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40 Years of Toronto Taiko with Kiyoshi Nagata — Part 1

“I continue to practice and perform taiko because I feel it is a lifelong commitment as well as a…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Jan. 11, 2023

Canada drum HumDrum (musical group) Isshin Daiko (Canada) Kiyoshi Nagata Kiyoshi Nagata Ensemble Kodo (musical group) Nagata Shachu (musical group) Ontario Royal Conservatory of Music taiko Toronto Toronto Suwa Daiko universities University of Toronto

Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30

Ancestry & Artistry: The Works of Annie Sumi

Japanese Canadian Annie Sumi is many things: songwriter, ethereal folk artist, and, recently, co-cr…

Kyra Karatsu • Dec. 22, 2022

Annie Sumi artists Canada generations hapa Ontario performances racially mixed people Toronto Yonsei

Cultural Clashes

My name is Filipe Fukutani, a fourth generation half Brazilian half Japanese born in Brazil. I grew…

Luis Filipe Fukutani • April 20, 2022

aesthetics Canada communities generations identity Japanese Japanese Brazilians Japanese Canadians metaphysics Montreal psychology Quebec theory of knowledge values

Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Virtual Bunka no Hi 2020

Located in Seattle, the Japanese Cultural & and Community Center of Washington (JCCCW) offers many …

Japanese Cultural ＆ Community Center of Washington • Dec. 29, 2020

culture festivals Japanese Culture Day (event) matsuri virtual events

Community Centre vs Cultural Centre

Back in the day, when the brain trust of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) in Toronto wa…

Terry Watada • July 25, 2019

Canada communities community centers cultural centers culture G&G Electronics (firm) Japanese Canadians Momiji Health Care Society

Celebrating 55 Years of Service and Self-Defence

Earlier this year, I had the honour of presenting Shihan Kei Tsumura, founder of the Japanese Canad…

Chris Hope • Nov. 14, 2018

Canada Canadian Itosu-Kai Honbu Dojo Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre karate Kei Tsumura martial arts Ontario Shito-Ryu Itosu-Kai Karate and Kobudo Toronto

Canadian Nikkei Series

Unfurling The Symbolism of Canadian Artist Warren Hoyano - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Can you talk a bit about your own artistic process? Referring to a few pieces in th…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Jan. 3, 2018

artists arts Canada flags Japanese Canadians

Canadian Nikkei Series

Unfurling The Symbolism of Canadian Artist Warren Hoyano - Part 1

“I am using flags as a metaphor for the fears, beliefs, aspirations, and behaviors which arise in…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Jan. 2, 2018

artists arts Canada flags Japanese Canadians

Canadian Nikkei Series

Ijusha Yosh Inouye on Becoming Canadian Nikkei - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Can you talk a bit about your families here? I married three times and broke up th…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • Aug. 19, 2016

Canada Canadians generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Nikkei photographers photography postwar Shin Ijusha Shin-Issei United States World War II Yosh Inouye

New Exhibit Shares Memories of Hunt Hotel

JCCCW President Kurt Tokita recalled a meeting over 10 years ago when the Japanese Cultural & Commu…

The North American Post • March 9, 2016

Aki Sogabe exhibitions Hunt Hotel postwar postwar resettlement resettlements Seattle United States Washington World War II

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