Nov 16

Job: Transcribing, Summarizing, Digitizing Staff Needed – Fuji TV (NY)

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Thanks to Noriko at the Consulate in NY, for sharing this posting. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position:  Transcribing, Summarizing, Digitizing Staff
Posted by: Fuji TV New York
Type: N/A
Location: New York, NY
Salary: N/A
Start Date: N/A

Overview:

Fuji TV New York Office is looking for staff members who want to be a part of our upcoming television program. Prior experience is not required. Smart, responsible, organized and hard working individuals are most welcome.

Job Description:
-Transcribing the pleading, statements and debates in the courtroom, given by attorney, prosecutor, witnesses and others by watching the trial footage
-Summarizing the court cases and court documents
-Preparing and help coordinating for the filming
-Digitizing the trial footage Read More

Nov 16

Job: Information & Cultural Centre Staff – Embassy of Japan (NZ)

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Thanks to JETAA South Island Alum, Simon Shimizu-Metcalfe for sharing this posting. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Information & Cultural Centre Staff
Posted by: Embassy of Japan
Type: N/A
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Salary: N/A
Start Date: N/A

Overview:

The Embassy of Japan is seeking a highly motivated, team-oriented individual for a position in the Japan Information and Cultural Centre (JICC). This position will be responsible for a wide range of general office administrative duties, including the Japan Exchange & Teaching (JET) Programme, Embassy website and social media presence.

Please note: Candidates must have either New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted and interviewed. Screening will begin immediately and continue until the position has been filled. Read More

Nov 16

Job: New Media Director – The Rockefeller Foundation (NY)

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Thanks to JETAA NY Webmaster (and new media guru) Lee-Sean Huang for sharing this posting. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: New Media Director
Posted by: The Rockefeller Foundation
Type: N/A
Location: NY
Salary: A competitive salary commensurate with experience
Start Date: N/A

Overview:

The Rockefeller Foundation’s New Media Director will plan and implement a new media strategy that positions Rockefeller as a social media innovator and enhances the Foundation’s global communications positioning and messaging. This position reports to the Vice President of Global Communications.

Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Planning and implementing a new media strategy that positions Rockefeller as a social media innovator and enhances the Foundation’s global communications positioning and messaging
• Working with the Managing Director of Knowledge Management to develop web-based platforms for sharing knowledge
• Supporting RF staff to more effectively use social media
• Working with Communications Office colleagues to suggest ideas for adding social media components to announcements and events
• Working closely with the Centennial team to ensure best use of social media in Centennial activities
• Developing and ensuring consistent content of a high standard for RF blog
• Developing additional social media tools with a particular focus on mediums that solicit and share ideas
• Managing and further developing the website, soliciting and supervising contractors as needed
• Managing Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social media platforms as needed and develops a strategy that identifies the best use for each platform
• Developing use of social media for internal communications Read More

Nov 16

Job: Administrative Assistant needed – InsideJapan Tours (Colorado)

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Thanks to Jet Alum Matthew Eccles, US Branch Manager at InsideJapan Tours, for sharing this opening. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Administrative Assistant
Posted by: InsideJapan Tours
Type: Full-time
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Salary: $20K-$23K per annum
Start Date: N/A

Overview:

InsideJapan Tours (www.insidejapantours.com ) is a dynamic travel company with an office in downtown Boulder, Colorado. We are looking for a full time Admin Assistant to join and support the current team of two.

The ideal candidate will be a native speaker of Japanese, must be authorized to work in the US, and able to work 30-40 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

Day to day tasks will vary but will likely include:

• Processing Japan Rail Pass Orders
•  Processing mail and banking checks
•  Filing and office supply management
•  Preparing client travel documents
•  Calling Japanese accommodations to ask questions and make bookings.
• Creating bi-lingual accommodation description pages
•  Researching information about client itineraries

Vacation: 20 paid days

Partial group health benefits, 401(k) (with a company contribution up to 3.5%) all after required probationary period. RTD ECO Pass.

