a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
Hi everyone! I hope the weather hasn’t kept everyone indoors since it has been wonderfully warm the past while. Along with excellent weather, things have been busy lately with many community events and issues. On May 30th, members of the…
This month, we present part three of the history of The Bulletin. As I wrote last month, it has been quite an experience poring through the stacks of back issues, searching out the stories and events that played out on…
The Life of Paper Pangaea Arts May 23 – June 1, 2008 Roundhouse Performance Centre The fire alarm bell that cleared the theatre ten minutes into Pangaea Art’s The Life of Paper gave my two daughters unexpected insight into the…
Joseph Wu has a passion for paper, or, more precisely, for folding paper. Big sheet or small, if it can be folded he will fold it, from the dramatic (dragons, swans, racehorses) to the prosaic (cell phones, computers, microscope) to…
Creating Dance Theatre KESSA in the Kootenays Hiromoto Ida looks out the window of a dance studio on Nelson’s Baker Street. On the street below, young people gather on the corner and chat idly while tourists browse the shops. He…
In what has been an educational (and eye-straining) experience for me, I have spent the past few months going through the archives at the JCCA office, looking through old copies of The Bulletin. It has been both eye-opening and humbling,…
In the spring of 1977, legacy sakura (cherry blossom) trees were planted at Oppenheimer Park by first generation Japanese Canadian pioneers. 1977 was a significant year because it was the 100th anniversary since the arrival of the first Japanese to…
As we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Bulletin, it is only fitting that we remember one of our magazine’s staunchest supporters and most loyal volunteers. Mary Takayesu passed away on December 8, 2007 and she was remembered last month…
It’s How You Play the Game Mel Wakabayashi is our best-known Nikkei ice player. Not because he made the big times, although he did have a brief stint with the Red Wings of Detroit. Products of the southern Ontario junior…
Less “Soba”, More “Sake” In a sober move to reduce the nation’s surplus rice, the Japanese cabinet recently decided to use more sake (rice brew) and rice at its official functions. And Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda, a soba (noodle) addict,…
