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Masumi Kikuchi is owner of Twilight Traveler Corp. and works as a coordinator and translator for Japanese tourists and media. Recently, she has been writing and posting pictures for Japanese and English-language media. She moved to Vancouver with her husband from Japan.
Masumi Kikuchi's heart wrenching Vancouver Observer story about the devastation the Japanese earthquake inflicted on her hometown brought two far flung communities of kids together.
In the aftermath of the tsunami in Japan, many of us are anxiously waiting by the phone in hopes of hearing from our family and friends. One of the cities effected by the tsunami was my...
At a 2010 Paralympic sledge hockey game, a couple seated in the wheelchair section said they had a terrible car accident several years ago in Vancouver. He was told he had 12 hours to live; she had...
A photographer views City Hall from the 17th Floor of a nearby building and tells the story of taking the picture in English with a translation at the end of the story in Japanese.
