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Raymond Nakamura


Raymond Nakamura lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. When he is not personal assistant to his daughter, he writes Vogon poetry, draws cartoons rejected by the New Yorker and gives tours of Powell Street, the Japanese community where his mother grew up before World War II. He has a poem about being an ice hockey goalie in a children’s sport poetry anthology called And the Crowd Goes Wild. www.raymondsbrain.com.

Updated October 2012 


Stories from This Author

Not Made In Japan
Gokiburi (cockroach)

Oct. 23, 2013 • Raymond Nakamura

First evening in new digs...  

Not Made In Japan
A Bloomin' Idiot

Sept. 18, 2013 • Raymond Nakamura

A beautiful dream...

Not Made In Japan
Not Made in Japan

Aug. 21, 2013 • Raymond Nakamura

Traveling experiences in Japan from a Canadian Nikkei...

Adventures of a Nikkei Fan Boy
My Mom's Powell Street

Jan. 9, 2013 • Raymond Nakamura

A thriving Japanese Canadian community in Vancouver before World War II. * This comic was originally published in the Nikkei Voice in December 2012.

Adventures of a Nikkei Fan Boy
Powell St. Festival 2012

Oct. 17, 2012 • Raymond Nakamura

Familiar scenes from the 2012 Powell Street Festival in Vancouver, BC in Canada. * This was originally published in the Nikkei Voice on September 2012.

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