a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
This innovative festival celebrates the music of Japan, and explores interactions between Japanese and Canadian cultures through educational events, workshops, chamber recitals and orchestral concerts in Vancouver, Victoria and Burnaby.
The film is the story of one woman’s sacrifice while rampant prejudice tears her Japanese Canadian family apart during the Second World War. Kiri’s once joyful piano music turns bitter when forced relocation and internment take away her husband, her home and her family’s simple fishing life along the BC coast.
“I guess you could say this is the story of two boys who were hurt when they were too young to fight back. You can’t tell someone they’re wrong about their own memories.”
“I was born in Vancouver, Canada, which should have made me a Canadian but having parents who were Japanese, although they too were citizens, made me an enemy alien. As a result I was made to leave the school in…
by Ron Shimizu This August 6th marked the 69th year since the horrible atomic bombing of Hiroshima which was followed a few days later by a similar bombing of Nagasaki. As in past years , TorontoNAJC supported the Hiroshima Day…
by K.M. Fukuma The 1936 graduating class of the Vancouver Japanese Language School (on Alexander Street) known as Kokikai, gathered at Syogun restaurant in Markham, Ontario (just north of Toronto) on June 25, 2014. Six members who are mostly 93…
This August, Winnpeg’s Folklorama, the largest and longest running multicultural festival in the world, celebrated 45 years. Celebrating diversity and promoting cultural understanding is the mission of this festival. August in Winnipeg marks Folklorama, which is the largest and longest…
by Mariko Kage When our small group began efforts to save the Miyazaki House (MH) in Lillooet two years ago, my father Tatsuo Kage, advised me to contact Betty Inouye, the daughter of Dr. Miyazaki. When I first called Betty,…
Those of us who work in the Japanese Canadian community do it for different reasons – some out of a sense of duty, some because it runs in the family, some because they want to make a difference, and some …
A full program of activities for the 20th anniversary celebration at New Denver’s Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre on August 9 demonstrated the profound contribution
Now in its fourth year, Hapa-palooza Festival is Canada’s largest festival celebrating and stimulating awareness of mixed heritage and hybrid identity.
Do you really know your mother or your father? I don’t mean what foods they like, what they do or did for a living, or if they played on a baseball team when they were younger.
