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Culture Program
Zojo-ji Temple
Tour,
family temple of the Tokugawa Shogun family
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Date:
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Friday, May 30, 2008 |
| Time:
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1:30 pm |
| Place: |
Zojoji
Temple,
4-7-35 Shiba-Koen, Minato-ku |
| Access: |
The nearest train stops are Daimon (Oedo/Aksakusa Lines);
Kamiyacho (Hibiya); Hamamatsucho (JR); Onarimon or Shiba Koen (Mita).
Zojo-ji is down the hill from the Tokyo Tower, next to the Tokyo
Prince Hotel |
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Fee:
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1,000 yen (paid on the day at Zojo-ji to Cultural Committee
representative) |
Maximum 30 people, Members only
For
Reservation & Further Information:
Susan Simpkin-Juge
Yoko
Ueyama
CP@cwaj.org
The
CWAJ Cultural Committee has scheduled a tour of Zojo-ji Temple.
Founded in 1393, Zojo-ji is the main temple of the Jodo-shu (Pure Land
Sect) of Buddhism. Zojo-ji was relocated to its present site in 1598
after Ieyasu Tokugawa, founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, entered Edo
(present day Tokyo) in 1590 to establish
his provincial government. During the Edo Period, when the Tokugawa
shogunate ruled Japan,
Zojo-ji became the family temple of the Tokugawa family.
The
tour will include viewing the Sangedatsumon (Main Gate) built in 1622
and the Daibonsho (Big Bell) completed in 1673, as well as other limited
access areas of the temple. Our tour, as a special arrangement, will
include viewing the Kyozo (sutra godown)/Daizokyo (principal texts of
the Buddhist Canon) and the very special Koshoden, a lecture hall and
seminary with a coffered ceiling featuring paintings by 120 pious
Japanese artists.
This
is a very special tour event and we expect it to fill quickly. If this
tour sells out, we will possibly plan another one for the fall.
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Evening Program
The
Prevention of Cervical Cancer
and Other HPV Related Diseases
What you can do to protect your health, and what you can
tell your sisters, daughters and friends.
a talk by
Dr.
Elaine Esber
Date:
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Time:
6:30
– 8:30 pm
Cost: free
Place:
Tokyo
Women’s Plaza, 5-53-67 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku
Access:
7 minutes’ walk from Omotesando Station, Exit B2, or 10 minutes’ walk from Shibuya Station
Evening Program activities are open to the public, so please invite your
sisters, daughters (-in law) and friends. Please sign up with the
co-leaders.
Cervical cancer
remains the second most common cancer in women worldwide, even though
Pap tests, which are an effective screening tool for detecting cervical
cancer, have been available for 50 years. HPV (human papilloma virus)
infection is the primary cause of cervical cancer. There are over 7000
cases of cervical cancer in Japan
each year, resulting in 2500 deaths. The rate of incidence of cervical
cancer in Japan is higher than in the USA, UK,
Sweden, or France. The mortality rate for
Japanese women who develop the disease is the same, or higher, than that
of women in other countries. The incidence of cervical cancer has
increased dramatically in women under the age of 30 since 1987. The
rate, 15 cases per 100,000 women, is double the rate of ovarian cancer,
three times the rate of breast cancer and 15 times the rate of stomach
cancer for the same age group! Cervical cancer screening is recommended
by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in
Japan, but, unfortunately,
the rate of cervical screening in Japan is extremely low compared to
other developed countries. In the UK
and the USA
it is recommended that women over the age of 20 get Pap tests every
other year. The screening rate in Japan
is only 13.6% (i.e. under 4 million women have been screened) compared
to 90% or more in the UK
and about 95% in the
USA.
Dr. Esber is
Executive Director for Medical Affairs International of Merck Inc.
She previously spent 25 years at
the FDA. Dr. Esber continues to
be very involved in issues relating to international public health and
policy.
Contacts:
Keiko Hayashi
Germa Yoshida
eveningprogram@cwaj.org
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