On May 10, 2025, Mata Ashita hosted a special online reading and workshop featuring readings from Japanese Canadian contributors Laura K Fukumoto, Erica H Isomura, Carolyn Nakagawa, Mona Oikawa, Michael Prior, Leanne Toshiko Simpson, and Anne Yukie Watanabe. Mata Ashita is an intergenerational writing circle by and for Japanese Canadians that helps strengthen community connections and wellbeing.

Top row, left to right: Brynn Saito, Brandon Shimoda, and Laura K. Fukumoto. Middle row, left to right: Carolyn Nakagawa, Anne Yukie Watanabe, and Michael Prior. Bottom row, left to right: Mona Oikawa, Erica H. Isomura, and Leanne Toshiko Simpson.

Word cloud of reflections produced by participants at the event