Please send your resume and covering letter to mathew@insidejapantours.com

Nov 16

I’ll Make It Myself!: Thanksgiving Recipe Round-up

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L.M. Zoller (CIR Ishikawa-ken, Anamizu, 2009-11) is the editor of The Ishikawa JET Kitchen: Cooking in Japan Without a Fight. A writer and web administrator for The Art of Travel, ze also writes I’ll Make It Myself!, a blog about food culture in Japan, and curates The Rice Cooker Chronicles, a series of essays by JETs and JET alumni on the theme of cooking/eating and being alone in Japan.

New Rice Cooker Chronicles submissions always welcome. Just e-mail it to  jetwit [at] jetwit.com.

On my first Thanksgiving in Japan as an exchange student, I had cold tofu for lunch and felt exceptionally sad. After two years of not celebrating the holiday while I was in rural Japan, I decided to host a Thanksgiving potluck for my friends last year, and it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. Everyone’s favorite dishes–even ones I really disliked as a child, like green bean casserole–were exceptionally good. The atmosphere was good, too–everyone seemed really excited to be there and to share their dish; plus, there was no weird gender segregation in the kitchen!

If you’re living in Japan, making your favorite holiday dishes can be somewhat difficult. Maybe there aren’t fresh green beans in late November at your store; maybe your moven is too small for a turkey. I’ve gathered up some of my recipes (and some from other blogs) that would work well for your fall/winter holiday parties below.

Click HERE to read more.

Nov 15

JET alum Shaun Dakin mentioned in Huffington Post article about robo-calls

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Shaun Dakin (Shimane-ken, 1989-91), founder of StopPoliticalCalls.org

D.C.-based JET alum Shaun Dakin (Shimane-ken, 1989-91), founder of StopPoliticalCalls.org which seeks to stop the use of robocalls in political campaigns, was mentioned in a recent Huffington Post article (“Impeach Obama Robocall Campaign Launched by Conservative Group“).

Here’s the link to the article:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/14/impeach-obama-robocall-campaign_n_2132682.html

Here’s a link to previous JETwit posts/articles about Shaun:  https://jetwit.com/wordpress/?s=shaun+dakin

Nov 14

JET Alum Author Beat 11.14.2012

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Gemma Vidal (Okayama-ken, 2010-12) is a recently returned JET seeking work in licensing/merchandising (if it’s within the publishing industry, even better!). You can usually find her in her little web spaces Gem in the Rough and Peachy Keen (her JET adventures) or training with San Jose Taiko.  If you know of any authors/aspiring writers you’d like to see featured in JET Alum Author Beat, just contact Gemma at gem.vidal  [at] gmail.com

• Congratulations are in order to Will Ferguson (Nagasaki-ken, 1991-94), author of Hitching Rides With the Buddha (f/k/a The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Japan), who was awarded the esteemed 2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel 419. You can check out the announcement on the Scotiabank Giller Prize website and read more about his novel and other works on Will’s own website. Congratulations again, Will!

• What better way to warm up from the cold weather than a cup of sake! If you’re a fan of sake and live in Japan, check out John Gauntner’s (author of The Sake Handbook) annual Sake Professional Course 2013. It is a 5-day educational course which includes classroom sessions and visiting sake breweries in the Osaka/Kyoto/Kobe area. For more information about the schedule and registration, please visit the SPCJapan website. You can also download a free version of Sake: The Least You Need To Know, a quick start guide to sake here

• Suzanne Kamata (Tokushima-ken, 1998-90), author of Losing Kei and fiction editor of Literary Mama announced that her latest Young Adult novel, Gadget Girl: The Art of Being Invisible will be published by GemmaMedia (cool name) in May 2013!  Gadget Girl follows the life of 14-year old Aiko Cassidy and her dream to become a manga artist. The story won the SCBWI Magazine Merit Award in Fiction. You can check out the book on her website or through Amazon, Powells, and Indiebound.

