Month September 2008

The Advenures of Bean-chan & Wakumi’s World

The Adventures of Bean-chan by Emiko Newman Wakumi’s World by Alexis Rae Wakumi Seyforth

Powell Street BBQ Success

Hi everyone! Last month we participated in the Powell Street Festival at Oppenheimer Park and would like to thank everyone who attended for another great festival. The GVJCCA thanks the many volunteers and appreciates all donations for the salmon barbeque,…

Plastic Fantastic

Here in Canada, and in British Columbia in particular, turning nineteen comes along with a great deal responsibility. Whisked away so suddenly from minor-hood into adulthood, this is the age when children are, legally at least, sent off for their…

CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI LOAF CAKE

What a wonderful July—so many hours of sunshine! Writing this in early August so I’m hoping the summer weather continues over this month. I would like to share my favourite zucchini bread with you. One year my husband planted three…

Measuring Success

When the Japanese Canadian Redress settlement was signed on September 22, 1988, I was 29 years old. Although the settlement had no direct impact on me, there was one way that I did benefit directly. A short time after the…

Interview: Takashi Yamada and Natsuko Fukushima

Takashi Yamada and Natsuko Fukushima are long-time members of the Vancouver Kendo Club. Both were recently chosen to join the Canadian National Team and will compete in the 14th World Kendo Championships to be held a year from now in…

Remembering Jack Rose

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Japanese Canadian Redress Settlement By Tatsuo Kage Although he passed away in 2006, Mr. Jack Rose is an unforgettable person for me. The impression I had of him was of a…

Kendo: connecting body, mind & spirit

The history of kendo in the lower mainland goes back to the early 1900s when Kentaro Tsuzuki established the Yoki Kan dojo in Steveston. By the time the internment forced Japanese Canadians from the coast in 1942 there were at…

A Trip Into the Past

A VISIT TO THE FORMER INTERNMENT SITES IN THE INTERIOR OF BC July 28 To August 1, 2008 This year is the 20th anniversary of the Japanese Canadian Redress Settlement of September 22, 1988. It‘s been 62 years since my…

IN REMEMBRANCE OF VICTIMS OF ATOMIC BOMB

MIYAKAWA SENSEI CHANTS FOR PEACE ‘MAY PEACE PREVAIL IN OUR WORLD’ Sensei Yasuhiro Miyakawa, Resident Minister of the BC Interior Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Temples (Kamloops, Kelowna, Vernon), held a 12-hour Continuous Chanting Marathon at the Kamloops Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Temple…