Nikkei Images is a publication that offers a rich exploration of the history, experiences, and contributions of ethnic Japanese (or Nikkei) in Canada.
Produced by the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, Nikkei Images has been published multiple times a year since 1996.
Through in-depth research and captivating storytelling, this publication delves into various aspects of nikkei heritage, shedding light on their cultural, social, and economic significance in Canadian society.
With emphasis on historical context, Nikkei Images delves into the struggles, triumphs, and resilience of the nikkei community throughout the years. From early immigration and settlement to the challenges faced during World War II, this publication provides a nuanced understanding of the Japanese Canadian experience, capturing both the hardships and the remarkable achievements that have shaped their identity.
Call for Writers
If you have stories related to Japanese Canadian history, culture, and arts that you'd like to preserve and share, we invite you to contribute. We are dedicated to capturing and documenting these narratives for future generations. Let's work together to ensure these significant stories are preserved and celebrated.
We welcome nikkei family and community story proposals for possible publication. Articles should range from 500 to 3,500 words and include high-resolution digital photographs with proper photo credits. The deadline for submissions for our next issue is January 15, 2027.
We appreciate all submissions. For more information or to submit your work, please contact Nichola Ogiwara, Communications Coordinator, at:
Email: ogiwara@nikkeiplace.org
Tel: 604.777.7000 ext.109
Publishing Agreement
Authors, please download and sign our Publishing Agreement , which gives us permission to both print your article in the hard copy of Nikkei Images and to share it on our website.
2026
2026 - Volume 31
Volume 31, No. 1
When the Blossoms Fade: A Filmmaker’s Journey By Tamiko Potts
Hideo Onotera: Fisherman, Innovator, and Activist By Hikaru Ikeda
Kishizo Kimura and the Nippon Tennis Club By Neil Kishi
Nanakorobi Yaoki - Fall Seven Times, Standup Eight By Roy Akune
A Hiroshima Survivor’s Journey from Silence to Hope By Sachi Rummel
Creative research: translating haiku into English with context and emotion By Carolyn Nakagawa and Yoriko Gillard
Tomoshibi Bus Tour Journal By Laura Hashiguchi Sutton
Treasures from the Collection: Granted Sweater Company’s Nikkei Place Sweater By Sam Frederick
Download complete issue: Volume 31, No.1
2025
2025 - Volume 30
Volume 30, No. 1
Sharing Japanese Canadian Family Histories By Frank Hiroshi Kamiya
Acquisition of Yasushi Yamazaki’s 1913 Trophy , Interview with Debbie Jiang with Sam Frederick
The Search for Stories of the 1910 Rogers Pass Avalanche By Tomoaki Fujimura
Memories Erased by the ’42 Mass Uprooting, Not Lost Forever By Daniel T. Tokawa
The Vancouver Asahi: The Search for Hall of Fame Medalists’ Families By Yobun Shima
Kato’s Boy: A Story of Japanese Canadians During WWII By Yukiko Takahashi-Lai
Treasures from the Collection: Saburo Shinobu’s Vimy Ridge Pilgrimage Scrapbook By Sam Frederick
Download complete issue: Volume 30, No.1
2024
2024 - Volume 29
Volume 29, No. 1
Exploring Japanese Canadian Industrial Heritage
Haney Greenhouses by Evelyn Nagai Berthrong
Tashme Shoyu Factory by Howard Shimokura
Lillooet Tomato Cannery & Industry by Laura Saimoto
Matsumoto Shipyard by Daien Ide
Treasures from the Collection: Madokoro Boat Building Tools by Sam Frederick
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2023
2023 - Volume 28
Volume 28, No. 1
p.4 "Thank You Linda" by Sherri Kajiwara
p.5 "Who Was the First Japanese Immigrant to Canada?" by Ann-Lee & Gordon Switzer
p.26 "Treasures from the Collection: Edward Banno and the Japanese Canadian
Citizens’ League Delegation" by Sam Frederick
Download complete issue: Volume 28, No.1
2022
2022 - Volume 27
Volume 27, No. 1
p.4 "Glimpses of Marpole" by Raymond Nakamura
p.13 “Jun Hamada of Tonari Gumi and Our Community Friends” by Masako Stillwell
p.16 "My Father and Mother" by Stanley Fukawa
Back Cover "Treasures from the Collection: Kinori Oka's Tanka Poem" by Nigel Town
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Volume 27, No. 2
p.5 "Japanese Canadian Redress: The Toronto Story, The Story of Yukiharu Mizuyabu" by Yukiharu Mizuyabu
p.13 “Recollections of My Childhood in Vernon" by Stanley Fukawa
p.21 "A Japanese Canadian Internment Story: New Denver, BC" by K. Uchida
Back Cover "Treasures from the Collection: Hand Drawn Prisoner of War Illustration"
Download complete issue: Volume 27, No.2
Volume 27, No. 3
p.4 "A Note From the Editor"
p.5 "Introduction"
p.6 "Miki Hirai"
p.9 "Frank Hamanishi"
p.12 "Shigeyoshi Ebata & Kazue Kozaka"
p.20 "Toshiko Kajiwara"
p.23 "Harry Mizuta"
p.26 "Roy Uyeda"
p.29 "Sumiko Urata, nee Ono"
Back Cover "Shig and Akemi Hirai wedding, Vancouver 1962" (NNM TD 1322)
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2021
2021 - Volume 26
Volume 26, No. 1
p.4 "Ucluelet Fishing Company and Japanese Canadians in Ucluelet" by Paul Kariya
p.14 “Koyama of Silva Bay” by Daniel "Yosh" Koyama, with Timothy Koyama and Phyllis Reeve. Foreword by Phyllis Reeve.
