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Chris Hope steps into the role as JCCC president
Japanese Canadian culture through a Japanese lens
Unraveling centuries of family history with scroll Part 2
Unraveling centuries of family history with a family genealogy scroll: Part 1
18 Feb 2021
Posted by Lindsey Jacobson 
Title: "Nimi Shoten Mosaic." Collection: Found in the Nimi Family Collection. Accession Number: 1997.197.3.1.a-e. Year: 1918 The store was a prewar drugstore, opened in 1918 and ran by several generations of the Nimi family. During the forced removal and dispossession of Japanese Canadians along...
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17 Feb 2021
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Storyteller Kunji Mark Ikeda explores art and identity in-depth in the podcast Sounds Japanese Canadian to Me: Stories from the Stage. Photo credit: Tim Nyugen. In Ikeda's podcast, Stories from the Stage, a revival of the Nikkei National Museum's podcast, Sounds Japanese Canadian to Me, he invites...
Read more → 04 Feb 2021
Posted by Leanne Toshiko Simpson 
Join upcoming community writing workshops via Zoom on Feb. 6 and March 6. Upcoming speakers for Mata Ashita workshop sessions include poet Michael Prior (left) on March 6 and artist and authors Jeff Chiba Stearns (top right) and Lillian Michiko Blakey (bottom right) on April 3. The first workshop...
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Posted by Jeffery Chong 
Mochi making at the Nishimuras. These home movie stills are from the Maki and Frank Yosaburo Nishimura collection held at the Nikkei National Museum. Accession Number: NNM 2018.38.2.1.10 Following this shot, Kim, Mink, and Maki Nishimura shape the mochi. Mochitsuki is traditionally a family...
Read more → 19 Jan 2021
Posted by Caroline Ishii 
Caroline Ishii puts love and care into all the food she makes. Photo credit: Caroline Ishii. A chef friend told me he could not put all the care and detail into his food that I do with mine. I replied I don't know any other way than to give it my best and make people happy. Living in Japan, I realized...
Read more → 15 Jan 2021
Posted by Michael Abe 
Reuniting with a piece of family history after nearly 80 years. Kento Abe, Judy, Izumi Abe, Mike R, Mike Abe. Photo credit: Michael Abe. In 1991, my Auntie Katy (Kaoru nee Toyota) and Uncle Kumy (Kumeo) Yoshida came from London, Ont. with Kumy’s brother Shige Yoshida’s family for the unveiling...
Read more → 14 Jan 2021
Posted by Kelley Tsumura Luk 
A crunchy Japanese twist on a classic dish, chicken fingers. Photo credit: Kelley Tsumura Luk. I thought the senbei breading would be great for making chicken fingers. When my kids were little, I would make breaded chicken fingers over using frozen ones, due to their sensitivities to soy and milk....
Read more → 13 Jan 2021
Posted by Caroline Ishii 
Healthy food practices are taught in Japan at a young age. School children take turns serving each other lunch in Japan. I realized this may not always be the case. It's like when someone asks me about Japan after being away for a year. What can you say without sitting down with them for a few hours?...
Read more → 12 Jan 2021
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
The Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden in Lethbridge was established in 1967 for Canada's Centennial and recognizes the contributions of Japanese Canadians in Lethbridge. Photo credit: Kino Sum Productions/Borrowed from Nature. Called Heiwa Teien Peace Garden, it surrounds the buildings of the Nikkei...
Read more → 06 Jan 2021
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Mata Ashita looks to engage Nikkei in meaningful conversations. Japanese Canadian author Joy Kogawa will be Mata Ashita's first speaker on Jan. 9, and Japanese Canadian poet Michael Prior will speak on March 6. Photos courtesy: Joy Kogawa and Michael Prior. Called Mata Ashita, the intergenerational...
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