It is time for the concluding part of our interview with Rice Bud, John Ogawa! We look at more pictures to learn about other cultural norms in Japan like first grader yellow caps and the countless steps that make-up the … more »
Japanese
Möbius Strip
We thought my life
was following the same
curves as yours, Mama
but I was slowly
curling into the
T
W
I
S
T
of a möbius strip
and when I finally
straightened I became
the inverse of … more »
Asians Elsewhere continues. In Part 2, Episode 1, John tells us about growing up in Japan through photos. Important questions are explored like “Why boy shorts so short?”, “Rando what?”, “Who got bullied?” and “How sticky is John’s accent?”
Gavin … more »
Nowadays, it’s pretty common to find Asians (nearly) everywhere in the world. But people still have perceptions thinking a person or a country is this way or that. The Asians Elsewhere series aims to show diversity within the broader Asian … more »
Yukiko Mishima is a female Japanese director who has directed and written a number of films, including Shiawase no pan (2012), Night’s Tightrope (2016) and A Drop of the Grapevine (2014). Previously, she had worked as a producer and director … more »
Japan, 2017 / 95:00 / English, Japanese with English subtitles /
Canadian Premiere at Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
Megumi Sasaki’s A Whale Of A Tale documentary was created as a response to the Academy Award winning The Cove… more »
I meet Tetsuro Miyazaki near Shinjuku Station. I arrived in Tokyo the day before, Tetsuro a few days before that. I’m jet-lagged and feeling haggard after an entire day spent in transit from Ireland. There are probably better times … more »
Fashionable Pictures
I don’t mean to be stereotypical, and I have no idea why this is, but a lot of things that come out of Japan often turn out to be fashion gold. Such is the case with manga artist … more »
Calling all established poets, aspiring poets and closet poets:
Sachiko Murakami, founder of Project Rebuild and author of The Invisibility Exhibit and Rebuild, is inviting the public to participate in a collaborative poem, excerpts of which will be displayed … more »