The busy corner of Main and Powell, looking east on Powell Street, in Vancouver in the 1930s. (photo: JCCC Collection)
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Fresh fish and produce store on Powell Street in the 1920s.(photo: Mrs. Michiko Clark, Richmond Hill, Ontario)
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Vancouver Language School, 1919, with Principal Tsutae Sato (centre). (photo: JCCC Collection)
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Early staff of Tairiku Nippo, a Japanese language newspaper founded in 1907. Publisher Yasushi Yamasaki (far left, second row). (photo: Ernie Ikeno, Mississauga, Ontario)
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The Vancouver Buddhist Church was built in 1911 but the temple began in 1905."The temple, located on Powell Street and Jackson, has been renovated and the entrance shown is as it is today." (photo: Brian Jalmarson, Vancouver, B.C.)
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During times of grief, the Japanese were comforted by the familiar rituals of a Buddhist burial. (photo: George Nishidera, Mississauga, Ontario)
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The first two Japanese baseball teams in Canada, the Victoria Nippons (dark uniforms) and the Vancouver Nippons played an exhibition game at Powell Street grounds in 1911. (photo: Mrs. J. Oya, London)
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The popular Vancouver Asahi Baseball Team had their final season in 1941 at the Powell Street grounds against a team from Seattle. (photo: Ken Kutsukake, Toronto)
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Vancouver's champion judo team in inter-community tournament, 1936. (photo: JCCC Collection)
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Koto (13 string harp) and shakuhachi (bamboo flute) recital in Vancouver, 1939. (photo: Ken Hori, Toronto)
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