Celebrate Family Day at Nikkei Centre
Enjoy free admission to the NNMCC gallery + family-friendly activities on Saturday, February 19!
Enjoy free admission to the NNMCC gallery + family-friendly activities on Saturday, February 19!
If you're looking for something to do for Family Day next weekend, head to Nikkei Centre for some family fun! There will be workshops + activities, a magic show and more! Visit Nikkei Centre’s website for full details on times and how to participate.
THINGS TO DO INCLUDE…
Tsumami Zaiku Workshop | つまみ細工ワークショップ
Learn the traditional Japanese craft of Tsumami Zaiku with Fumiko Horan, where you will make flowers using small square-cut pieces of cloth!Cookie Decoration Workshop | クッキーデコワークショップ
Enjoy the art of cookie decorating that includes all materials!Girls' Day Kimono Dressing Demonstration | 桃の節句着物着付けデモンストレーション
Join us for our Kimono dressing demonstration to learn the steps and tricks to putting on a Kimono by Fumiko Horan. Enjoy a beautiful visual display of traditional Japanese clothing.Magicjo's Magical World | マジックジョーのマジカルワールド
Enjoy the Art and Science of Magic performance by MagicJo! Awaken your wonder and revitalize your mind through an element of surprise.Hina Doll Displays | 雛段飾り & Scanvenger Hunt
Don’t miss this once-a-year opportunity to take a photo with the stunning Japanese Hina dolls! Can you find all the Hina Doll displays? Come and grab the entry ticket for the scavenger hunt at the reception and explore the centre. Children can enter to win a small gift!Free admission to the SAFE | HOME Exhibit
Browse the Museum Shop
The Province of British Columbia has provided Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre a grant in support of this free, community Family Day activity.
To learn more visit: https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/celebrating-british-columbia/bc-family-day
A Family Day Festival is Coming to Nikkei Centre This Weekend!
Family Day celebrates the importance of families and family life to people and their communities. Join us at Nikkei Centre for some food, games, movies and more.
Celebrate Family Day Weekend at Nikkei Centre
Come down to Nikkei Centre on Feb 15 & 16 to celebrate Family Day weekend with food, games, movies and more!
Family Day celebrates the importance of families and family life to people and their communities. If you’re looking for something fun for the whole family to do on Family Day, look no further! Join us at Nikkei Centre for some food, games, movies and more. Keep scrolling to find out what’s planned!
Event Details
Family Day Weekend
Saturday, February 15 and Sunday, February 16
10am-4pm
Nikkei Centre — 6688 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby, BC V5E 4M7
There’s lots to see, do and eat!
Check out the program guide below
On Both Days - February 15 & 16
Japanese Book Sale
February 15 & 16
10am - 4pm
Browse and discover thousands of Japanese books, manga, CDs and DVDs! The widest selection of used Japanese books in Metro Vancouver! There will be a small section of English books too! Come and enjoy browsing through an ample selection of books. Come and browse through tables of treasures! Please bring your own bags.
古本市
2020年最初のブックセール、お楽しみに
Food
February 15 & 16
10am - 4pm
Games
February 15 & 16
10am - 4pm
FREE
Have you ever experienced virtual reality? Well, now's your chance! Make sure to stop by the second floor landing, where Telus will be presenting virtual reality games for all ages to try out!! Come try your hand at other family-friendly games, too, and win some prizes!
ゲームコーナーバーチャルリアリティなどのゲームが楽しめます！
Japanese Culture Corner
February 15 & 16
10am - 4pm
FREE
Learn to play with a traditional Japanese toy, Kendama, colour and craft a fan (Uchiwa), or try making some beautiful flowers with Origami papers during the Family Festival! Fun for all ages
ニッポン庵
けん玉、うちわ作り、折り紙など日本的なアクティビティを体験できます。
Sand Art Workshop
February 15 & 16
10am - 11am
$20+ depending on the decorations used
Join us for this child-friendly craft workshop! Create your unique sand art creation with various decoration pieces that you like! During the workshop, you will be given a glass cup, which you will then fill up with colourful sand! Fun for all ages.