Treasures from the Collection: Taiko Drum and Stand, the Saito Family Collection by Tai Anderson
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Volume 26, No. 2
p.4 "Seiichi Kinoshita: Resolute Soldier and Patriot" by David B. Iwaasa
p.12 “'Gone but Not Forgotten': My Family's Story of Remembrance and Loss” by David R. Mitsui
p.18 "The Korean War in the Land of the Morning Calm" by Takao Irizawa
p.22 "The Birth of Nikkei Images: An Idea Becomes Reality" by Michael C. Wilson
Treasures from the Collection: Portrait of Kingo Matsumoto in Canadian WWI Uniform and Raincoat by Mandy Choie
Download complete issue: Volume 26, No.2
2020
2020 - Volume 25
Volume 25, No. 1
p.4 "CJA host a luncheon at the Hotel Vancouver, April 9, 1920" by Linda Kawamoto Reid
p.6 “Matsunoshin Abe, President of the CJA 1919-1921” by Linda Kawamoto Reid
p.10 “Who Was Jonathan Rogers?” by Linda Kawamoto Reid
p.12 “A Place To Remember: The Japanese Canadian War Memorial” by Mika Ishizaki
p.17 “The Japanese Canadian War Memorial 100 Years Later” by Lindsey Jacobson
p. 20 "The Search for a Pen Pal Lost for 80 Years" by Susan Yatabe, Richard Nishimura, and Claire Simpson
Treasures from the Collection: The Kaye Kaminishi Film Collection by Jeffery Chong
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Volume 25, No. 2
p.4 "Leading by Example in the Japanese Canadian Community: Honouring Grace Eiko Thomson" by Dr. Arthur Miki, CM, OM
p.5 “Grace Eiko Thomson: A Model of Service” by Tenney Homma
p.6 “Amazing Grace” by Cindy Mochizuki and Daien Ide
p.8 “Early Days at the JCNM: Grace Eiko Thomson as Scholar, Mentor, and Friend” by Andrea Geiger
p.10 “Grace Matters” by Naomi Sawada
p. 12 "Part 6: The Final Straw, Grace Eiko Thomson and the Exile of Japanese Canadians from BC" by John Price
p. 16 "Kankei: Reconnecting to community, culture, and identity" by Norm Ibuki
p.18 "My Friendship with Grace Eiko Thomson" by Judy Hanazawa
p.19 "My Friend Grace" by David Jensen
p.20 "A Life Dedicated to Justice, Healing, and Memory: Grace Eiko Thomson" by Derek Lam
Back cover: Testimonial Letter for Grace Eiko Thomson to be appointed to the Order of BC from Chief Dr. Robert Joseph
Download complete issue: Volume 25, No. 2
2019
2019 – Volume 24
Volume 24, No. 1
p.4 Kohei and Kimie Shimozawa: Memories and Thanks (Part 1) by David T. Shimozawa
p.9 It is Justice We Want (Part 1) by Kam Teo
p.16 The Suger Beet Fields and Japanese Canadian Internment by David B. Iwaasa
p.21 December 1941 - Hiroshi Okuda's Narrative Introduction by Trevor Wildeman, Nikkei National Museum and Landscapes of Injustice
Download complete issue: Volume 24, No. 1
Volume 24, No. 2
Kohei and Kimie Shimozawa: Memories and Thanks (Part 2)
Nancy Murakami’s Life Story (Part 1)
Shifting Tides in Labour From 1920-1939: A Profile of the First Japanese-Canadian Union
Wow for P.O.W. an accidental book review
Divided by war, friends find each other after 75 years
A Champion for Human Rights: A Spotlight on the Scrapbook of Tomekichi Homma’s Legacy
Download complete issue: Volume 24, No. 2
Volume 24, No. 3
Kohei and Kimie Shimozawa: Memories and Thanks (Part 2)
Nancy Murakami’s Life Story (Part 1)
Shifting Tides in Labour From 1920-1939: A Profile of the First Japanese-Canadian Union
Wow for P.O.W. an accidental book review
Divided by war, friends find each other after 75 years
A Champion for Human Rights: A Spotlight on the Scrapbook of Tomekichi Homma’s Legacy
Download complete issue: Volume 24, No. 3 (Revised 2022)
2018
2018 – Volume 23
Volume 23, No. 1
p.4 “My Grandfather and the Cariboo Gold Mine” by Teruo Nakanishi
p.8 “Japanese Charcoal Pit Kilns in the Gulf Islands: History, Archaeology, Anthropology” by Stephen Nemtin
p.14 “Lion Valet: A Successful Dry Cleaning and Alteration Business” by Linda Kawamoto Reid and Yosh Arai
p.19 “A Man with Two Names” by Judy Teague
p.22 “Yobun Shima Uncovers a Baseball Legacy”
Back Cover "Hide Hyodo Shimizu's Legacy" by Michele Hii
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Volume 23, No. 2
p.4 "Minidoka Pilgrimage by a Canadian Yonsei" by Kayla Isomura
p.6 " The New Canadian ’s poetic spirit" by Carolyn Nakagawa
p.9 “JETsetting in Japan” by Emiko Newman
p.12 “ 'you aren’t nice': On kinship, home, and being angry” by Nicole Yakashiro and Angela Kruger
p.19 “Japanese Omurice” by Yumi Nakatsu-Ariura
p.20 "A Yonsei Foodie Comes to Vancouver" by Kara Isozaki
p.21 "A Summer at the Nikkei National Museum" by Kaitlin Findlay
Back Cover "Marie Katsuno’s Pin" by Nathalie Picard
Download complete issue: Volume 23, No. 2
2017
2017 – Volume 22
Volume 22, No. 1
p.4 “Our Journey: Revisiting Tashme and New Denver after 70 Years”(part 1) by Micki Nakashima
p.8 “mensch.” by Erica Isomura
p.10 “Karl Konishi – a Memoir” by Karl Konishi
p.14 “Trans-Pacific Voyage: Kawabata Family’s 125 Years” by Yusuke Tanaka
p.18 “A Tribute to a Remarkable Man: Soi Isomura” by Kim (Oikawa) Kobrle
p.22 “Yuriko Obayashi Barrow: A Life History” by “Vicky” Yuriko Barrow
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Volume 22, No.2
p.4 “Our Journey: Revisiting Tashme and New Denver After 70 Years (part 2)” by Micki Nakashima
p. 10 “JAPANESE PROBLEM – a performance” Courtesy of Universal Limited
p.14 “Nakatani-Wakita: A Family Story (part 1)” by Yusuke Tanaka
p. 19 “Trans-Pacific Voyage: Kawabata Family’s 125 Years (part 2)”
p. 23 “let it not happen” poem by jeff Tanaka
Back cover “Telegrams to Grand Fords, 1942″ by Kaitlin Findlay
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Volume 22, No. 3
p.4 “Our Journey: Revisiting Tashme and New Denver After 70 Years (part 3)” by Micki Nakashima
p. 12 “Steveston Community Society and the Nikkei Community” by Kelvin Higo
p.16 “Thomas Hiroshi Madokoro”
p. 19 “Karl Konishi: A Memoir, part 2″ by Karl Konishi
Back cover “Treasure from the Collection” by Nathan Yeo
Download complete issue: Volume 22, No.3
2016
2016 – Volume 21
Volume 21, No. 1, Spring 2016
p.4 “Cindy Mochizuki’s Paper ” by Carolyn Nakagawa
p.6 “Remembering Mits Goto” by Kiyo Goto, Sherri Kajiwara, Cathy Makihara
p.8 “My Father, “Repatriation” and Medicare” by Stan Fukawa
p.15 “Stan Fukawa: A Lifelong Advocate for the Marginalized” by Howard Shimokura and Masako Fukawa
p.19 “The European Gentleman” by Kim (Oikawa) Kobrle
p.24 “Treasures from the Collection -Branston Violet Ray Generator” by Audrey MacDonald
Download complete issue: Volume 21, No. 1
Volume 21, No. 2, Summer 2016
p.4 “Picture Brides – An Introduction” by Howard Shimokura
p.6 “A Tale of Two Baa-chans ” by Raymond Nakamura
p.8 “Leaving Home: The Lives of Japanese Picture Brides” by Lane McGarrity
