On Saturday, December 12, the JFT Library will be hosting a special welcome event from 11 AM until 4PM, open to all visitors. Library materials will be available for checkout all day Hot chocolate and snacks will be provided 11:30-12:15/1:00-1:45 … Continue reading →
Have you ever wanted to wrap something in a furoshiki? Or had trouble figuring out okaeshi? Just in time for the holidays, we have a class looking at the language and culture surrounding gift-giving in Japan. Come join us at the Japan … Continue reading →
Ikiru • いきる Directed by Akira Kurosawa/B&W /1952/143 min/blu-ray Kanji Watanabe (Takashi Shimura), a devoted single father, has mindlessly rubber-stamped documents at city hall for 30 years to support his son. When he receives a diagnosis of terminal stomach cancer, he … Continue reading →
Directed by: Isshin Inudo, Shinji Higuchi Starring: Mansai Nomura, Nana Eikura, Hiroki Narimiya, Tomomitsu Yamaguchi, Koichi Sato 2012, 145" (historical action comedy) Nearing the end of Japan’s long years of civil war, with Toyotomi Hideyoshi one short step away from … Continue reading →
Directed by: Yasuhiro Yoshida Starring: Ayaka Miyoshi, Shinobu Otake, Kaoru Kobayashi 2013, 114" (drama) Junior high school student Yuna lives with her father on the Okinawan island of Minami-Daito, population 1,200. Because the island is too small to support a high … Continue reading →
Directed by: Shinobu Yaguchi Starring: Shota Sometani, Masami Nagasawa, Hideaki Ito 2014, 116" (comedy) Yuki is 18, a take-life-as-it-comes young lad just out of high school, where he has failed his university-entrance exams and been dumped by his girlfriend. Looking at … Continue reading →
One of the most important holidays in Japan is the New Year period from January 1st to 3rd. At the end of January we will be having a special New Year's Japanese class where students can learn about the New … Continue reading →
Directed by: Shuichi Okita Starring: Kengo Kora, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Sosuke Ikematsu, Ayumi Ito 2013, 160" (comedy/drama) In 1987, Yonosuke leaves his rural hometown to start university life in Tokyo. Good-natured, socially awkward and goofily handsome , he quickly makes friends, joins the samba club, and works as … Continue reading →
A Lecture by Japanese Architect Manabu Chiba Co-organized by The Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism at Carleton University, The Japan Foundation, Toronto, and The Centre for Canadian Architecture Celebrated Japanese architect Manabu Chiba's vision encompasses projects of all scales, … Continue reading →
Looking to travel to Japan but worried about what to say when you get there? Join us for our “Travel Japanese” class where we will go over the essential words and phrases you need to know before departing for Japan! … Continue reading →
