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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...

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...

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...

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...

Dr. Norikazu Nishio: Looking forward in life

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.

Mary Kitagawa: a degree of justice

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
December 2, 3 & 4

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.