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Anti-Racism
Budou (Martial Arts)
Cherry Blossoms (Sakura/Hanami)
Cultural Fair
- 2009 VNCS Japanese Cultural Fair (Saturday, October 24th)
- 2010 VNCS Japanese Cultural Fair (Saturday, October 23rd)
- 2011 VNCS Japanese Cultural Fair (Saturday, October 22nd)
- 2012 VNCS Japanese Cultural Fair (Saturday, October 20th)
- 2013 VNCS Japanese Cultural Fair (Saturday, October 26th)
- 2014 VNCS Japanese Cultural Fair
- 2015 VNCS Japanese Cultural Fair
- 2016 VNCS Japanese Cultural Fair
- 2017 VNCS Japanese Cultural Fair
- 2018 VNCS Japanese Cultural Fair (Saturday, October 27th)
- 2019 VNCS Japanese Cultural Fair
- 2020 Japanese Cultural Fair Goes Virtual!
- 2020 Virtual Fair – (Recorded Broadcast)
- 2021 Japanese Cultural Fair Survey
- 2022 Japanese Cultural Fair Highlights
- 2022 VNCS Japanese Cultural Fair – Saturday, August 27th
- 2023 Japanese Cultural Fair Coordinators needed
- 2023 VNCS Japanese Cultural Fair – Saturday, August 26th
- 2024 VNCS Japanese Cultural Fair – Saturday, August 24th
- 2025 Call Out for Classic Japanese Cars!
- 2025 VNCS Japanese Cultural Fair – Saturday, August 23rd
- 2026 VNCS Japanese Cultural Fair – Saturday, August 29th – SAVE the DATE
- Call for Community Market Vendors for the Cultural Fair
- Calling Japanese Classic Vehicle Enthusiasts!
- Cultural Fair – Volunteers Needed
- Cultural Fair – Volunteers Needed
- Do you have a canopy tent that you could lend us?
- Manju Fundraiser…submit your orders now (package of 8 for $10)!
- Mystery Bag – Mix Up!
- Thank You 2014 Japanese Cultural Fair Volunteers!
- Thank You 2015 Japanese Cultural Fair Volunteers!
- Thank You 2016 Japanese Cultural Fair Sponsors & Volunteers!
- Thank You 2017 Japanese Cultural Fair Sponsors & Volunteers!
- Thank You 2018 Japanese Cultural Fair Sponsors and Volunteers!
- Thank You 2022 Japanese Cultural Fair Sponsors and Volunteers!
- Thank You 2023 Japanese Cultural Fair Volunteers, Sponsors and Donors!
- Thank You 2024 Japanese Cultural Fair Sponsors, Donors, Volunteers, Performers, and Presenters!
- Thank You 2025 Japanese Cultural Fair Sponsors, Donors, Volunteers, Performers, and Presenters!
- Things Japanese Coordinator Needed for the Cultural Fair!
- Virtual Fair – Performance Line Up
- VNCS Manju Fundraiser – COMING SOON!
Human Rights
Japan Fest
JC Legacy
Language Program
Mochi-Tsuki Kai
- 2010 Mochi-Tsuki Kai and Potluck Dinner
- 2015 Mochi-Tsuki Kai and Potluck Dinner
- 2016 Mochi-Tsuki Kai and Potluck Dinner
- 2017 Mochi-Tsuki Kai and Potluck Dinner
- 2018 Mochi Tsuki Shinnen Kai and Potluck Dinner
- 2019 Mochi-Tsuki Shinnen Kai and Potluck Dinner
- 2020 Mochi-Tsuki Kai — Potluck Dinner
- 2023 Mochi-Tsuki Shinnen Kai
- 2026 Mochi-Tsuki Shinnen Kai (Jan. 11) – Sold Out
- Mochistuki Shinnenkai 2025
NAJC
Nihongo (Japanese Language)
Nikkei Heritage
Obon (Ross Bay Cemetery)
- 2014 Obon Matsuri – Sunday, August 10th
- 2015 Obon Matsuri – Sunday, August 9th at Ross Bay Cemetery
- 2016 Obon Matsuri – Sunday, August 21st at Ross Bay Cemetery
- 2017 Obon Matsuri – Sunday, August 13th at Ross Bay Cemetery
- 2018 Obon Grave Washing – Sunday, August 19th (10am start this year!)
