CrossCurrents
Having heard my share of live jazz, rock and classical concerts in the 60-plus years of my life so far, I very rarely get excited with a performance nowadays to the point of, say, standing up and whooping wildly. But…
The Bulletin
a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
The Bulletin
a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
Tag Masaki Watanabe
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Christmas and O-Shogatsu in Multi-Cultural Canada
A Happy New Year—Akemashite omedet? gozaimasu—to you all. Like many readers, I was lucky enough to be able to share moments of joy with family and friends in a few get-togethers through Christmas into the New Year (o-sh?gatsu). As usual, the final week of the old year flew by in a flash. As soon as the hectic pre-Christmas shopping days and Christmas passed, or so it seemed, we were already ushering in the year 2008.
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