History comes to life in Historica Canada Heritage Minute
Dr. Juhn Wada inducted into Hall of Honour
Blending cultural identities in new art exhibition
Legendary taiko troupe Kodo comes to Toronto
Unlocking hidden history in a Toronto heritage house
Moment in History: "A Group Portrait of the Tashme Troop," Tashme, B.C, 1944
Artist explores the history of lost fishing boats
Nisei Frank Moritsugu awarded Order of the Rising Sun
14 Jan 2019
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Japanese Canadian hockey star's No. 9 jersey retired. Teammates Paul Kariya and Teemu Selanne during the ceremony. Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto With its inception at the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, the team selected their first ever pick, a young talented Japanese Canadian from North Vancouver, B.C.,...
Read more → 23 Oct 2018
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Yuzuru Hanyu's signature move, the inside edge hydroblade, also called 'Shoot the Moon', where the skater glides on the edge of their blade, with their bodies extended and close to the ice. Photo by: Dr. Jonathan Eto. As the crowd started to file into the arena, one thing became very clear—they...
Read more → 27 Jul 2018
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Canadians get what might be their last look at Ichiro Suzuki during batting practice before a game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners in Toronto on May 9. Photo credit: Jonathan Eto. A new species of wasp was named in honour of Ichiro. Diolcogaster ichiroi was discovered and named...
Read more → 26 Jul 2018
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
New York Yankees rookie catcher, Kyle Higashioka during a game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Yankees at the Rogers Centre on July 8. Photo credit: Jonathan Eto. Before the fireworks, the yonsei hapa player from Huntington Beach, Calif. played only 14 games for the Yankees last year, and started...
Read more → 21 Jun 2018
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Shohei Ohtani's first hit in Canada: Top of the 9th, with bases loaded and a broken bat single (you can see the shaft snap in this photo). Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto. After being courted by over two dozen MLB teams, two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani from Oshu, Japan, signed with the Los Angeles...
Read more → 13 Feb 2018
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Gosei Kailer Yamamoto brings the heat to sub-zero hockey arena. Yamamoto represented Team USA at the International Ice Hockey Federation's first game in tournament history to be played on an outdoor rink, Dec. 29, 2017. Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto. Over 44,000 roaring fans filled the seats...
Read more → 17 Jan 2018
Posted by Asahi Baseball Association 
The Asahi Baseball Association continues to look for Asahi descendants. This photo of the Asahi team lists the players names below in Japanese. Photo courtesy: George Sadakichi Iga. Through the efforts of Mr. Yobun Shima and the Asahi Family Network in Japan and Emiko Ando of the Asahi Baseball...
Read more → 19 Sep 2017
Posted by Scott Kawaguchi 
Fifty years of strikes, bloops, balls and blasts. Photo credit: Scott Kawaguchi. On Sept. 2, as the Japanese Canadian Baseball League (JCBL) celebrated its 50th anniversary at a special mid-season banquet at the JCCC, baseball took a backseat for a week as the league took a moment to celebrate its past...
Read more → 03 Aug 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
When Japanese outfielder Norichika Aoki found out he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday, he received a text from Munenori Kawasaki, a former Blue Jay favourite. Photo credit: Keith Allison. Kawasaki left the Blue Jays in late 2015 and is now playing with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks...
Read more → 28 Jul 2017
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Kailer Yamamoto, 18, has been impressing at Edmonton's NHL development camp after being drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL Entry Draft. Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto. The third and final NHL draftee is Kailer Yamamoto. Born in Spokane, WA, this Japanese American is an NHL draftee like...
Read more →
Powered by WordPress Popup
