Join us at The Japan Foundation during Culture Days for special opening hours, gallery tours of Japanese Design Today 100 and Awaodori dance performances in the library Founded in 2009, Culture Days is a non-profit organization dedicated to building a … Continue reading →
This session is now full. Thank you for your interest. The Japan Foundation, Toronto is offering a series of Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) information sessions this September. Join us to start preparing for this December’s JLPT! These sessions are … Continue reading →
Click here for Japanese. In 2014, The Japan Foundation, Toronto (JFT) will hold four workshops which aim to provide a place for teachers to learn together about teaching Japanese language. The second workshop in this series will be a workshop … Continue reading →
The Japan Foundation, Toronto will be open late for Nuit Blanche, October 4-5, 2014. Gallery hours: 7 pm - 1 am Library hours: 7 pm - 11 pm
Cyborg 009 Directed by Masayuki Akehi 1980, PG, 131 min. Community Partner: The Cyborg 009 series of manga, TV anime and feature films centres on nine humans who have been turned into superhuman Cyborgs by a criminal … Continue reading →
Mai Mai Miracle Directed by Sunao Katabuchi 2009, G, 95 min. Community Partner: Mai Mai Miracle is a nostalgic full-length animated film adaptation of the autobiographical novel of the same title by Akutagawa Prize winner, Takagi Nobuko. Set … Continue reading →
Dir. Jesper Wachtmeister 2006, 53 min. KOCHUU is a visually stunning film about modern Japanese architecture, its roots in the Japanese tradition, and its impact on the Nordic building tradition. Winding its way through visions of the future and traditional … Continue reading →
In conjunction with “Japanese Design Today 100”exhibition 1:00 pm Curator’s talk by Hiroshi Kashiwagi 3:30 pm Designer/Architect’s talk by Yoshifumi Nakamura Prof. Hiroshi Kashiwagi (Musashino Art University) and architect/furniture designer, Mr. Yoshifumi Nakamura, are visiting Toronto to give lectures to Canadian … Continue reading →
Understanding the Dynamics of Aging, Depopulation and Well-Being in Rural Japan A talk by Dr. Peter Matanle, University of Sheffield Since at least the 1950s, rural Japan has been slowly but steadily aging and depopulating. Youth migration to urban areas … Continue reading →
The Dagger of Kamui Directed by Rintaro 1985, PG, 132 min. Community Partner: Set in pre-Meiji era Japan, this epic by anime master Rintaro (Metropolis, Galaxy Express 999) tells the life story of Jiro, a … Continue reading →
