Baco Ohama : on Roy Ito
knowing, not knowing 1. I arrive at the archives wondering but not knowing what I would discover or create in response to Roy’s diary only knowing I wanted to be open to the experience of being there with the others…
a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
knowing, not knowing 1. I arrive at the archives wondering but not knowing what I would discover or create in response to Roy’s diary only knowing I wanted to be open to the experience of being there with the others…
War clouds loomed ominously over the Pacific in November 1941 as the Japanese Canadian Citizens League held its fifth annual conference in Victoria. Obata wrote to the editor of The New Canadian urging the Nisei to move to Ontario, where…
part of a crowd (two of three poems written on January 20, 2009) 1. as we wait in the cold air with excitement evident on our faces the woman behind me offers a lemon cough drop and I accept there…
Illustration by Cindy Mochizuki “It was a problem of communication. My father read Japanese language newspapers, he could not read English. I read English language newspapers, Japanese newspapers were too difficult in spite of my years at the Japanese language…
From despair to hope: “NABI/Comfort Women” making an emotional connection with the victims by Satoko Norimatsu How do you go on living, when you have experienced suffering and humiliation beyond description? Should you abandon your past and live in the…
Hiroaki Umeda has earned a reputation as one of Japan’s most exciting dance artists, using lighting, projections, self-created music and a powerful dance technique to create striking solo dance pieces. Born in 1977, he studied photography at Nihon University and…
Playwright Toshiki Okada was born in Yokohama City in 1973. While attending Keio University, where he graduated with a business degree, he discovered an affinity for live theatre and was soon writing and directing his own plays. In 1997, he…
The year 2008 was many things but it was certainly not boring. While issues like global warming and the war on terror continued to take up their share of headline space and screen time, there were enough new earth-shaking developments…
1) Nikkei Community New Year’s party Saturday January 17, Nikkei Place Tickets are available through Nikkei Place and the GVJCCA. Please phone 604.777.7000 for additional information. Valentine’s Day Dance Saturday February 14 at Nikkei Place. Second GVJCCA dance and first…
Hi Everyone and Happy Year of the Ox! Wow what a month of December we’ve just had! It is amazing the amount of snow that three major storms brought us in Vancouver and other parts of the country. I haven’t…
If there is one thing that separates childhood from adulthood, it is the perception of snow. For those of us who have to drive anywhere (and I’m talking west coast here – all you east of the Rockies folks can…