Fan Club Ohtani Canada highlights Shohei Ohtani's achievements and character
Remembering the Japanese Canadians of Ucluelet
New road in Don Mills named in architect Raymond Moriyama's honour
Living with COVID: To mask or not to mask?
Actor Hiro Kanagawa on exploring Japanese Canadian identity in R. A. Shiomi's "Yellow Fever"
Mindfulness in the city: Planting seed of love
Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Kinori Oka’s Tanka Poem
Curator Samantha Kuniko Marsh explores culture, identity, and family through Dr. Henry Shimizu's art
Frankly Speaking: Eighty years ago the world changed for Japanese Canadians
24 Nov 2021
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Left to right: Ben Nishitoba, Scott Fujita and Jiro Fukushima unveil a new plaque at the JCCC entrance in honour of Fujita's work. Photo credit: Cary Rothbart. “Usually for a building architect, after the construction finishes, that's it. But landscape [design] is different. After the construction...
Read more → 17 Nov 2021
Posted by nikkeivoice 
This yokan cutter was used by the Yamake family in their bakery. Title: Yokan Cutter. Collection: Yamake Family Collection. Repository: Nikkei National Museum. Accession Number: 1997.9.10. Year: circa 1920. By Mandy Choie This yokan cutter is made from a thin metal loop, shaped by bending and creasing...
Read more → 16 Nov 2021
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Manga artist Dayanara Rodriguez draws Nikkei stories in new exhibit. Today, Dayanara's artwork is a part of the centre's new permanent exhibit, Maru: Immigration Stories in the Moriyama Nikkei Heritage Centre. The exhibit explores over 150 years of Nikkei immigration history in North and South...
Read more → 16 Nov 2021
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Ruth Ozeki's new novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness, explores loss, growing up, and our relationship to stuff. Left: Author Ruth Ozeki. Photo credit: Danielle Tait. Right: The Book of Form and Emptiness. Photo credit: Viking. For Ozeki, the question sparked questions of her own. Often for authors...
Read more → 11 Nov 2021
Posted by Frank Moritsugu 
A few days before his Bayview United Church Remembrance Day address, Second World War veteran Frank Moritsugu took part in the Toronto JCCC's observance of the same annual event. Photo credit: Kelly Fleck Here is the speech I gave to that special service in 2019: Thank you very much for inviting...
Read more → 10 Nov 2021
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Artist Taka Sudo's murals can be found around Vancouver. Sudo will be participating in the 25th Annual Eastside Culture Crawl this November. Photo credit: @axiscreative. “Since the pandemic, the work I was making was not really commercial art, but it was more [personal]. I felt more honest about...
Read more → 27 Oct 2021
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Wife of a Spy examines how war changes people; for some, it is a call to action, while others look away, and others use it as a chance to act brutally without consequence. Yu Aoi stars as Satoko and Issey Takahashi as Yusaku in director Kiyoshi Kurosawa's film, Wife of a Spy. Photo credit: Films We Like. Kurosawa...
Read more → 21 Oct 2021
Posted by Caroline Ishii 
The Ishii Stone Bowl. This meal explores the legend of the stone soup, where everyone contributes a small amount to make a shared meal. At Juniper Farm, everyone works together to plant seeds, tend crops, and harvest produce to make this bowl. Photo credit: Juniper Farm. WAKEFIELD, Que. — Growing...
Read more → 19 Oct 2021
Posted by Lisa Uyeda 
Title: Kaye Kaminishi's Asahi Team Sweater. Collection: Kaye Kaminishi collection. Repository: Nikkei National Museum. Accession Number: 1998.6.2. Year: circa 1939 This sweater is one of four known original Asahi team uniforms to have survived since the team's last game in 1941. The other three...
Read more → 14 Oct 2021
Posted by Caroline Ishii 
The fresh autumn harvest at Juniper Farm last month. As a chef at Juniper Farm, Caroline uses the fresh, organic ingredients to make dishes like Japanese curry. Photo credit: Juniper Farm. When I want to introduce Japanese home cooking to customers, I start with Japanese curry. People are often...
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