park each year on November 11 to honour and remember Japanese Canadian soldiers who sacrificed themselves defending Canada. Although the community won’t be gathering as in previous years, the ceremony will be shared online. This month I am introducing our new GVJCCA Board Director and Treasurer Cary Sakiyama. Welcome to the Board Cary and thank you for taking on the responsibility of being the GVJCCA treasurer and sharing your story.

I am a proud single Dad of three young amazing children, Cedar, Soleil and Mackenzie. I was born and raised in Revelstoke, BC where I grew up hiking, fishing, camping, curling, skiing, playing hockey, baseball and soccer. My nisei mom (Tomiko nee Shirakawa) and her family from Steveston “worked” on a sugar beet farm in Manitoba. My Issei dad Fujikazu was befriended by a very strong Italian community in Revelstoke and stayed there for the rest of his life. Most of my working life was spent as a District Manager for Honda Canada visiting Honda and Acura automotive Dealerships in Western Canada. My primary focus was to foster a culture of collaboration with a foundation based on excellent customer service. My responsibilities also included marketing, coaching and training leadership from Vancouver Island to Manitoba. Long term sustainability will arise from great processes and that is something I am excited to bring to this GVJCCA Board. continued on page 22

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BC NDP will work with Japanese-Canadians to heal past traumas A re-elected BC NDP government will continue building a more inclusive future and honouring the Japanese-Canadian community by recognizing a historic wrong in British Columbia. John Horgan’s plan commits to provide lasting recognition of the traumatic internment of more than 22,000 Japanese-Canadians during World War II. “While these events stand as a reminder for how racism, discrimination and hate have hurt generations of people, they also remind us of the incredible resiliency of people who stand up against injustice,” said Horgan. “We have a moral and ethical responsibility to acknowledge our past because it shapes our province today. And we’re going to keep working together to make BC a better and more inclusive province for everyone.”

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More British Columbians will learn about these atrocities through recognition in libraries, communities, and at the BC Legislature. This is just one step the BC NDP is taking to help heal traumas of the past and ensure a lasting legacy for the Japanese-Canadian community.

“Tackling systemic racism includes recognizing its roots in our history,” said Horgan. “We were also proud to re-stablish the Human Rights Now you will likely find me with my binoculars Commission in 2018 after it was dismantled by the BC Liberals, and looking at birds, backpacking on a trail, at the we created the ResilienceBC anti-racism network as part of our work Queen Elizabeth Theatre attending a Vancouver to make BC a safer place for people who are too often the target of Opera production or on a road trip at a National hate. But there’s more to do.” Park somewhere between Denali in Alaska, Other steps the BC NDP is taking include: Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico and Gros Morne • Delivering a new law to take on racism: With BC’s Multiculturalism in Newfoundland. Act now 25 years old, we will conduct a full review of anti-racism It is an honour and a pleasure to work with the laws in other jurisdictions and launch a full stakeholder consultation dedicated and committed Board of the GVJCCA leading to a new Anti-Racism Act that better serves everyone in BC and to be able to serve the Japanese Canadian • Carrying out a modernization of the Police Act: Based on community. I also expect to learn a lot more about recommendations of the Special Committee on Reforming the Police my Japanese Canadian heritage while bringing Act, we will modernize the Police Act, with priorities on tackling enthusiasm and making a positive contribution to systemic racism, creating a dedicated hate crime unit within local the GVJCCA. police forces, and reviewing training and procedures related to ‘wellness checks.’

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HISTORICAL MURAL UNVEILED IN WINNIPEG by Art Miki On September 30, 2020 the Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba (JCAM) officially unveiled the mural “Japanese in Manitoba” on-line because of the COVID restrictions. Cindy Mochizuki, artist and designer, Donna Hori, trustee with the Frank H. Hori Charitable Foundation and Ken Teramura, JCAM president spoke about the project and Consul General of Japan, Shigenobu Kobayashi gave greetings from Calgary.

documents and photos on the Manitoba experience for her to develop the approach she wanted to take. Fortunately, the Frank H. Hori Charitable Foundation who had supported several JCAM initiatives in the past endorsed the project without hesitation with full funding. In January 2020 Cindy was able to begin I explained the historical content of the mural, comprised of five large the project. She developed a prototype incorporating panels, that gives an overview of the arrival of Japanese Canadians to manga and graphic novel concepts into her work, Manitoba in 1942 to sugar beet farms and resettlement in Winnipeg. an approach that would be well-received by all Each panel, approximately 3.6 feet wide by 8 feet high, represents an generations, especially appealing to the young. important segment of our history in Manitoba: leaving the West Coast, Ongoing discussions between Cindy and me were sugar beet farms, relocation from the farms; Redress Rally and signing necessary to ensure accuracy of the information. of the Redress Agreement, and the revitalized community today. Yuhito Although this was Cindy’s first mural, we are thankful Adachi provided the Japanese translation. and pleased that she was able to proficiently portray JCAM Board member, Yuhito Adachi who came from Japan a number of our history in a captivating and poignant way. It will years ago commented to me that he had expected to see information be permanently on display for visitors and community on the history of our community, especially at a cultural centre for members to enjoy and reflect on. In her comments Japanese Canadians. He said that although there are many traditional during the unveiling she explained that she had Japanese dolls and many other Japanese artefacts on display, there hand painted the drawings with black sumi ink and was nothing that would give a visitor an indication of why and how that her work is a fusion of things you might see in the Japanese settled in Winnipeg. He thought that visitors, especially a museum and what you might imagine. She has newcomers, would appreciate being exposed to the history and also incorporated a pop-up feature that gives three dimensional aspects to some key elements. settlement of Japanese in Manitoba and Winnipeg. Yuhito’s comments on the lack of historical information became the motivation for me to undertake a project to display our past history and the community’s development, in an artistic and appealing manner. We had completed a renovation at the centre to open up a multi-purpose area that had a large wall ideal for a dramatic display. The idea of a large mural came to mind as a way of revealing our past in a visual and colourful exhibit. A mural concept was presented to the JCAM Board with the understanding that it would be fully funded from outside sources. Approval was received to develop preliminary drawings. Two Japanese Canadian artists were contacted and invited to submit their concept of how the mural might look. Cindy Mochizuki, a Vancouver artist expressed the relevancy of the topic because of the experiences that her family faced during the Second World War. She was the appropriate choice. I was able to provide

JCAM appreciates the generous support from the Frank H. Hori Charitable Foundation and thanks the trustees; Donna Hori, Stella Chomiak and Paul Uchikata. Donna expressed pleasure in participating in the unveiling and felt that this mural project fulfilled all aspects of the Foundation’s mandate, which is to preserve Japanese culture, provide opportunities for young people and enrich our society. A special thanks to Kelly Kaita for digitally capturing the successful launch of the mural unveiling. The video can be viewed on You Tube by going to the Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba website. Art Miki is an organizer of the Mural Project and a JCAM Director.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

by Lorene Oikawa At the time of writing this message, the British Columbia and Saskatchewan general elections just wrapped up with Election Day on October 24 and 26, respectively. In BC, the NDP are projected to win as many as 55 of the province’s 85 seats. It takes at least 44 seats to form government. The Liberals are leading in 29 seats and the Greens are projected to win 3 seats. Final results will not be known until midNovember. In Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Party were leading or elected in 46 and that number jumped to 50 with some of the mail-in ballots which have been counted. It takes 31 of 61 seats to form government. The NDP were leading or elected in 11 seats. Some of the seats are too close to call and final results will be released on November 7.

Thank you to the nonpartisan Elections workers who set up secure, safe polling stations for advance voting and then Election Day. I voted at an advance voting polling station in Surrey, BC, and it was safe and fast. No waiting. Also, thank you to the volunteer campaign workers working on all party campaigns. You are also part of the democratic process encouraging voters to vote. It’s your vote and your voice to be a part of the democratic process. Remember also that polling and surveys don’t count, only votes count. Make an informed choice and get out and vote.

The option to request mail-in ballots proved to be a very popular choice in both provinces because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Elections BC said compared to the last election when 6,500 ballots were mail-in, for this election, there has been a huge response with 725,000 voters who requested vote-by-mail packages. There are 600,000 ballots and absentee ballots that need to be first screened and reviewed to ensure there isn’t any duplication and Elections BC expects to start counting the first week of November. It will take several days to complete the count and to get the final results. More than a million people had voted by mail or at advance polls by the day before Election Day. 3.5 million people are registered to vote in BC.

NAJC President Lorene Oikawa laying a wreath at 2019 Remembrance Day ceremony

I am hoping for a good voter turnout for the US election in November 2020. So much is at stake and it is concerning to hear of some states imposing restrictive voting measures which target Black, Indigenous, and racialized people.

Remember that voting rights have not existed for everyone at the same time. In 1947, Chinese- and Indo-Canadians finally got the right to vote. In Saskatchewan, 61,225 voters requested mail ballots. Japanese Canadians didn’t get franchise until 1949 – four years after However, Elections Saskatchewan said the numbers the Second World War ended. About 22,000 Japanese Canadians, who are not uniform across the province with a low of 23 in were forcibly uprooted, dispossessed, and interned, were finally allowed Athabasca and a high of almost 2,700 in Regina Pasqua. to vote and return to the west coast if they had the means. First Nations They will prioritize constituencies which are very close, peoples in Canada didn’t get to vote until 1960. Inuit were able to vote but have indicated that counting mail-in ballots will in 1950, but they couldn’t vote until 1962 because the government didn’t take more time because of deciphering handwriting of set up any ballot boxes in their communities. voters who had to write in the name of the candidate To keep democracy alive, we need to be participating in the process such they chose. The count of vote-by-mail ballots will be as voting for all levels of government and engaging with government split into two rounds of counting. after the election.

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The NAJC has been speaking with the Federal AntiRacism Secretariat and we participated in a virtual town hall session on COVID-19 and spoke about systemic racism. We’ve also been participating in discussions about the need for support for non-profit and charitable organizations to assist their racialized communities during the pandemic. We must be included in the dialogues and the stories of our community must be known as part of Canadian history. Our BC Redress discussions are on hold while the provincial election is underway. Once we have the final election results in November, we will resume nonpartisan talks. The latest update, before the election was called, is posted on the NAJC website. http://najc. ca/bc-redress-update/ This year’s Remembrance Day event will be different because of the pandemic. There will be a limited gathering (invitation only) at the cenotaph at Stanley Park. The event will be live streamed on YouTube and there will be acknowledgement of the 100th anniversary of the Japanese Canadian Cenotaph. Please join the online event (link posted at najc.ca) and take a minute to remember the men and women who served our country. To keep updated on NAJC news, online programmes, and events, sign up for NAJC e-news at http://najc. ca/subscribe/ If you have an idea for our online sessions and NAJC Chats, let us know, email national@najc.ca Keep safe. Be kind.

JC GIFT IDEAS Give the gift of history and the support the Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association with the GVJCCA’s groundbreaking book Honouring Our People: Breaking the Silence. Edited by Randy Enomoto, the book collects the stories of those incarcerated starting in 1942. Many of the stories were collected at the 2009 at the Honouring Our People: Stories of the Internment conference in Burnaby, BC, the first time many of the over-50 stories had been shared. These beautifully-illustrated books can be purchased at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural in Burnaby for $26.20 (including tax) or ordered through the GVJCCA and mailed to you or the recipeints of your choice for a special discounted price of $45 including shipping and taxes (in Canada only). To order, email gvjcca@gmail.com.

VANCOUVER BUDDHIST TEMPLE BENTO FUNDRAISER Thank you to all who ordered our September and October bento boxes, and for supporting our fundraising efforts. Bentos will not be on sale at the end of December, but we will resume offering bentos on the last Sunday of each month, starting in January. To order, please return the order form, with payment to the Vancouver Buddhist Temple via mail, email temple.vbt@gmail.com or phone 604.253.7033 November 29 Bento $15 • Spring salmon teriyaki

• Gyoza (3)

• Asian chicken salad

• Shiraae

• Rice

• Tsukemono (2 kinds)

Orders must be prepaid (cash, cheque, Paypal, or e-transfer). Last day to order is Tuesday, November 24. Pick-up: Between 11am – 2pm on November 29 at the Social Hall entrance. November 29 BENTO ORDER FORM Bento ___x $15

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Exhibit TAIKEN: Japanese Canadians Since 1877 Nikkei Centre Visitors to the upper level of Nikkei Centre have the chance to engage in the fascinating history of Japanese Canadians. Learn about the first arrivals in 1877, the hardships of the early pioneers, the struggles of the war years, and the need to rebuild homes and businesses in the 1950s. Listen to the voices of many generations tell their story!

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Tonari Gumi Facility Limited Re-opening The facility is open for Library use and to provide Community Services by appointment. Please call Tonari Gumi, 604.687.2172 to make an appointment. national Open frommuseum Monday to Thursday 10am to 2pm For VCH guidelines and opening details, please go to our website www.tonarigumi.ca

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Thursday November 26, 2020 at 12 noon PST The Dance Centre presents the Discover Dance! series Japanese Dances with TomoeArts cultural centre Streaming online at www.thedancecentre.ca until December 10, 2020 Free: donations welcomed Info: 604.606.6400 www.thedancecentre.ca

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First Friday of each month 7:30pm – 10pm First Friday Forum Tonari Gumi, 42 West 8th Avenue Music, diverse genres and cultures. Standards, jazz, pop, classical, folk, world music. Poetry and other readings. Enjoy an evening of music, discussion, friendship. Admission by donation, net proceeds go towards the Aoki Legacy Endowment Fund, UBC. The First Friday Forum will be on hiatus until Tonari Gumi re-opens. We look forward to seeing you all again!

