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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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17 Jan 2024
Posted by Paul Kariya 
Japanese Canadians in Ucluelet, 1941 or 1942. Photo credit: Mary Kimoto Collection. By Paul Kariya and Ian G. Baird The Japanese and others, over time, innovated with stainless steel, aluminum rigging, hydraulic pullers, and artificial lures. Compared to the urban style of crowded gillnet fishery...
Read more → 10 Jan 2024
Posted by Sam Frederick 
Title: "Portrait of Cana, Mata, and Myea Okamura." Collection: Banno Family Collection. Repository: Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Accession Number: 2016.30.1.1.1. Year: 1920. Photo courtesy: NNM. One of the members of this family is Paul Louis Okamura, one of the earliest...
Read more → 20 Dec 2023
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Nyl Yakura in action during the 2023 YONEX Canadian International Challenge in Markham on Dec. 9 and 10. Photo credit: Douglas Mann. The win was Yakura's second consecutive Pan Am gold medal, bringing him one step closer to his ultimate goal of qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympics Games. “I...
Read more → 30 Nov 2023
Posted by Deanna Cheng 
Bailey Irene Midori Hoy dressed in a white kimono during a recent trip to Kyoto, Japan in May. Hoy is one of the two first graduate students to receive support from UBC's Japanese Canadian Students of 1942 Fund. Photo courtesy: Bailey Irene Midori Hoy. The university created the fund to champion...
Read more → 29 Nov 2023
Posted by Sam Frederick 
Title: "Miss Okamura and Dr. Banno Wedding Newspaper Clipping." Collection: Banno Family Collection. Repository: Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Accession Number: 2016.30.2.2.1. Year: 1942. Photo courtesy: Nikkei National Museum. This collection includes both the Banno and Okamura...
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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 → 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 → 24 Oct 2023
Posted by Caroline Ishii 
Caroline's recipe for creamy squash-apple cider soup with spiced pepitas. Photo courtesy: Caroline Ishii Food nourishes our bodies but also our hearts, enabling us to time travel through snapshots of our lives in the past. Seeing Swedish Fish gummy candies reminds me of riding my tricycle and savouring...
Read more → 19 Oct 2023
Posted by Mata Ashita 
Erica H. Isomura (left) and Megan Kiyoko Wray (centre) join Nico Koyanagi (right) as the new facilitators and curators for the upcoming Mata Ashita season. Photos supplied. Celebrate the launch of Mata Ashita's new season with Yonsei writers Erica H. Isomura and Megan Kiyoko Wray. Erica and Megan...
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