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JAPANESE CULTURE in NEW YORK
-Experience Japanese culture in New York-
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Wednesday,
May 5 ,
2 - 3 pm
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Tea Ceremony Demonstrations
Japanese Tea Ceremony
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Sackler Wing Galleries for the Arts of Japan
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
New York, New York 10028-0198
General Information: 212-535-7710
http://www.metmuseum.org/
Free with Museum admission. |
Saturday,
May 1&
Sunday
May 2
10:00-18:00 |
Cherry Blossom Festival: "Sakura
Matsuri"
23rd year of celebrating the arrival of spring and our exuberant cherry-blossom
display with the annual all-weekend Cherry Blossom Festival, Sakura Matsuri.
Brooklyn
Botanic
Garden
1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
(718) 623-7200
http://www.bbg.org/exp/cherrywatch/sakura.html |
January 25 –
June 6, 2004 |
Japan and Nature: Spirits of the Seasons
This is a 900-square-foot exhibit for children ages
5-12, invites children to discover and explore
how their counterparts in Japan celebrate and experience
their natural environment through hands-on, object-based
interactive and multi-media. Organized around universal
aspects of childhood—family, school, play,
and holiday celebrations—the exhibit encourages
visitors to investigate how children living in
Japan today understand nature through special seasonal
and everyday environments and activities.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
1000 Washington Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11225
(718) 623-7200
http://www.bbg.org/Japan/ |
June19
3PM |
Kyokushin Karate presents
All American Open 2004
Karate Championships
Karate is one of Japan's traditional martial arts, now practiced all over the
world. On this day the IKO and Kyokushin USA, the Official Branch of the Kyokushinkaikan
in New York, will present this prestigious event at The City University of
New York's Hunter College Gymnasium in Manhattan.
HUNTER COLLEGE Sportsplex
68th St. & Lexington Ave.
http://www.kyokushinkarate.com/aakc04_final/index_home.htm
Kyokushin Karate New York
http://www.kyokushinkarate.com/ |
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Jan 13th -
Aug 15th |
Golden Fantasies: Japanese Screens from
New York Collections
Asia Society presents an exhibition of exquisite Japanese folding screens
from six New York City private collections, along with one pair of screens
from the Asia Society’s Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection
of Asian Art.
Asia Society and Museum
725 Park Ave (at 70th Street), NYC
Information: (212) 517-ASIA
http://www.asiasociety.org/arts/japanesescreens/index.html |
Mar 9th -
Jun 20th |
An Enduring Vision: 17th to 20th Century
Japanese Painting from the Gitter-Yelen Collection
Curated by Tadashi Kobayashi, one of Japan's leading art historians, the
exhibition offers an overview of Japanese painting from the Edo to Meiji
periods (17th-early 20th century), featuring the works of renowned masters
and important paintings by lesser-known artists. .
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street (bet 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY 10017
Tel: 212.832.1155
http://www.japansociety.org/events/current.cfm |
March 30th -
May 15th |
Junichi Arai
Junichi Arai is a textile engineer who is often described as "the
most creative weaver in the world." He was born in Kiryu, Japan, a
city that for nearly 400 years has been an important center for the manufacture
of textiles. The Arai family have owned a mill there since 1900 and Junichi
represents the sixth generation in this kimono and obi fabric-weaving family.
Throughout his long career as an artist and teacher, he has mixed the traditional
and the futuristic to produce beautifully light fabrics evocative of nature.
He worked closely with Issey Miyake in the '80s to create the beautifully
light, ropy knits that brought Miyake and others to the forefront of fashion
design.
Nippon gallery gen
158 Franklin Street, New York, NY 10013
Tel: 212-226-7717
www.gallerygen.com |
May 1 -
May 15, 2004 |
Kitazato "Calligraphy"
Explore Japanese beauty in the reconciliation of
balck and white Japanese calligraphy and exquisit
kimono belts.
Michi Gallery
(Michi Beauty salon)
208 East 60th Street, 2nd Floor
(Between 2nd & 3rd Ave.)
