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SUMMARY:VSS Chat Event
DESCRIPTION:Japanese Chat Event\nAre you a Japanese language learner over 18 and located in Canada (or studying at one of the Japan Foundation overseas offices)? \nIn our Virtual Study Space\, we hold regular chat events where you can practice speaking Japanese with native-level volunteers and other students. \nParticipants are divided into groups of 3-5 according to their Japanese level\, where our volunteers facilitate the conversation. A topic is preassigned every week but you can also opt to do free talk. (View Topic Schedule) \nRegister for our Virtual Study Space to gain access: https://tr.jpf.go.jp/language/jft-virtual-study-space/ \nWhat is the JFT Virtual Study Space?\nThe JFT virtual study space is a free 24/7 online space where Japanese language learners can get together to improve their Japanese language skills by experiencing the language outside of class. (Event Calendar)
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SUMMARY:Come Back Anytime (film screening)
DESCRIPTION:Come Back Anytime\nまた いらっしゃい \nThursday\, April 4\, 6:00PM (ET) \nDoors open 5:30PM | Film Screening | In-Person | JFT Event Hall \nDirected by John Daschbach • 2021 • Documentary • 81 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer \nJoin us to celebrate National Ramen Day with our screening of Come Back Anytime! This is the first film in our food-themed series\, Cinema Umami. Stay tuned for further announcements. \nSelf-taught ramen master UEDA Masamoto and his wife Kazuko have run their Tokyo ramen shop\, Bizentei for more than forty years. Together with their customers\, they have created a welcoming place of community. On the weekends\, they venture together across the Japanese countryside\, harvesting pears\, bamboo shoots\, and wild mountain yams.  \nAn intimate portrait of Japan’s culture of food\, community\, and work\, Come Back Anytime features gorgeous scenery\, mouth-watering dishes\, and a delightful cast of regular customers. It’s a heartwarming reminder of life’s simplest pleasures: a delicious meal\, relaxed conversations with friends\, and a special place to call one’s own.  \nFree admission. Register below. \n\nDirector Profile: \nJohn Daschbach is a Tokyo-based American filmmaker who fell in love with film at the Dartmouth College Film Society while growing up in Hanover\, New Hampshire. After studying literature in college\, he dove into film editing while studying with legendary editor\, Ralph Rosenblum at Columbia University. After embracing the digital revolution of the late 90s\, he’s been making independent films\, and editing others’\, ever since. Come Back Anytime is his second feature\, first documentary\, and first cinematography credit. \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/come-back-anytime/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:DownTown Dance (film screening)
DESCRIPTION:DownTown Dance\n歌えマチグヮー (utae machigwaa) \nTuesday\, April 9\, 6:00PM (ET) \nDoors open 5:30PM | Film Screening | In-Person | JFT Event Hall \nDirected by NITTA Yoshitaka • 2012 • Documentary • 89 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer \nIn the Okinawan dialect\, the word for market is “machigwaa”\, which is used aptly in the film’s original Japanese title.  \nDownTown Dance follows the passionate residents of a shopping district in Naha City\, Okinawa Prefecture. Once a lively market thriving for over 60 years\, the district has lost its energy over time. The documentary sheds light on the volunteers who strive to revitalize the market\, using “music” as their main approach. In a time when the hollowing out of cities is being decried\, the locals are fighting to restore urban vitality and to keep their district open. The market gradually comes to life with the Sakae-machi Market Night Stall Festival. At the centre of it all are the “Oba Rappers”\, a trio of ladies who are leading the way in bringing music and dance to their town. \nThis the first screening in our upcoming Keep Dancin’\, Okinawa! film series. Stay tuned for more announcements! \nFree admission. Register below. \n\nPre-screening sanshin performance:\nSanshin musicians SHINZATO Kano and and SHIMADA Sakura will be performing Okinawan songs before the film to kick off our film series with traditional music. Together with HIGA Natsuyo\, the trio are part of a newly formed music group “Tororo.” \nThe sanshin (三線) is an Okinawan musical instrument and precursor of the mainland Japanese shamisen (三味線). Often likened to a banjo\, it consists of a snakeskin-covered body\, neck and three strings. \n\nMany thanks to our community partner\, the Toronto Kyuyokai (Okinawa Kenjinkai)\, for their support! The Toronto Kyuyokai is an association comprised of Okinawan immigrants\, descendants and those who have an interest in all things Okinawan. \n\nDirector Profile: \n \nBorn in Tokyo\, NITTA Yoshitaka graduated from Keio University and joined NHK in 1992.  \nIn 2009\, he became independent and established his own video production company\, Eurasia Vision\, and continues to produce documentaries in a variety of media including television and film. \n  \n\n 
