Okinawan Kodama, A Celebration of the Heart, Soul and Spirit
沖縄の鼓魂 Okinawan Kodama: A Celebration of the Heart, Soul and Spirit On Friday, August 4, Metro Vancouver audiences will be treated to a feast of Okinawan...
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Japanese Canadian Artist Directory in the Works
“Art is the stored honey of the human soul.” – Theodore Dreiser, naturalist, 1917. If Dreiser is right, then there will be much honey stored...
Santa Ono – creating new knowledge + making a difference at UBC
His blog is called Letters from Santa, he favours bow ties, plays the cello (well), and has an engaging smile and personality. He also...
Alejandro Yoshizawa: crossing oceans + cultures in All Our Father’s Relations
How you identify culturally is almost an internal dialogue with yourself. But an eye-opener for me while making All Our Father’s Relations was how...
Odd Society: celebrating collective oddities on Powell Street
Behind the bar at the Odd Society on Powell Street, Mia Glanz wields a pair of cocktail shakers like oversized maracas, the ice creating...
A Steveston Beginning: remembering my mother – new works by Judy Nakagawa
Visitors to the second floor of the Nikkei Centre in Burnaby will be familiar with a sculpture hanging over an opening in the floor....
VIFFインタビュー：小松 孝・渡部直也・野辺ハヤト
バンクーバー国際映画祭（VIFF）での第1回目の上映を終えた小松孝さん（『Out of the Frying pan…・食卓』ディレクター）、渡部直也さん（『Out of the Frying pan…・食卓』役者）、野辺ハヤトさん（『Affordance』ディレクター）にお話を伺いました。
VIFF：Suffering of Ninko・仁光の受難
「Suffering of Ninko」を観終わって作り手のその才能に圧倒された。ストーリーが面白いのは当然のことなのだけれど、（ストーリーは僧侶と 人斬りと妖怪が おりなす、百物語の一編。）自主制作の域を超えたクオリティの高さ。
Seeking Nominations: Japanese Canadian Historical Sites
In 2015, the BC Government launched a pilot program to identify places of historic significance to Chinese Canadians, resultng in the addition of 21...
A New Moon Over Tohoku
When Linda Ohama arrived in Onomichi on Children’s Day in May, 1999, camera crew in tow, she was looking for footage for her film,...