p.11 “Picture of a Bride” by Carolyn Nakagawa
p.12 Lillie Reiko Hamaguchi “My Story”
p. 15 “Memories of Itoko Imada” compiled by Linda Kawamoto Reid
p. 18 “Kinori Shinohara and Sanzo Oka: About Their Marriage” by B. Masako Stillwell
p.24 “Treasures from the Collection – Brown Suitcase” by Jessica Gerlach
Download complete issue: Volume 21, No. 2
Volume 21, No. 3, Fall 2016
p.4 “Our Conscription Crisis” by Kaye Kishibe
p.8 “Nippon Fujinkai – Japanese Women’s Associations” by Eiji Okawa
p.10 “From World War I Battlefields to Vancouver, BC” submitted by Susan Yatabe
p.14 “Aitoku Yamasaki” by Sanae Fukushima, Gen Sato, and Ruth Simpson
p.18 “An Extraordinary Life – Saburo Shinobu” by Susan and Kazuko Yatabe
p.24 “Treasures from the Collection – Bust of Yasushi Yamazaki” by Carolyn Nakagawa
Download complete issue: Volume 21, No. 3
2015
2015 – Volume 20
Volume 20, No. 1, Spring 2015
p.2 “Celebrate Spring” by Momoko Ito
p.3 “Time for Change” by Beth Carter
p.4 “Kiyoshi Izumi, Saskatchewan Nisei Architect” by Kam Teo
p.12 “Staying Busy in Tashme” by Linda Kawamoto Reid
p.14 “Racism and the Expropriation on Saltspring Island” by Brian Smallshaw
p.22 “The Story of the Exchange” by Howard Shimokura
p.24 “Treasures from the Collection – A Desk from Tashme” by Linda Kawamoto Reid
Download complete issue: Volume 20, No. 1
Volume 20, No. 2, Summer 2015
p.4 Message from the new Director
p.6 “Kondo: A Shrimp Fishing Family in Vancouver”
p.8 “100-year old Charcoal Kiln found on Salt Spring Island”
p.10 “Memories of My Life” by Rev Susumu Kyojo Ikuta
p.17 “Tashme Historical Project: An Update”
p.19 “George Nakamura turns 88″ by Raymond Nakamura
p.19 “Treasures from the Collection”
Download complete issue: Volume 20, No.2
Volume 20, No. 3, Fall 2015
p.4 “Celebrating Over Thirty Years” by Sherri Kajiwara
p.5 “Preserving our Japanese Canadian History & Heritage” by Frank Kamiya
p.8 “The Last Living Asahi: Kaye Kaminishi and His Life in Baseball” by Howard Shimokura
p.12 The Museum in Photos
p.16 “Roy Tomomichi Sumi: Renowned Designer and Architect of Japanese Gardens” by Emiko Sumi and Howard Shimokura
p.20 “Treasures from the Collection – Centre Model” by Carolyn Nakagawa
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2014
2014 – Volume 19
Volume 19, No.1, Spring 2014
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02 The Final Negotiation
03 POST-REDRESS
04 A Call for Justice
06 Fighting for Redress
08 Redress after 25 years
14 What does Redress mean to you?
16 A Perfect Storm
18 No Japs from the Rockies to the Sea
22 Midge Eulogy
24 Treasure from the Collections
Volume 19, No.2, Summer 2014
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01 Cover photo – The Consulate of Japan in Vancouver
02 The Consulate of Japan in Vancouver
03 Summer Students help us get the job done!
04 PARALLEL PATHS
10 elebrating 125 years of the Japanese Consulate in Vancouver
14 Speaking to My Own
20 Yesaki Family Chronicles – Part 1
24 Treasures from the Collection
Volume 19, No.3, Fall 2014
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02 Cover photo – Tim Tamashiro Honours his Grandfather Masuro
03 Remembering
04 Shichi Teikichi: The First to Die
06 Canadian Japanese Association ( Kanada Nipponjin Kai)
12 Lest We Forget 1914-2014
16 Saraba… Farewell
18 Private Iizuka: The Union Jack wants YOU…
20 The Fighting Tenth
22 Medicine Hat’s Japanese-Canadian Soldiers
24 Treasures from the Collection
2013
2013 – Volume 18
Vol. 18, No. 1 Spring, 2013
p. 2 “The Strength of Nikkei Women”
p. 3 “Telling Everyone’s Stories in the Museum” by Beth Carter
p. 4 “The Diary of Kazue (Shiyoji) Oye” translated by Stan Fukawa
p. 10 “Jean Shigeko Kitagawa” by Masako Fukawa
p. 16 “Celebrating Nikkei Women”
p. 18 “My Share of Good Luck” by Margaret Lyons
p. 24 “Treasures from the Collection”
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Vol. 18, No. 2 Summer, 2013
p. 2 “Japanese Canadians at Hastings Park, 1942″
p. 3 “Crossing Borders” by Beth Carter
p. 4 “Reminiscences of My Stay in the Livestock Building” by Frances Kuniko Nakagawa
p. 6 “The Nishimura Family Internment Experience” by James Nishimura
p.11 “The Making of a “Re-pat” [Kika Nisei]” by Kaye Kishibe
p. 12 “Nisei 5-pin Bowling Leagues in BC” by Masako Fukawa
p.17 “Shirley Yamake Kakutani Omatsu” by Linda Kawamoto Reid
p.18 “Remembering Yasunobu (Anshin) Sugwara” by Stan Fukawa
p. 20 “The Last Japanese Family to Leave Tashme” by Tak Negoro
p. 24 “Treasures from the Collection”
Download complete issue: Volume 18, No 2
Supplemental Article: The Making of a Re-Pat by Kaye Kishibe
2012
2012 – Volume 17
Volume 17, No. 1, Spring 2012
p.1 Mrs. Hayashi’s House in New Denver
p.2 Life in New Denver, by Beth Carter
p.3 What does Membership Mean, by Beth Carter
p.4 Where Canadian Nikkei were Exiled, by Stan Fukawa
p.6 The Power of Euphemism, by Roy Miki
p.7 Reflections, by Ken Noma
p.8 Life in a “Self-supporting” Nikkei Family’s Shack, by Stan Fukawa
p.11 Lemon Creek Memories, by Midge Ayukawa
p.17 It happened here too, by Alexandra Wood
p.18 Memories of Taylor Lake, by Linda Kawamoto Reid
p.22 Oak Bluff and Winnipeg, by Margaret Lyons
p.24 Treasures from the Collections
Download complete issue: Volume 17, No. 1
Volume 17, No. 2, Summer 2012
p.2 Rintaro Hayashi on the Fraser River, by Mariko Kazuta
p.3 Reeling in an exhibit, by Beth Carter
p.4 Ryoshi: Nikkei Fishermen of the BC Coast, by Raymond Nakamura
p.6 Jinshiro and Koyuki Yesaki, by Moe Yesaki
p.12 Return to Clayoquot Island, by Christine Kondo
p.14 Rescuing Wayward Men and Raising the Status of the Japanese In Canada:Early Goals for a Chapel/Hospital, by Stan Fukawa
p.17 The Restoration of Two Japanese-built Fishing Boats, the ‘NAKATA’ and ‘SEAGULL,’ by Robert Critchley
p.11 Lemon Creek Memories, by Midge Ayukawa
p.17 It happened here too, by Alexandra Wood
p.18 Confiscation of vessels owned by Nikkei fishermen, 1941, by Masako Fukawa
p.24 Treasures from the Collection, by Bronwen Bird
Download complete issue: Volume 17, No 2
Volume 17, No. 3, Fall 2012
p.1 Skating Gals At Tashme
p.2 Were You In Tashme?
p.3 Many Thanks…, by Beth Carter
p.4 95th Anniversary Of Vimy Ridge, by Linda Reid
p.6 Victoria’s Japanese Tea Garden, by Ann-Lee & Gordon Switzer
p.12 Birch Shinai, by Hirokazu Okusa
p.15 Kamiya Family Relocation To Oak Bluff, Manitoba, by Frank Kamiya
p.118 Memories … From The 1930’S To The 1950’S, by Mitsuko Shirley Teramoto
p.24 Treasures from the Collections
Download complete issue: Volume 17, No 3
2011
2011 – Volume 16
Vol. 16, No. 1 Spring 2011
p.2 Store on Powell Street
p.3 Quick! Hayaku!
