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The Little Mochi Man Tour, January to May 2018

The Little Mochi Man is A Thousand Cranes’ new show for children aged 4 -7, their family and friends. It tells the tale of the runaway Mochi Man who escapes from the larder in search of adventure across Japan. The production is on national tour from 28 January to 30 May 2018. Venues include Watermans, Half Moon, artsdepot, the egg, Nuffield, Greenwich Theatre, The Cockpit, Cambridge Junction, The Courtyard, Hereford, Polka Theatre,  Stratford Circus, The Civic Barnsley,  Little Angel and Salisbury Playhouse.

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JETAA UK Academic Special Interest Group (SIG) University of East Anglia, Norwich, Friday 8 December 2017

For information on attending, submissions of current research, and about potential funding available for accommodation and travel expenses, please contact this year’s convener Simon Kaner, Director of the Centre for Japanese Studies at the University of East Anglia and Head of the Centre for Archaeology and Heritage at the Sainsbury Institute via S.Kaner@uea.ac.uk. There is now a Facebook group called ‘JETAA UK Academic Special Interest Group’; to join, search for it by name via facebook and request permission.

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Butoh Training by Florencia Guerberof: 13 & 15 Dec 2017 at Siobhan Davies, The Roof Studio

Butoh Training by Florencia Guerberof: this Butoh Training will take place on the evenings of the 13th and 15th of December. The two three hours sessions will be preceded by a guided warm up starting at 5.45 PM, fifteen minutes prior the start of the Butoh training. Please note that arriving on time for the warm-up is essential. Be prepared for a very intense and physically demanding practice.

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AREThe Festival: Japanese Ceramics and the Way of Tea - 5 November 2017

AREThé Festival: Japanese Ceramics and the Way of Tea – 5 November 10am-5pm. A study day celebrating Japanese ceramics and tea culture from talks, throwing demonstrations and Tea Ceremony in the Ashmolean to Raky Firing and Anagama Kilm opening at Wytham Woods (bus transport provided). With an evening reception at Oxford Ceramics Gallery. The programme of events is supported by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation and the Great-Britain Sasakawa Foundation.

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Viva Sherry, prog pop duo from Kyoto, to play in Brighton and London on 16 & 17 September 2017

Viva Sherry, a ‘prog pop’ duo from Kyoto, will perform at the Cowley Club in Brighton on Saturday, 16 September, 7pm to 12 midnight and at New River Studios in London (N4 1DN) on Sunday, 17 September, 4pm to 11pm.

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Cotswold Ekiden on 3rd September 2017

The beauty of the Cotswolds meets the Orient with a brand new running race coming on 3rd September 2017. Cotswold Ekiden brings together the best of Japanese culture and tradition in this relay race. Taking place at the beautiful Sudeley Castle in the heart of the Cotswolds, each runner within a team of four will

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Intensive Butoh Workshops & Performances in Akita, 17-25 September 2017

Perspectives on Hijikata Research Collective invite you to join them for a week-long event in Hijikata’s hometown Akita this September! We will kick-start the week with a tour of Mount Haguro, led by a mountain monk [yamabushi], and a visit (for those who are not too squeamish) to the self-mummified Buddhist monks [sokushinbutsu] of Yamagata prefecture.

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Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017 - Japan related acts

These are most of the Japan related acts that are going on in this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival (4th of August to 28th of August)   1.       Akiko Okamoto In Concert – August 8th to 10th This Japanese-born international pianist returns to the Fringe with a charming programme of music by Chopin, Bach and Mozart

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Conference: 23-24 September 2017 - Where the Path Leads –Transmission and Evolution of the Japanese Garden beyond Japan

Organised and run by the Japanese Garden Society, this major event at the Kaetsu Centre, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge features world-class speakers from the UK, USA and Japan, including Kendall Brown and Marc Peter Keane. Theme: The transmission of the Japanese Garden beyond Japan from 1868 onwards; the evolution and significance of the Japanese

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Win tickets to a see a new "Hokusai" play by Amon Miyamoto

Directed by renowned Japanese director Amon Miyamoto, “Fanatic Artist Hokusai” tells a fictional story based on historic events mixed with imaginative interpretations about the artist’s work, in addition to a surreal plot twist.

Enter a raffle to win tickets for the 27 July 2017 performance!

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