2008 August Issue

Los Angeles to celebrate the millennium of commemoration of The Tale of Genji

A magnet to Japanese language learners in Orange County

  Ito Jakuchu (1716-1800) Detail from Tiger. Edo period, dated Horeki 5 (1755)

Kitagawa Sosetsu (n.d.) Detail from Poppies, Thistles and Chinese Milk Vetches. Edo period, 17th century 

The Age of Imagination: Japanese Art, 1615-1868, from the Price Collection   June 22-September 14

Japanese American National Museum

An Ikenobo style

A Sogetsu style

Living Flower: Ikebana and contemporary art exhibition  June 15- September 7

Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture

Pacific Asia Museum

Mingei East and West  June 6, 2008-January 6, 2009

Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China's First Emperor  May 18-October 12  The Bowers Museum, Santa Ana

Chef Andy's Sushi School

On his American tour to promote English translation book, a veteran journalist urges reconciliation between Japan and the U.S. over World War II scars

Citizen Forum: Hiroshima-Pearl Harbor Reconciliation, Jun. 24

     A citizen forum to discuss “Hiroshima-Pearl Harbor Reconciliation” with Mr. Fumio Matsuo will be held at the Armory Center for the Arts, 145 North Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91103, (626) 792-5101, on Tuesday, June 24, at 6.30 P.M. Admission is free.

Renowned classical dance master Ukon Nishikawa showcases his hybrid exercise of Japanese traditions and scientific application

 A Perspective from Japan  Taiwan: No Longer a Buffer between Japan and China?