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Japan Times

Events / Events Outside Tokyo

Jun 17, 2011

French arts festival lifts any ennui in Yokohama

The relationship between Japan and France began in the early 17th century, when a Japanese ambassador and an accompanying samurai stopped off in Southern France on their way to Rome. They caused a stir with the locals. The infatuation must have been reciprocated because, 400 years later, Yokohama has dedicated a month to all things French.

Japan Times

CULTURE / Music / IN THE RECORD

Jun 16, 2011

Tokyo-based DJ Satoshi Otsuki has been making waves in Japan's house and techno scene. He spun at the recent Big Beach Festival, and has played the main floor of almost every big club in the country. The Japan Times takes a look in his record bag.

Events / Events Outside Tokyo

Jun 3, 2011

Yokohama marks the opening of its port with weekend party

Yokohama is a city steeped in its own distinct history, despite its proximity to the capital. The key difference between Yokohama and Tokyo historically, is the port, which was opened on June 2, 1859.

Japan Times

Events / Events Outside Tokyo

May 27, 2011

Music group hopes to bring tranquility to Japan's shaken shores

Inner peace and happiness: Two things the nation needs plenty of in the months following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Come June, an international ensemble currently on tour will do its best to convey a message of merriment and tranquility.

Japan Times

Events / Events Outside Tokyo

May 20, 2011

Surveying the waters of 2111

Coral reefs worldwide could face extinction by 2050, according to the World Resources Institute. At this rate, what will our oceans look like in 2111? An exhibition in Tokyo aims to shed light on an issue that could potentially see countless species, not to mention the 500 million people whose livelihoods depend on those reefs, completely wiped out.

Japan Times

Events / Events Outside Tokyo

May 13, 2011

Oita festival plays classics

The first Argentinian nisei, Seicho Arakaki, was born in 1911. Since then the number of those of Japanese descent in Argentina has grown to an estimated 32,000 people, according to Association of Nikkei and Japanese Abroad. A music festival in Kyushu this month will celebrate the past century with a series of concerts held in a spirit of international friendship and cooperation.

Japan Times

Events / Events Outside Tokyo

Apr 22, 2011

Tradition goes on display at Yokohama fair

From ink prints to flower arrangements, Japanese handicrafts are renowned all around the world for an unmistakable blend of ancient customs with a dash of foreign-influenced flavor. This month, a festival in Yokohama will showcase a host of local artisans and their creations in a bid to support these time-honored traditions.

Japan Times

CULTURE / Music / IN THE RECORD

Apr 15, 2011

A leading name on the local music indie circuit — having played Spring Love, SonarSound and Nagisa Music Festival in Tokyo earlier this month — DJ, producer and label owner Altz opens up his record bag.

Japan Times

Events / Events Outside Tokyo

Apr 15, 2011

Drive through Kansai the old-fashioned way

OSAKA — 'One can learn new things by studying the past" is the motto behind a remarkable upcoming automobile extravaganza.

Japan Times

Events / Events Outside Tokyo

Apr 8, 2011

'Gaspard et Lisa' celebrate 10 years of success in Japan

Since the March 11 quake, children — and their parents — in the Kanto region have had little to smile about. This exhibition in Yokohama might help remedy that.

Japan Times

Events / Events Outside Tokyo

Apr 1, 2011

Yokohama to come alive with African culture

Since the March 11 earthquake struck the northeast of Japan, the country's immigration bureau says that more than 160,000 foreign residents have left the country seeking safer shores.

Japan Times

CULTURE / Music / IN THE RECORD

Apr 1, 2011

Fresh off his release on Peter Van Hoesen's Time To Express label, Okinawa-based DJ and producer Iori Asano is riding high. The Japan Times sneaks a peek into his record bag.

Japan Times

COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET

Mar 22, 2011

Where were you when the 3/11 quake hit?

Shizuko Shokoku

Japan Times

CULTURE / Music

Mar 18, 2011

Japan's musicians show their hearts

A mid a flurry of cancellations of festivals and other concerts around the nation since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster, there has been a growing number of domestic artists, labels and event organizers — both big and small — who are making use of their music to do what they can to aid a country in crisis.

Japan Times

Events / Events Outside Tokyo

Mar 11, 2011

Kyoto lights up during the spring hanatoro

I nternationally admired for the spring cherry blossoms and the cascade of scarlets, crimsons and cinnamon-colored leaves during autumn, the city of Kyoto needs little dressing up. Away from the treetops, though, the city still manages to put on a show with the illuminated nightscapes of the biannual hanatoro (which literally means flower and light road).

Japan Times

Events / Events Outside Tokyo

Mar 4, 2011

Osaka film fest goes global

Osaka may be known to connoisseurs and gluttons alike as the "kitchen of Japan," however a film festival in the third-largest city of the nation is doing all it can to portray a different picture.

Japan Times

Events / Events Outside Tokyo

Feb 11, 2011

Brazilian diva to give Tokyo a valentine

While most of the world celebrates Valentine's Day on Feb. 14, Brazil's version, which is known as Dia dos Namorados — literally, "the day of the enamored" — doesn't come around until June 12. But the lady known as the "Ella Fitzgerald of Brazil" evidently enjoys having the best of both worlds.

Events / Events Outside Tokyo

Jan 28, 2011

Sapporo's winter wonderland

Winter has been a treacherous affair overseas recently. The use of terms such as "snowmageddon" and "snowpocalypse" conjure up images of the worst the season has to offer. But while many in the West suffer from the stresses of snow, the city of Sapporo will revel in it.

Japan Times

COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET

Jan 25, 2011

Can selling 'cool Japan' save the ailing economy and help avert a demographic disaster?

Hedinn Haroldsson

Japan Times

Events / Events Outside Tokyo

Jan 21, 2011

National Film Center holds French film fest

For many, new year is a time for reflection. A chance to look at the past with fond, albeit critical hindsight. A film festival in Tokyo is doing just that by ringing in 2011 with a retrospective look at French cinema from the last two decades.

From easily navigable train stations to the helpfulness of its municipal staff, Tokyo has earned high praise for its commitment to accessibility for disabled travelers.

[Rebroadcast] Japan is doing better on accessibility than you may think

Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.

The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces

By Stephen Mansfield

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