TIDBITS of the month Louis Kreslie  5/2006
SATORI DAIKO JAPAN TOUR CONCERT
Satori Daiko of the Taiko Center of Los Angeles will hold a fund-raising concert at Schurr High School in Montebello on Saturday, June 3 at 7:30 p.m.  The concert is to help raise funds for Satori Daiko’s Japan Tour 2006.  The group will be performing in Japan on July 22 at the Naniwa Festival in Osaka and on July 29 for a concert in Shima City in Mie Prefecture.  Proceeds of the Schurr concert will help towards expenses for 13 members of Satori Daiko who will be performing in Japan.  The concert is being  supported by the Music Boosters of Schurr High School.  Tickets are $15.00 for advanced purchase general admission, seniors and students and $20.00 at the door on the day of the concert.  Taiko Center of Los Angeles at (626) 307-3839 or log on to www.taikocenter.com.
  

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The first veterinarian who initially sees the senior dog often determines the fate of the senior dog with cancer; therefore, it is important that practitioners acquire sufficient knowledge about cancer. More than half of the senior dogs in a veterinary practice will die of cancer such as cutaneous, soft tissue sarcoma, lymphatic, mammary, skeletal, oral, nasal, and visceral, and neuro-endocrine tumors. Pet owners will appreciate an early diagnosis and greater range of options for treatment and longer-term survival rather than euthanasia. When terminal, all dogs should be offered end of life supportive care (like Pawspice provides) from the bond-centered veterinary practice.
  

In Japan, where the seasons are clearly differentiated and which is blessed with rich natural beauty, from a love of that nature comes an enjoyment of sake that has been nurtured by a sumptuous culture. The history of sake is an old one, extending back more than a thousand years when the brewing process was first developed. The method of crafting it is unique, requiring a high level of expertise, so that precisely the right conditions are created for the taste and fragrance that combines rice, water, yeast, nature and the brewer’s art. All of these give birth to something that may truly be called an artistic work. Sake is all natural. It is not aged as wine is, so it never contains any preservatives.
  

“Jizake” has, up to now, been defined as “regional sake” or “sake brewed in a particular region” or “sake that can only be consumed in a particular region.” In recent years it has come to be called a “local brand.”

In contrast to jizake, “major producer’s sake” is that shipped all over the country, and is called a “national brand,” representative of which is Fushimi or Nada sake, known as “brands of major producing regions.” The total combined production of the major producers, which are concentrated in Kyoto and Hyogo Prefecture, amounts to 40% of all of Japan.
  

Team Medical Dragon, broadcast Saturdays at 10:30 pm on KSCI Channel 18 starting on April 29th is a melodrama set in a hospital. (The English title is somewhat odd. The Japanese title is Iryu, which roughly means Dr. Dragon. It takes I from isha = doctor and combines it with the ryu = dragon of the hero’s given name, Ryutaro.) The Japanese press release breathlessly proclaims that it is a “revolutionary medical drama,” but that should be taken with a grain of salt.
  

The World of Go - Bob Terry 5/2006
Cho U Given Finest Player Award
For the third year in a row Cho U, Meijin has been honored with the Kido Finest Player of the Year Award. Ten go journalists representing the newspapers that sponsor the major go tournaments in Japan were members of the 39th Kido Awards Committee that announced the prizes in the March issue of Go Waarudo magazine. (Kido and Igo Club magazines merged in 1999 to become Go Waarudo, but the venerable Kido name lives on with these annual awards.)