Vancouver Japanese Language School–Japanese Hall: Room 409

All Day Programming

Emiko Morita and Tomas Herrera, 2026  

This compilation captures fifty years of Powell Street Festival through images from community group archives, festival volunteer photographers and Inter-Cultural Action Society (ICAS).  

Speakers: Mas Ito, Jon Nakane, Minoru Yamamoto, Linda Uyehara Hoffman, Frederico Ron Gordo, E. Kage, Walter Quan, Atsuko Yamashita, and Roy Kiyooka.

Videos: Jiro Okada and Jason Lee (SFU Media Lab, 2004), ICAS Local News (1995), Jesse Nishihata (The Body Electric, 1991/2025), Lyndsay Sung and Rafael Tsuchida, (The Way We Are, 2006), Amy Lai, Taitania Higuchi, Rob Levesque, TELUS TV and unknown videographers (2010, 2018).

Music: Ja Sawago, composition E. Kage, performers Katari Taiko on Itadakimasu!, 1994.