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Oct. 02, 2014 - Oct. 08, 2014 www.japanupdate.com ¥150 Fantastic Okinawa Local News Classifieds Okinawan Culture Weather JU Weekly Raffle Events this week English Lesson Horoscope Recipe Fantastic Okinawa Heart transplant drive Kadena Town aims to promote non-military image Okinawa rallies to save 12-year-old boy A 12-year-old Chatan young- ster’s life hangs in the balance today, dependent upon the gen- erosity of Okinawans to help him get a new heart. Rai Matsushima was a normal youngster until encountering symptoms of a common cold last December. By summer, his condition deteriorated rapid- ly and he was diagnosed with massive cardiomyopa- thy and was placed on a life supporting mechanical heart. Doctors say surgery is necessary immediately, but in Japan that’s difficult because there’s a shortage of donors for organ trans- plants, meaning he could wait up to three years for one. Doctors say that’s impossible. The boy’s family has decided to seek treatment in the United States at Columbia University Hospital in New York, a process that will cost an estimated ¥215 million ($2.2 million). A network for donations has been established across Okinawa, both with banks and busi- nesses. Donation boxes may even be placed in AEON Chatan and other shops in the community. Continues on page 2 By Jun Ikemura T o many, Kadena Town is synony- mous with hosting the largest U.S. military base in the Pacific, but the town is eager to turn peoples’ eyes beyond that to discover its economic impact on Okinawa. Kadena Town area is officially 15.04 square kilometers, and it’s located in the middle of Okinawa south of Yomitan, north of Chatan and east of Okinawa City. In reality, though, 83% of Kadena Town land is not really the town’s, as it makes up Kadena Air Base. Before World War II, Kadena was a part of Chatan Town, and because of its location in the middle part of Okinawa, it was an important place. Okinawa’s light rail Kadena Station was the northernmost point of the railway line, and there were schools, a police station and a sugar com- pany at that time. Literally, it was very important area for education, culture and economy for the middle area of Okinawa. A Japanese military airfield was built in the area in 1944, and that's why the U.S. attacked the Kadena area so often, destroy- ing almost all buildings, facilities and important cultural assets. In 1945 following World War II, people could still walk across some parts of the Kadena Air Field but in 1948 the U.S. Military began enhancing security functions, totally shut- ting off the base from the communities. This cut Kadena area from Chatan, and Kadena became a town itself in 1948. In addition, after Kadena was separated from Chatan, the U.S. Military took more land from the town for use as an ammunition storage area as the Korean War began. Today, 83% of the town’s land mass is still occupied by the U.S. leaving only 17% of the town area to local people to live. Still, Kadena Town doesn't want to present Kadena as only a base town, and keeps developing the area with support from the central government budget. Some imagine Kadena as such a small area without much to do, but that’s not true, and actually, that’s far from it. There is the Hija River streaming through Kadena Town that is the largest drainage basin on Okinawa’s main island, and a walking trail just beside Hija River is awesome. Along the Hijya River walking trail, there are a couple of parks, Yara Castle Park is a very relaxing place, and a river festival is held there every year. Mizugama seawall offers a breathtaking view of sunsets over the ocean. Visitors can swim at Kadena Marina, then go shopping next door to Navel Kadena where there is the Ryukyu Dragon Pro-wrestling ring offering regular pro-wrestling shows for the entire family to enjoy almost every weekend. The Kadena Road Station is very famous among tourists, and every day many people visit there. The Kadena Culture Center is also available as a con- cert stage or to play drama recitals. Now, it’s the time to hold the Noguni Soukan Festival, the biggest festival in Kadena taking place this weekend at Kaneku Seaside Park. Noguni Soukan was from Kadena Town, and a person credited for bringing the sweet potato cultivation from China to Okinawa in 1605. That saved Okinawa from hunger during the peak of the Ryukyu Kingdom era and eventually the sweet potato spread to main- land Japan for the benefit of people there. Although no one knows his name, as "Noguni" refers to the village where he was from and Soukan was his title.Noguni "Soukan" of Kadena is the most famous Kadena native today. The Noguni Soukan Festival will be held this weekend on Saturday and Sunday. 12-year-old Rai Matsushima is waiting for a heart transplant. Noguni Soukan, a Kadena-born civil servant of the Ryukyu Kingdom who introduced sweet potato from China to Okinawa, and Hija River flowing through the town, are both enduring symbols of Kadena Town.
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¥150Fantastic OkinawaLocal News
ClassifiedsOkinawan Culture
WeatherJU Weekly Raffle
Events this weekEnglish Lesson
HoroscopeRecipe
Fantastic Okinawa
Heart transplant drive
Kadena Town aims to promote non-military image
Okinawa rallies to save 12-year-old boyA12 - y e a r - o l d
Chatan young-ster’s life hangs inthe balance today,
dependent upon the gen-erosity of Okinawans tohelp him get a new heart.
