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신청서 접수기간: 2010년 9월 1일 부터 2010년 10월 15일까지

장학금 수여자 발표: 2010년 11월 1일

신청서 양식: http://www.hashi.org/scholarshipko.html

Hashi.org Announces American Scholarship Winner!

Hashi.org is proud to announce the winner of the 4th annual Travel Scholarship to an American citizen! The number of applications received exceeded previous application periods, and we received many, fine applications, with essays describing a variety of backgrounds. Semi-finalists included American students going to study at Waseda and Temple Universities in Japan, studying to be translators and educators, one student studying Koreans living in Japan, and one studying the dying art form of Japanese woodcut prints.

But our winner is an International Studies major here in the U.S. who will be participating in an ISEP Exchange yearlong program at Toyo University in Tokyo, Japan. His interest in the unification of a global, intercultural community, has to date found expressing in his interest in visual mediums. At his own university, he has worked as a lead coordinator for an international film festival.
Through his coursework at Toyo University, including Urban Habitation, Visual Sociology and Japanese and American Cultural Studies, he looks forward to fully and effectively pursuing his interests in the expression of culture through visual and social mediums, and discover how these expressions are affected by the interaction between Japanese and American cultures.

Our judges of the applications found this scholarship decision the hardest one yet. With so many worthy applicants, with admirable accomplishments and aspirations, it was extremely difficult to choose just one. But the winner’s application proved to be the finest example of the ideals and goals of hashi.org. While there were many worthy submissions, Hashi.org is proud to award a $1,000 travel scholarship to Andrew Z Le! Congratulations!

Michael Attends Talk by Tsunenari Tokugawa

08/26/10- The Japan Society of Northern California and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Northern California (JCCNC)sponsored a talk by Tsunenari Tokugawa in Palo Alto, CA on Thursday, 8/26/10. It was an opportunity to hear a historical perspective of Japan from a direct descendant of the Tokugawa shogun - the eighteenth head of the main lineage of the Tokugawa family, who ruled Japan for 265 years. The author of The Edo Inheritance, Mr. Tokugawa discussed the roots of Japanese innovation and creativity tracing back to the Edo Period, before Japan was opened to the West.

Tsunenari Tokugawa was born in Tokyo in 1940. After graduating from the Faculty of Political Science at Gakushuin University in 1964, he joined the NYK Line, one of the largest shipping companies in the world.

Among the many interesting points in his talk, there were three that struck me as somewhat remarkable.
1. Because there were no wars, Japan was experiencing rapid growth during the Tokugawa period, and by the early 1800's found themselves running out of natural resources, being a relatively small island nation. That need gave birth to a full-scale environmental/recycling movement, that survives to this day.
2. Previous to the Tokugawa rule, Japan experience over a hundred years of war, with various clans vying for the position of ruling the country. The battle of Sekigahara saw the defeat/death of 100,000 soldiers, but the result was 265 years of peace. What nation, including the U.S. can boast that record?
3. Guns were introduced to Japan in the mid 1500s by the West (Dutch). The gun merchants were accompanied by Christian Priests, and as a pre-condition for buying the guns, forced the Japanese buyers to become Christians.

It was a fascinating opportunity to hear and learn history from the perspective of one whose family was so integral and influential in the evolution of this nation. The only allegory I can draw for Americans is that it was like learning history from a direct decendant of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and every American President to date.

Thank you Japan Society and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce for making this memorable event happen.