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Cultural day program at Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96640
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2001]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
Photograph of Crystal Yawney, a grade 12 student, holding up an origami doll at a Japanese cultural day program at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2001]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : col.
Description Level
Item
Record No.
535-2262
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Crystal Yawney, a grade 12 student, holding up an origami doll at a Japanese cultural day program at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre.
Subjects
Persons - Students
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Names
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Bartel, Mario
Notes
Title based on caption
Collected by editorial for use in an April 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "Crystal Yawney, a Grade 12 student at Terry Fox Secondary School in Port Coquitlam, checks her handiwork on an origami doll she made at a Japanese cultural day at the Nikkei Heritage Centre in Burnaby. Students also learned how to make sushi and got an introduction to the Japanese language. The cultural day is a pilot program at the Centre to introduce students to Japanese culture."
Geographic Access
Southoaks Crescent
Street Address
6688 Southoaks Crescent
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Less detail

Sumo event at Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97314
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2000]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
7 photographs (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of a sumo event happening on the front lawn of the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, as part of the festivities to celebrate its opening. Photographs depict participants preparing for and wrestling in the event, and members of the crowd.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2000]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
7 photographs (tiff) : col.
Description Level
File
Record No.
535-2710
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of a sumo event happening on the front lawn of the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, as part of the festivities to celebrate its opening. Photographs depict participants preparing for and wrestling in the event, and members of the crowd.
Subjects
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Events - Openings
Sports - Wrestling
Names
Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on caption
Collected by editorial for use in a September 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-2710-1: "Mamoru Yamaguchi announces the wrestlers by singing their names in Japanese."
Caption from metadata for 535-2710-2: "Wrestlers, their names marked on their backs with pen, wait their turn in the ring."
Caption from metadata for 535-2710-3: ""Sumo wrestlers" grapple on the front lawn of the new Nikkei Heritage Centre, in a sumo tournament, part of the opening festivities for the new centre."
Caption from metadata for 535-2710-4: "David Sakata gets some help wrapping his "mawashi," the traditional Japanese sumo belt, from M. Naruki."
Caption from metadata for 535-2710-5: "A couple of grapplers tumble to the ground outside the sumo ring. The winner in a sumo match is the wrestler who can knock his opponent over so that something other than his feet hit the ground."
Caption from metadata for 535-2710-6: "Mike Matsubada, in the white smock, takes the prospective wrestlers through some of the rituals of the sumo match, including having opponents show each other their hands to prove they're not hiding weapons."
Caption from metadata for 535-2710-7: "A young fan takes in the action from ringside."
Geographic Access
Southoaks Crescent
Street Address
6688 Southoaks Crescent
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Less detail