a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
My parents, Gordon and Esther Hirabayashi, were remarkable folks. My mother’s father, Floyd Schmoe, was a charismatic individual, a renaissance man who was a lifetime pacifist, author, sculptor, mountain guide and park naturalist on Mt. Rainier, marine biologist, and forest…
Kabuki productions don’t often tour outside of Japan, and no wonder: with their weighty sets, intricate costumes, and delicate instruments, the logistics of touring a kabuki production can be nightmarish. Besides actually travelling to Japan to attend a Kabuki production…
When Cathy Makihara looks over the busy lobby at Nikkei Home she sees what is on the surface—seniors waiting to be picked up by relatives for an outing, caregivers bustling about, members of the public lining up for lunch at…
This summer, interpretive signage will be erected on the sites of the Lemon Creek and Popoff internment camps. Developed by Kaslo’s Ian Fraser (developer of the Langham Museum and the New Canadian show) with funding assistance from the Kootenay Columbia…
By Kozue Matsumoto BC-JERF had a precious experience this past August when a group of students from Tohoku Gakuin University in the Sendai area came to Vancouver. The primary purpose of their stay was to study English. However, since their…
by Linda Ohama January 2012, Onomichi, Japan “Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu.” That is what everyone is saying here, the first time they greet you in the New Year. 2011 is now behind us. The year will always be remembered as the…
The Changing Tides photo exhibit at the National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre in Burnaby showcases the efforts of a group of former teachers who worked in Japan and who are now working to raise awareness and funds following the…
chelfitsch, the Tokyo-based theatre company formed in 1997 by Playwright Toshiki Okada, last appeared in Vancouver in January 2009. This time around, the company is presenting Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner and the Farewell Speech, at the PuSh International Performing Arts…
Striking the right balance between power + skill When Toshihiro Hamanaka came to Vancouver in the early nineties, with his wife and one-year-old daughter in tow, he only intended to stay for three years. Having trained and worked as a…
“I’ve had to work hard enough for three generations in my time.” George Nitta In 1977 and 1978, Strathcona residents Daphne Marlatt and Carole Itter embarked on an ambitious task: to document, through oral histories, the lives of the neighbourhood’s…
