Koi no City is my first ever event that I’ve curated with my music friends at Hello Stranger, a venue in the heart of Little Tokyo.
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Category: LEARNJAPAN
Wakaru(分かる) -“to understand” / Japanese Word
JAPANESE SAMURAI / Kitagawa Utamaro
There are four major Ukiyo-e artists: Sharaku for kabuki actor portraits, Hiroshige for landscapes, Hokusai for the world, and Utamaro for paintings of beautiful women.
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Grand Opening of BOOKOFF AnimeLab Irvine
BOOKOFF is the largest chain of used bookstores from Japan. They don’t only sell used books though! They also sell manga, CDs, DVDs, video game consoles and games, Anime figures, and more. A new subset of BOOKOFF called AnimeLab is a specialty store that features all things Anime!
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Tsutaeru(伝える) -“to tell” / Japanese Word
A fin-credible time performing at the Autumn Festival at the Aquarium of the Pacific!
This past weekend was the Autumn Festival at the Aquarium of the Pacific. The Autumn Festival is a celebration of Asian culture, highlighting the traditions and cultures of Japan, China, Korea, and the Philippines. The festival featured traditional craft demonstrations, music, dance, cultural arts exhibits, and storytelling.
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JAPANESE SAMURAI / Katsuie Shibata
The Oda family is one of the most powerful families in Japanese history.
Katsuie Shibata was a vassal of the Oda family.
He was such a strong warrior that he was also called “Oni Shibata,” which translates to “demon-Shibata,” and played a major role in expanding Oda Nobunaga’s power.
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The rising popularity of Japanese culture on display at OC Japan Fair
This past weekend was the OC Japan Fair 2023 held at the OC Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa. The OC Japan Fair was founded in 2009. If you can believe it, I was actually a musical guest that year as well.
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Kaku(書く) -“to write” / Japanese Word
The first Taste of Japan in Phoenix, Arizona!
Taste of Japan is a very popular food festival that celebrates Japanese culture which is usually held at the Anaheim Gardenwalk.
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I went to the LA grand opening of Japan’s largest Anime retailer Animate!
I went to the LA grand opening of Japan’s largest Anime retailer Animate! Animate is the largest Anime retailer that first opened in Ikebukuro, Tokyo in 1983.
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JAPANESE SAMURAI / Fujiwara no Michinaga
Fujiwara no Michinaga is an important figure that always appears in Japanese history textbooks. While he was a powerful man who held political power, he was also known as a man of culture who loved poetry and waka poems and passed on his valuable literary works to the modern age.Fujiwara no Michinaga is an important figure that always appears in Japanese history textbooks. While he was a powerful man who held political power, he was also known as a man of culture who loved poetry and waka poems and passed on his valuable literary works to the modern age.Fujiwara no Michinaga is an important figure that always appears in Japanese history textbooks. While he was a powerful man who held political power, he was also known as a man of culture who loved poetry and waka poems and passed on his valuable literary works to the modern age.
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