WOMEN DIRECTORS DOMINATE TORONTO AND VANCOUVER FESTIVAL LINEUPS
Artist A.S.M. Kobayashi brings life to government documents in 'Electric Neon Clock'
Lifting the layers behind the mask: Miya Turnbull and Shion Skye Carter on 'Omote (面)'
Author Jeff Chiba Stearns brings yokai and folklore to Japanese Canadian history
South Side Samurai Munetaka Murakami rides into Toronto
Vancouver Japanese Film Festival launches in September
Miho Suzuki explores accent bias and identity in "The Improper Identity" at Toronto Fringe Festival
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
18 Jun 2024
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Emiko Agatsuma and Miya Turnbull will perform Ladder at Bus Stop Theatre in Halifax on June 28 and 29. Photo credit: Annaka Gale. After a long process of collaborating online, the two artists are currently working together in Halifax to create a 20-minute performance that combines butoh dance and handmade...
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14 Jun 2024
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Toronto taiko troupe Nagata Shachu wraps its 26th season with Possibilities at Fleck Dance Theatre on June 21. Photo courtesy: Nagata Shachu. “It was the first time I had ever seen a taiko group before, and I was just totally blown away to see 13 people playing these massive drums. I still...
Read more → 21 May 2024
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Kenji Sawada as Tsutomu Mizukami and Takako Matsu as Machiko in director Yuji Nakae’s The Zen Diary. And that is what the film is: a feast for the eyes. Told through a slow and quiet pace, The Zen Diary is a beautiful meditation on the natural cycles of life, reflected through the changing seasons...
Read more → 22 Mar 2024
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Award-winning author Leslie Shimotakahara's newest book, Sisters of the Spruce, is available now. Left: Author Leslie Shimotakahara. Photo credit: Chris Grivas. Right: The cover of Sisters of the Spruce. Photo courtesy: Caitlin Press. “It is stories and experiences and having known these women...
Read more → 15 Mar 2024
Posted by Andrea Sakiyama Kennedy 
Multi-disciplinary artist Kaylie Kreatrix or Kaylie Hatashita performs Kimiko, a poetic circus show at the Ottawa Fringe undercurrents festival. Photo credit: Pixzabelle. Sword-swallowing is the grand finale of Kimiko, a 70-minute “poetic circus show” created by multi-disciplinary artist...
Read more → 13 Mar 2024
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Left: Yonsei author Leanne Toshiko Simpson. Photo credit: Soko Negash. Right: The cover of Leanne Toshiko Simpson's debut novel, Never Been Better. Photo credit: HarperCollins Canada. The three friends have an unconventional origin story, meeting in a psychiatric ward to treat bipolar disorder....
Read more → 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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09 Nov 2023
Posted by Deanna Cheng 
"Lip Wrap / Air Hug / Energy Exchange" (2020) (Video, 2 min.) Text, Narration, Animation by Maiko Jinushi. Sound design by Youngchang Hwang. Photo credit: Deanna Cheng. Using poetry, drawing, and video installations, Jinushi created most of the artworks during the physical and emotional distancing...
Read more → 17 Oct 2023
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Written and directed by Meredith Hama-Brown, Seagrass is an exploration of racial identity, loss of culture, and intergenerational trauma. Photo courtesy: Pender PR. Through a family in crisis, Seagrass explores racial identity, the severance and loss of culture, and the intergenerational trauma...
Read more → 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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