Mindfulness in the city: Shoshin or beginner's mind
Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Nimi shoten mosaic
Kunji Ikeda explores stories from the stage in new podcast
Mata Ashita launch brings together Japanese Canadians from across the country
Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Mochi making at the Nishimuras
Lessons from a mountain town: Kokoro my life
The journey of a piece of furniture and family history
Recipe: Senbei-breaded chicken fingers
Lessons from Ochi: Healthy and mindful food habits
Exploring the sprawling and complex history of Japanese Canadian gardens
28 Jul 2020
Posted by Susan Yatabe 
In 1918, Tsune Yatabe volunteered at a Spanish Flu hospital. This photo shows members of the Womens’ Missionary Society at Powell Street Methodist Church, Vancouver, somewhere between 1922 to 1924. Photo courtesy: Shinobu Family Album. In 1918, Tsune had two young sons, Mas, 4, and Eiji, 18 months....
Read more → 02 Jul 2020
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Japanese Canadian photographer Vincent Noguchi on what makes a good food photo. A photo from Just Add Shoyu, the JCCC's cookbook. Vincent Noguchi and Brian Sano were the photographers behind the gorgeous photos in the book. One of the photographers behind these images is Vincent Noguchi,...
Read more → 30 Jun 2020
Posted by Anton Wagner 
The annual Aug. 6 commemoration will be held online. Photo courtesy: Katy McCormick, Hiroshima A-bomb Dome, 2013. The Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition invites interested viewers to participate in the 75th anniversary commemoration of the atomic bombings online on Aug. 6 at 7 p.m. The commemoration...
Read more → 23 Jun 2020
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Mariko Tajiri will be conducting three online sake seminars. TORONTO — Sake instructor and sommelier Mariko Tajiri has been introducing Canadians to the exciting and evolving world of Japan's national drink for 13 years. This June, Tajiri will be teaching a series of online introductory seminars on sake...
Read more → 22 May 2020
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Bayview United Church starts offering Sunday service over the phone. The congregation at Bayview United Church on better days before the quarantine. Photo courtesy: Bayview United Church/Brian Kai. Starting on March 22, the North York church implemented teleconference Sunday services. Congregants...
Read more → 21 May 2020
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Masako at her 99th birthday last year, with her daughter, two granddaughters and five great grandchildren. Photo credit: Grace Tanaka. The rest of the day was filled with phone calls, flower deliveries, and a zoom video conference call with friends and family singing Happy Birthday, while she blew...
Read more → 19 May 2020
Posted by Caroline Ishii 
What's not to love about the soft, squishy pillow of deliciousness? Photos courtesy: Caroline Ishii. I've had a lifelong passion for food. I was born into it, with a mother and father who loved food. My mother was an excellent home cook, who made delicious Japanese food. My father's experience...
Read more → 08 May 2020
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
New PBS docu-series explores personal histories of Asian Americans. Photo courtesy: WETA. Buddy Uno, the oldest of the 10 American-born Uno children, goes to Japan to work as a foreign correspondent, after being rejected by American publications because of his ethnicity. While in Japan, Buddy...
Read more → 06 Mar 2020
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
The redesigned Mitsubishi 2021 Mirage, hits Canadian dealerships in the late summer 2020. Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto. “There's naturally a transition of consumers that are just gravitating out of cars, from compact cars or subcompact cars, to SUVs,” Steve Carter, marketing director of Mitsubishi...
Read more → 05 Mar 2020
Posted by Kaitlin Findlay 
A photo of George Tamaki in The New Canadian, the clipping comes from an issue published on May 14, 1941. Photo courtesy: Landscapes of Injustice. Continuing in our series of short essays relating to the four claims of Landscapes of Injustice. This essay explores claim No. 3: Reasoning wrong. In the 1940s,...
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