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2005 Powell Street Festival
Hip’pu Pop’pu, celebrating contemporary Japanese Canadian culture
Saturday, July 30th & Sunday, July 31st, 2005
Download the 2005 Festival schedule (pdf) by clicking here.
Out of town artists included Kim Moritsugu (Ontario, literary), Gerry Shikatani (Ontario, literary), Mariko Tanabe (Quebec, dance), Aya Takada (Japan, visual arts), Yuki Iwata (Japan, media arts), Tadasu Takamine (Japan, media arts) and musicians Nobukazu Takemura (Kyoto, Japan) and Suppamicropanchop (Tokyo, Japan).
Local artists included Fred Wah, Hiromi Goto, Henry Tsang, Kirsten Forkert, Kokoro Dance, Theatre Replacement, Hiro and Maiko, Craig Takeuchi, Katari Taiko, LOUD, Alcvin Ramos, Assaulted Fish, Vancouver Opera, Rafael Tsuchida, Vanessa Kwan, and more.