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REMEMBRANCE DAY 2020 Thanks to Veteran’s Affairs Canada, we are able to live stream the Remembrance Day service this year, and hope to reach more than the usual 500 people that attend in person. It’s a rare opportunity for those across Canada, the USA, Japan and perhaps other Nikkei communities globally to view our precious ceremony. Since the Centenary Commemoration of our iconic cenotaph on April 9, 2020 was cancelled due to the pandemic, we are grateful that we can combine both events this November 11th. We have pre-recorded an interview by Susan Yatabe, in tribute of her grandfather Saburo Shinobu who’s head you can see standing above the crowd in the Stewart Thompson photo colorized by John Endo Greenaway on the poster page. Saburo Shinobu gave a speech at the dedication 100 years ago. We also have the Kubota family poised and ready to do media interviews, and Kathy Enros will lay tribute to her grandfather Corporal Sainosuke Kubota who kept the Honour Rolls and Legion Flag in safekeeping after the Internment. In honour of this bit of history, the Vancouver Japanese Language School is displaying the Honour Rolls and hosting a live streaming event limited to 50 people in the Historic Hall. We also have David Mitsui coming out from Edmonton to lay tribute to probably the most venerated hero of the First World War, Sergeant Masumi Mitsui MM (Military Medal). He, along with Kathy, will speak live from the cenotaph. There are 19 wreath layers this year, and we will have a dedicated taiko performance by John Endo Greenaway and his talented daughter Emiko Newman. Please tune in at 10:30 sharp on Remembrance Day here: youtu.be/yjo6lWQi2_E Saburo Shinobu, April 9, 1920

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REMEMBRANCE DAY 2020

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 11 10:30 AM Due to the pandemic, Remembrance Day ceremony attendance will be limited to wreath layers and ceremony participants

The ceremony will be livestreamed and recorded for future viewing

for home viewing*

+ LIVESTREAM VIEWING @ Vancouver Japanese Language School Hall limited seating

Advanced registration only Linda Kawamoto Reid - JCWMC Chair lreid@nikkeiplace.org

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BIBIMBAP | CHICKEN & DUMPLINGS | CHOCOLATE BUTTERMILK CAKE So it’s November of this fantastic and historic year of 2020 and Mom and I are thinking, Good Lord, we need comfort food. Why do we need comfort food, you say? Because 1) we’re still recovering from the endless fireworks and firecrackers that turned Vancouver’s Halloween into Beirut circa 1982; and because 2) the American election looms and something tells me we’re going to need lots of nice things to distract us from that, no matter how it comes out. Also it looks as though we will be looking at another lockdown as Covid numbers are up. I guess we couldn’t sufficiently restrain ourselves at Thanksgiving; we certainly couldn’t on Halloween. Can’t wait to see what Christmas looks like! See? Bring on the comfort food.

Bibimbap First: Mom has realized this simplified bibimbap recipe! Bibimbap is a lovely and tasty rice bowl that is very popular; but as a weeknight item, it is a bit labour intensive as the different toppings are all prepared individually and artfully arranged on top of the rice. Then the whole thing is topped with a fried egg, done sunny side up. I found a way to streamline the dish a bit, using ground meat and preparing the vegetables like a stir fry dish. It tastes like the real thing but more convenient and you can top each bowl with a nice fried egg. If you like extra spice, serve with the condiment: gochujang, the Korean answer to ketchup but it’s a spicy miso instead of a tomato sauce. 1 pound lean ground beef (also works with ground chicken, turkey or even “Beyond Beef”, a vegan hamburger substitute sold in supermarkets) 2-5 cloves of garlic 1 T. finely chopped or grated fresh ginger 1 T. sesame oil 2 tsp vegetable oil 1/3 cup shoyu ( I use low salt version) ¼ cup brown sugar 2 T. sake, if you have some Pinch of chili flakes or 1 teaspoon or more sriracha or sambal oelek or chili garlic oil 3 green onions, sliced Toasted sesame seeds.

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Heat oils in a fry pan, add the beef and cook for a few minutes, add the garlic and ginger, continue cooking until browned. Add the soy sauce, sugar, sake, and chili flakes, cook a few more minutes. Prepare: ½ onion, sliced thinly 1 carrot julienned ( or used already julienned ones) 1 zucchini, julienned or thinly sliced 1 bell pepper, thinly sliced 1 cup sliced mushrooms, any kind Beansprouts, it you have some 1 bunch spinach, coarsely cut up. Cooked rice, enough for the family Heat another tablespoon oil and 1 teaspoon sesame oil. Add the onion and carrots, fry for a few minutes, add the mushroom, peppers, cook another 2-3 minutes, add the zucchini, and beansprouts, cook until almost done. Season lightly with salt and pepper. Add the spinach and when it is limp, the vegetables are ready. Scoop rice into bowls, top with the vegetables, then the cooked meat, top with the chopped green onions, a fried egg and sesame seeds if you have some.

Chicken and Dumplings Classic comfort food and very adaptable. I like to use a whole chicken for this which I brown in the air fryer for 15 minutes on high before putting into the slow cooker or Instant Pot. You can also do this in a Dutch oven. It’s basically a braise which you can do as you like with the tools at hand. 6-8 chicken thighs (or 1 whole chicken) 1 stick celery, chopped 1 large carrot, chopped 1 large onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, peeled and whole (or chopped if you want it stronger) 1 tsp thyme 1 bay leaf 10 c. water or chicken broth or a mixture of the two ½ c. flour Optional and at the end: ½ c. frozen petit pois For the chicken, brown the chicken first in whichever manner appeals to you. As I do a whole chicken I just pop it into the air fryer and give it 15 minutes at 400F, but you can brown the chicken as seems best to you. Transfer to either 1) an Instant Pot, 2) a slow cooker, or 3) a Dutch oven. Add the vegetables (not the peas), herbs, and liquid. The liquid mixture I favour is 1 cup of white wine, a litre of water and a litre of chicken stock, but I don’t always have white wine around.

Instant Pot: Poultry setting, or 15 minutes Slow Cooker: Low for 6-7 hours or High for 4-5 hours Dutch Oven: bring to boil, then simmer 1-2 hours on low. While it’s cooking, prep your dumplings. If you have a biscuit recipe you like, use that but halved as you don’t need as much. Otherwise: 1 c. flour 1 ½ t. Baking powder Pinch salt 2 ½ T. butter, cold and in small pieces ½ c. milk 1 T. chopped parsley (optional) Combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in the butter (I use a food processor for this) and then add the milk and stir until combined. You can knead it a bit to pull it together and if it seems too dry you can add a smidge more milk, but be careful not to add too much more liquid or it will be sticky. Pinch or spoon up balls smaller than a ping pong ball and larger than a marble and put on a plate and then refrigerate. I roll these into balls but that’s not necessary.

The best winter dessert recipe was given to me by an Australian friend when I was living in Malaysia, where it was 30 degrees and very jungly and humid. We mostly ate curries and stir fries and fruit for dessert. However, Remove your chicken from the stew and put aside to cool. Have stew on at Christmastime we would turn up the air conditioning the heat on a slow boil, so that the broth reduces (Instant Pot: use the and make things like beef stew and this amazing, dark, Saute function; slow cooker, use High with the lid off ). Pull the meat off rich, chocolatey, puddingy buttermilk cake. the bones of the chicken, discarding the skin, bones and gruesome bits. Skim the top of the broth, removing about 2 cups and all the fat. Let cool and settle and defat the broth. When broth has cooled (I pop it in the fridge for 20 minutes) whisk in the flour, then whisk it all back into the pot on a simmer to thicken. Taste and season with salt and pepper. Add ½ c. frozen green petit pois and the chicken meat. Let come to a high simmer and drop your biscuit dough balls onto the surface of the stew. They will sink but don’t worry, they’ll float back up. Cover, turn down heat and let cook for at least 15 minutes. I generally taste test a dumpling to make sure it’s cooked through. At this point this can sit as long as it needs to, covered and kept warm. Good as is with a salad, but we tend to eat it with rice and some steamed vegetables.

Vancouver Buddhist Temple 220 Jackson Avenue, Vancouver, BC Telephone: 604-253-7033 www.vancouverbuddhisttemple.com Rev. Tatsuya Aoki, minister Sunday, November 8 at 10:30AM Shotsuki Memorial Service Sunday, December 6 at 10:30AM Shotsuki Memorial Service Reservations RSVP Required Due to a maximum of 30 attendees, those who want to attend must make a reservation and follow strict pandemic guidelines. To make reservations for Shotsuki Memorial Service, please contact the VBT office at either 604.253.7033 or temple.vbt@gmail.com. Only those who receive a confirmation for a specific time and date can attend.

Chocolate Buttermilk Cake

Oven: 350F, 24cm springform pan, sprayed with nonstick spray, bottom lined with parchment paper ¼ c. butter ¾ c. packed brown sugar 1 c. soft prunes, soaked in hot water or port or brandy if you like, then drained Melt the butter and brown sugar in a saucepan and spread over the bottom of the cake pan. Arrange prunes on top. ½ c. unsalted butter, softened 1 c. sugar 2 large eggs 155 g flour ¼ c. cocoa 2 tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking soda ¼ tsp salt ¾ c. buttermilk (or milk soured with 2 T. vinegar) ¼ c. milk Sift the flour with the cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside. Mix the milk and buttermilk together in a liquid measuring cup. Beat the butter in a large bowl until light, add sugar gradually and beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Fold in the dry ingredients in three batches, alternating with the milk and buttermilk and ending with the flour mixture. Spoon batter over the prunes, bake for about 55 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

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TORONTO NAJC NEWS We have been ZOOM-ing around the country as the pandemic has created new opportunities to meet with organizations and decision makers at all levels. Here in Toronto, on October 6, a very successful Virtual Town Hall with Mayor Tory was held, a first, and not the last, as the Mayor has committed to making it a yearly event.

family friend of the Roger’s family as well.

woman named Hazel Journeaux sent a letter to Prime Minister Mackenzie King to say that Japanese Canadians should be compensated for the injustices imposed by the government. And that this Hazel went on to become the beloved Hazel McCallion, the long-time mayor of Mississauga. Mayor Tory then related how Miko Okino, who was employed by his grandfather, went on to become a dear family friend of the Tory’s as well as an employee of Ted Rogers and a

Participants in the project will take part in a workshop conducted by the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling of Concordia University. Attendees will learn about the connection between oral history, digital media, and the arts. As well as an introduction to archiving and analysis.

On October 17, the Toronto NAJC met with Minister Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development and discussed intergenerational trauma related to displacement in the Japanese Canadian community as well as the many Torontonians who have come to the city from conflict areas. Minister Hussen immigrated to Canada While there was a limit to the number of questions in 1993. The discussion reflected his familiarity with the issues facing that could be squeezed into an hour, a broad range of racialized and marginalized communities, having grown up in the Regent topics was covered including; questions from Momiji Park neighbourhood of Toronto. Healthcare Society, The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Coalition, the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (FACL), the Mr. Mohammed Hashim, the New Executive Director of the Canadian Faculty of Arts, Ryerson University via its Dean, Dr. Race Relations Foundation made a courtesy call to the Toronto NAJC Pamela Sugiman, the fate of the Temple Bell at Ontario and spoke at length with President Lynn Deutscher Kobayashi about the Place and as well as plans to address homelessness founding of the NAJC in Toronto and issues of racism affecting Toronto’s diverse population. in Toronto. The 1942 Toronto ban of Japanese Canadians from Exiles in Our Own Country, Japanese Canadians in Niagara the City was raised, and the Mayor acknowledged the This project is based on the book of the same name, authored by Addie discussions currently taking place with the Toronto Kobayashi. The Toronto NAJC is partnering with the Town of Lincoln NAJC. Two interesting stories emerged from this Museum & Cultural Centre, which initiated the project – developing a discussion. The first, how in the late 1940s a young virtual history exhibit that will form part of the Museum of History archives.

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We are looking for participants who have a personal or family connection to Japanese Canadians who lived in the Niagara Peninsula and would like to conduct an interview with one or more of these individuals. The workshop will likely take place in late November or early December.

Contact Lynn Deutscher Kobayashi torontonajc@gmail. com if you would like more information. FRIENDS OF THE TEMPLE BELL The Toronto NAJC is leading this ad hoc committee following the fate of the Temple Bell at Ontario Place. Ron Shimizu is the lead and has been corresponding with Ontario Place. Permission has been granted to hold a socially distanced gathering with a maximum of 25 individuals at the Temple Bell. Please email torontonajc@gmail.com if you are interested in this project and can add some historical details. Mayor Tory will be writing to Premier Doug Ford to let him know the City of Toronto is willing to house the Bell on City property should there be a need to move it from Ontario Place. 1942 TORONTO BAN OF JAPANESE CANADIANS Three meetings with Mayor Tory’s office have taken place thus far. The latest, on November 3, had in attendance Lynn Deutscher Kobayashi, Maryka Omatsu, Randy Sakauye and Ron Shimizu. While the City is very motivated to acknowledge this historical wrong, further research is needed to see whether the issue fits into the legal framework of the City of Toronto Apology Act. The Toronto NAJC has copies of the Mayor’s correspondence where he refuses entry to Japanese Canadians and press clippings reporting on the ban. CAMPAIGNS, LETTERS, ENDORSEMENTS 1) Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau asking Canada to support the ban on nuclear weapons. 2) Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau thanking him for referring to the unjust Internment Japanese Canadians during the war and after, in his statement on the 75th Anniversary of the end of the War with Japan. “At home, the Second World War also marked a shameful episode in our history – the internment of Japanese Canadians following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Over 20,000 Canadian citizens and residents were separated from their homes and their families, forced into internment camps. Today, we are reminded of the need to always fight against the spread

of intolerance and racism, wherever and whenever it occurs.” (Prime Minister Justin Trudeau) REEL ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL The Toronto NAJC is a Community Sponsor of the Reel Asian Film Festival’s SIDE BY SIDE Series which features two Japanese Canadian films: In the Shadow of the Pines by Anne Koizumi and Ikebana by Alejandro Yoshizawa and the DISCOMFORT ZONE Series which features No More Parties by Natalie Murao.

The City of Toronto now has links to Justice Maryka Omatsu’s award-winning video, Swimming Upstream, Injustice Revealed and Magical Imperfection, the recent documentary on Raymond Moriyama on its webpage on EastAsian history. VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE FORMER MOHAWK RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL Tuesday, November 24, 7 – 8:30pm

This virtual tour video was created with local production company Thru the Red Door, and it follows the guide, Lorrie Gallant, as she ANTI-RACISM The Toronto NAJC is involved in the gives a tour of the former Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School following initiatives: in Brantford, Ontario. During the ACT2ENDRACISM video, Lorrie provides the history (Asian Canadians Together) of the institution over its 140-year A cross-Canada coalition of 45+ history. Viewers will tour different Asian Canadian organizations and rooms in the school, from the girls’ ally organizations includes the and boys’ dormitories, the cafeteria, NAJC, the Toronto NAJC and the laundry room, and other rooms GVJCCA. www.act2endracism.com throughout the building, as well as TORONTO FOR ALL hear interviews from five Survivors A message from the City of Toronto of the Mohawk Institute. Learn more: “While we all share mutual and https://woodlandculturalcentre.ca/ common identities of being both the-campaign Torontonians and Canadians, the This educational opportunity will be City of Toronto is asking allies facilitated by Carley Gallant-Jenkins, in the fight against racism to “Save the Evidence” Coordinator”. acknowledge and learn about our There are 24 spots available for diverse histories within the context Toronto NAJC members. Register of living in this city. for this FREE event by emailing Kim Anti-Asian racism is not new. It is Uyede-Kai kuyede1@gmail.com with entrenched in our systems and is the subject line “Virtual Tour”. If the intertwined with local and national tour is filled up, your name will be placed on a waiting list. narratives.”

