This program is canceled as of April 18, 2013. The new date will be announced later. (Shige Higashi, editor of Cultural News) As the second series of Cultural News Club, Tofu Making Class will be held on Sunday, April 21, from 10 am to 1 pm in Shadow Hills, 10 minutes northwest of...
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Cultural News is launching Cultural News Club this month. The focus of the club is to explore and experience Japanese culture in Los Angeles. The first installment of the Cultural News Club activity is THE ART OF MISO PASTE MAKING on Sunday, Feb. 10 from 10 am to 1 pm in Shadow Hills, 10...
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The Japan Foundation provides a new Japanese language course named “Japanese for Fun” on Wednesday, Oct. 3 at its Miracle Mile location. Japanese for Fun: Making Sushi in Japanese Wednesday, October 3 7:00 – 9:30 pm 18 years old and up $40 per person Learn Japanese vocabulary and basic expressions as well as Japanese...
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UCLA free screening Tuesday, May 29, 7:30 pm The James Bridges Theater, Melnitz Hall 1409, UCLA This event is free and open to the public. It is co-sponsored by Melnitz Movies and the Paul I. and Hisako Tersaki Center for Japanese Studies. Tickets are available at the box office one hour before...
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The Nibei Foundation held the July lecture of the Japan Study Club on July 12, 2011. The theme and the speaker are following: History of Sushi and kaiseki Ms. Yoko Issasi The summary of the lecture is following: Ms. Yoko Issasi was formally trained in Japanese architecture in Japan and later got an architectural...
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Japanese Language Programing / NTB Ch. 44 KXLA, DT 44.1 Sunday, July 10, 5:30 – 6:00 pm Local Cooking in Japan / Tokushima Prefecture: Irimeshi On July 10, Tokushima Prefecture Association explains “Irimeshi” at Sanagouchi, Tokushima Prefecture. Irimeshi is a kind of sushi served after communal works such as cleaning of irrigation channel. Rice...
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Nibei Foundation – Japan Studies Club Tuesday, July 12, 2011 History of Sushi and Kaiseki Speaker: Ms. Yoko Issasi, Foodstory http://ifoodstory.com Reception and dinner at 6:30 pm Presentation at 7:30 pm Admission including dinner: $10 per person RSVP required: (310) 479-6101 ext. 134, japanstudies@nibei.org Nibei Foundation at Terasaki Foundation Laboratory Building 11570 W. Olympic...
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Cultural News, 2011 July Issue / Cutting board talk By Chef Andy Matsuda Summer vacation has begun for kids. On June 27, Eric, a 14-year-old high school student, came to our sushi school to take a 4-hour private sushi lesson with me. His mother and grandmother came with him. I taught him how to...
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Cultural News, 2011 June Issue Andy Matsuda’s Sushi School / Cutting board talk By Chef Andy Matsuda As I explained earlier, the Sushi Chef Institute has moved to a new location in Torrance. The building is located at the corner of Torrance Boulevard and Van Ness Avenue, and faces the American Honda Motors headquarters...
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Cultural News, 2011 May Issue Andy Matsuda’s Sushi School / Chef’s cutting board By Andy Matsuda From April 24-30, the Magic Castle in Hollywood presented “Japan Night” to raise funds for the victims of Japan’s disaster. I was asked to cater for the April 27-30 shows because Japanese magicians were featured on those nights....
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Cultural News, 2011 April Issue Andy Matsuda’s Sushi School / Chef’s cutting board By Andy Matsuda The world is concerned about radiation leaks from the crippled nuclear power plants in Fukushima, Japan. I am watching the sequence of events of the nuclear accident everyday. This is a very sad thing. But at the same...
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Download link for 2011_April_Cultural_News A ball of rice bringing evacuees a sense of comfort (Omusubi – Onigiri) “Please Read to Know What is Happening Now” A doctor continues practice in indoor confinement area near stricken nuclear power plant Firsthand account of Los Angeles County rescue worker’s experience Editorial/ The Japanese government is not hiding...
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