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February 2010
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	01	02	03	04	05 Henry Shimizu "Images of Internment" exhbiit	06 12pm» Haru Matsuri
07 (Week 10) 12pm» Haru Matsuri	08	09	10	11	12	13
14 (Week 11)	15 9am» Kamp Kodomo March Break 9am» Nikkei Kids Day (morning session) 1pm» Nikkei Kids Day (afternoon session)	16 9am» Kamp Kodomo March Break	17 9am» Kamp Kodomo March Break	18 9am» Kamp Kodomo March Break 7pm» March Movie Night : All Around Us	19 9am» Kamp Kodomo March Break	20
21 (Week 12) 2pm» Henry Shimizu Artist's Talk	22	23	24	25	26	27
28 (Week 13)	29 7pm» Yamamoto Kyogen Company Canadian Debut!	30	31

Description:

March 5 - 28, 2010
Heritage Gallery @ JCCC
Reception and Artist's Talk:
Sunday March 21, 2010 at 2:00pm
Gallery Hours:
Monday to Friday, 9:00am to 4:00pm
Saturday and Sunday, 9:00am to 3:00pm

The JCCC Heritage Committee is pleased to host an exhibit of twenty seven oil paintings by Henry Shimizu, based on his life as a teenager in the internment camp of New Denver from 1942 to 1946. A model of the New Denver camp from the Japanese Canadian National Museum will be on display plus related audio visual images. The series of paintings was started in 1999 and completed in 2002 .They have been exhibited in Edmonton and Vancouver. A publication containing reproductions of the paintings and related stories is available.
Henry Shimizu is a retired plastic surgeon now living in Victoria, B.C. He is a former clinical Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Alberta, past President of the Edmonton Japanese Canadian Association of Edmonton, and a recipient of the Order of Canada.

Time:

12:00pm - 5:00pm

Description:

The JCCC will be opening their doors to everyone as they celebrate a weekend filled with activities, entertainment and exhibits at Haru Matsuri 2010!!
This year’s theme is Fans. Fans are seen throughout cultures around the world, but the invention of the folding fan is credited to the Japanese. Fans have been used for centuries for many different purposes from decorative uses, ceremonial uses, artistic uses, military uses and even for the purely practical uses for cooling oneself on a hot day. Whatever the reason, fans are an integral part of the Japanese culture. We hope that they will be a wonderful inspiration for this year’s festival.
Haru Matsuri will also include Japanese arts and crafts demonstrations such as Ikebana (flower arranging), Bunka Shishu (embroidery), Origami (paperfolding) and Sumi-e (brush painting). The JCCC offers classes in all of these areas and you can sign up for our Spring programmes. The JCCC's martial artists will demonstrate the techniques of "The Way of the Warrior" through Aikido, Judo, Karate, Iaido, Naginata, and Kendo.
For entertainment, there will be odori (traditional Japanese dancing) by JCCC traditional dance groups Ayame-Kai and Sakura-Kai, Koto by the Toronto Chikushikai and Taiko (Japanese drumming). Japanese cuisine will also be available in the food court.
As always the JCCC and Kobayashi Hall will be colourfully and elaborately decorated to welcome the spring and the long-awaited close of the winter season. Festival guests entering the Centre will be greeted by an elaborate display of Hina Matsuri Dolls.
Gather your family and friends and come to the JCCC, and join us as we celebrate the arrival of Spring!

Date: Saturday March 6 and Sunday March 7, 2010
Time: 12:00pm - 5:00pm both days
Admission:Family $12 (2 adults/2 children), Adults $5, Children and Seniors $2, JCCC Members free

Time:

12:00pm - 5:00pm

Description:

