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...
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 Changing Tides photo exhibit at the National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre in Burnaby showcases the efforts of a group of former teachers...
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...
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...
“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...
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...
In spite of a cold, rainy and blistery day, about 200 dedicated souls came out for the 86th annual Remembrance Day Ceremony at the...
The Hastings Park Commemoration Committee met on November 14 to review our project outline for grant applications and to receive an update on Hastings...
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...
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.
On November 16, 2011, following their scheduled meeting, the Senate Tributes Committee of the University of British Columbia presented a press release stating that...
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.