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This evening I attended a year end dinner party of my high school graduates. The oldest attendant of the dinner was Mr. Tomisaburo Hirai, 92 years old. He is one of the first graduates of our high school ( he worked for the Japan soccer association for years as a chairman and contributed to lay grounds for the present prosperity of soccer games in Japan.) He plays a golf at least once a week. He took cups of sake this evening so much that the lower class men besides him were afraid of his drinks. But he stood up at 7:15 and left the party, saying I controlled my health by time and now it was time to stop drink. Maestro Takashi Asahina, a honorary conductor of Osaka Philharmony Orchestra, is one of his class mates. Both of them are very active in spite of their age. They can be said supermen or monsters. Mr. Ryoichi Kawai, one of the nineth graduates, is admired as one of the most devoted business man to Japan-China relations. He said he visited Chine more than one hundred times. Although he is 84 years old, he told me he would like to visit New York alone because he did not want to annoy any other body. He asked me how to get luggage at luggage claim and carry them to taxi pool after plane arrived at the destination. I was rather surprised by his questions but told him it would be better for him to hire a professional porter who is available at New York airport. He will do every thing for you such as picking up your luggages and transport them to taxi pool. As far as you are a passenger of first class, the airline attendants will help you, I told him. But I am not sure that it was right answer to his question. Mr. Ichiro Yoshikuni, a classmate of Mr. Kawai, a former commissioner of professtinal baseball leagues, has been seen often at classical music concerts. He said he was expecting to see the original version of "Let's Dance at the Conference" which was scheduled to broadcast tomorrow evening by BS Digital Television.
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It is really a wonderful opportunity to have direct talks with these very active seniors. I brought back a part of their high spirits.