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Sunday,
January 7, 2007
Kotohajime:
First Activities of
the New Year
Schedule
of
Events:
1pm Performance,
JACCC
Plaza
Midori Makino, Flamenco dance,
Santiago Prechtel,
Flamenco guitarist
Awaya, Kai, Koto
Ensemble
Majikina Honryu, Okinawan
dance
Ikkyu, Zen Archers
1:45pm
Kodama Taiko, Mochitsuki
performance
Kagami Biraki, Breaking of the Sake Barrel and New Year
Toast
12-4pm Shikishi
Exhibit, George J. Doizaki
Gallery
1:30-4pm Kite-Making
Workshop, George J. Doizaki Gallery
Hatsu Warai: First
Laughter is the theme of this year's celebration and
is reflected in the original performance created by
artist and JACC Artistic Director Hirokazu Kosaka.
A feast for the senses, the performance uniquely
combines the traditional and the contemporary and
incorporates a cross-cultural juxtaposition apropos to
Los Angeles, the new Silk
Road.
Other activities include:
Kodama Taiko demonstrating the making of
traditional rice cakes (mochi) for the new year;
Kagami Biraki (Breaking of the sake barrel) and
New Year toast; drop-in crafts for the kids and new year
fortunes.
Sponsored by the The Japan
Foundation.
Admission Free
to the public
JACCC Plaza
Sunday,
January 7, 2007, 1:30- 4pm
Kitemaking
Workshop
Experience this rare
opportunity to learn how to make traditional and
contemporary kites. Using Washi paper, members of the
Drachen Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to
the increase and diffusion of knowledge of kites
worldwide, will teach their style of kite
making.
This workshop coincides with the "Washi
to Wings" exhibition featuring the work of 30 different
contemporary artists from the Drachen Foundation who use
the kite as a canvas to showcase their flying
sculptures, engineered for flight and inventive
statements of art intended for the sky.
Sponsored
by the Drachen Foundation
George J. Doizaki
Gallery
$5 per
kite
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January 1 - 28, 2007
9th Annual
Shikishi Japanese Greeting Cards
Exhibition
Welcome
the 'Year of the Boar' with the 9th annual
Shikishi (traditional Japanese greeting cards)
Exhibition. This year's theme is
Hatsu-warai (First Laughter). This unique
exhibit feature shikishi created by hundreds of
participants including students, local, national,
and international artists, and political and world
leaders.
George J. Doizaki
Gallery
Admission Free
Gallery
Hours:
Tuesday - Friday, 12 noon to
5pm
Saturday & Sunday, 11am to
4pm
Closed Mondays &
Holidays
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Thursday, January 18, 2007, 6pm
World Heritage Wooden
Structure Tourism Forum
in Los Angeles
The Elegance and Magnificence
of Japan's World Heritgae
Wooden
Structures
Keynote
Speech:
"Japan's World Heritage Wooden
Structures: Background, Structure and
Technology"
DR.YUKIO NISHIMURA -
Professor, Graduate School of Engineering,
University of Tokyo, former Vice Chairman,
International Council on Monuments and Sites
Presentation:
"The
Appeal of Japan's World HeritageWooden
Structures"
Representatives of the
municipalities of Nara, Himeji, Ikaruga, Yoshino
and Hatsukaichi
Special
Lecture:
"Shape and Heart of Yamabushi:
Purifying the Hear in the Rigors of
Nature"
REVEREND KYOZEN NAKAI - Chief Priest,
Kizo-in sub-temple of the Goji-in Temple, Mt.
Omine, Yoshino
In the West, history has
long revolved around the "Culture of Stone." The
graqndeur of stone structures can be
awe-inspiring. The culture in Japan, however, is a
"Culture of Wood," born of the interaction between
people and forests. The many World Heritage wooden
structures in Japan are symbols of Japanese
cultures and their beauty has been maintained for
the past 1400 years in the face of numerous
natural disasters. This is due to the excellent
building technology and skills passed down from
generation to generation that keep the tru e
spirit of the wooden structures alive. This forum
will present the splendor of the "Culture of Wood"
and the elegance of Japan's World Heritage wooden
structures that can be truly appreciated by the
world
Visit Japan Campaign
Project
Presented by: Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure & Transport of Japan and Japan
Municipalities' Council of Wooden Structure World
Heritages
Organized by: JACCC, Japanese
National Tourist Organization (JNTO), United
Nations World Tourism Organization Asia Pacific
Center
Supported by: Consulate General of
Japan in LA, Japan America Society of Southern
California, JCCSC, The Japan Foundation, LA
Project Planning & Mangement, and Asia-Pacific
Tourism Exchange Center.
Admission is FREE. Space is
limited. Reservations required.
For
reservations, please call Mr. Hirokazu Kosaka at
JACCC:
(213) 628-2725, ext. 127.
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January 28, 2007,
9am
3rd Annual U.S. Weight Category Karate
Championships 2007
Presented by
International Karate Organization Kyolushin
Kaikan
Over 100 competitors,
coaches, and IKO officials from nearly ten
countries around the world will compete in the
U.S. Karate championship. They represent the
diversity and spirit of Kyokushin Karate.
Competition includes karate forms (Kata) to
knockdown fighting (Kumite) and culminates with
the main event of all weight
categories.
For information contact
Kyokushin Karate at (877) 662-7947, email: info@kyokushinla.com,
or visit www.kyokushinkarate.com
$20 General Admission,
$40 VIP
For ticket sales
contact Kyokushin Karate at (877) 662-7947 or
Aratani/Japan
America
Theatre at (213) 680-3700.
Aratani/Japan America
Theatre
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