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SUMMARY:How to Learn Japanese Kanji
DESCRIPTION:Due to reaching capacity\, the RSVP is closed for additional guests.  \nFor many learners of Japanese\, kanji present a significant hurdle in mastering the language. In this lecture\, Dr. Yukiyo Hamakawa (Mejiro University) will not teach kanji\, but instead look at how people can best learn them\, including: \n・Various methods to organize and create associations to better remember kanji. \n・How to make learning more enjoyable – and effective. \n・Where and how kanji learning is utilized. \nAnyone who is interested in learning kanji\, teaching kanji\, or just learning about kanji is welcome to join! \nInquiries\nFor inquiries\, please contact Noriko Saito at nsaito@jftor.org. \n\n \nYukiyo Hamakawa is an associate professor in the Department of Japanese and Japanese Language Education at Mejiro University\, and has her PhD from Saitama University. Her work focuses on kanji education (both learning and instruction) within the field of Japanese language education. She has been involved in several books on teaching kanji\, including editing 『日本語教師のための実践・漢字指導』 (くろしろ出版 2010)\, and co-authoring the book on teaching letters and vocabulary\, 『文字・語彙を教える』 (ひつじ書房 2011) in the Japan Foundation’s Nihongo Kyôjuhô series. She has been involved with the JSL Kanji Research Group since 2004\, and 日本語教育に関わる教職員のためのメンタルヘルス研究会 (Mental Health Study Group for Japanese Language Educators) since 2018.
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SUMMARY:Time After Time Capsule Workshop and Event with Sebastian Masuda
DESCRIPTION:Mr. Sebastian Masuda\, an icon of Harajuku\, is bringing his participatory art project called “Time After Time Capsule” this summer. \n \nPlease join his talk and capsule event on August 22 at the Japan Foundation\, Toronto.\nIn his talk\, Mr. Masuda will discuss the concept of Kawaii culture and Harajuku-style\, its global phenomenon and evolution over the past two decades\, and his outlooks on its future trends and projects. The second half of the event will be the capsule event. Bring a Kawaii item (something cute\, colourful or handmade\, or one of your favourite items) OR create a small craft on-site\, and add it to the capsule for the future you. \nTime After Time Capsule is an ongoing art project which invites the public to contribute personal items to fill a translucent sculpture that will travel around the world. Each participant is invited to offer or create colourfully decorated items of personal value\, which will be placed in the translucent sculptured capsule. \n  \n \nYour personal Kawaii item must be under 15 cm (on its longest side). It could be a key chain from your favourite vacation\, an accessory from a close friend\, an item from your most memorable event or fondest experience! \nThere will be materials provided to create a letter to put into the capsule on-site\, but everyone is welcome to bring their own small item or pre-made letter from home! \nPlease come and join us for this wonderful opportunity. \n  \n \n  \n\n\n \n\n  \nSebastian Masuda:\nArtist / Art director / Japan Cultural Envoy / Visiting Scholar at NYU /\nVisiting professor for Kyoto University of Art and Design and Yokohama College of Art and Design \n Mr. Masuda was born in 1970. He is a visiting professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design and Yokohama College of Art and Design. After active involvement in theater performances and modern art\, he opened “6%DOKIDOKI\,” a shop with the concept of “Sensational Kawaii” in Harajuku in 1995. Through his world tour titled “Harajuku Kawaii Experience”\, which started in 2009\, Mr. Masuda has been actively promoting Harajuku culture on a global scale. He gained worldwide attention for his PV production for “PONPONPON”\, the debut single of Japanese pop icon “Kyary Pamyu Pamyu”. He has also been active as an artist and art director to contextualize Harajuku Kawaii culture by\, for example\, establishing the concept restaurant “KAWAII MONSTER CAFÉ” in Tokyo. \nMr. Masuda’s first solo exhibition “Colorful Rebellion – Seventh Nightmare” opened in New York in 2014. He is now working on a participatory art project called “Time After Time Capsule” around the world.
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