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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Events In Tokyo</title>
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		<title>Oktoberfest to start a few days early in Odaiba</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:05:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan Sievers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Odaiba Oktoberfest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oktoberfest comes a few days early in Odaiba this weekend. Modeled after the German celebration, patrons can drink a variety of imported beer and some local favorites in proper German-styled mugs. Sausages and sauerkraut will also be served. Munich-based folk band Almpower will provide the soundtrack for the day. Odaiba Oktoberfest takes place at Symbol [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian festival to tout culture and tradition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jordan Sievers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cultural festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indian culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Namaste Indian Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yoyogi Park]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s world, cultural exchange has become increasingly important &#8212; and fun. The nation&#8217;s biggest Indian festival will do its part for cultural exchange as it marks its 21st edition this weekend. The event is sponsored by the Society to Promote India-Japan Cultural Relations. Visitors will be able to immerse themselves in many facets of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Candles to remember Tohoku</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/19/events/candles-to-remember-tohoku/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=candles-to-remember-tohoku</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[candlelight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[candles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[memorial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tama University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tohoku]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[News media continue to report on the disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, but it&#8217;s important to remember that people across the Tohoku region are still recovering from the Great East Japan Earthquake that happened there two years ago. One way of remembering comes to us from students at Tama University in Tokyo. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Film fest puts comedy on bill</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/12/events/film-fest-puts-comedy-on-bill/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=film-fest-puts-comedy-on-bill</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[comedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[film festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jigoku de Naze Warui]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Old Town Taito]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shitacome]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Asakusa was the capital&#8217;s main entertainment district during the Edo Period (1603-1867) and the charm of old Tokyo still remains there. This weekend, Asakusa and close-by Ueno will host the sixth annual Old Town Taito International Comedy Film Festival, which is abbreviated in Japanese to Shitacome, and will feature works by Asian, European and American [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asakusa gets ready to party Brazilian style</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/29/events/asakusa-gets-ready-to-party-brazilian-style/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=asakusa-gets-ready-to-party-brazilian-style</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko Otake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asakusa Samba Carnival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carnival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Samba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sensoji Temple]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo&#8217;s Asakusa neighborhood is one of the capital&#8217;s top tourist destinations. Sensoji Temple and the shopping arcade nearby offer visitors a glimpse into traditional Japan. This coming weekend, though, the area will be full of Brazilian energy and the passionate rhythm and music of samba. Now in its 32nd year, the Asakusa Samba Carnival, modeled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latin music event includes Cuban ensembles and dancers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eriko Arita</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animate!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eddy-K]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Havana D'Primera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latin Music Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paula Lima]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Smooth grooves will take the spotlight at a Latin music festival in Tokyo this weekend, which brings three popular Latin American acts to Japan for the Animate! event. One such act is Havana D&#8217;Primera, a 14-member salsa-music band led by Alexander Abreu, one of the top trumpet players in the Latin and jazz music scenes. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choreographer takes a Shakespeare piece and positively reworks it</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/22/events/choreographer-takes-a-shakespeare-piece-and-positively-reworks-it/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=choreographer-takes-a-shakespeare-piece-and-positively-reworks-it</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nobuko Tanaka</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Take one contemporary-dance choreographer (Mikuni Yanaihara) and apply her cutting-edge work and rapid-fire script to William Shakespeare&#8217;s &#8220;Timon of Athens&#8221; &#8212; what do you get? Well, what you get is an award. Yanaihara took last year&#8217;s prestigious Kishida Kunio Drama Award for her work, &#8220;Hey Timon, Let&#8217;s Think Positive!