Archive for January, 2014
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![<div class="at-above-post-arch-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://jetaany.org/2014/01/31/justins-japan-nippon-york-dragon-ball-color-lolita-fashions-rocks-debut/"></div>By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his Japanese culture page here for related stories. Stay warm this winter with some hot local events, from the debut performance of one of Japan’s most successful live acts, another performance from one of the country’s biggest crossover stars, and an annual showcase that brings the sights (and tastes) of Japan to vivid life. This month’s highlights include: Saturday, Feb. 1, 6:00 p.m. Black Rain Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue Free The final entry of the film series Vengeance Is Shohei Imamura! Yasuko was exposed to black rain, the radioactive fallout from the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Years later, she and her townsmen continue to rebuild their life and endure the aftermath. At an age ripe […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-arch-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://jetaany.org/2014/01/31/justins-japan-nippon-york-dragon-ball-color-lolita-fashions-rocks-debut/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->](https://jetaany.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/01-VIZ-Media-LLC-115x115.jpg "Justin’s Japan: Nippon in New York — ‘Dragon Ball’ in Color, Lolita Fashions, ONE OK ROCK’s Debut")
Justin’s Japan: Nippon in New York — ‘Dragon Ball’ in Color, Lolita Fashions, ONE OK ROCK’s Debut
Posted on January 31, 2014 | No CommentsBy JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his Japanese culture page here for related stories. Stay warm this winter with some hot local events, from the debut performance of one of Japan’s most successful live acts, another performance from one of the country’s biggest crossover stars, and an annual showcase that brings the sights (and tastes) of Japan to vivid life. This month’s highlights include: Saturday, Feb. 1, 6:00 p.m. Black Rain Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue Free The final entry of the film series Vengeance Is Shohei Imamura! Yasuko was exposed to black rain, the radioactive fallout from the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Years later, she and her townsmen continue to rebuild their life and endure the aftermath. At an age ripe […] -
![<div class="at-above-post-arch-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://jetaany.org/2014/01/30/chinese-year-dim-sum/"></div>When: Saturday, February 8 at 12 PM Where: Pacificana, 813 55th St, Brooklyn, NY 11220 Cost: Everyone pays for their own food and drinks Questions: Contact Ann at membership@jetaany.org Come celebrate Chinese New Year with JETAANY by having dim sum! Try traditional items like chicken feet, beef tripe, pig’s feet, and fish balls! For the slightly squeamish, try other traditional items like har gow (shrimp wrapped in translucent rice “paper”), shumai, leek buns, spare ribs in black bean sauce, and fried taro dumplings! There are no reservations for dim sum, so please arrive on time. Let your friends know you are going and see who else will be there on facebook See you there! Fun fact: Chinese New Year runs […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-arch-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://jetaany.org/2014/01/30/chinese-year-dim-sum/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->](https://jetaany.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/food-115x115.jpg "(2/8) Chinese New Year Dim Sum")
(2/8) Chinese New Year Dim Sum
Posted on January 30, 2014 | No CommentsWhen: Saturday, February 8 at 12 PM Where: Pacificana, 813 55th St, Brooklyn, NY 11220 Cost: Everyone pays for their own food and drinks Questions: Contact Ann at membership@jetaany.org Come celebrate Chinese New Year with JETAANY by having dim sum! Try traditional items like chicken feet, beef tripe, pig’s feet, and fish balls! For the slightly squeamish, try other traditional items like har gow (shrimp wrapped in translucent rice “paper”), shumai, leek buns, spare ribs in black bean sauce, and fried taro dumplings! There are no reservations for dim sum, so please arrive on time. Let your friends know you are going and see who else will be there on facebook See you there! Fun fact: Chinese New Year runs […] -
![<div class="at-above-post-arch-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://jetaany.org/2014/01/26/jq-magazine-mit-professor-ian-condry-explores-the-soul-anime/"></div>By Sheila Burt (Toyama-ken, 2010-12) for JQ magazine. Sheila is a Chicago-based journalist who blogs at www.sheilaburt.com. Anime can easily be called a global phenomenon. In the past few decades, several anime TV series and movies have grown so successful that even people with little knowledge of Japanese culture can probably name at least one anime show or character. But how is something that is so labor intensive, costly and culturally quirky able to transcend oceans and inspire rabid fan bases? A participant in the JETAA Regional Conference held at Harvard University earlier this month, cultural anthropologist Ian Condry (Miyagi-ken, 1988-89) explores this question in his new book, The Soul of Anime. An associate professor of comparative media studies at MIT since 2002, Condry researches cultural movements that go global, looking […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-arch-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://jetaany.org/2014/01/26/jq-magazine-mit-professor-ian-condry-explores-the-soul-anime/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->](https://jetaany.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Courtesy-of-Web.mit_.edu_-115x115.jpg "JQ Magazine: MIT Professor Ian Condry Explores ‘The Soul of Anime’")
