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Return to Paueru Gai
Fifty Years of Vancouver's Powell Street Festival
Paueru Gai, the Powell Street neighbourhood in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, was a place of early settlement and forced removal for Japanese Canadians during the shameful years of internment in World War II. But Paueru Gai is also a site of regeneration: Since 1977, a diverse array of people gathers every August in Vancouver’s Oppenheimer Park and the surrounding neighbourhood to honour and celebrate Japanese Canadian history, art, and culture. Powell Street Festival is an act of empowerment that defines and redefines Japanese Canadian identity.
Contributors
Emiko Morita
Emiko Morita is a third-generation mixed-heritage Japanese Canadian arts administrator and cultural producer. From 2015 to 2024, she served as executive director of Powell Street Festival and continues to shape community-engaged projects through curatorial work, consulting, and advocacy.
