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.
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 MoreRenowned pianist Makoto Ozone has thrilled audiences around the globe with his powerful performances of Gershwin, Mozart, Bernstein and Beethoven. He navigates between classical and jazz, collaborates with international orchestras and jams with his jazz trio.
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 MoreA preview of upcoming Japanese cultural programs across the United States, including music, theater and visual arts offerings in Washington, D.C., New York City, Los Angeles and elsewhere.
Read MoreHiromi Uehara’s alchemy of melodic jazz and gritty rock, propulsive electronic music and virtuosic classical piano, has made her a global phenomenon in the world of improvised music. This November, Hiromi brings her music to four cities in the United States for a run of shows with virtuosic Colombian harpist Edmar Castaneda.
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.
Read MoreA trio of insightful new exhibits at American museums explore elements of Japan’s cultural transformations from the Edo era through the Meiji restoration and beyond.
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