The Kofu Kai Bonsai Club, a major bonsai association in Orange County, will be offering a premier bonsai workshop with internationally renowned bonsai instructor Kathy Shaner on Saturday, July 10, at 2:30 p.m. at the Anaheim United Methodist Church in…
The Japan Foundation and local cultural and governmental agencies will present a lecture and workshop about “Furoshiki” wrapping textiles with three instructors from Japan in July at Los Angeles, Denver, and Portland, Oregon. Furoshiki is a square piece of cloth…
June, 2010 — Japanologist Herbert E. Plutschow suddenly passed away on June 24 in Chiba, Japan at the age of 70. An emeritus professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, Herbert Plutschow spent 32 years at UCLA, teaching…
Former Transportation and Commerce Secretary Born in 1931 to immigrant Japanese parents in San Jose, Calif., Mineta and his family were detained along with 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent at an internment camp during World War II. Mineta’s career in…
Cultural News, 2010 July Issue Andy Matsuda’s Sushi School / Cutting board talk By Chef Andy Matsuda A shortage of skilled sushi chefs is observed not only in the U.S. but throughout the world. For the past few years, we…
Cultural News 2010 July Issue The 2nd Annual Los Angeles Tanabata Festival (the Star Festival) will be held from August 13 – 16 at the open space of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) on First Street and Central Avenue…
Cultural News 2010 July Issue By Keiko Fukuda Translated by Minoru Nishida The Tanabata Festival became the new talk of the town during 2009 Nisei Week – the Los Angeles Japanese-American community’s biggest annual festival. In preparation for an encore…
Nibei Foundation / Japan Study Club Dr. Gordon Berger is a Professor Emeritus of Japanese History from the University of Southern California. He received his M.A. in East Asian Studies and a PhD in Japanese history from Yale University. He…
Nibei Foundation Japan Study Club June Lecture: June 29, Dinner at 6:30 pm, Lecture at 7:30 pm Subject: Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu: Psychoanalytic Approach of Studying Meiji Leadership Speaker: Dr. Gordon Berger, Professor Emeritus of Japanese History at the University…
Pavilion for Japanese Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036. Museum hours: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 12 noon – 8 pm, Friday 12 noon – 9 pm, Saturday and Sunday 11 am –…
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 27, 2010 REMARKS BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND PRIME MINISTER KAN OF JAPAN AFTER BILATERAL MEETING Toronto Convention Center Toronto, Canada 7:25 P.M. (Local) PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, Prime Minister…
Mme. Wakana Hanayagi presents The Graduation (performance) Program of 2009 Los Angeles Regional Arts Grant Artist-in-Residence Japanese Classical Dance Workshop Special Guest: Narumi Nakamura Sunday, June 27, 1:30pm Maryknoll Catholic Center, 222 Hewitt Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Open to…