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Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Kaye Kaminishi’s Asahi Team Sweater


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 19 Oct 2021   Posted by Lisa Uyeda

Title: Kaye Kaminishi's Asahi Team Sweater. Collection: Kaye Kaminishi collection. Repository: Nikkei National Museum. Accession Number: 1998.6.2. Year: circa 1939 This sweater is one of four known original Asahi team uniforms to have survived since the team's last game in 1941. The other three...

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Japanese comfort food: Curry and rice


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 14 Oct 2021   Posted by Caroline Ishii

The fresh autumn harvest at Juniper Farm last month. As a chef at Juniper Farm, Caroline uses the fresh, organic ingredients to make dishes like Japanese curry. Photo credit: Juniper Farm. When I want to introduce Japanese home cooking to customers, I start with Japanese curry. People are often...

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Gift of Fire explores untold World War II history


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 13 Oct 2021   Posted by Kelly Fleck

Yagira Yuya stars as Shu in the film, Gift of Fire. The JCCC will be screening a virtual presentation of the film from Oct. 22 to Oct. 24. Photo credit: Eleven Arts Studio. The film follows Shu, a young research student at Kyoto University on the research team commissioned by the Japanese government...

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Poet Michael Prior embarks on an exploration of intergenerational memory


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 19 Aug 2021   Posted by Leanne Toshiko Simpson

Michael Prior recognized with the New York Public Library Fellowship, embarking on a research exploration into intergenerational memory and Japanese Canadian and American history. Drawing from the renowned archives and resources of the New York Public Library, Prior will be working on poems that...

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Miki Sato uses paper and textiles to create whimsical worlds


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 18 Aug 2021   Posted by Karri Yano

Miki Sato on creating the illustrations for her first children's book, Golden Threads. Left: Illustrator Miki Sato. Right: The cover of Golden Threads. Photo credit: Owl Kids. Her first picture book, Golden Threads (Owlkids Books, Spring 2020; for ages 4 to 8) written by Suzanne Del Rizzo, is inspired...

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Memoir intertwines mother and daughter’s lives in the face of racism, sexism, and the internment


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 17 Aug 2021   Posted by Kelly Fleck

Author Grace Eiko Thomson's new memoir, Chiru Sakura—Falling Cherry Blossoms: A Mother & Daughter's Journey through Racism, Internment, and Oppression explores moments in Japanese Canadian history through both her and her mother's perspectives. Every day after school, there would be textbooks...

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Kintaro Akiyama reflects on love and loss through music


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 13 Aug 2021   Posted by Kelly Fleck

Yonsei musician Kintaro Akiyama's newest song, Death By Name, is a haunting but upbeat track, written from the perspective of death, with a message of love and encouragement for those listening to live life to its fullest. Death by Name is available on all streaming platforms on Aug. 13. Photo credit:...

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Hiromi Goto explores a not-so-typical hero in her new graphic novel


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 11 Aug 2021   Posted by Melissa Kawaguchi

Author Hiromi Goto on the power of voicing underrepresented characters in graphic novel form with her new book, Shadow Life. Photos courtesy Hiromi Goto. Genre-hopping is something Goto does both out of necessity, as she doesn’t always have the time to commit to writing a novel, and curiosity. “It...

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Finding connection through times of isolation


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 10 Aug 2021   Posted by Kelly Fleck

Genki Ferguson's debut novel, Satellite Love, explores themes of loneliness and isolation, which have resonated with readers during the pandemic. Left: Author Genki Ferguson. Right: The cover of Satellite Love. “I always remember being just so impressed by the dome of stars—I had never seen...

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Brenda Kamino shares grandmother’s incredible 100-year life at Toronto Fringe Festival


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 20 Jul 2021   Posted by Kelly Fleck

Brenda Kamino plays her 100 year old grandmother, Hina Yoshida, in At the End of the Day, presented at the Digital Toronto Fringe Festival. Photo credit: Bonnie Anderson. “Her life was an amazing journey,” Kamino tells Nikkei Voice in an interview. “I want [audiences] to take away a woman...

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