The Gatekeeper of Enmyoin
Here's a tidbit of information that might appeal to movie buffs: The Gatekeeper of Enmyoin, a documentary film about a 95-year-old Japanese Shingon Buddhist priestess and her mysterious young heiress, airs free on NGN...
EMIKO, Silicone Valley, and the latest newspaper casualty
Another sad day for Japanese American newspapers.
Japanese American musician EMIKO will be featured at Japan Music Week.
Silicone Valley remembers World War II.
Hip rollers? Germanium baths? Will Japan's beauty products find a market outside the...
Showtime all over the world
Asian contemporary art is all the rage at Christie's, including the work of Japanese American Masami Teraoka.
The Wall Street Journal reviews Yoko Kawaguchi's new book Butterfly's Sisters, which examines the Western portrayal of Japanese...
Teriyaki Boyz and imitation crab, plus Mario
Ginza's famous Kabuki-za theater is headed for a huge, possibly controversial, transformation.
The Japanese rap supergroup, Teriyaki Boyz, which includes Japanese American emcee Wise, traces their rise to international recognition.
Not so great news for Mario...
Only the Brave at the Hawaii Theatre!
Last week the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii hosted a DVD Release Screening of the 2005 film Only the Brave, starring Lane Nishikawa, Jason Scott Lee and the late Pat Morita at the Hawaii...
Mixed plate
Bessie Noll, a 15-year-old sophomore in Tokyo's American School in Japan, is turning heads as a member of the varsity baseball team.
Attention North Platte, Neb. natives: Get ready for the story of Ben Kuroki,...
Lots of remembering
And . . . it's official.
"Don't forget us" - Tacoma's Nisei WWII veterans.
MFA student Kendra Arimoto has not forgotten about internment and is putting on a theater production on the subject.
Speaking of honoring the...
Okinawan Festival Favorites
ALL-TIME FAVORITES!
Pig’s Feet Soup: It’s called ashitibichi in Uchinaaguchi (Okinawan language). Pieces of pig’s feet are cooked in a soup stock and garnished with konbu (seaweed), daikon (turnip), togan (squash) and mustard cabbage and...
2017 Okinawan Festival – On the Menu at the Okinawan Festival
There’ll be no shortage of delicious food at the Okinawan Festival, including many dishes that are served in Okinawan home kitchens. Spend a day — or both days — at the Festival and make...
Meet Japan’s newest foreign ambassador: Hello Kitty
It's no secret that Japan's famous Hello Kitty is popular. Well, the world renowned Sanrio product just jumped another notch on the popularity scale. The New York Times' Mike Nizza reports here that Japan's...
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