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A Journal of Japanese Canadian Community, History & Culture www.jccabulletin-geppo.ca SSN 1182-0225 v.64 No.01 January 2022 Circulation: 4,100 Canada Post Agreement Number 400-50782 G V J C CA

The Bulletin/Geppo is published monthly by the Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association (GVJCCA).

Writing Wrongs: exploring Japanese Canadian protest letters of the 1940s 2

Managing Editor John Endo Greenaway john@bigwavedesign.net

Interview: Carmel Tanaka 3 Powell Street Festival Update 6 Community Outreach on Systemic Racism & Collecting Race-based Data 7

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East Lillooet Internment Memorial Garden, phase II.

East Lillooet Internment Memorial Garden 8 Remembering Kaoru Kimoto 10 JCCA Donations / Editorial 14 JCCA President’s Message 15 ©

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“Though our journey is a unique one, you might recognize its echoes in today’s headlines. It resonates with continuing stories of dislocation, migration, and struggles to build from fragments an idea of home.” – from Writing Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Protest Letters of the 1940s “What is home? Is it family? Place? Safety and rest? Danger and risk?” These are some of the questions posed by Writing Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Protest Letters of the 1940s, a website developed with the support of, and hosted by, Digital Museums Canada and launched in March 2021.

Writing Wrongs is inspired by over 300 letters written by Japanese Canadians in the 1940s to protest the Canadian government’s forcible sale of their property during the forced exile, incarceration and dispossession immediately following the bombing of Pearl Harbor in late 1941. The project is the product of half a decade’s worth of academic research by the Landscapes of Injustice (LOI) research and public history project, a partner organization.

cestor who wrote a protest letter – about a cause or issue close to their heart in a 45-minute workshop. Creative forms of expression such as visual arts, music and mixed media are also welcomed. Participation is voluntary.

The panels will also include behind-the-scenes insights from the creators of the Writing Wrongs exhibit: the incomparable Susanne Tabata, lead Creative Director, Senior Creative Content Producer and Writer; As the introduction of the website goes on to say, “home means many Carolyn Nakagawa from the Nikkei National Museum things. It is shaped by our attitudes and circumstances, our past and and Cultural Centre; and Site Designer John Endo present, and often, our aspirations for the future. All immigrants are Greenaway of The Bulletin/Geppo. vulnerable to the insecurities of migration. They face the challenges of Writing protest letters can be a powerful tool of rebuilding community in a new place. But for those of us with Japanese silience. Following the panel discussion, participants ancestry, the very idea of home has been altered forever by systemic are invited to join Carmel Tanaka in writing a letter of and profound injustice.” their choosing – perhaps to a MLA/MP or to an an-

The website, divided into four sections – Kibou/hope, Ikigai/worth, Gaman/endurance, and Hibiki/echoes – puts the protest letters in context, tracing the arc of the Japanese Canadian community from emigration, to building communities in Canada, forcible removal from their homes to internment sites, and the legacy of standing up for justice that continues to this day. The letters of protest, presented in full on the website, speak powerfully from the archives about the meaning of citizenship, justice, and equal rights.

Carmel Tanaka is a self-described queer ‘Jewpanese’ (Jewish and Japanese Canadian) woman of colour from the west coast on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. She is a community engagement professional, who knows what it takes. She has founded a number of leadership initiatives, including JQT Vancouver, Genocide Prevention BC, and Cross Cultural Walking Tours. Carmel holds a Masters in Public Health, specializing in Emergency & Disaster Management from Tel Aviv University, and a Bachelor of Arts, specializing in Asian Language & Culture from the University of British Columbia, and is a creator of written and video media content, and a dynamic speaker and panelist regular.

Protest Letters: Then and Now – a panel discussion (and workshop) for Writing Wrongs will take place on Saturday, February 12, 2022 from 1-3PM PST on Zoom. On the panel are a selection of community voices who participated in Writing Wrongs: Carmel Tanaka, Brent Hirose, Laura I spoke to Carmel via email. Fukumoto, Kirsten McAllister, Aki Horri and Tosh Kitagawa. The participants were filmed reading from letters written by their ancestors and the resulting videos are seeded throughout the website, providing a powerful link to the present day JC community.

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BULLETIN INTERVIEW

Carmel Tanaka

Still from Writing Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Protest Letters of the 1940s, reader Carmel Tanaka, director Susanne Tabata.

In the time I’ve known you, I’ve seen you wear many hats. Tell me how you came to be reading a letter on the Writing Wrongs website. I first learned about this project through my friend and mentor Susanne Tabata before I even knew that my great grandmother Shimo Kameda was one of the protest letter writers. It was Susanne Tabata, Carolyn Nakagawa or Lisa Uyeda who made the connection that I was a descendant of the Port Essington Kameda family. I was encouraged to connect with Jordan Stanger-Ross over at Landscapes of Injustice and found out their team took particular interest in the Kameda family because the Bird Commission file on them stood out as one of the largest ever found. What, if anything, did you know about your great grandmother, before you read the letter? My Japanese Canadian family is not one to talk, especially when it comes to the internment, and I knew better than to ask any questions about it. I learned from an early age that it is a taboo subject that only brings up pain and anger. Prior to this project and to reading these letters, all I knew about my great grandmother was that she was buried up in Prince Rupert, that my father visited her grave while on an architectural trip and she came to him in the form of a raven, and that she disapproved of her daughter (my bachan) marrying her husband (my jichan) as they belonged to two different social castes, and therefore there was no affection towards her in the family. In 2010, on a trip

from Alaska, I stopped in Prince Rupert and found her grave in the Asian section of the cemetery. She was born in 1885 and passed away in 1967, and I was born in 1987 – a century later. I didn’t even know what she looked like until 2019, when my aunt went through a box of old photographs with me. Did you even know that the letter existed beforehand? No, not only did I not know about the letter, I had no idea that she had written two letters. Both are dated February 24, 1947 and are addressed to the Custodian’s Office. In one letter from File #2084 & 1582, she addresses the embarrassment of having to ask her debtors to settle up and concludes that she hopes and prays that the Claims Commission will “compensate for this unjustifiable mass exodus unrecorded in history since the expulsion of the Acadians”. In another letter from File #1582, Shimo lists items sold by the Custodian’s Office well under fair market value, making it clear that this is

not a complete list of missing articles. The latter would be the letter the Writing Wrongs team would have me read and choose to feature in the online exhibit. What was it like finding this window into the past, and then reading the letter? Did it take you deeper into your family’s history? When compared to my Jewish grandparents who were Holocaust Survivors and what I knew about their plight versus the mystery that shrouded my Japanese Canadian grandparents’ experience of the internment, I was left to come up with my own conclusions. Due to the silence in my family and not being connected to the Japanese Canadian community, I grew up believing that the Japanese Canadians had no spine, and thought perhaps they went willingly to the camps, as I heard no stories of resilience or fighting back. In 2018, I became involved with the Japanese Canadian community (ironically through my work in the Jewish community), and in those years

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Shimo Kameda, date unknown. Photo courtesy of Carmel Tanaka.

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to follow, I got an education. I learned that Shimo Kameda and her sons were sent to Hastings Park and detained in the animal livestock building prior to being sent to Minto. I learned about the pre-war dysfunction in the family, which better explains why the family carries on in the same way today. I experienced the vicious PTSD cycle that plagues and feeds into our community politics, having a brief stint in BC Redress mobilizing. I traveled to New Denver where my grandparents and great grandfather (Shimo’s ex-husband) were interned, and broke down in tears, whilst being held up by my Jewish friends. I began to reconnect with my Japanese and Buddhist roots through learning how to make tsumami-zaiku and how to set up a butsudan. I connected with my aunt who gave me a document in Japanese which turned out to be the Tanaka koseki and had it translated into English (plenty of skeletons in there for a book!). So by the time I was approached by Susanne Tabata to read Shimo’s letter, I was ready and pleasantly surprised to learn that there were over 300 protest letters, and even more shocked to discover that my great grandmother was among them. What are some of the things you’ve discovered as you’ve delved into your family’s history on your father’s side? I discovered that my desire for Tikkun Olam (Jewish social justice value of “repairing the world”) runs deep not only on my Jewish side, but equally so on my Japanese side. Shimo was aware of other injustices that happened right here in Canada and referenced it in her letter. I learned that she had divorced her husband in the 1940s, which was unheard of at that time, and took over running the Kameda Store and became a successful self-made business woman. She was described to me as a bitter woman, and I completely understand why and have the utmost empathy for her. In the letter I read in Writing Wrongs, she lists her Vancouver home. In May 2021, I hopped on a bicycle along with my friend Trisha Roberson (also from the Nikkei Museum & Culture Centre) in search of this home in Kitsilano, and she filmed this experience for one of my projects, Cross Cultural Walking Tours. I had no idea my family had roots in Kitsilano, a neighbourhood I lived in during my undergrad and most recently for the past four years within a few short blocks of where Shimo once lived. There is a large condominium now where the house used to be, which was bittersweet for me. The block is decorated with sakura trees which were in full bloom, showering down on me in a poetic fashion. The video reached 2.5K views on Facebook, which resulted in a few yonsei reaching out and wanting to seek the locations that once belonged to their relatives together. So perhaps there is a future in doing such trips in a supportive environment with a group of people who “get it”. Many in my generation either don’t feel comfortable asking our family members about what happened or are already of a generation so far down the line that there really isn’t much living memory left, if at all.

a profound impact on me, and I have Susanne Tabata to thank. I know it won’t undo the injustice that my family went through, but it expanded the reach of Shimo’s letter in a way that will live on well beyond either of us. To think that these letters were dictated to a typist who would then pass the letter through to the office and these protest letter writers would never get to chance to speak directly to the Custodian, the only option was to wait to receive an answer in the mail, if it were me in her shoes, I would have screamed and stormed through the door (likely to no avail). It’s also interesting because these letters sparked a discussion in my family where one relative thinks it was her young adult son who helped write the letters, as English was not her first language (she was born in Japan). Either way, it was written in her name with her obviously directing what was to be put into those two letters. As far as I’m concerned, she’s my hero! My bachan passed away before I was born and my jichan soon after that, so the opportunity to get to know them and ask all the questions I have now didn’t come to pass, which is why I am so thankful for community members like Grace Eiko Thomson, Lisa Uyeda and yourself, who really have offered me historical context, so that I can piece together my family’s history within a broader framework and pass this on to my nephew today.

Following the panel, you’ll be leading a workshop where participants will have the opportunity to write their own protest letter – what do you hope people will gain from this experience? Yes! I am honoured to be invited by the Nikkei Museum & Cultural Centre to not only be on the panel with other descendants of protest letter writers, but to also facilitate a workshop. Participating in Writing Wrongs was such a therapeutic experience for me, I would like people within the Japanese Canadian community (and beyond) to have a similar healing experience (if they so desire) – whether that be writing the kind of letter they wish their ancestors had sent to the then government, or writing a protest letter to present day MLAs/MPs/City Councillors about a cause close to their heart. I also welcome workshop participants to explore writing a letter to their ancestors who may or may not have protested (this is something that I would Is there anything that surprised in what you learned about your like to do personally, a letter to Shimo). And if letters family? are not the preferred medium, there are plenty of othI learned that the matriarchs on both sides of my family are strong, re- er creative forms of expression like music, movement, silient and brilliant. It makes me so proud to follow in their footsteps. It art, etc. This is an opportunity to connect with the past allowed me to connect with a part of my family I never thought I’d ever and the present in a supportive environment. be connected to. Reading Shimo’s words and amplifying her voice had

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and Happy New Year from Powell Street Festival Society! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season and are settling into the new year nicely. After a busy December, we hope you will join us to celebrate new beginnings on January 15 for Daruma Kuyō. The final cycle of our Daruma Community Well Wishing Campaign, come in person or in spirit as we place the 4000+ paper daruma in the sacred fire to complete the wishes of healing and wellness folded into each daruma by community members in the Downtown Eastside and across Canada. This Shinto ceremony offers the final transformation towards healing and honours the ancestors of the land. Durational taiko drumming will accompany the event, and a hot meal will be distributed. Join us at CRAB Park Beach from 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM on January 15. In collaboration with Elder Veronica’s sacred fire and WePress Community Kitchen. This event will also be streamed online to powellstreetfestival.com/daruma-kuyo. We hope to see you there!

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EAST LILLOOET INTERNMENT MEMORIAL GARDEN UPDATE

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by Laura Saimoto, East Lillooet Seniors’ Garden Committee The East Lillooet Seniors’ Garden Committee has been hard at work over the past two years to up level the East Lillooet Internment Memorial Garden into a ‘Lillooet style’ Japanese rock garden. This is Phase II of the garden project. Phase I was completed and unveiled in May 2018, as part of the Highway Legacy Sign Project, which installed interpretive signs at the actual physical internment and roadcamp locations. In 2018, we also built a stone memorial monument with all the East Lillooet family names inscribed on the monument together with the MOTI history sign and the Stop-of-Interest sign.

