Kyo Maclear's new childrens' book tells the story of a Nisei trailblazer
East meets West on the runway at Anime North's Kimono Fashion Show
Collin Morikawa's debut at Canadian Open
Connecting a family's lost fleet to historical documents
Moment in History: "Mount Manzo Nagano," 1997
Nisei Curling Club looks for new members
Toronto FC Japanese Heritage Night
Mikako Tabe talks about working with titans of Japanese cinema
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...
Read more → 31 Jul 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Kyo Maclear takes you along with her on a serious soul-searching journey, observing the birds of Toronto in her memoir, Birds Art Life. Photo credit: David Wall. Set in Toronto, Maclear writes about her search for meaning and creativity through bird watching. She begins this journey by following...
Read more → 21 Jun 2017
Posted by Karri Yano 
Experience Japanese pop stars, ramen and making traditional woodblock prints in Toronto, through Japanese documentaries featured at the 2017 Hot Docs Film Festival. Photo credit: Ukiyo-e Heroes/Hot Docs Here is a look at a few of those films: 'Tokyo Idols', Kyoko Miyake In her latest...
Read more → 12 Jun 2017
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Years worth of drama bubble over in this Japanese film about family. Photo courtesy: TJFF And that's exactly what happens when Shuzo Hirata's (Isao Hashizume) wife asks for a divorce... as a 50th anniversary present. The bombshell request sends the family, who mostly live under the same roof,...
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