Arts Japan 2020 — Blog

Japanese Summer Festivals across the United States, July – August 2019

This summer, experience Japanese culture at lively multi-arts festivals in Texas, California, New York, Louisiana, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina and Washington, D.C.

FESTIVALS, PERFORMANCEDaniel GallantJuly 1, 2019festivals, Arts Japan 2020, Japanese Culture

Sculpting the Invisible: Hidden Landscapes

Yasuaki Onishi’s upcoming solo exhibition in Flagstaff, Arizona explores the invisible forces that drive our experience of the physical world.

Renowned playwright Toshiki Okada brings his latest work-in-translation to NYC

The 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.

Japanese Cultural Programs in NYC, Chicago, Minneapolis, Washington and San Francisco

A 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.

Summer Festivals in the United States Celebrate Japanese Culture

Across 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.