@TWATADA
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December 2019
Terry Watada is a prolific writer. He has four poetry collections, two novels, a short story collection, two histories on Buddhism in Canada, two manga and two children's biographies in print. Besides contributing to Discover Nikkei, he contributes to the Vancouver Bulletin on a monthly basis. He looks forward to the publication of his fifth poetry collection, "The Four Sufferings", and his third novel, "The Mysterious Dreams of the Dead", in 2020.
He was a prolific musician and songwriter. He has seven albums of original songs to his credit.
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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID Ghost Town
In November 2019, I was in a US hospital for five days. My temperature was hovering around 102°…
April 23, 2020
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An Important Anniversary
…for me and my family anyway. Back in 1920, my father first came to Canada from a small vill…
April 2, 2020
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Long-time Gone: Toronto’s J-Town - Part 3
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Every community has and needs services and other institutions. J-Town Toronto…
Feb. 27, 2020
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Long-time Gone: Toronto’s J-Town - Part 2
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The Toronto Buddhist Church started life at 134 Huron Street, in the heart of…
Jan. 21, 2020
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Long-time Gone: Toronto’s J-Town - Part 1
Though not widely acknowledged, J-Town Toronto did exist. Very little of it can be found today and,…
Dec. 26, 2019
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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
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From Toronto-based writer, Terry Watada and Bloomington, Indiana-based poet, Hiromi Yoshida, are pi…
Nov. 21, 2019
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The Redundancy of Idiots: Part 2
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A curious thing happened after last month’s column was posted. I receiv…
Nov. 19, 2019
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The Redundancy of Idiots — Part 1
My wife and I have noticed over several years now that certain terms in Japanese have English words…
Oct. 22, 2019
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The Summer of the Gun
Many decades ago (more than I care to count), I and my parents were watching evening television in …
Oct. 7, 2019
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