p.4 Monogatari: Tales of Powell Street (1920-1942)
p.5 Vancouver Japanese Language School & Japanese Hall
p.6 Powell Street and the Japanese Canadian Community
p.8 St. Joseph’s Oriental Hospital (1928-1946)
p.10 Life on Powell Street (1900-1942)
p.12 Back in Powell Street
p.16 What Powell Street Means to Me
p.21 Delivering Fish Products to Powell Street
p.22 Reflections on the Powell Street Festival
p.24 Folding Pocket Camera
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Vol. 16, No. 2, Summer 2011
p.2 The Royal Visit of 1939 by Bryan Akasawa
p.3 Building Community Partnerships by Beth Carter
p.4 A Visit to Mio Village and its Canada Immigration Museum by Stan Fukawa
p.6 World War II and Kika-nisei by Haruji (Harry) Mizuta
p.11 Two Unusual Artifacts!
p.12 From Kaslo to New Denver – A Road Trip by Carl Yokota
p.14 One Big Hapa Family by Christine Kondo
p.15 Jinzaburo Oikawa Descendents Survive Earthquake
and Tsunami by Stan Fukawa
p.16 Growing Up on Salt Spring Island by Raymond Nakamura
p.20 “Just Add Shoyu” review by Margaret Lyons
p.21 Forever the Vancouver ASAHI Baseball Team!
by Norifumi Kawahara
p.22 The Postwar M.A. Berry Growers Co-op by Stan Fukawa
p.24 Treasures from the Collections
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Vol. 16, No. 3, Fall 2011
p.1 Kojiro Ebisuzaki on Grouse Mountain
p.2 Ski Season!, by Momoko Ito and Beth Carter
p.3 Volunteers Keep the Museum Ticking, by Beth Carter
p.4 Background of the Japanese Canadian War Memorial Committee, by Frank Kamiya
p.7 Japanese Canadian Soldiers from Southern Alberta in WWII, by David B. Iwaasa
p.12 Asahi Team Honoured with a Plaque, by Beth Carter
p.13 In Memorium – James Fukui
p.14 Lost in Translation: Attorney Ka-a-bo-o-ru, Supporter of Japanese Canadians, by Stanley Fukawa
p.16 Balloon Bombs from Japan, 1945 (in Japanese) by Mr. Suguwara
p.22 Just enough, Book review by Mitsuo Yesaki
p.23 Mystery of the missing luck, Book review by Mitsuo Yesaki
p.24 Treasures from the Collections
Download complete issue: Volume 16 No. 3
2010
2010 – Volume 15
Special Anniversary Issue 2010
p. 3 “Celebrating Ten Years!” by Miko Hoffman
pp. 4-5 “The Dream of the Centre” by Cathy Makihara
pp. 6-7 “Saving the History of Japanese Canadians” by Frank Kamiya and Stan Fukawa
pp. 8-9 “Treasures from the Collections”
pp. 10-11 “The Auxiliary: Volunteer Service for the Centre and the Greater Community” by Yoshi Hashimoto
p. 12 “Thank you”
p. 13 “Thomas Kunito Shoyama” by Michiko Midge Ayukawa
p. 13 “George Oikawa – Persistence Pays Off!” by Linda Reid
p. 14 “Fond Recollections”
Download complete issue: Gala Anniversary Issue
Vol. 15, No. 1 Spring, 2010
p. 2 “The Faces of 328 Powell Street” by Carmen Lam
p.3 “Big Changes with Nikkei Images” by Beth Carter
p.4 “The Hirota/Obayashi Families” by Theodore T. Hirota
p.10 “A Sewing Pattern for a Boy’s Sailor Suit” by Alexis Jensen
p.12 “The Tanaka Tofu Shop on Powell Street” recorded by Stanley Fukawa, edited by Mickey Tanaka
p. 16 “The Japanese Population of Steveston at the Turn of the Twentieth Century” by Mitsuo Yesaki
p.18 “The Japanese Cemetery in Broome, Australia” by Stanley Fukawa
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Volume 15, no.2, Summer 2010
p.2 “Powell Street, c.1936″
p.3 “Celebrating our National Heritage” by Beth Carter
p.4 “A Cultural Trip to Korea” by Yvonne Wakabayashi
p.6 “The Name of the Father of the Boy Minoru” by Stan Fukawa
p.8 “Grandfather Kenjiro” by Laurie Dinsmore
p.10 “Jordan Kitagawa” by Landon Kitagawa
p.15 “My Olympic Paintings” by Joyce Kamikura
p.16 “Remembering the 1907 Anti-Asian Riot” by Stan Fukawa
p.17 “Ebisu Park” by Masako Fukawa
p.22 “Happy Times” by Theodore T. Hirota
p.24 “Treasure from the Collections”
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Volume 15, no.3, Winter 2010
p.2 A Southeast Asian Diary, 1946
p.3 A New Plan for the Future, by Beth Carter
p.4 The Rogers Pass Avalanche, by Tomoaki Fujimura
p.10 The Taiji Whale Museum, by Mitsuo Yesaki
p.13 In memory of Misao Fujiwara, by Frank Kamura
p.13 Grandfather Kenjiro – an addition, by Laurie Dinsmore
p.14 Four years in Hell, book review by Mitsuo Yesaki
p.16 Remembering the “Forgotten War”- Japanese Canadians in Korea, 1950-1953, by Roy Kawamoto
p.20 The Gardeners’ Association and the Nikkei Centre’s Mochi-Tsuki, by Stan Fukawa
p.21 Misty Skeena River (a short excerpt), by Tom Sando
p.22 Nikkei Place: Rebuilding a Sense of Place in the Nikkei Landscape, by Michael C. Wilson
p.24 Treasures from the Collection, by Alexis Jensen
Download complete issue: Volume 15 No. 3
Misty Skeena River by Tom Sando
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2009
2009 – Volume 14
Volume 14, no.1, Spring 2009
p1. Susumu ‘Sus’ Tabata by Susanne Tabata
p5. The Japanese Fishing Community of Ucluele Pre-1942 by Larry Mackawa
p8. Spirit of the Nikkei Fleet BC’s Japanese Canadian Fisherman
p9. Order of Canada Receipients in the Nikkei Community by Carl Yokota
p10. Dantai Constitution, 1900 translated by Stan Fukawa
p15. Nikkei Group Formed in Yukon by Fumi Torigai
p15. Wada Mysteries Uncoverd in Yukon by Lillian Nakamura Maguire
p16. 解明される和田重次郎の謎、ユーコン (リリアン中村マグワイアー)
p17. チゴ畑の家の話
p22. ブック・レビュー”日系人の経験と国際移動”
Download complete issue: Volume 14 No. 1
Volume 14, no.2, Summer 2009
p.1 “New Museum Director-Curator: Beth Carter” by Miko Hoffman
p.2 “Report from Beth Carter”
p. 2 “A Review of Obachan’s Garden ” by Rhys Davies
p. 4 “Ucluelet Fishermen’s Coop Constitution ( Yuukuretto Gyogyo Kaisha Kiyaku )” translated by Stan Fukawa
p. 11 “National Association of Japanese Canadians Endowment Fund Recipients”
p. 11 “Report from the Executive Director” by Miko Hoffman
p.13 “Hapa – the New Face of the Japanese Canadian Community” by Christine Kondo
p.15 “Making Two Good Books – Nikkei Fishermen” by Paul Kariya
p.16 “The Tasaka Family History” by Ted Ohashi and Yvonne Wakabayashi
p.22 “Nikkei Place Volunteer Appreciation BBQ” by Carl Yokota