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Japanese Community Volunteers Association

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TONARI GUMI MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS Get access to a variety of programs, community services, Japanese library with DVDs and over 7,000 books. Special free Zoom and telephone programs for a limited time from January to March 2021. Annual membership $40 2021 membership registration/renewals from November 9. Inquiries, registration, renewal: 604.687.2172 or info@tonarigumi.ca FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME: TG TELEPHONE PROGRAM As the weather gets colder and we begin to stay indoors more, keep yourself active by doing activities over the phone. Joining the telephone program is simple. Register for programs that you’re interested in, and you’ll receive a call at the designated time. Just pick up the phone and press “1” to connect with the instructor and other participants. TG is running trial programs in November before the full launch of the TG Telephone Program. Check out: • Local news in Japanese • Brain exercise • Coffee Club chat time • Rakugo • Sing-along • Haiku club others Inquiries, registration: 604.687.2172 ex. 106 or programs@tonarigumi.ca (Rie) TG WALKING GROUP Stretch, exercise, and walk. Wednesdays from 10am to 11am Jonathan Park near Tonari Gumi (no gathering on November 11) Inquiries, registration: 604.687.2172 ex. 106 or programs@tonarigumi.ca (Rie)

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NOVEMBER SENIOR LIFE SEMINAR “NAVIGATING THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM” Presenter: Karen Wakita (ER nurse) Friday, November 27, 10am – 12pm Access: Zoom or phone (details emailed after registration) A health care professional shares tips on how to navigate the current health care system and the importance of keeping medical records. English with Japanese translation. Inquiries, registration: 604.687.2172 ex. 102 or services@tonarigumi.ca (Masako) NIKKEI CRAFT MARKET Hand-made items by the TG Craft Club members will be at the Nikkei Craft Market! A great chance to get these unique creations for Christmas. TG’s recipe book, gardening book, and the Japanese version of the BC Seniors’ Guide full of important information for seniors will also be sold. November 17 – 29 Nikkei Centre lobby (6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby)

The Japanese Community Volunteers Association, “Tonari Gumi”, gratefully acknowledges and thanks the following people for their generous donations received from September 25 to October 19, 2020. Although we try our best, we may miss your name. Please contact us and we will make correction in the next issue. Monetary Donations Larry Okada, Naoko Ezaki, Takuo Hashizume, June Yamamoto Monetary Donations (Canada Helps) Tamotsu Nagata, Canada Helps COVID-19 Community Care Fund In memory loving of the late HIDEO SHIBATA Takeo & Taeko Hayashi In memory of the late Kinji Matsuyama (Canada Helps) Jerry Santa Cruz In Kind Donations Mitsuko Kawashima, Sharon Kilbach & Arlene Yip (Ocean Brands), Trident Seafood Corp., Ayako Archer (OK Gift), Jessica Shintani, Michiyo Noma, Maria Filipczak (Tradex Foods), Anonymous (2)

OUR EDIBLE ROOTS

The Japanese Canadian Kitchen Garden

JAPANESE VEGETABLE KNIFE – NAKIRI – A CUT ABOVE by Makiko Suzuki for use in cutting vegetables. I was not far behind and selected a lovely, modest nakiri knife created by knife master Haruyuki Kokuto. Used almost daily since, the nakiri knife has proven its value. Chopping seems effortless. Napa and cabbages can be cut so thin the shavings appear to have been prepared with a Japanese mandolin slicer. A better description of a nakiri knife is presented on the Knifewear website: “Underutilized in the western kitchen, the nakiri’s flat blade is meant for the push/pull chopping of vegetables. Since the entire flat edge of the knife touches the cutting board at once, you won’t be turning the vegetable into an ‘accordion’, pieces that are still connected by a thread after you’ve cut them. The added weight of the blade allows it to fall through food more easily while you chop, so the knife does more of the work for you!” The general rule is to avoid heavy cutting and to use nakiri knives only for vegetables that are sufficiently soft to bite through. For hard-shelled vegetables like kabocha it is best to use a general purpose Japanese knife such as a santoku, described by Wikipedia as: The Tonari Gumi Garden Club (TGGC) book – Our Edible Roots – the Japanese Canadian Kitchen Garden provides growing instructions and helpful culinary tips. A good example involves daikon: “Select only daikon that have clean white and plump roots. As the tip of the root is the hottest portion it is best suited for grating (oroshi) to complement sashimi or grilled fish. The fat middle part is best for stewing or in oden and the top, where leaves emerge, has a sweetness that is excellent for salads and other delights where a hint of sweetness accentuates”. The book also presents a general discussion on Japanese vegetable cutting methods. Two growing seasons have lapsed since publication, TGGC has expanded, many new gardeners have joined the fray, and abundant crops have been reaped. It is time to delve deeper into techniques involved in preparation of Japanese vegetables for the pot and the table and the use of Japanese knives fabricated specifically for that purpose. Japanese knives differ significantly from traditional western knives rooted in German and French cuisine. Japanese masters typically use harder steel and deploy blacksmith techniques that focus upon a single bevel, chisel-like edge as compared to the softer, double-bevelled knives of their western counterparts. A downside is that while honing will create a longlasting and keen edge the brittleness of the edge of a Japanese knife requires extra care be taken in handling and storage. Atsumi Hashimoto of TGGC set out recently to acquire a specialty Japanese vegetable knife and discovered an excellent source of Japanese knives and cutting and sharpening expertise: Knifewear – Main Street, Vancouver. Atsumi purchased a nakiri knife designed

“A general-purpose kitchen knife originating in Japan. Its blade is typically between 13 and 20 cm (5 and 8 in) long, and has a flat edge and a sheepsfoot blade that curves down an angle approaching 60 degrees at the point. The term Santoku may refer to the wide variety of ingredients that the knife can handle: meat, fish and vegetables, or to the tasks it can perform: slicing, chopping and dicing, either interpretation indicating a multi-use, general-purpose kitchen knife. The santoku’s blade and handle are designed to work in harmony by matching the blade’s width and weight to the weight of the tang and the handle.” Should you venture into the world of finely crafted Japanese knives take care to hand wash the knife, to dry and store it properly, and to keep the blade keen. It is also essential to select the right cutting board to use to prevent damaging your knife. As a general rule, wooden boards are recommended, ideally end grain wood boards for preserving the longevity of your precious knives. In the Garden Now is the perfect time for gardeners along the west coast to plant out soramame – broad beans. In less temperate regions planting can start as early as February. These cold hardy legumes offer lovely tasty greens in early spring and wonderful beans later on. Soramame also fixes nitrogen into soil. Hanamame beans, dried and rattling in their pods, are ready to harvest for storing or cooking as hanamame nimame – simmered sweetened beans. Remember to save a few beans to plant out next year. For the lucky gardeners who were able to harvest kobacha, Our Edible Roots offers two simple and delicious recipes: Creamy kabocha soup and an unusual kabocha mizu yokan. Should you have leftover soup base for soba or udon adding kabocha chunks along with a dash of sake or mirin makes a simple, simmered kabocha no nimono. Both the kabocha yokan and the hanamame nimame are great recipes for a light dessert after a Japanese meal. With Christmas coming next month, please do not forget TGGC’s wonderful book Our Edible Roots: the Japanese Canadian Kitchen Garden makes a great gift for gardening or foodie friends. Check the Tonari Gumi website to order copies!

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Milestones In memory of Yonnie Yonemoto on her birthday, November 11th. – Vernon, Kendal and Lynn Yonemoto and family. MATSUBA, Hiroshi (2 January 1950 – 1 October 2020). Hiro was born in Amami Oshima, Kagoshima-ken, Japan, and moved to Canada in 1974. An entrepreneur and skilled chef, he took ownership of Ichibankan Restaurant in Vancouver in 1993; and subsequently opened two other branches. Upon retirement, he and his wife, Lucy, moved to Chilliwack where Hiro enjoyed farm life and practising “Katori Shinto-ryu”. A talented craftsman, Hiro built his own dojo, and his handiwork can be seen throughout the couple’s beautiful home. Hiro is survived by his wife of 43 years, Lucy (nee Kadonaga). He will greatly be missed by his loving family and many, many friends. PASTOR DR. GEORGE TAKASHIMA 1934 – 2020 George Masazo Takashima of Lethbridge, beloved husband of the late Peggy Anne Takashima, passed away on Wednesday, October 14, 2020, at the age of 86. George is survived by his children, Cheryl (Paul) Lenthall of Lethbridge, Arlene (Joe) Yakielashek of Winnipeg and Raymond (Yvette) Takashima of Saskatoon; grandchildren, Robyn (Richard) Miller, Kyle Knodel, Graham Lenthall; Brendan and Kayla Yakielashek; Chandra (Duncan), Jessie Rae and Kiernan Takashima; three great-grandchildren, brother-in law John Fry, nieces and nephews. Besides his loving wife, Peggy, George is predeceased by his parents, Yoshichika and Kikuyo; brother Masashi and sister Masami. George was born on August 8, 1934, in Vancouver, BC. In August 1942, George and his mother boarded a train to meet his father in New Denver, BC, where they were interned during the Second World War. In 1946, the family moved to London, ON, where George completed his grade 13, then a year at London’s Teacher College. From 1948 to 1953 George was a member of the Army Cadets in London - the Royal Canadian Army No. 9 Corp, where he rose up the ranks to Major, second in command. In 1956, he continued his education at United College in Winnipeg before receiving his B.A. and B.Ed. from the University of Manitoba. In 2010, George was honoured by St. Stephen’s College at the University of Alberta with an honorary Doctorate of Divinity. George loved to work. From 1955 to 1993, George’s career in the field of education took him to many communities throughout Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan as a teacher, language consultant, guidance counsellor, field officer, principal, assistant superintendant and superintendant. Over the years, he also served as a member of the Clergy for various churches throughout Saskatchewan, Alberta and BC. When he retired from education in 1993, he accepted a position as half-time Pastor at the Japanese United Church in Lethbridge, AB, until 2006, as well as half-time Presbytery Consultant, South AB Presbytery for five of those years. In 2006, he and Peggy moved to Toronto for ten months where he served as Interim Executive Minister, Ethnic Ministries at General Council Office. When they returned to Lethbridge, George continued to serve as a member of the Clergy for a variety of communities throughout Alberta

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and British Columbia until early 2020. George believed in giving back and was involved in the life and work of each community. He served in various capacities on committees in every community he lived, including the Northern Manitoba Trappers’ Festival in The Pas, Kiwanis Club in Pembroke, PRIDE SK, Manitoba Teachers’ Society, Manitoba Association of Principals and Manitoba Association of School Superintendents. He was Executive Director of the Canadian Student Leadership Association for a number of years and mentored many of their members. His volunteer work with the United Church included serving as chair for KYOGIKAI (Japanese United Church Association), Alberta and Northwestern Conferences and South Alberta Presbytery, and the National Ethnic Ministries Advisory Council, and was a member of General Council Executive and Sub Executive. Most recently, he had been a member of the National Association of Japanese Canadians - Endowment Fund Committee, Human Rights Committee-NAJC, Lethbridge Twinning Society, Nikkei Cultural Society, Southern Alberta Ethnic Association and supported the Japanese Gardens in Lethbridge by leading tours for schools and other groups. From 2010 to 2019, on behalf of the Nikkei Cultural Society of Lethbridge, George took on the yearly project of organizing and conducting a “Ghost Town” bus tour to the West Kootenays to increase awareness of the various Japanese internment camps. George was a passionate member of the Lions Club International for over 56 years. With the exception of four years, he was an active member until his passing, having served as President, Secretary/Treasurer, Zone Chairman, Council Chairman, District Governor, Organizer/Director of Lions Youth Leadership Camps from 1992 to 2004 and chaired various committees. He and Peggy hosted numerous students through the Lions Youth Exchange program, many who remained friends over the years. George received many awards over the years including Yorkton Citizen of the Year 1986, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, Lions International Presidents Award, Melvin Jones Fellow Award for Dedicated Humanitarian Services - Lions Clubs International Foundation to name a few. George may have been a workaholic but also enjoyed travelling. He had a keen interest in meeting new people, seeing new sights and experiencing new cultures ... especially the food! He and Peggy travelled often across Canada and the US, made numerous trips

to Japan to visit family and exchange students who had stayed with them, and travelled to Europe, Mexico, Hawaii and cruised the Caribbean. The Takashima family would like to thank Dr. Dalphond, the Palliative Care staff at St. Michael’s Health Centre, Pastor Eva Stanley, friends and family for their support. A private Memorial Service will be held at 2pm on Monday, November 9, 2020, at MARTIN BROTHERS RIVERVIEW CHAPEL, 610-4 Street South, Lethbridge Alberta, with Reverend Eva Stanley officiating. Please email Cheryl at cheryl.lenthall@gmail.com if you wish to attend. The service will also be available via livestream by visiting https://www.mbfunerals.com/, and clicking on George’s obituary. Due to the restrictions in place from the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Funeral Services are now restricted to 90 attendees. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Canyon Church Camp Association, 418-210A 12A St. N, Lethbridge, AB T1H 2J1 or Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden, P.O. Box 751, Lethbridge, AB T1J 3Z6. HAMA, Jack Hideaki March 12, 1942-October 10, 2020. Jack passed away at Richmond General Hospital on October 10, 2020. He enjoyed golfing and fishing. Flowers and Koden gratefully declined. Private celebration of life will be held at a later date. MATSUMOTO, Yoshiko (Yoshi/Yosh) We are devastated to announce the passing of our dear Mom & Grannie, Yosh(i) age 84 surrounded by loved ones. Predeceased by her parents Yoshimatsu & Haruko Haya, brothers, Ichiro & Tetsuo (Gail), survived & dearly missed by Sharon (Rod), Doug, Gerry (Maureen), grandsons Ryan and Tyler, siblings Chiyoko, Hiroko &

Katsuji (Jane) & her most loyal companion, Tyan along with so many extended family and friends. Born in Steveston, BC, Mom was our pillar - her “A-1 & Family First” attitude created a home filled with much love, joy, compassion, support, & kindness. Her generous hospitality & warm, welcoming personality made her a second mom to many who called her Grannie/Auntie Yoshi, Mrs M/Mats. Independent, feisty, energetic she was famous for her Banana Bread, Choc Chip & Dads cookies. The aroma always changed the mood for the better. Mom was happiest with a house full of people & food. Family gatherings, fundraising events for 100 were common at her home & backyard. Her unlimited, vibrant energy, loyalty, sincerity and genuine love for people made her a treasure - a shining gem. An avid sports fan, Mom enjoyed bowling, HH class, Holdem, MJ, the casino, word search & walking Tyan. Mom lived by her character of giving, caring, sharing. She made the world a better place. Lifelong friendships filled her heart with love, joy & gratitude. Truly, one of a kind. To remember mom, practice The “Yoshi Way” - be positive, strong, tenacious & just do it. Mom sacrificed so much for us & we are forever grateful. Flowers and koden gratefully declined - donations can be made to a charity of your choice. A celebration of Life will be held at a later date. Always loved and remembered. Thanks to all.

