a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
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…
by Joseph Wu No one really knows when and where origami was invented. Some origami historians argue that since the invention of paper is credited to Ts’ai Lun of China in A.D. 105, paper folding must have been invented soon…
Hiroshima Immigrants in Canada, 1891 – 1941 by Michiko Midge Ayukawa UBC Press, 2008 review by Jacob Derksen Anyone who has ever endured a post-secondary history class has likely come away wondering why the majority of academic historians feel the…
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…
In the May Bulletin, we traced the history of The Bulletin from the aftermath of the Japanese Canadian Centennial in 1977 through to November 1984. At this time the magazine underwent a major overhaul, and was updated with a new…
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 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…
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…
