Journey sparked by a photograph
Author Mariko Tamaki shares how she writes a great story
Nostalgia Night honours churches that helped build the community
Stories of Nikkei fishermen wins BC book prize
Celebrating 90 years of friendship with sakura trees
Moment in History: Marie Katsuno's 'repatriation' on the USS General M.C. Meigs
Kyo Maclear awarded prestigious Trillium Book Award
15 Aug 2018
Posted by Judi Clark 
Changing Tides was chosen as a book that contributes to the understanding and enjoyment of B.C. This prize is awarded to the book that contributes the most to the enjoyment and understanding of British Columbia. The winners of the 34th annual BC Book Prizes were announced at a gala in Vancouver...
Read more → 23 Mar 2017
Posted by Frank Moritsugu 
Recent events raise questions of rising racism in Canada. It has been nearly 30 years since the Redress settlement was signed in Sept. 1988. Photo courtesy Archives of Canada. And here we are seeing the ugly word “racism” in newspaper headlines so often again. A recent Toronto example: the York...
Read more → 13 Feb 2017
Posted by Frank Moritsugu 
Remembering the influences of Mitsy and Roy Ito on JC history, and good friends. Photo: Roy and Mitsy Ito on their wedding day in 1951. Photo courtesy: Carole Ito. Mitsy was 91 years-old, and had four children, ten grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Her husband had predeceased her in 1999. I...
Read more → 25 Jul 2016
Posted by Frank Moritsugu 
When the 'Cherry Blossom Fell' (2009), 'Cherry Blossom Winter' (2012), and 'Cherry Blossom Baseball' (2015) make up Jennifer Maruno's Sakura series of novels that the stories of Japanese Canadian characters. Not only that, the author is a Canadian named Jennifer Maruno and she lives in Burlington,...
Read more → 22 Jul 2016
Posted by Gil Asakawa 
The caliber of a chef's sushi has more to do with passion and expertise than race or ethnicity. Photo courtesy: Pixabay In 2013, a Seattle sushi restaurant, Mashiko, posted an open letter on its website saying that people who criticize the restaurant for having non-Japanese employees are bigots. “Stop...
Read more → 18 Jun 2016
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
It might take more than a few businesses like Tsujiri Matcha Cafe to make a true downtown Japan Town. Photo by: Scott Kawaguchi Over the last few years, the intersection has seen an explosion of Japanese businesses from sushi restaurants to the city's only maid cafe, which was featured in our previous...
Read more → 12 Jun 2016
Posted by Timothy O'Mara 
As a Japan English Teacher you can be sent anywhere in the country from northern Hokkaido to even a small island off of the coast. Moving there can be stressful, but preparation helps immensely. Photo courtesy: Pixabay With a little less than two months before I depart from my home to travel to a new one in Japan, so...
Read more → 16 May 2016
Posted by Frank Moritsugu 
Chuck Terada, left, was an infielder with the Vancouver Asahi in the 1940s. Fark Shiraishi, centre, Kaye Kaminishi, right. Photo courtesy: NNM Seeing Chuck in the Asahi uniform brought back special memories to me because he was a Kitsilanoite as were Asahi icons Roy Yamamura, Reg Yasui and Bob (Yasui)...
Read more → 15 Apr 2016
Posted by David Tsubouchi 
Checking someone online is a normal part of research for interviews, so there's good cause to take using social media on your computer seriously. Athletes depend on reflexes when they compete. Thought blends in with muscle memory so that action and reaction are almost instantaneous. This is good...
Read more → 17 Mar 2016
Posted by Ailin Oishi-Stamatiou 
Q-Tips are for ear care, but should not be put into your ear canal. Photo courtesy: Pixabay In Asia, these ear spoons, as they are also called, are traditionally made from bamboo and in the modern era out of plastic or stainless steel. Currently use of ear picks to remove wax is discouraged by some...
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