- 2020 Obon Grave Washing – THANK YOU!
- 2021 Obon Grave Washing a huge success!
- 2021 Obon Grave Washing at Ross Bay Cemetery
- 2022 Obon Grave Washing, Sunday, August 14th at Ross Bay Cemetery
- 2023 Obon Grave washing a huge success!
- 2023 Obon Grave Washing, Sunday, August 13th at Ross Bay Cemetery
- 2024 Obon Grave Washing Ostukare!
- 2024 Obon Grave Washing, Saturday, August 10th at Ross Bay Cemetery
- 2025 Obon Grave Washing Ostukare!
- 2025 Obon Grave Washing, Sunday, August 10th at Ross Bay Cemetery
Other Events
- 9th Annual Heritage Dancefest
- Arrival: Stories, Mask & Movement
- Association of Nikkei and Japanese Abroad – 55th Annual Conference
- Book launch and lecture – Introducing 2 NEW Japanese Canadian books
- Book Launch for Beyond Sayonara (Sunday, April 6th at VJLS-JH)
- Book Launch! Beauty of a New Land: The Lives and Legacies of Five Immigrant Women in Canada.
- Calling All Teachers!
- CCPA hosts Tetsuro Shigematsu’s powerful display of emotion: Empire of The Son (Sep 22)
- Daikagura – Michiyo Kagami (Thursday, Aug. 3rd)
- Dementia Advocate Workshop/ 認知症サポーターワークショップ (Sunday, September 17th)
- Faces of Japanese Diversity: Demystifying Japan’s Homogeneity Seminar and Panel
- Grand Opening Ceremony of the Bonsai Garden at the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific
- Inside Community Photo-documentary Project (Oct.15-29)
- Japanese Spring Market (April 12-13)
- Komorebi – Japanese Canadian Vancouver Island Book Club – Launching February 11, 2023
- Logo Contest (April 20 deadline)
- Meet Bryce Kanbara – Apr. 24
- Pacific Rim Reflections Jan 27 – Feb 14
- Royal BC Museum – Japanese Tea Ceremony Demonstration
- Takata Garden and Teahouse Celebration!
- Takio Ito and the Takio Band
- The inaugural Michiko ‘Midge’ Ayukawa Commemorative Lecturer – Terry Watada (Wednesday, Dec.3)
- The VNCS turns 20…SAVE THE DATE!
- Thinking Women – Roundtable honouring the life and works of Michiko “Midge” Ayukawa
- UVic Dept. of Pacific & Asian Studies Open House
- Victoria Tea Festival Revival 2018 – March 10th
- Volunteers needed for GEI:ART Symposium (Sep 16-18)
- Vote for Tam Kung Temple!