Being a retired house builder and designer, Louis Horii and retired boat builder and fisherman Bruce Tasaka led the construction team. For nine days, from October 19 – 29, about a dozen of us volunteers from Vancouver, Kelowna, Kamloops and Lillooet were a superman team to execute Louis Horii’s garden design. The new design integrated the new design elements with the existing ones: a Japanese rock garden with gravel and large ‘artsy’ boulders, an arbour Our unstoppable seniors’ committee, chaired by Dr. Aki Horii, wanted to over-looking the original camp, concrete paver walkintegrate more Japanese cultural elements into the garden and be low ways connecting the signs, monument and benches, maintenance for the town, meaning minimal weeding and watering. So and a gated entrance. We brought in large granite over the past two years, we have been busy fundraising and planning. rocks from the Duffy Lake slide, and the timber was Our committee members are Dr. Horii, Louis Horii, Bruce Tasaka, Sam sourced locally. The results are truly amazing! Due to Yamamoto, Kaori Yano, Yosh Kariatsumari, Nobby Ishikawa, Linda Kawa- a couple of days of rain, the roof to the garden entrance and rock waterfall are scheduled to be commoto Reid and myself. pleted in March. Also in the spring, we will do a spring planting. A giant thanks to our dedicated volunteer team Nan Tasaka, Don Howerton, Vern Kawaguchi, Tad Oike; Darren Oike (Lillooet’s fire chief); Larry Oike; Eileen and Karl Willms; Hideko Oike for their skills and manpower, and especially our construction leaders, Louis Horii and Bruce Tasaka, for being supermen in their 80s to make their dream come true. We also are so grateful to our funders: Northern Development Trust, Heritage BC, NAJC, and Pathways to Gold and community donations. We also express thanks to the District of Lillooet for partnering with us to make this a destination heritage memorial garden. We have a few more things to finish in March and then we’ll be hosting a Renewal Opening Event in May 2022 so stay tune for the date. Please support the project by sending in donations to the District of Lillooet. Donation income tax receipts for will be issued by the District Thank you for your support. Please earmark your cheque: E. Lillooet Memorial Garden Project. Donations can be mailed to: District of Lillooet 615 Main Street P.O. Box 610 Lillooet, BC V0K 1V0 Re: E. Lillooet Memorial Garden Project

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Royston LBR Baseball Team, September 1940. Manager Tatsumi Iwaasa. Top, left to right: Masayuki Kumabe Yoho Kimoto, Jiro Kiyonaga, Kaoru Kimoto, Eiichi Yoshikuni, Spud Kato, Shigeru Kiyono Bottom, left to right: Tadao Doi, Isamu Yano, Takao Fujimoto, Sakae Fujimoto, Minoru Fujimoto

Remembering Kaoru Kimoto This tribute to the late Kaoru Kimoto was written by his grandson, Kevin Kimoto, following Kaoru’s passing on January 17, 2017. A nisei, or second generation Japanese Canadian, Kaoru Kimoto was incarcerated at the Petawawa and Angler POW camps in Ontario from 1942 to 1944, where he joined the Shoko Dojo kendo club, set up in a recreation hall at Angler under head instructor Motoo Matsushita. Upon his release, he became a founding member of the Vancouver Kendo Club in 1964. by Kevin Kimoto

ger have any jobs, and the Japanese Canadian community was forced from mining into the less lucrative jobs in forestry. My grandfather told me his father was ill and that he had to work to help the family out. Each day he would help his mother out with the home, walking a quarter mile along a creek to their vegetable garden. They would grow cucumbers, tomatoes and beans there. When not at school grandfather would cut down telephone poles, stripping them of branches and peeling the bark off. He would do this for much of his youth.

This weekend, my grandfather, Kaoru or Lefty as he was known, passed away. A week shy of his 95th birthday, he was surrounded with the love of his family. He was one of those survivors, the ones who had lived through wars, famines, infectious diseases, racism, marginalization by the state and violence by a frightened public. He taught me more than I can ever learn in a class; how he lived demonstrated value and He told me his mother would make saké at home, following the lunar integrity at every turn. He showed me a level of com- calendar. He said that the first drops of alcohol were poisonous. One passion and forgiveness I will forever hold. of the families who made saké saved up enough money to buy a car to He was born in Cumberland, part of the generation help carry more. They were fined by the authorities, had all their material of Nisei (second generation Japanese Canadians). and the car taken away. Much of his life has been shaped by his inherited identity. His father worked in the mines, paying off the shaku, or debt, from coming to Canada. They worked hard to provide for the family. During the depression, white Canada became fearful that they would no lon-

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In Cumberland, my grandfather was part of the first Japanese Canadian graduating elementary class in Canada. He told me that Japanese Canadians were actively discriminated against in education and that out of the entire class only one – two children passed. They had little to no

Kaoru Kimoto, centre, Canadian Champion at 1967 Kendo tournament

opportunity for education beyond that, and still years later he was still ball, no gloves. He even made a little desk organizer apologizing that he wasn’t able to go to school. For me, he has always from salvaged plywood. He is one of the most practical/handy people I have ever met and making things been wiser than I could imagine. in internment must have meant a lot to him. He never finished school, and had to take a job in the forest to help his mom with the shaku. He would work with a few other guys going into the He had arranged for his marriage with my grandwoods to cut down trees. Often they would just trek in, but sometimes mother, and after the war, after two more years of bethey had a rail car, to carry the timber back. He told me that he worked ing denied the freedom to move they were finally able from the break of dawn until dusk. He said that the forestry company to be married. My grandfather, like so many others, came back to the coast with nothing. All their land, would make the Chinese lay the rail car lines down. all their titles, all their bank accounts, everything, was He and his friends loved baseball. They would play whenever they stolen by the Canadian government. The state had could. When the World Series was on they would sneak to the corner auctioned off their land, essentially giving it away to store where they could hear the broadcast on the Radio. He loved the any of the “old stock Canadians”. But that didn’t matJays growing up (there wasn’t a lot of choice back then). ter, after living through a total war, my grandfather and He told me that his family had finally earned enough money to pay off the grandmother knew they were going to rebuild. debt right before the outbreak of the war. The years of them struggling, My family worked hard, my grandfather missed one scraping by, only to reach the end, cumulated in being dispossessed. day of work in his whole life. He worked in forestry, The war was really traumatic for a lot of the community. He was 20 years cutting down trees wider than cars. He would play old at the outbreak of the war. They rounded up everyone and stabled baseball in his down-time. He would go on to become them at Hastings Track. They were sent out east. He spent 4 years in a kendo champion, his left handedness an obvious internment. When I asked him about it, he told me it wasn’t camp, it was advantage. He told me that while working in the forprison. He said that he had been sent to prison, for no reason other than ests was hard and dangerous he met a lot of interhis heritage. One night while they were being sent out on rail cart, him esting people. He said that the Swedes drank strong and all the young guys began to rattle the sides of the car. They were coffee and were some of the kindest people he got to shot at. work with. He worked later in Vancouver; back when During internment, he managed to still find time to do the things that he False Creek was a hotbed of industrial activity, with loved; baseball and kendo. He and his friends made a shinai, or wooden sawmills lining the coast. sword. He even completed his kendo certification while interned. They He worked as a forester, and then later he was worksharpened a steak knife so they could carve shinai. He would play base-

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I know that my grandfather instilled values that have shaped and defined me. I am a better person to have known him. His work ethic, dedication to his family, the unconditional love he gave his grandchildren; are all qualities I will cultivate throughout my life. He was so patient with us while still endlessly stubborn, never giving up, and good humoured. This weekend I lost one of my childhood heroes, someone I have looked to for advice and guidance my whole life. A person who has never stopped believing in me, even when I have had my own doubts. Someone who displayed a level of compassion and forgiveness in magnitudes. A person who loved eating ice-cream in all weather. I will never forget the sacrifices he made for us. I will forever continue to ask him for guidance. I will always hold his spirit in my heart. Kevin Kimoto is currently the Director of Growth and Business Development at Procurify and a former board member at Strathcona Community Centre (2017 – 2018). Kevin lived with his grandfather and grandmother from 2014 to 2017 while attending university, where his grandfather would tell Kevin stories about his early life.

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ing with tug boats. He told me there was a lot of racism in the industry. My grandfather was never able to learn how to swim, and he said that one of his managers tried to drown him, making him balance on the logs. Much of the industry moved from False Creek to New Westminster. He continued to work there, until he was forced into early retirement. He said that the old Canadians were fearful of losing their jobs to Asians. He said the racism was prevalent everywhere. For the last few years I’ve had the honour and privilege of living with my grandparents and taking care of them in whatever capacity I can. I’ve gotten to share some moments that I would have never imagined. I got to bring my grandfather to all sorts of different restaurants, teaching him chair fit and making meals. I’ve stayed up until the wee hours of the morning watching the live feed of the grand sumo-basho. I would cut down the raspberry stalks with him, cleaning up the garden. He would even break down pallets when I was attending CityStudio. He provided so much guidance for all my projects. When his mobility began to decline I would take him out in his wheelchair around the block. We would talk about how lush the trees were, what species they are and if the city was planting them deep enough. I will never forget the moments I got to share with him.

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HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY, KAYE KAMINISHI You made it! Love from your family.

OPEN CALL: BC MULTICULTURAL ADVISORY COUNCIL by Cary Sakiyama, President Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association The BC Government is doing an open-call to the Japanese Canadian community to see if an active community member would be interested in sitting on the Province’s Multicultural Advisory Council. This is a 12-member, volunteer citizens’ council that meets quarterly with the Minister and/or Parliamentary Secretary responsible for multiculturalism and anti-racism in BC to advise them on multiculturalism and anti-racism issues. In recent years, Council members have been instrumental in advocating for the introduction of a new Anti-Racism Act and race-based data legislation. Members are directly involved in the Province’s annual anti-racism awards ceremony, speak at key events such as the Province’s 2020 Anti-Racism Town Hall and support ministry staff in preparing the Province’s annual Report on Multiculturalism. Recently, some of the members also presented on the Council’s behalf to the Police Act Review Committee. Council members are asked to attend a minimum of four two-hour meetings per year to provide their advice and recommendations on key government initiatives and are given the option to take on additional duties if they have time. Meetings typically take place during business hours, often on Monday or Friday mornings. During the pandemic, meetings have been taking place via Zoom although they normally take place in person at the downtown Vancouver Cabinet Office (Canada Place). Members are required to be BC residents – travel to meetings from anywhere in BC is reimbursed by the Province. Given that anti-racism is one of the NAJC’s key pillars in the redress initiative, having an NAJC member participate in the Multicultural Advisory Council would be a valuable way to ensure they are able to give direct input into provincial anti-racism initiatives. Any interested person responding to this call out must be a paid up GVJCCA member in good standing. Please contact Cary Sakiyama, President, Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association by email at gvjcca@gmail.com for a candidate profile and declaration form.

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I’ve recounted this story before, but it’s worth repeating as we begin 2022 still in the grips of this pandemic. Years ago I interviewed nisei and community stalwart Charlie Kadota for The Bulletin. It was not long after I took over as editor from my mother, Fumiko Greenaway, and I was still getting used to my new role in the community. The interview went well, and after we were done, Charlie offered to buy me lunch, taking me to the Whitespot across from his downtown office where he was clearly a regular. Charlie was both a natural storyteller and highly opinionated, a potent combination for a lunch companion — he had also lived an interesting life, including being the first to import National rice cookers to Canada. At the time of the interview, and in fact for years afterwards, I was still using the little four-cup ricecooker that Fumiko bought from Charlie as a gift for me when I moved out on my own. I’m sure her thinking was along the lines of, “make your son a bowl of rice and you feed him for a night. Buy him a rice cooker and you feed him for life.” Wise woman. Anyway, towards the end of our lunch, Charlie leaned in close and shared the most important value, or values, that the issei passed on to the nisei. These were what Charlie called “the three Gs” – gaman, giri, gambare (endurance, duty, perseverance). It wasn’t articulated, but I had the sense that Charlie felt the sansei hadn’t bought into these values to the proper degree. Over the years, I have come to more deeply appreciate the widsom of what Charlie was trying to impart to me that day at Whitespot. As the pandemic threatens to enter a third year, I think back to my lunch with Charlie and reflect that maybe we could all use some of that endurance, duty, and perseverance that the early issei brought with them across the sea. They will certainly come in handy in the days ahead. Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu, Happy New Year, to our Bulletin family. May 2020 bring health, happiness and hope.

