On the second anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, the special movie screening to commemorate the victims of the earthquake and tsunami will be presented by The Japan Foundation Los Angeles and JET Alumni Association of Southern California. Live Your Dream: The Taylor Anderson Story Produced & Directed by Regge...
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The Japanese Doll Festival (Hina-matsuri), or Girls’ Day, is held on March 3. Platforms covered with a red carpet are used to display a set of ornamental dolls (hina-ningyō) representing the Emperor, Empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period. (Wikipedia) Hina doll is on view at Meeting Room of...
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Japan Foundation Los Angeles Lecture Series will feature Aiko Doden, senior news commentator of NHK or Japan Broadcasting Corporation on Friday, March 1 at 7 pm. The topics of the JFLA Lecture Series 5 is ”Asian Voices.” The lecture will be held at the JFLA Auditorium, 5700 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90036....
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The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles presents disaster-themed Japanese film “WANKO” on Jan. 16 at noon at its auditorium in Miracle Mile, Los Angeles. No RSVP Required 5700 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90036 Street Parking is available http://www.jflalc.org/about-us.html#parking Wednesday, Jan. 16 at Noon “WANKO, The Story of Me, My Family and My Dog”...
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Wednesday, Dec. 12, 7:00 pm “About Her Brother” Directed by Yoji Yamada, 2010, 126 minutes, English Subtitled Location: 5700 Wilshire Blvd, #100, Los Angeles, CA 90036 Street Parking is available http://www.jflalc.org/about-us.html#parking RSVP Required http://www.jflalc.org/japanema-schedule.html Synopsis The Takano Pharmacy stands near a railway line in a residential Tokyo neighborhood. Carrying on after the death of her...
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The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles will present documentary films after 3/11 tsunami as a October program of JAPANEMA: MATINEES series in its auditorium. JAPANEMA (evening screening) and JAPANEMA: MATINEES film series are open to the public and free admission. The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles is located at 5700 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036 ...
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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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The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles will present film “Cast me if you can” on Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 7 pm as the first film screening of the new JAPANEMA series in its auditorium. JAPANEMA: MATINEES, which is screened at noon, already begins in September on every Wednesday. JAPANEMA and JAPANEMA: MATINEES film series are...
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The Japan Foundation offers a cinema program called “JAPANEMA” at its auditorium. JAPANEMA comes from mixing “Japanese” and “cinema” into one word. It is a free screening series, filled with all kinds of films. The Japan Foundation will have two kinds of screening; “JAPANEMA Matinees,” which is held during lunchtime every Wednesday starting at...
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The Japanese American Cultural and Community Center in Los Angeles will close “Gazing at the Contemporary World: Japanese Photography from the 1970s to present” exhibition on Sept 16. Part I: June 23 – July 19 Part II: August 25 – September 16 Doizaki Gallery at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, 244 South...
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In conjunction with the exhibition Fracture: Daido Moriyama (April 7 – July 31) at the Japanese Pavilion of Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LACMA and the Japan Foundation will screen a series of films that offer a raw, street-level view of Japanese urban life, while also confronting such poignant, postwar theme as...
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Abeya’s performance Sponsored by the Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles and the Japan Foundation, Abeya, a musical sensation in Japan, will perform two stages in Los Angeles for celebrating the Japan-U.S. cherry blossom centennial. April 09 (Monday) 7:00 pm Zipper Hall, The Colburn School, 200 South Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012...
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