Register today to secure your spots and pay on site!
サンドアートワークショップ
カラフルな砂で自分だけの作品を作ってみませんか？好みのアレンジで楽しく参加できます。
Kamishibai Theatre
February 15 & 16
2pm - 4pm
FREE
Be inspired! Enjoy a Kamishibai, Japanese theatre-style storytelling, by team Earth Ojisan and learn how to be eco and earth-friendly. Feel free to come in anytime to try some hands-on activities during the open hours! The team Earth Ojisan will teach children at a young age (and adults!) to be environmentally aware, so that you can build lifelong habits that could potentially make a dramatic difference in the future of the earth.
These fun activities and resources are brought to you by team Earth Ojisan, inspired and adapted by the Japanese picture book, Earth Ojisan.
紙芝居
身近なことから変えていこう！かわいい絵が魅力のEARTHおじさんと学ぶ地球の問題。ご家族でどうぞ！
Saturday, February 15 Only
Chocolate Making Workshop
February 15
2pm - 4pm
$30+ (see below)
Popular local chocolatier Coconama will be sharing the art of chocolate-making in an exciting workshop ideal for all lovers of chocolate! This is your opportunity to gain a hands-on introduction to the chocolate-making experience. Coconama will guide participants through a step-by-step process, where you'll start with nothing but cacao beans and finish with your very own edible creation! This is a unique chance to learn how chocolate is made, and eat chocolate crafted by your own hands.
Learn a brief story about cacao beans, taste chocolate from different countries, and experience the art of chocolate making.
Special Family Day Rates:
$30 /per person or $50 /for two
$60 for a group/family of 3
Suitable for 6 and up
Reserve your spots today!
チョコレート作り
チョコレートってなにから作るの？チョコレートってどうやって作るの？そんな子どものなぜなぜに答えがでます！カカオ豆からチョコレートを作れるこのレアなチャンスをお見逃しなく！
Magic Show by Magic Joji!
February 15
1pm - 1:30pm
FREE
Don't forget to witness the incredible magic acts of local magician, Magic Joji! This special guest performance will only be held ONCE, Saturday at 1pm, so don't miss it!!
手品
人気ローカルマジシャン、マジックジョージのショーをお楽しみください！
Sunday, February 16 Only
“Modest Heroes” Anime Movie Screening
February 16
1:30pm / 2:30pm / 3:30pm
PG | Animation, Adventure, Family | August 2018 (Japan)Studio Ponoc, the new animation studio founded by two-time Academy Award®-nominee Yoshiaki Nishimura (The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, When Marnie Was There) and featuring many artists from the venerable Studio Ghibli, made an immediate splash with their acclaimed debut film Mary and The Witch’s Flower, a 2017 Animation is Film selection. The studio returns to the festival this year with Modest Heroes, an ambitious collection of three thrilling tales created by some of the greatest talents working in Japanese animation today.
Click here for more screening information!
小さな英雄 -カニとタマゴと透明人間ファミリーデイの期間、日系センターで映画が無料で楽しめます！スタジオジブリでも活躍した監督たちによるショートフィルムをお楽しみください。
Tea Class Free Demo
February 16
12pm / 1pm / 2pm
Join us for a free Valentine's-themed demonstration of our new Japanese cultural program for kids, tea ceremony. Tea ceremony combines many aspects of Japanese culture into a single experience: from etiquette to art appreciation, attention to seasons, traditional sweets, and of course matcha tea. In this class, beginning in April, kids ages 6-8 will learn the basics of the "chado" philosophy, or the "way of tea". Parents are encouraged to observe the class, and may enjoy matcha while observing for a small additional fee. The demonstration is free for all kids and their families!
茶道クラスデモンストレーション
4月から始まる新キッズ茶道クラスに先立ち、デモンストレーションが開催されます。どなたでも参加できます！
Nikkei Centre Volunteers Go Bowling!
More social gatherings for Nikkei Centre volunteers are coming this year.
Nikkei Centre Volunteers Go Bowling!
More social gatherings for Nikkei Centre volunteers are coming this year
Last week, Nikkei Centre volunteers took to the nearby bowling alley and blew everyone away with their skills!
