In conjunction with Hiroshige’s Edo 100 Part II exhibition at The Japan Foundation, Toronto Gallery Workshop: Edo 100, Komagatadō Hall, Azumabashi Bridge Friday, January 13, 2023, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (ET) (Doors Open at 5:00 PM for exhibition viewing) … Continue reading →
As academic institutions continue to embrace online and hybrid teaching models and we work to create and integrate digital tools into our pedagogy, keeping up with the technological landscape can be a challenge. This talk will introduce open-access teaching tools … Continue reading →
*Note: The Exhibition Talk event on February 9 by Dr. TAKESUE Akiko is now fully booked and registration is closed. There will be no waiting list. However, on the day of the event, we will have an in-person waiting line … Continue reading →
Beloved Japanese author NISHI Kanako has written more than twenty novels, essay and short story collections, and children’s books. Her barrier-breaking works cross genres, genders, classes, regions, nations, languages, and media. In 2019, Ms. Nishi moved to Vancouver, Canada, and … Continue reading →
Coinciding with the exhibition Hiroshige’s “Edo Hyaku” with Originals from the Royal Ontario Museum Edo Hyaku Talk IV: Edo, The Capital of Urban Leisure By Toshi AOYAGI, Program Officer, The Japan Foundation, Toronto Saturday, March 11, 2023, 2:00-3:30 pm In-Person … Continue reading →
Coinciding with the exhibition Hiroshige’s “Edo Hyaku” with Originals from the Royal Ontario Museum Edo Hyaku Talk V: Dreams and Nightmares of The Yoshiwara Pleasure Quarters By Toshi AOYAGI, Program Officer, The Japan Foundation, Toronto Thursday, March 16, 2023, … Continue reading →
From 2004 to 2013, Kaido Höövelson trained and competed in Japan as a professional sumo wrestler under the name Baruto Kaito. An Estonian national, Baruto became one of a handful of non-Japanese sumo wrestlers to ever reach the rank of … Continue reading →
Quelles sont les raisons qui influencent le désir d'enfant des femmes japonaises? Quels freins les empêchent d'avoir des enfants si elles le veulent? Quelle est la place des pères dans leur famille? L'implication des pères japonais a-t-il changé depuis que … Continue reading →
Conjuring A Sense of Movement: Japanese Graphic Designers & Sports Posters A talk event presented by KITAZAWA Eishi, curator of the Sports Posters Exhibition at the Japan Foundation, Toronto Saturday, July 15, 2:00PM - 4:00PM (ET) at JFT Event Hall … Continue reading →
On August 29, the Japan Foundation, Toronto welcomes jockey Daisuke Fukumoto to an evening of conversation. Mr. Fukumoto will talk about his career as a professional horse jockey, his achievements at Canada's own Woodbine Racetrack, the cultures of horseracing in … Continue reading →
