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Every time I look at Japan, something always surprises me, from the aesthetic shape of its geograph…

Graciela Nakachi Morimoto • Nov. 1, 2023

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The tea ceremony in the south - part 2

Read part 1 >> The second scene has to do with the final period of my studies in Japan. In a …

Malena Higashi • May 6, 2021

Argentina identity tea ceremony

The tea ceremony in the south - part 1

Walk The first thing you learn in the tea ceremony is to walk. Which is like saying, learning to ca…

Malena Higashi • May 5, 2021

Argentina identity tea ceremony

5th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest

Writing lessons for the 77th birthday

On that day in mid-January, three days before the seventh anniversary of her husband's death, B…

Akira Tsurukame • April 24, 2019

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A Young Traditional Multi-Artist

In Brazil, it is not rare to find a Nikkei practicing one of the Japanese traditional arts. Calligr…

Henrique Minatogawa • April 21, 2015

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WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PEOPLE: Then and Now, The Hiroshima/Nagasaki Memorial Project

Why pick up a paint brush, choose a camera lens, struggle over new computer software, or the latest…

Yolantha Harrison-Pace • Dec. 15, 2010

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RIP Kyoko Kita – Denver’s Japanese community loses a cultural giant

Tonight Erin and I heard some sad and shocking news. Kyoko Kita, a sensei, or teacher, of almost an…

Gil Asakawa • Sept. 28, 2010

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Japan in the World and the World

フロリダの日本庭園とコスプレ－その３

その２＞＞庭園のなかをコスプレのティーンエイジャーたちが・・・敷地内には黒い瓦屋根の本館と最初にできた平屋の建物がある。本館には、木版や着物、陶器など日本の美術品が展示されているほか、茶室が設えられ…

Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 11, 2010

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Japan in the World and the World

フロリダの日本庭園とコスプレ－その２

その１＞＞入植当時のフロリダに思いを馳せながらその日は金曜日ということもあって、空港内のレンタカー・カウンターは長蛇の列。待つことおよそ1時間余、ようやく三菱のセダンで空港を出たのは午後3時半を過ぎ…

Ryusuke Kawai • Aug. 4, 2010

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Crazy about Japanese Culture: A series in which we ask "gaijin" (foreigners) who are experts in traditional Japanese culture about their fascination with the culture

第８回　「茶の心が集中を教えてくれた」 - ブルース・シャーノフさん

半世紀以上にわたってロサンゼルスを拠点にアメリカにお茶を広めてきた裏千家の名誉師範、松本宗静（そうせい）さんには、３０００人を超す弟子がいる。医療関連の福祉団体を運営する医師、ブルース・シャーノフさ…

Keiko Fukuda • Dec. 2, 2009

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