Kate Kamo McHugh retraces ancestors' journeys across Canadian landscapes
Author Keiko Honda on the stories we inherit and the ones we pass on
Kimiko's Pearl album, featuring the ballet's original score, contends for two Juno Awards
The legacy of the Dantai: The Fraser River Fishermen’s Association
A fork in the road: The life of Tetsuo "Sam" Sakaki, 1905-1982
RENTAL FAMILY: A BIG-HEARTED REMEDY TO LONELINESS
The Samurai in Our Closet: Uncovering long hidden family history
JAPAN SENDS ITS BEST TO TIFF AND VIFF 2025
Suzu Hirose shines in two films coming to Canada this autumn
08 Jan 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
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...
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06 Jan 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
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...
Read more → 19 Dec 2013
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By Matthew O'Mara At the end of November, taiko drumming group Nagata Shachu celebrated their 15th anniversary with a two-night performance at the Enwave Theatre in Toronto. The taiko group has lived through the last decade and a half in constant transition through touring across North America...
Read more → 14 Dec 2013
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By Kaori Fujishima Toronto’s Fashion Week is held twice a year, and this year the spring and summer 2014 collections were shown from October 21 to 26, 2013. At this year’s showing was Japanese hair and makeup artist, Takatoshi Ozawa (Taca) who belongs to the Redken hair design team at the show. Taca...
Read more → 13 Dec 2013
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By Kaori Fujishima When Sakuramai dances, they always attract a crowd. The 25th International Tourism and Travel Show (ITTS) took place at Place Bonaventure in Montreal from October 25 to 27. More than a thousand traveling performers and more than five hundred artists came to help visitors the best...
Read more → 05 Dec 2013
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
By Matthew O'Mara Whether you're an amateur or master chef, a sharp knife is one of the essential tools you need to cook. A good knife, however, isn't something we all think about on a day to day basis. While we use these tools all of the time from eating food to cutting open packaging, that rusty...
Read more → 26 Nov 2013
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By Matthew O'Mara On Saturday, a reception was held to honour Order of Canada recipient and playwright Toyoshi Yoshihara, for his works and for his translations of North American plays for Japanese audiences. Inside the small theatre at Wychwood Barns near to Christie Station in Toronto, Yoshihara...
Read more → 20 Nov 2013
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By Kaori Fujishima The 17th Reel Asian International Film Festival runs from November 5th to the 16th in both Toronto and Richmond Hill. The festival hosts 60 titles from 14 countries, such as Japan, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, South Korea, and so on other than Canada and the United States this year....
Read more → 15 Nov 2013
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By Saki Nakano Though Midori means “Green” in Japanese, this violinist if far from inexperienced. Last week, a concert was held at Koerner Hall near St. George station in Toronto. Midori, a violinist originally from Japan, stood on the stage and received a standing ovation after she finished...
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