Japan

Justine Wong

hello! I’m Justine Wong, a full-time freelance illustrator based in Toronto and Tokyo. I am also the creator of the project ’21 Days in Japan: An Illustrative Study on Japanese Cuisine’, consisting of 100 paintings of my meals throughout Japan. When I am not illustrating, I am a dedicated member of Lunchroom, a creative collective […]

Aiko Saita

Aiko Saita was a well-loved Nisei mezzo-soprano/contralto singer. Born in BC in 1909, Aiko grew up in Cumberland and dreamed of becoming a dentist. At the age of 14, she moved to Vancouver to attend high school, working for the dentist Dr. Miyake and his wife as a live-in maid and nurse for their children. […]

Hiroshi Harada

Hiroshi Harada is a Toronto-based landscape architect of Harada Landscaping Limited. He was born and educated in Japan, graduating from the Faculty of Horticulture of Chiba University in 1970. He designed a number of landscapes for private residences in and around the Toronto area in the 1980s and 1990s, several of which were featured in […]

Shun Sasabuchi

Shun Sasabuchi is a photographer. He was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1951 and moved to Toronto, Canada in 1969 at the age of 18. He graduated from the Graphic Design Department at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Canada. Sasabuchi entered the world of photography on graduation when he started to work […]

Toyoshi (Yoshi) Yoshihara

Toyoshi Yoshihara was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1937. After graduating from Waseda University (B.A.), he immigrated to Canada in 1970. Besides running a successful heavy equipment marketing business (Komatsu Canada Ltd.), he promoted theatre exchanges between Canada and Japan, and has translated more than 50 Canadian plays into Japanese, and five Japanese plays into […]

Vivien Nishi

Vivien Nishi has worked in the film industry in Vancouver for many years as a set designer, art director and production designer for TV series such as the X-Files and the comedy Psych. Currently located in Japan, Nishi is looking to exhibit Canadian films in Japan. Nishi states: ‘The skill set used to watch films […]