Sakura: A reminder of Japanese Canadian history in Victoria
"The History of the Japanese Canadian Cenotaph," 1920 - 2014
Artist Mariko Ando explores the art of yesteryear
History meets hi-tech with East of the Rockies
Global survey targets Nikkei young adults
Journalist Mary Ito launches unique learning festival
History comes to life in Historica Canada Heritage Minute
Dr. Juhn Wada inducted into Hall of Honour
12 Mar 2018
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrors creates an unprecedented demand at the AGO. Yayoi Kusama. 'Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity,' 2009, Installation view at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Wood, mirror, plastic, acrylic, LED, black glass, and aluminum. Collection of the artist. Courtesy...
Read more → 15 Feb 2018
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Naoko Takenouchi's intimate art exhibition explores the instinctual process of creating art. Photo credit: Naoko Takenouchi. Takenouchi is a celebrated Canadian glassblowing artist, who has received mid-career grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and has been commissioned to craft the Governor...
Read more → 06 Feb 2018
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Japanese Canadian author makes the CBC competition shortlist. Mark Sakamoto with his memoir, Forgiveness. Photo credit: Matthew O'Mara. Each year the CBC hosts Canada Reads, a "battle of the books" competition. Five Canadian celebrities each chose a book for the competition's shortlist. These...
Read more → 06 Nov 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Japanese jump rope acrobats team up with Cirque du Soleil for an awe-inspiring performance. Photo credit: Benout Leroux. Presenting their newest show, VOLTA, a high energy acrobatic extravaganza, inspired by adrenaline pumped street games, like BMX (extreme biking) and jump rope. For the first...
Read more → 24 Oct 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Instead what came of it was Kayoi Komachi/Komachi Visited, a heart wrenching story of unrequited love, that makes it's world premiere Oct. 26 to 28 at The Cultch theatre in Vancouver. The presentation brings together master performers of noh (a 14th century Japanese theatre art) including renowned...
Read more → 12 Oct 2017
Posted by Lauren Scott 
Each year, the livestock buildings in Hastings Park are filled with animals, but in 1942, it was Japanese Canadians who were held in the building's stalls. More than 8,000 were kept in barns as a sort of purgatory before they were sent to internment camps in the B.C. Interior. JAPANESE PROBLEM, a new play...
Read more → 10 Oct 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Tetsuro Shigematsu, former CBC broadcaster-turned actor, writes and stars in 'One-Hour Photo'. Photo courtesy: The Cultch Theatre. Shigematsu, a former CBC broadcaster-turned playwright and actor, made waves with his first one-man show, Empire of the Son. In this play, Shigematsu dove deep into...
Read more → 20 Sep 2017
Posted by nikkeivoice 
The Toronto International Film Festival returned this September with a slightly slimmed-down version of 20 per cent fewer films. This affected the Japanese line-up in terms of quantity but certainly not quality. Included in this stellar line-up of Japanese films is Kazuya Shiraishi's drama, Birds Without...
Read more → 18 Sep 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
UBC architecture master's students and their friends pose in their winning project, 'Macro Maki' at the Powell Street Festival in Vancouver, Aug. 5 - 6. Photo courtesy: Macro Maki. The installation, called “Macro Maki” let participants dress-up in pillow-like sushi costumes and pose on a giant...
Read more → 01 Aug 2017
Posted by Lauren Scott 
Annie Koyama has an exciting career in comics, but it wasn't always part of her plan. Before she founded Toronto-based comic book publishing company Koyama Press in 2007, she filled many different roles, living up to her nickname "Kick-ass Annie." Photo credit: Robin Nishio. Then she received...
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