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Mr. Shiro Matsuoka, former chairman of the Japan Macrobiotic Association, visited

Mr. Matsuoka'sPULiberal name.PUNames are the nicknames given to his pupils by Professor Joichi Sakurazawa, and they capture the person's personality and atmosphere well.Mr. Matsuoka, who is sweet and humorous and laughs a lot, used to be called liberal by children and was popular.   With the staff of the Japan Macrobiotic Association.Haruo on the far right and his daughter Shizuka on the leftMI) and spent the longest period of time under the guidance of Mr. Sakurazawa among Keio students.theMIAfter exchanges with Dr. Sakurazawa, one day brown rice1just in case100I have experience chewing for days. Even after Dr. Sakurazawa passed away, he continued his life devoted to macrobiotics.89Despite his age, he is still active.   When I asked him about his age, he replied, "I'll be celebrating my birthday next year, so I think I'll graduate from macro soon." 4I asked the same question as in the interview a year ago. "You look fine, but what is the secret to your health??When I asked, "It's chewing" without hesitation. "Is it still the case??"Yes, if you chew well, you will inevitably eat less. Even if you don't eat much, you can live well," he said simply.   Mr. Haruo Matsuoka, the son who came with Mr. Matsuoka (57Sai) teaches Aikido on the West Coast of the United States.When I was a child, I attended a Kenko Gakuen sponsored by Seishoku Kyokai (a camp to learn about macrobiotics while eating nutritional dishes. It was often held at a seaside Zen temple), and watched Seigo Yamaguchi perform a martial arts demonstration. decided to follow the path of Aikido.Haruo's teacher was Hollywood star Steven Seagal, who received instruction at a dojo in Osaka, and later moved to the United States to have his own dojo.   "Musubi" magazine2011Years6This is an excerpt from the monthly special feature, Mr. Matsuoka's long interview, "Nothing tastes better than brown rice." "If you eat less and chew well, you can cure any disease.I have no choice but to think that people who can't be cured have already reached the end of their lives.So it's not like you have to eat that or you have to eat this.First of all, stop eating too much and return to the basics of brown rice.If you keep doing that, you will have a healthy body.The important thing is to stop doing what you love.I got sick from eating what I liked."                                                                                                                                                 (Teppei Yamaguchi)