Japan win the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship!!
CHAMPIONS: Japan win the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship!! Beat DPR Korea 4-2 on penalties after a 0-0 draw.
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Shota Nakamura – Solo exhibition “Play Of Sunlight”
AGORA is pleased to present Shota Nakamura and his first solo exhibition in Europe. Shota (1987) was born in Yamanashi, Japan. In 2011 he graduated from Musashino Art University in Japan (BFA). He is currently living and working in Berlin. Recent solo exhibitions (2015) were held in Gallery Trax, Yamanashi, Utrecht/NOW IDeA, Tokyo. He collaborated […]
Read MoreThe Buddy Bear at the Japanese Embassy in Berlin gets a facelift
The buddy bear in the entrance area of the Japanese Embassy’s cultural department gets a facelift: after he has been thoroughly cleaned and scratches and scrapes fixed. Copyright: Botschaft von Japan in Deutschland / 在ドイツ日本国大使館
Read MoreDanish girl creates Post A Letter event in Tokyo
Join us @ Greed on Thursday the 30st of July. —- Pop-up post office & letter-writing station at café Greed in Shibuya. Donations appreciated 🙂 —- PAL SAC stands for Post A Letter Social Activity Club; We set up a ‘stationary bar’ where we encourage you to forget your smartphones and screens for an hour […]
Read MoreNoh x Opera – Noh meets Contemporary Music
“NOH X Opera-noh meets contemporary music” yesterday evening in the arena of the message-presentation and performance with the actress Ryoko Aoki and the artistic director of the Mahogany Opera Group, Frederic Wake-Walker. Copyright: Botschaft von Japan in Deutschland / 在ドイツ日本国大使館
Read MoreNightscape 2050: A Dialogue between Cities.Light.People in the Future
The subject of light and lighting is more relevant than ever, as evidenced by the UNESCO global celebration of 2015 as the International Year of Light. The exhibition “Nightscape 2050” by Lighting Planners Associates (LPA) explores the interactions between people, light, and cities in the year 2050. For LPA the word “nightscape” does not only […]
Read More70 Jahre Atombomben auf Hiroshima und Nagasaki
This year will mark 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On 25th July the memorial ceremony will be held at Hiroshima-Nagasaki-Platz, in front of Truman’s residence where the then U.S. president Harry Truman made the final decision to drop the atomic bombs in Japan. Programs on 25th July 2015: 15:00 – […]
Read MoreHow to Wear a Yukata
Watch the video to learn how to put on and wear a traditional Japanese yukata.
Read MoreHow to Tie an Obi
Watch the video to learn how to tie a traditional Japanese obi.
Read MoreKIMONOS WITH A MODERN TWIST: AT THE BRÖHAN MUSEUM
For the past few years, kimonos have been listed as a must-have during the summer. Regrettably, it’s gotten to a point where it seems like every discount retailer now has a “trend alert” kimono rack. Cutting against this impoverishing force of Western appropriation, Japanese textile artists Fukumi and Yoko Shimura have been reviving the classic […]
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