&#8221; Now audiences in Japan will get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>African group drums up a party</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/08/08/events/african-group-drums-up-a-party/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=african-group-drums-up-a-party</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Aug 2013 14:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko Otake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African drumming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African drums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drumming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drumstruck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Warren Lieberman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The African drumming theater is back, providing people with a fun and entertaining way of letting off some steam and experiencing a new culture. &#8220;Drumstruck,&#8221; a Johannesburg-born musical, is an interactive experience where each member of the audience will be provided with a 61-cm-tall drum to play and make music alongside 11 South and West [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take to the sky this summer</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/18/events/take-to-the-sky-this-summer/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=take-to-the-sky-this-summer</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Midtown Heart Summer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outdoors activities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Midtown]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In my childhood, I used to dream about floating through the sky like Mary Poppins, but to do that would likely involve a big umbrella in a typhoon, which is not as appealing. It looks like Midtown Loves Summer (MLS), however, offers a good chance to take to the sky. MLS is a smattering of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Restaurant tour to provide diners with a taste of Shimokitazawa</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/18/events/restaurant-tour-to-provide-diners-with-a-taste-of-shimokitazawa/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=restaurant-tour-to-provide-diners-with-a-taste-of-shimokitazawa</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alisa Yamasaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[all-you-can-eat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Machi Perori]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shimokitazawa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine eating all you want at a restaurant and then walking out the door without paying &#8212; only to simply head to another restaurant for more food. I&#8217;m not recommending a dine-and-dash situation, it&#8217;s an event in Tokyo this weekend. This Sunday, visitors to an all-you-can-eat event called Machi Perori in the capital&#8217;s Shimokitazawa neighborhood [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aqua art makes for fishy frames</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/11/events/aqua-art-makes-for-fishy-frames/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=aqua-art-makes-for-fishy-frames</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natasha Vik</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Some say beauty can get you far in life. That&#8217;s true this weekend, at least for our friends with fins. Plain goldfish are often relegated to being the cheap prizes in the kingyo-sukui (goldfish scooping) challenge popular at summer festivals and fairs. Their well-bred cousins, however, have frequently been featured as motifs in Japanese art. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avant-garde NHK film to get rare screening</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/11/events/avant-garde-nhk-film-to-get-rare-screening/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=avant-garde-nhk-film-to-get-rare-screening</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tai Kawabata</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In the early 1960s, Japan&#8217;s television industry harbored an experimental spirit that was free from restrictive institutional ideology. It was a time of hope according to Inuhiko Yomota, professor of film history at Meiji Gakuin University. An academic screening in Tokyo will offer a rare glimpse into the spirit of that period by featuring &#8220;Shochu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;The Deep&#8217; to feature ocean&#8217;s oddities</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/07/04/events/the-deep-to-feature-oceans-oddities/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=the-deep-to-feature-oceans-oddities</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2013 14:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Magdalena Osumi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[deep sea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giant squid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Museum of Nature and Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Deep]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While some companies have started to offer trips to the Moon, there is still more to be discovered hidden on our own planet. The depths of the ocean still hold a trove of mysteries. At a distance between 200 meters and 10,000 meters from the surface, some of these places literally haven&#8217;t seen the light [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Festival flea markets are a treat</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/06/28/events/festival-flea-markets-are-a-treat/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=festival-flea-markets-are-a-treat</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natasha Vik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farmers market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flea market]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mottainai Festa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Japanese have a knack for putting hard-to-describe feelings into words. A good example is the word &#8220;mottainai,&#8221; used when expressing regret over wasting a resource or opportunity. It&#8217;s an expression that&#8217;s getting good use recently, as society makes a push to be more eco-conscious. This weekend&#8217;s Mottainai Festa combines such eco-consciousness with a love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Car friendly Tokyo stays, and plenty of international cuisine treats</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/06/28/events/car-friendly-tokyo-stays-and-plenty-of-international-cuisine-treats/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=car-friendly-tokyo-stays-and-plenty-of-international-cuisine-treats</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Car-friendly Tokyo accommodation The Hyatt Regency Tokyo is offering a special accommodation plan called Summer Stay, through Sept. 30. The special plan allows hotel guests use of the parking lot, swimming pool and fitness gym without any additional charges. Ten percent discounts will also be offered for use at the hotel&#8217;s restaurants, bars and spa. