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Nima of the month: December 2019

Terry Watada is a prolific writer. He has four poetry collections, two novels, a short story collection, two histories on Buddhism in Canada, two manga and two children's biographies in print. Besides contributing to Discover Nikkei, he contributes to the Vancouver Bulletin on a monthly basis. He looks forward to the publication of his fifth poetry collection, "The Four Sufferings", and his third novel, "The Mysterious Dreams of the Dead", in 2020.
He was a prolific musician and songwriter. He has seven albums of original songs to his credit.


Nikkei Interests

communities families festivals food Japantowns Nikkei art


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An Important Anniversary
…for me and my family anyway. Back in 1920, my father first came to Canada from a small village cal…

April 2, 2020



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Long-time Gone: Toronto’s J-Town - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> The Toronto Buddhist Church started life at 134 Huron Street, in the heart of J-Tow…

Jan. 21, 2020


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Long-time Gone: Toronto’s J-Town - Part 1
Though not widely acknowledged, J-Town Toronto did exist. Very little of it can be found today and,…

Dec. 26, 2019



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The Redundancy of Idiots: Part 2
Read Part 1 >> A curious thing happened after last month’s column was posted. I received a letter …

Nov. 19, 2019


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The Redundancy of Idiots — Part 1
My wife and I have noticed over several years now that certain terms in Japanese have English words…

Oct. 22, 2019



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Back Where I Belong
As I watched the circus of race and denigration that is the White House, Congress, and American soc…

Aug. 28, 2019

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