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Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
— a place to connect. learn. inspire.
This year marks the 21st anniversary of Nikkei Centre. During the past 20 years, we have built a home for Japanese Canadian history, heritage and culture — a place to gather and build community , to share our legacy , and to educate and inspire diverse audiences locally and globally.
We offer unique programming, exhibits, and events, and ensure the legacies of people of Japanese ancestry in Canada live on into the future.
JULY 2021 - FEBRUARY 2022
In honour of the vision of our founders, we embarked on the Inspiration Fundraiser in support of the Friends of Nikkei Centre Maintenance Fund. This Fund ensures the maintenance needs of our museum & cultural centre can be met for many years to come.
The Vision of Our Founders + The Future Ahead
We at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre (Nikkei Centre) wish to thank our supporters for inspiring us to face the challenges of this past year with resilience, hope and determination.
We are inspired by founding leaders who spearheaded the creation of Nikkei Centre, from a dream to reality. Their efforts, and that of other community leaders since, continue to ensure Nikkei Centre stands as a legacy at Nikkei Place to honour, preserve, and share Japanese culture and Japanese Canadian history and heritage for a better Canada.
Join us on social media throughout the campaign, and be inspired by the stories and people who have helped shape our vibrant community and cultural centre.
Thank You for Supporting the Care & Repair of Our Cultural Centre!
We wish to thank all our donors who answered the call to help build the Friends of Nikkei Centre Maintenance Fund into a healthy contingency for future facility maintenance, repairs and capital improvements such as:
Roof Replacement
Elevator
Energy Efficiency
Flooring
Landscaping
Lighting
Your support is instrumental in supporting the care and repair of Nikkei Centre, and ensuring we can continue to be a place that serves the needs of seniors, children, families, individuals, organizations, and community well into the future.
July 1, 2021 - February 1, 2022
- Louise Akuzawa & Ron Kruschen — Anonymous (9) Karen Baker-MacGrotty & David MacGrotty Maiko Behr Troy Bullock Manami Calvo Dean & Ayumi Dalke Akemi Eddy EllisDon Corporation Fortis BC Energy Inc. Fortis BC Energy Inc. - Art Kanzaki Akiko Gomyo Mutsumi Hamakawa Kathryn Hayashi George & Elaine Homma Reiko Cheryl Honkawa Naoto Horita Frances H. Isomura Kevin & Denise Isomura Dick Iwanaka Don & Kumiko Iwanaka Jim Pike Ltd. Fran & Mike Johnson Erik, Sara, Ruby & Colin Johnston Shinobu Kadome
- Bill & Toshiko Kajiwara — Kim Kamimura Frank & Naomi Kamiya Art Kanzaki Dan Kunimoto L.A. Shoji Foundation Cathy Makihara Robert Maruyama Yuki Matsuno Debbie Miki Evy Miki Ian Miki & Chieko Chijiwa Jason Miki Joseph & Suanne Miki Patrick T. Miki Tsuneko Miki Tsuneo & Noriko Miki Izumi Miki McGruer Alan & Wakako Morris Kaori (Mick) & Mariko Namiki Roberta H. Nasu Craig Natsuhara Nikkei Place Foundation NNMCC Auxiliary Dan & Colleen Nomura Carrie Okano
- Nancy Okano — Herbert I. Ono Fred Parsche Lui Passaglia Plant-A-Life Products Ltd. Brock Radloff Chikako Rahman Salim Rahman Howard Shimokura Leigh Ann Shoji-Lee Keiji & Melody Shudo Mr. & Mrs. Sueyoshi Cheryl Suzuki Debra Suzuki Kenneth & Rosemarie Takeuchi Charles Tasaka Sanae Togashi & David Peters Anibal & Tracey Valente Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association Henry & Yvonne Wakabayashi Fred & Linda Yada Rickey & Margaret Yada Felicia Yee Jack Yeh Charito Yuen
Tribute Gifts were made to honour the following people
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IN HONOUR OF
Inspiring Founders & Leaders
Japanese Canadian War Veterans
Jasper & Smokey
Tsuneo Miki’s 88th Birthday
Ken & Miyo Saito’s 50th Wedding Anniversary
Henry Wakabayashi
Sam Yamamoto’s 100th Birthday
IN MEMORY OF
Tom & Emily Baker
Robert T. Banno
Kay Bartnik
Mitsuo Hayashi
Motoi & Suyeko Iwanaka
Gordon Kadota
Jean Kamimura
Yosh & Kay Kanzaki
Okinu Miki
Robert Miki
Okinu, Ichitaro, Robert, Ichio Miki
Dr. Tatsuo Okamura
Tamotsu & Misao Ono
Bernice Radloff
Miki Tanaka
Masako Yada
Inspiring Community Stories
- 20 years of Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre — 20 in 2020 Recently digitized photographs follow the archives from a small office on Broadway to our purpose-built museum space today: a journey seen through groundbreaking ceremonies and community gatherings.
- Learn More — Elders Roy Uyeda & Akira Horii give talks to students about growing up Japanese Canadian Volunteer Spotlight Meet Roy Uyeda and Akira Horii — elders in our community that have volunteered for many years with Nikkei Centre's Taiken education program. They are dedicated to giving talks to students about their experiences growing up Japanese Canadian.
- Nikkei Women series — Sounds Japanese Canadian to Me Podcast During the exhibition "Iron Willed: Women in STEM" the Nikkei National Museum's podcast shared ten stories of Nikkei Women. Lives of remarkable Japanese Canadian women who have survived through the Japanese Canadian internment. Listen to these on our website or subscribe to Sounds Japanese Canadian To Me on your Podcast platform.
Samurai Armour Preserved at Nikkei National Museum
From the Robert Samuel Alexander Collection
Watch this episode of Treasures from the Vault to learn about this near-complete set of samurai armour, dating back to circa 1850, preserved in our museum vault. Robert was a well-known Vancouver artist who purchased the armour from an antique shop (probably on Granville Street) in circa 1942.
Nikkei Matsuri: Building Community Through Arts and Culture
A summer tradition at Nikkei Centre
Nikkei Centre has hosted the ever-popular Nikkei Matsuri summer festival for the past 8 years. Watch highlights from last year's re-imagined version "Summer at Nikkei Garden". The 9th annual Nikkei Matsuri returns with "Mini Matsuri" this year on labour day weekend, September 4 & 5, 2021!
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