Event | Japanese Canadian Internment: Commemorative Panel Unveiling

Sunday, April 26, 2015, 1:00 to 3:30pm The Hastings Room in Hastings Park ALL ARE WELCOME! Join the Japanese Canadian Hastings Park Committee for the unveiling of four panels introducing the history of Japanese Canadians in Hastings Park in 1942.  The panels are situated close to remaining detention buildings in Hastings Park, and were developed by a coalition … Read more

ExplorAsian Event: ScreenTime

ScreenTime: The Room Nobody Knows ScreenTime is a quarterly screening series of performances on film, held throughout Vancouver with a variety of partners. Each screening is followed by a conversation about the work, the artist and artists who made it, and the ideas bouncing between the two. OUR NEXT ScreenTime: The Room Nobody Knows by Niwa Gekidan … Read more

Spring Market Fair at VJLS & JH

Spring has come. The Vancouver Japanese Language School & Japanese Hall’s Spring Market Fair offers food, arts and crafts items and used Japanese items like kimono, plates, cups and more. Bring your friends and celebrate spring! Visit the event website here. Details: Spring Market Fair Saturday, April 25 9:30 AM– 2:30 PM Free Admission Some table space is … Read more

Event: Japanese Douyou Concert

Looking for an activity for your Easter Weekend? Come to VJLS-JH to enjoy Japanese Douyou, or children’s songs by singer Mimako Soga! Children’s Song Family Concert Saturday, April 4 Door opens at 12:30pm, Concert starts at 1:00pm Vancouver Japanese Language School & Japanese Hall Tickets: $10/Adult $5/Children (5-12 years old) For more information and to … Read more

Workshop | Meditation for the Planet | Gifting

Free Workshop Gifting: Affirmations to Heal the Earth – Facilitated by Haruko Okano Description Free drop-in opportunity for writing affirmations to heal the earth on The International Day for Water. Affirmations derive from your positive and life-affirming visions of a healthy earth in the future. Your affirmations, rolled up and slipped into fresh organic leaf … Read more

Workshops with Master Noh performer

Tomoe Arts is organizing an intensive workshop in Japanese Noh theatre led by visiting master Noh performer YAMAI Tsunao. This 15-hour, four day workshop will introduce the art of Noh performance to a maximum of 24 participants. When: Sun March 8 – Thursday March 12, 2015 6pm – 9pm Where: Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, Goldcorp Centre … Read more

Spring BAZAAR at the VJLS

Super family friendly fun! The Vancouver Japanese Language School (VJLS) is having their annual Spring Bazaar! It will take place on Sunday, March 1. It is two days before Hina Matsuri (Girl’s Day or Doll Festival) and there will be displays of hina ningyo, ornamental dolls. Celebrate your children’s healthy growth with some festive food! There … Read more

The Right to Remain – Exhibit

The Right to Remain – exhibit presented by the Gallery Gachet, the “Revitalizing Japantown? Research Project, and the Right to Remain Community Fair Team. This exhibition showcases artwork and documentation from a series of workshops guided by DTES artists who engaged their community in dialogue about human rights. “The Right to Remain” project is the … Read more

Learn More about SAKE!

Our friends at Tonari Gumi are hosting a fun, educational evening all about Sake. It will be a great chance to taste and learn more about this delicious rice wine! When: Wednesday, March 4 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Where: Tonari Gumi, 101 – 42 West 8th Ave Vancouver How much:  $25 per person. The fine print: … Read more

Advocacy Committee News!

In December 2014, the PSFS received a Downtown Eastside Capital Grant from the City of Van. The grant application cited the ongoing desire amongst members of the broader Japanese Canadian community to (re)establish a socially responsible year-round presence in the historic home of Japanese Canadians. The money received through this grant is intended to finance pre-planning … Read more

Nikkei National Museum shares GEMS with their new exhibit ‘Magic Hour’

The Nikkei National Museum is presenting a rare opportunity to experience the permanent collections by partnering with Instant Coffee – a local artist collective. The Instant Coffee Artist Collective takes an unexpected and innovative look at the gems from The Nikkei National Museum’s permanent collection with an interactive, ever-changing installation.  Magic Hour is the name of that time just after … Read more

Nikkei Community New Year’s Party

Saturday, January 10, 2015, door opens at 5pm, reception starts at 6pm Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre Event Hall (6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby) Tickets: $40 (advance), $50 (after Jan 2) More information: JCCommunityVancouver@gmail.com

Parallel Paths: Japanese Diplomacy and Nikkei Heritage – Forum 5 – Redress Movement – 1990s

October 28, 2014 | 7pm Nikkei Place (6888 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby) vancouver.ca.emb-japan.go.jp Speaker: Art Miki When the Japanese-Canadian community celebrated its centennial year in 1977, the occasion also marked the beginning of a nation-wide undertaking by the community to obtain justice for their war-time internment. Keynote speaker, Art Miki, who wrote the book The Japanese … Read more

Hapa Human Library

Are you curious about issues of identity? Do you like to hear new and intriguing stories? Come to the Nikkei National Museum and sit down with a Human Hapa Book for a one-on-one informal conversation to explore hapa identity.

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