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Happy New Year! Many of us at this time of year, pause to reflect about the previous twelve months, what we did, what we didn’t do and what we’d like to do in the next twelve months. The new year brings such promise, such hope, a blank canvas on which to dream. Our collective resilience was on display during 2021 as we ramped up vaccinations and persevered through a couple of variants. Climate change also challenged our spirits with wildfires, floods and road closures affecting much of the province. As we begin 2022 with a very transmissible Omicron variant, our creativity, our flexibility and our inventiveness will be tested yet again. Our first event of the year, a focus group meeting in Victoria on Race Based Data Legislation has been postponed

from January 8 to January 29. We will also postpone Keirokai 2022 with our fingers crossed for a Sspring celebration. In the past year, I have seen a positive shift in thinking when it comes to mask wearing, vaccinations and racism. I believe 2022 will be the year when we will connect on many important issues and make a difference in the lives of our children and our children’s children. The wheels of government turn slowly so we must not relent, we must be active and we must keep our focus. Upcoming 2022 GVJCCA Community events: • Anti-Racism Data Legislation focus group meeting via Zoom, January 15th, 1pm – 4pm. To register, and for further information, please contact Project Manager Judy Hanazawa at judyhana@telus.net or 604 808 6379. • Anti-Racism Data Legislation focus group meeting in Nanaimo, January 22nd, 1pm 4pm. To register, and for further information, please contact Project Manager Judy Hanazawa at judyhana@telus. net or 604 808 6379. continued on page 16

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• Anti-Racism Data Legislation focus group meeting via Zoom, January 25th, 6:30 – 9:30. To register, and for further information, please contact Project Manager Judy Hanazawa at judyhana@telus.net or 604 808 6379. • Anti-Racism Data Legislation focus group meeting in Victoria, January 29th, 1pm – 4pm. To register, and for further information, please contact Project Manager Judy Hanazawa at judyhana@telus.net or 604 808 6379. • We have made the difficult decision to postpone Keirokai 2022, with the hope of rescheduling sometime in the spring. Please watch our Community Calendar for a new date. • The Metal Paper Cranes project that was mentioned in the December Bulletin is still ongoing. The initiative to show solidarity with communities struggling with the effects of racism and intolerance is so relevant today. Please get involved and share this unique opportunity! https:// ptw11235.wixsite.com/metalpapercranes • We are partners with Tonari Gumi and Steveston Community Society on a project called Nikkei Plus Social Club. The social club will plan and host regular get-togethers over talks, music, meals, films, walks and various cultural and historical trips, etc. 2022 is shaping up to be a very busy year for us, we would love some help. Please contact me if you’d like to volunteer on any of these projects or if you would like to serve as a Director on our Board. We work hard, we always have some fun, we advocate for change and it’s VERY, VERY rewarding! Peace and joy to you for 2022.

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by Lorene Oikawa maintain the gaman spirit of our ancestors which includes patience and perseverance. When I think of everything that our families survived, I think of the Japanese proverb, nana korobi ya oki, you fall seven times, you get up eight times. I think this really speaks to the resilience of Japanese Canadians. With patience, perseverance, and kindness, our Japanese Canadian community will survive and thrive. Besides our New Year’s tradition of food, many of us also spent some time cleaning up in preparation for New Year’s Day. The ritual provided an opportunity to reflect on the past. I found myself remembering my parents, grandparents, and the rest of the survivors of internment. 2022 marks the 80th anniversary of internment and the 75th anniversary of the NAJC. We will be taking a deeper look at the stories of our Japanese Canadian community during internment and the development of the NAJC. Throughout this year we will share some key moments from 80 years ago. For example, on January 16, 1942, Order-in-Council P.C. 365 created a 100-mile “protected area” on the coast of British Columbia from which male enemy aliens are excluded. Happy New Year from the National Executive Board of the National Association of Japanese Canadians! Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu. Happy Year of the Tiger! Japanese follow the Gregorian, solar calendar so the 12 animal (rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, boar) zodiac starts on January 1. The year of the tiger has started with some extreme cold weather in the west with the Arctic chill spreading across Canada. Southern Ontario has had milder temperatures but that is expected to change this month. Please check in on seniors and those who have mobility challenges.

If you have any stories to share about your family memories during internment or participation in NAJC events or activities please contact national@najc.ca Also, if you’re not already connected to the member organization in your area, please contact them to see what events and initiatives they are working on. They are looking for participants and volunteers to meet the needs of their communities. Their contact information is on the NAJC website najc.ca/member-organizations/ Look for updates on our continuing work with BC Redress, Anglican Healing Fund, and two major events this year, GEI: Art Symposium September 16-18 organized by the ACE Committee and Human Rights Symposium Oct 28-30 organized by the Human Rights Committee.

We’re organizing more online events for this year. Updates and news are posted on our website and you can find out about events and new information when you sign up for e-news. Please ensure we have your We know Oshogatsu was different again this year, current email address. Subscribe: najc.ca/subscribe/ because we could not gather with all our loved ones. We hope you did enjoy some traditional Japanese food We also support the development of educational, social, cultural activities as part of your holiday celebrations. Osechi ryori (often and programs that contribute to the understanding and wellbeing of referred to as osechi) is the traditional food, typically the Japanese Canadian community and the promotion of human rights. served in stacked lacquer boxes (jubako) which is One way we provide support is through the administration of the NAJC served and eaten on New Year’s Day (Oshogatsu). Endowment Fund. Applications for funding is accepted by March 31 each The food has special symbolic meaning. For example, year. najc.ca/funds-and-awards/najc-endowment-fund/ Other financial ebi – prawns whose bent back represents old age support is to our member organizations through the NAJC Community and a long life. We posted an example of a Japanese Development Fund najc.ca/funds-and-awards/community-developmentCanadian osechi on our Instagram page: najc_national fund/and to young Japanese Canadians through the Young Leaders Fund. najc.ca/funds-and-awards/young-leaders-fund/ Information is available www.instagram.com/p/CYc5YcDjHtN/ on the NAJC website. We haven’t seen the last of the COVID-19 pandemic so we will need to continue with our safety protocols and The NAJC National Executive Board wishes you a safe, healthy, prosperous get our booster shots as soon as possible. We need to 2022!

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by Lynn Deutscher Kobayashi President, Greater Toronto Chapter NAJC Greetings and well wishes to all as we pivot and pirouette our way through the twists, turns and false summits of the pandemic. Our hearts go out to those for whom the pandemic has added a layer of complication and hardship to already stressful circumstances. TEMPLE BELL REPORT On December 21, 2021, the Japanese Canadian Centennial Temple Bell Committee, led by the Toronto NAJC met with Mark Saunders, former Toronto Police Chief, and now special advisor to Ontario Place. Mr. Saunders is charged with providing guidance and expert advice to Premier Doug Ford and Lisa MacLeod, Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries on the Ontario Place redevelopment project. Michael Robertson Assistant Deputy Minister, at the Ontario Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries (MHSTCI) was in attendance along with Ron Shimizu, Convenor of the Toronto NAJC Elders Council, Lynn Deutscher Kobayashi, Toronto NAJC President and Susan Obata, daughter of Roger Obata who was the National Chair of the Japanese Canadian Centennial Committee and Founding President of the NJCCA (now the NAJC). Ron Shimizu’s wife Edy Goto was Roger Obata’s assistant for the National Centennial project in 1977.

Mark Saunders was honest in admitting that he only learned of the Internment five years ago and was previously unaware that JCs and Asian Canadians were deprived of the vote until 1947 and 1949. He asserted that the importance of knowing this history and wants to work with the JC community and ensure further discussion One of our objectives was to inform the Ontario and learning. He was aware that government of the history of JC exile to the East, the plaque which indicates the the history of the Bell and the long-standing role of provenance of the Bell was missing the Toronto NAJC and NAJC in advocating for the or stolen. We were happy to inform JC community. We emphasized that a presentation him that the management of Ontario to the Toronto-based Japanese Canadian Network Place has created a replacement Organization (JCNO) on the fate of the Bell was plaque in keeping with the original. met with unanimous support for keeping the Bell in Ron Shimizu recalled that Premier Bill its original location. We suggested that dismantling Davis sent a note of congratulations this gift, a positive embodiment of friendship and (while in Japan as it happened) for relationship at a time when monuments to racist the Inauguration of the Bell. He politicians are being torn down, was ill advised. Rather, emphasized the massive community highlighting the history of the Bell in the revitalization effort that took place to raise funds plan is an opportunity to proactively address historical for the belfry and placement of the racism and reflect the diversity of Toronto then and Bell. Walkathons were held and now. On that note we mentioned the significance donations solicited through 17 JC of the constellation of sites at Neys, Ontario which organizations in Ontario. For 20 includes the Angler P.O.W. camp and that the fathers years following the inauguration the of prominent JCs in Toronto were unjustly incarcerated annual festival, Obon to celebrate there and in Petawawa. and honour ancestors took place at Ontario Place. And that until the

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closure of Ontario Place in 2012 the Toronto Buddhist Church organized an annual New Years Bell Ringing ceremony. He added that the Bell is an important contribution to the concept of a multi-cultural community and the optimism that injustices can be recovered from. On behalf of the committee, he requested that the Toronto NAJC be included in the Heritage Impact Assessment process and Report. It was agreed that a meeting with Heritage Impact Assessment consultants will be arranged. Mark Saunders agreed that all the points raised lined up with the objectives of the revitalization and promised a meeting with the architectural firm Therme, Infrastructure Ontario in the New Year. An atmosphere of good faith prevailed as we emerged from the meeting. Whether the “guidance and advice” of those charged with implementing the revitalization will be heard by final decision makers remains to be seen. Strategies to support keeping the Bell in its place are in development. Stay tuned.

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THE NATURE OF DAVID SUZUKI On December 9th, 2021, the eve of UN Human Rights Day, the NAJC Human Rights Committee screened the 1998 documentary, The Nature of David Suzuki by Peter Davis. Our Co-MCs were Committee members Fumi Torigai of Whitehorse and April Sora of Saskatoon. Here are the comments on the film by other HRC members which were shown that evening as a video Jennifer Matsunaga, OJCA We’ve decided to mark the eve of National Human Rights Day by presenting the nature of David Suzuki, and we’ve been asked to reflect on this film and his legacy. This film is a celebration in honour of his many successes and accomplishments. They are innumerable, but I want to extend this message of celebration to the Japanese Canadian community more broadly, as this is what this film inspired in me.

At one point in the film, he says, “being driven the need to succeed to seem okay. It’s like a sickness when you’re 61 and you need to verify the people that you’re okay, that you’re a worthwhile person. That I attribute to the war years into that very vulnerable period of growing up and being brutalized by being called an enemy alien by the only country that I knew.” I’m certain that David Suzuki is not the only member of our community to live with the impacts of the internment on self-worth, the trauma of those years. But this film speaks to how he transformed and mobilized that shame into drive that made him who he is today, a human rights advocate on so many levels in many different spheres of life and working across different communities. I have seen this same drive in so many community members that I’ve watched from afar or have had the privilege to meet over the years from across the country at NAJC AGMs. And so, I think this documentary about David should be cause for us to celebrate his outstanding achievements while simultaneously recognizing that we as a community fight for justice and human rights, not in spite of those years, but because of having survived them.

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Judy Hanazawa, Vancouver In this film, David Suzuki first revealed his lonely childhood growing up after 1942 in Slocan with other incarcerated Japanese Canadian children and harmed by racism. He saw himself as a hated caricature of the yellow peril. He worked, with his father’s coaching, at the best way to present himself to others. His brilliance, arrogance, and individual demand for excellence as an adult affected his personal life, marked by divorce, separation from his first two children, another marriage, and the opportunity to grow and be fully present in family life.

Kevin Higa, Edmonton Watching The Nature of David Suzuki was a very moving experience for me. David’s story of being forced into the B.C. internment camps forced to move from British Columbia and the effects of dealing with racism in Canada is a story that is very similar to those told to me by my mother, father, and grandparents. David has shown an unwavering dedication for the protection of our environment and for the promotion of diversity and inclusivity in Canada.

Through his well-thought out words and eloquence he helped me to understand the importance of learning and supporting actions on reducing the effects of climate change and being an advocate and supporting the indigenous communities in the truth and reconciliation process, and in addressing systemic racism and the long-established prejudices in I’m imagining his despair in response to the climate Canada. I hope I can be an advocate for the protection of our environment change disasters during 2021, now evident in BC, but and for the promotion of diversity and inclusivity to ensure the stories despair is mixed, with his conviction imparted also of David Suzuki, my mother, father, and grandparents are not forgotten. to his children. That all must be done now to save our planet’s reducing capacity to support life and the Maryka Omatsu, Vancouver-Toronto well-being of future generations. He expresses an I feel like most Canadians, that I know David Suzuki; he’s so familiar. But unwavering respect for the world view of indigenous also because of two of my friends, his deceased sister, artist Aiko Suzuki, peoples who have always existed in partnership with and writer Joy Kogawa, who was a classmate of his during the war years in the camps. I also interviewed his father when I was writing my book all living systems. Bittersweet Passage, and we shared the same hairdresser when he was My hands are up to David Suzuki and his tireless 50 working for the CBC on Jarvis Street in Toronto. I admire David Suzuki for years of work to share science and protect Mother being true to his beliefs these many decades and for being an inspiration Earth. This documentary presents his honest voice, to all Canadians. revealing who he is as much as his greatest concerns and with much appreciation I will continue to support NAJC HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE Lynn Deutscher Kobayashi Toronto | Niina Dubrik Winnipeg | Judy Hanazawa Vancouver | Connor the work of David Suzuki. Hasegawa Montreal | Kevin Higa Alberta | Mariko Kage Lilooet, BC | Pauline Kajiiura Hamilton | Jennifer Matsunaga Ottawa | Maryka Omatsu Toronto-Vancouver | Kristen Perry Montreal | April Sora ☑ Personal care Saskatoon | Fumi Torigai Whitehorse, YK | Sharon Yamashita Toronto | ☑ Household chores Kevin Okabe NAJC ED

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JC Survivors Health and Wellness Fund by Susanne Tabata expansion of the Fund. We have connected with less than one third of survivors currently living in Canada. Sometimes the hardest to reach are those most in need. We acknowledge that moving forward outreach to individuals is a key priority, so please assist our office with encouraging individuals and health representatives to contact jcwellness.org and click the link to SIGN UP TO HEAR ABOUT BC REDRESS AND FUTURE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. And for personal contact, please connect with Eiko Eby at eikoeby@nikkeishc.com or (250) 797-6300. JC Survivors Health and Wellness Fund selection steering committee. From left: Susanne Tabata, Ruth Coles, Eiko Eby, Cathy Makihara

