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Interpretive Signage for Lemon Creek and Popoff Internment Camps

Posted on January 14, 2012 | No Comments
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

Posted on January 14, 2012 | No Comments
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

Posted on January 14, 2012 | No Comments
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

Posted on January 13, 2012 | No Comments
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

Posted on January 13, 2012 | No Comments
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

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:...
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Book: My Sixty Years in Canada

Posted on November 30, 2011 | No Comments
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]

Posted on November 30, 2011 | No Comments
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

Posted on November 30, 2011 | No Comments
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...
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hiroshima exhibit @ MOA
to February 12, 2012

Posted on November 30, 2011 | No Comments
hiroshima 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...
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Dr. Norikazu Nishio: Looking forward in life

Posted on November 30, 2011 | No Comments
I 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.
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Shadow Catch
December 2, 3 & 4

Posted on November 28, 2011 | No Comments
Shadow 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.
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