2012 Past Events
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Culture & Language Events
Explore the World of Go
Date: Dec 15, 2012
Location: Auditorium in JFLA
Admission: Free (Advanced reservations required)
Info: http://www.jflalc.org/ac-workshop-go.html
LA Eiga Fest 2012
Film Festival
Date: Dec 14-16, 2012
Location: Egyptian Theatre
Info: http://www.laeigafest.com/en_top/
JAPANEMA-12-12-12
"About Her Brother" (126 minutes)
Date: Dec 12, 2012 7:00pm
Location: Auditorium in JFLA
Admission: Free RSVP is required.
Info: http://www.jflalc.org/japanema-schedule.html
JAPANEMA-MATINEES-12-5-12
"Quartet!" (118 minutes)
Date: Dec 5, 2012 at Noon
Location: Auditorium in JFLA
Admission: Free
Info: http://www.jflalc.org/JAPANEMA-Matinees.html
Japanema Matinees-11-21-2012
THE PLACE PROMISED IN OUR EARLY DAYS
"The Place Promised in Our Early days"
Date: Nov. 21, 2012
Location: JFLA Auditorium
Admission: Free
Taketori's Story
Concert
Date: November 4, 2012
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica
1220 2nd Street Santa Monica, CA 90401
Admission: $10
Complementary Childcare Avairable
http://yumiuchida.com/works/
AFI
" LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE"
Date: Sun, Nov 4, 2012 6:30pm Tue, Nov 6, 2012 2:30pm
Location: Chinise 4
Admission: Free (RSVP)
Info: http://afifest.afi.com/sections/LIKE-SOMEONE-IN-LOVE
Cherry Blossom Centennial Concert - A Touch of Tokyo -
Date: Friday November 2nd, 4:00pm-6:00pm
Location: Grand Park, Los Angeles Downtown
Info: http://www.la.us.emb-japan.go.jp/SakuraConcert.htm
JAPANEMA
" The Guys Who Put Money on Me" (90 minutes)
Date: Oct 31, 2012 7:00pm
Location: Auditorium in JFLA
Admission: Free
Info: http://www.jflalc.org/japanema-schedule.html
Nikkatsu at 100
Date: Oct 26~28, 2012
Location: Norris Cinema Theatre/Frank Sinatra Hall
3507 Trousdale Parkway, Los Angeles, CA 90007
Admission: Free (RSVP)
Info: http://www.jflalc.org/art-nikkatsuat100.html
ANDO Complete Works 1975-2012
ANDO Complete Works 1975-2012
Date: Oct 23, 2012 7:00pm
Location: TASCHEN Store Beverly Hills (7-8pm), 354 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, CA, 90210
Secure admittance by ordering your copy of ANDO at 310-274-4300 or store-beverly@taschen.com. Space is limited. RSVP required. One order admits 2 guests.
JAPANEMA
"Million Dollar Smash and Grab" (83 minutes)
Date: Oct 17, 2012 7:00pm
Location: Auditorium in JFLA
Admission: Free (RSVP)
Info: http://www.jflalc.org/japanema-schedule.html
RSVP Not Required For This Event
Hawaii International Film Festival 2012
Film Festival
Date: Oct 11-21, 2012
Location: http://www.hiff.org/filmsevents/venues-parking/
Admission: http://www.hiff.org/filmsevents/box-office-tickets/
Info: http://program.hiff.org/films/country/japan
JAPANEMA MATINEES 10-10-12
"Can You See Our Lights? First Festival after the Tsunami" (48 minutes)
Date: Oct 10, 2012 12:00pm (Noon)
Location: JFLA Auditorium
Admission: Free
Info: http://www.jflalc.org/JAPANEMA-Matinees.html
NIPPON THOUGH MY EYES
Photo Exhibition
Date: Aug 30, - Oct 13, 2012
Location: JFLA Audotrium
Admission: Free
Info: http://www.jflalc.org/ac-ntme.html
JAPANEMA MATINEES 10-3-2012
" Cast me if you can"(97 minutes)
Date: Sep 26, 2012 7:00pm
Location: JFLA Auditorium
Admission: Free
Info: http://www.jflalc.org/JAPANEMA-Matinees.html
NOH: Moon viewing and Sake
Date: Sep 28, 2012 7:00pm
Location: JACCC (244 S. San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90012)
Admission: $35
Info: http://www.jaccc.org/noh2012.php
JAPANEMA MATINEES
"Wanko The Story of Me, My Family and My Dog" (123 minutes)
Date: Sep 26, 2012 12:00pm (Noon)
Location: Auditorium in JFLA
Admission: Free
Info: http://www.jflalc.org/JAPANEMA-Matinees.html
JAPANEMA MATINEES
"eclair" (107 minutes)
Date: Sep 19, 2012 12:00pm (Noon)
Location: Auditorium in JFLA
Admission: Free
Info: http://www.jflalc.org/JAPANEMA-Matinees.html
JAPANEMA MATINEES
"Haru's Journey" (134 minutes)
Date: Sep 12, 2012 12:00pm (Noon)
Location: Auditorium in JFLA
Admission: Free
Info: http://www.jflalc.org/JAPANEMA-Matinees.html
JFLA: Open House
Come join us for our Open House on Thursday, August 30th, 2012, from 12:00PM to 7:30PM. Be the first to view our new office, which has our information center; multipurpose room with AV equipment; rooms for workshops, JF Nihongo courses, as well as cultural events. Our inaugural exhibit is a photography show "Nippon Through My Eyes." We will also provide hands on experience in calligraphy, short-film screenings and musical entertainment. Japanese snacks and drinks will also be served and gift bags will be handed out to the first 50 guests. Don't miss out on this opportunity.