Tel: 212-752-92297 |
May 18 -
June 5, 2004 |
Kenji Tanaka "Aizome"
Nippon gallery gen
158 Franklin Street, New York, NY 10013
(Between Hudson & Varick St.)
Tel: 212-226-7717
www.gallerygen.com |
June 4 -
June 10, 2004 |
KOYO & HOTARU
INDIGO DYEING
Clothes / Tapestry / Stole / etc
FLUSSO GALLERY
568 Broadway, Suite 603 (at Prince St)
New York, Ny 10012
212-431-6925
www.flussogallery.com |
June 1 -
July 30, 2004 |
NIKA ASSOCIATION -From Another Perspective-
the 150th Anniversary of US-Japan Relations
Selected artists from Nika Association
Ise Cultural Foundation Gallery
555 Broadway, Basement Floor
New York, NY 10012
[Between Prince/Spring St.]
http://www.isefoundation.org/english/ny/now.html
Reception:
Tuesday, June 29, 2004, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. |
June 3 -
June 6, 2004 |
Ikenobo Ikebanadisplay
(Japanese Flower Arrangement)
IKENOBO,
the Japanese art of flowering
arranging, was
started in the
1400's by a Buddist
monk at Rokkakudo
Temple in Kyoto,
Japan.
Come explore
Ikenobo's classic
and modern forms
that endeavor
to portray nature's
beauty, harmony
and serenity.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Avenue at 82nd Street
For more info:
Ikenobo New York City Chapter
http://ikenobo_nyc.tripod.com/ |
June 8 -
June 26, 2004 |
Mamoru Teramoto "Kasama"
Nippon gallery gen
158 Franklin Street, New York, NY 10013
(Between Hudson & Varick St.)
Tel: 212-226-7717
www.gallerygen.com |
June 8 -
June 26, 2004 |
Masairo Maeda "Kutani"
Nippon gallery gen
158 Franklin Street, New York, NY 10013
(Between Hudson & Varick St.)
Tel: 212-226-7717
www.gallerygen.com |
May 10th -
May 28th |
Songs of the Earth
An artwork exhibition by woodworker, Tadao Arimoto and potter, Willi Singleton.
Consulate General of Japan in New
York
299 Park Ave. 18th Floor
New York, NY 10017
Information: (212) 418-4486 |
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Thursday,
04/29/2004
6:00 PM
Friday,
04/30/2004
6:00 PM
Saturday,
05/01/2004
1:00 PM |
Mikuni Yanaihara: Multimedia/Choreography
Workshop
Mikuni Yanaihara formed Nibroll, the multimedia dance collective, in 1997.
Nibroll's performances are noted for their fresh imagery, innovative movement
and dazzling state-of-the-art stage sets, lighting, visual effects and
costumes. This three-day workshop focuses on incorporating video, CG and
music into body movement.
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street (bet 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY 10017
Box Office: (212) 752-3015
http://www.japansociety.org/events/event_detail.cfm?id_event
=519820241&id_performance=1122338921
Each session is 2 hours long.
Professional choreographers/directors preferred.
Max 20 participants.
Single session tickets $28. Japan Society members $25, Three-day pass,
$60.
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Monday,
05/17/2004
7:30 PM |
Tribute to Yuriko: Boundless Talent
multi-media homage to Yuriko, ground-breaking modern dancer, innovative
choreographer and the first Japanese-American star of the Broadway stage.
Includes introduction by Emiko Tokunaga, Artistic Director of Boston Conservatory
Summer Dance, archival video footage, a live performance of Yuriko’s
choreography by Miki Orihara, principal dancer with Martha Graham Dance
Company, and an open discussion with Yuriko and choreographer Paul Taylor,
founder of Paul Taylor Dance Company, moderated by The New York Times dance
critic Anna Kisselgoff.
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street (bet 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY 10017
Box Office: (212) 752-3015
http://www.japansociety.org
Tickets: $25, Japan Society members $20 |
June 9 (We)
June 10 (Th)
June 11 (Fr)
8 PM
June 12 (Sa)
2 & 8 PM
June 13 (Su)
2 PM |
Theatre Japan Productions presents
"Nippon Jumpers ~I won't be here tomorrow~"
Written & Directed by Kazuki Takase
Translation Supported by John Patterson, Maqui Tominaga
Nippon Jumpers First Appearance in New York!