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irish poet to be focus of Yeats Day at Waseda</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/06/21/events/irish-poet-to-be-focus-of-yeats-day-at-waseda/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=irish-poet-to-be-focus-of-yeats-day-at-waseda</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:01:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edan Corkill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Irish Embassy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yeats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yeats Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the first attempts to combine the literary traditions of the English and Japanese languages occurred in 1916, when Irish poet William Butler Yeats tried his hand at a noh play. The result, &#8220;At the Hawk&#8217;s Well,&#8221; tells the story of a mythological hero Cuchulain, but it&#8217;s best known for its masked protagonists. Yeats&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turn the lights out for a piece of &#8216;me&#8217; time</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/06/21/events/turn-the-lights-out-for-a-piece-of-me-time/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=turn-the-lights-out-for-a-piece-of-me-time</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 15:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natasha Vik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Candle Night]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zojoji]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Turn off the lights, and take it slow tonight&#8221;: If this reads like advice on how to pamper yourself at the end of a long work week, that isn&#8217;t entirely off the mark. The phrase is the tagline for Candle Night, which, while eco-friendly in nature, encourages people to turn off the lights not only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas in June for Tokyo</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/06/14/events/christmas-in-june-for-tokyo/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=christmas-in-june-for-tokyo</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Natasha Vik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[International Tokyo Toy Show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toys]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Who hasn&#8217;t been caught in the Christmas-gift shopping rush, and found themselves wishing they could have had private access to Santa&#8217;s workshop instead? Substitute the North Pole for an increasingly warm Tokyo, and you might have the closest thing to a modern-day version: this weekend, Tokyo Big Sight will host the International Tokyo Toy Show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ginza galleries to cater to late-night art fans</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/06/07/events/ginza-galleries-to-cater-to-late-night-art-fans/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ginza-galleries-to-cater-to-late-night-art-fans</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edan Corkill</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gallery Tamenaga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garo no Yakai]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kobayashi Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nichido Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nihonga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shiseido Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shukado]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Gallery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western art]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Businessmen and women will have an easier chance to peruse some of the best art galleries in Tokyo&#8217;s Ginza district this week, as 25 of the establishments extend their opening hours for an event dubbed &#8220;Garo no Yakai&#8221; (&#8220;Gallery Night Party&#8221;). Some of Ginza&#8217;s top galleries &#8212; including Western art specialists Nichido Gallery and Gallery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sanno Festival features kendo, folk dancing</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/06/07/events/sanno-festival-features-kendo-folk-dancing/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sanno-festival-features-kendo-folk-dancing</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masaaki Kameda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hie Shrine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sanno Festival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Counted as one of the three biggest festivals in Edo, present-day Tokyo, the Sanno Festival kicks off its annual celebration Friday in the heart of the capital. The long-established festival at Hie Shrine in central Chiyoda Ward runs through June 17 featuring various traditional events. On June 8, children in colorful costumes walk through a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Electric fireflies to light up river</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko Otake</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tokyo Hotaru Festival is back for a second round. This participatory art installation involves 100,000 blue LED light bulbs that will be floated down Tokyo&#8217;s Sumida River. It&#8217;s sponsored by a consortium of parties including the Sumida and Taito ward offices, local tourism bureaus, the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and the Tokyo University of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Asian Queer Film Festival to feature works from South Korea, Cambodia</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/05/24/events/asian-queer-film-festival-to-feature-works-from-south-korea-cambodia/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=asian-queer-film-festival-to-feature-works-from-south-korea-cambodia</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 15:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Delilah Romasanta</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The LGBT community in Tokyo is hard at work. Not even a month after the Rainbow Pride parade, the biennial Asian Queer Film Festival is set to grace the Cinemart Roppongi this weekend. Started in 2007, AQFF screens queer films from Asia, hoping to spread awareness and understanding of sexual minorities. The festival&#8217;s staff are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Join the crowd at Sanja festival</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/05/17/events/join-the-crowd-at-sanja-festival/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=join-the-crowd-at-sanja-festival</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Edan Corkill</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The story goes that precisely 1,385 years ago, two brothers, Hinokuma Hamanari and Hinokuma Takenari, were fishing in Sumida River when they discovered in their nets an unlikely object: a statue of the Bodhisattva Kannon. Buddhism itself was still little known in Japan back then, but that