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Changing Tides: A Collective Photo Exhibit of Tohoku
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hiroshima exhibit @ MOA
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Shinnenkai 2012
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Vancouver International Dance Festival
March 2 to 11, 2011
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After the Quake: BC-JERF update
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Letter from Onomichi
14 January 2012 10:15 AM | No Comments - Changing Tides: A Collective Photo Exhibit of Tohoku
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Tozenji Kendo Club
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Dr. Norikazu Nishio: Looking forward in life
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Mary Kitagawa: a degree of justice
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Remembrance Day 2011 Photo Gallery
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Asato Ikeda: the intersection of Japanese + Inuit art
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Inuit Prints: Japanese Inspiration
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Kirsten Emiko Mcallister: exploring the landscapes of memory
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Community Profile: Naomi Yamamoto, MLA
03 September 2011 4:15 AM | No Comments -
The Open Doors Project: discovering the diverse histories of Powell Street
01 August 2011 4:05 AM | No Comments -
Hapa-Palooza, a celebration of mixed roots arts and ideas
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Monogatari: Tales of Powell Street 1920-1941
28 July 2011 5:57 AM | No Comments
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Interpretive Signage for Lemon Creek and Popoff Internment Camps
14 January 2012 10:54 AM | No Comments - After the Quake: BC-JERF update
14 January 2012 10:25 AM | No Comments - Letter from Onomichi
14 January 2012 10:15 AM | No Comments - Changing Tides: A Collective Photo Exhibit of Tohoku
14 January 2012 9:30 AM | No Comments - chelfitsch: cutting-edge Japanese theatre at the Push Festival
13 January 2012 9:13 PM | No Comments - Tozenji Kendo Club
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Lives not lost, but remembered
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Why I Like Michael J. Fox Even More
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President’s Message
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Community Kitchen
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Opening Doors in Vancouver’s East End: Strathcona
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Book: My Sixty Years in Canada
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Remembrance Day 2011 [11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the 2011th year]
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Update on Hastings Park Project
30 November 2011 12:33 PM | No Comments
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After the Quake: BC-JERF update
By Kozue Matsumoto BC-JERF had a precious experience this past August when a group of students from Tohoku Gakuin University in the Sendai area came to Vancouver. The primary purpose…
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Interpretive Signage for Lemon Creek and Popoff Internment Camps
This summer, interpretive signage will be erected on the sites of the Lemon Creek and Popoff internment camps. Developed by Kaslo’s Ian Fraser (developer of the Langham Museum and the…
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After the Quake: BC-JERF update
By Kozue Matsumoto BC-JERF had a precious experience this past August when a group of students from Tohoku Gakuin University in the Sendai area came to Vancouver. The primary purpose…
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Letter from Onomichi
by Linda Ohama January 2012, Onomichi, Japan “Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu.” That is what everyone is saying here, the first time they greet you in the New Year. 2011 is now…
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chelfitsch: cutting-edge Japanese theatre at the Push Festival
chelfitsch, the Tokyo-based theatre company formed in 1997 by Playwright Toshiki Okada, last appeared in Vancouver in January 2009. This time around, the company is presenting Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner…
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Tozenji Kendo Club
Striking the right balance between power + skill When Toshihiro Hamanaka came to Vancouver in the early nineties, with his wife and one-year-old daughter in tow, he only intended to…
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Opening Doors in Vancouver’s East End: Strathcona
“I’ve had to work hard enough for three generations in my time.” George Nitta In 1977 and 1978, Strathcona residents Daphne Marlatt and Carole Itter embarked on an ambitious task:…
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Book: My Sixty Years in Canada
In late 1973,while recovering from kidney failure, Dr. M. Miyazaki wrote and published an autobiography, My Sixty Years in Canada, a book that paints a vivid portrait of life as…
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Remembrance Day 2011 [11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the 2011th year]
In spite of a cold, rainy and blistery day, about 200 dedicated souls came out for the 86th annual Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Stanley…
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Update on Hastings Park Project
The Hastings Park Commemoration Committee met on November 14 to review our project outline for grant applications and to receive an update on Hastings Park redevelopment activity from planner Dave…
Monthly Features
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Lives not lost, but remembered
Posted on January 13, 2012 | No CommentsThis month we say goodbye to Gordon Hirabayashi, who passed away on January 2nd in Edmonton at the age of 93 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s. I met Gordon only once, briefly. It was back in the late eighties, and I was travelling through Edmonton with Kokoro Dance, a dance company co-founded by Gordon’s son Jay. -
Why I Like Michael J. Fox Even More
Posted on January 13, 2012 | No CommentsI’ve always liked actor Michael J. Fox, from long before I moved here from Singapore back in 1997, because of his personality that I perceived in his TV sitcom (Family Ties 1982-89) and movies (e.g. Back to the Future trilogy 1985-90) characters. There was this savvy but personable air about him that I found particularly engaging. -
President’s Message
Posted on January 13, 2012 | No CommentsI’d like to extend special condolences to the Greenaway family on the passing of Fumiko Greenaway, mother of Bulletin editor John Endo Greenaway. Although I never had the chance to... -
Community Kitchen
Posted on January 13, 2012 | No CommentsBROILED MOCHI Mochi is a must in a Japanese family. Yummy . . . Wrapped in Nori (seaweed) Mochi – 2 to 3 cakes per person. Nori — buy the...