Samurai, Geisha, Zen Garden and Sushi...
What do you really know about Japan?
What's really going on in Tokyo?
Let "Nippon Jumpers" give you a peek inside Japan
and find out why 40,000 Japanese give up
their lives every year.
Nippon Jumpers ~I won't be here tomorrow~ is a story
inspired by the fact taht more tahn 40,000 people in Japan commit
suicide every year.
An exploration of post-modern Japanese society which some of its citizens have
chosen to reject through suicide. "Hara-kiri" (or "seppuku"),
and "kamikaze" occupy a prominent place in the American image of Japan
- through literature and the memory of World War II - but writer/director Takase
kazuki dramatizes a different phenomenon: the self-destructive epidemic deriving
from the stresses and strains of Japan's successful rise to international economic
dominance.
Henry Street Settlement Experimental Theatre
466 Grand Street, New York, NY 10002
(Corner of Pitt Street)
Tickets: $19/General, $15/Students
(212) 868-4444 or www.smarttix.com
Or call Theatre Japan Production (917) 628-7859
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Thursday,
06/10/2004
7:30 PM |
Bang On A Can All-Stars
The unstoppable Bang on a Can All-Stars break new ground in two world premiere
works by Japan's most intriguing composers: acclaimed Somei Satoh and
Nobukazu Takemura.
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street (bet 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY 10017
Box Office: (212) 752-3015
http://www.japansociety.org
Tickets: $25, Japan Society and Bang On A Can Members $20.
Bank On A Can All-Stars website:
http://www.bangonacan.org/allstars.html |
July 17 -
July 25 |
Natsumatsuri Naniwa Kagami (The
Summer Festival: A Mirror of Ossaka)
by HEISEI NAKAMURA-ZA
Experience Japanse Kabuki in all of its resplendent authenticity! Starring
one of Japan's most famous Kabuki actors, Nakamura Kankuro V, played in
an re-created Edo era playhouse - a 545-seat shibaigoya (traditional Kabuki
tent) complete with a hanamichi ( a walkway extending down the center or
the theater) and sajiki (cushioned floor seats in the orchestra section).
Lincoln Center
Camrosch Park
65th Street & Broadway
Information: 212-875-5766, Box Office: 212-870-5570
http://www.lincolncenter.org/
Tickets: $75, $100
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Wed,
July 21,
8:00 PM
Thur,
July 22,
8:00 PM
Friday,
July 23,
8:00 PM
Saturday,
July 24,
8:00 PM
Sunday,
July 25,
3:00 PM
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THE ELEPHANT VANISHES
A part of Lincoln Center Festival 2004
U.S. Premiere
A Complicite co-production with Setagaya Public Theatre.
Inspired by the short stories of Haruki Murakami
Director: Simon McBurney
Performed in Japanese with English supertitiles.
Lincoln Center
New York State Theater
65th Street & Broadway
Information: 212-875-5766, Box Office: 212-870-5570
http://www.lincolncenter.org/
Tickets: $65, $75
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Wednesday,
04/28/2004
6:30 PM |
Diary of a Disappearance (Johatsu tabi nikki)
A part of the From Manga to Eiga: Japanese Comic
Books Live on Screen series.
2003, 85 min., color.
U.S. premiere.
Directed by Isao Yamada
Written by Ichiro Kitariu
and Isao Yamada, based on manga by Yoshiharu Tsuge.
With Ginpachi Ginza, Kosumosuko, Hitomi Shimizu,
Uiko Fujino, Takahiro Tamura.
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street (bet 1st & 2nd Ave),
New York, NY 10017
Box Office: (212) 752-3015
http://www.japansociety.org/events/event_detail.cfm?id_event
=1468102081&id_performance=680597501 |
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Friday,
05/07/2004
6:30 PM |
blue
A part of the From Manga to Eiga: Japanese Comic
Books Live on Screen series.