Thank you to everyone who came out, ate pizza, won prizes, and made it an unforgettable night. We appreciate everything you do, and could not think of a better way to show it! Make sure to keep an eye out for future volunteer socials!
Become a Volunteer
If you wish to become a part of our wonderful volunteer team and join events such as these in the future, please fill out our online application form!
TSUNAGU: Intergenerational Conversations
Be part of the conversation on Feb. 15! Tsunagu will open up a conversation between generations.
TSUNAGU: Intergenerational Conversations
Tsunagu will open up a conversation between generations. “Tsunagu” means to connect like a bridge to our shared history and experiences.
The mass incarceration of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War had an incalculable impact on our community and on the lives of all of those imprisoned. Most of the Issei who lost their life work are gone, but many Nisei who experienced the incarceration as children, youth and young adults are still often reluctant to share their experiences. The past is the past. Just look to the future. But what impact has this silence about their family history had on them, on Sansei, Yonsei and Gosei and on our community?
As this session is an intergenerational conversation, it is not so much a re-telling of family history, as it is about how each family TALKED about (or didn’t talk about) their history, especially with respect to the wartime uprooting and incarceration. And how they talked about it WITHIN the family, not so much to outsiders.
Event Details
Date/Time: Saturday, February 15, 2020 10 am - 4 pm
Fee: $25 plus tax and fees — Includes lunch and refreshments
Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Registration closes February 8.
Tsunagu will open with a presentation by Dr. Karen Kobayashi, Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Social Sciences, a Professor in the Department of Sociology, and a Research Affiliate at the Institute on Aging and Lifelong Health at the University of Victoria. She has published widely in the areas of family and intergenerational relationships, ethnicity and immigration, dementia and personhood, and health and social care. Karen is a Sansei who was born and raised in Toronto. Her grandparents and parents were interned in Lemon Creek and Bay Farm in the Slocan Valley. Karen has volunteered and worked for several Nikkei community organizations.
Karen's presentation will be followed by three moderated intergenerational conversations. Family panelists include Mary and Landon Kitagawa, Mike and Natsuki Abe, and Kevin and Kayla Isomura.
After a lunch break, we will show a short film by Connie Kadota and Lucy Komori about the experiences of Sansei and Yonsei . We'll then divide into table groups. As this session is an intergenerational conversation, it is not so much a re-telling of family history, as it is about how each family TALKED about (or didn’t talk about) their history, especially with respect to the wartime uprooting and incarceration. And how they talked about it WITHIN the family, not so much to outsiders.
Each table group will have a facilitator and note taker to capture the conversations. We'll regroup at the end and share highlights of discussions.
Tsunagu is programmed by Connie Kadota and Lucy Komori in collaboration with the Nikkei National Museum.
Donate to this Volunteer-Run Event
This event is run by volunteers with no project funding. Please consider donating to support this event! Click on the donate button below, and select the 'Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre', and include a note for your donation to go towards the Tsunagu event. Thank you!
Nikkei Mubi Film Screening: Japanese Canadian Home Movies digitized from the 1930s-70s
The Nikkei National Museum has digitized over 40 historical home movies from the 1930s to 70s from its moving image collection. See them on February 8!
Nikkei Mubi: A Film Screening of Japanese Canadian Home Movies Digitized from the 1930s-70s
The Nikkei National Museum has digitized over 40 historical home movies from its moving image collection.
These fragile 16mm, 8mm and Super 8 films can now be safely placed in long term storage, and its digitized versions will soon be available online. At this screening, get a glimpse into the personal and public lives of Japanese Canadians from the 1930s to the 1970s on the west coast, throughout Canada, and abroad. Nikkei Mubi presents a unique perspective on Canadian history highlighting generations of the Japanese Canadian community and their resilience in a time of discrimination. The conservation and digitization of these films was made possible with support from Library Archives Canada.
screening details
When: February 8, 2020 at 2:00-3:30pm
Where: Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
Fee: $5 | $4 seniors | free for NNMCC members & students
includes museum admission
Tickets: Online | Tel 604.777.7000 ext.109 (Tue-Sat)