CrossCurrents
Having heard my share of live jazz, rock and classical concerts in the 60-plus years of my life so far, I very rarely get excited with a performance nowadays to the point of, say, standing up and whooping wildly. But…
The Bulletin
a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
The Bulletin
a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
Masaki Watanabe
Crosscurrents
One hopes that by now, most people in the widespread Nikkei/ijusha community must be aware of the ongoing campaign led by the “Save the Legacy Sakura of Oppenheimer Park.” Coalition in response to the City of Vancouver’s Oppenheimer Park Development…
Crosscurrents
The Cherry Blossoms Were Beautiful But . . . Fleeting Impressions of Tokyo and Kyoto Revisited For some of us who spent childhood and maybe adolescent years in Japan, the question “What’s going on nowadays in the old country?” is…
CrossCurrents
The history of the flowering cherry trees in Vancouver, according to the Park Board, goes back to the early 1930’s when the Board started a series of extensive cherry tree plantings, using mostly saplings that were donated from Japan. In…
Democratic Caucus and the Aloha Spirit
As an incurable “news junkie” I’ve been following the campaigns leading up to the election of the next US president in November this year with great interest.
“What Is Japan?” a Question for Thoughtful Japanese
“What Is Japan?” a Question for Thoughtful Japanese Is “What Part of Me is Japanese?” a Question For Us? I sometimes don’t understand any more how today’s Japanese see themselves in the world, when I hear the reactions of influential…
Christmas and O-Shogatsu in Multi-Cultural Canada
A Happy New Year—Akemashite omedet? gozaimasu—to you all. Like many readers, I was lucky enough to be able to share moments of joy with family and friends in a few get-togethers through Christmas into the New Year (o-sh?gatsu). As usual, the final week of the old year flew by in a flash. As soon as the hectic pre-Christmas shopping days and Christmas passed, or so it seemed, we were already ushering in the year 2008.