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NAKADE, Fukuye (Faye) Faye will be remembered for her hospitality, generosity and kindness. It gave her great pleasure to see others enjoy the fruits of her labor. She lived in Galiano until she was 3 yrs old and in Nanaimo until she was 16. Then her family was uprooted to Hastings Park due to the War Measures Act. From there she was interned in Lemon Creek until she got married and moved to a farm in Grand Forks where she endured many hardships. In 1950 she moved to Steveston and raised 4 children while working at the local canneries. She never asked for anything and worked hard to give her family a good life. She was a loving mom and grandmother and will be missed at the family gatherings which she relished. Fukuye was predeceased by her parents Mansuke and Chiyo Tanino, husband Shinichi, daughter Pat Lowes, brothers Hiroshi, Tsugio, and sisters Masaye and Mitzie. She is survived by her children Naomi (Toru), Lloyd (Sue), Joyce (Jay), son-in-law Keith, 9 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, and sisters Asako, Yoshiko and Tomiko. Due to Covid, the service will be private. No Koden or flowers are required. Memorial donations may be made to Steveston United Church or to your favorite charity. OKAMOTO, Eiji Robert (Bob), Chilliwack, formerly Vancouver. Sadly we announce the passing of Eiji Robert (Bob) Okamoto, age 76 on Sept. 19, 2020 at the Abbotsford Hospital with family at his side. He is survived by his beloved wife Shirley Shea Okamoto, daughters Dawn (Darren Tessier), granddaughters Marie and Natalie, daughter Kristal (Krista Martin), step daughter Tarja Baerg, grandsons Liam and Nolan, stepson Gerad Shea (Katrina), grandsons Evan and Ryan, and stepson Jason Shea (Wendy) grandchildren Jasper and Amélie. Bob was predeceased in death by first wife Anne Okamoto. Bob was a gentle honorable loving man, and a twinkle in his eye. A perfect role model teaching compassion and honesty yet thriving on competition. Bob was a natural at golf, a member of Greenacres Golf Club and won many championships. His grandchildren in awe of his accomplishments. Bob was born in Greenwood BC, son of Fusayo Otani and Hideo Okamoto Japanese taken to the BCs first internment center. Bob spent his youth in Christina Lake with fond memories. Bob was educated in drafting and career as an estimator for Murray Latte Fabricators in Delta. Bob was an avid fisherman and well versed in nature. He was a brilliant dancer and danced many nights away with Shirley as a member of the Royal Canadian Legion; he volunteered across Canada for Canadian Power and Sail and a member of ABC Boating(USPS) and maintained season’s pass at Whistler Mountain. Bob made this world a better place with his integrity, honesty and the love for this brilliant man will never die. “There will never be a day when I won’t think of you and wish you were here by my side and never forget that second chances are awesome.” Due to covid, a celebration of his amazing life will be at a later date. OKAMURA, Dean Akio It is with broken hearts that we announce the passing of Dean Akio Okamura. Dean was born on July 12, 1967 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He passed away on October 18, 2020 in Vancouver, BC following a courageous battle with cancer. Dean will be lovingly remembered by his mother (Jean Sachiko Okamura), sister Janice (Scott), brothers Jeff (Susan), Wayne (Annette), Derek (Joyce). He was preceded by his father (Yukio).

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Dean’s greatest joy in life was spending time with his five nieces (Sachi, Natalee, Kaori, Nicola, Kaida) and five nephews (Ryan, Erik, Liam, Nolan, Logan). He would spend countless time with the kids at their school activities, sports, and family events. He was a kind and gentle soul whose legacy in life was his devotion to helping his family and friends. Dean overcame many obstacles in his lifetime but never complained. He was a humble man who just kept moving forward with a smile on his face. When he was not busy helping others, he enjoyed playing hockey, fishing, prawning, and crabbing. He loved watching both the Montreal Canadiens and the Winnipeg Jets. Dean was also famous for playing online poker. Friends from all over the world would lineup to play poker with “Bucky”. Dean always enjoyed travel. He traveled throughout Canada, the US, Europe, Asia, and Mexico. But his favourite place in the world was always Hawaii where he could “Live Aloha” and spend time with family. Our family wishes to send thanks to the GF Strong palliative care team. A private family service will be held at this time due to Covid restrictions. A Celebration of Life for Dean will be held in future. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charity of your choice. SAKAKI, Yukie Surrounded by her children, our Mother, Yukie was reunited with her husband of 59 years, Shigeru (Tom) on October 10, 2020. Yukie was born in Kelowna, B.C. on. February 9, 1933, where she had fond memories growing up with her parents and seven siblings on an apple orchard. She graduated from Royal Columbian Nursing school in 1955. Together with Shig, Yukie created a loving home for her five children, Michael (Charlotte), Patti (Larry Preston), Mary Anne (Tom Girard), Daniel (Carrie), and Doug. The household was filled with lively activity as Yukie always opened her home to extended family and friends. Yukie loved gardening, travelling with Shig, camping, singing, and Ikebana, always decorating her home with her beautiful flower arrangements. She was dedicated to her children’s pursuits, becoming a gymnastics judge, an active cheerleader at hockey and lacrosse games, a creative costume designer for dance recitals, and proud supporter of her kids’ musical endeavours. Along with her five children, Yukie is survived by her grandchildren, Jamie, Christopher (Amie), Danny, Brent (Erica), Addy, Holly, Naomi and Jason, as well as brother-in-law Cyril Moore and sisters-in-law Carol Koga and Bessie Koga. She was predeceased by her husband Shigeru, brothers Suey, Morio and Mits, sisters Kimi, Eiko, Yoshie, and Emmie, and granddog, Kyra. Due to Covid 19 restrictions, a Memorial service will be held on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 11:00 a.m. at the Richmond Funeral Home, by invitation only. If you wish to Live Stream, please contact one of Yukie’s children

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for the link. In lieu of flowers or koden, please consider donating to the Salvation Army Rotary Hospice or a charity of your choice in Yukie’s memory. TASAKA, Michiko “Betty” born on April 16, 1933 and passed away peacefully on October 4, 2020, in Richmond, BC. She was predeceased by sister, Nora, and brothers, Hiromi, Masashi and Mitsuo, and lovingly survived by her elder sister Haruye Hori, and her many nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and nephews. Betty worked for the Pacific Salmon Commission, as a salmon scale analyst, and was an accomplished member of Sogetsu Vancouver for the past 54 years. A private service will be held on Friday, October 16. Flowers are graciously declined. TERAGUCHI, Donna Lisa March 11, 1962 - October 19, 2020. With great sadness and a heavy heart, we announce Donna’s passing on October 19, 2020. Predeceased by her father Henry, Donna is survived by her mother, Jean, sisters Geri (Ted) and Helen, nieces Kianna (Jordan) and Hayley, as well as many aunts, uncles, and cousins. Donna was diagnosed with breast cancer in March and was always hopeful during her treatments. She fought her cancer bravely to the end and passed peacefully with her family by her side. Donna cherished and adored her nieces and their pets Binky and Fritz, as they brought her so much joy. She loved the beach, meeting her friends for coffee, lunch, dinner, or shopping, and travelling; most recently to Europe, which was a life-long dream of hers. Donna will be remembered for her keen eye for design, style, and “get it done” attitude. She led with her heart and was always looking for meaningful gifts to give to those she cared about. We wish to thank those who were a part of her life and brought her happiness. There will be a private service, and in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the BC Cancer Agency or the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Forever in our hearts.

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LEARNING JAPANESE AND THE ROAD TO GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP Interview with Mark Batt Principal-Education Division Manager Welcome Mark to VJLS-JH as the new PrincipalEducation Division Manager of our historic Japanese language and culture division. Could you tell us about yourself. I was born in the UK, but I spent most of my childhood in Asia, mainly Malaysia and Singapore where I got interested in Asian languages. The ease with which Malaysians switch between their own language and four other commonly spoken local languages made an impression on me that has stayed with me until today. Living abroad, I have been fortunate to have experienced and learned about culture and languages from many wonderful places as a local. I majored in Chinese language, including Classical Chinese language and literature, and studied Japanese at the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). This was the beginning of a long relationship with Japanese language and culture that continues to this day. I immigrated to Canada from Japan in 2001, where I was a permanent resident for five years. As part of Japan Exchange Teaching (JET) program, I worked for the Kawasaki board of Education then worked for a Japanese company in Tokyo. Through projects in China & East Asia, I was introduced to corporate Japan and was an ‘ambassador’ for Japan through my work with the China Japan Friendship Association. My studies of language and comparative culture, as it pertains to Japan and China, continued and my appreciation of both cultures have deepened since.

this position while once also becoming part of the Japanese Canadian community was an opportunity I could not pass up. Furthermore, VJLS-JH history connects Japan and Canada, two of the countries from which I have gained so much. I want to do whatever I can to recognize and utilize the history and heritage of VJLS-JH to make it the centre for excellence in Japanese language learning, not only in Vancouver, but worldwide.

What is the value of learning Japanese and becoming multi-lingual? One is able to communicate to a wider more diverse group of people. Moreover bilingual and multilingual people tend to be able to see from different perspectives, being more accepting of differing ideas and beliefs. In Canada, I’ve worked in senior management roles, This comes from exposure to a more diverse social network through their mostly in education management. For the last 12 years social experiences. Of course, this leads to a much richer life, including I’ve been managing federal government language increased career opportunities. education programs for new immigrants, where the goal was to make newcomers feel welcome, help Japanese, being one of the top five most difficult languages to learn, is not them appreciate what we have in Canada, while only a single system of communication, but rather a layered, structured ensuring their own cultures and languages are valued language that provides the learner the opportunity to choose how deeply into the culture they wish to go. Regardless of age, one can feel a great by everyone. sense of accomplishment by learning the forms of kana used in the written language. As the learner delves deeper into the study of kanji, the learner What drew you to VJLS-JH? First of all, I saw this as an opportunity to once again is exposed to the culture, the history and the beauty of the Japanese reconnect with Japanese language and culture. The language. Once a learner has studied Japanese, one is better equipped chance to bring all of my experience and skills to to learn other languages and truly become a global citizen.

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Being a global citizen means being open-minded to ideas, opinions, beliefs and cultures diﬀerent from one’s own, and relish those diﬀerences. We all have preconceptions of others, based on our own life experiences, be it taught or simply by habit. Once a person is open enough to be exposed to other cultures and languages and accept them, preconceptions tend to disappear. Given the new COVID and high tech world we live in today, what do you see is the future value of being multi-lingual and multi-cultural? What do you see are some of the path-ways to get there? One major facet of being multilingual and multicultural is the increased ability to multitask, a must in our highly digitized world. Through the ability to differentiate and filter certain aspects of the culture and language one is exposed to, the dominant (currently used) language is prioritized for processing by the brain, while the other language is compartmentalized. As one becomes able to smoothly move between languages and cultures, one is also better equipped to apply the same skills to adeptly switch between the virtual world and the real world. Again, the best pathway to achieving this is by immersing oneself in learning a language that is layered and provides cultural context, and Japanese is perfect for this. How does language learning relate to being able to communicate? Does this change with time, tools, and technology? One facet of being multilingual is the ability to smoothly transition between diverse social net-works. This linguistic ability is also connected to the ability to adapt to changes in circumstances, surroundings and be more finely attuned to external factors. As changes occur, the multilingual learner is better equipped to adapt, adopt and thrive using a variety of communication tools. My daughter is bilingual and is extremely adept at moving within a variety of social circles, and I was amazed at her ability to communicate, using her smartphone, drawing and by gestures with my Malay friends for hours. What is your vision for the historic 114 year old Education division as you start on this journey with us? I see such potential for the education division, especially given that we have our own historic site. I would like VJLS-JH to become a centre for excellence in Japanese language learning, not only for learners of Japanese, but also for teachers of Japanese. We have the resources, skills and experience to provide a venue for educators to come, meet and share ideas about Japanese language education while learning about the rich Japanese Canadian history in Vancouver. I also envision an environment where we can welcome anyone and everyone who has an interest in Japanese language and culture, and Japanese Canadian culture to learn and share, making our own VJLS-JH community a truly global one. Being a global citizen yourself, what does being a global citizen mean to you and for VJLS students? For me personally, being a global citizen means being

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Nikkei Place Monthly Update Nikkei Place comprises Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, Nikkei Seniors Health Care & Housing Society and Nikkei Place Foundation. When visiting Nikkei Centre please: follow signage | maintain physical distance | consider wearing a face mask. Please reschedule your visit if you are sick | you can “visit” us online too!

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EXHIBIT Broken Promises, a Landscapes of Injustice project exhibit that unpacks the dispossession triggered by the forced dispersal of the Japanese Canadian community from the west coast of BC in the 1940s. Pandemic sanitation and social distancing protocols are in place to ensure visitor safety. This project has been made possible by the Government of Canada. Please visit our website for exhibit programming. centre.nikkeiplace.org/exhibits/ broken-promises/ Hours Tue-Sat, 10-5 Admission $0-5

MUSEUM SHOP We are welcoming Paper For You (mizuhiki art) to be our November artist featured in the lobby display case. Gently used kimono will be available on our online shop. If you wish to view the items in person, please make an appointment in advance. We are balancing our inventory between our onsite museum shop and online shop. Please contact us if you need help locating an item. jcnm@ nikkeiplace.org | 604.777.7000 ext.109

A new publication is available at the museum shop and online shop. Landscapes of Injustice: A New Perspective on the Internment and Dispossession of Japanese Canadians, Edited by Jordan Stanger-Ross, $39.95

ONLINE squareup.com/store/NNMCC Charles H. Kadota Resource Centre Visit NIKKEIMUSEUM.ORG to explore over 31,000 items! The Resource Centre is available by appointment only and with added safety measures. Please contact our Research Archivist Linda Kawamoto Reid at lreid@nikkeiplace. org for research inquiries or our Collections Manager Lisa Uyeda at luyeda@nikkeiplace.org for donation inquiries. Thank you to the Adhoc Redress Committee for their support.