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Interpretive Signage for Lemon Creek and Popoff Internment Camps
Posted on January 14, 2012 | No CommentsThis summer, interpretive signage will be erected on the sites of the Lemon Creek and Popoff internment camps. Developed by Kaslo’s Ian Fraser (developer of the Langham Museum and the... -
After the Quake: BC-JERF update
Posted on January 14, 2012 | No CommentsBy Kozue Matsumoto BC-JERF had a precious experience this past August when a group of students from Tohoku Gakuin University in the Sendai area came to Vancouver. The primary purpose... -
Letter from Onomichi
Posted on January 14, 2012 | No Commentsby Linda Ohama January 2012, Onomichi, Japan “Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu.” That is what everyone is saying here, the first time they greet you in the New Year. 2011 is now... -
chelfitsch: cutting-edge Japanese theatre at the Push Festival
Posted on January 13, 2012 | No Commentschelfitsch, the Tokyo-based theatre company formed in 1997 by Playwright Toshiki Okada, last appeared in Vancouver in January 2009. This time around, the company is presenting Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner... -
Tozenji Kendo Club
Posted on January 13, 2012 | No CommentsStriking the right balance between power + skill When Toshihiro Hamanaka came to Vancouver in the early nineties, with his wife and one-year-old daughter in tow, he only intended to... -
Opening Doors in Vancouver’s East End: Strathcona
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No Comments“I’ve had to work hard enough for three generations in my time.” George Nitta In 1977 and 1978, Strathcona residents Daphne Marlatt and Carole Itter embarked on an ambitious task:... -
Book: My Sixty Years in Canada
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No CommentsIn late 1973,while recovering from kidney failure, Dr. M. Miyazaki wrote and published an autobiography, My Sixty Years in Canada, a book that paints a vivid portrait of life as... -
Remembrance Day 2011 [11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the 2011th year]
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No CommentsIn spite of a cold, rainy and blistery day, about 200 dedicated souls came out for the 86th annual Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Stanley... -
Update on Hastings Park Project
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No CommentsThe Hastings Park Commemoration Committee met on November 14 to review our project outline for grant applications and to receive an update on Hastings Park redevelopment activity from planner Dave... -
hiroshima exhibit @ MOA
to February 12, 2012Posted on November 30, 2011 | No Commentshiroshima is a powerful exhibition on display at UBC’s Museum of Anthroplogy through Sunday, February 12, 2012 Featuring 48 photographs by Ishiuchi Miyako of clothing and accessories left behind by... -
Dr. Norikazu Nishio: Looking forward in life
Posted on November 30, 2011 | No CommentsI was brought up in Kitsilano so as youngsters all our friends were English-speaking, apart from a few other Japanese Canadian families. I went to Lord Tennyson Elementary and then Kitsilano Junior and High Schools. -
Shadow Catch
December 2, 3 & 4Posted on November 28, 2011 | No CommentsShadow Catch is a Japanese Noh-influenced, brand new chamber opera that weaves together four stories from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Rich with local history and haunting characters, this riveting tale features an evocative score by four Vancouver composers: Dorothy Chang, Jennifer Butler, Farshid Samandari, and Benton Roark. -
UBC to recognize Japanese Canadian students
Posted on November 16, 2011 | No CommentsThe University of British Columbia Senate voted tonight to honour students and Canadians affected by a dark period in Canada’s history, and will be awarding them special degrees next spring as part of a three-pronged program to mark the 70th anniversary of the internment policy. -
Belated Justice – the Dr. Gordon Hirabayashi Human Rights Award
Posted on November 15, 2011 | No CommentsAt the National Association of Japanese Canadians AGM held in Edmonton Alberta on October 16, 2011, the NAJC unveiled the Dr. Gordon Hirabayashi Human Rights Award at the AGM Dinner.... -
Remembrance Day 2011 Photo Gallery
Posted on November 11, 2011 | 1 CommentThere were a lot of new faces at this year’s Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Japanese Canadian Cenotaph in Stanley Park, which once a gain drew a large crowd. Those... -
Remembrance Day Ceremony
Posted on November 8, 2011 | No CommentsTwo of the three sons of Taisuke Tanaka, who served at Vimy Ridge in the first war, served in the army during World War II. -
Update on Hastings Park Project
Posted on November 7, 2011 | No CommentsWe are asking community members and descendants to forward the full names of family members who were detained in Hastings Park. -
The Japanese Canadian Soldiers of the First World War and the Fight to Win the Vote
Posted on November 7, 2011 | No CommentsBy David R. Mitsui On July 9, 2007, I submitted a nomination to the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada regarding the Japanese Canadian soldiers of WW I. In... -
