Download - CLAIR Newsletter No.71
-
8/13/2019 CLAIR Newsletter No.71
1/7
Nagoya City
The foundation of the town of Nagoya was laid in 1610
with the construction of Nagoya Castle and subsequent
relocation from nearby Kiyosu, known as Kiyosu-goshi.
Since then, the monozukuri (manufacturing) culture has
boomed, and commerce and industry in Nagoya have
thrived. With the ever-present fragrance of modern
samurai culture, Nagoya has developed and grown as a
city with balanced industry and culture.
Nagoya, which in 2010 celebrated the 400thanniversary of its founding, is aspiring toward even greater prosperity.
Completed in 1612, Nagoya Castle was constructed to be the residence for the
Owari Tokugawa clan, by order of Tokugawa Ieyasu. It was the first castle to be
designated a national treasure, but it was lost to fire in 1945 during the Second
World War. The donjonwas rebuilt in 1959 with the inside of the castle containing
exhibition rooms housing both traditional museum exhibits and fun-oriented
displays, in addition to an observation deck. The restoration of Hommaru Palace is
currently underway, with a completion goal set for 2018.
NC400 is a symbol of the restoration of the Hommaru Palace at Nagoya Castle. The NC stands for Nagoya Castle,
Nagoya City and Nagoya Culture the 400 refers to Nagoyas 400 proud years of tradition.
Japan Local Government Centre
(CLAIR, Sydney)
January 2014 / Newsletter Issue No.711 Nagoya City
2-3 Sister City Activities -Bankswtown and Suita-
4 Supporting Tokyo Metropolitan Government
4 JET Returnee Reception
5 Japan Expo and Matsuri in Sydney 2013
6 JETAA Big Bento Lunch
7 From The Director
In This Issue:
Correspondence
Page 1
Ha New Year 2014!
-
8/13/2019 CLAIR Newsletter No.71
2/7
Sister City Activities between Bankstown and Suita
~ Article and Photos by Bankstown City Council~
Bankstown signed its first international sister city agreement with Suita, Japan in March 1989, making 2014 a silver
jubilee year. Over the past 25 years, there have been numerous youth exchanges where Bankstown youth have
been home-hosted in Suita and vice versa. With the assistance of local schools, visiting students are given thechance to experience all aspects of their sister citys culture. The primary objective of this youth exchange program
is to encourage Bankstown and Suita youth to learn about each other's society and culture. It also gives students
who are studying Japanese the opportunity to use their skills in an authentic environment. There were several key
activities held between Suita and Bankstown in 2013 which included:
English Teaching Program
In 2013 Teresa Trin and John Pham worked with the Suita International
Friendship Association (SIFA) to promote international exchanges and
understanding, and provided low cost English lessons to residents in Suita.
John let us know how he is getting on and said Its satisfying to see my
studentsEnglish skills improving as we progress through our lessons each
week. Teaching English and Australian culture is such a rewarding
experience, it feels great to know that I am doing something good, not
only for myself, but as well as for my students. Even though my
experience has only just begun, it would be nice to look back on what I
have done, one day, knowing that Ive made a difference.'
Experience Japan
In June, for the first time, representatives from the Suita Community Campus, Japan, an organisation which caters
for people with physical and mental disabilities, visited Bankstown for a mini expo and cultural exchange. Bankstown
Council invited local disability coordinators and their clients to visit the Arts Centre for an afternoon of culture, food
and fun. Representatives from AFFORD, Northcott, Woodville Community Services, Catholic Care and Caroline
Chisholm Special School participated in calligraphy workshops, sampled traditional Japanese festival food, listened
to live music played on the shamisen and saw some of the artworks
created by the Suita Community Campus clients. There was also a
musical performance for Japanese language students at Georges
River Grammar held at Bankstown Central Library. After the
performance, students discussed their ideas on further developing
Council's Sister City Program, some of which included a food and
sporting exchange and a video link to Japanese class rooms. The
busy delegation was also able to visit the Caroline Chisholm Special
School in Padstow to participate in a morning concert put on bystudents at their morning assembly.
Continued on next page
Page 2
John Pham and Teresa Trinh
teaching English in Suita, Japan
Trying out some calligraphy
with instructor Nami Sumida
-
8/13/2019 CLAIR Newsletter No.71
3/7
Friendship Through Football
In August, the Birrong Sports Football Club hosted two junior football teams from Suita City, Japan, composed of
teams of 11 to 13 year-olds and eight club officials during August. This visit is part of the Club's friendship and
ongoing cultural exchange with the Suita City Football Association (SCFA) and RESC (Roots Enjoy Sports Community).
The friendship and history between the Clubs goes back over 15 years, with ties which have been strengthened with
several visits; Birrong heading over to Suita City in 1999 and 2004, with visits from RESC and Suita City Football
Association in 2008 and 2010. This year Birrong organised a sightseeing itinerary for their guests and several football
games which included a World Cup Gala Day on Sunday 18 August. The matches involved combined teams of
Japanese and Birrong players with all participants receiving a T-shirt with this years tour motto of Friendship
Through Football. As well as the Gala day on Sunday there were football matches against Birrong Public School and
two official exhibition matches at Jim Ring Reserve Birrong on Monday 19 August.