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LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:JFT Book Club (Hybrid) - Manga: BL Metamorphosis by TSURUTANI Kaori
DESCRIPTION:Thank you to all those who participated in JFT Book Club (Hybrid) – Manga: BL Metamorphosis by TSURUTANI Kaori!\n \nSharing some comments from our participants!\n“My first time coming to the JFT Book club\, I enjoyed meeting new people. I had lost myself in the discussion\, it was a fun group. It was interesting to hear everyone’s opinions and experiences.”—Sarah L.\n \n“This was an amazing meeting! Thank you Risa and Emi. I got a lot of good opinions from everyone. I believe everyone enjoyed similar aspects through different sections and panels of the story. At the end of the day we all related to Ichinoi and would like to be like her with an open mind when we get to that stage.\nThank you for passing the microphone around and for all the moving around that was coordinated with the in-person participants. Really appreciated everyone’s assistance in making this a great meeting. I hope everyone online enjoyed the session as much as I did. I sadly couldn’t attend the Mild Vertigo session but I am very much looking forward to any Book Club meeting you have in the future.”\n—Johan \n“Thank you very much for the wonderful event! I look forward to attending more book clubs in the future.”—Janel\n \n\n\nPlease continue to check the JFT’s website and newsletters for future book club information.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nFor the upcoming JFT Book Club (Hybrid)\, we will discuss Volume 1 of TSURUTANI Kaori’s manga (Japanese comic) BL Metamorphosis (the original Japanese version: 鶴谷香央理作『メタモルフォーゼの縁側』)! \nJoin us in person or virtually to dive deep into this refreshing tale showcasing the transformative power of manga forging meaningful connections across different ages\, genders\, and cultures! In this heartwarming and award-winning manga\, a 75-year-old woman and a high school girl develop an intergenerational friendship through a shared passion for BL (or “Boys Love”: manga genre features male-male relationships). Whether you’re a seasoned manga lover or new to the genre\, don’t miss this opportunity to connect and discuss with readers from different backgrounds and discover the magic of manga!  \nFor those new to the book club or if you just want to listen this time\, we also have a small number of “Observer” slots! \nP.S. Exciting news just in! The manga artist TSURUTANI Kaori is coming to Canada as a special guest for the 2024 Vancouver Comic Arts Festival! It’s perfect timing to delve into her work leading up to the artist’s international appearance! \nRegister Here \n*Please be aware that space may be limited.  \n*Depending on the number of participants and how the discussion goes\, we might extend the end time until 8 pm (EDT). However\, if you have other commitments\, feel free to leave at 7:30 pm. \n  \nIf you have any questions or concerns\, please don’t hesitate to email us at library_jftoronto@jpf.go.jp. First-time participants are always welcome! \n\n\n\n\nWHY JOIN JFT BOOK CLUB?\nYou can read a book by yourself\, but when you read something thought-provoking or moving\, it’s natural to want to discuss it with someone else. This will be an exciting opportunity to connect with other book lovers from different cultural backgrounds\, find new and interesting books\, authors\, or themes\, and develop a richer understanding of Japan that you wouldn’t gain from reading alone! \n  \n\nHOW DOES THE UPCOMING JFT BOOK CLUB WORK?\n1. Once you register for the event\, you will receive guiding questions to help you think more deeply about the book. \n2. On the day of the event\, we will meet via Zoom and in person at Japan Foundation Toronto Library (2 Bloor St E #300\, Toronto\, ON M4W 1A8 Canada).  \n*How to find us: https://tr.jpf.go.jp/about-us/how-to-find-us/ \n3. We will start with a quick introduction & ice-breaking activity (*Light refreshments will be served for in-person participants) \n4. Depending on the number of the participants\, we will break into a few small groups to discuss questions so that everyone has a chance to share their thoughts. \n5. After each breakout session\, each group will share what they have discussed with other groups. \n*There is no right or wrong answer. Different perspectives make discussion more fun and vibrant! \n\n\n\n\nWHERE YOU CAN FIND A BOOK TO READ?\nThe copies of BL Metamorphosis (physical book & ebook) are available at JFT Library! The checkout of the physical copies of the English version is limited to JFT Book Club participants only for a 1-week loan period (non-renewable).  \n*NEW* The physical copies of the original Japanese version『メタモルフォーゼの縁側』are available for in-library use from April 12 at JFT Library. \nTo get a new library card or to renew your existing card\, please follow the instructions found here.\n  Borrow Ebook   Email Library to place hold (physical copy)  \nFor more information about the book or where else you can get the book copies\, click here.\n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOK\n BL Metamorphosis (原書:『メタモルフォーゼの縁側』)\nStory & Art by TSURUTANI Kaori  \nTranslated by Jocelyne Allen \nPublished by Seven Seas (April 28\, 2020) \n  \nIn this heartwarming and award-winning manga\, an elderly woman and a high school girl develop a beautiful friendship through their shared passion for Boys’ Love.\n\nIchinoi\, a 75-year-old woman living a peaceful life\, unwittingly buys a Boy’s Love manga one day…and is fascinated by what she finds inside. When she returns to the bookstore to buy the next volume\, the high school girl working there–Urara\, a seasoned BL fan–notices a budding fangirl when she sees one. When Urara offers to help Ichinoi explore this whole new world of fiction\, the two dive into BL fandom together\, and form an unlikely friendship along the way.\n\n“…a refreshing intergenerational friendship tale in which one’s gender isn’t a restriction when it comes to being a fan of media about romantic relationships between men… Reminiscent of Princess Jellyfish\, this female-centric view of a subgenre usually known for its steamier aspects offers an unusual and endearing twist to manga’s expected pairings.” – Publishers Weekly\n\n— from Publisher’s website\n\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nTSURUTANI Kaori was born in Toyama Prefecture in 1982. In 2007\, her manga “Okina Daidokoro” won the runner-up award at the 52nd Chiba Tetsuya Awards. TSURUTANI’s first serialized manga was “don’t like this”\, which ran on web magazine LIKE THIS. Her current manga\, “Metamorphose no engawa (BL Metamorphosis)”\, has been serialized on the web comic platform Comic Newtype since November 2017. The manga has gained fans among both men and women across a range of age groups\, and has been selected by many as one of the top manga of the year\, including Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2019 (#1 for women)\, THE BEST MANGA 2019 Kono Manga o Yome! (#1) and Bros. Comic Awards 2018 (first prize). In 2019\, TSURUTANI won the 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival Manga Division New Face Award. \n \nABOUT THE TRANSLATOR\nJocelyne Allen is a Japanese translator and interpreter and has translated hundreds of short stories\, novels\, and manga\, including the Eisner Award-winning Frankenstein by Junji Ito and the critically acclaimed Our Dreams at Dusk by Yuhki Kamatani. As an interpreter\, she has worked with Japan’s most celebrated authors and artists\, including Sayaka Murata\, Nagata Kabi\, Kyoko Nakajima\, and Asano Inio. @brainvsbook\n\n\n\n \nPrevious Book Clubs\n\n\n\nJFT Book Club (Hybrid): Mild Vertigo by KANAI Mieko – February 13\, 2024 \n\n\n\nJFT Book Club (Hybrid) – With Silent Reading Time – Holiday Reading Recommendations – November 16\, 2023 \n\n\n\nJFT Book Club (Hybrid) – Manga: Planetes by YUKIMURA Makoto – September 28\, 2023 \n\n\n\nJFT Book Club (Hybrid) – With Silent Reading Time – LGBTQIA+ Books -June 20\, 2023 \n\n\n\nJFT Book Club Online – Manga: After the Rain by MAYUZUKI Jun -April 24\, 2023 \n\n\n\nJFT Book Club Online – Three Short Works by NISHI Kanako: On beauty\, the Female Experience and Othering – February 8\, 2023 \n\n\n\nJFT Book Club Online: Temple Alley Summer by KASHIWABA Sachiko – September 15\, 2022 \n\n\n\nJFT Book Club Online: Manga – June 15\, 2022 \n\n\n \n\nJFT Book Club Online: Bring Your Own Book – April 13\, 2022 \n\n\n\nJFT Book Club