3 [ haiku to remember
Posted on November 7, 2011 | No Commentsbeneath bare branches bagpipe and bugle, forlorn bracket the silence half circle of faces hands in pockets, cenotaph stands at attention scattering of red poppies, laid gently to rest on... -
President’s Message
Posted on November 7, 2011 | No CommentsA reminder that Friday, November 11th is Remembrance Day and many organizations and supporters will be participating in the Remembrance Day Service at the Japanese Canadian War Memorial Cenotaph in Stanley Park. The Service will be at 10:40 AM and I hope that everyone will attend this moving ceremony. -
JUGORO IRIE HEADSTONE
Posted on November 7, 2011 | No CommentsBy Roy Inoyue In the April 2010 Editions of The Bulletin and the Nikkei Voice, I had placed an article requesting information about Jugoro Irie. He immigrated to Canada from... -
Community Kitchen
Posted on November 7, 2011 | No CommentsHi everyone! Fall is definitely upon us and it’s beautiful with the changing colours of the leaves. MARINATED PORK LOIN 1 tablespoon sesame oil 1 small onion, grated 2 teaspoons... -
Mixed Marriages & How to Enjoy Life in Canada
Posted on November 7, 2011 | No CommentsIn today’s Canada, especially in a mutli-racial environment like greater Vancouver, mixed marriages involving Nikkei Canadians and ijusha are nothing unusual.?A year ago I reported in this column that more... -
Looking for Japanese Canadian Students Who Were Registered at UBC for the winter session of 1941-42
Posted on November 7, 2011 | No CommentsBy Mary Kitagawa When President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States signed Executive Order 9066 in 1942, he sent 110,000 innocent Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals to internment camps.... -
VIFF 2011 INTERVIEWS
Posted on November 7, 2011 | No CommentsTwo major points that are unique perhaps to this film and serve to educate the public: the first is that this film portrays teens who are younger than the characters in most coming out films I’ve heard of that have been screened worldwide; the second is that in Japan right now, and over the past few years, there are a number of celebrities who are female in a male’s body (women who dress as men), the opposite to what I have experienced. This is widely known in Japan—Japan is learning that there are these people—but there is very little knowledge of the reverse. -
inReview: Vancouver International Film Festival
Posted on November 7, 2011 | No CommentsThis ambitious drama takes up where Imamura Shohei’s acclaimed 1983 feature The Ballad of Narayama left off. In a small village, tradition dictates that the elderly are taken up a mountain and left there to die at age 70, but suppose the women of the village defy their fate? -
Asato Ikeda: the intersection of Japanese + Inuit art
Posted on November 5, 2011 | No CommentsHouston is THE most important figure when it comes to Inuit art, and as such he is regarded highly in the far north. As you say, it is interesting that James Houston didn’t have either cultural background, but given that abstract, expressive qualities of both Inuit and Japanese art fit the aesthetic taste of Western modernism, it isn’t too surprising that he was interested in non-Western art. -
Inuit Prints: Japanese Inspiration
Posted on November 5, 2011 | No CommentsOne may well wonder why the latest exhibit at the Japanese Canadian National Museum features Inuit prints—surely the quintessential Canadian art form. A talk with Beth Carter, Director/Curator of the... -
Asahi Tribute & Game Photo Gallery
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No CommentsDuring and after the Second World War internment of Japanese Canadians, Asahi baseball players were at the vanguard of re-establishing baseball as a pillar of Nikkei social life, first in the internment camps in the British Columbia interior, and later in the various centres of resettlement. -
Asahi Portrait at Nat Bailey Stadium Long Overdue
Posted on October 3, 2011 | 1 CommentThe Asahi was a Vancouver minor league baseball team during the 20s and 30s made up of Japanese Canadians. At a time when sports was dominated by Caucasian players, the Asahi competed against the best teams of the day, winning 5 consecutive Pacific Northwest championships in the thirties until the team was disbanded and the players interned after Pearl Harbour. It marked the end of a glorious era in Vancouver sports history. -
Kirsten Emiko Mcallister: exploring the landscapes of memory
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No CommentsKirsten McAllister first visited New Denver in 1991, helping document the Lemon Creek reunion and bus tour that saw former Japanese Canadian internees return to the Kootenays, where they had... -
Three Abreast In A Boat Revisited
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No CommentsThe March 2011 issue of The Bulletin featured three women—Esther Matsubuchi, Patricia Tanaka and Vivian Omori—all breast cancer survivors and members of Abreast in A Boat (AIAB), an international group... -
Hapa-palooza 2011 – My Experience