We enter the new year with gratitude to our seniors, their families, and to you who work every day to make lives better for those in your communities. It has been a humbling six months to create, administer and implement a limited $2M seniors health and wellness fund in Canada, when there are families who have lost loved ones, there are survivors in need of supports, and there are some who live outside the country & not eligible for this round of funding. We do this work with condolences to all families who are mourning the loss of a family member, and with support to those caring for loved ones. We do all of this work under the umbrella of a pandemic. Organization & Group Grants The Selection Committee of Susan Matsumoto, Art Miki, Ruth Coles, Cathy Makihara, and Eiko Eby met to evaluate all the applications from groups and organizations. A total of 50 organizations and 19 groups in Canada are awarded grants. Organizations are a range of health care, religious, cultural and heritage, who are hosting connectivity events, outreach, reflective storytelling, and internment bus tours. Groups, and a surprising large number of Kenjinkais, are doing small social, cultural, and recreational wellness activities. Thank you so much to Susan Matsumoto and Art Miki for joining our team to thoughtfully review the applications, and for bringing your community expertise to the project. All projects awarded funds will be posted on jcwellness.org. We anticipate schedule changes for reconnecting events due to pandemic protocols and want to assure all organizations and groups that your project funding is protected. Cheques have been sent out this month to all groups and organizations. Also, the grants to all individual recipients are non-taxable as “injury replacement payment” funds for JC seniors that were interned, displaced and faced financial hardship. Stay Informed & Sign Up for Information The JC Survivors Health and Wellness Fund office is building a database to provide seniors with information for future supports and a potential

BC Redress for 2022 Seniors health and wellness is one of six pillars in an overall package of Japanese Canadian BC legacy initiatives (education, seniors’ health & wellness, heritage, community+culture, anti-racism, & monument) details found on bcredress.ca, which were built in Spring 2020, proposed in July 2020, analyzed externally by IFSD in fall 2020, and developed over 2021, with full community involvement. We are committed to our community partners who have been part of this entire effort to date. The scope of our proposal has been approved as part of the Historical Wrongs Framework, in the BC Government’s meeting of Deputy Ministers in December 2021. There is a lot going on behind-the-scenes with government engagement taking place, and news to report in the coming months. In the meantime, we have recommended and assisted five Japanese Canadian organizations in their applications to BC Heritage 150 Time Immemorial Grants (New Denver, Hastings Park, Tashme, Vancouver Japanese Language School, and Nikkei National Museum) on projects which are place-based heritage infrastructure projects, in their applications for the BC Heritage 150 Time Immemorial Grants. BC Redress is set on a ten-year history of key events which have taken place to take us to where we are in 2022. We will be highlighting these events in the coming month. It has come at a time when our issei and so many of our nisei are not here to receive this acknowledgment. We do this work in their memory and for those who are still with us, and because we believe that this will make a positive change in the lives of so many of our seniors, and in the overarching legacy of this community.

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TERRY WATADA

INSURRECTION by Terry Watada January 6, 2021. It’s been a year since the attempted coup on the US Congress staged by Trump loyalists. Right wing politicians were at first outraged; some like Kevin McCarthy, the House Minority Leader, placed blame on the shoulders of the former president. He soon came to his senses and walked back that statement. He wants to get re-elected and be Speaker of the photo: Tane Akamatsu House, after all. In fact, all the candidates who want Trump’s favour have warped the truth. Calling the violence and storming as the actions of a normal tour group, for example. “It wasn’t an insurrection,” claimed a Fox pundit with a cavernous stupidity. People died during the melee. Some were severely injured, physically and mentally, yet Republicans have stood their ground to deny the obvious. Observing from a distance, I don’t understand, but then again, I don’t have a lot invested in American politics. And I wasn’t there on that day, so the experience is somewhat alien. On the other hand, I was in Washington DC in 1988 for Independence Day, and I gained some insight into utter chaos. As I said, it was Independence Day and the National Mall, with the magnificent bookends of the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. Ronald Reagan was in office, and I wasn’t sure his economic policies had worked. In front of the White House, a myriad of homeless people slept. Stepping over the bodies was rather sad. Garbage was flying or piled everywhere. Seemed inappropriate for the national monument and on the holiest day of the American calendar. In any case, the crowd was immense, such a variety of people. They had all come to see the mammoth fireworks display. And they weren’t disappointed. The explosion of colour and the variety of size of the rockets and Roman candles were awe-inspiring. The show was staged over the White House. Many a chorus of oohs and aahs. I believe it was a full hour long. When it was over, the crowd began to disperse, but soon I saw military and police personnel with weapons bared running every which way. Patrol cars, ambulances, military Jeeps, and heavier trucks everywhere. I was afraid someone would be run over. Helicopters flew overhead. People panicked and began shoving and running. Some tripped over the homeless. I too felt my stomach begin to tighten. What was going on? I then heard several loud bangs coming from the distance. Not more fireworks. Someone yelled, “Gunfire!” I knew I had to get out of there. I headed for the Metro station. But too many bodies jammed the

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entrance. All I could do was keep running away from the scene. The chaos surged and roiled behind me, but I made it to safety. I turned on the television in my hotel room to see and hear the news about a police killing in the Mall that evening. It seems a young black woman wielding a knife was threatening people. Reports said that she bore a crazed look. Police immediately confronted her and commanded her to drop the weapon. She lunged instead, which brought about her death. Medical staff and ambulances descended on the scene. But it was too late. Reminded me of Apocalypse Now when the US soldiers slaughtered a fishing family because they misunderstood their intentions. They wanted to call in the medics to help the sole survivor, though she was mortally wounded. Martin Sheen’s character stopped them by killing the woman. He reasoned that you can’t put a bandage on a wound after you attacked to kill her. I don’t remember the name of the victim in Washington. No one does, I suppose. For America, it was not a unique incident – 1000s are killed every year by gunfire. I sat in wonder at the utter callousness of the situation. It was supposed to be a day of celebration, despite the squalor and deprivation. No politician stood up in Congress or on the news to condemn the actions, to propose amendments and solutions. There wasn’t even a mention of the incident by local and national pundits. It was just another death in an ocean of deaths. I suppose I shouldn’t expect Congress to act, back then and now, since very few have stood up for the children who die in a hail of gunfire seemingly every month in America. They simply don’t care. Politicians are only interested in getting re-elected and not preventing slaughter and mayhem. Such is life in America, or should I say such is death in the US?

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NEW YEAR S GREETINGS We are also expanding our efforts to create leadership opportunities for youth in our organization and in community. They have an important voice that will shape the future of our community and we are grateful to have the opportunity to support their voices and encourage them to achieve their dreams. These voices will join the many that we’ve heard from parents, students, staff, and community members as part of our strategic planning process. It has been a powerful experience collecting this input and has already begun to give shape to our new strategic plan. We look forward to sharing more information about the strategic planning process with you as it develops over the coming months.

After spending a long year apart, it was wonderful to welcome so many of our students and community members back to VJLS-JH in September 2021. It is as if the building has come back to life now as we reconnect and build connections with each of you. I am personally grateful for the spirit and enthusiasm that our students, parents, staff, and volunteers bring with them each and every day. As we enter 2022, we look to carry this spirit into the New Year as we renew beloved activities and events and develop new ones that respond to the needs of the community we serve. This includes the return of our Spring Bazaar and food booth at the Powell Street Festival, activities like Sports Day and the Tanabta festival, and new programming like our Japanglish Café (language sharing) and Manga Café (culture sharing) that were successful launched during Fall 2021. It is our privilege to be able support the growth and development of young Japanese Canadians and we are delighted to announce that we have been approved to open a second daycare in Spring of 2022. More information will be available shortly as we open up registration, however interested families can contact Mitsuru Haga-Bronstyn at cw@vjls-jh.com. Similarly, we are working to ensure that our school programs are engaging and reflect the diverse identities of our students. Under Principal Kiyoko Fujii we will be working on new materials and an improved curriculum that incorporates our history as an organization and the rich culture of Japanese Canadians.

Thank you for your continued support as volunteers, community members, community partners, and students – your contributions have made all the difference this last year and allowed us to continue serving the Japanese Canadian community. I look forward to connecting, working, and learning with you over the coming year. Happy New Year! Sincerely, Darius Maze, Executive Director Happy New Year! I hope that everybody had wonderful winter holidays. Thank you very much for your continued support throughout the last year. The teachers and staff are working together to make further efforts in 2022. We hope you stay with us and make our school and community even more vibrant. My goal this year is to spread the fun of reading books to everyone at VJLS. Reading not only immerses you in the world of stories, but also enhances your vocabulary, expressiveness, imagination, and communication skills. You understand things more deeply, and come to understand something you have never known before. To put our library into greater use, and to make as many students as possible aware of the joy of reading, I would like to introduce more books to VJLS students through reading activities. I would also be happy to share the joy of reading books aloud—not only to children but also to adults. Now, as to Covid–19, the future is still unclear. Yes, many activities that have become impossible due to current regulations. Nonetheless, I would like to focus on what we can do now, and make 2022 as active and productive as possible, combining the efforts of VJLS and the community. I wish you all the best in 2022 and hope it will be a fruitful year for all of us. Kiyoko Fujii, Principal, Vancouver Japanese Language School

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Happy New Year from Tonari Gumi! Tonari Gumi wishes everyone in the community good health and happiness in 2022! Drop-in TG IKOI Tea Time Tonari Gumi’s door is open to everyone in the community! TG IKOI Tea Time is a drop-in time for members of the community to come by our centre in Vancouver for a chat over tea, get tips on how to use your smartphone or tablet computer, or ask our Community Services staff about seniors’ benefits and services. We also have kids space available for the little ones. By donation ($2). Includes tea and snacks. When: Fridays from 10 am to 1 pm (the first session in January is on January 14) Where: Tonari Gumi (42 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver between Ontario and Manitoba Streets) Japanese Dementia Caregiver Support Group [FREE] Tonari Gumi is resuming the Dementia Caregiver Support Group over Zoom. This is a gathering to support Japanese-speaking caregivers where they connect through shared experiences around caring for family with dementia. In Japanese. Participants: Caregivers who are currently caring for family with dementia (at home or remotely) Facilitator: Masako Sakuma-Anderson, BC Registered Clinical Social Worker Session 1 date & time: Friday, January 21 at 1 – 2pm* Access: Zoom (Link will be sent upon registration) Inquiry/registration: Phone: 604.687.2172 ext. 102, email: services@tonarigumi.ca (Masako) *The sessions are on the 1st and 3rd Fridays, but please contact us even if you cannot make it to the session with dates and times that work better for you. We hope to accommodate the needs of caregivers as much as possible. Kimono Salon: Session 1 “Kimono Basics” Join us in learning the ABCs of kimono and the Japanese culture. New to Tonari Gumi, this series shares the joy of kimono in each season. (In Japanese) Wednesday, January 19 10:30am – 12:00pm Instructor: Miki Hayakaze, certified kimono dresser TG members free / Non-members $3 Inquiries/registration: 604.687.2172 ext. 106, programs@tonarigumi.ca (Rie)

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Help bring Japanese bentos to seniors: Delivery volunteers needed With an increase in TG’s bento Meals-onWheels service requests, we are currently looking for volunteers who can help deliver bentos to homes in New Westminster/ Coquitlam (south)/Surrey (north) region. TG prepares bento lunch boxes in our kitchen on Tuesdays, and delivery is arranged for seniors who are unable to go out or cannot cook. Help us bring familiar dishes to those who may not have access to Japanese food. Inquiries/volunteer registration: 604.687.2172 ext. 106, programs@ tonarigumi.ca (Rie) The Japanese Community Volunteers Association, “Tonari Gumi” gratefully acknowledges and thanks the following people for their generous donations received from November 29 to December 14, 2021. Although we try our best, we may miss your name. Please contact us and we will make a correction in the next issue. Monetary Donations Saeko Tsuda, Sam Yamamoto, Chris Nakahori, Tomoyuki Hasebe, Yoshiko Saito, Lynn Akiko Sakai, Tony Mizutani, Frank Nakashima, Art & Connie Komori, Utako Ueki, Yoko Toki, Shoko Hashimoto, Hisako Tanaka, Roy Natsuhara, Junko Kataoka, Seiko Kaneko, Ying Kan, Christine H Yoshida, Maryka Omatsu, Yuko Abeyama, Kimi Pool, Michiko Tani, Emi Nambo, Fumiko Woloshyn, Irene Yano, WithinUs Natural Health Inc., Kunie Trudel, Yoko Kinno, Syouji Komatsu, Taeko Berwick, Betty Ibuki, Tae Helgeth, Anonymous (5) Monetary Donations Justin Ault (Re/Max Real Estate) – on behalf of the Estate of Haruko Takamori Monetary Donations (Canada Helps) Jan Urata, Karen Kobayashi, Alissa Hamakawa, Don Nishio, Anonymous (1) In memory of Shig Kobayashi Sato Kobayashi In memory of Shoshiro Shoji Yoko Nishimura In memory of Bob Nori Yoko Nishimura In memory of Mas Yamamoto Yoko Nishimura In memory of Tom Ono Yoko Nishimura In memory of Richard Kadota Yasoko Jackie Kadota In memory of Dennis Yuji Enomoto Shioko & Sadao Mukai In memory of Dennis Enomoto (Canada Helps) Dianne Mukai In Kind Donations Kimiyo Kamimura, Mina Kitsuda, Shizuko Yamamura, Yumi Deyell. Canadian Fish Company – Dan Normura, Lions Club – May & Jesse, Anonymous (6) MONTHLY GIVING Monetary Donations Sakiko Yoshida Monetary Donations (Canada Helps) Takashi Sato, Tsutae Suzuki, Mitsuko Mizuguchi, Yumi Nakase, Tamotsu Nagata, Satomi Yamashita, Emiko Morita, Anonymous (2)

OUR EDIBLE ROOTS

The Japanese Canadian Kitchen Garden

Yuzu – Japanese citron lemon tree – updated

by Makiko Suzuki Yuzu fruit is not juicy but is cherished for its aromatic and tart rind and ability to retain flavour when cooked under high temperature. While seldom grown outside Asia, yuzu trees can produce fruit within the temperate zone of British Columbia. The December 2019 issue of The Bulletin presented growing techniques Michael Bostock developed when raising yuzu at his west side Vancouver home. What a delightful surprise it was to receive an email recently from Michael offering surplus yuzu fruit. When we visited to accept the special treat I informed Michael of the disappointing fate of my 7 year-old yuzu. Happily growing in Eddy Hayashi’s backyard, the tree failed to blossom last year, after blooming in 2020. Michael quickly solved the mystery! Michael created a unique system to offset the tendency for yuzu to produce high yields only in alternative years. His yuzu tree had a branch that divided near the base. Michael trimmed the tree to encourage growth along two, strong stems. Blooms are removed from one side to encourage fruiting on the other. Using this technique Michael harvests up to 300 lime-size fruits per year. Most of his crop is processed into liquor for enjoyment between harvests. Michael provided helpful production advice.

