a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
A quartet comprised of Naomi Sato (sho) and local Japanese musicians Yuriko Nariya (koto), Kozue Matsumoto (koto) and Minoru Yamamoto (shakuhachi) will perform a concert of traditional Japanese music and contemporary Japanese/Canadian compositions.
Renbu Dojo, one of a dozen or so kendo dojos in BC, was founded by Yukio Ara in 1977. Ara had emigrated to Canada from Japan ten years earlier—during Canada’s Centennial—looking for work. As the youngest of five siblings, prospects were not good in postwar Japan,
Eileen Kage might just be one of the busiest taiko players in the business. Vancouverites have seen her on-stage with Uzume Taiko, Sawagi Taiko, and LOUD, but in Brief Encounters 19, they’ll likely see her as they've never seen her before.
Everyone is invited to attend and share stories of life pre-1942 when approximately 25 Japanese Canadian families employed in the fishing industry lived in the area before being forcibly removed and relocated. They lived in row housing, on BC Packers land on Celtic and Deering Island
“Where in Tashme did you live? Who lived with you? When did you arrive in Tashme? From where?” These are a few of the questions asked of former residents of Tashme where 2,300+ persons of Japanese ancestry were interned during…
In 2000, the Sacred Music Festival featured the world premiere of a piece called Rapprochements (Reconciliations) for Inter-Cultural Orchestra. The composition, by local musician and composer Moshe Denburg, was written for a mixed choir and an ensemble of 28 instrumentalists…
by Jacob Derksen Japan has numerous traditional art forms that have survived into the 21st century. Some have remained if not static then at least very true to their original form. Others have developed in a more dynamic fashion and…
Ruth Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest. Her latest novel, A Tale for the Time Being, links British Columbia and Japan in a story initiated by a Hello Kitty lunchbox that washes up on the shores of…
The first Old Pond comic was created in 2007 and was published in Gong (journal of the French Haiku Association) a few months later, in 2008. Created by Jessica Tremblay as a means of sharing her love of haiku in…
This article is the third in a series describing my journey of personal discovery initiated by my book Torn Apart. During my early research on war-era Vancouver, I was dismayed to read what happened to students of Japanese heritage in…
Did you know that former Greenwood athlete Eugene Peacosh (1966), was part of the famous Edmonton Oil Kings in the mid-60s that won the Memorial Cup twice along with famous players like Pat Quinn (’63), Glen Sather (’63) and…
Composer, recording artist, conductor, impresario, orchestral arranger, logger, timber cruiser, B.C. Electric systems analyst, teacher, ski instructor, musicologist, traveler, band leader, advocate for social justice and pioneer in the field of world music—Harry Aoki managed to squeeze several lifetimes worth of experience into his 91 years on this planet.
