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t6R(>NT>0 — Despite (inま meivt weattier， fiyゃor si义hv^tidred Japanese CanadiaTis :fi^om theャo琴 ronito tarも^ and as fai* away as Thunder Bay and: Ottaw, were on hand'tbwitiiesSゅe first HrilT-iiHgofもhe CentennialCommemo-r aねyもBell,b y:her Honour, ,thも Lieutenant Govertior of Ontado, Pauline 'McOibbon.
I After a few beU-ringinglessons from CeひtennialNational ViceブPre)Sk]enぃTa many Maru-bashii, the LJeutenantGovemふr duly markedゅe acceQ?tanceゃf the ComiTiemoratiYe G说from 他e JafpaTiese Canadian in On-tario， Ja/f^anese ibel'Is，inilifce their Canadian counterparts that "gong，， \vheii[t)hさyaiでhit, resound "GO"OTii."Thぉ&oundiきa J邵ai)6s^ woord w她nrnnymean-inきs siidias giratitude, kindnゃss, goodness, bene銜andむbliga/tioT^.
Therefore our "Go-on" to all the indi^du^ and pofporiaite donひts throug'l^t the、 proVi戦 who m'Jide the !hi storicprefiゆlotion possijble; to J!^IlO、(Jaii^Tv) aind iねToronto Office for the piirdh鲜e of the Bell;toIRay-mond Mori ya ma, architect of tihe BellHo using; " 0harlぉNo】a^n，
Halsが，stiuoturalengjneer; ,o tjie many suppliers and siibcon-traotors^yho邻eTeinvol"d 、vV' the buildiiig of the ^ellHoudng; to alt those who helped with the Dedication Pay ce!ebrゅons— the Lie由nan V Goveropr, repfe sentatives of the Buddhist Ohuroh, representatives of the various CentennialCcimmc'ttees across tihe province, and the walkers I'n the MINNA - SAMA WALKATHON.
The Invocation Ceremony was conducted by Reverend Takamasa Moriki， Toronto Buddhist Church with the ass:stance of Bishop KOsaka, from Hamilton.
Entertainment was provided by 61Buddhist Church Youth OhoralGrひひP who sang a»n electrified version of Yube no lit a
(Evもning song), and dゅc拜 from the Nik'ka t"estWalDanceaタ， Sakura-kai,iHaoruya^-kai amT BvwkJiiist Church. Folowing the entertainment was逸《'Mochi-m汰ld，,，witih the Dicers, R^ve-rゃnd Moriki， and ConstilOkada doingthもhommir ofきowinきthe (rtiochi into the crowd.
The dedication pl&nue at the おII site reads: "To nvai:}c the centenary of Hhe first Japanese
Bellis presented to Ontario as a ぱt of goadwillamlgTatitiKle from allin this provdi)ce "who share 'the Japanese Heritage, Mayはtollin peace andhafr-勤ny.，，
Also included on t:he pia que is itflie haiku po^—l>yMr.TakeoNa'-fcancK "Kaもde iio Kimi/Nikei "hi kag9yaku/flyaku>«nen sed.,， ("In thelaird ofthe Maj)l,Leaf， Japanese CJanadi&nspp6udy ccelehrate their centenary.") •
TlieTenvpleもeill andぉuUdii)g symboliaesthejSpirit of. the issei， tJhe fir沐gen eraお(>n Jta^nese in 磁ォcountry, the ha'rd[-wor?diig
piQne(irs who met the chaHenge of你e new f柳tiers.，hey broughtw她もh6m a rich cuれvi加i heritaがan(lふhilosophy, much of . Whicflvhks 'been adapted andぉ-c<m\g apa/rt of ourCanきdian mosaic.
