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Haru in the Garden 2022 - Spring at its best
Haru in the Garden 2022 - Spring at its best
Date & Time: Sun. March 20, 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Location: Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix, 1125 N. 3rd Ave. Phoenix Arizona 85003
Fee: $15 for general admission (Pre-purchased tickets only)
JICC 2022 Winter Film Fest
JICC 2022 Winter Film Fest
The Japan Information & Culture Center (JICC) co-presents a special 2022 Winter Film Fest! Four 72-hour virtual weekend screenings will be held throughout December 2021 to January 2022.
Dates: Dec. 3-6, Dec. 17-20, Jan. 21-24, and Jan. 28-31 *Registration required
Date: Thursday, November 18, 2021
Time: 7:00pm-8:00pm (PT)
*Free virtual webinar by the Japan Foundation, L. A.
*Registration required
Wooden Chopsticks, Metal Chopsticks: Grab Japanese and Korean Culture through the Languages
Japan and Korea are neighboring countries that share many similarities and contrasts in customs and language. For example, both countries use chopsticks but did you know that the types of chopstick are different? What other similarities or differences do these countries share?
In this lecture, by sampling from various Korean and Japanese video clips, we will explore some unique aspects of the two cultures, especially as it connects to how people communicate with one another.
This lecture is for everyone--regardless of your previous knowledge of either country's language. All are welcomed to explore the two cultures with us!
お月見（おつきみ）
お月見（おつきみ）
Date & Time: October 22-23, 2021 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Location: 1125 N. 3rd Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85003
*Ticket purchase required.
Garden Address: 1125 N. 3rd Ave.
Garden Hours: 10 a.m - 4 p.m (Closed on Monday)
Office Address: 216 W. Portland St. (Winship House)
Office Hours: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Tues - Fri
free online japanese cinema: "Hotel Royal"
free online japanese cinema: "Hotel Royal"
104mins, 2020
Directed by Masaharu Take
Date: Wednesday, October 13 – Thursday, October 14
VIRTUAL WOrkshop: japanese anime subtitling 101
VIRTUAL WOrkshop: japanese anime subtitling 101
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Time: 7:00pm-8:00pm (PT)
*Free admission/ Registration is required
Come and join us to learn how to subtitle your favorite anime! JVTA (Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy /日本翻訳映像アカデミー), the experts of translating Japanese content for worldwide audience, will be your instructor.
Japan cultural expo
Japan cultural expo
日本博(にほんはく)--Exploring Arts of Japan from Antiquity to the Present-- opens on August 17, 2021
日本博(にほんはく)--Exploring Arts of Japan from Antiquity to the Present-- opens on August 17, 2021
19th-century Ukiyo-e prints (Webinar)
19th-century Ukiyo-e prints (Webinar)
"Scenic Views and Supernatural Begins: New Themes in 19th-century Ukiyo-e Prints"
Date: Mon. 4/19, 2021
Time: 6:00-7:00 (PDT)
Free *Registration required (Recording will be available the following week.)
2021 Staley Lecture by Professor Michael Emmerich of UCLA, who is a world-renowned scholar of early modern and modern Japanese literature; a prolific translator whose translations include works ranging from the Nobel Prize-winning author Kawabata Yasunari to immensely popular contemporary writers like Yoshimoto Banana and Takahashi Gen'ichirō; and a highly visible public intellectual engaged in contemporary discussions of translation, canonization, and world literature.
I love kansai-ben!
I love kansai-ben!
Special lecture via Zoom by Kyoto Consortium for Japanese studies.
Date: Sun. 11/1, Tue.11/3 or Wed.11/4. (The content is the same for all dates.)
Time: 8:00-9:00 (EST)
Language: Japanese (English if needed)
*2nd yr. JPN or above preferred. Registration required. Sign-up by 5:00 pm on Wed. 10/28.
VIDEO CONTEST FOR JAPANESE LANGUAGE LEARNERS
VIDEO CONTEST FOR JAPANESE LANGUAGE LEARNERS
The Terasaki Nibei Foundation is sponsoring a video contest open to all Japanese learners. Students (non-native speakers of Japanese) at all levels and in all learning situations are invited to submit a 10-12-minute video or a 10-15-minute script or story that can serve as the basis for a short film on the theme of “What Is Japan for You”. The deadline for submission of entries is JANUARY 31, 2021.
