The Samurai in Our Closet: Uncovering long hidden family history
JAPAN SENDS ITS BEST TO TIFF AND VIFF 2025
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The lasting legacy of Frank Moritsugu, 1922 - 2025
Japanese Canadian veterans street banners in Vancouver
Kevin Lau's Kimiko's Pearl Symphonic Suite world premiere with Toronto Symphony Opera
Gary Kawaguchi conferred Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays
Omote: A melding of artistic expressions and experiences
Suzanne Hartmann's hybrid memoir explores convergence of personal and community stories
YAMATO: The Drummers of Japan to visit 35 cities in the U.S. and Canada with new program
23 Oct 2025
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
What if the most powerful story you ever learned was the one your family never told you? Mandy Shintani with the sword her father, George, held onto for almost 80 years. The sword now has a new home at the Nikkei National Museum. Photo courtesy: Mandy Shintani. On rare occasions, her father would...
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13 Jun 2024
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Kyra Soo in Bravo Niagara! Festival of the Arts upcoming world premiere of Kimiko's Pearl at FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre on June 22 and 23. Photo credit: Réjean Brandt. Kimiko’s Pearl is commissioned and produced by Bravo Niagara!. The premiere will be presented by the FirstOntario...
Read more → 28 Nov 2023
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Left: The cover of Obaasan's Boots by Janis Bridger and Lara Jean Okihiro. Right: Authors Bridger (left) and Okihiro (right) with their grandmother Hisa's wedding dress during the book launch at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre on Oct. 5. A chapter book for 9 to 12-year-olds, Obaasan's Boots...
Read more → 25 Jan 2023
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Artists Annie Sumi and Brian Kobayakawa are the creators of Kintsugi, an anti-racist, interactive art installation at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre until March 17. TORONTO — In the heart of the Moriyama Nikkei Heritage Centre at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre sits a prewar treadle-powered...
Read more → 17 Jan 2023
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Left: A 19-year-old Frank Moritsugu sitting on the roof of a Yard Creek camp shack in 1943. Repository: JCCC. Collection: Dawn Miike Collection. Accession Number: 2014.02.01.09. Right: Current day Frank holding a letter with birthday wishes from the Queen for his 100th birthday. “Becoming 100 years...
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24 Aug 2022
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Koichiro and Hisa Okihiro's wedding photo in Vancouver in 1940. The wedding guestbook, inscribed with a New Westminster address was an important clue for Lara Okihiro and Janis Bridger to uncover their family history. Photo courtesy: Walt Okihiro. Rediscovering a 40-year-old newspaper article...
Read more → 17 Aug 2022
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Left: The Stop Asian Racism zine. Lisa Taniguchi reached out to 13 Asian Canadian and American artists to create artwork celebrating Asian identities and calling out Asian hate. Right: Artist and designer Lisa Taniguchi. Taniguchi created Be Kind Club, an online store that sells products featuring...
Read more → 19 May 2022
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Dr. Henry Shimizu, Samantha Kuniko Marsh, and Greg Shimizu at the opening night of Isshoni: Henry Shimizu's Paintings of New Denver Internment at the University of Victoria's Legacy Art Gallery on April 23. Photo courtesy: Samantha Kuniko Marsh. Henry's paintings reflect his bittersweet memories...
Read more → 21 Apr 2022
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
For 12 years, Chihiro Maezawa has brought healthy Japanese treats to Toronto farmers' markets with Natural Japaneats. Above is Maezawa at the Artscape Wychwood Barns farmers' market. Photos by: Kelly Fleck. Behind Natural Japaneats is Chihiro Maezawa, whose passion for healthy vegan treats comes...
Read more → 13 Apr 2022
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Dance artist Jennifer Aoki will be performing a work in progress of In The Woods created during Dance West Network's 2021/22 Re-Centering/Margins Creative Residency at Simon Fraser University Goldcorp Centre for the Arts on April 20. For Aoki, this theme of discovery also carried into the artistic...
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