Jlepresen"iig the J邻anese ^a-nadianQitizens Associ&Uon Issei-bu， Mr. Koji Kashhria rai^ the belif or a"Isser Pioneers. Other honoured dignitaries to ring" the; bellwereもhe Honourable George MoQ^g:が，ニ:恥r^stfiiL of—Cover»^ 勤nt Services; Mr. Fumiya Ok ad a, ConsulGeneralof Japan; Mr. Roger Obaね,NationalPresident, Japanese Csmadian Centennial Society; Mr. Grant Brown, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ontario Place; Mr. James Fleck， DeoHity Minister, Ministry of Industry幼d Tourism; Mr. Yoshinori Nagiiro， Director of Japan Trade Centre; Mr, Ray-
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T0lCi!^0,ft6r,^ぉも'thぉぼOO yi^rs of tr^iひgr to convert Japan to OhTisぉaiiity， f<>reign missionaries here q:e Degm幽g to chartおe boゎh theii^ atjfciftudes and their tactics. ::
"We are movmg toward a new type of 0hristianiもy/，卵〗d Fat hei* «7os« M.DeVerぉa Jesuit priest
1nterivationゅ6oU邻e in Toky6.
out to66nvLhjcei<n»d60ipVe?i ipeo-pie (in 'larぉe nu倫ers). V/e are out to make thema、y3.re of the pbssゅilltiesゆCMistiaTiityょお they find soriiet)hing-4hefe, fhVe."
Despite the efforts of thousands 01 loreig 11 m卿oim!Ties since Japahwasi'eop'ene^totiii world in1856，0Illy aiboひtofie per cent oft he113 I million Ja加iiもSe are baptized Ohristians.
:• "We've ha^ a chancゃifoi*l叫 yeai's>, bpt we haven，t exゅtly gwei>tもhe i^iiMwiese o银teir feet," admitted Father NealH.
さi• y from HarrisVnieJ Tem1•
;M萍ny missi(Jnaries say the reasons ffjr theirIs^cl^ of success c卿e partly from Jaipanese cul-ぉe,pa;Ttly fゅmノ the West，ili Nature "f Chri沐iapity knd ^parilf fromtihe missiQnstries themselぉ.
First, the tacticでホthe missionaries oftenturnodofj^ prospective Japanese Christians.
"When we first 6am€ hei*e, we were trained to gひdo6r-tO"^door,，, said the Rev. Hubert Helling of the Church of t)he Nazar幼e^ But in J a pan, not even绍lesmen go dooMo-door. "it's considered impolite, bothersome."
•Such direct approaches are still followed by a few relig:ions in Jai>an~nJehovah，s Witnesses, Latter Day Saints (Mormons) and some "new" reliぉons, both Christian and non~Christian. The Unレ ficaぉon ChurcJli,whose members are commonly known as "M"oon-ies,，, claims direct evangelism in-
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TORONTO "お0-0N曙DHO, the Thank ,You" Temple Bdl was みecもpte^ by i;hもHon. jPaiulinせpMkGibb6n, Lt, (Jりv. of Ontario on behaぱfof the cUizelnSor降taTio. Posing !withl]ier Hon, are pretty Miia (Tsuji (lもft〉 an<i (Mr. jChiyo〗i Matsリo,wihQ was the oldest Issei to fi"ぉh thもMinna-S4mまjyValkaUu^ii of13 mile^ 'on the same d&y of the p resent 一 ion. にPhotoやy JACK Hi?MMY.
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ianrdelightedtos^ndthis^trんbutefromJapan where I一 cim'entlylea<Hng a provindaltra<Ie«iivd tourism mission.
On behalf of bhe Government and "the people of Ontariolwould Ijke to extend my warn est greeti rigs and very best wishes to the 17,000 Japanese Capa(Hansin Ontario, on the occasion of their loot)h anniversary.
Canada is a happy meld of many ]peopies, each contributing to the enrichment of our unique society, Japanese Canadians wholive and work in Ontario play an imporはnt role in the overalllifestyle o*f our great province.
Your families, thomes and temples, make a valued addition to the knowledge and understanding of your felo、v citizens; we all 邵pre date and en〕'oy the cuれuralheritage shared wi他us by the considerable number of Ontarians of Japanese ancestry.
You have honoured us by makinK the province of Ontario the recipient of your Center mi a1commemoratve gift. I congratulate you on your warmloyalty and devotion our province, and I am more than pleased to assure you of our mutualaffection and respect in the years to come." '
ヽ々ILLIAM G. DAVrS
Premier of Ontario.
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