Matsuri festival of Japan
Matsuri festival of Japan
Sat. 2/22 & Sun. 2/23, 2020
Sat. 2/22 & Sun. 2/23, 2020
Steele Indian School Park, Phoenix, AZ (300 E. Indian School Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85012)
Steele Indian School Park, Phoenix, AZ (300 E. Indian School Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85012)
The Matsuri event site: https://www.azmatsuri.org/
The Haiku Expo is open. Submit your Arizona-themed haiku here: https://www.azmatsuri.org/haiku
Volunteer! Need over 200 volunteers to have a successful festival. No experience is necessary. Adults and high school students are welcome: https://www.azmatsuri.org/volunteer-1
The New Dynamics: Understanding Japan-US relations From a Japanese Perspective
The New Dynamics: Understanding Japan-US relations From a Japanese Perspective
Toshihiro Nakayama, Ph.D., Professor, American Politics and Foreign Policy, Keio University, Japan
November 18, 2019, 4:30pm – 6:00pm (Reception follows)
Alumni Lounge, Memorial Union (MU202) *Open to public
Abstract: Dr. Toshihiro Nakayama will discuss his views on Japan’s relationship with the U.S. The following is Dr. Nakayama’s introduction to his presentation: “The result of the 2016 US Presidential elections was a shock for Japan. However, Japan has had a far better relation with the Trump administration than other western democracies. How is this so? Is this sustainable? The talk would focus on Japan’s ‘strategy of adaptation,’ if you could call it that, and put it into the context of regional dynamics in East Asia. I spent a year in Washington DC, from September of 2018 to August of 2019, trying to understand the new dynamics in the bilateral relations.”
Speaker's bio: Toshihiro Nakayama is a Professor of American Politics and Foreign Policy at the Faculty of Policy Management at Keio University. He is also an Adjunct Fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs. He was a Special Correspondent for the Washington Post at the Far Eastern Bureau (1993-94), Special Assistant at the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations in New York (1996-98), Senior Research Fellow at The Japan Institute of International Affairs (2004-06), Associate Professor at Tsuda College (2006-10), and Professor at Aoyama Gakuin University (2010-14). He was also a CNAPS Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution (2005-06), Sir Howard Kippenberger Chair Visiting Professor at the Center for Strategic Studies, Victoria University in Wellington (2017) and a Japan Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center (2018-2019). He received his M.A. (1993) and Ph.D.(2001) from Aoyama Gakuin University. He has written two books and numerous articles on American politics, foreign policy and international relations. He appears regularly on Japanese media. Recipient of Nakasone Yasuhiro Award (Incentive Award) in 2014.
Speaker's bio: Toshihiro Nakayama is a Professor of American Politics and Foreign Policy at the Faculty of Policy Management at Keio University. He is also an Adjunct Fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs. He was a Special Correspondent for the Washington Post at the Far Eastern Bureau (1993-94), Special Assistant at the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations in New York (1996-98), Senior Research Fellow at The Japan Institute of International Affairs (2004-06), Associate Professor at Tsuda College (2006-10), and Professor at Aoyama Gakuin University (2010-14). He was also a CNAPS Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution (2005-06), Sir Howard Kippenberger Chair Visiting Professor at the Center for Strategic Studies, Victoria University in Wellington (2017) and a Japan Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center (2018-2019). He received his M.A. (1993) and Ph.D.(2001) from Aoyama Gakuin University. He has written two books and numerous articles on American politics, foreign policy and international relations. He appears regularly on Japanese media. Recipient of Nakasone Yasuhiro Award (Incentive Award) in 2014.
Japanese Vintage Market
Japanese Vintage Market
Date: Friday, November 1, 2019
Time: 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix (1125 N 3rd Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85003)
*Free admission to the Friendship Garden and the event at 5-8 p.m. on Nov. 1
Showing on : Saturday, November 2nd at 11:55a.m.
Harkins Shea 14: Theater 1
7354 East Shea Boulevard, Scottsdale, AZ 85260
Director: Takashi Watanabe Country: Japan Year: 2019
Runtime: 84 minutes Language: Japanese with English Subtitles
When you think of artisanal chocolate-making, you might not think of Japan, but Hironobu Tsujiguchi could be the greatest living exponent of the art. And he does consider it an art—as much a vehicle for personal expression as a poem or a song—as Takashi Watanabe's documentary demonstrates. (The film takes its title from the name of Tsujiguchi's shop in Tokyo's Ginza district.) We follow him as he prepares for Paris's annual Salon du Chocolat by searching out and incorporating the staples of traditional Japanese cuisine—sea salt, miso, mirin, rice flour, tea-plant stems—in honor of his heritage and specifically of his father, also a confectioner. (This backstory is told through charming re-enactments of his childhood memories, including his first culinary epiphany, a taste of whipped cream.) From these up-to-date experiments, Tsujiguchi also travels backwards, visiting Ecuador to sample the very pods on the cacao trees and share the end result, his award-winning jewel-like bonbons, with children in a nearby village. This isn't a drama-filled story of a talented newbie clawing his way to the top—Tsujiguchi has already won five Salon gold medals and is hoping for a sixth—but rather a lyrical portrait of an artist, loco about cocoa and treating ganache with panache, who has exquisitely and innovatively married Japanese aesthetics to one of the West's most adored treats.~ Seattle International Film Festival
https://www.scottsdalefilmfestival.com/south-east-asia#/le-chocolat-de-h-2/
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