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
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 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
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
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
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
Check out these great upcoming Speaker Series talkes at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Follow the links to find out more information on their website. See you there! Japanese Performing Arts before Kabuki Talk by Scott Owens – NNM Collections Manager
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
On Thursday January 29, 2015 the Kodo Drummers of Japan return to Vancouver with their groundbreaking new program, Kodo One Earth Tour: Mystery. Amidst reverberations like rumbles in the earth, large serpents coil, demons and lions move wildly. Photo by Takashi Okamoto
Did you miss the film, “The Vancouver Asahi” at VIFF? It’s showing again in December and January at Vancity Theatre!
This is a fun cultural event for the whole family with all-you-can-eat mochi with savoury and sweet toppings, mochi pounding for all ages, and a New Year’s games corner.
Join us for a special Right to Remain gathering for DTES residents and allies, members of the Japanese Canadian community and anyone interested in the neighbourhood.
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
Katari Taiko, the first taiko group formed in Canada, is a constantly changing and intensely creative hybrid. On December 6, in celebration of its 35th Anniversary, Katari Taiko is presenting a special concert featuring its own contemporary and traditional music and that of guests, Chibi Taiko, Sansho Daiko, Sawagi Taiko and Vancouver Okinawa Taiko. All … Read more
Katari Taiko, the first taiko group formed in Canada, is a constantly changing and intensely creative hybrid of Japanese and Canadian music.
On GivingTuesday, December 2nd, 2014, Acxsys Corporation (the architects of the Interac network) will match online charitable donations made through CanadaHelps.org and paid using Interac Online.
Powell Street Festival Society is excited to be a community partner to present Man from Reno on November 6 at 7pm at Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas.
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
The Consulate General of Japan, The Japan Foundation and the Vancouver Public Library present the documentary – The God of Ramen.
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.
In this final session of the forum series we will look at recent Japanese Canadian experiences and then turn the discussion toward what may lie ahead in the future by asking the question: What can we learn from our shared history?
