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Read Part 1 >> When can we expect to see Tohokuno Shingetsu here in Canada? Hopefully this fall at the Vancouver International Film Festival. We …
This year, March 11th marks the fifth anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the coastal Tohoku Region in Japan, wiping out towns and …
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The intent of this series to look a little more closely at the Nikkei community from a cultural perspective that is not often heard from …
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Read part 1 >>Hearing Joomi’s story reminded me of my own restless feelings growing up yearning to melt into the Canadian mainstream, to be embarrassed …
One of the most interesting and obscure chapters of Canadian Nikkei history is the one of the “returnees” to Japan, prior to, during and, mostly, …
“Give me liberty or give me death!” was the climactic closing statement of a speech given by Patrick Henry, in 1775, as one of the …
Read Part 1 >> GRANDDAUGHTER INSPIRED PROJECT Q: Why do you want to bring the letters back to Canada now? The first cloth letter was made on March …
Aikido, reading, and learning Japanese are the main ways I try to understand the complicated cartography of being Nikkei. I’m now enrolled in the beginner …
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“I was scared of old, distant memories Now I’ve become strong and tall If the night will …
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I recently met jazz pianist Kei Akagi quite by chance. My school recently got a distinguished new student, Masao Honma, a Sendai-based classical music composer. …
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