{"id":36398,"date":"2014-09-30T19:32:36","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T23:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=36398"},"modified":"2014-09-30T19:32:36","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T23:32:36","slug":"justins-japan-nippon-in-new-york-studio-ghibli-new-york-comic-con-x-japan-hatsune-miku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/30\/justins-japan-nippon-in-new-york-studio-ghibli-new-york-comic-con-x-japan-hatsune-miku\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin’s Japan: Nippon in New York \u2014 Studio Ghibli, New York Comic Con, X Japan, Hatsune Miku"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Catch<\/a>

Catch the New York premiere of Studio Ghibli’s “The Tale of Princess Kaguya” at IFC Center Oct. 3. (GKIDS)<\/p><\/div>\n

By<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/em>JQ<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0magazine<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0editor\u00a0Justin Tedaldi<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(CIR\u00a0Kobe-shi<\/a>, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his Japanese culture page\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0for related stories.<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Japan-centric events of the month ahead promise to be as rich and full as autumn itself\u2014brisk and colorful, with a dash of unpredictability.<\/p>\n

This month\u2019s highlights include:<\/p>\n

Friday, October 3, 6:30 p.m.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Tale of Princess Kaguya<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

IFC Center<\/b><\/a>, 323 Avenue of the Americas<\/b><\/p>\n

$14<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0New York premiere! Legendary Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies<\/i>,\u00a0Pom Poko<\/i>) revisits an ancient Japanese folktale in this gorgeous, hand- drawn masterwork decades in the making. Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter (James Caan) and his wife (Mary Steenburgen), a tiny girl grows into an exquisite young lady (Chlo\u00eb Grace Moretz). The beautiful princess enthralls all who encounter her\u2014but ultimately she must confront her fate.\u00a0The film will have a \u201csneak preview<\/a>\u201d screening in Japanese at IFC Center on Thursday, Oct. 16 prior to its regular run Oct. 17.\u00a0Click here<\/a>\u00a0for additional showtimes.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0Sunday, Oct. 5, 4:00 p.m.<\/b><\/p>\n

Morning Musume \u201914<\/b><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Best Buy Theater<\/b><\/a>, 1515 Broadway<\/b><\/p>\n

$42<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0The 10-member Morning Musume \u201914, also known as Momusu, are one of the most successful Japanese all-girl idol groups, produced by the famous rock writer-producer Tsunku. Their music style is poppy and upbeat, matched only by their elaborately choreographed dance performances. Their story began in 1997 after a TV audition and they made their major debut in 1998.The following year, their single \u201cLove Machine<\/a>\u201d was their first to sell over one million units. Morning Musume \u201914 have already performed in China, Taiwan, South Korea, France and the USA (Los Angeles), and are poised to make their New York stage debut.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Sunday, Oct. 5, 7:00 p.m.<\/b><\/p>\n

Taikoza Live 2014<\/b><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at\u00a0<\/b>Symphony Space<\/b><\/a>, 2537 Broadway<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0$40\/$30 members, students and seniors\/$22 children<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0Experience the thunderous rhyhms of the ancestral Japanese taiko drums and the magical sounds of the bamboo flutes, as\u00a0Taikoza<\/a>\u00a0returns with richly authentic performances and colorful Japanese dances. The international touring taiko group, led by Swiss-born director Marco Lienhard, will present new compositions as well as traditional pieces in this unique concert featuring special guest from Japan Ichiro Jishoya, who was recently featured in the documentary film\u00a0Drum Out the Drum of Happiness \u2013 Inclusion<\/i>. This concert will celebrate the 150 anniversary of the diplomatic relationship between Switzerland and Japan.<\/p>\n

For the complete story,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0JQ\u00a0magazine\u00a0editor\u00a0Justin Tedaldi\u00a0(CIR\u00a0Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his Japanese culture page\u00a0here\u00a0for related stories. The Japan-centric events of the month ahead promise to be as rich and full as autumn itself\u2014brisk and colorful, with a dash of unpredictability. This month\u2019s highlights include: Friday, October 3, 6:30 p.m. The Tale of Princess Kaguya IFC Center, 323 Avenue of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,53,263,340,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articlejournalism","category-events","category-film","category-justins-japan","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-9t4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36398"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36399,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36398\/revisions\/36399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}