Join us in Room #416 of the Vancouver Japanese Language School-Japanese Hall for this discussion. バンクーバー日本語学校並びに日系人会館：４１６号室 Powell Street Festival and Van Vogue Jam partner together for an intersection of Ballroom culture through the lens of the Japanese Diaspora. Prince Two Moods Flora (Portland, Oregon) will present a Ballroom History presentation followed by a dialogue with … Read more
This display is ongoing and located in the Vancouver Buddhist Temple. Opened in 1889 as Japan’s first government office in Canada, the Consulate General of Japan serves BC and Yukon. Japan’s first diplomatic mission opened in Ottawa in 1928 and Canada opened its first legation in Tokyo in 1929 completing the bilateral relationship. The Cultural … Read more
Put on a blindfold, hit the watermelon, and win a prize! Sign up in advance at the Children’s Tent. 目隠しをしてスイカを割って、賞品をもらおう！事前に子供テントでお申し込みください。 Ongoing all weekend (12:00pm-5:00pm): Face painting and hat making! 土日の両日とも、午後１２時から５時までフェイスペイント、帽子作りが楽しめます！
Work together as a team and win prizes. Sign up in advance at the Children’s Tent. チームみんなで力を合わせて賞品を勝ち取ろう！事前に子供テントでお申し込みください。 Ongoing all weekend (12:00pm-5:00pm): Face painting and hat making! 土日の両日とも、午後１２時から５時までフェイスペイント、帽子作りが楽しめます！
Work together as a team and win prizes. Sign up in advance at the Children’s Tent. チームみんなで力を合わせて賞品を勝ち取ろう！事前に子供テントでお申し込みください。 Ongoing all weekend (12:00pm-5:00pm): Face painting and hat making! 土日の両日とも、午後１２時から５時までフェイスペイント、帽子作りが楽しめます！
Origami with PALM PALMと一緒におりがみ Enjoy paper folding with PALM and Powell Street Festival volunteers. PALM とパウエル・ストリート・フェスティバルのボランティアと一緒に、おりがみを楽しみましょう。 Ongoing all weekend (12:00pm-5:00pm): Face painting and hat making! 土日の両日とも、午後１２時から５時までフェイスペイント、帽子作りが楽しめます！
This is the time that kids can be as noisy as they want! Volunteer judges award prizes for the loudest, most creative, scariest screams, and yells. Sign up in advance at the Children’s Tent. 子供たちが好きなだけ騒げる絶好のチャンス！ボランティアの審査員が、一番大声賞、クリエイティブ賞、怖い賞を選び、賞品を進呈します。事前に子供テントでお申し込みください。 Ongoing all weekend (12:00pm-5:00pm): Face painting and hat making! 土日の両日とも、午後１２時から５時までフェイスペイント、帽子作りが楽しめます！
360 Riot Walk is an interactive walking tour that utilizes 360 video technology to tell the story of the 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver. It traces the history and route of the mob that attacked the Chinese Canadian and Japanese Canadian communities following the demonstration and parade organized by the Asiatic Exclusion League in Vancouver. … Read more
Head to Room #416 of the Vancouver Japanese Language School-Japanese Hall for this discussion. Members of artist Jon Sasaki’s family were uprooted from their homes in British Columbia, interned, then compelled to rebuild their lives in Ontario. His artwork often deals with the ripple effects of this dark history, as well as the B.C. politicians … Read more
Film Screening: Sunday, 1:30 – 2:15 pm, Firehall Arts Centre; Film Debrief: Sunday, 2:15 – 2:45 pm, Firehall Arts Centre: Courtyard 映画上映：日曜日、午後１時３０分〜２時１５分、ファイアーホール・アート・センター ；上映後ディブリーフ：日曜日、午後２時１５分〜２時４５分、ファイアーホール・アート・センター ：中庭 Join us for a screening of “Nomoto: A B.C. Tragedy,” directed by Chad Townsend, and learn about the life of Kyuichi Nomoto, one of the first Japanese Canadian UBC graduates. Follow … Read more
‘Mosaic Riddim’ is a Juno-award sponsored original roots reggae band now promoting their debut album, ‘Musical Souljahhs, World Deployment ’20/’21,’ as well as their soon-to-be-released second album, ‘Assigned to The Service’. The word ‘mosaic’ symbolizes diversity assembling to strengthen the whole; the same as the universal frequencies and vibrations comprising the ‘Riddim of Life’ we … Read more
Will be held in Room #416 of the Vancouver Japanese Language School. Join us for a public conversation with Henry Tsang, Nicole Yakashiro, and Right to Remain research collective members Jeff Masuda, Audrey Kobayashi, and Trevor Wideman about the historic dispossession of marginalized peoples in the Downtown Eastside and the relationship to the Japanese Canadian … Read more
