Original upload date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Tue, 21 Dec 2021 03:57:14 GMT
From 1914-1941, the Vancouver Asahi were one of city’s most dominant amateur baseball teams, winning multiple league titles in Vancouver and along the Northwest Coast. In 1942, after Canada declared w
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ar on Japan, 22,000 Japanese Canadians were interned in the interior of BC, including the Asahi players.
For more information about the Vancouver Asahi, please visit: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/vancouver-asahi
Thanks to SIM International for their sponsorship of this Heritage Minute.
Credits:
Asahi player – Lou Ticzon
Narrator – Kaye Kaminishi
End Narration – Joy Kogawa
Director – Scooter Corkle
Director of Photography – Cole Graham
Produced by Point Blank Creative
