Archive for May, 2008

  • Creating Dance Theatre KESSA in the Kootenays Hiromoto Ida looks out the window of a dance studio on Nelson’s Baker Street. On the street below, young people gather on the...

    Hiromoto Ida & Tsuneko Kokubo

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    Creating Dance Theatre KESSA in the Kootenays Hiromoto Ida looks out the window of a dance studio on Nelson’s Baker Street. On the street below, young people gather on the...

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  • In what has been an educational (and eye-straining) experience for me, I have spent the past few months going through the archives at the JCCA office, looking through old copies...

    Editorial, May

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    In what has been an educational (and eye-straining) experience for me, I have spent the past few months going through the archives at the JCCA office, looking through old copies...

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  • In the spring of 1977, legacy sakura (cherry blossom) trees were planted at Oppenheimer Park by first generation Japanese Canadian pioneers. 1977 was a significant year because it was the...

    Legacy Sakura Threatened

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    In the spring of 1977, legacy sakura (cherry blossom) trees were planted at Oppenheimer Park by first generation Japanese Canadian pioneers. 1977 was a significant year because it was the...

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  • As we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Bulletin, it is only fitting that we remember one of our magazine’s staunchest supporters and most loyal volunteers. Mary Takayesu passed away...

    Mary Takayesu: Memories

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    As we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Bulletin, it is only fitting that we remember one of our magazine’s staunchest supporters and most loyal volunteers. Mary Takayesu passed away...

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  • The Cherry Blossoms Were Beautiful But . . . Fleeting Impressions of Tokyo and Kyoto Revisited For some of us who spent childhood and maybe adolescent years in Japan, the...

    Crosscurrents

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    The Cherry Blossoms Were Beautiful But . . . Fleeting Impressions of Tokyo and Kyoto Revisited For some of us who spent childhood and maybe adolescent years in Japan, the...

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  • It’s How You Play the Game Mel Wakabayashi is our best-known Nikkei ice player. Not because he made the big times, although he did have a brief stint with the...

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    It’s How You Play the Game Mel Wakabayashi is our best-known Nikkei ice player. Not because he made the big times, although he did have a brief stint with the...

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  • Less “Soba”, More “Sake” In a sober move to reduce the nation’s surplus rice, the Japanese cabinet recently decided to use more sake (rice brew) and rice at its official...

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    Less “Soba”, More “Sake” In a sober move to reduce the nation’s surplus rice, the Japanese cabinet recently decided to use more sake (rice brew) and rice at its official...

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  • Mt. Manzo Nagano overlooks Lake Owekino near the head of Rivers Inlet some 250 miles north of Vancouver. The peak, named for the first Japanese immigrant to Canada, was designated...

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    Mt. Manzo Nagano overlooks Lake Owekino near the head of Rivers Inlet some 250 miles north of Vancouver. The peak, named for the first Japanese immigrant to Canada, was designated...

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  • In part one of the history of The Bulletin, we traced the origins of The Bulletin to 1958—when Mickey Tanaka, a member of the Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association founded...

    History of The Bulletin Part II

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    In part one of the history of The Bulletin, we traced the origins of The Bulletin to 1958—when Mickey Tanaka, a member of the Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association founded...

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  • Fumiko Greenaway was a key part of the restructuring of The Bulletin in the mid eighties. First Office Manager and then Managing Editor, she along with Tamio Wakayama and Sumio...

    Interview: Fumiko Greenaway

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    Fumiko Greenaway was a key part of the restructuring of The Bulletin in the mid eighties. First Office Manager and then Managing Editor, she along with Tamio Wakayama and Sumio...

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  • Hi everyone! I hope you’ve all had a chance to read part one of the history of the Bulletin/Geppo. John Endo Greenaway put together a really exciting look at what...

    President’s Message May

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    Hi everyone! I hope you’ve all had a chance to read part one of the history of the Bulletin/Geppo. John Endo Greenaway put together a really exciting look at what...

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