Vancouver Japanese Language School – Japanese Hall

Vancouver, British Columbia

Type: Centre de patrimoine culturel
Adresse: 487 Alexander Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Itinéraire
Heures: Office Hours : Monday - Friday 9-3pm. Walking Tours available on Saturdays May - September at 10am and 1230pm.
Téléphone: 6042542551

Located in Historic Powell Street (Paueru Gai) in the heart of the Downtown Eastside, VJLS-JH is a National Historic Site. Overcoming racism, social injustice, displacement and dispossession, through the miraculous efforts of the Japanese Canadian community, we as an organization have rebuilt and evolved to become a living symbol of community resilience and strength. VJLS-JH now stands as one of the only properties that was returned to Japanese Canadians after the WWII Internment and Dispossession. Today, we continue to educate Japanese language, culture, run a childcare centre, and have transitioned into developing heritage and community programming.

Commodités

Accès fauteuils roulants
Familles bienvenues
Lieu historique national
Toilettes
Visite guidée

Faits amusants

It is not common knowledge that prior to the Incarceration, Displacement and Dispossession of 1942, the Powell Street corridor was once the home to 8000 Japanese Canadians and over 400 Japanese owned businesses. Today, there is an abundance of remaining history and architecture that tells the story of a community that once thrived in this unique area of Vancouver! The Historic Powell Street Area is loaded with history and we have walking tours to prove it!