p23. サンドン 西村咲弥訳
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Volume 14, no.3, Winter 2009
p.2 “Koichiro Sanmiya at the Hollow Tree 1920″ by Laura Hough
p.3 “Discovering the Collections” by Beth Carter
p. 3 “Twice Was Nice: A Royal Japanese Experience” by Carl Yokota
p.8 “Classic WW II Recipe for Stretching Soy Sauce in Canada” by Stan Fukawa
p.9 “Japanese Canadian Fishermen’s Assn Contributions” by Stan Fukawa
p.12 “The Japanese Weapon in the Strawberry King Competition” by Stan Fukawa
p.13 “A Christmas Tale” by Tom Sando
p.15 “Shoji Nishihata: Profile of a JCNM Volunteer” by Linda Kawamoto Reid
p.17 “I Felt We Had Come a Long Way” by Daniel Pi
p.19 “The Legacy of Nakamura Florist” by Linda Kawamoto Reid
p.23 “Hidden Treasures of the JCNM” by Sean Riley
p.24 “Two Views”
Download complete issue: Volume 14 No. 3
2008
2008 – Volume 13
Volume 13, No.1 Spring 2008
p1. Issei Volunteer Soldiers of the First World War by kaya Kishibe
p6. My Life as an Immigrant, Artist and Gallery Owner by Motoko
p10. Ben Akira Iwasaki: How to Live to be Over One Hundred by Lynne R. Gardiner
p16. Travis Murao: A Profile in Courage by Kim Kobrle
p19. Heritage on the Rocks: Nori-Tori on the West Coast by Ann – Lee Switzer
p23. Lemon Creek Reunion – Toronto 2007 by Leslie Komori
p26. Nikkei Fishermen Biographies and Photos Volume Launched by Stan Fukawa
p27. Nikkei Place Update – February 2008 by Cathy Makihara
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Volume 13, No.2 Summer 2008
p. 1 “Kaslo Museum Exhibit Honours Wartime Nikkei Journalists” by Stan Fukawa
p. 3 “The Cork Mill” by Doreen Montgomery Braverman
p. 5 “The Box” by Theodore T. Hirota
p. 6 “Jujiro Wada – Dog-Musher under the Northern Lights” by Lillian Nakamura Maguire
p. 8 “Three Films by Hirokazu Kore-eda” by Rhys Davies, QC
p. 11 “Artisan Sake maker Celebrates First Year Anniversary” by Carl Yokota
p. 12 “Memories of BC’s Soft Fruits” by Margaret Lyons
p. 13 “The Vancouver Junior Go Association” by Paul Fulford
p. 14 “Family History Series No.9: Nikkei Fisherman Tohachiro “Toki” Kondo” by Christine Kondo
p. 19 “JCNM and UBC Press Launch Two New Books”
p. 20 “The Canadian National Wildfowl Carving Championship” by Mitsuo Yesaki
p. 21 “Traditional Remedies, Part 2″ by Mary Ohara
p. 21 “An Umeboshi a Day…” by Christine Kondo
p. 21 “Medicinal Umeboshi” by Shizuko Mikurube
p. 22 “32nd Annual Powell Street Festival”
p. 23 “Redress 20th Anniversary Celebrations”
p. 23 “The Life of Paper; JCNM Exhibit”
p.24 “ Otakara Hakkutsu – a Big Success” by Carl Yokota
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Volume 13, No.3 Fall 2008
p. 1 “The River Garage” by Theodore T. Hirota
p. 3 “20th Anniversary of Japanese Canadian Redress Settlement – Let’s Celebrate Together” by Grace Eiko Thomson
p. 4 “ Giri and Ninjo : Reflections on Redress” by Terry Watada
p. 10 “Mithlkum Belis: Nisga’a’s Shining Star” by Carl Yokota
p. 14 “1897 Constitution of the Steveston Fishermen’s Dantai” translated with comments by Stan Fukawa
p. 16 “The Hope Friendship Garden: A Memorial” by Stan Fukawa
p. 17 “Wild Birds” exhibit
p. 18 “The Reality of Nikka Yuko” by Robert Hironaka
p. 20 “Harbour Publishing Announces Second Book on Nikkei Fishermen”
p. 20 “JCNM and Nikkei Place Highlights”
p. 21 “ Watari Dori – Capturing the Redress Spirit” by Carl Yokota
p. 21 “A Family Affair” by Maiko Bae Yamamoto
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Volume 13, No.4, Winter 2008
p. 1 “Messages from Cathy Makihara, Craig Ngai Natsuhara and Miko Hoffman”
p. 3 “Board of Directors of the National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre”
p. 3 “2nd Annual NAAAP Spotlight on Leadership Honours Harry Aoki” by Stan Fukawa
p. 4. “Book Review: Hiroshima Immigrants in Canada 1891-1941 (Michiko Midge Ayukawa)” reviewed by William McMichael
p. 6 “Artist/Craftsman Series No.13: Dreams, Reflections and Flight” by Naoko Takenouchi
p. 9 “Redress – 20 Years Later” by Art Miki
p. 10 “Satoshi (Sally) Nakamura (1908-1992)” by Kaye Kishibe
p. 12 “The Journey to Find My Father’s Resting Site in Japan” by Ken Kiyoshi Endo
p. 16 “Greenwood, Midway, Grand Forks and Christina Lake Reunion, June 29th, 2008″ by Carol Sogawa
p. 17 “Family History Series No.9: A Story of a Berry Farming Family” by Linda Kawamoto Reid
p. 22 “Book Review: Wild Birds (Donna Yoshitake Wuest) reviewed by Edzard Teubert
p. 23 “野鳥 (Wild Birds)” by Sakura Nishimura – in Japanese
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2007
2007 – Volume 12
Volume 12, No.1, Spring 2007
Thomas Kunito Shoyama: My Mentor, My Friend
National Treasure Lost, Nikkei Community Loses Inspirational Leader
Message to the Students
Why I Am Buying Victory Bonds
So This Was Our Domination
The Paradox of the Vancouver Riot of 1907
Powell Street Riot
Perspectives on the 1907 Riots
Kozo Kitagawa and the Omiya Shoten and Tad’s Sporting Goods
Hapa Animator a Voice for the Future
Japanese Canadian National Museum: Winter 2006 Highlights
Nitobe Memorial Garden
February 2007 Nikkei Place Update
Kenzo Mori
バンクーバー暴動
Volume 12, No.2, Summer 2007
Tosh Mukaida: A man of Convictions
Potato Kings, the Fujimoto Clones
Support your Museum with a Gift or Bequest
A Tribute to Sakuya Nishimura
Norm Takeuchi’s Banners Grace Vancouver Streets
Nikkei Fishermen’s Project Two-Volume History Coming Soon
Organizing the 2007 Anniversaries of Change
Always reviewed
Profile of Chef Daryle Ryo Nagata
June 2007 Nikkei Place Update
Mary Miki Madokoro (nee Kimoto)
Things to Remember When Visiting North America’s Japanese Gardens
Remembering Jack Duggan
2007 Obon Tour of Vancouver Island
Volume 12, No.3, Autumn 2007
Alisa Noda(1956 – 2007)
A Celebration of Life – Alisa Noda
Gobo – A Japanese Canadian Heirloom Vegetable
What’s New and Different for Fall 2007
Matsutake Dreaming
Nikkei War Veterans: Ryoichi and Yutaka Kobayashi
The Memorial on Vimy Ridge
My Time in Tokyo