Rai Matsushima was anormal youngster untilencountering symptoms of acommon cold lastDecember. By summer, hiscondition deteriorated rapid-ly and he was diagnosed
with massive cardiomyopa-thy and was placed on a lifesupporting mechanicalheart. Doctors say surgeryis necessary immediately,but in Japan that’s difficultbecause there’s a shortageof donors for organ trans-plants, meaning he couldwait up to three years forone. Doctors say that’ simpossible.
The boy’s family hasdecided to seek treatment in
the United States atColumbia UniversityHospital in New York, aprocess that will cost anestimated ¥215 million($2.2 million). A networkfor donations has beenestablished across Okinawa,both with banks and busi-nesses. Donation boxesmay even be placed inAEON Chatan and othershops in the community.
Continues on page 2
By Jun Ikemura
To many, Kadena Town is synony-mous with hosting the largest U.S.military base in the Pacific, but thetown is eager to turn peoples’ eyes
beyond that to discover its economicimpact on Okinawa.
Kadena Town area is officially 15.04square kilometers, and it’s located in themiddle of Okinawa south of Yomitan,north of Chatan and east of Okinawa City.In reality, though, 83% of Kadena Townland is not really the town’s, as it makes upKadena Air Base.
Before World War II, Kadena was apart of Chatan Town, and because of itslocation in the middle part of Okinawa, itwas an important place. Okinawa’s lightrail Kadena Station was the northernmostpoint of the railway line, and there wereschools, a police station and a sugar com-pany at that time. Literally, it was veryimportant area for education, culture andeconomy for the middle area of Okinawa.
A Japanese military airfield was builtin the area in 1944, and that's why the U.S.attacked the Kadena area so often, destroy-ing almost all buildings, facilities andimportant cultural assets. In 1945 followingWorld War II, people could still walkacross some parts of the Kadena Air Fieldbut in 1948 the U.S. Military beganenhancing security functions, totally shut-ting off the base from the communities.This cut Kadena area from Chatan, andKadena became a town itself in 1948. Inaddition, after Kadena was separated fromChatan, the U.S. Military took more landfrom the town for use as an ammunitionstorage area as the Korean War began.Today, 83% of the town’s land mass is stilloccupied by the U.S. leaving only 17% ofthe town area to local people to live. Still,Kadena Town doesn't want to presentKadena as only a base town, and keepsdeveloping the area with support from thecentral government budget.
Some imagine Kadena as such a smallarea without much to do, but that’s nottrue, and actually, that’s far from it. Thereis the Hija River streaming through KadenaTown that is the largest drainage basin onOkinawa’s main island, and a walking trailjust beside Hija River is awesome. Alongthe Hijya River walking trail, there are acouple of parks, Yara Castle Park is a very
relaxing place, and a river festival is heldthere every year.
Mizugama seawall offers a breathtakingview of sunsets over the ocean. Visitors canswim at Kadena Marina, then go shoppingnext door to Navel Kadena where there is theRyukyu Dragon Pro-wrestling ring offeringregular pro-wrestling shows for the entirefamily to enjoy almost every weekend.
The Kadena Road Station is veryfamous among tourists, and every day
many people visit there. The KadenaCulture Center is also available as a con-cert stage or to play drama recitals.
Now, it’s the time to hold the NoguniSoukan Festival, the biggest festival inKadena taking place this weekend atKaneku Seaside Park. Noguni Soukan wasfrom Kadena Town, and a person creditedfor bringing the sweet potato cultivationfrom China to Okinawa in 1605. Thatsaved Okinawa from hunger during the
peak of the Ryukyu Kingdom era andeventually the sweet potato spread to main-land Japan for the benefit of people there.Although no one knows his name, as"Noguni" refers to the village where hewas from and Soukan was his title.Noguni"Soukan" of Kadena is the most famousKadena native today. The Noguni SoukanFestival will be held this weekend onSaturday and Sunday.
12-year-old Rai Matsushima iswaiting for a heart transplant.
Noguni Soukan, a Kadena-born civil servant of the Ryukyu Kingdom who introduced sweet potato from China to Okinawa, and HijaRiver flowing through the town, are both enduring symbols of Kadena Town.
Buffet doesn’t get any better than Shinka Lunch at Hilton
By David Higgins
The view of the HiltonHotel is a magnificentsight if you are on theharbor part of the seawall.
Standing inside the hotel certainlyhas the same effect. At first Iwondered whether I was up to theHilton Hotel standards as I wasdecidedly underdressed, and
wearing flip-flops. However, myfears were allayed as the staffwere very welcoming and warmthe minute I stepped through thedoor; from the front door staff allthe way through to the servers atthe buffet.
The lunch buffet is on thefirst floor, just to the left of theentrance. The hours of the lunchbuffet are daily 11:30-3:00 pm.