- When Sake Goes Global – Feb. 10
Remembrance
- “Are We There Yet?” by Masako and Stanley Fukawa
- “The Legacy of Japanese Canadian Redress: A Reflection/An Assessment”
- 150 Years and Continuing: Fighting for Justice on the Coast
- 2009 Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembered
- 2010 Hiroshima & Nagasaki Remembered
- 2011 Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembered
- 2012 Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembered (67th Anniversary)
- 2013 Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembered (68th Anniversary)
- 2014 Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembered (69th Anniversary)
- 2015 Hiroshima-Nagasaki Remembered (70th Anniversary)
- 80th Anniversary of Internment Luncheon (July 10th)
- An Invitation: Japanese Canadians from Mayne Island
- Anglican Healing Fund for Japanese Canadians – Programs are Open
- B.C. Government apologizes for interment of Japanese-Canadians in 1942
- BC Provincial Government Historic Announcement – Sat. May 21
- CFAX Interview on the Gorge Park Tea House Initiative
- Dr. Michiko “Midge” Ayukawa – June 26, 1930 – October 24, 2013
- Eiko Henmi Victoria’s Forgotten Poet (Ayukawa commemorative lecture)
- Esquimalt Japanese Tea House Commemoration Initiative – We Need Your Help
- GATEWAY TO PROMISE: CANADA’S FIRST JAPANESE COMMUNITY – Book Launch April 22nd
- Gorge Park Pavilion – GRAND OPENING (June 18th)
- Hibakusha Remembrance Week
- Honorary degree ceremony for Japanese Canadian students of 1942
- Honouring Peace – Sunday, August 6th at the Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion
- Honouring Peace – Tuesday, August 9th at the Gorge Park Pavilion
- Japanese at Ross Bay – Tour at Ross Bay Cemetery
- Japanese Diaspora in Brazil during the World War II Period
- Japanese Garden Grand Reopening
- Live performances of Japanese Problem
- Luncheon shines a light on Japanese-Canadian Internment 75 years later
- Remember – Recount – Reconcile
- Remembering the Internment 75 years on
- Restoration of the Japanese Pit Kiln Opening Ceremonies (May 10)
- Setsuko Thurlow – 70th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Special Ceremony at (Cumberland) Japanese No 1 Town
- Special Guests at this year’s Mochi Tsuki Kai
- Terrain of Memory: A Japanese Canadian Memorial Project
- The City Talks – Suspect Properties by Jordan Stranger-Ross
- The Right to Remain Film Screening
- Tsunami Survivor Guest Lecture Aug 21 at MMBC
- Victoria City Council to recind motions regarding Japanese Canadians from 1942/1945
Support Japan 2011
- “Prayer for Japan” Earthquake & Tsunami Relief Benefit Concert
- APR 16 – Support Japan 2011 – Community Fair
- Fund Raising Events for Japan being planned
- Heal Yourself, Heal Japan!
- Support Japan 2011 – Gambare Nippon! News Release #1
- Support Japan 2011 – Gambare Nippon! News Release #2
- Support Japan 2011 – Gambare Nippon! News Release #3
- Support Japan 2011 – Gambare Nippon! News Release #4
- Support Japan 2011 – Hope Love Japan Fundraiser
- Victoria Stands With Japan
Tea Ceremony
Tsukino-Con
Uminari Taiko
Upcoming Events
Victoria-Morioka
VNCS AGM
- 2010 VNCS AGM
- 2011 VNCS AGM
- 2012 VNCS AGM
- 2013 VNCS Annual General Meeting
- 2014 VNCS Annual General Meeting
- 2015 VNCS Annual General Meeting
- 2016 VNCS Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- 2017 VNCS Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- 2018 VNCS Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- 2019 VNCS Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- 2020 VNCS Annual General Meeting (AGM)
- 2021 Annual General Meeting – Sunday, Feb 21
- 2022 Annual General Meeting – Sunday, Feb 27
- 2023 Annual General Meeting – Sunday, Feb 12
- 2023 Board of Directors
- 2024 Annual General Meeting – Sunday, Feb 04
- 2024 Board of Directors
- 2025 Annual General Meeting – Sunday, Feb 02
- 2025 Board of Directors
- 2026 Annual General Meeting – Sunday, Feb 08
- 2026 Board of Directors
- Board Nominations are now open for the 2022 Board of Directors
- VNCS AGM – A word from our President
VNCS News
- Announcing the VNCS 2016 Board of Directors
- Announcing the VNCS 2017 Board of Directors
- Announcing the VNCS Cultural Outreach Program!
- ASIA in Victoria Initiative – Job Postings
- Calling new Directors to join the Board!
- Dick Nakamura…gone but never forgotten.
- Don’t forget to renew your membership!
- Membership Bogus Expiry Notifications
- Membership Renewal Reminder
- NEWS RELEASE – Japanese community concerned with Victoria’s cherry tree removal
- President’s Message – Season’s Greeting
- Treasurer Needed
- Trees to permanently honor Japanese Canadian internees 75 years later
- VNCS 20th Anniversary Banquet – June 21st 2014
- VNCS Board Members Needed
- VNCS News – May 20th 2014