“My limoncello recipe will do (there are lots, just google ‘best limoncello recipe’ and you can judge what you think looks best to you) I think it is better to use 95% proof if you can find it. It is common in Italian grocery stores, so my wife used to bring it from Europe, thinking it was allowed like regular liquor but it is not – it is considered flammable. The best you can probably get here is “Everclear” grain alcohol (75%) if you can find it (I don’t think BC Liquor stocks it, though perhaps they do). I notice that it appears to be available locally through: www.legacyliquorstore.com.

Regular vodka (i.e. 40%) is not as good but will also work. You only need 250 ml to produce 750 ml of limoncello (the other 500 ml comes from a sugar syrup). With 9 yuzu you could probably combine with 500 ml of alcohol to make 1.5 litres of yuzucello”. Sequel: Tonari Gumi Garden Club members will toast the coming season at the club’s inaugural 2022 meeting by sampling yuzucello prepared using Michael’s donated yuzu! Note to those who purchased yuzu seedlings from the TGGC table at the Nikkei Garden market: Admire these hardy and beautiful plants awhile longer – eventually you will enjoy the fruit of your, and nature’s, labour. Friendly, local yuzu tips from Michael • Freeze the fruit after peeling it for its rind. Place in the microwave until ‘warm to the touch’ (not boiling!). Squeeze. Net result – more juice! • From seed, yuzu takes about eight years to fruit. Cuttings will fruit earlier but it is recommended to pick-off some blossoms for five years, to enable the tree to be strong enough to support a large crop. The fastest route to production is to purchase grafted and rooted plants. Phoenix Perennials usually has stock, but it is less expensive to order through a local importer: www.tropictotropic.com. The secret to long term plant and owner happiness is to grow yuzu in a pot until the cross section of the trunk is the size of a quarter (25c coin). Prepare soil at a sheltered spot, remove yuzu from the pot, and dig in. Editors’ note: A citrus that grows outside in Vancouver and a fruit that is revered for its culinary zest and aroma – what’s not to like about that? 2022 Growing Japanese Vegetables Over the winter season gardeners enjoy a respite from their garden. But the beat goes on – it is again time to reassess last year’s crop and plan the bounty for the new year! Weather shenanigans resulted in a challenging year for most gardeners. Spring through mid-June weather was near perfect for raising cool weather vegetables. Then all h… (= heat) burst forth, causing blossom drop on many vegetables and fruits – beans, tomatoes, peppers, blueberries, etc. Another cool start is forecast for 2022 – be prepared by stocking up now on your mustard plants, snow peas, shungiku…see TGGC book Our Edible Roots – The Japanese Canadian Kitchen Garden for ideas to a wide range of Japanese edible delectables. Some TGGC gardeners are still enjoying winter crops such as watercress, shungiku, mizuna, negi and overwintering vegetables. Member Tracy Nishi’s photo highlights her ‘snow pea’ harvest prior to being enjoyed at New Year’s lunch. From Canada’s Food Price Report (12th Edition 2022): “In 2022, food insecurity will be a big issue as Canadians’ grapple with rising prices. continued on page 29

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Alice Bradley CommunityKitchen with and Lea Ault

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There are lots of things we can do to distract ourselves from the absolute mess of Covid. My brain is buzzing with questions such as: I think I was exposed, but I have an appointment for a booster in a couple of days. I have no symptoms, should I get tested anyway? Should I cancel my booster? What to do? There are endless permutations of this kind of second-guessing and when you mix in random information about testing sites, wait times, and don’t get me started on PCR tests vs. Rapid Tests well, it can be overwhelming. Not to mention that some workplaces are insisting on a negative PCR test before employees can return to work, but PCR tests are being saved for high-risk people and health care workers, so your average person has to shell out $130-200 for a private one. It’s incredibly confusing and frustrating and I’m sure that if Covid has taught

us anything, it’s taught us coping mechanisms. I tend to lose myself in a book, my kids watch Netflix and argue, my husband shouts at us through the door; he tested positive and it drives him insane to be isolated because he is forced to mind his own business. Mom, on the other hand, tests out recipes. We tend to regard January as a month for getting back to healthy eating, but we also respond to the weather and make comfort food. Here is our healthy-ish comfort food for January. After shovelling the sidewalk, there’s nothing better than soup and bread.

Chicken, Mushroom and Gnocchi Soup

Bring a pot of water to a boil, separate the gnocchi and add to the boiling water; boil just until it floats 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut in ¾ inch cubes, lightly to the top. Drain and add to the soup. Taste and add sprinkled with salt and pepper salt and pepper to your taste. Add the peas, corn and Olive or other vegetable oil other vegetables, heat for about 3- 5 minutes until 1 medium onion, chopped they are heated through and cooked. Stir in the cream. 1 carrot, grated or cut in small cubes You can use heavy cream or light cream. If you have 1 stick celery, diced a conscientious doctor who encourages you to watch 1 clove garlic, minced or grated your fat intake or maybe you just want to keep your ½ pound mushrooms, sliced food light, you can omit the cream altogether and add 1/3 cup flour a bit more milk. It will still taste fine. 2 cups chicken broth, homemade or from a can/package, preferably the low salt version 2 cups milk (from Anna Olson) 1-16 ounce package mini gnocchi (if you can’t find this, use regular ones) Alice: These biscuits require a few more steps than 1 cup frozen peas 1 cup frozen or canned corn regular biscuits/scones and a lot more time so I was 1 zucchini, cut in ½-inch dice (optional) not sure I wanted to give them a try. Will they taste 2 cups small spinach leaves (optional) about the same as my usual or will they be outstanding 1 cup cream (the secret ingredient) enough to go to the trouble of extra effort and time? Heat some olive oil (about a tablespoon) in a large pot and saute chicken The answer is: these biscuits are really wonderful and until it starts to brown. It does not have to be cooked through. Remove well worth the additional steps so give it a try. It makes and set aside. a large amount and it freezes well. (Lea: These are Heat more oil, about 2 -3 tablespoons, sauté the onions and celery about AMAZING. They’re a hybrid bun/biscuit and combine 3 minutes, add the garlic and mushrooms and sauté gently for another 3 the flakiness of a biscuit with the yeasty fluffiness of minutes. Sprinkle with the flour and stir and cook for another minute until a yeasted bun.)

Angel Biscuits

it is well incorporated. Add the chicken, the chicken broth and milk, stir and cook over medium heat until the mix thickens slightly, turn heat to low, cover and simmer gently for 15 minutes. Stir occasionally.

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1 1/4 teaspoon instant yeast 1 pinch sugar 1 1/2 tablespoon warm water Mix in small container and set aside

3 cups all purpose flour ¼ cup sugar ½ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt ½ cup cold butter, cut in small cubes 1 cup buttermilk

on the side and my family helped themselves to great vats of soup and ignored the basil. 2 eggs - do these first and beat them a little to break down viscosity ⅓ c. brown sugar ½ c. vegetable oil

Start preparing the night before you plan to bake the biscuits. Mix together 2 t. vanilla the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Cut in the cold butter until the mixture looks crumbly. Combine the yeast mix with the buttermilk, stir this into the dry ingredients and mix into a stiff dough. It should not be wet but should stick together; add a tablespoon of buttermilk or more until it can form a ball. Place dough in a large freezer bag and place in the fridge overnight.

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When ready to bake the biscuits: Preheat the oven to 425 degree F. Grease a cookie sheet or line with parchment paper or silpat. Flour the work surface and the rolling pin. Sprinkle the top of the dough with a little flour as the dough will be sticky. Roll out to about 9-10 inches, fold the dough in half and roll out again to about ½ inch thickness. Cut out biscuits with a 2 inch cookie cutter. Place on cookie sheet, spaced apart. Food programs may face increased demand along Bake for 12-15 minutes or until nicely browned and done. with higher costs for food, and food retailers may see increased rates of theft. We will continue to feel the growing impact of climate change and the continued So basic, right? Yet so comforting and easier than you’d think. I do not care effect of both transportation and labour market challenges.” for canned tomato soup so this version makes me happy. Also healthy: More than ever, people are meeting this challenge by think of all the Vitamin C! I like to sip this from a mug. raising vegetables. This ‘growing’ interest will again 2 T. olive oil (approx) result in shortages of seeds at garden centres. Plan ahead and start purchasing your favourite seeds – 1 T. butter (approx) many racks are already stocked. 1 large onion, thinly sliced 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced Prior to selecting Japanese seeds consider reading Our Edible Roots. You will gain knowledge of what ½ tsp dried oregano to plant, when and how to plant, and how to prepare ½ tsp dried red pepper flakes for your table! Organic Japanese vegetables are sold ½ tsp celery salt at a premium at high-end grocery stores and farmers 1 T. sugar markets but ‘growing your own’ is easy, satisfying, and 1 stalk fresh basil (if you have it but it’s optional) rewarding. Even now you could be enjoying your own 2 x 28-oz cans whole tomatoes in juice (San Marzano are nicest but any treats, such as: simmered kabocha and warabi, gobo kimpira, sweetened fat hanamame, steamy hot red will work) shiso teas and now, yuzucello cocktails! A wonderful 1 cup water or chicken stock start to the year! ¾ c. heavy cream (sure, you can omit this) Our Edible Roots – The Japanese Canadian Kitchen Heat a heavy nonreactive (because tomatoes) pan over medium heat and Garden add a glug of olive oil and a small chunk of butter. When it’s sizzling add “If you would enjoy a little insight into Japanesethe onions and then the garlic and stir and cook for a few minutes or until Canadian food culture, a locally produced book has softened and a little golden. Try not to let them brown. Add the spices been put together to capture the historical foods of Japanese Canadians. ‘Our Edible Roots – The and herbs and sizzle them for a minute then add the tomatoes and water. Japanese Canadian Kitchen Garden’ showcases Bring to a low boil and then turn down to a simmer, add the fresh basil historical and current foods enjoyed by this great and let it think about things for about 20-30 minutes, stirring occasionally. community. You’ll also discover a few secrets about foraging food in our forests.” Give it a good blend in a Vitamix if you have it, or use a blender or immersion blender. Stir in cream. Taste for seasoning, add salt and – Master Gardener, Brian Minter pepper if you think it needs it. Serve with a swirl of cream on top, and/or Available ($20) at Tonari Gumi a chiffonade of fresh basil if you have it. I provided the basil chiffonade 42 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver

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Milestones NAKATA, Yasuhiko October 24, 1929 – January 5, 2022. Our Jiji passed away on January 5, 2022, after a brief hospitalization at Mt. St. Joseph’s Hospital in Vancouver. He was predeceased by his wife, Tokiko, in 2020 and survived by his son Masahiko, daughter Shirley and her partner Richard, and their daughter Kiko and her fiancé Sam. Yasuhiko Nakata was born in Osaka, Japan on October 24, 1929. The decision to come to Canada in the late 1960’s was based largely on a hope for a better life, one that would make education and promising careers more accessible for their children. He worked as a gardener for many decades and puttered around his own garden even as recently as November 2021. He had a great love for good food and sake and was the best maker of okonomiyaki, tempura and クリムチキン. His favourites were the freshly baked madeleines and the chocolate roll cake made by his beloved granddaughter with whom he was able to live with again in the last months of his life.

SHIMIZU, Henry Hisao Henry Hisao Shimizu, 91, of Burnaby BC passed away peacefully on December 05, 2021 with his family lovingly by his side. Henry was born in Ucluelet BC in 1930. Henry is survived by Gemma, his wife of 65 years, daughter Gloria, son-in-law Paul and grandchildren Trevor and Samantha. Henry was an extremely hard worker and determined to provide for his family. He was the most loving husband, father and grandpa that a family could wish for. He was always quick to share his hearty laugh. A nicer person you will not meet. Henry will be remembered for his kind, generous, loving and gentle nature and actions. He simply made the world a better place.