“In a universe torn by war, two governments vie for power: the elemental Kingdom and the telepathic Hierarchy. Hierarchy women with animal bonds think nothing of sacrificing their beasts’ lives to protect themselves. Except sixteen-year-old Renagada. The bond with her carrion-eater bird Acha is two-sided, and she knows his mind as much as he knows hers. When Rena overhears her parents plotting to kill Acha because of superstition, she must leave her fiancé and home of sheltered luxury to flee with Acha into the desert. Peril awaits them at every turn, and someone is tracking them…”

And that’s all for this round of the Author Beat!

Nov 14

Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Nippon Club Start Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund

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Visit www.jcciny.org for more information or to make a donation.

Info courtesy of Heather Tomoyasu (Ibaraki-ken, 2004-06), who currently works for the JCCI NY. Posted by JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (Kobe-shi, 2001-02).

The tragedy and devastation that Hurricane Sandy brought to the New York Tri-State Area has affected us all deeply. The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York, Inc., in cooperation with The Nippon Club, has decided to establish the Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund to aid the victims of the disaster.

Hurricane Sandy forced the cancellation of JCCI’s 28th Annual Dinner, originally for October 30th, with 1,000 guests scheduled to be in attendance honoring the 100th Anniversary of Japan’s gift of cherry trees to America, JCCI’s 80th Anniversary, and awardees Professor Gerald L. Curtis and recording artist Cyndi Lauper. Through Dinner Sponsorship, JCCI was able to contribute a total of $500,000 to the hurricane relief effort: $250,000 to both the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City (supporting relief in the 5 boroughs) and AmeriCares (supporting relief in New Jersey and Long Island).

JCCI and The Nippon Club are now accepting additional donations through their Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund, for which the receiving organization will be decided at a later time. All donations will be 100% tax-deductible. Checks should be made payable to “J.C.C. Fund” (please note “Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund” on the memo line), and mailed by December 31, 2012 to the attention of Mr. Shigeo Kimura, The Nippon Club, 145 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019.

Send inquiries to: Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York, Inc. (JCCI)  TEL (212) 246-8001 / E-Mail: info[at]jcciny.org / Web: www.jcciny.org.

Nov 13

Job: Postings from Idealist.org 11.13.12

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Via Idealist.org.  Posted by Geneva Marie (Niigata-ken 2008-09) Geneva is a contributor to both JETwit and JETAANY. Geneva is on a continuous (epic) search for Japanese-related jobs in the United States. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

2013-2014 International Network To Expand Regional and Collaborative Teaching (INTERACT) Fellowship

Posted by: Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Type: Full-time
Location: New York, NY
Salary: 45,000
Application Deadline: January 30, 2013

The Weatherhead East Asian Institute invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship through the International Network to Expand Regional and Collaborative Teaching (INTERACT) program at Columbia University. This fellowship is for the academic year 2013-2014 and is open to scholars conducting research on East Asia and Southeast Asia within a global context. The fellowship will cover a 10-month period beginning August 1, 2013, and comes with a stipend of $45,000 plus benefits. PhD required.

 http://www.idealist.org/view/job/SHTmfnFn8HmD/

Japanese Teacher, Honduras NGO

Posted by: Walk Beside Me For Knowledge
Type: Full-time/Entry Level
Location: Villanueva, Cortés, Honduras
Salary: $250 Monthly Stipend
Application Deadline: January 15th, 2013

Teachers are needed to work at one of two bilingual schools, teaching grades pre-K to 7th. Both long and short term volunteering and internship positions available. Free housing and a weekly stipend are provided. Honduras is a beautiful country that you will have the opportunity to travel during weekends and holidays, as well as the rest of Central America. Fluent English skills required as well.