WHAT’S ON Masterworks of Japanese Tea Culture: online lecture series with Maiko Behr Continues November 12 and 22 $10/session This virtual lecture series is exploring the aesthetic of wabi, one of the defining characteristics of the major streams of Japanese tea tradition. Each of the six 75-minute talks focuses on one famous tea object and the stories surrounding it as an entry point for thinking about the broader development of wabicha – the humble style that is associated with the most common forms of tea practice in Japan today. This series is intended for anyone interested in traditional Japanese arts, aesthetics, ceramics, history, visual culture, and more. All sessions are held in English only. No prior knowledge is necessary. Recordings of the sessions will also be available to all registered participants following each live session until November 30. (Zoom is not required to listen to the recording.)

NNMCC Reception & Museum Shop Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10:00am – 5:00pm; Sunday & Monday Closed. NIKKEI NATIONAL MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTRE 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC, V5E 4M7 Tel: 604.777.7000 Fax: 604.777.7001 E-mail: info@nikkeiplace.org NIKKEI SENIORS HEALTH CARE AND HOUSING SOCIETY 6680 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC, V5E 4N3 Tel: 604.777.5000 Fax: 604.777.5050

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Japanese Book Sale October 27 to November 7 | Tuesday to Saturday | 10am-5pm As the nights get longer, why not pass the autumn evenings by reading? Visit NNMCC’s Japanese Book Sale, held during Japan’s “Reading Week”. You can also browse items in our Mini-Market held by the NNMCC Auxiliary. There will be health and safety measures in place to prevent the spread of infection. See our website for details.

Family History One-on-One Trace your family history with expert personal assistance from Nikkei National Museum’s Research Archivist Linda Kawamoto Reid. Currently, as our Charles Kadota Resource Centre adapts to new pandemic protocols, we remain closed for in-person research, but for the first time, we offer new and unique distanced individual sessions. Private sessions are one hour in Remembrance Day length, by telephone, Skype, Whatsapp, Google Meet and Centenary of the Japanese Canadian Cenotaph 2020 or Zoom, to guide you in your research of your family Due to the pandemic, the Remembrance Day ceremony will carry on by history. invitation only at the cenotaph, and live streamed on Youtube to reach $25/hr + GST. 20% discount for members. more people across Canada. A concurrent by-invitation-only (under 50 Please pre-pay online, and we will contact you to make people) live streaming event to view the live ceremony will take place at an appointment. Questions: jcnm@nikkeiplace.org | the Vancouver Japanese Language School Hall & Japanese Hall. Descend- 604.777.7000 ext.109 Tue-Sat centre.nikkeiplace.org/ ants of Japanese Canadian First World War veterans will acknowledge family-history-one-on-one the centenary of the cenotaph, the end of the Second World War (75 years ago), and the start of the Korean War (70 years ago). Both events will begin at 10:40am PST. For more information or an invitation to either COMMUNITY event contact Linda Kawamoto Reid at lreid@nikkeiplace.org. Blood Donor Clinics Friday, November 20, 12-8pm New Publication For eligibility criteria, contact On Being Yukiko We are planning some virtual interactive events in late November and Canadian Blood Services at 1.888.236.6283 www.blood.ca. early December to gather to talk about the book On Being Yukiko, and feedback@blood.ca meet the creators Lillian Michiko Blakey and Jeff Chiba Stearn. Please check out our website and social media for updates. Craft Fair | November to December Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays 10am-5pm This year’s craft fair is adapted to prevent the spread of infection. Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in November and December, you can browse the creations of local artists, designers, and craftspeople. There will be different vendors every week, so visit often. The vendors will be listed on our website. This is the 20th annual Fair and we have and continued to enjoy meeting creative artists, artisans, makers, tailors, and designers – join us at the Craft Fair to meet them in person, enjoy their work, and shop for one and only handmade items for either you or for your loved ones.

OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT NIKKEI NATIONAL MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTRE • Become a member. • Volunteer! Download an application at: centre.nikkeiplace.org/ volunteer. • Shop at the Museum Gift Shop and online nnmcc.square.site • Become a Monthly Donor • Consider our venue for your mini-wedding • Donate to the Tree of Prosperity or Nikkei Place Foundation. Please contact Nikkei Place Foundation at 604.777.2122 or gifts@ nikkeiplace.org for information about becoming a monthly donor.

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Health Care continued the role of Executive Director replacing Cathy Makihara taking a well-earned sabbatical. She will help in the transition period for our new Executive Director and we are grateful for the time, guidance and expertise over the 25 years she has devoted to Nikkei Place and to Nikkei Seniors. All three of these Directors have contributed immeasurably to the work of the Society and we are grateful for their involvement over the preceding years. Two new individuals will be joining the Board, John Kamitakahara and Sandra Song. We welcome them and look forward to their participation at the Board. This coming year will continue to be a period of change and adjustment. The impact of the coronavirus will likely continue and adjustments to our services till have to be monitored and revised. The incoming Board will need to discuss and establish new directions in the face of contemplated changes, and ZOOM meetings may become the Board’s “normal”. In conclusion I would like to personally thank Cathy, Gina and staff for their ongoing dedication to their work with our seniors. They are very special people. Also, to all the Board members, I am grateful for their involvement and support through what has turned out to be a very unusual, busy and difficult year.

Nikkei Place Monthly Update Nikkei Seniors Health Care & Housing Society ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – SEPTEMBER 14, 2020 by Ruth Coles

PRESIDENT’S ANNUAL REPORT

The date of our Annual General Meeting was changed following our last with isolation and loneliness has been a major concern. AGM so my report will cover the period April 2019 to the present. Activity staff have developed programs that individuals Looking back on the past 16 months, it can be seen in two periods, the can use in their suites and connected seniors with their first being essentially pre-pandemic, from April 2019 to February 2020 families through the use of technology. and the second, from March 2020 to the present covering the restrictions Thanks to the early and comprehensive intervention imposed by the pandemic. of Cathy Makihara and staff, we have been free of the During the pre-pandemic period, New Sakura-so, Robert Nimi Nikkei coronavirus and hope it will continue as the precauHome and our Outreach Programs were operating very well under the tionary measures are lifted. Thanks to all the support leadership of Cathy Makihara and Gina Hall. Our staff were efficient and that staff and Society have received throughout this professional attending to their responsibilities and no major issues were difficult time. Letters of support, gifts and food for staff, identified. However, the Board had to start considering the retirement of children’s drawings for the seniors and staff and conour Administrative Staff, the Executive Director and the Resident Services siderable monetary contributions have been received. Manager in the coming year, review general staffing requirements due These acknowledgements of the work done for seniors to the increased workload and the need for recruitment of additional have lifted our spirits and have given the staff and the volunteers and review fund raising initiatives. The Board consequently Board encouragement in our work. initiated the following activities:

The Society Board has had to adjust to the new reality 1. Started work on the recruitment of a new Executive Director by estab- that the Coronavirus Pandemic has presented. Board meetings have been held remotely through the use of lishing a Hiring Committee ZOOM. The Golf Tournament was cancelled, hiring for 2. Golf Committee began their work on organizing a tournament to take a new Executive Director was delayed but resumed, place on May 29th, 2021 the constitution was revised and recruitment for new 3. Community Leaders meeting was proposed to inform the community Directors and a Communications/Publicity Assistant was restarted. about our services Looking to the future, there are a number of changes taking place at the Board level. Three of our Directors, 5. Revision and Finalization of our Constitution Glenn Tanaka, Jay Haraga and Keiko Funahashi are At its February meeting, the Board was made aware of the possibility leaving us. of the Coronavirus. This marks the second period for our Society. While 1. Glenn Tanaka will be attending to increasing dethere was no direction from the provincial or federal health agencies, our mands of his job. We are grateful for all the work he Executive Director, Cathy Makihara, and staff took the initiative in instituting has done in developing and organizing our annual golf precautionary measures. They secured gowns, masks, gloves, sanitizers, tournament, in particular, and wish him well. etc but by mid March all residential facilities were under quarantine. Residents were required to stay in their suites, family visits were not permitted 2. Keiko Funahashi has left to take on a new role as and activities were suspended, Outreach Programs were suspended Executive Director at Tonarigumi. We wish her well and Hi Genki Restaurant had to be closed to the public. These changes and look forward to a closer working relationship required a big adjustment for residents, staff and families of seniors at between Tonarigumi and NSHCHS. She managed our Robert Nimi Nikkei Home. New Sakura-so residents were restricted but Membership needs and helped in the development not quarantined and were advised to take precautionary measures and and evaluation of our Iki Iki program as well as other staff began sanitizing areas in both residences on a regular basis. With activities. the suspension of the Outreach Programs and activities, volunteers were 3. Jay Haraga, while leaving the Board, will in fact be not allowed to assist in any way. With all these changes, increase in staff devoting more time to the operations of our Society in workload has increased and changes to work schedules, hiring of additional staff became necessary. The importance of assisting seniors to cope continued on page 42 4. Publicity/Communications Assistant recruitment was initiated

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Nikkei Place Monthly Update Nikkei Place Foundation Donations Nik k e i P lace Donations

NIKKEI PLACE is comprised of three organizations: Nikkei Place Foundation, Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, and Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society. Please visit www.nikkeiplace.org — each of our organization’s are making updates on our websites and social media channels in reponse to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic. We are still accepting donations, but encourage you to donate online at www.nikkeiplacefoundation.org to avoid any delays with receiving your tax receipt. For inquiries, please contact gifts@nikkeiplacefoundation.org.

Thank You for Supporting Nikkei Place! Gifts from October 1 - 31, 2020 inclusive In Memory of Robert Banno Dan & Colleen Nomura—Canadian Fishing Company

DONATIONS Anonymous Crux Strategic Clarity Estate of LA Dinsmore Hisako Yamamoto NNMCC RESILIENCE FUNDRAISER Anonymous Yasuhiko Bando Joseph & Danielle Cantafio Lynne & Kyle Gardiner Shigeru & Akemi Hirai Erik Johnston Shinobu Kadome David Kamiya Frank & Naomi Kamiya Randy Kamiya Art Kanzaki Miwa Komori W. B. Lee Gary & Nobuko Matson Allan & Keiko Mayede Roberta H. Nasu Dan & Colleen Nomura—Canadian Fishing Company Joyce Oishi Steve Cain & July Ono Kumi Shanahan & Mario Deravian Howard Shimokura Fred & Linda Yada Mas & Kaori Yano HONOURS & TRIBUTES In Honour of Lilly Mutsuko (Mori) Oishi Joyce Oishi In Honour of Sam Yamamoto’s Birthday Cathy Makihara Maryka Omatsu Chris & Jan Yamamoto & Family Karlie Yamamoto Mika Yamamoto Norine K. Yamamoto

In Memory of Nancy Machiko Cameron Yasuhiko Bando Cypress Capital Management Ltd. In Memory of Patricia Clever Garry & Nana Davies Sean Douglas Nobue Hatanaka Sharon & Alan Kamitakahara Dean Shikatani Margaret Miyako Shikatani Stan Shikatani Bruce & Nan Tasaka In Memory of Gordon Kaodota Gary & Nobuko Matson In Memory of Shigeaki Kamachi Sumiko Kamachi Toyoko & Alan Oikawa In Memory of Yosh & Kay Kanzaki Art Kanzaki In Memory of Mamoru Madokoro Allan & Keiko Mayede In Memory of Tom Madokoro Allan & Keiko Mayede In Memory of David Martin Sumiko Kamachi In Memory of Dean Okamura Joseph & Danielle Cantafio Janine Hartmans David Kamiya Frank & Naomi Kamiya Randy Kamiya Miwa Komori In Memory of Shirley Shoji Allan & Keiko Mayede

In Memory of Yoshiko Matsumoto Bill & Noemi Gruenthal Edward & Jennifer Nakamoto Joyce M. Nakamoto Kaz & Mary Nakamoto Roberta H. Nasu Shawn Nishimura Dorothy Yamamoto

Anne Motozono Daigo Naito Roberta H. Nasu Takeshi & Mizuho Ogasawara Chris Oikawa Hanako Oye Linda Kawamoto Reid Jim & Norma Sawada Audrey Shimozawa In Memory of Tak Negoro Eva Shiho Minnie Hattori Barbara Shishido Howard Shimokura Charlotte Takasaki Jack & Tami Tasaka Sharlene A. Tabata Fred & Linda Yada Joyce C. Takeshita In Memory of Tamotsu & Misae Ono Darlene Tanaka & Trevor Jones Erik Johnston Grace Tanaka Ginzo & Harue Udagawa In Memory of Yukie Sakaki Hisako Wada Satoye Kita Fred & Linda Yada In Memory of Danny Tanaka Chris, Jan Yamamoto & Family Terry & Kaz Koyanagi Norine K. Yamamoto Sam Yamamoto MONTHLY GIVING Tatsuo & Mariko Yamamoto Anonymous (2) Gwendolyn Yip & Santa Ono Carina Abe Ian & Debbie Burgess HERITAGE ESTATE Brian & Marcia Carr GIVING CIRCLE Patricia H. Chan Tamiko Corbett Michael & Ruth Coles Yoshiharu Hashimoto Grant Dustin Mitsuo & Emmie Hayashi Masami Hanashiro George & Elaine Homma Junichi & Atsumi Hashimoto Betty Issenman Tad & Mitsuko Hosoi Sato Kobayashi Shaun Inouye Gordon Kadota Kenneth & Bernadine Isomura Cathy Makihara Tomoko Ito Robert & Jane Nimi Mary F. Kawamoto Carrie Okano Satoko Kobayashi Linda Kawamoto Reid Katsuko (Kitty) Kodama Richard & Gail Shinde Greciana Langamon Norman Shuto Tommy Li Haruko Takamori Stewart Kawaguchi Sian Tasaka Ted Kawamoto Fred & Linda Yada Catherine Makihara Sam Yamamoto Masako & Ken Moriyama

