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02 Feb 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
By Matthew O'Mara This weekend at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre was the grand opening of the Ochawan Transformation Exhibition. For who might not know, an ochawan is a utilitarian bowl meant for either drinking tea or eating rice. However, each bowl represents a kind of personal eating...
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29 Jan 2014
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By Remi Kobayashi Director Chris Hope will be travelling to Japan to present his film to a number of interested parties. Hatsumi - One Grandmother's Journey Through the Japanese Canadian Internment is a short film that follows Chris Hope and his grandmother Nancy Okura, a Japanese Canadian who was involuntarily...
Read more → 28 Jan 2014
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By Remi Kobayashi Just past Toronto landmark Honest Eds is a small knife store named TOSHO Knife Arts. Inside of the small shop, the owners have a large selection of Japanese knives and they also offer sharpening services and custom made saya. There are over 100 kinds of knives including kitchen...
Read more → 23 Jan 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
By Matthew O'Mara Family albums speak volumes about your personal archaeology. The photos within show everything from family dinners, vacations spend in the sun, and the rose-tinted memory of childhood. However, what if there was a secret album? Since the 1960's, Canada has been a hub for immigration...
Read more → 22 Jan 2014
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If you find a great view on your walk to work or while traveling, you might pull of your camera to take a photo, but for artist Shinya Kumazawa drawing is the best way to save a memory. Painting your world Shinya Kumazawa is an artist and a nature lover, and expresses this love of both...
Read more → 16 Jan 2014
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By Remi Kobayashi Ichimaru (市丸) , real name Goto Matsue (後藤まつゑ), was a famous geisha and singer of the showa period in Japan. Ichimaru was born in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture in 1906, and she began working as a trainee geisha at an Asama onsen in Matsumoto when she was 16 years old....
Read more → 15 Jan 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
By Matthew O'Mara "Kaori and Ryota are casual acquaintances I met while watching them perform last summer at the very busy corner of Yonge-Dundas in Toronto," filmmaker Jim Bachalo told Nikkei Voice in an email correspondence. "I knew immediately that they deserved a much larger audience." What...
Read more → 08 Jan 2014
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By Matthew O'Mara VANCOUVER -- This isn't your typical exhibition of ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Starting January 9th, The West Vancouver Museum will be hosting Ukiyoe Spectacular an exhibit that will be showcasing over one hundred colourful and unusual woodblock prints. The prints included...
Read more → 06 Jan 2014
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By Yui Banno This was a night of rock and roll from Japan’s “Young Lion of the Shamisen World”. Koji Yamaguchi is an award winning, Japanese Tsugaru-shamisen player. Although he is just 24 years old, he plays with great technique and a unique performance style. During a night at the Japanese...
Read more → 30 Dec 2013
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By Saki Nakano TORONTO -- Wandering backpacker and musician Hoshi Ho ssy spent 10 years traveling the world with his drums and didgeridoo. He began playing when he was young and was taught by his grandmother to play a number of instruments. He told us that she was a great inspiration to his music...
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