Throughout his life, Henry loved fishing, gardening A private family gathering was held on January 15. In lieu of flowers and entertaining family and friends. In his retirement, or koden, the family would be grateful for donations to the BC Cancer he enjoyed early morning golf with Gemma, created Foundation. wonderful family memories at the cabin on the Sakamoto, Jean Harumi April 1, 1941 – December 23, 2021. After Sunshine Coast, and relished many family vacations. suffering a stroke in November 2020, Jean passed away as result Henry lived with Alzheimer’s disease during the last of complications on December 23, 2021. She attended UBC, earned years of his life. He maintained his wonderful smile and a Bachelor of Arts Degree and proceeded to careers in social work, positivity throughout. He will be missed very much and alternative school teacher and seniors/volunteer coordinator. Travel was forever be in the hearts of his family. her first love with sewing/crafts, cooking and sports closely behind. As a fiercely independent woman who shared her Japanese culture, she truly In accordance with Henry’s wishes, there will be appreciated the culture of others. As the eldest of six children, Jean was no service. In lieu of flowers, the family requests predeceased by brother Makoto, parents Aiko and Mamoru, sister -in- law consideration be given to donating to the Alzheimer Claudette and is survived by her siblings Bud, Crystal (Pradeep), David Society of British Columbia. (Carol), Sherry (Terry), extended family and many friends world wide. A special thank you to the Banfield Pavilion staff, Vancouver General Hospital doctors and staff and all who have cared for Jean’s health and welfare over the past year. Jean’s funeral services was conducted under Covid protocols with immediate family only on Wednesday, January 5, 2022. A celebration of life will be held when safe to do so. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to a charity of your choice.

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Honouring, Preserving, and Sharing Japanese Culture and Japanese Canadian History and Heritage for a Better Canada centre.nikkeiplace.org | 604.777.7000 | info@nikkeiplace.org | Support NNMCC: Donate by phone, mail or online NIKKEI IMAGES 日系イメージ Nikkei Images is a publication that focuses on the history of Nikkei in Canada. Continue reading and find past issues: https://centre.nikkeiplace.org/research/nikkei-images/

WHAT’S ONSITE 館内にて開催 Reception | Gallery | Museum Shop: Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00am - 5:00pm Sunday & Monday Closed Nikkei Bookstore 日系ブックストア: Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, 11:00am - 3pm

Included here is an excerpt from Volume 17, Issue No.3, Nikkei Images.

MUSEUM SHOP ミュージアムショップ

“Victoria’s Japanese Tea Garden” by Ann-Lee & Gordon Switzer “Victoria was Canada’s first Japanese community, the first immigrants appearing in the mid1880s. Over the years it never grew much beyond 300 people and its size was surpassed by Vancouver in the mid-1890s. However, its influence was felt in the wider community to a greater extent than in Vancouver. Of all the contributions the Japanese made to life in Victoria, none was more celebrated than the Japanese Tea Garden. Located on the Gorge Waterway that snakes out of the Inner Harbour for about 2 km, it was set in the midst of an amusement park. In its heyday, from 1907 to the mid 1920s, it was the place to be and be seen.” MUSEUM PROGRAMS WRITING WRONGS | www.writingwrongs-parolesperdues.ca Writing Wrongs is our online exhibit featuring letters written in the 1940s by Japanese Canadians protesting their dispossession. Saturday, February 12, 2022, from 1-3pm, we will be hosting on Zoom, “Protest Letters: Then and Now” – a panel discussion with the descendants of those protestors. The discussion will be followed by a free optional workshop, led by Carmel Tanaka, a descendant, where participants are invited to write their own protest letters. Follow us on social media or stay tuned on our website for further updates. SUPPORT 日系文化センター・博物館をサポートする方法 INSPIRATION FUNDRAISER Learn more: centre.nikkeiplace.org/inspiration Support the care and repair of Nikkei Centre — home of Japanese Canadian history, heritage, and culture. During the past 20 years, we have served the community through exhibits, research, education, cultural programs and events. Please consider a gift in support of our Friends of Nikkei Centre Maintenance Fund! Gifts can be made by phone, mail or online.

*Special Offer* Japanese Canadian History in 3 photo books At a discounted price, pick up a set of three books that are rich in photography and Japanese Canadian history. This set includes Departures, which chronicles the expulsion of https://shop.nikkeiplace.org/ Japanese Canadians from the West Coast from 1942-1949. Monogatari, tales of Powell Street from 1920-1941 and Shashin, Japanese Canadian studio photography. If you need help locating an item, please contact: jcnm@nikkeiplace.org | 604.777.7000 ext.109 CURRENT EXHIBITS 展示 SAFE | HOME Hours: Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm $5 admission, members and students free PERMANENT EXHIBITS

On until April 30th, 2022 Through the lens of the historic Vancouver Asahi baseball team, contemporary Canadian artist Kellen Hatanaka explores issues of race, xenophobia, representation, and implicit bias that are relevant in both sport and society today. 2F Kadota Landing – Treasures from the Collection – Taiken: Japanese Canadians Since 1877

MEMBERSHIPS 会員 The Nikkei Centre is always welcoming new members. Membership Benefits Include: • Free admission to the museum • Discounts at the museum shop and for certain events and programs • Attendance to the NNMCC Annual General Meeting Visit: https://centre.nikkeiplace.org/support-us/membership/

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Nikkei Place Monthly Update Nikkei Seniors Health Care & Housing Society

PRESIDENT’S NEW YEAR MESSAGE 2022 Akemashite Omedeto, Happy New Year! As we start the new year I must express my personal thanks, and that of the Nikkei Seniors Health Care & Housing Society, for all the support we have had over the past two years. They have been years of challenge, and they have tested us. But we have managed to survive, with little damage, and for that we are grateful for the commitment and dedication of a number of people. This greeting will focus on the positive aspects of the past year and moving forward into 2022 – we would like to build on these. We are very grateful for the dedication of the staff. They have been at the front line, caring for our residents, and keeping them safe from the pandemic that has ravaged the world. It is testimony to their conscientious commitment to caring that we have had no outbreaks in our residences. The protocols of care during the past two years have been onerous but our staff have always risen to the challenge and we thank them from the bottom of our hearts.

Team Leader; Yoko Watase, our Activity Coordinator; and Randy Araki, our Maintenance Supervisor. This team brings expertise, experience, and renewed energy to our operations and we look forward to assisting them as we move forward into 2022.

I am thankful for the commitment of the members of the Board of Directors. They are volunteers who contributed immeasurably to the work and progress of the Society. Marcia Carr, Jack Domitsu, Eitaro Hirota, John Kamitakahara, Yuki Kurozumi, Cathy Makihara, Asae Tanaka, Tom Teranishi, Brian Tsuji, and Hiroshi Yamamoto bring a breadth of knowledge and skills that are invaluable in keeping the Society on a stable course while responding to the needs of our residents. I am There have been times when our families have been denied visits with their particularly grateful for their support and involvement loved ones but they remained responsive to their needs and continued in the work of the Society. to support them via ZOOM calls, gifts of remembrance, and providing the Finally, I am pleased to acknowledge that we have extra human touch to the everyday life of the resident that helped reduce six centenarians residing at The Robert Nimi Nikkei the feeling of isolation that he/she often faced. Despite the additional Home. We have a plaque honoring our centenarians challenges family members faced, they found the time to support our staff, and our latest addition is Sam Yamamoto. Although not frequently expressing gratitude through words and treats. The outside a resident of Nikkei Home, Sam, with his experience community has risen to the challenge of supporting our cause through and contacts in the building industry, has given us the “Inspire Action” fundraising campaign. We are grateful that we were considerable help since the earliest days of the Society able to raise double the target that we had set. Without the support and and continues to respond to our request for advice. generosity of individuals in the community we could not have continued We applaud all our centenarians for their longevity, to offer our existing programs and expand into virtual programming. resilience, and courage in weathering the storms of On the topic of virtual programming, funding from the Japanese Govern- the past two years; and wish them the health that will ment has helped us develop a special outreach program utilizing technolo- see them through the year ahead. gy. This is the first time our Society has been the recipient of this fund and For my part, and speaking on behalf of your Executive we would like to acknowledge this contribution to our cause. Thanks must Director and Board of Directors, we approach 2022 go to the Activity Coordinator and others who made the application and with a great deal of optimism and anticipation that negotiated this very important and generous contribution. Nikkei Seniors some of the hardships we faced in the past two years Health Care & Housing Society was asked to take a leading part in the will decrease as we continue to provide a quality of Japanese Canadian Survivors Health and Wellness Fund. It has helped care that is the envy of many in the lower mainland. us to identify many survivors of the internment, relocation, and dispersal With gratitude to all who have supported us, we look throughout Canada, and helping meet in a small way some of the needs forward to 2022. that they have identified. – Ruth Coles, President Our leadership team is now complete with Jay Haraga, our Executive Director; Hiromi Hasegawa, our Resident Manager; Tara Pagnattaro, our

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Nikkei Place Monthly Update

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NIKKEI PLACE is comprised of three organizations: Nikkei Place Foundation, Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, and Nikkei Seniors Health Care and Housing Society. Thank you to our recent donors! For inquiries: gifts@nikkeiplacefoundation.org.

Nikkei Place Donations

Nikkei Place Foundation Donations | Gifts from December 1 - 20, 2021 inclusive DONATIONS

Frances H. Isomura Don & Kumiko Iwanaka Junji Mizutani Wendy S. Nagasaka Edward & Jennifer Nakamoto Luke & Miyoko Nakashima Chikako Rahman Salim Rahman Margaret Sakon Howard & Sher Shikaze

Eileen Carefoot Toshimi Goto Jim Hori Reiko Kurushima Esther Matsubuchi Heather Matsune Joyce Nasu Deanna Oda Hiroko Shimizu Tsuneko & Stanley Takaki Green Barbara Voye Yoshiko Iwamoto Michiyo Katayama LEAFS Donald & Misaye Munro Platinum Diane Murakami Howard Shimokura Reizo Nagai Kenneth & Rosemarie Sachiko Jean Okamura Takeuchi Kevin Okano Lui Passaglia Gold George & Elaine Homma Gemma Shimizu Susan Takashiba Copper Mel & June Tanemura Louise Akuzawa & Sanae Togashi & David Peters Ron Kruschen HONOURS & TRIBUTES Paul & Diana Kariya Richard Murakami In Celebration of Ken & Miyo Saito’s 50th Bronze Wedding Anniversary Naoto Horita Tsuneo & Noriko Miki Burgundy Miyo Saito Bill & Noemi Gruenthal Kevin & Denise Isomura In Celebration of Tsuneo Miki’s 88th Birthday Hiroshi & Takako Iura Evy Miki Kazuko Koyanagi Tsuneko Miki Steve Cain & July Ono Red Etsuyo Fujiwara Masako Hori Daniel & Rury Nakagawa & Family Kazuto & Mary Nakamoto Terence & Susan Nishi George & Linda Oike Gentaro & Rose Shimizu Mr. & Mrs. Sueyoshi Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association Vernon Yonemoto Christine H. Yoshida Orange Shigeyoshi Ebata Lorraine M. Elliott

In Celebration of Sam Yamamoto’s 100th Birthday George & Elaine Homma Dan Kunimoto Dorothy Yamamoto In Honour of Yoshiko Hirano Catherine & Shawn Chapell In Honour of Peter & Aster Nimi & Family Fred Wiley In Honour of Joyce & Ray Shimokura Adrienne Clark

