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SELLING WOMEN: Prostitution, Markets and the Household in Early Modern Japan, by Amy Stanley. University of California Press, 2012, 282 pp., $49.95 (hardcover) In the vast cultural landscape, Japan fascinates the mainstream with manga and anime, the martial arts, Zen and kimono. Of course, ...
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Charity noh plays will be performed in Kyoto on March 13 to support people affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The performances will start at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. All of the ¥1,500 admission fee will be donated to organizations helping ...
Foreigners can take a Japanese calligraphy lesson March 9 in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture . Translation service in English will be provided during the lesson, which will run from 10 a.m. to noon. Participation is free. Reservations must be made by March 5 by sending ...
Jonangu Shrine in Kyoto is holding a festival featuring camellia and weeping plum blossoms from next Monday to March 21. The shrine is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with a guided tour at 3 p.m. by the Shinto priest. Admission is ¥500 ...
Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto will hold its Hatsu Uma Festival on Saturday in which visitors pray for a healthy family life and good business. The ceremony will run for about an hour from 8 a.m., but visitors are welcome all day. Admission is ...
Around 80 students from a cooking school in Osaka will demonstrate their final procedure to complete a shrine made of 500 “dorayaki” pancakes, 40 kg of chocolate and 400 cookies from Wednesday through Friday to pray for good luck on Valentine’s Day. The performances ...
The One World Festival will take place Feb. 2 and 3 in Osaka to raise awareness of international cooperation through education, interaction and mutual assistance. During the festival, which runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, NPOs and NGOs based in the ...
A huge field on Mount Wakakusa in Nara Prefecture will be set on fire at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 26 following a 15-minute fireworks display. Admission to the mountain is free on the day of the event, which is held annually, but visitors will not ...
The Otani Memorial Art Museum in the city of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, will hold a small hand drum concert Jan. 14 from 2 p.m., while works by various Japanese-style painters are on display through Feb. 17. Those wishing to attend the concert are required ...
Visitors to Osaka’s Kaiyukan aquarium can watch king penguins parading in front of the building on most days until Jan. 14. The birds will take about 20 minutes to walk about 70 meters, and the scheduled times are 11:30 a.m., 1:45 and 3:45. p.m. ...
Visitors to Hiraoka Jinja Shrine in Higashi-Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, can join in the laughing ceremony Tuesday to welcome a more joyous new year. During the free event, which starts at 10 a.m., priests will encourage attendees to laugh for about 20 minutes. There will ...
Yearend cleaning of Buddhist temples and statues will take place in various locations in Kyoto and Nara toward the end of this month. In Kyoto, Nishi Honganji Temple will be spruced up starting at 7 a.m., while Higashi Honganji Temple will be cleaned starting ...
A library tour will be offered for foreigners in the city of Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on Monday. The event will run from noon to 1 p.m. at Senri Library, which has the biggest selection of foreign-language books, CDs and DVDs in among the many ...
