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Winter Term will start on
January 13!
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Winter is nearly here, and the registration period for our JF Nihongo Winter Term has begun! We are now accepting registrations for our popular Japanese courses which will begin on January 13rd. Eary bird 10% discount ends on Jan. 8! Read More>
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Free Japanese Cinema Screening
Samurai Cat
Wednesday, January 13 @ 7pm
A dog-loving clan hires Madarame (Kazuki Kitamura), penniless and out of work; his task is to assassinate the prized white cat of a rival, cat-loving clan. But when Madarame melts at the sight of the cat, failing at his duty and kidnapping the feline, both clans seek to exact revenge—on the samurai himself, and the imminent showdown will test the newly-inaugurated “cat person.”
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2016-2018 J-LEAP
Now Accepting Applications!
Deadline: Tue., Jan. 19th, 2016
This program brings Native Japanese Language Assistant Teachers (ATs) to K-12 educational institutions in the U.S. for up to two years to strengthen Japanese language programs by providing an AT to team-teach with the Lead Teacher (LT) in their classes as well as create opportunities to nurture a new generation of qualified Japanese language teachers.
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JFLA Lecture Series 32
Introducing Kabuki: History,
Aesthetics, and Star Power
Tuesday, January 19 @7pm
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Professor Satoko Shimazaki, a kabuki specialist who teaches at the University of Southern California, will trace kabuki's roots back to the seventeenth century and give a user-friendly introduction to its aesthetics and special pleasures.
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R&R Library Lounge:
Soothing Sounds and Shiatsu
January 28 @5:30-7:30pm
Treat yourself to some Japanese-style rest and relaxation at the JFLA Library. A trained specialist will provide free 3-5 minute shiatsu sessions, and while you wait, you can browse our many books, magazines, CDs and DVDs as calming Japanese music. Gain peace of mind and body, and let shiatsu take away the pressures of everyday life. Stop by anytime between 5:30-7:30pm and receive a free one-year membership to the JFLA Library!
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Cinema Kabuki
Saturday, February 6 @7:30pm
(Little Tokyo/Aratani Theatre)
Thursday, February 11 @7:30pm
(Westwood/Hammer Museum)
Saturday, February 13 @7:30pm
(Torrance/AMC Rolling Hills 20)
Admission: FREE
Kabuki Theatre, with origins dating back to the 1600s, has remained steeped in tradition while constantly innovating. Live productions, featuring some of today’s greatest Kabuki stars, are now being filmed with the highest resolution cameras for screening in theatres around the world on state-of-the-art digital projection systems and six-channel sound.
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