http://www.idealist.org/view/job/z8JpCP8mJ5Xd/

Office Manager

Posted by:  Japan Society of Northern California
Type: Full-time
Location: San Francisco, CA
Salary: Salary is commensurate with experience and the nonprofit environment
Application Deadline: Not Specified

The Japan Society of Northern California is seeking an Office Manager who will assist the President and the Board of Directors. The Office Manager will  provide administrative and logistical support to facilitate smooth office and financial management. Minimum two years administrative experience, with bachelor’s degree or higher. Non-profit experience preferred.

http://www.idealist.org/view/job/h9kwSfZjWssP/

Nov 12

Churaumi Aquarium in Okinawa

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Posted by Benjamin Martin, a 5th year JET in Okinawa, publisher of the blog MoreThingsJapanese.com and author of the YA fantasy novel Samurai Awakening (Tuttle).

Churaumi Aquarium (美ら海 beautiful ocean aquarium) is one of the premiere tourist attractions in Okinawa prefecture.  The large aquarium is located within the even larger and interesting Ocean Expo Park on the Motobu Peninsula.  Boasting one of the worlds largest indoor tanks, the stars of the complex are three whale sharks housed with many other fish of varying sizes.

Though I’ve lived in Okinawa for over five years, I had my first opportunity to visit Churaumi only this past weekend.  The aquarium is very easy to find since there are easy-to-read signs pointing the way on major streets from Naha.  For a scenic route, take route 58 north and follow the signs.  For a quicker trip try the expressway (its a toll road).

The surprising thing about the Ocean Expo park is the sheer size of it.  We went in November which was after the peak season so we had little trouble with traffic or even finding a parking space.  Other friends noted that they’ve had problems with that during the summer months. We met the first designated parking lot quite far from the actual aquarium, though there are many attractions along the way, and a tram car you can hire for 200yen/day.  If you’re going during non-peak seasons, just drive up to the closest parking lot!

The whole complex is cunningly designed for the efficient flow of attendees. From the entry there are wide walkways, pavilions,  stairs, fountains, and play areas that allow people to move at their own pace without blocking others’ way.  Once you make it past various information booths, restaurants, and flowering sea life you’ll find escalators that will take you down to the entrance of the aquarium itself.

…Read more on Churami Aquarium at MoreThingsJapanese.com

Nov 12

Justin’s Japan: Interview with Tera Patrick at Exxxotica Leads to ‘Happy Ending’

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“My first modeling job at the age of 13 was in Omotesando in Tokyo. So I’ve always been obsessed with Japanese culture, and I usually spend one month of the year in Japan. I love everything about Japan.” (Courtesy of Justin Tedaldi)

By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his Japanese culture page here for related stories.

Interview conducted by Rick Ambrosio (Ibaraki-ken, 2006-08). A staple of the JET Alumni Association of New York (JETAANY) community, Rick manages their Twitter page and is an up-for-anything writer for JQ magazine.

From porn to Playboy to parenthood, Tera Patrick describes herself these days as a “Betty Crocker Rocker Mompreneur.” Suitably following Hurricane Sandy at this year’s Exxxotica Expo in New Jersey—the nation’s biggest event devoted to love and sex—this multi-award-winning force of nature attended the three-day fest from Nov. 9-11 to press the flesh with fans and read from her best-selling autobiography, 2010’s Sinner Takes All.

But here’s something you might not know: Patrick’s been a diehard fan of Japanese culture since her days in Tokyo as a teen model. In this exclusive interview, the Montana native dishes on Harajuku girls and yakuza tats, the controversial Measure B that could forever change the adult industry, and the upcoming sequel to Sinner Takes All.

How are you enjoying Exxxotica?

I’m enjoying Exxxotica a lot—it was really important for me to come back. This is my first time at the show; I haven’t been back here since 2009. And in light of Sandy, it was really important to give back and boost morale and donate Tera items. I’m doing care packages for veterans tomorrow.

