Year 2016

Tokyo Trend #26

Jodi Sam （ジョディ・サム）イラストレーター・作家 2010年より活動拠点をバンクーバーから東京へ移し、 2013年に電子書籍『My Little Book of Happiness』をリリース。more info about Jodi Sam: www.jodisam.com

I flip through the pages of the book and some quotes catch my eye. “Mom worked tirelessly well into the wee hours of the night and we would all be fast asleep. In the winter she would ensure that there…

Greenwood was the first ‘internment centre’ and Tashme was the last. In-between, there were Lemon Creek, Popoff, Bay Farm, New Denver, Rosebery, Sandon and Kaslo. Self-supporting camps were East Lillooet, Minto Mine, Bridge River and McGillivray Falls. Other self-supporting camps…

Interviewed and written by Kaori Kasai, Geppo Japanese Editor Translated by Aro Hamakawa For this month’s article, we interviewed Ms. Kaoruko Yamamoto, who has a more unique career than most people. First, could you describe what sociologists do? In Vancouver, I…

SERIES: JAPANESE CANADIAN PIONEERS This is the second instalment of our semi-regular series, “JAPANESE CANADIAN PIONEERS,” featuring Nikkei men and women young and old who have made significant contributions in their respective fields, as recognized by their peers and the…

On three days in September 2009, families, friends, and survivors came together for the Honouring Our People: Stories of the Internment conference in Burnaby, BC. The conference paid tribute to the Japanese Canadians who experienced racism, alienation, betrayal, restrictions, uprooting…

by Chris Kurata In 1924, Canada’s Dominion Archivist, Arthur G. Doughty, wrote, “Of all national assets, archives are the most precious; they are the gift of one generation to another and the extent of our care of them marks the…

Uncle Tetsu’s Japanese Matcha Café 596 Bay Street, Toronto 416 591-0555 I boldly took an optimistic walk to Uncle Tetsu’s Japanese Matcha Café at 596 Bay and Dundas Street West (the old Chinatown). I figured that by going to the…

Intergenerational trauma is real and alive in communities deeply affected by residential schools. You can’t attempt cultural genocide for 140 years, for seven generations – the last of these schools closing their doors in 1996 – and not expect some…

When I was young I had little or no interest in Japanese (or Japanese Canadian) history or culture. I knew my mum was Japanese, or at least her parents were – they spoke very little English. But my mother spoke…