The JCCC will be opening their doors to everyone as they celebrate a weekend filled with activities, entertainment and exhibits at Haru Matsuri 2010!!
This year’s theme is Fans. Fans are seen throughout cultures around the world, but the invention of the folding fan is credited to the Japanese. Fans have been used for centuries for many different purposes from decorative uses, ceremonial uses, artistic uses, military uses and even for the purely practical uses for cooling oneself on a hot day. Whatever the reason, fans are an integral part of the Japanese culture. We hope that they will be a wonderful inspiration for this year’s festival.
Haru Matsuri will also include Japanese arts and crafts demonstrations such as Ikebana (flower arranging), Bunka Shishu (embroidery), Origami (paperfolding) and Sumi-e (brush painting). The JCCC offers classes in all of these areas and you can sign up for our Spring programmes. The JCCC's martial artists will demonstrate the techniques of "The Way of the Warrior" through Aikido, Judo, Karate, Iaido, Naginata, and Kendo.
For entertainment, there will be odori (traditional Japanese dancing) by JCCC traditional dance groups Ayame-Kai and Sakura-Kai, Koto by the Toronto Chikushikai and Taiko (Japanese drumming). Japanese cuisine will also be available in the food court.
As always the JCCC and Kobayashi Hall will be colourfully and elaborately decorated to welcome the spring and the long-awaited close of the winter season. Festival guests entering the Centre will be greeted by an elaborate display of Hina Matsuri Dolls.
Gather your family and friends and come to the JCCC, and join us as we celebrate the arrival of Spring!

Date: Saturday March 6 and Sunday March 7, 2010
Time: 12:00pm - 5:00pm both days
Admission:Family $12 (2 adults/2 children), Adults $5, Children and Seniors $2, JCCC Members free

Time:

9:00am - 4:30pm

Description:

Don’t miss out on the all the March Break fun at the JCCC!!! Kamp Kodomo is returning for another week filled with cultural activities.
Our March Break camp features many of the favourites of the summer but also includes participation in the Nikkei Kids Day. Nikkei Kids Day is a half-day program organized by the Heritage Committee of the JCCC.
The camp operates from 9:00am to 4:30pm from Monday March 15 to Friday March 19 , 2010. Fees for this program are $180 per child for a 5-day session. A 10 % discount will be applied for JCCC members and 2nd (or more) children from the same family will receive a 5% discount. Extended camp care is available from 8:00am to 9:00am and from 4:30pm to 6:00pm with an additional cost of $35 per session. Camp fees cover all materials, two nutritional snacks per day, and a special activity. Campers are required to bring a lunch and drink.
Registration will start on January 4, 2010 and the deadline is March 8, 2010. Kamp Kodomo’s maximum attendance is 25 children.
For more information or to register, please consult the enclosed flyer, call 416-441-2345 or check the website at www.jccc.on.ca.

Time:

9:00am - 11:00am

Description:

The JCCC Heritage Committee once again presents their popular March Break event, Nikkei Kids Day. This year, it will be held on Monday March 15, 2010. Like the previous years it will be packed with exciting activities for children, and is a great way to spend the first day of March Break. It is also a good opportunity to involve grandparents, parents, and children in activities that will encourage children to become interested in their family’s Japanese ancestry.

At Nikkei Kids Day, children can:
- Learn about Japanese prefectures at the Kenjinkai display tables
- Have their name written in Japanese calligraphy
- Draw and colour anime/manga-style characters
- Create and play with paper crafts
- View Dr. Henry Shimizu’s paintings and learn about life in New Denver during the internment years
- Take a Japanese cooking class
- View an anime feature movie
- Have a memorial photo taken
- And much, much more!

There are two free sessions to choose from: morning (9:00am to 11:00am) or afternoon (1:00pm to 3:00pm). There is no charge to participate in this event, but a parent, grandparent, or adult guardian must accompany each participant for the entire session. Activities are most suited for 6 years old and up. Pre-registration is required.
Please call the JCCC at 416-441-2345, or email jccc@jccc.on.ca to register.

Time:

1:00pm - 3:00pm

Description:

The JCCC Heritage Committee once again presents their popular March Break event, Nikkei Kids Day. This year, it will be held on Monday March 15, 2010. Like the previous years it will be packed with exciting activities for children, and is a great way to spend the first day of March Break. It is also a good opportunity to involve grandparents, parents, and children in activities that will encourage children to become interested in their family’s Japanese ancestry.

At Nikkei Kids Day, children can:
- Learn about Japanese prefectures at the Kenjinkai display tables
- Have their name written in Japanese calligraphy
- Draw and colour anime/manga-style characters
- Create and play with paper crafts
- View Dr. Henry Shimizu’s paintings and learn about life in New Denver during the internment years
- Take a Japanese cooking class
- View an anime feature movie
- Have a memorial photo taken
- And much, much more!

