On this Wednesday, 19th February 2003, I actually visited "the lecture hall
on the 4th floor of Meiji Shoten at Sakaisuji, Osaka" where Chojun Miyagi
gave the lecture on karate sixty-seven years ago. On the 4th floor there
are a few offices instead of the lecture hall. This building of "Meiji
Shoten" was built in 1924, about eighty years ago and still remain the same
as before, facing the very busy street whose name is Sakaisuji. At that
time this building was the most modern building in Osaka. Sakaisuji area is
also called Sakaisuji-Honmachi. It is the center of commerce in Osaka and
there are many textile or garment shops and trading companies. Meiji Shoten
is now called Meiji-Ya, which is one of the biggest food wholesaler
specializing in imported foods and scotch whiskey. From the subway station
"Sakaisuji-Honmachi" you can go there on foot within three minutes. Of
course you cannot find Sensei Miyagi there any longer.

Sanzinsoo in Osaka, Japan

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