Last month you were a special guest at New York Comic Con. How did that end up happening?

You know what’s funny? I always say guys like three things: they like porn, comics and chicks. So it wasn’t too farfetched for me to be there; I actually debuted my first show at Comic Con in 2007 when I appeared in the video game Saints Row. So I’ve been in video games, I’ve had the privilege of being on Adult Swim and Aqua Teen Hunger Force, I’ve done adult. I do a lot of different things—I’m an author now. My first memoir was Sinner Takes All; my second follow-up memoir comes out February 2013.

We heard that for Halloween your outfit was a Harajuku girl. Is that true?

Yes. I’m actually very fascinated by Japanese culture. In my memoir Sinner Takes All, my first modeling job at the age of 13 was in Omotesando in Tokyo. So I’ve always been obsessed with Japanese culture, and I usually spend one month of the year in Japan.

Japan still is my favorite country to visit. I love Japanese food. I’m Thai—my mother’s from Thailand—but I love Japanese food, Japanese culture. I love everything about Japan, so I’m really excited to take my family there for the first time in December. So I’ve been a bit selfish, and I always spend a lot of time in Japan. I’ve been tattooed in Japan; I’ve only been tattooed in Japan.

For the complete interview, click here.

Nov 12

I’ll Make It Myself!: Kabocha Hummus

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L.M. Zoller (CIR Ishikawa-ken, Anamizu, 2009-11) is the editor of The Ishikawa JET Kitchen: Cooking in Japan Without a Fight. A writer and web administrator for The Art of Travel, ze also writes I’ll Make It Myself!, a blog about food culture in Japan, and curates The Rice Cooker Chronicles, a series of essays by JETs and JET alumni on the theme of cooking/eating and being alone in Japan.

New Rice Cooker Chronicles submissions always welcome. Just e-mail it to jetwit [at] jetwit.com.

On the themes of both autumn and non-chickpea hummus-adjacent spreads, I present kabocha hummus, one of the many fine uses for kabocha purée. As I stated in my baba ghanoush recipe, chickpeas/garbanzo beans (Japanese: hiyokomame, ひよこ豆) are relatively expensive in Japan, so I’ve been trying to less expensive chickpea alternatives. If chickpeas are cheap where you live, consider this recipe an interesting seasonal twist on a classic.

Click HERE to read more.

Nov 11

CLAIR Chairperson Yoko Kimura talks about JET in Mainichi feature

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Below is a feature (in Japanese) on CLAIR Chairperson Yoko Kimura who talks about the JET Programme.  (If anyone feels the urge, feel free to post an English summary or translation in the comments section of this post).

http://mainichi.jp/opinion/news/20121108ddm004070166000c.html

毎日新聞　2012年11月08日　東京朝刊

Nov 11

JQ Magazine: JQ&A with Maynard Plant of Monkey Majik on the Band’s 2012 Tour

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Maynard Plant, second from left: “I really do think it is important to learn more than one language. Not only for the obvious convenience of communication, but for the enrichment of understanding of other cultures as well. Language really is the only gateway into understanding another person’s psyche and culture.” (Courtesy of Edward Entertainment Group)

By Preston Hatfield (Yamanashi-ken, 2009-10) for JQ magazine. Preston moved from San Francisco to New York City in January 2012 and is now accepting submissions from people who want to be his friend. Abduct him from his house in the middle of the night, or find him on Facebook and ask about his JET blog in which he details his exploits and misadventures in that crazy Land of the Rising Sun we all love.

Multinational pop rockers Monkey Majik are teaming up with shamisen heroes the Yoshida Brothers, the duo known for their traditional sound and pluck, for a three-date North American tour that kicks off Nov. 14 at Manhattan’s Marlin Room at Webster Hall, followed by the Mod Club in Toronto Nov. 18 and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa Nov. 20.

