David Fujino

David Fujino

  • Joined: June 15, 2014
  • Articles: 34

An Interview with Rachel Mercer

The year is 2014, and cellist Rachel Mercer’s clearly on a roll: I say this because, in addition to a steady workload of concerts and performances, she has just released two brand new and very appealing CDs of music: SOUNDS…

An Interview with Hiromi Okuyama

by David Fujino Hiromi was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. Her father is martial arts master Kancho Takemasa Okuyama, who is originally from Hachijo-jima, an island near Toyko, Japan. Her mother is Siu-Ping (Belle) Mok from Hong Kong. Hiromi…

Theatre Review: Paper Song

by David Fujino   Paper Songby Jared Matsunaga-Turnbull@YPT (Young Peoples’ Theatre)TorontoApril 29 to May 11/14 The heartening play, Paper Song, and its gorgeous origami set, was on full display at Toronto’s Young Peoples’ Theatre when I visited on April 29th.…

Book Review: Prairie Ostrich

Prairie Ostrichby Tamai KobayashiGoose Lane 2014196 pages Avid readers who’ve read Quixotic Erotic — Tamai Kobayashi’s delectable adult stories of love and desire — are in for a very different kind of feminist treat in Prairie Ostrich, Kobayashi’s freshly hatched…

Robin Nishio: “Living the dream”

by David Fujino Robin Nishio represents a new breed of visual artist. He’s grown up with computers, cell phones, digital cameras, websites, video games, and the internet, but it’s his old-fashioned ability to draw, quickly, that got him a paying…

Ramen and Izakaya Ryoji – Since 1988

When I was making a reservation over the phone, the young waiter asserted (he didn’t sound Okinawan) that, ‘wherever we seat you — at the bar, or facing the kitchen — you’re going to have a good time — no! in fact, you’re going to have an amazing time!

Looking At Nikkei Art

Ochawan first started at the Toronto NAJC’s Friendship House at 382 Harbord St. People were invited to pick up a simple white rice bowl from the organizers, transform it at home (paint on it, draw on it, even break it and reassemble it), then return it for exhibit and a silent auction

An Interview with Yosh Inouye

In the mid-1970s into the 1990s, photographer Yosh Inouye ran a successful studio in the middle of a thriving Toronto advertising scene where his specialty was table-top photography. This native of Gifu, Japan, first arrived in Toronto in 1968, with training from Tama Art School (1960-1962) and Kuwazawa Design School (1962-1964) under his belt. His first Canadian job was as a photographer’s assistant ...

Memories of Hawai’i Part 1

After admiring the black figurative sculpture of Sun Yat-Sen — considered the father of modern China — we walked on River Street alongside the canal, passed by the rows of homeless and their buggies, then crossed a small white bridge and arrived at a Shinto temple.

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