@Masaji
*Sansei *Born in Toronto *Grandparents are from Shiga and Kumamoto kens* Families were interned in Kaslo, Bayfarm and on a Manitoba beet farm * Lived in Sendai, Japan from 1994 to 2004 * Teacher in Brampton, ON * Aikidoka * Writer for the Nikkei Voice for close to 20 years * Writer of "Canadian Nikkei series" which aims at preserving Canadian Nikkei stories. Future of the community? It depends on how successful we are in engaging our youth. The University of Victoria's (BC) Landscapes of Injustice project is a good one.... gambatte kudasai!
Nikkei Interests
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July 9, 2025 - Sept. 5, 2025
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
In Person
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
At the Toronto JCCC: Shifting Skies, Changing Forms exhibition
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May 16, 2025 - July 18, 2025
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In Person
At The Langham Hotel in Kaslo, BC
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Reconnecting to Lost Japan: Urasaki Dreamin'
“Community building and community development is an important aspect of everything I do.”
—Sanse…
May 30, 2025
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April 13, 2025
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
In Person
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver O-Hanami in Oppenheimer Park
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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami
3-11 Remembered: A School Principal’s Story—Part 2
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The Tsunami struck Arahama at 15:55, 69 Minutes after the Earthquake.
What did you se…
March 12, 2025
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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami
3-11 Remembered: A School Principal’s Story—Part 1
Even 14 years after 3-11, there are surreal images from that disaster that I can’t forget—countless…
March 11, 2025
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March 4, 2025
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Tokyo, Japan
In Person
Tokyo, Japan
The Life And Architecture of Raymond Moriyama At the Embassy of Canada (Tokyo)
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Feb. 3, 2025
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
In Person
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
In Vancouver: 3rd Annual Setsubun New Year Event!
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To Grace, With Love and Gratitude—Part 2
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“Ensuring history is remembered”
Reflection by Lorene Oikawa, Past President, Nationa…
Jan. 20, 2025
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