Kobayashi Headlines New York’s Annual Japan Arts Matsuri
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By JQ magazine’s Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his NY Japanese Culture page here to subscribe for free alerts on newly published stories. “Ultimate Food Fighter” Takeru Kobayashi returns to eat another day to break a new Guinness World Record as the special guest of the 8th Annual Amnet New York Japan Arts Matsuri this weekend […]
New York’s Japan Society hosts design summit, MUJI minds
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By JQ magazine’s Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his NY Japanese Culture page here to subscribe for free alerts on newly published stories. Architecture, interior design and innovative household items take center stage at Japan Society in November through its upcoming lectures The Design Difference and America Meets MUJI. For The Design Difference, Japan Society’s U.S.-Japan Innovators […]
JET ROI: NY’s Consulate-General of Japan, JET alumni make mighty combo
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Kumi Matsumoto, left, and Noriko Furuhata, right, from the consulate with JET alumni Monica Yuki and Shree Kurlerkar at the 92nd Street Y Street Festival. (Photo courtesy of Monica Yuki) By JQ magazine’s Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his NY Japanese Culture page here to subscribe for free alerts on newly published stories. For over two decades, […]
By JQ magazine’s Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his NY Japanese Culture page here to subscribe for free alerts on newly published stories. Fifth generation Japanese American Jake Shimabukuro has been recording music since the late ’90s. At age 33, he’s earned comparisons to Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis on the ukulele, and will release his latest […]
Interview with Japanese indie rockers The Suzan
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By JQ magazine’s Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his NY Japanese Culture page here to subscribe for free alerts on newly published stories. The Suzan is a quartet of Japanese indie rock gals who call New York their home. Bounding between gigs in their native Tokyo and NYC, they’re now prepping a new album, Golden Week for […]
Kaiju Big Battel to rumble at NY’s Royal Flush Festival
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Kaiju Big Battel at Brooklyn’s Warsaw Oct. 15. (Studio Kaiju LLC) By JQ magazine’s Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his NY Japanese Culture page here to subscribe for free alerts on newly published stories. There’s pro wrestling, and then there’s Japanese monster wrestling. Kaiju Big Battel brings its unique brand of intergalactic smackdown to Warsaw Friday, Oct. […]
Interview with Satoshi Okamoto of the New York Philharmonic
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By JQ magazine’s Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his NY Japanese Culture page here to subscribe for free alerts on newly published stories. Japanese native Satoshi Okamoto is a double bass player for the New York Philharmonic, a position he has held there since 2003. Prior to that, he was a member of New York City Ballet […]
Interview with ‘Assholes Finish First’ author Tucker Max
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By JQ magazine’s Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his NY Japanese Culture page here to subscribe for free alerts on newly published stories. In 2006, Duke Law School grad Tucker Max published I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, a real life roundup of his drunken, sexual misadventures that unexpectedly shot him to the top of the […]
Interview with JET alumna/’Food Sake Tokyo’ author Yukari Sakamoto
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By JQ magazine’s Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his NY Japanese Culture page here to subscribe for free alerts on newly published stories. Tokyo-born and American-raised JET alumna Yukari Sakamoto (Chiba-ken, 1989-1990) is a professional chef, sommelier, and writer who has spent much of her life in both the U.S. and Japan. Released earlier this year, her debut […]
Interview with jazz legend Sonny Rollins
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By JQ Magazine’s Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his NY Japanese Culture page here to subscribe for free alerts on newly published stories. Grammy-winning tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins began his eighth decade of life Tuesday, and will celebrate with a headlining concert at New York’s Beacon Theatre on Sept. 10. I spoke with the man the New York Times recently […]
JQ Magazine’s September/October “Sayonara Print Issue” Out Now!
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JQ magazine returns with another fall classic! Features include the JETAA USA National Conference wrap-up, a review of JET alum author Malena Watrous‘ new book If You Follow Me, and an exclusive interview with Japan’s Ambassador to the United States Ichiro Fujisaki. Click here to view. BIG NEWS! This is also JQ‘s final issue in […]
New York Mets Tap JETs for Inaugural Japanese Heritage Night
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By JQ Magazine’s Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his NY Japanese Culture page here to subscribe for free alerts on newly published stories. Move over, Matsui. The New York Mets will hold its first-ever Japanese Heritage Night at Citi Field on Friday, Aug. 27 against the Houston Astros, with discounted ticket rates available for all family and […]
JET Alum Randall David Cook’s ‘Sake with the Haiku Geisha’ Returns to NYC
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By JQ Magazine’s Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his NY Japanese Culture page here to subscribe for free alerts on newly published stories. Those who missed the original Off Broadway run of the critically acclaimed play Sake with the Haiku Geisha are in for a treat. As part of its annual national conference, the JET Alumni Association’s […]
Singer Hikaru Utada Announces ‘Artistic Activity’ Break
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By JQ Magazine’s Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his NY Japanese Culture page here to subscribe for free alerts on newly published stories. Singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada is going from exodus to hiatus. According to a message on her homepage from Aug. 9, Hikki (as she as known to her army of fans worldwide) has wrote that following […]
Kobayshi Cleared of Charges From Nathan’s Arrest
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By JQ Magazine’s Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his NY Japanese Culture page here to subscribe for free alerts on newly published stories. Japanese competitive eater Takeru Kobayashi was declared a free man by Brooklyn Criminal Court, provisionally cleared of charges of trespassing and resisting arrest after he stormed the stage at last month’s Nathan’s Famous […]