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Nikkei Place Monthly Update 2020 年 9 月 14 日年次総会理事長年次報告書著者：ルース・コールス翻訳：プラッツ博美昨年度の年次総会後に、本年度の年次総会の日付変更がありましたので、私の報告書では、2019 年 4 月から現在までの期間についてご報告致します。この 16 か月間を顧みますと、2019 年 4 月から 2020 年 2 月までの第１期は基本的にパンデミック以前の時期、2020 年３月から現在に至るまでの第２期はパンデミックによって制約された時期、この二つの時期に分けて見る事ができます。パンデミック以前の時期は、キャシー槇原氏とジーナ・ホール氏のリーダーシップの下、新さくら荘、ロバート新見日系ホーム並びにアウトリーチプログラムは、大変順調に運営されていました。スタッフもプロフェッショナル、且つ迅速に個々の任務を遂行し、特に主だった問題は見受けられませんでした。また一方で、理事会は、管理職員の退職、次期常任理事とレジデントサービスマネージャー、仕事量の増加に伴った全般的な人員配置要件の見直し、ボランティアの追加募集、そしてファンドレイジング案件の見直しなどの検討に着手しなければなりませんでした。結果として、理事会は下記の活動を開始しました。 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

雇用委員会を設立し、新常任理事の選任作業を開始ゴルフ委員会が 2021 年 5 月 29 日開催予定のトーナメントに向けての準備を開始コミュニティーリーダー会議が当協会のサービスについて地域社会への情報提供を提案広報・コミュニケーションアシスタントの募集を開始規約の改定と最終的な成立

2 月の会議で理事会はコロナウィルス流行の可能性を知らされました。これが私達の社会で第２期に起きる事を示唆しています。州と連邦の保健省から指示がない間に、キャシー槇原常任理事とスタッフは、自主的に予防策を取り始め、ガウン、マスク、手袋、消毒薬などを確保しました。がしかし、3 月中旬までには、すべての居住施設が隔離されました。入居者は各自の部屋に留まる事を余儀なくされ、家族の訪問も許可されなくなり、アクティビティも中止となりました。アウトリーチプログラムは一時中止となり、ハイ元気レストランも一般客への開放を中止しました。入居者、スタッフそしてロバート新見日系ホームに住むシニアの家族は、これらの変更に従う為にかなりの調整をすることとなりました。新さくら荘の入居者は、規制はあるものの隔離はされず、予防策実施の奨励を受け、スタッフは定期的に両方の建物の除菌作業を開始しました。アウトリーチプログラムとアクティビティの中止によって、ボランティアは全く活動することができなくなりました。これらの変更に伴って、スタッフの仕事量は増加し、勤務表の変更、スタッフの増員が必至となりました。そして、隔離と孤独に耐えるシニアへの援助の重要性が最大の懸念となりました。アクティビティスタッフは、各人が自室でできるプログラムを作成し、テクノロジーを駆使して家族と連絡できるように計らいました。

キャシー槇原氏とスタッフの早い時期での総合的な介入のおかげで、コロナウィルスへの感染もなく、予防策が解除されても今後も感染者が出ないことを祈っています。このような困難な時期に、スタッフおよび本協会へ多大なご協力をいただきましたことに感謝申し上げます。励ましのお手紙、ギフト、スタッフへの差し入れ、シニアやスタッフへの子供達からの絵、そして多大なご寄付を頂戴いたしました。こうしたシニアへの心遣いは、私たちを元気づけると同時に、スタッフや理事達の励みにもなりました。理事会もコロナウィルスの世界的流行が呈した新たな現実に順応しなければなりません。役員会議は、ズームを利用して場所を離して行われました。ゴルフトーナメントは中止となり、新常任理事の選任も予定より遅れましたが再開され、規約も改定され、新理事と広報・宣伝担当アシスタントの採用募集も再開されました。今後に目を向けますと、理事会レベルでいくつかの変更があります。グレン・田中氏、ジェイ・原賀氏、そして船橋敬子氏の３人の理事が退任致します。 1.

グレン・田中氏は、仕事の需要が増えたので仕事に専心することになりました。毎年恒例のゴルフトーナメントの開催・手配に関わる作業には、とりわけ感謝しています。ご健闘をお祈りいたします。船橋敬子氏は、退任し、隣組の常任理事に就任いたしました。今後の活躍と、隣組と日系シニアズ・ヘルスケア住宅協会が、より密接な相互関係を築けるよう期待しています。船橋氏は、会員のニーズを把握管理し、「いきいきプログラム」同様にその他のプログラムの作成と評価に尽力しました。ジェイ・原賀氏は、理事会を退会する一方で、事実上、長期休暇を取るキャシー槇原氏の後任常任理事として本協会の運営に更に関わっていく予定です。槇原氏には、新任の常任理事への引継ぎ期間はお手伝いいただく予定です。２５年以上に渡り、日系プレースおよび日系シニアズに専心した時間、ガイダンスそして専門知識に感謝いたします。

３人の理事の皆さんは、本協会の仕事に計り知れないほど貢献してくださいました。今までの数年間、関わってくださった事に感謝いたします。新たに２名、ジョン・上高原氏とサンドラ・ソン氏が理事会に加わります。彼らを歓迎すると共に、理事会での彼らの参加に期待しています。来年度も、引き続き変動と調整を伴う時期となる事でしょう。コロナウィルスの影響は、恐らく今後も続き、私達のサービスも管理と見直しを求められることでしょう。次期の理事会では、想定内の変化に対して、新たな方針を検討し確立する必要があるでしょう。また、ズーム会議も理事会のノーマルになるかもしれません。最後に、キャシー、ジーナそしてスタッフの弛みない尽力に、個人的に感謝を申し上げたいと思います。彼らは、本当に特別な人達です。そして、全ての理事の方々にも、例年になく忙しく困難な年を通して関わってくださり、サポートしてくださった事に感謝申し上げます。敬意をもって、ご報告とさせて頂きます。ルース・コールス

日系ヘルスケア＆住宅協会では、ロバート新見日系ホームや新さくら荘、またシニアの健康に関する質問やご意見を歓迎いたします。下記の連絡先までご連絡ください。電話 604-777-5000 またはげっぽう記事執筆者トム・寺西 604-732-9458、604-816-1500。

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ご案内茶道文化の傑作：マイコ・ベア先生のオンライン講座シリーズ（英語）続き：11 月 12 & 22 日講座一回につき 10 ドルこのオンライン講座シリーズでは、日本の伝統的な茶道を特徴つける「わび」の美学について学びます。各 75 分の 6 回の講義では毎回、「わび茶」の発展について考える起点として、有名な茶道具を一つ取り上げ、それにまつわる物語に焦点を当ててお話しします。このシリーズは、伝統的な日本の美術、美学、陶磁器、歴史、視覚文化、等に興味を持つすべての方が対象です。講義はすべて英語のみで行われます。予備知識は必要ありません。受講生の方は、各講座後 11 月 30 日まで講義の録音をお聞きいただくこともできます。申し込みされた方でオンライン講義でなく後日録画をお聞きになる予定の方は、ズームを使うは必要ありません。

ブックセール 10 月 27 日∼ 11 月 7 日 ¦ 火曜日∼土曜日 ¦ 午前 10 時から午後 5 時まで夜の時間が長くなる時期、秋の夜長を読書で過ごしませんか。日本の読書週間に合わせてブックセールが開催されます。また日系センター活動補助グループオ主催による人気のミニマーケット「商店」も同時開催されます。感染防止対策をした上での運営となります。詳しくはウェブサイトでご確認ください。

ミュージアムショップロビーの展示ケースにて、11 月はペーパー・フォー・ユー（水引アート）を特集します。オンラインショップでは、状態の良い中古着物を販売いたします。来館して商品をご確認されたい方は、事前にご予約ください。館内のミュージアムショップとオンラインショップとの間で在庫の調整をしています。お探しのものが見つからない場合にはご連絡ください。jcnm@nikkeiplace.org ¦ 604.777.7000 ext.109 jcnm@nikkeiplace.org ¦ 604.777.7000 ext.109 https://nnmcc.square.site/

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2020 年戦没者追悼記念日と日系カナダ人戦没者記念碑建立 100 周年

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今年は戦没者記念碑建立 100 周年ですが、コロナウィルス流行のため、追悼式の式典は招待客のみで行われます。ただし式典は YouTube のライブ配信で、カナダ中のより多くの方々にお届けできます。同時に、招待客のみ（50 人以下）で式典のライブ配信を鑑賞するイベントも、バンクーバー日本語学校の講堂にて行われます。日系カナダ人第一次大戦退役軍人の子孫の方々をお招きし、記念碑建立 100 周年、第二次大戦終結 75 周年、そして朝鮮戦争勃発 70 周年を記念します。式典もライブ配信イベントも、太平洋標準時の午前 10 時半開始です。詳細や両イベントへの招待についてのお問い合わせは、リンダ・カワモト・リードまで lreid@nikkeiplace.org。

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隣組隣組会員申し込み・更新のお知らせ隣組では会員の皆さんに各種プログラムやサービス、蔵書数 7000 冊以上の日本語図書室のご利用などを提供しています。また、新年 1 ∼ 3 月まで特別に Zoom や電話プログラムがすべて無料。年会費＄４０。 2021 年度会員お申込み・更新手続き：11 月 9 日より受け付け開始お問い合わせ・登録・更新：604-687-2172 メール info@tonarigumi.ca

家で楽しむ電話プログラム家にこもりがちになるこれからの季節、電話さえあれば参加できるプログラムで脳を刺激し趣味を広げませんか？参加方法は簡単。事前に興味のある「番組」に登録して、時間になるとかかってくる電話に出て「１」を押すだけ。複数の参加者と講師が同時に電話でつながります。新年から本格的にこの電話プログラムが始まる前に、色々な番組を試せる期間を 11 月に設けました。 • 日本語ローカルニュース • 脳トレ • コーヒークラブ・おしゃべり会 • 落語 • 歌の会 • 俳句クラブ他お問い合わせ・登録：604687-2172 内線 106、メール programs@tonarigumi.ca（リエ）

隣組へのご寄付ありがとうございました。（2020 年 9 月 25 日∼ 2020 年 10 月 19 日順不同、敬称略）

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日系クラフトマーケット隣組クラフトクラブのメンバーによる作品が、日系クラフトマーケットで購入いただけます。クリスマスのプレゼントにいかがでしょう？隣組発行のレシピ本やガーデニング本、シニア必読の情報が満載 BC 州シニアガイド日本語版も販売。出店日：11 月 27 ∼ 29 日場所：日系センターロビー（6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby）

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バンクーバー日本語学校並びに日系人会館

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グローバルな市民へ行く道と日本語ならいとの繋がり Mark Batt、VJLS 校長・課長の取材

Q. VJLSの校長先生・課長になりまして、ようこそ！マークさんの背景を教えてくれますか？生まれはイギリスですが、アジアのマレーシアやシンガポールなどで育ちました。その時、毎日聞いていたマレー語 , 広東語と中国語 ( マンダリン ) と言う現地の言語を勉強し始めました。大学での専攻は現代中国語と漢文でしたが、JET プログラムで日本で働く準備をするために日本語も一学期勉強しました . 日本に住んでいた 6 年間、日本語と中国語を比較するのが一番楽しかったです。日本での最後の数年間は、東京の会社で働き、中国と日本の間の連絡係として働いていました。私は日本からカナダに移住して以来、主に連邦政府の教育関連組織で上級管理職に従事してきました。

Q. マークさんが自分自身がグローバルな市民であって、その立場からみ見ると、VJLSの生徒さんにとって「GLOBAL CITIZEN」とはどのような意味があるのでしょうか？皆は、自分の人生経験に基づいて、教えられているか、単に習慣によって、他人の先入観を持っています。人が他の文化や言語に触れ、それらを受け入れるのに十分なほどオープンになると、先入観は消える傾向があります。孔子は「三人行必有我師」と書いた。つまり、この文の意味は、人は 3 人に少なくとも 1 人から学ぶことができるということです。

Q. VJLS-JHのアピールは何だったでしょうか？もう一度日本語と日本文化を体験する機会に興奮しました。また、バンクーバーの VJLS の歴史も有名です。VJLS で働けなければならなかった .

Q. 日本語またはいくつかの言葉を話す値打ちは何でしょうか？バイリンガルとマルチリンガルの人々は、さまざまな視点から見ることができる傾向があり、さまざまなアイデアや信念をより受け入れています。また、より多様なソーシャルネットワークへの露出と参加はキャリアの機会を提供します。最も重要なのは豊かな生活体験であります。中国語を話す人の視点から、漢字の勉強は生徒に日本の歴史と文化の紹介を提供すると思います。さらに、日本語は習得が難しい言語であり、他の言語は比較して習得しやすいと思います。

Q. COVID-19の時代になって、ハイテックの世界のなかで、多国語、同時に多様文化の人間になると、将来的に、どのような値打ちになるのでしょうか？そこへ行く道は何でしょうか？多国語の人々はマルチタスクを行うことができます。言語と文化を上手に切り替えるスキルは、仮想世界と現実世界を切り替えるスキルと同じです。したがって、多言語および多文化の人は高く評価されています。言語と文化に没頭するとともに、日本語の深い意味を勉強する努力だけでなく寛容も成功への進路となるでしょう。

Q. 多国語の勉強とは一般的なコミュニケーションのスキルにどんな影響を与えますか？時代、道具、テクノロジーがどんどん変わりつつあり、どうやって変わって行くのでしょうか？言語と多様なソーシャルネットワークの間を巧みに移行することで、言語の学生は、さまざまなコミュニケーションツールの使用に簡単に適応できるスキルを身に付けることができます。たとえば、バイリンガルの娘はマレーシア人の友達にマレー語を話すことができませんでしたが、携帯電話を使って絵を描いてコミュニケーションをとることができました。多くの言語的および文化的経験があれば、高度なテクノロジーを使用する方が簡単です。

Q. マークさんが１１４才のVJLSにかけてどのようなビジョンーを見ていますか？長い歴史と多くのリゾースとスキルを持っているので、教育部門は日本語教育リゾースを開発および共有するための場所になることができると確信しています。日本語や日本文化を教える場所とその上、教師をトレーニングしたりできるようなセンターになるうる可能性もあります。 475 & 487 Alexander St. Vancouver, B.C. V6A 1C6 Tel: 604.254.2551 Fax: 604.254.9556 Website: www.vjls-jh.com

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連載３５歳からは美しく生きる！現代女性は、家庭も仕事もキレイもすべてハッピーに輝ける

