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
04 Mar 2020
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Itabashi Garden in Burlington is located behind the Tansley Woods Community Centre at 1996 Itabashi Way. The garden opened on Canada Day. Photo credit: Richard Mandelkorn Photography. Itabashi Garden, located behind the Tansley Woods Community Centre, is a blend of Japanese design elements with...
Read more → 29 Feb 2020
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
The Canada Museum in Mio, Wakayama prefecture, is dedicated to telling the history of Japanese emigrants in Canada. In December, I was invited to visit Japan with a delegation of third and fourth generation Japanese Canadians to learn about Japanese culture and bring those lessons back to Canada....
Read more → 19 Feb 2020
Posted by Jordan Stanger-Ross 
Betty and Tak Toyota's wedding March 31, 1946. Photo courtesy: Joy Trapnell. ontinuing in our series of short essays relating to the four claims of Landscapes of Injustice. This essay explores claim No. 4: Dispossession is permanent. The internment era was far too long—seven years—most of them...
Read more → 12 Feb 2020
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Author John Ota goes on a journey across North America to find the perfect kitchen. Photo courtesy: John Ota. But Ota's current kitchen leaves a lot to be desired. Minimal, sleek and modern in design, it is also cramped and awkward, and just is not a joy to cook in, says Ota. So Ota set out on a quest,...
Read more → 07 Feb 2020
Posted by Caroline Ishii 
Searching for my grandfather's grave site 70 years later. Photos courtesy: Caroline Ishii. Otomatsu Ishii, 29, left Japan aboard a merchant ship in 1902. In return for three years of hard labour building the Penticton Railway in B.C., my grandfather received his Canadian citizenship and made his way to Kingcome...
Read more → 06 Feb 2020
Posted by Lindsey Jacobson 
A still image from the Nikkei National Museum's digitized home movie collection. These films are important to the Nikkei National Museum because they represent the experiences of Japanese Canadians captured from their own perspectives, rather than a narrative created by the Canadian government....
Read more → 05 Feb 2020
Posted by Jaime Yamashita and Susan Noda 
Isabella's Boutique Restaurant focuses on Japanese home-cooking and comfort food. Isabella's Wafu set, $16.95. A traditional Japanese breakfast with a rice ball, wafu salad, homemade miso soup and dashimaki egg. Photo courtesy: Isabella's Boutique Restaurant. Since opening, the restaurant's...
Read more → 04 Feb 2020
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
The cover of Japanese author Kyoko Nakajima's prize-winning book, The Little House, which has been translated to English. In the story, a small red house in the idyllic countryside watches curiously as urban sprawl spreads in the distance, until the house is engulfed in skyscrapers and mansions....
Read more → 21 Jan 2020
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Japanese taiko troupe, YAMATO: Drummers of Japan come to Toronto for one night only, at Roy Thomson Hall on Friday, Jan. 24. Photo credit: Hiroshi Seo. “The most important element of taiko drumming is the energy. We are thinking about how to express the energy of our humanity. It's in our body...
Read more → 20 Jan 2020
Posted by Frank Moritsugu 
Frank Moritsugu during his speech at the Nikkei Veterans Memorial and Luncheon at Toronto's Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre on Nov. 6. Photo credits: Kelly Fleck. The Bayview United Church service was an elaborate event, attended by 91 members this year. During that service I was the guest speaker....
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