Anniversary 07 – Remembering the Asian History og WC Canada
Mary Miki Madokoro (nee Kimoto)(Part II)
A Friend indeed – Memories of Jack Duggan
Japanese Fisherman’s Hospital Office and Nurses’ Residence
"The Burmese Harp” and “Fire on the Plains”
Traditional Remedies
My Life So Far
p.27 ノース・バンクーバー日系伐採キャンプについて
Volume 12, No.4, Winter 2007
John Endo Greenaway Honoured
Remembering George Oikawa
Mits Hiyashi Honoured by Japanese Foreign Ministry
George Oikawa: Words of Remembrance
A Pastor from Steveston, Eddie Sensei
History of the Vancouver Buddhist Temple
Hamilton Japanese United Church
The Sept. 1907 Riot and Gentlemen’s Agreement
Mary Miki Madokoro (nee Kimoto) Part III
Nikkei Place Update
The Way of Tea
Osake: One Man’s Vision
カルタの歴史－西村咲弥著 (The History of Karuta)
2006
2006 – Volume 11
Vol. 11, No. 1 Spring 2006
A Journal Comes of Age: a decade of Nikkei Images
Reminiscing about the Steveston Japanese Language School and Moncton Street
Steveston Japanese School
Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall
From ‘Bridge Across the Pacific’ to ‘Global Citizen’: Japanese as a Heritage Language in Canada
Osaka Science Centre Hosts Kusaka Symposium
Journey as an Artist
Japanese Canadian National Museum Report – Spring 2006
Yoshio Johnny Makokoro (Part 1)
Gordon Ryo Kadota Awarded Order of Rising Sun
Valuing Our Heritage: It’s Your Choice
Suian Maru Centennial Update
Botched Japanese language article
Membership
Vol. 11, No. 2 Summer 2006
Oikawa Nappa – a Nikkei Heritage Spring Vegetable
Japanese Canadian National Museum and Its Origins
Japanese Canadian History Preservation Committee, 1984-1988
A Heartwarming Story About Searching Family Roots
Beaconsfield Book of the Month Meeting
Yoshio Johnny Madokoro (Part 2)
Japanese Canadian National Museum Report – Summer 2005
The Naming of Minoru Park in Richmond, BC
Images of Internment’ Exhibition Opening
Senji Nakamura
Yama Sen no Bankuba Jidai
Memberships
Vol. 11, No. 3 Autumn 2006
Portland Japanese Garden
The Japanese Garden at Dinner Bay, Mayne Island
Seattle Japanese Garden
Maestro Derrick Inouye
Yoshio Johnny Madokoro (Part 1)
Post-War Japanese Immigrants and their involvement in the Community
Remembrances of New Denver, 1942-1946
My Dual Affiliations with Japan and Canada
Oikawa Collection and Suian Maru Descend-ents Return to the Fraser
Masao (Mas) Kawanami 1923-2005
Report on the Annual General Meetinf of the National Nikkei Museum and Heritage Centre
Japanese Familis on Annacis, Don and Lion Islands and Queensborough
Kami ga watashi o Nihon ni tsukasasreta
Memberships
Vol. 11, No. 4 Winter 2006
Mr. Nishikaze’s Rock Garden: an Obsession
A Legacy of Teaching
Greg Miyanaga, a Master Teacher
Yoshio Johnny Madokoro (Part 3)
Ian Alistair Mackenzie
A Book Review of ‘A Black Mark’
Seattle’s Nihonmachi Past Found at the Panama Hotel
Fraser River Shad
My History of Ochazuke
35 Year History of the Gladstone Nippongo Gakuen and Japanese Language Education in BC
Remembering Oikawa Jima and Sato Jima, BC
Japanese Canadian National Museum
Mrs. Takenaka and the Writings of Mikio Higashi
Many Thanks to Suian Maru Supporters, Donors
Kanbarando in Japanese
Memberships
2005
2005 – Volume 10
Vol. 10, No. 1 Spring 2005
For the Love of the Game
Nikkei Logging Site Tour
Textile Artist: Yvonne Wakabayshi
About Mr. Osamu Kasahara
Masao and Fumie Hayashi (Part 2)
Nikkei Thoughts on Writing
Shashin: Japanese Canadian Studio Photography to 1942
Shashin: Japanese Canadian Studio Photography to 1942
Shuichi Kusaka: 1915-1947
The Chinese Canadian Historical Society (CCHS) is Formed
Japanese Canadian National Museum Report for Spring 2005
Thomas Kunito Shoyama Receives Another Honour
In the News – Sampling the Archival Treasure Trove
Asahi Exhibition Receives Gifts from Sponsors
Jan-Ken-Pon! Family Games Day
Memberships
Vol.10, No.2 Summer 2005
The Call of the Amazon
The Koyama Home and Four Lanterns
Shirley Takako Inouye – Ocean Inspired Artist
Dr. John Stanley (Stan) Rowe (1918-2004)
The Thomas K. Shoyama Papers at Library and Archives Canada
The Little Town That Did: The People of Chemainus and the Japanese
Glencoe Sugar Beet Camp, May 29th – November 12th, 1942
The SUIAN MARU Centennial Celebration
Kushiro Sister City Delegation to Burnaby
Worth a Thousand Words
Japanese Canadian National Museum Report
Request for Information
Vol. 10, No. 3 Autumn 2005
Zennosuke Inouye: Canadian Veteran
Japanese Canadian Veterans and War Memorial in Stanley Park
Unveil Japanese Memorial Today Vancouver Sun, April 9,1920, with permission
Unveil Shaft to Japanese Soldiers Vancouver Daily Province, April 9, 1920, with permission
Monument to Japanese Canadian Volunteers Serving in Great European War summarized from Tairiku Nippo, April 9, 1920
Lest We Forget: A Dedication to Commemorate the Re-lighting of the War Memorial to Japanese Canadian Soldiers of World War I, Aug. 2, 1985
Yoshizo and Alice Myra Takeuchi
Thoughts on the Canadian Japanese Volunteer Corps
Fred Kagawa’s War: Etobicoke Veteran Served Country and King with Psychological Operations
Upcoming NNMHC Events
Japanese Canadian National Museum – Fall 2005 Report
NNMHC Role in the Kushiro 40th Anniversary Visit
Book Review: Tasaka
Tamaka Fisher: Life artist
Photos of Stan Rowe
NNMHC Annual General Meeting, 2005
Sutanree Koen no Kanada Giyuhei Kinin-hi Article in Japanese on JC War Memorial, Stanley Park
Membership
Vol. 10, No. 4 Winter 2005
The Story of Tagami Bros., Lumber
A Search for Kilns in Japan
Masako Hori: Creating an Awareness of Traditional Japanese Art Forms
The Saito Berry Legacy
Japanese Canadian National Museum Report – Winter 2005
Peter Shoji Yamauchi
Lest We Forget from Remembrance Day Ceremony at Stanley Park, Nov. 11, 1992
Artifacts from Early 20th C. Nikkei Logging Camps in North Vancouver
Nikkei Logging on the North Shore
Lumber Industry Material from the Museum Collection
Higashi Mikio shi no Zuihitsu to Takenaka-san (in Japanese)
