Japanese culture and life in Berlin
This week’s edition features stories about a new festival in Shinjuku celebrating the cultural connection between Japan and Germany, an art project changing the faces of people in Berlin and Tokyo, a GoPro video of a screaming skier at Mt. Niseko in Japan, hilarious azuki bean beards and a collection of Japanese commercials featuring foreign […]
Read MoreJapanese actress Haru Kuroki won the Silver Bear for best actress at the 64th Berlin International Festival on Saturday for her part in director Yoji Yamada’s “The Little House.” “I never thought I’d be able to appear on this stage,” Kuroki said at the award ceremony. “I owe director Yamada, who made the great movie.” […]
Read MoreHere is an amazing story about a Japanese mathematician who was assaulted in a vicious racist attack in a subway station in central West Berlin. He went back to the scene of the crime and placed a poster with a job offer to the attacker. The job is intended to teach the assailant humanity and […]
Read MoreAKI TAKASE (piano) RUDI MAHALL (bassclarinet) Geseko von Lüpke schrieb in der SZ über dieses Power-Duo: “…doch wo perfekte Technik und instrumentale Beherrschung im reinen Selbstausdruck nebensächlich wurden, spielen auch Stile und Stücke keine Rolle mehr. Auf der Bühne standen schlicht Persönlichkeiten.“ Dienstag, 17. Dezember 2013 21-23 Uhr. [Source]
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Read MoreWe have known at least since her residency with the Berliner Philharmoniker in the 2008/09 season just what a sensitive chamber music musician Mitsuko Uchida is. At that time, she performed together with members of the orchestra as well as with students from the Orchestra Academy. In her chamber concert this year, she performs with […]
Read MoreThe night of 21 June is the shortest of the year – an event that was celebrated in pre-Christian times with midsummer bonfires and all manner of rituals, especially in the Celtic, Germanic and Slavic cultures. The purpose was currying favour with the gods on behalf of the annually recurring cycle of sowing, growth and […]
Read MoreKyoto native dream pop artist Cuushe (who recently toured with Grouper in Japan), Using her mesmerizing airy vocals as the main instrument, Cuushe composes pop-infused electronic music that is lovable and yet uniquely different from any other song-based pop sounds out there. Together with the delicate lyrics penned by her, the multi-talented Cuushe beautifully projects […]
Read MoreThe best Japanese place you’ve never heard of. Green tea is the favoured ingredient at this diminutive cafe and restaurant tucked into an unassuming building on busy Mehringdamm. It comes in three forms: tea, smoothie and muffin – all made with traditional matcha powder. If tea’s not your thing, you’re still going to love their […]
Read MoreLive at Volksbuhne February 17, 2013 as part of the 80 year old birthday celebration concert (and later party at Paris Bar in Kantstrasse and breakfast at Literaturhaus in Fasanenstrasse).
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