a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
Every May in Vancouver, Asian culture steps to the fore as the city celebrates Asian Heritage Month with explorASIAN, an explosion of Asian culture and heritage that takes over the city for the entire month (and beyond). The Vancouver Asian…
The Reverend Canon Gordon Goichi Nakayama was ordained in the Diocese of New Westminster in 1932. Following ordination Canon Nakayama served as a priest at Church of the Ascension in Vancouver until 1942. When Japanese Canadians were internally displaced by…
Masa Shiroki, the Sakemaker who established Artisan SakeMaker in 2007 on Granville Island, has had a longtime dream of creating sake with 100% Canadian rice. The rice-growing experiments began in earnest in 2009, first in Kamloops, Ashcroft, Agassiz and Vancouver…
Friday, April 18, 2014 12pm – 2pm Oppenheimer Park (488 Powell Street) Please join us as we unveil the memorial windows to commemorate the history of Japanese Canadians and cherry blossom trees planted in 1977. Before 1942, Oppenheimer Park was…
April 4– 11 Festival spotlight Yellow Sticky Notes: Canadian Anijam DIRECTOR: Jeff Chiba Stearns and friends. 8 minutes. 2012. Canada Sunday, April 6, 3pm Thursday, April 10, 10:45am Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour Street, Vancouver Monday, April 7, 10am &…
“Mukashi, mukashi…. Long ago, oh so long ago…” Wondrous Tales of Old Japan April 4 – 20, 2014 The Waterfront Theatre on Granville Island For Ages 7 + By David Furumoto Wondrous Tales of Old Japan is a collection of…
“I will gladly dance, for those who inhabit this sad, lower world” Angels, fishermen and a magical feathered robe in this fully costumed, full-length performance of a Medieval Japanese noh drama On Saturday April 12 2014, as part of the…