JQ Magazine: MIT Professor Ian Condry Explores ‘The Soul of Anime’
Posted on January 26, 2014 | No CommentsBy Sheila Burt (Toyama-ken, 2010-12) for JQ magazine. Sheila is a Chicago-based journalist who blogs at www.sheilaburt.com. Anime can easily be called a global phenomenon. In the past few decades, several anime TV series and movies have grown so successful that even people with little knowledge of Japanese culture can probably name at least one anime show or character. But how is something that is so labor intensive, costly and culturally quirky able to transcend oceans and inspire rabid fan bases? A participant in the JETAA Regional Conference held at Harvard University earlier this month, cultural anthropologist Ian Condry (Miyagi-ken, 1988-89) explores this question in his new book, The Soul of Anime. An associate professor of comparative media studies at MIT since 2002, Condry researches cultural movements that go global, looking […] -
![<div class="at-above-post-arch-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://jetaany.org/2014/01/23/justins-japan-japan-oscars/"></div>By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Shukan NY Seikatsu. Visit his Examiner.com Japanese culture page here for related stories. Fans of Japan-themed cinema were delighted when candidates for this year’s Academy Awards were announced Jan. 16, as Cutie and the Boxer was nominated for Best Documentary Feature and The Wind Rises received the nod for Best Animated Feature Film. A 2013 Sundance Film Festival entry (and award winner for director Zachary Heinzerling), Cutie and the Boxer captures the stormy 40-year marriage of painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife Noriko, a budding artist in her own right. Shot over five years in New York, the film is a raw and sometimes unpleasant look at how egotism and the desire to create can bend personal relationships to the breaking point. It will be […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-arch-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://jetaany.org/2014/01/23/justins-japan-japan-oscars/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->](https://jetaany.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/SNYS-Jan.-25-2014-115x115.jpg "Justin’s Japan: Japan Goes to the Oscars")
Justin’s Japan: Japan Goes to the Oscars
Posted on January 23, 2014 | No CommentsBy JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Shukan NY Seikatsu. Visit his Examiner.com Japanese culture page here for related stories. Fans of Japan-themed cinema were delighted when candidates for this year’s Academy Awards were announced Jan. 16, as Cutie and the Boxer was nominated for Best Documentary Feature and The Wind Rises received the nod for Best Animated Feature Film. A 2013 Sundance Film Festival entry (and award winner for director Zachary Heinzerling), Cutie and the Boxer captures the stormy 40-year marriage of painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife Noriko, a budding artist in her own right. Shot over five years in New York, the film is a raw and sometimes unpleasant look at how egotism and the desire to create can bend personal relationships to the breaking point. It will be […] -
![<div class="at-above-post-arch-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://jetaany.org/2014/01/19/jq-magazine-north-american-alumni-regional-conference-advances-jetaa-initiative/"></div>By Tim Ogino (Akita-ken, 2011-13) for JQ magazine. Tim returned from Japan last summer and immediately became involved in NEJETAA as communications coordinator/webmaster. After spending two wonderful years in Tohoku, he returned to Boston to attend graduate school and is excited to remain involved with the Japanese community, looking forward to the day he can return to the land of festivals, kiritampo, and karaoke. With New Year’s goals and resolutions firmly prepared, 34 JETAA delegates from 15 chapters across North America gathered for the 2014 JETAA Regional Conference at the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA from Jan. 10-12 to discuss ways to improve their JETAA chapters. The New England JETAA chapter played host to this year’s conference and organized a series of discussions, […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-arch-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://jetaany.org/2014/01/19/jq-magazine-north-american-alumni-regional-conference-advances-jetaa-initiative/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->](https://jetaany.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1group_pic-115x115.jpg "JQ Magazine: North American Alumni Regional Conference Advances JETAA Initiative")
JQ Magazine: North American Alumni Regional Conference Advances JETAA Initiative
Posted on January 19, 2014 | No CommentsBy Tim Ogino (Akita-ken, 2011-13) for JQ magazine. Tim returned from Japan last summer and immediately became involved in NEJETAA as communications coordinator/webmaster. After spending two wonderful years in Tohoku, he returned to Boston to attend graduate school and is excited to remain involved with the Japanese community, looking forward to the day he can return to the land of festivals, kiritampo, and karaoke. With New Year’s goals and resolutions firmly prepared, 34 JETAA delegates from 15 chapters across North America gathered for the 2014 JETAA Regional Conference at the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA from Jan. 10-12 to discuss ways to improve their JETAA chapters. The New England JETAA chapter played host to this year’s conference and organized a series of discussions, […]