Memberships
2004
2004 – Volume 9
Volume 9, No.1, Spring 2004
01 From the Diaries of the Rev. Kosaburo Shimizu
06 A Legacy of Two Cultures
08 The Oriental Home and School in Victoria
09 Steveston Buddhist Temple 75th Anniversary
10 Early Days in Silverdale
12 The Ikeda Family and the Canadian Men’s National Gymnastics Team
13 A Wildlife Photographer
16 Life After 42
18 Japanese Canadian Internment Camp in Eatonville?
19 Things Japanese Sale
19 From the Museum – A report from the Manager/Curator
Volume 9, No.2, Summer 2004
01 The Shimizu Family Story
07 Aiko Sato, 1909-1954
09 History of the United Church of Canada with the Japanese
10 God Sent Me to Japan
16 Soichi Shiho, Recipient of Royal Canadian Humane Association Citations
17 Nikkei Week 2004
18 From the Museum – A Report by the Manager/Curator
18 JCNM Lecture Series: Canadian and American Treatment of the Nikkei, 1890-1941: A Comparison
19 Re-opening the Gate: Japanese Immigration to Canada, 1945-1967
20 Dr. Henry Shimizu, Order of Canada Award
Volume 9, No. 3, Autumn 2004
01 Princess Takamado Visits Steveston and the Nikkei Centre
02 Duck Decoys: From Utilitarian Object to Art Form
08 The Shimizu Family Story Part II: Life and Times at Store and Fisgard Sts
14 Visit of the ASAMA and AZUMA to Vancouver, June 19 to 23rd, 1914
17 Shashin : Japanese Canadian Studio Photography to 1942
18 Japanese Canadian National Museum Report, Fall 2004
19 Board of Directors, NNMHC, 2004-2005
19 Nikkei Week 2004 Schedule Announced
19 Things Japanese Sale
Volume 9, No.4, Winter 2004
01 Archaeology of Nikkei Logging Camps in North Vancouver
03 Richmond’s Strawberry King
05 Berry Picking in Mount Lehman
06 The Times They Are A’Changin
10 Family History Series No.2: Masao and Fumie Hayashi (Part 1)
18 Artist/Craftsman Series No.4: Sharon Minemoto Leads Vancouver Jazz Quintet
20 Katari Taiko Turns 25!
21 Nikkei Week Salutes Unique Century of Nikkei Farms
22 Japan Trip – Player’s Observations
23 Japan Trip – Parent’s Observations
24 Yamanaka Lacquer Ware Artisans Visit Nikkei Place
2003
2003 – Volume 8
Volume 8, No.1, Spring 2003
01 Pioneer Issei: Tomekichi Homma’s Fight for the Franchise
06 Tomekichi Homma
08 Personal Recollections of Tomekichi Homma
09 Recent Archives of Acquisitions at JCNM
10 I Was Not a Good Detective
11 Book Review – Japanese Community in Mission
12 Sources of Historical and Genealogical Information in Japan
13 Steve Turnbull Appointed Manager Curator of JCNM
15 Ties to the EMPRESS
16 A Call for Pre-War Oshogatsu Celebration Stories
Volume 8, No.2, Summer 2003
01 A Valuable Addition to the Japanese Canadian Museum Archives
02 Jitaro Charles Tanaka and Sumilo Suga Tanaka Collection
04 My Training on the Koto
05 Otowa Ryu Japanese Dance Group
06 Nishikawa Dance Group
07 An Inventory of Steveston Judo Club Photographs
08 Resources on Internment
09 A Legacy of Stories: Storytelling in My Life
10 JCNM Manager/Curator’s Report
11 Addendum to JCNM President’s Report 2001-2002
12 Museum Formally Merges with NNHCS
13 Review – NFB Documentary, Sleeping Tigers: The Asahi Baseball Story
13 Museum Celebrates Successful Event
14 Review – SUTEBUSUTON: A Japanese Village on the British Columbia Coast
15 Kinzie Tanaka, Political Activist, Excerpts from a Memoir
18 Unlucky Sugar Beet Workers
Volume 8, No.3 Autumn 2003
01 Madam Butterfly, Margaret Harumi Iwasaki Peters
05 Carl Ogawa, Olympic Silver Medalist
07 Olympic Dreams
10 Toshio Uyede’s Reminisces of the Victoria Judo Club
11 Remembering the Vancouver Asahi
14 Kamloops Nisei Baseball Team
14 High Boat Trophy
15 Ozawa Hotel
16 Tatsumi Dance Group’s Trip to Lethbridge
17 A Christmas Eve Miracle: Strange but True
18 JCNM at the Powell Street Festival, 2003
19 Report from the JCNM
20 Message from the President, Fred Yada
Volume 8, No.4 Winter 2003
01 Haru Moriyama’s Reminiscences of Oshogatsu in Mission
04 New Year Celebrations in the Thirties
05 Shogatsu Celebrations in Tokyo During the 1930s
06 The Japanese Sword Collection of Yoshimaru Abe
08 Ethnic Expectations
09 Friends of East Lillooet Reunion
10 Steveston Buddhist Temple 75th Anniversary Celebration
12 Mission Long Overdue
13 Nikkei Week 2003 Summary
16 JCNM Manager/Curator’s Report
17 My Dad and the Canadian Fishing Company
18 Shining Light
20 Victoria Japanese Community at April 22, 1942
2002
2002 – Volume 7
Volume 7, No.1, Spring 2002
01 Celebration of Japanese Canadian Redress
02 Yoshio Johnny Madokoro
06 Memoirs of Yukinori Peter Takasaki
07 Jiro Kamiya, Master Carpenter
09 Still Lingers On: The 60th Anniversary of the Internment - Part I
13 Tashme School Days
14 My Most Vivid Memories of Evacuation
15 Watari Dori (A Bird of Passage)
19 JCNM Mochitsuki Report
20 JCNM New Board Members
Volume 7, No.2, Summer 2002
01 A History of the Steveston Judo Club
04 Pilgrimage to Manzo Nagano’s Grave Site
06 Richmond Tall Ships 2002
07 New Denver Revisited – Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the Forced Relocation of Japanese Canadians
