Kevin Lau's Kimiko's Pearl Symphonic Suite world premiere with Toronto Symphony Opera
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21 Feb 2024
Posted by Sam Frederick 
Title: "Sumi-e Painting of a Bird." Collection: Banno Family Collection. Repository: Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Accession Number: 2016.30.3.6.1. Year: 1962. Last month, we shared the work of Paul Louis Okamura, but we recently learned in processing the collection that there...
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18 Jan 2024
Posted by Catherine Jo Ishino 
Karakoro perform the song Children Grow in Peace, part of the musical Naomi's Tree presented at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre on Aug. 17. Photo credit: Dave Ohashi. This refrain was sung by Karakoro, a performing art troupe from Osaka, during their musical Naomi’s Tree, based on the 2008...
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17 Jan 2024
Posted by Paul Kariya 
Japanese Canadians in Ucluelet, 1941 or 1942. Photo credit: Mary Kimoto Collection. By Paul Kariya and Ian G. Baird The Japanese and others, over time, innovated with stainless steel, aluminum rigging, hydraulic pullers, and artificial lures. Compared to the urban style of crowded gillnet fishery...
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Posted by Sam Frederick 
Title: "Portrait of Cana, Mata, and Myea Okamura." Collection: Banno Family Collection. Repository: Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Accession Number: 2016.30.1.1.1. Year: 1920. Photo courtesy: NNM. One of the members of this family is Paul Louis Okamura, one of the earliest...
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