Monkey Majik was founded by Maynard Plant (Aomori-ken, 1997-2000), a native of Ottawa, Canada, while he was teaching English in Sendai on the JET Program. Known for a having a fun and versatile style of music, the band first earned mainstream attention in 2006 for their singles “Fly” and “Around the World,” and have since collaborated with other Japanese groups like SEAMO, m-flo, Bennie K, and the Yoshida Brothers.

In this exclusive JQ interview, the versatile vocalist and guitarist discusses the band’s origins, his own relationship with music, and his sense of home and community in Sendai, which is still recovering from the devastation caused by the 3/11 earthquake and tsunami.

Which came first: the love of music or Japanese culture, and how has the one influenced and supported the other since you came to Japan?

I probably first took interest in Japan when I was about 10 years old or so when I visited Expo 86 in Vancouver, Canada. My interest in music also started at an early age. Most of my family is musical, so it always came natural. Certainly since arriving in Japan about 15 years ago, my musical interests have changed. The Japanese music scene is incredibly diverse and different from the Western scene. The sound is very unique and [it] has had a deep effect on our music.

It’s funny, many ALTs in Japan feel like rock stars, but you actually became a rock star. What was it like going from small time notoriety and fame at your school, to becoming famous on a national level for your musicianship?

It didn’t happen overnight, so I suppose I never took notice. It’s a lot like learning Japanese—you don’t just wake up fluent one day. Success is born out of hard work and commitment. Regardless of where you live, the same elements come into play.

How did the current band members come together? Were you friends before you started collaborating professionally? How have each of you influenced Monkey Majik’s sound, style, and group dynamic?

I put the current band together after most of the original members quit in 2000. I first called my younger brother Blaise, and within a couple of months we found Tax (Kikuchi Takuya). It was around 2005 that our original bassist Misao Urushizaka quit. We then recruited Dick (Hideki Mori). It’s difficult to say if the friendship came before membership, but one thing is certain now: we wouldn’t be doing this if we hadn’t become best friends. We have a lot of respect for each other and all [band] decisions are made together.

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Nov 11

Justin’s Japan: A Whole Month of Arts, Events, Music

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The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses comes to the Theater at Madison Square Garden Nov. 28. (Jason Michael Paul Productions)

By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his Japanese culture page here for related stories.

Hurricane Sandy may have wreaked havoc on the Eastern Seaboard, but New York is holding strong in November with a bounty of Japan-related events from MoMA to Madison Square Garden.

Nov. 6

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Box Set

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is an epic fantasy tale written and illustrated by legendary Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki, creator of My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle and Ponyo. A modern masterpiece (made into its own classic film adaptation in 1984), the entire series is now available in this deluxe box set containing two hardcover volumes with interior color pages and full-color double-sided poster in a special slipcase.

Nov. 9-11

Japan Arts Matsuri (JAM) 2012

Theater for the New City

The American Dream Japanese Network (JaNet) was originally created in 2001 following the 9/11 attacks to cheer up and unite the Japanese community, which lost many of its prominent members working in the World Trade Center. An annual Japanese music and performing arts showcase, this year’s three-night event features such diverse acts as Taka Kigawa, Taiko Masala, and Yosakoi Dance Project – 10tecomai, last year’s Talent Night winners!

Monday, Nov. 12

Geisha: The Golden Years 1870-1890 Opening Reception

Resobox Gallery

This Long Island City gallery is proud to present an exhibition of 19th century hand-colored photographs of Geisha and Maiko from the Burns Archive. These photographs are the original images used by Dr. Stanley Burns and his daughter Elizabeth to create their noted book, Geisha: A Photographic History 1872-1912. The images in this exhibition showcase the best of Japanese photographs that were made to show the perceived exotic nature of Japan to the West. Several of the great early photographers’ studios are represented, including Kusabi Kimbel, Ogawa Kazumasa and Baron von Stillfried.

For the complete story, click here.