Artist Miya Turnbull reveals the layers beneath in new solo exhibition
JCAM's Aurora Dance Group hosts a weekend of friendship and fun through Japanese folk dance
The Hollow Man: JC artist looking for community feedback
Author Lynne Kutsukake explores the bustling art world of '70s Tokyo in The Art of Vanishing
LiterAsian writers festival spotlights the diverse voices of Pan-Asian authors
Canada and the Atom Bomb photo exhibition at Toronto City Hall
Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Sumitsubo belonging to Kenichi Maeno
A ladder across the globe: Collaborative project connects Canadian and Japanese artist
Taiko master Kiyoshi Nagata on 40 years of taiko
Kimiko's Pearl unites three Nikkei artists to tell Japanese Canadian story through ballet
31 Jan 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Yeehong's Dragon Ball Gala 2014 was a landmark occasion celebrating 25 years of helping seniors in Toronto. The gala night, held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, supports Yeehong's senior living centres and programs the foundation maintains to benefit Toronto's aging population. Markham...
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29 Jan 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
By Remi Kobayashi Director Chris Hope will be travelling to Japan to present his film to a number of interested parties. Hatsumi - One Grandmother's Journey Through the Japanese Canadian Internment is a short film that follows Chris Hope and his grandmother Nancy Okura, a Japanese Canadian who was involuntarily...
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By Remi Kobayashi Just past Toronto landmark Honest Eds is a small knife store named TOSHO Knife Arts. Inside of the small shop, the owners have a large selection of Japanese knives and they also offer sharpening services and custom made saya. There are over 100 kinds of knives including kitchen...
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Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
By Matthew O'Mara Family albums speak volumes about your personal archaeology. The photos within show everything from family dinners, vacations spend in the sun, and the rose-tinted memory of childhood. However, what if there was a secret album? Since the 1960's, Canada has been a hub for immigration...
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If you find a great view on your walk to work or while traveling, you might pull of your camera to take a photo, but for artist Shinya Kumazawa drawing is the best way to save a memory. Painting your world Shinya Kumazawa is an artist and a nature lover, and expresses this love of both...
Read more → 17 Jan 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
By Matthew O'Mara Over the past week, I've been smitten by Earthbound. Released in North American in 1995 and now on the Wii U's Virtual Console, Earthbound feels like a fever dream when compared to its contemporaries. Odd, hilarious, self-conscious, and depressing all at the same time, this...
Read more → 16 Jan 2014
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By Remi Kobayashi Ichimaru (市丸) , real name Goto Matsue (後藤まつゑ), was a famous geisha and singer of the showa period in Japan. Ichimaru was born in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture in 1906, and she began working as a trainee geisha at an Asama onsen in Matsumoto when she was 16 years old....
Read more → 15 Jan 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
By Matthew O'Mara "Kaori and Ryota are casual acquaintances I met while watching them perform last summer at the very busy corner of Yonge-Dundas in Toronto," filmmaker Jim Bachalo told Nikkei Voice in an email correspondence. "I knew immediately that they deserved a much larger audience." What...
Read more → 13 Jan 2014
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By Remi Kobayashi Do you carry a pocket knife? It might sound dangerous, but Japanese men used to bring a pocket knife called a Higo No Kami ( 肥後守) for protection, farming, cutting, and everyday use. The Higo No Kami was developed in the 1890's by hardware wholesaler Tasaburo Shigematsu...
Read more → 10 Jan 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
By Matthew O'Mara Bravely Default is a little like Final Fantasy..., actually it's a lot like Final Fantasy. Developed by Square-Enix and Silicon Studio (3D Dot Game Heroes), Bravely Default follows Agnès Oblige, Tiz Arrior, Edea Lee, and Ringabel as they travel across Luxendarc, a land of light...
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