The centuries-old Japanese practice of taiko drumming is reaching new audiences through touring performances, local ensembles, therapeutic practices and technological advances.
Read MoreThe New York Times recently named Dancer in Nowhere, the third album from Tokyo-born composer Miho Hazama to its 2019 Best of Jazz list.
Read MoreThe films of legendary director Yasujiro Ozu / 小津 安二郎 are finding new audiences across the United States and around the world.
Read MoreThis summer, experience Japanese culture at lively multi-arts festivals in Texas, California, New York, Louisiana, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina and Washington, D.C.
Read MoreThe Play Company’s much-anticipated production of Toshiki Okada’s Time’s Journey Through a Room shines a bright light on the work of the Japanese playwright and his Brooklyn-based translator, Aya Ogawa. The play – part ghost story, part love story – is one of over a dozen Okada pieces the two have adapted for English-speaking audiences.
Read MorePianist and composer Satoko Fujii will release an astonishing twelve albums during 2018. Her compositions combine elements of classic jazz with ambient rock, classical music and Japanese folk songs.
Read MoreCelebrate springtime, cherry blossoms and Japanese/American friendship at festivals in Seattle, Philadelphia, Georgia, New Jersey, Brooklyn, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
Read MoreOshogatsu festivals across the United States commemorate the Japanese New Year. Learn about Oshogatsu traditions and upcoming Japanese New Year celebrations in California, Florida, Oregon and New York.
Read MoreA preview of upcoming Japanese cultural programs across the United States, including exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institute's Freer Gallery; and performances in Washington, D.C., New Haven and Ann Arbor.
Read MoreA preview of ten new Japanese cultural programs from across the United States, including exhibits at the Smithsonian Institute and the Japan Information and Cultural Center in Washington, D.C., Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, Japan Society in New York City and Albright-Knox Gallery in Buffalo.
Read MoreNew York's Japan Society encourages cultural exchange and understanding between Japan and the United States through a series of performances, lectures, film screenings and exhibitions.
Read MoreAcross the United States, a variety of August and September festivals celebrate Japanese culture and traditions. If you’re intrigued by Japanese art, cuisine, dance, music, traditional ceremonies or animation, you’ll find much to enjoy at these festive events, which span the map from Philadelphia to Honolulu.
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