My Place Photography Competition
My Place is Councils annual photography competition which seeksto share the beautiful spaces of Bankstown not only amongst
ourselves but with our sister city partners. Residents are asked to
snap a shot of somewhere that they love; a local park, the bush, the
Georges River or even their own backyard. Photographs are
submitted along with an artists statement of why that location is
special to them. Suita City Hall presented Council with photographs
of iconic locations in their city, and SIFA ran a photography
competition amongst their students. In December and January the
result of these twin competitions were displayed at the five libraries
of Bankstown and will form an ongoing collection to showcase both
visits.
Coming up in 2014
Bankstown is very excited that 2014 marks the 25 th anniversary of the sister city relationship with Suita, Japan.
Japanese culture will be showcased at key events during the year including Bankstowns annual food festival,
Bankstown Bites and the 2014 Sports Expo. An additional English Language instructor will head to Suita to begin anew contract in April and the Bankstown Arts Centre will host a Miyazaki Movie Marathon and manga drawing
workshop.
Would you like to share your activities in our newsletter?
If your organisation is interested in having an article in our monthly newsletter,
please feel free to contact us [email protected].
Bankstown winners of
the My Place Photography Competition
with the Mayor of Bankstown Cr Khal Asfour
Page 3
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected] -
8/13/2019 CLAIR Newsletter No.71
4/7
Supporting Tokyo Metropolitan Government
CLAIR, Sydney lent support to the Tokyo Metropolitan Governments tourism promotion visit to Australia in
mid-December.
At the Tokyo Travel & Food Seminar in Sydney and Melbourne, they introduced Tokyos sightseeing spots and
Japanese food. The seminars were well-attended by many tour agencies and media. As well, attendees receivedmessages from the very popular chefs of Japanese TV program Iron Chef and Australian show Master Chef, on how to
enjoy Tokyo and their fascination with Japanese cuisine.
The delegation from Tokyo also held exhibition booths at the Japan Expo & Matsuri in Sydney. Together with them,
Japanese restaurants set up their own booths, offering Japanese delicacies to customers. These festival booths,
selling limited edition special meals for visitors, proved very popular.
Returning NSW 2013 JET Programme Participant Function in Sydney
On 11 December, the Consulate General of Japan in
Sydney hosted a reception for returning JET Programme
participants from New South Wales, at the official
residence of Japans Consul General. Five returning JETs
joined the reception, as did CLAIR Sydneys Director Mr.
Tanabe and Deputy Director Mr. Ito, among others.
Acting Consul-General Mr. Kobayashi welcomed those
present, talking of the importance of the JET
Programme and thanking the returnees for their hard
work. Acting Consul General Kobayashi also recalled
that this year marks the 50th anniversary of the
commencement of the Lismore (NSW) Yamatotakada
(Nara) sister city relationship, the oldest between an
Australian and Japanese local government. In thisjubilee year, he voiced his hope that
Japanese-Australian relations and exchange deepen
even further in future.
Following the Acting Consul Generals greeting, the five
returnees from Nara and Hyogo prefectures, Hirado City
and Sasebo City (Nagasaki prefecture) each introduced
themselves and told of their postings in Japan.
Surrounded by a friendly atmosphere, we networked
with the receptions guests.
Page 4
-
8/13/2019 CLAIR Newsletter No.71
5/7
Japan Expo and Matsuri in Sydney 2013
The Japan Expo and Matsuri in Sydney 2013 was held in Darling Harbour on 14
December, a beautiful summers day.
This festival aims to showcase the various aspects of Japanese culture, like thetradition of festivals and animation, and to introduce Japan as a tourism
destination to visitors, particularly with 2013 being designated as the
Australia-Japan Tourism Exchange Year. We operated a booth that promoted tourism with plenty of brochures and
pamphlets on places to visit in Japan.
Official estimates say the event attracted about 20,000 visitors many
visited our booth and left with many tourism brochures provided by
Japanese local governments with the Japan National Tourism Organization
(JNTO).
Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Okinawa Convention & Visitors
Bureau ran their own booths at this festival to further encourage and
promote tourism to their respective regions.
We look forward to promoting Japanese culture and tourism in the future, and we hope many Australians will visit
Japan and experience Japanese culture first-hand.
For more information, please see the links below!
Official Tokyo Travel Guide:http://www.gotokyo.org/en/index.html
OkinawaConvention & Visitors Bureau:http://www.ocvb.or.jp/en/
Page 5
Japan Local Government Centre (CLAIR, Sydney)Level 12 Challis House 4 Martin Place Sydney NSW 2000
Web:www.jlgc.org.au Email:[email protected]
P: 02 9241 5033 F: 02 9241 5014
http://www.gotokyo.org/en/index.htmlhttp://www.gotokyo.org/en/index.htmlhttp://www.gotokyo.org/en/index.htmlhttp://www.ocvb.or.jp/en/http://www.ocvb.or.jp/en/http://www.ocvb.or.jp/en/http://www.jlgc.org.au/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.jlgc.org.au/http://www.ocvb.or.jp/en/http://www.gotokyo.org/en/index.html -
8/13/2019 CLAIR Newsletter No.71
6/7
JETAA Vic/Tas/SA raises more than $27,000 to help after Japanese Disaster
~ Article and Photo by JETAA Vic/Tas/SA~
JET Programme alumni in Victoria, Tasmania and South
Australia have raised more than $27,000 since the
Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami to help survivors.