didn&#8217;t deter a local landowner named Hajino Nakatomo, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>End Golden Week with Cinco de Mayo party</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/05/03/events/end-golden-week-with-cinco-de-mayo-party/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=end-golden-week-with-cinco-de-mayo-party</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 15:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Delilah Romasanta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cinco de Mayo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multicultural]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yoyogi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The timing of this year&#8217;s Golden Week holidays doesn&#8217;t allow many people to travel far. You can, however, get a taste of Latin America if you head down to Yoyogi Park. The park will host a large-scale festival for this year&#8217;s Cinco de Mayo holiday. The day, meaning &#8220;fifth of May,&#8221; is a popular holiday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese photographer points his camera at Cameroon for exhibition</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/04/26/events/japanese-photographer-points-his-camera-at-cameroon-for-exhibition/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=japanese-photographer-points-his-camera-at-cameroon-for-exhibition</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Masaaki Kameda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cameroon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Masayo Hiraiwa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michio Hiraiwa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Photographer Michio Hiraiwa has been given the title of goodwill ambassador for Kenyan tourism because of his numerous visits to the country — 150 times since 1972. The 78-year-old has also traveled to neighboring Tanzania 80 times. Hiraiwa&#8217;s daughter, Masayo, eventually began to join him on his voyages, and together they have introduced both African [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Golden Voice&#8217; to sing for Togo</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/04/26/events/golden-voice-to-sing-for-togo/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=golden-voice-to-sing-for-togo</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Florian Turgeon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[concert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[King Mensah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Togo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tokyo, Miyagi Known as the &#8220;Golden Voice of Togo,&#8221; singer King Mensah&#8217;s dedication to his country has always been expressed through his artistic endeavors. He will perform for the first time in Japan next week on the occasion of Togo&#8217;s independence day on Sunday. Mensah took inspiration from many sources. In his youth, he traveled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo&#8217;s LGBT community celebrates love with a party</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/04/26/events/tokyos-lgbt-community-celebrates-love-with-a-party/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=tokyos-lgbt-community-celebrates-love-with-a-party</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Delilah Romasanta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[gay pride]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LGBT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tokyo Rainbow Pride]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community is already prepping for this year&#8217;s Tokyo Rainbow Pride (TRP). The organizers of the event, all of whom are volunteers, want to raise awareness of LGBT issues in Japan and hope to up the ante for the second annual TRP. &#8220;There are two major developments that are new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>School&#8217;s family festival promises to be a multicultural smorgasbord</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/04/19/events/schools-family-festival-promises-to-be-a-multicultural-smorgasbord/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=schools-family-festival-promises-to-be-a-multicultural-smorgasbord</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Delilah Romasanta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carnival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International School of the Sacred Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[multicultural]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[People from all around the world flock to Tokyo looking for excitement. As a result, Tokyo is home to many ethnicities and walks of life. Celebrate that diversity on April 20 at the International School of the Sacred Heart&#8217;s Family Festival. This is the school&#8217;s 34th festival and attendees can expect much of what has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buddhist bash offers up some spiritual relief</title>
		<link>http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/04/19/events/buddhist-bash-offers-up-some-spiritual-relief/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=buddhist-bash-offers-up-some-spiritual-relief</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomoko Otake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[band]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buddhism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[noh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shintoism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[temple]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Most Japanese people come in contact with Buddhist priests on formal occasions, such as when a family member passes away. But a cross-denominational group of young Buddhist monks is trying to change that &#8212; by putting together a unique cultural event involving three Buddhist temples, a Shinto shrine, and a bunch of artists and creators [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ZZZ&#8217;s continue a great year</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Florian Turgeon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cold Cave]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Group A]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[noise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ZZZ's]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a new year that other indie bands could only dream of. Steady gigs, new releases and collaborations with established artists, they&#8217;ve all been on ZZZ&#8217;s schedule for the past few months. The Hyogo Prefecture trio released their second EP, &#8220;Magnetica,&#8221; in February, and had the opportunity to play several shows in the United States [...]]]></description>
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