女性性の開花＆コアとの繋がるを深める方法 Hi Beautiful ♡ スピリチュアルメッセージを届けるのが得意なコーチ、モレッティ夏子です。結構冷え込んできたバンクーバー。皆さん体調管理にはくれぐれもお気をつけて実りの秋を楽しみましょう。＾＾

そして自己受容する、喜びを与え受け入れるその行為は私たち女性を最も深く癒し自分を愛し、知り、緩んでリラックスさせ自分らしく生きていけるようパワフルにサポートしてくれるのです。私は自分がセクシャリティーについて話すコーチになるとは 1,000 年に１回も思ったことないですがここが一番核だと悟った時もう受け入れるしかありませんでした。笑

さて今日はなんと！セクシャルティーについてお話ししていきたいと思います。今までライフコーチとして活動してきて世界のメンターから色々と学んできたのですが私がたどり着いたのがセクシャリティーなのです。膣や子宮は女性の核（コア）となる部分トラウマや未処理の感情も身体に蓄積しますが女性は大半はこの核となる膣や子宮に溜め込みます。そこで自分の核となる部分を癒し女性性を開放・開花し自分の身体に触れ自分を愛でる

女性性の開花や自分のコアとの繋がりをもっと女性に持ってほしいと思った時新しいビジネスのアイデア、名前、ロゴデザイン等色んなインスピレーションが私の元へ降りてきました。１１１＝ 11 月 1 日に新しいウェブサイトをオープンし新ビジネスのスタートです。この日にちも降りてきたのですが友達に話したところ天赦日といって１年に数回かシーズンに１回の最高の吉日だそうあなたも自分を深く癒すこと女性性の開花やコアとの繋がりを深めること本来の私たち女神として人生を生きたいそんな風に直感で感じる方はサイトを覘いてみてください。女性性の開花の方法をもっと詳しく知れる PDF もそこでプレゼントしています。 Online shop: https://goddesstemple.love/

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モレッティ・夏子 2002 年よりカナダ在住その後休暇先でイタリア人の主人と出会い、イタリア・ミラノで４年間暮らす。その際、人種差別や義理家族との問題に苦しむが、コーチングに出会い救われる。その経験から自身もアンソニー・ロビンスのもとで、心理学の知識も持つマスターコーチとなる。そして今では皆ハッピー仲良しファミリーである。現在は、ママの幸せを応援するコーチ、そしてママの起業を成功させる起業コンサルタントとして活動している。 Web: https://www.beauty-insideout.ca/ Blog: http://ameblo.jp/bio-natsuko/ Email: natsuko@beauty-insideout.ca

《滄海一粟》航海日誌

元日系ボイス編集者田中裕介

日系アクティビズムの現在と未来（1）核兵器禁止条約の発効で何が変わるか去る 10 月、ジャマイカとナウル、そしてホンジュラスが批准して批准国が 50 ヵ国に達した。これにより 2021 年 1 月 22 日以降、核兵器禁止条約（TPNW）は国際法として効力を持つことになる。すでに、トロント在住の広島被爆者で長く核兵器廃絶を訴えてきたサーロー節子さんが、多くのメディアに登場して感想を述べている。戦後移民として 1955 年以来カナダで生きてきた節子さんは、カナダと日本がともに TPNW に否定的な姿勢を変えずにることに強い不満を示している。この発効は何を意味するのか。開発、実験、製造、移譲、使用、威嚇として使用することも禁止される。ICAN（核兵器廃絶国際運動）は、この条約を新たな核軍縮の基盤として核兵器廃絶に向けた圧力にしようとしている。しかしながら、同条約には世界の核兵器の 9 割を有する米国とロシア、中国、加えて日本、カナダなど米国の「核の傘」に依存する国は参加していない。これらの国々は条約を順守する義務はなく罰則もない。

トロント市庁舎前に造営された「平和庭園」。1984年、ここに広島の「灯」と長崎の「水」が寄贈された。屋根の一部の破損は、損なわれたHUMANITYを暗示しているという。一人ひとりがここに来て、その修復方法を考える場所なのだと思う。(photo: yusuke tanaka)

振り返ると、国家を超えた人権の尊重という発想は、1970 年代までは希薄だったように思う。背景にあるのは「植民地主義」の破綻であり、「反人種主義（ANTI-RACISM）」の浸透だろう。北米にあっては、 1950 年代に巻き起こった黒人や先住民たちの人種差別反対の声が、 1960 年代から世界に広がったことは大きい。一方、アジア諸国や東欧での民族独立の戦いは、列強による植民地主義を打ち破っていった。だが、1989 年以降のポスト冷戦時代の到来は、核兵器開発競争の終焉を意味してはいなかった。核弾頭ミサイルの数は 5 万基から 1 万４千基まで減ったが、一基当たりの威力は広島で使われた原爆の数十倍にまでなった。 ●安全保障でなく人権保障 ICAN はより危険な状態になったことに警鐘を鳴らした。そして、人の命は愛国心より重いという認識が世界に浸透した。ここに実際に核ではどんな変化が期待できるのか。ICAN のビートリス・フィン代表が強調するのは「Humanitarian Disarmament( 人道的武装解除 )」だ。兵器が二度投下された日本という国の果たすべき役割があるはずだ。核兵器にまつわる上記の禁止事項を破ることは、人道に反するという人権意識を広めることだと解釈できる。言い換えると、一国の最高責 ●被爆国の使命を果たす任者が核兵器の使用を決断することは、同時に自国民を含む大量殺戮毎日新聞（10 月 26 日付）は、興味深い平和活動家を紹介している。を意味し、それは人類に対する罪を犯すことになるからである。これに対して、「いや、小型の核兵器を局地戦争に使用するだけだ」長崎出身の通販「ジャパネットたかた」社の高田社長は、地元のサッカーチーム V ファーレンのオーナーでもあるが、サポーターの高校生という理由が用意されているだろう。だが、実際にそれを使って局地たちを試合に招いて平和とは何かを一緒に考え、議論し意識を変えて的に攻撃された相手国、そしてその同盟国はどう対処するのか。世界いくという運動を続けている。戦争への突入が免れない結果になるだろう。さらに、戦闘であろうと彼の主張は明確だ。「核保有国が話し合い段階的に核兵器廃絶へ向事故による爆発であろうと、それは長期にわたり核汚染が地球全体をけてゆく、だから TPNW に賛成できないというのなら、それは『永遠覆うことになる。に核兵器はなくならない』と宣言しているようなものだ。日本は被爆国国連はこれまで「安全保障」の観点から核軍縮をすすめてきた。 1970 年、「冷戦」の最中、核拡散防止条約（NPT）が発効し、米、旧として、核兵器が使われたらこんなにひどいことが起きるからなくすべきだと核保有国に強く発信すべきだと思う」と語っている。ソ連、英、仏、中国を既存の核保有国として認めた上で、これらの国換言すると、日本は米国の原爆投下により犠牲となった国だが、戦に核軍縮、拡散防止の交渉を義務付けた。だが、NPT に参加していない国にはなんの効力も発揮しなかった。事実、インドとパキスタン、後はその加害国・米国の「核の傘」で守られてきた。だがそのことと、二度とあの悲劇を生んではいけないという被爆者の思いを代弁すべく、イスラエルとイランなど核保有の有無を「曖昧」にしたまま、使用に関しては「最初に使う国にはならぬが、2 番目に甘んじることもないだ核禁止条約に賛同することは矛盾しない、という論理であろうか。ろう」と公言する。また、北朝鮮は NPT から脱退して核実験を開始した。実はこれはとりもなおさず、憲法 9 条の理念である。条文には「… 武力による威嚇又は武力の行使は、他国との間の紛争の解決の手段とさらに、核実験を禁じる包括的核実験禁止条約（CTBT）も肝心のしては、永久にこれを放棄する。….」とある。核保有国が批准せず、採択から 20 年以上経っても発効していない。日本は第二次大戦の後、他国と交戦したことはない。それは米国の結果として、国防と安全保障の観点に立った時、互いに核兵器を相手の喉元に突きつけたままの関係が「平和」的関係となってしまい、こ「核の傘」の下にあったからだという説がある。だが、度重なる米国から憲法 9 条を廃止せよという要求を突きつけられながら、かろうじての危険な状態に世界は何の痛痒も感じなくなってしまった。これが、 75 年前に広島、長崎の数十万の命を一瞬にして消滅させた核兵器が「非核三原則」を堅持してきた。この使命感をそのまま真っ直ぐ核兵器禁止条約へ向かわせるのは、日本国民として当然の行為ではないの生み出した国際関係である。か。核による「均衡」という幻想が破綻した時、途方もない規模の環境そして、私たちカナダに根付いた日系カナダ人は、かつて広島に投汚染と犠牲者を見ることは明らかである。これを憂慮した若者たちが 2005 年に ICAN を開始すると瞬く間に世界に広まった。国家間の安全下された原爆の原料ウラニウムを調達し、今日も世界有数のウラニウ保障という空論から、人類が「命」の保障に目を転じる時がきたのだ。ム産出国のカナダ政府に対しても、人道的武装解除を訴える使命があそして、2013 年以降、非核兵器保有国のノルウェー、メキシコ、オーるのではないか。日系社会の問題として考えていきたい。ストリアが国連とは別の国際会議を各国で開催し、核兵器を法的に禁止させようと議論を重ねてきた。それが、2017 年の 122 カ国の賛成で採択された TPNW だ。

*題字の「滄海一粟」（そうかいのいちぞく）とは大海原に浮かぶ一粒の粟のこと。

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各国の料理 - 英国編

英国文化圏の旧植民地、即ち、BC州とカナダ一般、オーストラリア、ニュージーランド、シンガポール、マェーシア、香港など英国やアイルランドなど以外の人々は「英国料理」と聞いてもはっきりとしたイメージがわかない様だ。 BC 州に住む私達は、趣向にもよるが英国風、アイルランド風パブで飲食した体験がある者が多いのでは。すると英国の都市や町で必ず求められる物と同様のフィッシュ＆チップスを食したか可能性が高い。これなんぞ代表的な伝統的簡易食だ。

今ならそうした伝統料理を美味しく色々と工夫して出す店もあるが、数年前一週間程ロンドンに滞在した際、外食はメニューに多様な料理が並ぶ中華料理、フランス料理やインド料理を食べにいった。昔から植民地のインドや香港から大勢の移民が住み着いた関係で大都市や地方都市でも必ずインド料理店や中華料理店があり好む英国人も多い。

1960 年代にロンドンに言ったころ「英国料理」は大して旨くないというような偏見がイギリス人、特に上流階級にあった様だが、それはフランス料理の方が高級というのが常識だったからだと思う。フランス料理屋で会食をする際、仏語のメニューを難なく読みこなし、選んだ半世紀以上遡る 1966 年にロンドンのロイター通信社本社に就職したものに合うワインについてソムリエと相談できないと駄目なのだ。学際、安月給だったので当初は地下鉄アールズコート駅付近のいわゆる校で仏語をちゃんと習った者たち、すなわち上流階級だ。同国の階級 bed-sitter（ベッドと小さな電気コンロ付きキッチン・コ−ナーがある制度は今も健在。例えば幾ら金を持っていても上流階級の英語が話せ小さな一部屋）に入った。毎週一、二回は駅のそばのフィッシュ＆チッないと軽蔑される。富豪なら婚姻関係などをで通じて、かつては武家プス店で求めたのを持ち帰り夕食かわりにしたものだ。新聞紙をコーや貴族になれた日本社会とは大違いだ。ン状にしてチップスを盛り、その上にタラだっかか白身の魚を揚げたのが乗っている。酢をぶっかけ塩を振ったのをムシャムシャやるうのだが、厳密に英国料理と言えばスコットランドやアイルランドの郷土料理も必ず部屋に戻る前に食べ始めたものだった。含まれるが、中でもスコットランドの羊の腸から作った haggis が有名。少年時代はロンドン郊外のウインブルドンに住み、通信社では翌年ローマ特派員となるまで約 1 年務めたので勝手を知るロンドンは今でも大好きな都だ。カナダ政府からの毎月の退職金が無かったら移住しても良いくらいだが、何を隠そう、英国の食生活も大きな理由のひとつだ。そして筆者にとりその原点がパブ料理とパブ文化だ。酒の話に脱線すると長くなるので省くが、もし今ロンドンに着いたとしたら最初の食事は必ずパブとなる。Bangers & mash は焼いた太いポーク・ソーセージにマッシュ・ポテトとグリーンピースを添えたのにミートソースがかけてある。その際「Garden-fresh peas or mushy peas?」と問われ「あぁ又イギリスに来たんだ」と実感がわいてくる。取り立てのか、煮て柔らかくしたのか、という問いだ。ここのパブでも結構人気があるのが Shepherd's pie だ。何故「羊飼いのパイ」と呼ぶのか知らぬが、パイ言うっても、長方形で深さ 5， 6cm の陶器ディッシュにひき肉や細かく角切りしたポテトと人参、そこにグリーンピースも入れたのをオーブンで焼いたものだ。これとか Bangers & mash は家庭でも作れるが、やっぱりパブの雰囲気で食べないと旨くないもの。

羊の臓腑を刻みオートミールや脂肪と共にその胃袋に詰めて煮たものだ。趣向の問題だがかなりクセがあるらしくスコットランド人でも好きな人は少ない。長年英国に住んだがハギスを食べている人は一人も見なかった。当方もパスしたが。ハギスが好きな人はスコットランド人の資格があるとさえ言われている。

飲み食いの話なので料理と共に何を飲むかにちょっと触れておこう。アルコール類になるが、パブ料理ならエール（ビールの一種でビールより苦くてコクがありアルコール含有６％）やラーガーなどその他のビール、インド洋理や中華料理にもラーガーが合う。フランづ料理はワインしかない。それでは皆さん、是非原点たるパブ料理を一度でも楽しんでください。乾杯！

伝統的な英国料理と言えばロースト・ビーフがある。仏語で短く「ロズビフ」と言えばイギリス人の代名詞だった時代もある。ロースト・ポテト、人参にヨークシャイア・プディングが添えてある。ロイター勤務時代のあるクリスマスに友人が実家に招待してくれ、確か自家製のロースト・ビーフ・ディナーも頂いたが、その時に友人は「我々英国人は、味付けは淡白にして材料そのものの味を楽しむのだ」と言ってたっけ。

和文英訳英文和訳信頼おける翻訳をいたします。 Tel: 604.221.7393 Fax: 604.221.7333 E-mail: masaki.watanabe11@gmail.com