After the March 2011 disaster, JETAA Vic/Tas/SA alumni
association members many of whom lived in the
disaster-affected areas wanted to do whatever they
could to help, so the association set up Big Bento Lunch,
a fundraiser encouraging people to get together for a
Japanese-style lunch and collect donations.
The first Big Bento Lunch, held in March 2012, raised a
staggering $15,000. The money was donated to UNICEF
Japan and used to fund psychosocial support, child
protection and child-friendly reconstruction plans in
disaster-affected areas.
A cheque celebrating the $15,000 donation is now on
display at the Consulate-General of Japan in
Melbourne.
The second Big Bento Lunch, held in March 2013, raised
more than $7,000 for the Save Minamisoma Project.
The projects volunteers have delivered fresh food and
clean drinking water every two or three weeks since the
disaster to the 6,000 residents still living in temporary
housing in Minamisoma, Fukushima-ken.
Big Bento Lunch received tremendous support from the
Japanese and wider community. The Japan Foundation
in Sydney raised the single largest donation in 2012
$1,733.90. Daramalan College in Canberra took part in
both Big Bento Lunch events, raising more than $1,600.
Together with the associations Anime in the Arvo
fundraising event, held in Melbournes Federation
Square in April 2011 and collecting $5,000, the
association has raised more than $27,000.
Thank you to everyone who has generously donated to
Big Bento Lunch.
To find out more about Big Bento Lunch, please visit
out website,www.bigbentolunch.com.au
Big Bento Lunch is just one of JETAA Vic/Tas/SAs
annual activities to support Japan and encourage
cultural exchange. To find out more about the
association go towww.victassa.jetaa.org.au
Page 6
http://www.bigbentolunch.com.au/http://www.bigbentolunch.com.au/http://www.bigbentolunch.com.au/http://www.victassa.jetaa.org.au/http://www.victassa.jetaa.org.au/http://www.victassa.jetaa.org.au/http://www.victassa.jetaa.org.au/http://www.bigbentolunch.com.au/ -
8/13/2019 CLAIR Newsletter No.71
7/7
From The Director
Local government and hospitals
Happy New Year! What is your new years resolution? My resolution is to keep good health.
So today, I am writing about Japanese hospitals. We have both private and public hospitals. A lot of local
governments including prefectures and municipalities run their hospitals; local government-run hospitals are
responsible for providing necessary medical services, especially in rural areas where it is difficult for private hospitals
to deliver services with profits.
However, in recent years, the financial condition of local government-run hospitals has been very weak and it has
become more difficult to continue operating them due to the shortage of doctors and necessary equipment.For this reason, local governments have made hospital reform plans which aim to develop more efficient
management. The plans illustrate how to make a network among hospitals in each medical zone; they also divide
functions and responsibilities among them and improve the capacity of core hospitals, so that they can play the role
of regional medical centres, and doctors can be dispatched from
them to other small hospitals.
Keeping their residents lives healthy is one of the most important
roles of local governments.
I wish you a year filled with peace, happiness and good health.
We're JETAA Oceania!We are the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme
Alumni Association, the bridge between Australia,
New Zealand and Japan.
Please visit our website and check our activities!
JET Programmehttp://www.jetprogramme.org/index.html
- JETAA NSW http://www.sydneyjetaa.org/- JETAA Vic/Tas/SA http://www.victassa.jetaa.org.au/- JETAA WA http://jetaawa.com/- JETAA Canberra http://jetaacanberra.org/- JETAA QLD http://www.jetaaqld.org/- JETAA Wellington http://www.jetaawgtn.org.nz/- JETAA South Island http://jetaasouthisland.wordpress.com/ - JETAA Auckland http://aucklandjetaa.org/
Page 7
http://www.jetprogramme.org/index.htmlhttp://www.jetprogramme.org/index.htmlhttp://www.sydneyjetaa.org/http://www.sydneyjetaa.org/http://www.victassa.jetaa.org.au/http://www.victassa.jetaa.org.au/http://jetaawa.com/http://jetaawa.com/http://jetaacanberra.org/http://jetaacanberra.org/http://www.jetaaqld.org/http://www.jetaaqld.org/http://www.jetaawgtn.org.nz/http://www.jetaawgtn.org.nz/http://jetaasouthisland.wordpress.com/http://jetaasouthisland.wordpress.com/http://aucklandjetaa.org/http://aucklandjetaa.org/http://aucklandjetaa.org/http://jetaasouthisland.wordpress.com/http://www.jetaawgtn.org.nz/http://www.jetaaqld.org/http://jetaacanberra.org/http://jetaawa.com/http://www.victassa.jetaa.org.au/http://www.sydneyjetaa.org/http://www.jetprogramme.org/index.html