Are you interested in studying Japanese but don’t know where to begin? Do you understand some Japanese but are looking to put your skills to the test? Come to the Japan Foundation, Toronto for our Japanese Study Fair! Japanese language … Continue reading →
Once again the Japan Foundation, Toronto is offering a general Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) information session in Toronto, on Monday, September 19th from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. This session will provide a general overview of the exam and registration process, … Continue reading →
Once again, the Japan Foundation will be packing our bags and heading out west to hold Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) Information Sessions in Vancouver! Join us at the new host location in Vancouver, Langara College, to make sure you are ready … Continue reading →
TAKASHI HIRAIDE----AIRPOST POETRY BOOK DESIGN FOR ONE FROM ONE October 4 - November 5, 2016 The Japan Foundation, Toronto 《TH_AIRPOST》is an “Aerial Post Office” utilized by the Minimum Press which was created by Hiraide in relationship with the postal system. … Continue reading →
The Japan Society and The Japan Foundation, Toronto are honoured and privileged to co-present a luncheon seminar with French scholar Professor Sébastien Lechevalier. He is a professor at EHESS (L'École des hautes etudes en sciences socials/The School for Advanced Studies in … Continue reading →
Interested in learning Japanese but not sure where to begin? Join us for Let’s Learn Hiragana! In this class we will learn hiragana, one of the basic components of written Japanese. Together we will learn how to read and write … Continue reading →
co-presented by The Japan Foundation, Toronto and Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival Hiroshi Teshigahara, 1966, 124 min. 18A 50 year anniversary screening, 35mm print! Introduction by Geoff Pevere, Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival Programming Director After a terrible industrial accident … Continue reading →
The Great Sasuke 2015, Mikiko Sasaki, 69 min. PG Canadian premiere- director present for intro and Q&A! As the founder of Michinoku Pro-Wrestling, the masked wrestler known as The Great Sasuke brought Mexican-style lucha libre to Japan in the 1990s … Continue reading →
Onibaba Kaneto Shindo, 1964, 107 min. 18A Introduction by Toshi Aoyagi, The Japan Foundation, Toronto Onibaba is a chilling, atmospheric examination of the hot-blooded instinct for survival amidst the devastation of war.When her son Kichi goes off to war, a woman is left alone with her daughter-in-law in … Continue reading →
Takashi Hiraide, celebrated author and book designer, will discuss his literary and artistic practice in relation to his published works and ongoing mail art experiment. Hiraide contemplates the life of what we consider to be a “book” and its origins … Continue reading →
