a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture
I think hikikomori might be providing a glimpse of our collective future here in the West. Who isn’t guilty of spending too much time staring at a little screen and not enough time making eye contact with those around them? I know I fall into that trap every day.
In 2007, inspired by Hirabayashi’s story, Japanese American actress Jeanne Sakata wrote her first play, Dawn’s Light: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi, which premiered at East West Players in Los Angeles.
On Friday, October 11, Metro Vancouver audiences will be treated to a feast of Okinawan drum-dancing featuring eisa, Ryukyu shishimai (lion dance) and wadaiko as Chijinshu Wakatiida and special guests Hidekatsu & Mion, take over the stage of the Michael J Fox Theatre in Burnaby.
ensoku 2019 brings young Japanese Canadians and Americans together in unprecedented Vancouver…
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre selects new Executive Director The Nikkei National…
Unlike many Japanese Canadians, I have no ties to the prewar BC…
Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra presents Global Soundscapes Festival When the Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra…
Sitting at the mouth of the Fraser River, the village of Steveston,…
Ikue Mori Jim Black Duo TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival Ikue Mori…
Tomas Fujiwara’s Triple Double at TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival Tomas Fujiwara…
Kikiai Collaborative invites young folks of Japanese ancestry to a gathering in…
Last year I caught, quite by accident, a truly unique episode of Bonanza. The second longest-running television western (Gunsmoke being the longest) was on-air from 1959 to 1973.
