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Fukushima and Tohoku – news from the ground

Here, the town of Otsuchi is flattened, left with mountains of debris, a fish port that has dropped one metre, a train station that is now a mere portion of a platform, and kilometres upon kilometres upon kilometres of temporary housing projects. These projects look very similar to photos that I have seen of the Japanese Canadian internment camps in Tashme, Greenwood and other locations in the BC interior.
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Remembrance Day 2012

95 years since Vimy, 70 years since being declared enemy aliens Perhaps 300-350 people came out at the end of a glorious sunny week for the 87th annual Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Stanley Park.…

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Tohoku no Shingetsu

Local filmmaker Linda Ohama, who has been living and working in Japan for the past number of years was home in Vancouver when the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami devastated a large area of Japan on March 11, 2011. After spearheading…

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Holiday Gift Guide

Japanese Farm Food by Nancy Singleton Hachisu Part cookbook, part memoir, Japanese Farm Food offers a unique window into life on a Japanese farm through the simple, clear-flavoured recipes cooked from family crops and other local, organic products. American born…

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President’s Message

On Saturday, November 17, 2012, I had the privilege of accepting an invitation to attend and speak at the Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall’s Triple Commemoration Ceremony. It was in celebration of the following three events: (1) the…

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Community Kitchen

My sister, Pat sent me this recipe from her friend Naomi Krasovitch in Winnipeg and it will be a wonderful snack food for your Christmas entertaining. It is so addictive! Where she gets the Mochi in the heading I don’t…

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