In Honour of Barbara Voye Nancy Voye

In Memory of Nancy Mizuno Anonymous

In Memory of Tatsuo Tsuji Yaeko Kikuchi

Vancouver Japanese Gardeners Association Felicia Yee

In Memory of Hedy Arai Janice Shimizu

In Memory of Shirley Mukai Melissa Mukai

In Memory of Masako Yada Wayne & Rachel Tanaka

NNMCC WAR MEMORIAL

In Memory of Tom & Emily Baker Karen Baker-MacGrotty & David MacGrotty

In Memory of Katsu & Alan Nasu Shirley Nasu

In Memory of Dr. Florence Yakura Sachie Harpain

Lydia Yatabe MONTHLY GIVING

Anonymous (2) Carina Abe Ian & Debbie Burgess In Memory of In Memory of Brian & Marcia Carr Nikkei Fishermen In Memory of Mas Yamamoto Patricia H. Chan Sheila Wong Robert T. Banno Frank & Patricia Hamanishi Michael & Ruth Coles Donald Campbell In Memory of Dennis In Memory of Grant Dustin Okada & Chieko Okada David T. Yamaura In Memory of Masami Hanashiro Lisa Okada Kay Bartnik Beverley T. Yamaura Junichi & Atsumi Hashimoto Anonymous Tad & Mitsuko Hosoi In Memory of Tamotsu In Memory of Shaun Inouye In Memory of Nobuo & Misao Ono Noboru Yano Kenneth & Bernadine Isomura Erik, Sara, Ruby & Colin & Hisae Domai Irene L. Yano Mary F. Kawamoto Toshiko & Ernest Quan Johnston NNMCC INSPIRATION Satoko Kobayashi In Memory of In Memory of FUNDRAISER Greciana Langamon Tommy Ono Toshi Isotani Tommy Li Louise Akuzawa & Ron Anonymous Sabeena Bacchus Stewart Kawaguchi Kruschen Frank & Patricia Hamanishi Ross Nogami Ted Kawamoto Anonymous (5) In Memory of Motoi Mary M. Okabe Karen Baker-MacGrotty & Catherine Makihara Masako & Ken Moriyama & Suyeko Iwanaka Carol Nishi & Ronald David MacGrotty Okada Anne Motozono Dick Iwanaka Maiko Behr Sachi Pretty Roberta H. Nasu Troy Bullock In Memory of Craig Natsuhara In Memory of Harry Mutsumi Hamakawa Eikichi Kagetsu & Mae Osaka George & Elaine Homma Takeshi & Mizuho Ogasawara Anonymous Chris Oikawa Tatsu & Karen Mizushima Naoto Horita In Memory of Jean Kevin & Denise Isomura Hanako Oye Linda Kawamoto Reid Shizuko Kamimura In Memory of Frank Frances H. Isomura & Faith Sato Jim & Norma Sawada Irene L. Yano Dick Iwanaka David & Beverley Foy Howard Shimokura Don & Kumiko Iwanaka In Memory of Audrey Shimozawa In Memory of Mioko Erik, Sara, Ruby & Karen R. Kester Barbara Shishido & Victor Shimizu Colin Johnston Joy Koyama Charlotte Takasaki Janice Shimizu Dan Kunimoto Sharlene A. Tabata In Memory of Evy Miki In Memory of Joyce C. Takeshita Shirley Koyanagi Jason Miki Jane Shimokura Darlene Tanaka & Trevor Jones Frank & Patricia Tsuneko Miki Anonymous Grace Tanaka Hamanishi Tsuneo & Noriko Miki Lola Lee Ginzo & Harue Udagawa Irene L. Yano Lui Passaglia Hisako Wada In Memory of Chikako Rahman In Memory of Fred & Linda Yada Setsuko Shoji-Araki Salim Rahman Hiroshi Makihara Chris, Jan Yamamoto & Family Barry Kato Howard Shimokura Yukimi Makihara Norine K. Yamamoto Mr. & Mrs. Sueyoshi In Memory of Tomoko In Memory of Sam Yamamoto Kenneth & Rosemarie (Toni) Suzuki Robert Miki Tatsuo & Mariko Yamamoto Takeuchi Sumiko Kamachi Tsuneko Miki Gwendolyn Yip & Santa Ono Robert & Anna Takashiba Sanae Togashi & David Peters

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Nikkei Place Monthly Update 日系シニアズヘルスケア・住宅協会新年のご挨拶執筆者：ルース・コールズ会長日本語訳：ターピン彩乃 2022年明けましておめでとうございます。新しい年の始まりにあたり、ここ2年間に渡り皆様からいただいたすべてのご支援に対し、私個人およびに日系シニアズヘルスケア・住宅協会からの感謝の意をお伝えいたします。この2年間は挑戦の年で、試練つづきでした。しかし、私たちは大きな被害を受けることもなく、なんとか持ちこたえてきました。そしてこのように乗り越えられたのも、多くの方々の尽力と献身のおかげです。このご挨拶では、昨年の明るい側面、そして2022年への前進に重きをおいています。明るい側面を増やしていきたいものです。日系ホームのスタッフの皆さんの献身には本当に感謝しています。常に最前線に立ち、入居者の方々のお世話をし、世界に大きな被害をもたらしている新型コロナウイルス感染症の流行から入居者の方々を守ってくれています。私たちの施設で大規模な感染拡大がなかったということは、スタッフの皆さんが入居者の方々のお世話を心を尽くして行なってくれたからだという証明です。ここ2年間の介護のプロトコルには辟易してしまうものでしたが、スタッフの皆さんはいつも勇敢に立ち向かってくれ、心から感謝しています。ご家族が大切な入居者の方々に会うことができないということが何度もありました。けれども家族の方々は入居者の皆さんが必要な時にはいつも応じてくださいました。ZOOMでの電話や思い入れのあるものを送って支えとなり続け、また入居者の皆さんが日々の生活で人の温かみをより多く感じられるように工夫を施すことで、皆さんが直面することの多い孤独感を減らす手助けをしてくださいました。家族の方々が直面していた困難があったにも関わらず、スタッフをサポートする時間を見つけては、労いの言葉と差し入れでいつも感謝を示してくださいました。コミュニティーの外では Inspire Action"というファンドレイジング活動を通して私たちの目標を支援するという挑戦にも立ち上がりました。目標としていた額の2倍もの寄付金を集めることができ感謝しています。コミュニティーの個々の皆様の協力と寛容な援助がなければ、今あるプログラムを続けることも、それをバーチャルブログラムへと移行して続けることもできませんでした。バーチャルプログラムに関してお話すると、日本政府からの助成金によりテクノロジーを使った特別なアウトリーチプログラムの開発に取り組むことができました。私たち協会がこの助成金を受け取るのは初めてのことです。そこで私たちの目標に対するこの寄与についてお話したいと思います。申請を行い、この非常に意義がありかつ惜しみない寄付を取り決めたアクティビティー・コーデネーターとその他皆さんにお礼を申し上げないといけません。日系シニアズヘルスケア・住宅協会は日系カナダ人生存者健康福祉基金の指揮も任されました。これにより強制収容、強制移住および強制退去を経験された多くの生存者の方々をカナダ全域で特定することができ、この方々によって明らかになった必要な援助も少しずつ行われています。現在幹部チームは、事務局長のジェイ・ハラガ、入居者管理マネージャーの長谷川宏美、チームリーダーのタラ・パンナッタロ、アクティビティーコーディネーターの渡瀬容子、メンテナンススーパーバイザーのランディ・アラキで構成されています。このチームには専門知識も経験もあり、協会の運営に新たなエネルギーをもたらしてくれています。2022年に向かうにあたり幹部チームの力になれることを楽しみにしています。

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役員会のメンバーの貢献にも感謝しています。協会の仕事と向上に言葉では言い表せないほどの力添えをしてくれている、マーシャ・カー、ジャック・堂満、廣田瑛太郎、ジョン上高原、黒住由紀、キャシー槇原、田中朝絵、トム寺西、ブライアン辻、山本博の10名のボランティアの方々です。彼らには入居者の方々の要求に応えつつ、協会の安定した運営を図る上でとても有益な知識とスキルが備わっています。協会の仕事に対する皆さんからのサポートや積極的な参加には非常に感謝しています。最後に、ロバート新見日系ホームに入居されている百寿者の方々が6名いらっしゃるということにも少し触れさせてください。協会には百寿者の方々を称える楯があるのですがそこに最近ではサム山本さんのお名前が追加されました。サムさんは日系ホームに入居はされていませんが、建築業界でのご経験とゆかりから、協会の立ち上げ当初から多大なご協力をくださり、助言をお伺いすればいつも変わらずお答えしてくださっています。ここ2年の困難を乗り切る中でこの6名の百寿者の皆様のご長寿、回復力そして勇気に拍手を送ります。また、この先もご健康でいられることを願っています。私としては、事務局長と役員会に代わりお話させていただくと、ロウアー・メインランドの多くが羨む行き届いたケアを引き続き提供し、この2 年間私たちが直面してきた苦難も減るだろうという大きな期待と楽観的な姿勢で2022年に臨んでいきます。私たちを支えてくださる皆様への感謝と共に、2022年を楽しみにしています。

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日系カナダ人の豊かな文化を取り入れた新しい教材とカリキュラムの改善のためのプロジェクトが始まりました。私たちは当団体やコミュニティーの中で若者にリーダーシップの機会を作り出す取り組みも行なっています。彼らには、私たちコミュニティーの未来を形作る貴重な意見があり、それらをサポートしたり、彼らの夢の達成を応援することができることを、大変嬉しく思っています。皆さんのアイディアは、私たちの戦略計画プロセスの一環として職員や保護者、生徒、コミュニティの方々からお寄せいただいたご意見に加え、参考にさせていただきます。今後の戦略計画の中で、皆様からの更なるご意見やアイディアを共有できることを楽しみにしております。ボランティアや会員、コミュニティの皆様、そして生徒の皆さんの日頃からのご支援に感謝申し上げます。昨年一年も皆様のご協力の元、充実した一年となりました。本年も変わらぬご指導ご鞭撻を賜りますようよろしくお願いいたします。それでは皆様良いお年をお過ごしください。ダリウス

謹賀新年新年あけましておめでとうございます。謹んで新春のお喜び申し上げます。さて、昨年９月に学校再開を迎え、たくさんの生徒の皆さんやコミュニティの方々を再びVJLS-JHでお迎えすることができました。まるで長い間眠っていた建物が目を覚ましたかのように活気が戻り、大変嬉しい気持ちでおります。また、職員や生徒、保護者、ボランティアの方々の VHLS-JHに対する熱意に日々感謝しております。 2022年も引き続き、コミュニティーのニーズに応えた新しい企画の開発や、イベント等の向上に努めて参ります。特に、春のバザーやパウエル祭での出店の再開、運動会や七夕祭りなどのイベント開催、昨年秋より開催しておりますJapanglish Café（言語交換イベント）やManga Café（文化交換イベント）などの新しい企画のに力を入れたいと思っております。若い世代の日系カナダ人の成長や発展のサポートができることは私たちの特権であり、大変光栄なことです。 2022年春には、第２のこどものくに保育園の開園が決定し、皆様へご報告ができるのを心待ちにしておりました。こちらのお申込みや詳細等については改めてご連絡いたします。ご質問等はこどものくに園長 Mitsuru Haga-Bronstyn cw@vjls-jh.comへお問い合わせください。同様に私たちは当校のプログラムが学習者を惹きつけ、多様なアイデンティティを反映するために取り組んでいます。藤井清子校長のもと、

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新年、明けましておめでとうございます。旧年中はひとかたならぬご理解ご支援を賜り、誠にありがとうございました。 2022年も教師陣とスタッフが一丸となって、いっそう努力していく所存でございます。どうぞよろしくお願いいたします。今年の私の目標は、読書の楽しさをVJLSの皆さんに広めることです。読書は、お話の世界を楽しむだけでなく、新しい言葉や未知の世界を知る機会となり、物事の理解をより深め、語彙力、表現力、想像力、コミュニケーション能力などを高めてくれます。本校の図書室の利用をより活発にし、本の面白さを一人でも多くの人に知っていただくために、朗読活動を通して本を紹介していきたいと考えております。また、声に出して本を読むことの楽しさを生徒の皆さんだけでなく、大人の方にもお伝えする機会があればと思います。コロナの行く末が未だ不明確な状況の中、規制によってできなくなったことも多々ございますが、今できることに目を向けて、学校とコミュニティーの両面から、２０２２年のVJLSの活動を皆様とともに活発にしていきたいと思います。皆様にとっても２０２２年が実り多い一年になりますことを、お祈り申し上げます。バンクーバー日本語学校校長藤井清子

