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Japanese Summary 日本語要約と解説

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Friends of Cultural News

Readers’ Forum

My Own Private Japan by Izumi Tanaka

 

Artist
Yoshizakwa, Masakazu (1950-2007)

Bonsai
Leading bonsai club in the nation to celebrate its 50th anniversary

Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture
2009 Summer exhibition: Japanese Beauties
A Californian who chose to share his Japanese art collection, awarded Japan's medal
Bill Clark: Sowing the world with seeds of Japanese art scholarship

Film
Clint Eastwood awarded medal from Japan's Emperor


Japanese Gardens

Conference 2009/ International Conference on Japanese Gardens Outside of Japan
Conference 2010/ The 6th International Symposium of Japanese Gardens
Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at California State University Long Beach campus
Landscape Artchitect/ Herman, Ron
Landscape Architect/ Uesugi, Takeo

Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-Bomb Issue

Dr. James Yamazaki


Kabuki

Nakamura Kyozo

Nakamura Matanosuke

Kyudo

Japan's top ranking Kyudo instructors to meet American students

 


Lecture Series

Japan Study Club Lecture and Demonstration Series

Museums in Japan by Yuko Itatsu

Tabacco and Salt Museum
Newspaprer Museum

Tokyo National Museum
Japan Folk Craft Museum
Architectural Museum
Japan Fine Arts Exhibition
Baelz Collection

Nisei Week Japanese Festival

2009 Queen Dana Fujiko Heatherton

Obituary

Sharp, Robert


Sister City
Long Beach-Yokkaichi
A brief history of Long Beach-Yokkaichi Sister City relationship
2009 Trio (One teacher and two students) to Yokkaichi
2009 Environmental Summit in Yokkaichi


Taiko

 

Hayashi, Eitetsu

KODO

 

Endo, Kenny

On Ensemble

Portalnd Taiko

Sacramento Taiko Dan

San Francisco Taiko Dojo

San Jose Taiko

The School of Taiko by Ringtaro Tateishi, Seattle

TAIKOPROJECT

 

Kodo Arts Sphere America

 

 

Fukuoka Taiko Group “Kogenkai”

Wajima Kiriko Taiko Hozonkai

 

Fushicho Daiko, Phoenix, AZ

Taiko Center of Los Angeles

Makoto Taiko with Koji Nakamura

 

Hikari Taiko

 


Tea Ceremony
Mme. Sosei Matsumoto: Tea ceremony master's 55-year of teaching celebrated at Disney Hall with 300 guests
Edward Iwao Koizumi: A pioneer who spreading tea ceremony
Shin Kan Ann in Santa Barbara: Tea house nestled in California's naturalistic setting
Soryo Stott: Tea class at San Diego's Japanese garden marks 5,000th participant

US President Obama

Remarks Obama and Hatoyama in Joint Press Conference in Tokyo, 2009 Nov 13

Speech at Suntory Hall, Tokyo, 2009 Nov 14