There are two free sessions to choose from: morning (9:00am to 11:00am) or afternoon (1:00pm to 3:00pm). There is no charge to participate in this event, but a parent, grandparent, or adult guardian must accompany each participant for the entire session. Activities are most suited for 6 years old and up. Pre-registration is required.
Please call the JCCC at 416-441-2345, or email jccc@jccc.on.ca to register.

Time:

9:00am - 4:30pm

Description:

Don’t miss out on the all the March Break fun at the JCCC!!! Kamp Kodomo is returning for another week filled with cultural activities.
Our March Break camp features many of the favourites of the summer but also includes participation in the Nikkei Kids Day. Nikkei Kids Day is a half-day program organized by the Heritage Committee of the JCCC.
The camp operates from 9:00am to 4:30pm from Monday March 15 to Friday March 19 , 2010. Fees for this program are $180 per child for a 5-day session. A 10 % discount will be applied for JCCC members and 2nd (or more) children from the same family will receive a 5% discount. Extended camp care is available from 8:00am to 9:00am and from 4:30pm to 6:00pm with an additional cost of $35 per session. Camp fees cover all materials, two nutritional snacks per day, and a special activity. Campers are required to bring a lunch and drink.
Registration will start on January 4, 2010 and the deadline is March 8, 2010. Kamp Kodomo’s maximum attendance is 25 children.
For more information or to register, please consult the enclosed flyer, call 416-441-2345 or check the website at www.jccc.on.ca.

Time:

9:00am - 4:30pm

Description:

Don’t miss out on the all the March Break fun at the JCCC!!! Kamp Kodomo is returning for another week filled with cultural activities.
Our March Break camp features many of the favourites of the summer but also includes participation in the Nikkei Kids Day. Nikkei Kids Day is a half-day program organized by the Heritage Committee of the JCCC.
The camp operates from 9:00am to 4:30pm from Monday March 15 to Friday March 19 , 2010. Fees for this program are $180 per child for a 5-day session. A 10 % discount will be applied for JCCC members and 2nd (or more) children from the same family will receive a 5% discount. Extended camp care is available from 8:00am to 9:00am and from 4:30pm to 6:00pm with an additional cost of $35 per session. Camp fees cover all materials, two nutritional snacks per day, and a special activity. Campers are required to bring a lunch and drink.
Registration will start on January 4, 2010 and the deadline is March 8, 2010. Kamp Kodomo’s maximum attendance is 25 children.
For more information or to register, please consult the enclosed flyer, call 416-441-2345 or check the website at www.jccc.on.ca.

Time:

9:00am

Description:

Don’t miss out on the all the March Break fun at the JCCC!!! Kamp Kodomo is returning for another week filled with cultural activities.
Our March Break camp features many of the favourites of the summer but also includes participation in the Nikkei Kids Day. Nikkei Kids Day is a half-day program organized by the Heritage Committee of the JCCC.
The camp operates from 9:00am to 4:30pm from Monday March 15 to Friday March 19 , 2010. Fees for this program are $180 per child for a 5-day session. A 10 % discount will be applied for JCCC members and 2nd (or more) children from the same family will receive a 5% discount. Extended camp care is available from 8:00am to 9:00am and from 4:30pm to 6:00pm with an additional cost of $35 per session. Camp fees cover all materials, two nutritional snacks per day, and a special activity. Campers are required to bring a lunch and drink.
Registration will start on January 4, 2010 and the deadline is March 8, 2010. Kamp Kodomo’s maximum attendance is 25 children.
For more information or to register, please consult the enclosed flyer, call 416-441-2345 or check the website at www.jccc.on.ca.

Time:

7:00pm

Description:

All Around Us (Gururi no Koto) is an incredibly intimate portrait of 10 years in a marriage set against the backdrop of public scandal.
With All Around Us, writer/director Ryosuke Hashiguchi returned after a 7-year hiatus to offer up a story chronicling what initially seems to be a loveless relationship between two young, disinterested partners as they weather day-to-day storms in the first decade of their marriage.
At the outset, Kanao (Lily Franky) is a free-wheeling shoe repairman with the unfortunate habit of flirting with his clients. His new wife, Shoko (Tae Kimura), is a bossy, type-A personality who goes so far as to methodically schedule their sex nights on a calendar. It would seem that these two have nothing in common and are destined to go their separate ways, but love—like life—is often full of surprises.
When Kanao takes on a new job as a courtroom sketch artist must cope with the ugliness and breakdown in civility he encounters. Shoko also re-discovers her artistic side as she confronts the dark side of life when struggling with depression over the loss of a child and the dysfunctional aspects of the lives of her mother and brother.
All Around Us is a times harrowing and at others, warm-hearted and funny. It is a mature tale about the lives of adults, told for adults. The film has won numerous awards at film festival around the world and was a hit at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.