《滄海一粟》

●日系人の集団の記憶

「私の世代の日系カナダ人は、軽蔑されるというのがどういうことか、家を失うことがどうことかを知っている。誰の身の上にも二度とこんなこと航海日誌が起きてはいけない」と二世作家でJCSJ（社会正義を求める日系カナダ元日系ボイス編集者田中裕介人グループ）の創立メンバーのジョイ・コガワは言う。第二次世界大戦中、政府によって生まれ育った西海岸の家を追い出された2万2000人の日系カナダ人たちは、第二次大戦終結後にカナダ東部に再定住させられた時、２万人がトロントを選び移り住んだ。だが、そこでも新たな差別にさらされた。筆者は、ある二世が「空室あり」の看板を見て訪れた時、家主から「ちょっと前に他の人に決まってしまいましたと告げられたものさ」と語ってく「全国住宅供給の日」の集会かられたのを覚えている。日系人には貸したくないという家主の差別意識が収入に応じた家賃の公営住宅建設を急げそう言わせたのだという。理不尽な被差別の記憶を共有する日系カナダ人たちは、同じカナダ市民として、すべての人に住む家をという基本的カナダでは「11月22日」を「全国住宅供給の日」と制定している。1998 人権を求める闘いをサポートすべきだと思う。年のこの日、住む家がないために命を落とした人たちを悼み、ホームレ「資本主義社会では、家は利益を生む資本として扱われているが、住むスの惨めな生活に終止符を打つことを訴える動議が採択された。家は全ての人が保障されるべき権利なのだ」と都市計画研究で学位を昨年のこの日、「全ての人に住む家を！」という標語を掲げてトロントとったJCSJメンバーは言う。で開かれた集会に参加して、あらためて事態の緊急性に気付かされた。３つのレベルの政府が協力して「住人の収入に応じて家賃が設定さ集会では「Aﬀordable Housing」という耳慣れない言葉が使われていれる公営賃貸アパート」を供給しなければ、テント暮らしや地下鉄の駅た。つまり「あなたの収入の30％以下の家賃で入居できる住宅」というで寝ている人たちを助けることにはならない。意味合いだ。カナダ市民は、各人の住む住所を選挙区とする市議、州議会議員、連長引くコロナ禍の下で、多くの人がギリギリの生活を強いられてきた。邦議員にメールや電話で要望を伝え、この公営住宅供給問題の解決に現在も飲食店、娯楽施設では人数制限があり、「ワクチン接種済み」証明寄与していただきたい。の提示が求められる。人々の購買力が低下すると、メーカーは生産量を＊この記事は、JCCAブルテン2021年12月号にDanielle Koyama (JCSJ) 下げ、失業者が増え、物流は低下し、小売業がもろに影響を受けた。とこが寄稿した記事を元にした。この住宅供給問題への問い合わせは右のろが、株式市況だけは活況を呈している。富裕層が余った金を投機に使アドレスまで。jcforsocialjustice@gmail.com ってどんどん株価を釣り上げ、私腹を肥やしていることもその一因だ。貧困が進む一方で豪華マンションの建築がさかんになっている。 2018年度の統計では、トロントは「収入に対する家賃の割合が世界で一番高い都市」の５位だった。今、トロントでは、１ベッド・ルームの市場賃貸料2000ドルが普通になっている。その結果、統計では、トロントの低所得者（3万5千ドル以下）層では、常時10万人が「入居可能な賃貸住宅」を求めて待機中だという。かく言う筆者も低年金受給者で、「貧しい者は救われる」と開き直って生きてきたが、ここへきて、いきなり13年住み慣れた部屋を追われた。大家が職を失って「もう家を売るしかない」と嘆いたのが半年前。すわっ一大時だ！と騒いだら友人のソーシャルワーカーが「すぐ市の住宅公社に申し込め。今なら家賃が収入の30％に抑えられている物件が入居可能かもしれない」とメールしてくれた。そして、僕をオフィスに呼んで希望物件を選択し、さっと書類を提出してくれた。待つことたったの数日。CNタワーとトロント証券取引所から歩いて10分。中華街の東、グレンジ公園の南隣りというトロントのド真ん中の７階建てアパートに落ち着いた。かろうじて救われた。ただし、「ド真ん中」とは都会の問題が集中しているという意味でもある。グレンジ公園には色とりどりのテントが並び、ピーター通りの洒落たレストランの裏には、シェルターのベッドにありつけなかった人たちが 24時間立ち寄れる「センター」がある。暖は取れるが横になることはできない。トロントに常時8700人ほどのホームレスがいる。毎日、あちこちのシェルターを歩き回ってなんとかその夜のベッドを確保しているようだトロント市内シャーボーン通りとダンダス通り南角に立つ問題の空き家が、収容しきれない約1000人が路上や地下鉄の駅などで毛布にくるま（11 月 22日撮影 photo: Y. Tanaka）って寝ている。筆者のアパートの１ブロック向こうには、市営温水プールがあって重宝しているが、ここは同時にホームレスに清潔なタオルとシャワーを無料で提供する施設でもある。1909年、シャワーのある民家が少なかった頃から無料シャワー施設として使われていたという。100年経ってもその伝統が続いていることに感謝するが、泳ぎにいくと更衣室の床に数人が寝転がっていることもあり、そばに注射器が転がっているのを見て以来、裸足で歩き回ることは止めた。彼らだって好きでこうしているわけではない。COVID−19が吹き荒れ、収入もなく友人、家族などの最後のセーフティーネットを失った孤立無援な人たちを、都会の真ん中に押しやって吹き溜まりにしたのである。ここから東に歩いて15分。10年前までルーミング・ハウス（簡易宿泊所）だった建物の家主が、住民を追い出し不動産ブームにあやかって高く売ろうとしている「空き家」がある。それが「シアボーン通り214-230番地」で、トロント市議会は2018年に地所を買い取り、公営住宅の建設を決定した。ところが、いまだ何の進展もない。予算が取れないというのがその理由だが、この問題と長く取り組んできた「リージェントパーク・コミュニティ保健センター」の職員で、日系 4世のソーシャルワーカー・ダニエル・コヤマは、「地方自治体、州、連邦の3つのレベルの政府が協力すればできないはずはない」とドイツで「全ての人に住む家を！」を訴えるJCSJメンバーたち。当日は７人が駆けつけた。の最近の事例を引き合いに出し訴えている。この「10年の空き家」はそ（11 月 22日撮影 photo: Y. Tanaka）の象徴であり、この地所を市の権限で没収して収入に見合った「入居可能な公営住宅」にしろと訴えるのが、この日の集会の目的だった。この日は、1985年に、ここに止めてあったトラックの荷台でドリーナ・ジョベー *題字の「滄海一粟」（そうかいのいちぞく）とは大海原に浮かぶ一粒の粟のこと。ルが凍死したことを悼み、花が手向けられた。 January 1月 2022 37

Eastsideから見える日本と世界第41回長期化するコロナ禍と移住労働者 ■「エッセンシャルワーカー」として就労する移住労働者現在、世界の労働力の4.7％（１億6,400 万人）が移民労働者にあたると推定されていますが、2020 年春先以降、世界的な新型コロナウィルス感染症（COVID19）感染拡大によって失職し帰国を余儀なくされる、困窮した状態で受け入れ国に取り残される労働者が急増しています。多くの国・地域で多くの移民労働者は介護などのケア部門や農業など食料・食品生産部門に従事する、いわゆる「エッセンシャルワーカー」として就労してきました。このことは彼ら彼女たち自身の感染リスクの問題にも大きく関わります。ILO は2020 年６月、職を失い、帰国を余儀なくされた移民労働者が母国で失業や貧困に直面する可能性について警鐘を鳴らすレポートを発表しました。

■社会基盤が不安定な人々ほど負の影響を受けやすい感染拡大は、日本でも雇用、生活、教育、医療、出入国管理など幅広い分野で大きな影響を及ぼしてきました。カナダと比較するとその割合は低いものではありますが、今日の日本ではすでに移民・移民ルーツを持つ多くの人々が地域社会で暮らし、労働現場で就労しています。誰もが安心して自分らしく生き、働ける社会、移民・移民ルーツを持つ人々がその権利と尊厳を保障される社会の実現のためにNPO、市民団体などが全国各地で、長年、取り組みを続けてきています。しかし、特にコロナ禍において失業、収入減、生活困難に直面する人々は増加し、そこに占める移民・移民ルーツを持つ人々の割合は大きいと言えます。2年近くにわたって続き、いまだ収束が見通せないコロナ禍を「災害」としてとらえたとき、自然災害による被災と同様、それ以前から生活、雇用、社会基盤が不安定な人々ほど負の影響を受けやすい状況が見えてきます。

■コロナ禍以前からの信頼関係、支援体制緊急事態宣言やまん延防止等重点措置の発布、適用にともなって多くの飲食店は休業や時短営業を余儀なくされ、工場では稼働が止まりました。感染対策を目的とした諸施策、および経済悪化は雇用現場に大きな打撃を与えました。日本では「持続化給付金」、「雇用調整助成金」、「特別定額給付金」等の施策が相次いて打ち出され、ラテンアメリカ出身の日系人労働者はかつての「リーマンショック」のような大混乱には直面しなかったようです。しかし、リモートワークが推奨される一方で、現場でしか就労できない雇用が数多くあること、そこで誰が働いているのか、ということは見過ごされがちでもありました。飲食業、接客業、清掃業、介護などの部門で働く非正規雇用の女性労働者たちの就労も大きな打撃を受けました。日本政府は2020 年に特別定額給付金として一人10 万円を支給しましたが（ただし、住民登録のない者が除外される等の問題もあった）、申請書が日本語だけの記載であったこと、漢字に読み仮名が振られていないこと等の問題は多くの移民・移民ルーツを持つ人々を戸惑わせ、混乱させました。そのような中で、コロナ禍以前から形成されていた信頼関係、支援体制が相談事業を通じて彼ら彼女たちを支え、生活状況がこれ以上悪化しないためのまさに「砦」であったと言えます。そして、さらに厳しい状況に置かれているのが入管施設からの収容を一時的に解かれた状態にある仮放免者たちです。就労もできず、健康保健にも加入できません。コロナ禍以前から続く問題ではありますが、それまで友人知人などの支援を受けながらなんとか食いつないできた仮放免者たちが家を失い、路上生活に陥る、あるいはそれに近い生活困窮に陥ることが、コロナ禍において顕著となっているのです。

神戸からブラジルに移民として渡った家族たち（海外移住と文化の交流センター「移住ミュージアム」の展示より）（2015 年 9 月撮影）

山本薫子（やまもと・かほるこ）首都大学東京都市環境学部准教授（2008年∼）。UBC社会学部客員准教授（2018年5月∼12月）。専門は都市社会学、地域社会学。著書に、『横浜・寿町と外国人−グローバル化する大都市インナーエリア』福村出版（2008年）、『原発震災と避難 − 原子力政策の転換は可能か（シリーズ被災地から未来を考える(1)）』有斐閣（2017年）など。

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（編集後記からの続き）陽性の人と接触したけれど今のところ症状は何もないですと告げると、友人が言われたように何も症状がなければ使わないでと何度も言われました。５日間の間に咳や熱、呼吸が苦しい等の症状があればテストをし、そうでなければテストキットは使っても意味がないのでテストは必要はないそうです。５日間、何の症状もなければ他の人にうつすことはないそうなので安心してくださいとのこと。「Three Bridges clinic」はキットを配るだけなので、そこではテストしません。 PCR検査は65歳以上、ヘルスケアワーカー、免疫の弱い人が優先されるそうで、当てはまらない人はrapid test kitが配られます。テスト方法はyoutubeにも載っていてとても分かりやすいです。

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テストキットをもらってきましたこんなの。

楽しい時間のツケはあるものですね。年明けから誰にも会わず、計画していた新年会もキャンセルしたり、ドキドキと日々を過ごした人もいたりと、これは2022年もさらに気を引き締めて行動をせよというお達しです。誰一人として大事に至リませんでした。ありがたや。皆様には健康で穏やかな一年が訪れますようお祈り申し上げます。 2022年もよろしくおねがいします。ぺこり

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KAO (a.k.a. SleeplessKao) KAO

「楽しい時間の代償」明けましておめでとうございます！

年明けからスノータイヤに履き替えるタイミングが遅れ、雪に見舞われたバンクーバーで車を出せなかったり、顔にかぶれが出てかきむしりたい衝動を抑えるなどのマイナーなトラブルに遭遇してますが、至って平和で静かなお正月をカナダで過ごしております。窓の外にちらつく雪を見ると、素敵なクリスマスツリーよリもこたつが欲しいなあと思う今日この頃。大晦日はいつも集まる友人数人で「お家カラオケ」をするべく集まりました。Bluetoothでマイクを繋げテレビスクリーンにyoutubeに載っているカラオケを映し出して歌えるのでどんな曲も流すことができます。その昔はカセットテープを廻す箱型のボックススピーカーを購入している家もありましたね。ちなみにうちは父がレーザーディスクプレーヤーを買ったものの、ディスクの値段が高すぎて数枚しか揃えられず、歌うのはいつも演歌ばかり。ああ、便利な時代になったものだ。楽しい時間を過ごした翌日、友人から「バッドニュースです」と電話。「お家カラオケ」に来ていた友人の一人が無症状だけれどもPCRテストをしたところ陽性反応が出たとのことで一瞬参加者全員が凍りつく。コカコーラやオレンジジュースを飲んだ後でも誤反応が出たりするというが、無症状というのがまた怖い。すぐに参加した友人から家族を引き連れUBCのクリニックに行ってきたと報告が入った。長い列の末にやっと番がやってきたものの検査を受けられず帰って良し。スタッフが言うには症状がない場合は検査をする必要も隔離もしなくていいと言う。その間も普通の生活をしていいとのこと。え？どう言うこと？ちょっと意味が飲み込めなかったので、どのような行程でPCR検査を受けるのか興味もあり翌日クリニックに行くことに決める。寝正月を決め込んでる私が起きたのは昼近く（苦笑）その間に彼が早起きをしてUBCホスピタルに行ってきたけれど１時間以上待ちだと言われ断念して帰ってきた。Webでは２０分待ちと書いてあったのに ∼ と文句を言いながらQueen Elizabeth Parkの近くにあるドライブスルーの方へ車でチェックしに行った。ドライブスルーの車は３ブロック先まで列が並び、walk inの方も長い列だよと連絡が入る。て隔をとっみんな間もなしりおしゃべ

また別の友人から連絡が入り、「今朝、イェールタウン近くのclinic に行ってきました。並んでましたけど、外にスタッフが出てきてすぐキットを配布されました。」

私も"Three Bridges Community Health Centre に出向く。（午後は混んでるかな∼）と思ったけれど驚くほどの列ではなく、並んでる人たちも間隔をとっているし重症の人がいるわけでもないので安全な感じがしました。長い列ができていたのは、安全のためにオフィスに入る人数制限が決まっているためで、検査キットを受け取る時間はほんの数秒から数分。室内に入るとスタッフがなぜ検査が必要なのかを聞き、説明を受ける。私のように、詳しく説明を求める人がいたりすると長蛇の列ができてしまうのかも... （３９ページに続く）

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Honouring our People: Breaking the silence

Edited by Randy Enomoto

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Bulletin/Geppo January 2022

Articles inside

JCCA Donations / Editorial 14 JCCA President’s Message

Community Outreach on Systemic Racism & Collecting Race-based Data

BC Redress Update 28 Watada

Writing Wrongs: exploring Japanese Canadian protest letters of the 1940s

Interview: Carmel Tanaka 3 Powell Street Festival Update

Toronto NAJC Update 20 NAJC Human Rights Committee