08 Nikkei Week 125
08 University of Victoria Conference
08 Toyoaki Takata, 1920-2002
09 Paul Kariya Heads Pacific Salmon Foundation
10 Angler POW Camp 101
Volume 7, No.3, Autumn 2002
01 Kendo in Canada, 1900-1950
03 Our Living Treasure: Thomas Kunito Shoyama
04 Tsuneharu Gonnami
05 Why Hakujin Can’t Catch Sockeye or a Japanese Canadian Fishing Legacy?
06 Home Again (Terminal Island)
07 Spirit of Steveston
07 Galiano Island Vice-Regal Visit
09 Speaking Notes for Mayne Island Japanese Garden Dedication Ceremony
10 The NIPPON MARU Visit
11 Japanese Canadian National Museum Members Vote YES on Merger
12 Still Lingers On: The 60th Anniversary of the Internment - Part II
18 My Experiences During the Second World War
20 Nikkei Week Festivities, 2002
Volume 7, No.4, Winter 2002
01 Nikkei Week 125th Anniversary Dinner Address
04 JCNM President’s Report
07 UVic Conference – Changing Japanese Idenitities in Multicultural Canada
07 Early Japanese Canadian Community in Tofino
10 A Nagaya in Vancouver
11 Proposed Project for the 50th Anniversary of the Steveston Judo Club
12 A Perfect Gift for the Holidays at the Museum Shop
12 Roy Miki Wins 2002 Governor General’s Award for Poetry
13 How Long Was Amerika’s Five Years
14 Memories of East Lillooet
2001
2001 – Volume 6
Volume 6, No.1 Spring 2001
01 Ucluelet: As It Was Before 1942 (Part I)
04 Community Memorial Services for Dr. W. Fujiwara
04 Japanese Newspapers and Magazines in Vancouver
06 Portland’s Japanese American Historical Plaza
07 Why do you want to volunteer for the JCNM?
07 Why I became a Board Member
Volume 6, No.2 Summer 2001
01 Japanese Charcoal Pit Kilns on the Gulf Islands
04 A Family History: Bunjiro Sakon
05 Japanese Smelt Fishers of Point Grey
06 Ucluelet: As It Was Before 1942 (part II)
09 Japanese Canadian National Museum Open House
09 A Day of Remembrance
10 A Guidebook to Living in Canada – 1906 Style!
Volume 6, No.3 Autumn 2001
01 Roy Hamaguchi, a Gizmo Award Winner
02 The Biography of Sataro Kuwahara, Retail Merchant
04 Steveston Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
05 Fraser Valley Buddhist Church 45th Anniversary Service
06 Bamfield, Vancouver Island
08 The First Powell Street Festival
11 Cultural Events Coordinator for the Steveston Salmon Festival
12 Does Anyone Know? Japanese Language and Community Centre in Chemainus, BC
Volume 6, No.4 Winter 2001
01 Fancy Stuff Keeps BC Carver Busy for DUCKS UNLIMITED
02 Mrs. Okada’s Kamaboko Factory
04 Remember When” (about oolichan fishing)
05 Books about Japanese Canadian history for Young Readers
06 In Memory of Robert K. Iwata
07 Community Celebration Dinner
07 Our Unique Past; Our Destiny?
11 Tribute to Nikkei Pioneers – Issei and Nisei
13 JCNM President’s Report – 2000-2001
14 Nikkei Fishermen’s Reunion
15 JCNM Annual General Meeting, October 27, 2001
15 Call for your Internment Stories
16 Volunteer Appreciation Dinner and Powell Street Festival
2000
2000 – Volume 5
Volume 5, No.1 Spring 2000
01 History of the Vancouver Japanese Language School and Hall
03 JCNM Open House a Smashing Success
04 O-kaeri! A Set of Dolls Comes Home
05 From Far and Wide
06 The Japanese Canadian Heritage Trail
07 Pidgin Japanese Canadian
Volume 5, No.2 Summer 2000
01 Topaz (War Relocation Authority WRA) Relocation Camp
03 Archives: A Treasure Trove to Mirror Our Colourful Past
06 Terminal Island: A Southern California Connection
08 Japanese Canadian National Museum Internment Camp Bus Tour
Volume 5, No.3 Autumn 2000
01 The Making of the Japanese Canadian National Museum
03 My Fellow Canadians
05 Reflections on Redress
07 Amerika Mura’s “Books for Canada” Society”
08 Brief History of Japanese People in Vernon
08 Japanese Canadians in Kamloops
10 Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre, New Denver, BC
10 Past and Upcoming Events
11 The Move to Nikkei Place
11 History of Powell Street and JANM Visitors
11 Powell Street Festival
12 Celtic Cannery Walking Tour
Volume 5, No.4 Winter 2000
01 Museum and Inaugural Exhibition Opening – September 22, 2000
03 History is not Irrevocable! speech
03 JCNM AGM President’s Report
05 Internment Camps Tour
09 A Cat’s Tale
09 It’s a Small World!
10 Oshogatsu: A Family Tradition
11 Hashi Kai! Memories of BC Security Commission Blankets
12 Seeking an Answer
1999
1999 – Volume 4
Volume 4, No.1 Spring 1999
01 Sannosuke Ennyu’s Diary
03 Unearthed from the Silence at the Richmond Museum
05 JCNMAS News and Events
06 Pacific Boat Building Company
Volume 4, No.2 Summer 1999
01 Our Pioneer Issei Centenarians
03 Citizen Kaye
05 The Courageous Story of Mrs. Hide Shimizu, Teacher
06 My Hero: Thomas Kunito Shoyama
Volume 4, No.3 Fall/Winter 1999
01 My Dream May Yet Come True in Your (I Mean "Our") Museum
03 Preserving Our People’s History
03 Captivating Collections
04 Comfort Food: A Taste of History
05 Even Specks of Dust….
05 Unearthed and on the Road!
06 Challenges of the Millennium Museum Project
08 Welcome to our New Board Members!
09 We Thank You!
16 West Coast Exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Civilization
1998
1998 – Volume 3
No.1 Spring 1998
01 Finely Crafted Wooden Boats and Magnificent Gardens – Steveston’s Murakami Family
03 Japanese Canadian Directory – Useless then, Priceless Now
04 Watari Dori (A Bird of Passage) reported
05 Tragedy on the Fraser
08 Thank you from the JCNMAS
No.2 Summer 1998
01 Canning Salmon on the Skeena
03 Nikkei and the Net
04 Topaz Reunion Report
05 Steveston: Cannery Row reviewed
08 Thank you from the JCNMAS
No.3 Autumn 1998
01 Fanny Bay… A Once Busy Logging Centre
03 JCNMAS Archival Report
05 Nikkei Uprooting During World War II
06 Computerization of the 1901 Canada Census – A New JCNMAS Project
08 Thank you from the JCNMAS
No.4 not produced
1997
1997 – Volume 2
No.1 April/May 1997
01 A Postcard from American Village
03 Did you know
03 Exhibit Update: Unearthed from the Silence
04 Thank You and Kids Corner
No.2 not produced
No.3 July 1997
01 A Powell Street Walking Tour
07 Thomas Kunito Shoyama: Our Living Treasure
No.4 November 1997
01 Preserving Family Photographs
04 Welcome to our New Board Members!
05 JCNMAS Oral History Project
06 Powell Street – A Photographic Record
1996
1996 – Volume 1
No.1 January 1996
01 A Welcome from your Board of Directors
02 Introducing our new logo
03 A Brief History of the Canadian Nikkei by Audrey Kobayashi
08 Events Calendar
No.2 April/May 1996
01 Focus on Volunteers
02 From the editor
03 Society now has Charitable Status
04 Grant Received for “Unearthed from the Silence” Exhibit
05 Japanese Canadian War Memorial Monument Found on B.C. North Coast
06 Japanese Canadian Places Project
07 Those Photographs!
07 Events Calendar
08 Founding Members (to April 1996)
08 List of Financial Donors
No.3 July 1996
01 Exhibition Projects Take Shape
02 From the editor
03 Yosai (Western Sewing)
07 More on Those Photos
07 Events Calendar
08 List of Donors-in-Kind
08 Nominations Welcome
08 Information Please: Powell Street (Japan Town) Restaurants
No.4 December 1996
01 An old image springs back to life
02 From the editor
04 Looking back at 1996
05 A Year in Images
06 From Shoeboxes and Dresser Drawers: The Development of our Archives
07 Volunteers from Japan assist with Archival Work
07 Experiential Studies at Canadian International College
08 News & Events