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No CommentsFor three gloriously sunny days in September, I volunteered for Vancouver’s first ever Hapapalooza Festival. I’ll never forget the experience. After reading Anna Ling Kaye’s interview in last August’s Bulletin,... -
Editorial
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No CommentsKirsten McAllister, this month’s community profile subject, has spent much of her adult life exploring the landscape, or terrain, of memory. It’s not always a benign or easily navigable landscape,... -
CrossCurrents
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No CommentsBent on some crazy mission to save that fleeting illusion, if only for naïve, dream-struck kids, yours truly must confess here and now to having resorted once or twice to the “urban-guerrilla-street-art-like” tactic of quickly and surreptitiously transferring that ugly placard from the seat to the top of the piano. Apparently someone (a security guy?) does check, because once I casually sauntered by later to look, and the placard had been put back on the seat, as if to proclaim: “We’re in charge here!" -
President’s Message
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No CommentsHi everyone! The GVJCCA and the Hastings Park Commemoration Committee is still encouraging community members to come forth and voice some of their thoughts on the Hastings Park Redevelopment Project.... -
Community Kitchen
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No CommentsI hope you all enjoyed the great summer weather. Now, fall is upon us and we can all feel the crisp Autumn air and hopefully look forward to some Indian... -
Powell Street Festival 2011 Photo Gallery
Posted on September 3, 2011 | No CommentsFor various reasons I missed past three Powell Street Festivals so it was great to be back in Oppenheimer Park this year taking in the smells, the sights and the sounds of this amazing community festival - the oldest ethnic festival in Vancouver (and maybe all of Canada!). -
President’s Message
Posted on September 3, 2011 | No CommentsHi everyone! Before I get into my message for the month I would like to say that the passing of Jack Layton brought me great sadness. I try to be... -
Editorial
Posted on September 3, 2011 | No CommentsShorter days, longer nights The other day a brand new reusable lunch bag appeared on our kitchen counter. Despite the fact that it’s an attractive piece of minimalist architecture, I... -
Community Profile: Naomi Yamamoto, MLA
Posted on September 3, 2011 | No CommentsWhen Naomi Yamamoto was elected as the BC Liberal MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale on May 12, 2009, it marked the first time a Japanese Canadian had been elected to the... -
Community Kitchen
Posted on September 3, 2011 | No CommentsHi Everyone. I hope you enjoyed our great summer! It’s been 10 years since my inaugural Community Kitchen Column and I hope I have brought you some recipes that you... -
The Open Doors Project: discovering the diverse histories of Powell Street
Posted on August 1, 2011 | No CommentsWouldn’t it be great if visitors to the Powell Street Festival could also walk up and down Powell Street and explore some of the businesses and workshops in the area?... -
Hapa-Palooza, a celebration of mixed roots arts and ideas
Posted on August 1, 2011 | No CommentsBy the time Anna Ling Kaye was twenty, she had lived in ten different cities in eight different countries and had travelled through many more—mostly in Asia. Her father, a... -
Editorial
Posted on August 1, 2011 | No CommentsThis year the Powell Street Festival celebrates its 35th Anniversary. Given the fact that Vancouver is marking its 125th Anniversary this year, it may not seem like such a great... -
Community Kitchen
Posted on August 1, 2011 | No CommentsMy sister Pat from Spokane sent me this delicious Summer Dessert. She also entertained her friends on the 4th of July and one lady brought over Ageh Sushi and she... -
President’s Message
Posted on August 1, 2011 | No CommentsThe Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association would like to welcome all participants, volunteers, donors, funders, and attendees to the 35th Annual Powell Street Festival. This time of year is... -
Monogatari
Posted on July 28, 2011 | No CommentsI heard from my father that he bought the Nimi Drug Store from Ishikawa in 1918. Asiatics were not allowed to dispense western medications—only Japanese-style herbal medications. So Nimi Shokai sold Kodak cameras, film, 78 records of popular songs, pancake makeup, Shaffer pens, gift items, binoculars. Lots of people bought their omiyagi from us, gifts to take back to Japan with them. -
President’s Message
Posted on July 28, 2011 | No CommentsHi everyone! On June 18 and 19, the 16th Annual Scandinavian Midsummer Festival was held in Burnaby, BC. Every year the organizers of the event invite a guest country to... -
Update on the Hastings Park Project
Posted on July 28, 2011 | No CommentsBy Judy Hanazawa The Japanese Canadian Hastings Park Project continues to progress now that the redevelopment of Hastings Park has been approved and implementation has begun. Already new signage throughout...
