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📅 Thu, Oct 23 🕙 10AM–12PM & 3PM–5PM 📍 Tonari Gumi 101-42 West 8th Ave., Vancouver Curious about volunteering? Already part of TG and want to connect? Come hang out, chat, and share ideas over tea, coffee & snacks ☕🍪 No sign-up needed — just drop by!

For our October Social Club gathering, we are pleased to present a special film screening along with a Hawaiian-style lunch. We will show The Untold Story , a PBS documentary produced in 2012 by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaiʻi. This thought-provoking film sheds light on the Japanese American internment in Hawaiʻi—a history that is not widely known. A story that was once buried and forgotten has been rediscovered and retold through this important work. Unlike the Japan

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🗓 Saturday, July 5 | 11AM–2PM 📍 Tonari Gumi (doors open at 10:45AM) Join us for a special event with the Powell Street Festival Society! ✨ Explore TG’s history through photos 🎥 Watch a video on PSF + the short film Spirit of Nihonmachi 🎤 Guest speakers: Emi Morita & Mayu Takasaki 🍜 Lunch: Hiyashi Chuka (Cold Noodles) 🎟 $15 | Limited seats 📅 Register by June 27 📧 programs@tonarigumi.ca | ☎️ 604-687-2172 ext.106 All are welcome!

Join us as we trace the stories of Japanese Canadians in Maple Ridge. We will visit the “Seiko-Udoku” exhibition at the CEED Centre and the Maple Ridge Museum. It’s a great opportunity to connect with the local culture and history.