a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
Upon reflecting, as the first anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake/tsunami approaches, we find that we had during the year witnessed a stricken Japan, an incredible global humanitarian response, and a nation taking its first steps to recovery. While mainstream media…
To all members of the Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association! Saturday, February 25th, 2012 3:30 PM Tonari Gumi, 511 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC The Greater Vancouver JCCA (GVJCCA) Board of Directors would like to invite all its members to…
UBC Registrants 1941 – 1942 Whereabouts Unknown Help us find these people! The planning for 2012 convocation (planned for the last week of May – date to be confirmed) is proceeding very fast. Several committees have been formed to take…
Like Father, Like Son: a Canadian Rugby legacy by Ross W Halliday While most Canadian sons dream of sporting success with skates and hockey sticks, one Richmond man decided to travel a different path and instead followed in his father’s…
My parents, Gordon and Esther Hirabayashi, were remarkable folks. My mother’s father, Floyd Schmoe, was a charismatic individual, a renaissance man who was a lifetime pacifist, author, sculptor, mountain guide and park naturalist on Mt. Rainier, marine biologist, and forest…
Kabuki productions don’t often tour outside of Japan, and no wonder: with their weighty sets, intricate costumes, and delicate instruments, the logistics of touring a kabuki production can be nightmarish. Besides actually travelling to Japan to attend a Kabuki production…
When Cathy Makihara looks over the busy lobby at Nikkei Home she sees what is on the surface—seniors waiting to be picked up by relatives for an outing, caregivers bustling about, members of the public lining up for lunch at…
Regular (and discerning) Bulletin readers will notice an unusual heft to this issue. While some of this can be attributed to some weighty content, it is due in large part to the inclusion of a 16-page survey by the Nikkei…
This summer, interpretive signage will be erected on the sites of the Lemon Creek and Popoff internment camps. Developed by Kaslo’s Ian Fraser (developer of the Langham Museum and the New Canadian show) with funding assistance from the Kootenay Columbia…
By Kozue Matsumoto BC-JERF had a precious experience this past August when a group of students from Tohoku Gakuin University in the Sendai area came to Vancouver. The primary purpose of their stay was to study English. However, since their…
by Linda Ohama January 2012, Onomichi, Japan “Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu.” That is what everyone is saying here, the first time they greet you in the New Year. 2011 is now behind us. The year will always be remembered as the…