We were seated right in front ofthe window, which provides aview of the Chatan harbor and isquite stunning. The buffet itselfis so big that the distance to theend from your table is quite con-siderable; it almost feels like youshouldn’t feel any guilt becauseyou are burning calories walkingback and forth. The restaurant isspotless and so clean. Everythinglooks perfectly organized andwell designed.
I thought the food wasincredible. The buffet starts withsushi with a sushi chef cuttingand slicing fish in front of you.We then move on to the salad sec-tion. After salad we hit the meatsection and then the vegetablesection. Instead of being theusual assortment of plain steamedvegetables, all the vegetableswere prepared with exotic sauces.
It was remarkable how uniqueall the dishes were. Moving onfrom the vegetables you comeacross Indian curries with lamband traditional Okinawan disheslike goya champuru.
Now, for the part that every-one usually tries to save room for– the desserts. The desserts at theHilton did not disappoint. Therewere an assortment of pies, exoticpuddings and mousses. As abonus there was even a yogurtchef who would mix any type offrozen yogurt and fruit for you byhand. The biceps on this yogurtchef were huge from smashing allthat frozen yogurt together. I amnot a big fan of chocolate water-falls, but as far as aesthetics go
there was a pretty impressive-looking chocolate waterfall.
We started and ended thebuffet with coffees, and the coffeewas delicious. I felt that it was allsuch high quality food, and prob-ably some of the highest qualityfood on the island. Although theHilton Buffet is a bit more expen-sive than other places onOkinawa, it is well worth it. Thecost of the buffet is ¥2400 perperson. This would be perfect forany special occasion, a birthday,
or maybe just a celebration ofyour payday.
After you are finished eatinglunch you can take a tour aroundthe hotel. The front pool area isopen for use, and after we weredone eating lunch we didn't reallyfeel like swimming but we lodgedin the hammocks in the beautifulOkinawan sun and just relaxed. Igive it up to the Hilton for creat-ing a very high quality atmos-phere along with a spectacularbuffet.
Heart transplantContinued from page 1
Bank accounts can be easily used fordonations. The name on each account is:RAIKUNWOSUKUUKAI, which trans-lates to “Charity of Saving Rai.”
The bank accounts ready for dona-tions are:*The Bank of Okinawa/ Chatanbranch/savings account/No. 1522272/nocharge*The Bank of the Ryukyus/ Chatan
As of September 29th donationsamount to ¥10,752,788 in the accounts.
The goal is ¥215,000,000. Daily donationupdates are available at http://rai-aid.com/donation/.
The family explains the breakdownof the required ¥215 million:Deposit ¥162,000,000Medical care reserve fund ¥13,500,000Travel expenses ¥23,000,000Partial mechanical heart-related costs
¥10,000,000Cost of staying in the U.S. ¥5,000,000Clerical work expenses ¥1.500,000_________________________________Total ¥215,000,000
Kinser Fest is back, and the much-anticipated fall festival will takeplace Saturday and Sunday from2 p.m. to 10 p.m.
This year’s free Kinser Fest will haveno shortage of food, game booths, prizegiveaways and amusement rides but themain attraction is the free live entertain-
ment. This year Trey Songz and Hot ChelleRae are set to headline the event.Saturday’s lineup will feature a taiko per-formance by Ouka and R&B group Sky’sthe Limit. Solo artist Natchy and PhilipWoo are also slated to perform on Sunday.On both days, bring the kids for a perform-ance by Clown Kotra and juggler
Tamanchu Hiroto. Jazz Band Subfive isalso performing both days.
Pop band Hot Chelle Rae known forhits “Tonight Tonight” and “I Like It LikeThat” are headlining on Saturday from 8p.m. Grammy-nominated artist Trey Songzis set to perform on Sunday at 8 p.m.
Kinser Fest is open to all DoD ID cardholders and Japanese locals. Please leaveyour pets at home. Do not bring any out-side alcohol, bottles or coolers. If youchoose to drink, please do so responsibly.There will be daiko and taxi services avail-able. For more information, call MCCSSpecial Events at 645-5828 or visitmccsok-inawa.com.
Saturday’s entertainment schedulebegins with balloons. • 3:15-3:45 p.m. Clown Kotra (BalloonExhibition) クラウンコトラ• 3:45-4:15 p.m. Ouka (TaikoPerformance) 桜輝• 4:15-4:45 p.m. Tamanchu Hiroto(Juggler) 珠人ヒロト• 4:45-5:30 p.m. Subfive (Live Jazz Musicfrom Sweden) サブファイブ• 5:45-6:15 p.m. Natchy (Solo Singer) ナッチー• 6:15-6:45 p.m. Sky's the Limit (R&Bgroup) スカイザリミット• 8-9:15 p.m. Hot Chelle Rae (Pop RockBand) ホットシェルレイ
