I am a Nisei born nine months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the subsequent upheaval and displacement of my community. Much of my life and art has been devoted to coming to terms with that history.
– Tamio Wakayama, from japanesecanadianartists.com
Tamio Wakayama took the above photo of Katari Taiko at the 1982 Vancouver Folk Music Festival. It was our first time performing there, in front of thousands of people, and Tamio beautifully captured in a single frame a moment both precious and timeless. It was an act of magic he had done, and would continue to do, many times over the years.
While in Japan recently, I received word that Tamio had passed away. He was one of those people who seemed like he always had, and always would, be there, so the news was hard to process. On reflection, I realized that Tamio was one of the first Japanese Canadians I met in Vancouver after our family had relocated from Toronto. We had moved into a new housing co-op in Strathcona in 1974, and he moved in shortly afterwards, along with Takeo Yamashiro and a number of others from the community, creating a little JC enclave just blocks from the prewar home of the community.
I am a Nisei born nine months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the subsequent upheaval and displacement of my community. Much of my life and art has been devoted to coming to terms with that history.
– Tamio Wakayama, from japanesecanadianartists.com
Tamio Wakayama took the above photo of Katari Taiko at the 1982 Vancouver Folk Music Festival. It was our first time performing there, in front of thousands of people, and Tamio beautifully captured in a single frame a moment both precious and timeless. It was an act of magic he had done, and would continue to do, many times over the years.
While in Japan recently, I received word that Tamio had passed away. He was one of those people who seemed like he always had, and always would, be there, so the news was hard to process. On reflection, I realized that Tamio was one of the first Japanese Canadians I met in Vancouver after our family had relocated from Toronto. We had moved into a new housing co-op in Strathcona in 1974, and he moved in shortly afterwards, along with Takeo Yamashiro and a number of others from the community, creating a little JC enclave just blocks from the prewar home of the community.
I am a Nisei born nine months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the subsequent upheaval and displacement of my community. Much of my life and art has been devoted to coming to terms with that history.
– Tamio Wakayama, from japanesecanadianartists.com
Tamio Wakayama took the above photo of Katari Taiko at the 1982 Vancouver Folk Music Festival. It was our first time performing there, in front of thousands of people, and Tamio beautifully captured in a single frame a moment both precious and timeless. It was an act of magic he had done, and would continue to do, many times over the years.
While in Japan recently, I received word that Tamio had passed away. He was one of those people who seemed like he always had, and always would, be there, so the news was hard to process. On reflection, I realized that Tamio was one of the first Japanese Canadians I met in Vancouver after our family had relocated from Toronto. We had moved into a new housing co-op in Strathcona in 1974, and he moved in shortly afterwards, along with Takeo Yamashiro and a number of others from the community, creating a little JC enclave just blocks from the prewar home of the community.
I am a Nisei born nine months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the subsequent upheaval and displacement of my community. Much of my life and art has been devoted to coming to terms with that history.
– Tamio Wakayama, from japanesecanadianartists.com
Tamio Wakayama took the above photo of Katari Taiko at the 1982 Vancouver Folk Music Festival. It was our first time performing there, in front of thousands of people, and Tamio beautifully captured in a single frame a moment both precious and timeless. It was an act of magic he had done, and would continue to do, many times over the years.
While in Japan recently, I received word that Tamio had passed away. He was one of those people who seemed like he always had, and always would, be there, so the news was hard to process. On reflection, I realized that Tamio was one of the first Japanese Canadians I met in Vancouver after our family had relocated from Toronto. We had moved into a new housing co-op in Strathcona in 1974, and he moved in shortly afterwards, along with Takeo Yamashiro and a number of others from the community, creating a little JC enclave just blocks from the prewar home of the community.
I am a Nisei born nine months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the subsequent upheaval and displacement of my community. Much of my life and art has been devoted to coming to terms with that history.
– Tamio Wakayama, from japanesecanadianartists.com
Tamio Wakayama took the above photo of Katari Taiko at the 1982 Vancouver Folk Music Festival. It was our first time performing there, in front of thousands of people, and Tamio beautifully captured in a single frame a moment both precious and timeless. It was an act of magic he had done, and would continue to do, many times over the years.
While in Japan recently, I received word that Tamio had passed away. He was one of those people who seemed like he always had, and always would, be there, so the news was hard to process. On reflection, I realized that Tamio was one of the first Japanese Canadians I met in Vancouver after our family had relocated from Toronto. We had moved into a new housing co-op in Strathcona in 1974, and he moved in shortly afterwards, along with Takeo Yamashiro and a number of others from the community, creating a little JC enclave just blocks from the prewar home of the community.