渡辺正樹

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Eastsideから見える日本と世界第28回外国人自営業者と新型コロナ ■バブル期に来日し、東京で居酒屋経営先日、東京で居酒屋を経営するイラン出身の男性 A さんにインタビューする機会がありました。日本では、バブル経済だった 1980 年代後半に多くの外国人が来日しました。その中でも、伝統的に友好国ですでに査証相互免除協定が結ばれていたイランからはビザ申請することなく観光目的での来日が可能でした。まだイラクとの間の戦争が終結しておらず、職に就けない若者が大勢いたイランからは、大勢の男性（ときに家族も）が観光ビザで来日し、（本来は資格外就労になりますが）人手不足だった肉体労働の現場で働きました。私がインタビューした男性は、イランの日系企業への就職を希望し、日本語を身に付けるために来日しました。けれども、当時のイランからは海外への外貨送金に大幅な制限があり、彼は学費、家賃、生活費のすべてを自分で賄わなければいけなかったといいます。そうやって苦労しながら日本語学校を卒業したけれども、戦争のため、当初就職しようと思っていた日系企業がイランから撤退してしまいます。自営で貿易業を始めるも、度重なる長時間のフライトが耳に負担をかけることがわかります。同時期に、ずっと交際していた現在の妻（日本人）との結婚を決断、日本に定住することになりました。妻が結婚前に暮らしていた都内のある街に通ううち、ある小料理屋の常連となり、他の常連客と一緒にカラオケを楽しむようになります。ちょうど、高齢だった店の経営者が引退を考えていたことから、居抜き（前の店の内装や厨房設備、空調設備、什器などの設備を残した状態）で店の権利を買い取り、自分の居酒屋を経営することになりました。

山本薫子（やまもと・かほるこ）首都大学東京都市環境学部准教授（2008 年∼）。UBC 社会学部客員准教授（2018 年 5 月∼ 12 月）。専門は都市社会学、地域社会学。著書に、『横浜・寿町と外国人−グローバル化する大都市インナーエリア』福村出版（2008 年）、『原発震災と避難 − 原子力政策の転換は可能か（シリーズ被災地から未来を考える (1)）』有斐閣（2017 年）など。

■テレビ番組出演で訪れた大きな変化しかし、A さんは、その街にもともと住んでいたわけでもなく、知り合いもそれほどいません。さらに、店は鉄道駅の目の前ではなく、徒歩で 5 分以上かかる場所に立地しています。そのため、当初は客も少なく、「開店休業」の状態が続きました。さらに、2001 年に米国で同時多発テロが発生。2003 年にイラク戦争が開戦します。Aさんはイラン出身なのでイラクとは関係ないのですが、日本社会はそうは見てくれませんでした。多くの日本人にはイランとイラクの区別はつきにくく、さらに A さんがイスラム教徒であることから、ようやく軌道に乗った店は再び客足が遠のいてしまいます。こうした中、家族の生活や将来を考えて、店を閉じようと本気で思案していた矢先、あるテレビ番組から取材の依頼を受けます。それは、有名アナウンサーが司会の情報番組で、国際結婚した夫婦を特集するので出演してほしい、という依頼でした。 2 週間にわたってテレビ局は取材を続けましたが、A さんの店にお客がほとんどやってきません。経営に苦労しているという状況はそのまま放映されました。驚くことに、放映直後から店に客が大勢やってきました。いずれもテレビで見たと言います。わざわざ電車に乗ってやって来た人たちも大勢いました。A さんがテレビの影響力を実感した瞬間だったと言います。

■新型コロナ感染拡大の影響 2020 年春から日本で本格的に流行が拡大した新型コロナ感染症。東京都では、4 月上旬から 5 月下旬まで緊急事態宣言が発出され、飲食店等は休業を要請されました。また、緊急事態宣言がいったん解除された後、感染者数が急増したため、8 月初旬から 9 月半ばまで、飲食店の営業時間は再び夜 10 時までに短縮されました。この間、要請に応じた中小事業者に 20 万円の協力金が支払われる等の制度はありますが、店の家賃等を払えばなくなってしまいます。 A さんの店も売り上げは激減。それでも、「コロナが起きたことで、これまでの生活、日常がいかに幸せだったかを学べた」と、前向きな姿勢は変わりません。現在、多くの飲食店が苦境に直面しています。1 日も早く感染が終結し、A さんの店が以前のように大勢の客で賑わうことを願っています。

住宅街に広がる商店街にある A さんの店（2020 年 10 月撮影）。

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日本語認知症サポート協会からのお知らせあなたが認知症にならないために

コミュニティコーナー

日時：11 月 14 日（土）午後５時∼９時（バンクーバー時間）オンライン：Zoom 参加費：$20 CAD ウェブサイト：eventbrite.ca/e/122359944889 現在、「認知症」は「生活習慣病」の一種とも言われています。その観点から、予防は「生活習慣の改善」がベストです。未だ、根本治療薬開発は、実現されていません。この講演会では、どのような生活習慣と食習慣が、認知症予防に繋がるのかを判りやすくお話します。加えて、近い将来、治療薬開発に成功する可能性についても、触れられればと思っています。次回、第 3 回は、来年、2021 年 2/13 ( 土 ) 開催予定。

おくやみ日夏富貴子（ひなつふきこ）

日夏富貴子（ひなつふきこ） 1926 年 1 月 30 日− 2020 年 9 月 22 日故日夏冨貴子は、夫の繁、姉の喜代子と死別しました。久美子と健 (Pam) の最愛の母親であり、Lance( 玲子 ),John(Julie), Donna(Rick), Taylor and Evan の祖母でもあり、そして Leilani, Cole, Brandon, Madison, Danielle, Grace の優しい曽祖母でした。故人は、東京で生まれ育ち、1964 年にバンクーバーに移住。夫を 1967 年に失ってからもシームストレスとしてたゆまず働きながら二人の子供を育てあげました。彼女は日本人であるという自らのルーツを大変誇りに思っており、日本人コミュニティでは活動的なメンバーとなりました。彼女はさくらシンガーズの一員であり、日本の伝統的な茶道も教えていました。情熱的な社交ダンサーでもあり、その優雅さと上品さをもってダンスフロアを魅了したものでした。旅行が大好きで、美味しい料理とビールについてはこの上ないセンスの持ち主でした。バンクーバーのお気に入りの日本食レストランには足繁く通い、皆に「ひなつさん」と呼ばれるほどの常連となっていました。

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彼女の人生は、ここに書き切ることができないほどの充実した人生でした。何よりも大切なのは、彼女の家族への愛情と、彼女が子供たちをどれほど誇りに思っていたかということです。彼女は次の世代である孫やひ孫の成長を見守ることに喜びを感じていました。私たちがどれだけ彼女を恋しく思うかは言葉にできませんが、彼女が遺してくれたものはこの先もずっと私たちの心に残るでしょう。 COVID-19 の流行による家族葬でお世話になった Keith Snyder 先生に、この場をお借りして御礼申し上げます。

ジュディ・花沢

JCCA会長からのメッセージ

皆さんこんにちは。11 月号のメッセージのため GVJCCA は理事会会長兼会計係のケアリー (Cary) サキヤマ氏に相談しました。先ずサキヤマ氏を紹介する一文を書きますと伝えました。続いてケアリーさんが自己紹介し、略歴をご披露します。コミュニティの皆さん

この頃の私は大自然の中で双眼鏡片手にバード・ウオッチングをしたりリュックを背負ってハイキングしたり、クイーン・エリザベス劇場でバンクーバー・オペラ座の公演を鑑賞したりアラスカのデナリ、ニューメキシコのカールズバッド洞窟やニューファンドランドのグロ・モームなどの国立公園を訪れたりしています。

献身的に責任を務めている GVJCCA 理事会で働き日系カナダ人コ皆さんが楽しいサンクスギビングとハロウィーンを過ごされましたか。ミュニティの力になるのは名誉であり喜びでもあります。熱意をもって続いているコロナウィルス伝染は心配ですが、思いやりの精神を忘れ GVJCCA に有意義な貢献ををすると同時に自身の日系カナダ人としてずに日常におけるウィルス対策の実行により何とか耐え凌げる事でしょの背景についてもっと勉強するつもりです。う。皆さん充分ご注意ください。さて 11 月に入ると、今まで私たちの多くは 11 日にはカナダを守るために命を捧げた日系カナダ軍兵士たちを称えるスタンレー公園での恒例行事に参加してきました。今年も今まで通りコミュニティの面々が参加しますが、同時にオンラインで見られます。今月この程 GVJCCA の理事会会長兼会計係に就任したケアリー (Cary) サキヤマ氏をご紹介します。ケアリーさん、貴方を理事会に歓迎すると同時に、GVJCCA の理事会会長兼会計係の責任を負い、略歴を紹介していただき有難うございました。私はシーダー、ソレイユとマッケンジー（Cedar, Soleil and Mackenzie)という幼くも素晴らしい 3 人の独身の父親です。BC 州レヴェルストークで生まれ育った私はハイキング、魚釣り、キャンピング、カーリング、スキー、アイスホッケー、野球及びサッカーをしながら育ちました。二世だった私の母，トミコ・シラカワはその家族と共にマニトバ州の砂糖キビ農場で「働いて」いました。一世だった私の父フジカズはレヴェルストークで大きな影響力を持っていたイタリア人コミュニティと仲良くなり一生を同地で終えました。私の職歴は、ほとんどホンダ・カナダ社の地域監督としてカナダ西部のホンダやアキュラの販売店を巡ることでした。その際重んじたのはお客様に満足して頂ける優良なサーヴィスを基本に協力的な文化を育む事でした。業務はバンクーバー・アイランドからマニトバ州における販売、手ほどき、指導者の養成と多岐に及びました。長期にわたる持続性は優れた工程から生まれます。それを GVJCCA 理事会で実現しようと張り切っている訳です。

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編集後記

Kazuho Yamamoto

アパレルメーカーが洋服をファーストフードのように低価格で流行を発信することをファーストファッションと呼びます。売れ残った在庫を値下げして販売するとブランドイメージの低下や、流行もあるためいつまでも販売を続けることはできず、悲しいことに多くが廃棄処分されているという現実があるようです。最近、そうした環境問題からアイデアを得て、名古屋をベースに活動している「Rename」（rename.jp）というオンラインストアについて知る機会があったので紹介します。

どのような商品を販売しているかというと、自社で洋服をデザイン、製造はせず、日本のアパレルメーカーで売れ残った在庫を買い取り、どの会社の商品かわからないようにブランドタグを全て「Rename」に付け替えて店頭価格よりも低い価格で販売しています。日本のショッピングモールや地下街でウィンドーショッピングすると、どこも同じ流行を追いかけていて、似たようなデザインが多くあります。値段も似たような感じなことが多く、最近はどこで購入してもほぼ同様の質の洋服が手に入る気がしていました。Rename のウェブサイトを見た所、まさに流行りのスタイルという商品も多くありますが、セーターやトップス等はシンプルなデザインの物も多く、流行とは関係なく着れそうな商品もいろいろ販売されていました。以前、カナダのメディアで Salvation Army やアパレルメーカーのリサイクル箱に寄付された洋服がどこに行くかという番組を見た記憶がありますが、その際には洋服はアフリカに転売され、屋台で販売されている様子でした。ただ、販売できるクオリティーでないものや売れ残りは廃棄に終わっていました。また、リサイクルに関しても最近は化学繊維が多く使われている洋服がほとんどで、こちらもなかなか簡単にはできないようです。そんなファーストファッションと反対に向かっているのファッションのプロジェクトとして面白いと思ったのが「気仙沼ニッティング」です。東日本大震災の復興支援として始まったプロジェクトが会社となり、手編みのセーターなどを販売しています。手編みということで、セーターはお値段 10 万円以上ですが 300 人待ちという時期もあったという記事を読みました。世代を越えて着続けることのできる着物のように何シーズンか着ることのできるセーター。これからはデザインや値段も重要ですが、その背景にも注目して洋服の購入をしていくことが本当のお洒落だと思いました。

「アイヌの神様が遊ぶ場所」

KAO (a.k.a. SleeplessKao)

わたしは 27 年バンクーバーに住んでいるのですが、初めてバーナビーマウンテンにある「Kamui Mintara」という場所に友人に初めて連れて行ってもらい、その後も他の友人を連れて２度ほど訪れて散歩を楽しんでいます。３度目に訪れた時は、ちょうど展覧会も終わったので、作品を車に積んだまま、丘の上まで絵を持っていき自然の中で一人で展覧会。神様に観てもらいました。笑

KAO

『アイヌの人々は日本の北海道に住む先住民ですが、アイヌは彼らの周りの自然界を崇拝しています。すべての生き物が神聖であると信じられている世界。アイヌの信念によれば、自然界のすべてのものは、クマ、ツル、木、風、雨などを装ったカムイモシル（精神の土地）からアイヌのモシル（人間の土地）に送られる霊です。カムイ（神々）は、人間が自然に対してどれほど敬意を払っているかに応じて、これらの精神を良い贈り物または悪い贈り物として人間に送ります。人間が敬意を払わない場合、邪悪な神々は洪水、干ばつ、その他の自然の苦難で彼らを罰します。これらの彫刻された柱は、北西海岸のトーテムポールから直接インスピレーションを得ています。この彫刻の場所とタイトルは、北海道の中心部に近い大雪山国立公園の大雪山を参照しています。その高さ、美しさ、そして遠隔性で賞賛されているアイヌは、この火山の山々の集まりをカムイミンタラ（神々の遊び場）と呼んでいます。この彫刻は、地球上で一緒に暮らす人々、神々、生き物の物語です。ヒグマ、フクロウ、サケ、シャチなど、動物の化身に多くの神々がいます。束縛された極の大きな彫刻は、アイヌとその神々の間の結びつきを表しています。神々は背の高い棒に刻まれた動物によって表され、小さな棒は人々を表しています』石碑には少し日本語で説明文もありますが、ここにウェブより訳したものを記しておきます。コロナの影響で日本になかなか行けず、日本食や日本のものに触れる機会がどんどん減って恋しく思っていた時に、景色の良い丘に日本からの大きなトーテムポールの神様が笑いかけてくれているようで（もしカムイミンタラを訪れたら熊のトーテムポールの顔を見てみてください）気持ちがほっこりしてお気に入りの場所になりました。友人曰く、冬は雪が積もると雪ソリで丘を滑り降りたりするそう。まだ行ったことがない方はぜひ！

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