2002, 116 min., color, 35mm. In Japanese with English
subtitles.
Directed by Hiroshi Ando. Written by
Yuka Honcho, based on manga by Kiriko Nananan.
With Mikako
Ichikawa, Manami Konishi, Asami Imajuku, Jun
Murakami.
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street (bet 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY 10017
Box Office: (212) 752-3015
http://www.japansociety.org/events/event_detail.cfm?id_event=
281893481&id_performance=1014379021 |
May 7 -
May 20, 2004
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GODZILLA
1954
Directed by
Ishiro Honda
WITH 40 MINUTES OF NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FOOTAGE!
NEW 35mm PRINT! NEW TRANSLATION & SUBTITLES!
FILM FORUM
209 West Houston Street
Box Office: (212) 727-8110
http://www.filmforum.com/films/godzilla.html |
Wednesday,
05/12/2004
6:30 PM |
Fancy Dance (Fanshii dansu)
A part of the From Manga to Eiga: Japanese Comic Books Live on Screen series.
1989, 101 min., color, 16mm. In Japanese with English subtitles.
Directed by Masayuki Suo. Written by Masayuki Suo, based on manga by Reiko
Okano. With Masahiro Motoki, Honami Suzuki, Ken Osawa, Hiromasa Taguchi,
Miyako Koda, Nobuko Miyamoto, Naoto Takenaka.
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street (bet 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY 10017
Box Office: (212) 752-3015
Tickets: $10; Japan Society members, seniors & students $5. |
June 16
(Wed)
6:30 PM |
Spy Sorge -Supai
Zoruge-
2003, 182 min., 35mm, color.
In Japanese, German and Chinese with English
subtitles.
Masahiro Shinoda's Spy Sorge examines the turbulent history of the 20th
century through the life of charismatic German spy Richard Sorge, who passed
important Japanese and German military information to the Soviet Union
during World War II.
The international cast includes Iain Glenn, Masahiro Motoki, Riona Hazuki,
Toshiya Nagasawa, Kippei Shina, Koyuki and Shima Iwashita.
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street (bet 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY 10017
Box Office: (212) 752-3015
http://www.japansociety.org
Tickets: $10; Japan Society members, students & seniors $5. |
June 18
(Fri)
to
June 27
(Sun)
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New York Asian
Film Festival 2004
featuring the best new Asian films including
Japanese films.
6/19 & 24 ANTENNA (2003)
6/19 & 26 ZATOICHI 3 (1963)
6/19 DOPPELGANGER (2003)
6/19 & 26 THE GRUDGE -JUON- (2003)
6/19 & 27 THE GRUDGE 2 -JUON 2- (2003)
6/20 & 26 ZATOICHI 4 (1963)
6/20 & 27UMIZARU (2004)
6/21& 26 VIBRATOR (2003)
6/22 & 26 DRIVE (2002)
6/24 WHEN THE LAST SWORD IS DRAWN (2003)
6/25 & 27 AZUMI (2003)
6/25 & 27MARRONIER (2004)
6/26 & 27 ZATOICHI 5 (1963)
Anthology Film Archives
32 2nd Avenue (at 2nd Street)
Tickets: www.smattickets.com or
212-868-4444
Festival Website:
http://www.subwaycinema.com/frames/nyaff04tickets.htm |
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Monday,
05/03/2004
6:00 PM
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Healing the Whole Person: The Role of
Complementary & Alternative
Medicine in Japan
-explores the important role of Complementary and
Alternative Medicine and introduces some of the
successful alternative therapies in Japan, including
Kiko (Qigong in Chinese), the art of practicing
the flow of ki (qi in Chinese) in your body, and
acupuncture.
Participants
Fredi Kronenberg, Director, The Richard & Hinda
Rosenthal Center for Complementary & Alternative
Medicine, Columbia University
Hajime Orimo, Director, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric
Hospital
Shuten Suzuki, Kiko master and instructor
Fumiko Yasuno, acupuncturist
Moderator
Mitsuko Shimomura, President & CEO, Center
for Health Care & Public Concern, Tokyo
Followed by a reception.