Folding Paper: The Infinite Possibilities of Origami
- State: CA
- Exhibition: March 10 - August 26, 2012
- Event: Saturday, March 10, 2012/11AM - 4PM
- Location: Japanese American National Museum
- Info: http://www.janm.org/exhibits/foldingpaper/
Naoya Hatakeyama Natural Stories
Naoya Hatakeyama Natural Stories
Date: July28 - Sep 15, 2012
Location: SFMOMA
Admission: $18.00
Info: http://www.sfmoma.org/exhib_events/exhibitions/458
Hyakkimaru's Kirie World
Exhibition
Date: July 28 - Sep 15, 2012
Location: Fine Arts Center Corolado Springs
Admission: $10.00
Info: http://www.csfineartscenter.org/Exhibitions/Hyakkimaru.asp
Little Tokyo Music Festival
- State: CA
- Date: July7, 2012 11am - 7pm
- Event: Music Festival
- Location: Noguchi Plaza in Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
- Info: http://www.sushiandsake.net
Legend of Piano: Fuzko Hemming Piano Solo Concert USA Tour 2012
- Event: Thursday, July 5, 2012 8pm
- Location: Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Info: http://www.soto-planning.com/
LACMA Film Screening
In conjunction with the exhibition Fracture: Daido Moriyama, LACMA will screen a series of films that offer a raw, street-level view of Japanese urban life while also confronting such poignant, postwar themes as identity, gender, and alienation.
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The Face of Another
May 11, 2012 | 7:30pm -
Nanami: The Inferno of First Love
May 11, 2012 | 9:40pm -
Diary of a Shinjuku Thief
May 12, 2012 | 5:00pm -
Stray Dog
May 12, 2012 | 7:30pm -
Pigs and Battleships
June 8, 2012 | 7:30pm -
The Pornographers
June 8, 2012 | 9:20pm -
Funeral Parade of Roses
June 9, 2012 | 5:00pm -
High and Low
June 9, 2012 | 7:30pm
."ABEYA" Tsugaru-Shamisen US Tour in Los Angeles (UCLA)
Los Angeles, CA (UCLA)
8:00pm Tuesday, April 10, 2012 The Orchestra Room, 1343 Schoenberg Hall
For more information, please contact the Department of Ethnomusicology or call the Japan Foundation at 213-621-2267!
*Refreshments will be provided *Co-sponsored by the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Department of Ethnomusicology and the UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, in conjunction with The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles.
"ABEYA" Tsugaru-Shamisen US Tour in Los Angeles
Tsugaru-Shamisen US Tour Celebrating the Japan-US Cherry Blossom Centennial
In 1912, the city of
19:00 Monday, April 9, 2012
Zipper Hall
The
Free Admission (RSVP is required.)
RSVP: www.jflalc.org
Info: 213.621.2267
Clay & Petals
Date: March11 - April 1, 2012
Venue: George J. Doizaki Gallery
Japan, Endless Discovery
Date: Saturday, March 10, 2012
Time: 12:00 - 20:00
Place: The Grove in L.A.
189 The Grove Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Moving Forward: Life after the Great East Japan Earthquake
Date: Saturday, March 10, 2012
Time: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Venue: Fowler Museum UCLA Los Angeles, CA 90095
Info: http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/events/showevent.asp?eventid=9138
Moving Forward:
Life after the Great East Japan Earthquake
An Exhibition Documenting Japan’s Recovery
March 4 – April 15, 2012
Exhibition Hours: Wednesday – Sunday 12pm – 5pm (Thursday 12pm – 8pm)
Fowler Museum at UCLA Enter UCLA campus Lot 4 from Sunset Blvd. at Westwood Plaza and turn left into the Pay-By-Space area of the lot.
Piano Concert
- Japanese Music Concert “Piano Journey in Japan-Import, Synthesis, and Export: From the First Piano Piece in Japan to the Game Music”
- Supported by the Japan Foundation’s Grant
- Date: Saturday, March 3rd at 3PM
- Venue: Bird Studio, Occidental College, LA (1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA 90041)
- Ryuichi Sakamoto, Nobuo Uematsu, Takashi Yoshimatsu, Toru Takemitsu, Akira Miyoshi, Yoshinao Nakada, Rentaro Taki, and Kosaku Yamada
- Info: http://junkopiano.com/concert-info/
Arigato from Japan
- Tohoku Folk Performance Group
- Ondeko-za Taiko and Musicians:
- WORLD TOUR KICK-OFF CONCERT in LA
- 6:30pm, Friday, March 2, 2012
- Ahmanson Theatre in Music Center
- More Information
A Symposium
Voices of Mono-ha Artists: Contemporary Art in Japan, Circa 1970
- State: CA
- Location: Friends of the USC Libraries (Room 240), Doheny Memorial Library
- Date/Time: Friday, February, 24, 2012/1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
- Please RSVP to MailPonja@gmail.com, thank you!
- Info: http://dornsife.usc.edu/cjrc/events/
English Rakugo
A Rakugo performance by Master Utazo Katsura
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Los Angeles, CA
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February 24, 2012
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Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
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UCLA Broad Arts Center
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240 Charles E. Young Drive
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Room 2160 E
Kotohajime
The First Performance of the New Year
Hatsu Kaze "First Wind"
- Date: Sunday, January 08, 2012, 1PM
- Venue: JACCC
- Information: http://www.jaccc.org/kotohajime.php