Monogatari: Tales of Powell Street 1920-1941
For many people in the Japanese Canadian community, Powell Street has a certain mystique—it is a place they have heard about from parents or grandparents.
The Bulletin
a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
The Bulletin
a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
John Endo Greenaway
Franciscan Sisters leaving the Downtown Eastside
The Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement are leaving the Downtown Eastside at the end of August. Presently, many in our community are getting together to generate ideas to pay tribute to the Sisters for all that they have done and…
Learning, Sharing and Fun: 4th Annual Translation and Interpreting Workshop
by Agnes Li The fourth instalment of the Translation and Interpreting Workshop was held on April 16, 2011. The Japanese Language Interest Group of STIBC (Society of Translators and Interpreters of British Columbia) who organizes the yearly event welcomed both…
inReview: Identity – Ancestral Memory
Structured as a tribute to the multimedia artist Roy Kiyooka (1926-1994), a man who fearlessly re-created his world through the honesty of his imagination, Identity pays homage to Kiyooka most obviously through its largesse, its richness of visuals, sounds and movements.
Charity Poker Tournament Raises Funds for Japan
On Friday May 6th, a Charity Poker Tournament was held in support of Japanese 2011 Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami Victims. Over 80 players attended the Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament at the National Nikkei Heritage Centre. We raised $2,417.33 from the…
Ganbare Japan! raises $208,000 for Earthquake Relief
May 11, 2011—two months after the earthquake/tsunami hit the Tohoku region of Japan. The Ganbare Japan! benefit concert, held Tuesday April 19th at Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre, was a deeply moving and financially successful event supported by many hundreds of…
The inter-racial divide
When our two girls were in elementary school, I walked them to school every day and felt pretty connected to the school culture. Even through middle school, I felt like I mostly knew what was going on. With both girls…
Interview: Natalie Higashi
I love stories and psychology. I’ve always been interested in international relations and documentaries; I watched them all the time growing up. As a child model and actor I was involved with media from a very young age and knew it would always factor in my life somehow . . .
REED, the life and works of Roy Kiyooka
When Roy Kiyooka died suddenly and unexpectedly in February 1994, he left behind a legacy of creativity fuelled by a lifelong passion for making art, in all its various guises. Born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1926, he grew up…
Identity – Ancestral Memory
Identity — Ancestral Memory, a work by Yayoi Theatre Movement, celebrates the life and poetry of Roy Kiyooka. A fusion of two dance forms, noh mask theatre and butoh dance choreographed by Yayoi Hirano and Jay Hirabayashi, the piece will…
A Dream of Cranes
On March 12, one day after the devastating earthquake, I had a dream-—a dream of thousands of different coloured origami cranes floating and gently falling through the air. This dream image became the emotional grand finale of “Ganbare Japan!” We…
Impact of the recent earthquake, tsunami and nuclear hazard in northeastern Japan: Transcultural Mental Health Emergency Committee in JSTP
Dear Friends, As you know, at 14:46 on March 11, 2011, a huge coastal area of northern and east Japan was attacked by a magnitude 9 earthquake, something no human being has experienced in the previous 1,000 years. Most coastal…