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street (bet 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY 10017
Box Office: (212) 752-3015
http://www.japansociety.org/events/event_detail.cfm?id_
event=681840561&id_performance=1707882841
Tickets: $10; Japan Society members & seniors
$8; students $5.
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Tuesday,
05/04/2004
10:30 AM |
Kiko/Qigong Workshop
Kiko (Qigong in Chinese) is a self-healing art
that combines movement and meditation. Regular
practice of Kiko is believed to prevent and
treat illness, reduce stress, and integrate
the body and mind.
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street (bet 1st & 2nd
Ave), New York, NY 10017
Box Office: (212) 752-3015
http://www.japansociety.org/events/event_detail.cfm?id_
event=1707882841&id_performance=1742605881
Space is limited to 20. Advanced reservation is required. Please wear comfortable,
loose-fitting clothes or gym clothes.
Tickets: $30; Japan Society members & seniors $25; students $25. |
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Thursday,
05/13/2004
3:00 PM
Friday,
05/21/2004
3:00 PM |
Koh Murobushi: Butoh Workshop
Koh Murobushi began studying and performing butoh
with Tatsumi Hijikata in 1968. He is a founding
member of Dairakudakan with Akaji Maro. For over
20 years, he has performed extensively in Europe
and South America.
This workshop is 3 hours long.
No dance experience
is necessary. Max 30 participants.
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street (bet 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY 10017
Box Office: (212) 752-3015
http://www.japansociety.org
Tickets: $28, Japan Society members $25. |
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Tuesday,
05/18/2004
6:30 PM |
GREAT MASTERS OF JAPANESE PAINTING The New Concept
of Maruyama Okyo
Maruyama Okyo (1733-95) was regarded as the finest
painter in Kyoto during the height of his career.
He painted at the palace and for the greatest households.
But Okyo was no eccentric, and this was most unusual.
Timon Screech, Professor, School of Oriental
and African Studies, University of London, discusses
what Okyo called his "new concept" (shin'i)
as a strategy for bypassing the commissioning and
market rigors of his age.
Followed by a reception.
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street (bet 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY 10017
Box Office: (212) 752-3015
http://www.japansociety.org
Tickets: $10; Japan Society/Asia
Society members & seniors
$8; students $5. |
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Thursday,
05/27/2004
6:30 PM |
Japanese Herbs & Herbal Medicine
for Health
explores the history of herbal medicine in Japan,
looks at specific health conditions and corresponding
herbal therapies, and introduces the wide availability
of Japanese herbs in the United States.
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street (bet 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY 10017
Box Office: (212) 752-3015
http://www.japansociety.org
Tickets: $10; Japan Society members & seniors
$8; students $5. |
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Tuesday,
06/01/2004
6:30 PM |
INSIDE THE STUDIO Ushio Shinohara
Ushio Shinohara, a founding member of the legendary
Neo-Dada Organizers group in the 1960s and long-time
resident of New York, discusses how the work of
Muromachi-period painter Sesshu as well as several
Edo-period painters has influenced his own work
and explores the ways in which he is extending,
distorting and reimagining their language.
Followed by a reception.
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street (bet 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY 10017
Box Office: (212) 752-3015
http://www.japansociety.org
Tickets: $10; Japan
Society members & seniors
$8; students $5. |
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Tuesday,
06/15/2004
6:30 PM |
Michio Kushi: The Macrobiotic Approach to Health
Michio Kushi, a leader of the international macrobiotic
community, is the founder and President of the
Kushi Institute of Macrobiotics in Massachusetts
and the author of more than 40 publications.
Through the Kushi Institute, Mr. Kushi has introduced
and developed modern macrobiotics in the United
States and is widely recognized for bringing
this once alternative movement into the mainstream
and demonstrating the direct influence of diet
on health and well being.
Followed by a reception.
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street (bet 1st & 2nd Ave), New York, NY 10017
Box Office: (212) 752-3015
http://www.japansociety.org
Tickets: $10; Japan Society members & seniors
$8; students $5. |
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