In collaboration with the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, Powell Street Festival will host readings with local Japanese Canadian authors Emily Seo and Hanako Masutani in the Space Centre’s portable planetarium. Emily will be reading Our World: Japan and The Perfect Sushi from 12:30 – 1:00pm. Hanako will be reading Emi and Mini from 2:00 – … Read more
Demonstrations will be held on Sunday from 1:30pm to 2:00pm in the Vancouver Buddhist Temple. The Vancouver Ikebana Association (VIA) is a non-profit organization which features Ikebana floral arrangement displays and demonstrations. Ikebana, the Japanese word for flower arrangement, is based on certain principles of art which are recognized the world over. The love of … Read more
The Japanese Canadian Arts & Activism Project (JCAAP), is a research team with the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto, situated on Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee), Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ, Mississauga, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and Wendake-Nionwentsïo territory. They invite the festival’s attendees, vendors, volunteers and organisers (not just artists!) to share their memories … Read more
The Japanese Canadian Arts & Activism Project (JCAAP), is a research team with the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto, situated on Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee), Anishinabewaki ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ, Mississauga, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and Wendake-Nionwentsïo territory. They invite the festival’s attendees, vendors, volunteers and organisers (not just artists!) to share their memories … Read more
Vancouver Japanese Language School-Japanese Hall: Room 416. バンクーバー日本語学校並びに日系人会館：４１６号室。 Poet, essayist, and artist Erica H Isomura will be joined by author and journalist Emi Sasagawa for a literary reading of Sasagawa’s debut novel, Atomweight, which was recently listed in CBC’s 86 works of Canadian fiction to read in the first half of 2023. This will be … Read more
Presentations will start at 12:00pm, 1:10pm, and 1:30pm. Come learn about Tanabata and its associated constellations at a special show produced in collaboration with the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre. Miho Wakai, a UBC Physics Grad Student, will guide us through the story of Tanabata and the legend of star-crossed lovers with special visuals by curator … Read more
The Kochi Yosakoi Ambassador KIZUNA International Team was founded in 2017 and has already accumulated members from 21 countries across the globe. Through the art of dance, they aim to promote international cultural exchange under the guidance of Kochi Prefectural Governor certified Yosakoi Ambassadors. 高知県よさこいアンバサダー絆国際チームは2017年に設立され、既に世界21カ国からメンバーが集まっています。彼らはダンスという芸術活動を通じて、高知県知事認定のよさこい大使の指導のもと、国際的な文化交流を促進することを目指しています。 They have been performing at the Kochi Yosakoi festival since … Read more
Michiyo Kagami is a professional daikagura perfomer. She was a daikagura trainee of the National Theatre of Japan from April 2007 to March 2010. In April 2010, Kagami became an apprentice to Yujiro Kagami of Bonbon Brothers. In April 2011, Kagami started her stage career at the Asakusa Engei Hall. She has put on performances … Read more
ten ten performs original music inspired by Japanese folk songs known as Min’yo, which are as diverse in style as the districts and regions of Japan that they are associated with. The music ranges from lively, often nonsensical songs for work, dance, weddings, and drinking to simple and inward pieces about one’s hometown or enduring … Read more
