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January 10: Harajuku Japanese Street Chic Demonstration and Fashion Show

January 5th, 2010 at 2:26 pm » Comments (0)

The Textile Museum is offering a "tutorial" and fashion show on the styles of the Harajuku district in Tokyo.  These events are meant to tie in with the current exhibit ...more »

October 24: Contemporary Japanese Fashion

October 17th, 2009 at 1:12 pm » Comments (0)

The Textile Museum is hosting an exhibit of contemporary Japanese fashion from the collection of Mary Baskett. The collection contains about 40 garments from designers such as Issey Miyake, Rei ...more »

April 1: Modern Japanese composers

March 17th, 2009 at 8:36 am » Comments (0)

The music of several contemporary Japanese composers will be featured in Blossoms in the Breeze: The Sounds of Spring by Japanese Composers. Cellist and composer Masatoshi Mitsumoto will lead a ...more »

March 25: Lecture and Tea Ceremony

March 16th, 2009 at 9:46 am » Comments (0)

The Japan-America Society of Washington DC is hosting a free lecture and traditional tea ceremony on March 25th. The speaker will be Ambassador John R. Malott and he will discuss ...more »

April 1: Sushi and Sake Event

February 17th, 2009 at 10:23 am » Comments (0)

The National Geographic museum is hosting a sushi and sake tasting event on April 1st. The featured speakers are: Trevor Corson, author of The Story of Sushi and America’s only ...more »

January 16: World of Anime Fandom

January 12th, 2009 at 9:12 am » Comments (0)

The DC Anime Club is holding an event called "The World of Anime Fandom” on Friday January 16, 2009 at 6:30pm. The event is primarily designed to instruct bewildered parents ...more »

December 12: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

December 12th, 2008 at 8:17 am » Comments (0)

Tonight, the Japan Cultural Center is showing the animated film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time. In the movie, a high school girl gains the ability to travel through time ...more »

Kimonos for Sale

December 8th, 2008 at 11:23 am » Comments (0)

The Japan-America Society is selling off more than 1,000 kimonos, haori and yukata. These garments were donated to the society and range in price from $15 to $100, based on ...more »

November 13: Learn Japanese in 20 Minutes

October 27th, 2008 at 2:32 pm » Comments (0)

The Japan-America Society of Washington D.C. (JASW) is now offering a 20 minute lunchtime Japanese language class. The classes will be on a drop-in basis, so you don't need to ...more »

March 5th: Fifty-Three Stations of the Yokaido Road

February 29th, 2008 at 3:44 pm » Comments (0)

Shigeru Mizuki, the author of manga including GeGeGe no Kitaro, has recreated the classic Japanese block paintings of Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road originally created in the 1830's by ...more »
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