Past and present collide in dancer Takako Segawa's new performance
Artist Miya Turnbull reveals the layers beneath in new solo exhibition
JCAM's Aurora Dance Group hosts a weekend of friendship and fun through Japanese folk dance
The Hollow Man: JC artist looking for community feedback
Author Lynne Kutsukake explores the bustling art world of '70s Tokyo in The Art of Vanishing
LiterAsian writers festival spotlights the diverse voices of Pan-Asian authors
Canada and the Atom Bomb photo exhibition at Toronto City Hall
Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Sumitsubo belonging to Kenichi Maeno
A ladder across the globe: Collaborative project connects Canadian and Japanese artist
12 Oct 2023
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Starring (left to right)Brenda Kamino, Yoshié Bancroft, Hanako Brierley, Dawn Obokata, and Katelyn Morishita as Kiyoko, Mizushōbai (The Water Trade) runs at Segal Centre in Montreal from Oct. 10 to 22. Presented by Tableau D'Hôte Theatre, the play was written and created by Julie Tamiko Manning. Photo...
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27 Sep 2023
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Kenji Sawada as Tsutomu Mizukami and Takako Matsu as Machiko in director Yuji Nakae's The Zen Diary. Photo credit: Momo Films. The audience shares Machiko's delight as she savours each meal—mixed with a bit of jealousy—for foods they can only enjoy with their eyes. And that is what the film...
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Posted by Theresa Oye 
Pavilion ambassadors Rhea Teranishi, Miwako Miyoshi, Minami Tokairin, Nicolai Kazuyuki Diaz Tsuzuki, and greeter Daniel Cowen. Photo credit: Dr. Tse Luk. Not only does the Japanese Pavilion present outstanding entertainment, food, and drink, but it is the one event that brings family and friends...
Read more → 19 Sep 2023
Posted by Sam Frederick 
Saburo Shinobu was the first Japanese Canadian to earn a degree as a Chartered Life Underwriter. Title: "Dollars Must Take Over." Collection: Shinobu Family fonds. Repository: Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Accession Number: 2018.12.4.34.8. Year: circa 1950s. These records detail...
Read more → 14 Sep 2023
Posted by Robert Doi 
Players and their families enjoying the league’s final BBQ of the season following the semifinal games. Photo courtesy: Robert Doi. Nick Chung’s fourth-place Thornhill Toyota squad lost all three regular-season meetings with Andrew Lok’s first-place Back2feet, so expectations were low heading...
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Posted by Suzanne Hartmann 
Kate Kamo McHugh performs 20 Grains of Rice in Toronto following a two-week technical residency supported by Dancemakers. Photo credit: Drew Berry. Yonsei Kamo McHugh is a Kitchener-based dance and theatre artist. Earlier this spring, she headed to Toronto to refine 20 Grains of Rice during a technical...
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23 Aug 2023
Posted by Mackenzie Sato Dyck 
The Silk & Saké fundraiser, celebrating the Aurora Dance Group's 25th anniversary at the Japanese Cultural Association of Manitoba on June 4. Photo credit: Royce O'Toole. Recalling the success of our first Silk & Saké fundraiser in 2013, we decided to organize it again for 2023, this...
Read more → 22 Aug 2023
Posted by Catherine Jo Ishino 
Left: Author David Mura. Right: The cover of Mura's newest book, The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself. Photos courtesy: University of Minnesota Press. Turning Japanese: Memoirs of a Sansei (1991) I first encountered David Mura’s writing in his memoir, Turning Japanese, over 30 years ago. Likely...
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Posted by Caroline Ishii 
Finding ways to make life easier through hectic times. Photos courtesy: Caroline Ishii. How can we make our lives easier as we try to check off the many things from our to-do lists and enjoy the too-short summer season? I've just moved, and anyone who has moved knows it always looks easier when...
Read more → 17 Aug 2023
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Left: Author Darcy Tamayose. Right: The cover of Tamayose's novel Ezra's Ghosts. While Tamayose explores and experiments with storytelling pace, density, and flow, each story is linked with the characters' comings and goings in the fictional town of Ezra. Ezra takes influences from the prairie...
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