a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
Interviews by Barbara Stowe Making Peace: Soda Kazuhiro, director of Peace, elucidates his theme. At a Q and A at the Pacific Cinemateque following a screening of “Peace” the night before this interview, Soda Kazuhiro explained that this documentary was…
On October 4, 2010 representatives of several community organizations met at Tonari Gumi to discuss steps to ensure there would be appropriate representation of our community’s historical relationship with Hastings Park in the Plan to redevelop Hastings Park and the…
While the Vancouver Nikkei community can sometimes be fractious and is not always the model of cooperation, the fact is, we are a small but powerful community bound together by a common history. Like in any family, competing interests and…
For Natalie Purschwitz, getting out of bed in the morning and slipping on a pair of her favourite jeans or a pair of store-bought socks is a novel and welcome experience, given that she spent the last year of her…
To Community Members: Please come to a community meeting about the Hastings Park /PNE Redevelopment Plan on Monday, October 18 at 7PM at Tonari Gumi, 511 Broadway. This meeting is to discuss Japanese Canadian historical, cultural and commemorative presentations in…
A Japanese artist, Takashi Murakami, has long been chosen by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential individuals in the world today. Born in Tokyo in 1963, he received his BFA, MFA and PhD from the Tokyo National…
Harry Hiro-o Aoki is one of the most unique figures in Canadian culture. As a musician, scholar, and activist, he has devoted his life to using music to promote cross-cultural understanding. Born in Cumberland, BC in 1931, his early life…
Living in a house with three women (no, I’m not a polygamist, two of them are my daughters—you’ve been watching too much reality TV), I have long had ambivalent feelings regarding my gender and our relationship to clothes. On the…
On September 22, 2000, the National Nikkei Heritage Centre opened at Nikkei Place, the culmination of a longtime dream for many in the Canadian Nikkei community. The Centre, like the New Sakura-so seniors residence that had already opened in May,…
On July 31, the Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre in New Denver, BC, was officially given National Historic Site status, a process that was several years in the making. A public ceremony, hosted by the Kyowakai Society and partly funded by…