Date: Thursday March 18, 2010
Time: 7:00pm
Admission: JCCC members $6, Non-members $8

Time:

9:00am - 4:30pm

Description:

Don’t miss out on the all the March Break fun at the JCCC!!! Kamp Kodomo is returning for another week filled with cultural activities.
Our March Break camp features many of the favourites of the summer but also includes participation in the Nikkei Kids Day. Nikkei Kids Day is a half-day program organized by the Heritage Committee of the JCCC.
The camp operates from 9:00am to 4:30pm from Monday March 15 to Friday March 19 , 2010. Fees for this program are $180 per child for a 5-day session. A 10 % discount will be applied for JCCC members and 2nd (or more) children from the same family will receive a 5% discount. Extended camp care is available from 8:00am to 9:00am and from 4:30pm to 6:00pm with an additional cost of $35 per session. Camp fees cover all materials, two nutritional snacks per day, and a special activity. Campers are required to bring a lunch and drink.
Registration will start on January 4, 2010 and the deadline is March 8, 2010. Kamp Kodomo’s maximum attendance is 25 children.
For more information or to register, please consult the enclosed flyer, call 416-441-2345 or check the website at www.jccc.on.ca.

Time:

2:00pm

Description:

Dr. Shimizu will reflect with journalist Frank Moritsugu on an account of his visit to the New Denver internment camp and the sites of some of the other Japanese Canadian internment camps in the B.C. interior. Open to the general public. Admission Free.

Time:

7:00pm

Description:

JCCC is excited to present the Yamamoto Kyogen Company at the JCCC Kobayashi Hall on March 29, 2010. Yamamoto Kyogen Company is the only Tokyo-based Okura School of Kyogen and is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its own noh theater.
Kyogen, the Japanese classical comic theater, like Noh, originated from Sarugaku which developed in the early 14th century, when acting troupes in a variety of centuries-old theatrical traditions were touring and performing at temples, shrines and festivals, often with the patronage of the nobility. While Noh is musical in nature, Kyogen is comic theater. In contrast to the expressionless quality of Noh characters, whether masked or not, Kyogen performers depend on exuberant facial expressions for comic effect. Noh plays focus on tragic themes and portray symbolic, magical events through music and dance, while Kyogen stories are derived from mundane subjects and depict daily life through dialogue and mime. The comedy and laughter invoked by Kyogen are meant to celebrate humanity. Kyogen requires an extremely high level of vocal and physical control with speaking, story-telling and singing as three distinct vocal disciplines.
Designated "Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" by UNESCO, noh and kyogen are world-renowned forms of traditional Japanese theater with a more than 600-year-old history.
Today, Kyogen is practiced under two schools: Okura and Izumi, both of which have extensive repertoires, with several plays that are unique to each school. The Okura School is upheld by two families: the Yamamoto family in Tokyo, and the Shigeyama family in Kyoto.
Yamamoto Kyogen Company features two plays for this tour. One is Shido Hogaku (Stop in Your Tracks), which is typical of feudalistic-era Kyogen comedies in its spoofing of the samurai class that was the primary (and enthusiastic) audience of the plays. Another one is Tsukimi Zato (Moon-viewing Blind Man). Tsukimi Zato is a play unique to the Okura school of kyogen and does not appear in the repertoire of the other major school, Izumi. From a contemporary perspective, the play’s comic depiction of cruelty comes off as somewhat shocking.
In the February issue we will introduce more details of these stories.
Traditional Noh stage will be built in the Kobayashi Hall so that audiences are able to enjoy an authentic experience of Noh theatre.
Date: Monday March 29, 2010
Time: 7:00pm
Admission: JCCC members $25, non-members $30, students $25
*Ticket sales start in January 2010.