Online: The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura– February 9\, 2022 \n\n\n\nJFT Book Club Online:Colorful by Eto Mori– November 10\, 2021 \n\n\n \n\nJFT Book Club Online: Heaven by Mieko Kawakami – August 12\, 2021 \n\n\n\nJFT Book Club Online: Manga – June 10\, 2021 \n\n\n \n\nJFT Book Club Online: Bring Your Own Book – April 8\, 2021 \n\n\n\nJFT Book Club Online: The Memory Police – February 11\, 2021 \n\n\n\nJFT Book Club Online: Breasts and Egg – November 5\, 2020 \n\n\n\nJFT Book Club Online: Travel Japan – August 20\, 2020 \n\n\n\nJFT Book Club Online – June 11\, 2020 \n\n\n\nMemoirs of a Polar Bear – February 20\, 2020 \n\n\n \n\nThe Little House – December 12\, 2019 \n\n\n\nMystery Book Club – October 10\, 2019 \n\n\n\nMovies and Books – August 8\, 2019 \n\n\n\nBooks and Tea – June 6\, 2019
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LOCATION:The Japan Foundation Toronto Library\, 2 Bloor St E #300\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada\, M4W 1A8
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SUMMARY:Mantles of Transience with live Q&A (film screening) @ Textile Museum of Canada
DESCRIPTION:Mantles of Transience  うつろいの時をまとう\n*Please note this screening is NOT at the Japan Foundation\, Toronto \n \nTuesday\, April 23\, 5:30 PM – 7:45 PM (ET)\nDoors open 5:00 PM | Film Screening | @ Textile Museum of Canada (55 Centre Ave Toronto\, ON) \nDirected by MIYAKE Nagaru • 2022 • Documentary / Fashion • 95 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer \nCreated by a couple of Japanese fashion designers\, the clothing brand matohu fuses innovative designs with the traditional Japanese concept of beauty. In a series of beautiful images\, Mantles of Transience takes you from the artists’ workshop to nature\, where they find inspiration. Their goal? Highlighting the hidden beauty in everyday life\, which we tend to overlook. Witness the production of their latest collection\, Nagori\, and learn about the rewarding life philosophy behind this one-of-a-kind fashion brand. \nIn-person film screening to be followed by a lives Q&A with the founders of matohu\, Mr. HORIHATA Hiroyuki and Ms. SEKIGUCHI Makiko. \n\nDesigners’ Profile:\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n©GROUP GENDAI FILMS CO.\, LTD. \nHORIHATA Hiroyuki\, after finishing Graduate School at the Doshisha University\, and\nSEKIGUCHU Makiko\, after graduating from the Kyorin University\, both took the Men’s Design course offered under the Apparel Design program in the Bunka Fashion College.\n1998: After graduating\, they worked for 5 years as pattern makers at COMME des GARCONS and Yohji Yamamoto.\n2003: Both resigned and moved to UK and started working for London based designer Bora Aksu’s 04-05 A/W collection.\n2005: Launched own brand matohu and started participating in Japan Fashion Week from 2006.\n2009: Received the Mainichi Fashion Grand Prix New Designer Award and the Shiseido Sponsorship Award. \n\nAbout matohu:\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n©GROUP GENDAI FILMS CO.\, LTD. \nmatohu (まとふ pronounced ma-tou) has two meanings. One is the Japanese word matou\, which refers to clothes softly draping or wrapping the body.\nThe other is matou\, the volitional form of the Japanese verb for wait (matsu) with the meaning of “let’s wait.” Instead of consuming and discarding things\, matohu calls on people to wait until their own sense of aesthetics has matured.\nWith the concept of creating new clothes that sustain the Japanese sense of aesthetics\, matohu offers designs born from the history\, culture\, and terroir of Japan in original styles authentic to the Japanese experience. \n\nDirector Profile: \n©GROUP GENDAI FILMS CO.\, LTD.\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nBorn ​1974 in Japan. While still studying at Tama Art University\, MIYAKE Nagaru created experimental films in pursuit of physicality and participated in film festivals in and outside Japan. Since 1995\, he has been directing documentary films about traditional performing arts and the communities such traditions are rooted in. He continues to pursue the possibilities of the communication and physicality in the physical express
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/mantles-of-transience-with-live-qa-film-screening-textile-museum/
LOCATION:Textile Museum of Canada\, 55 Centre Ave.\,  Toronto\, ON\, M5G 2H5\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Designers’ talk by matohu in Toronto
DESCRIPTION:Aesthetics and Handicraft – The Design Philosophy of matohu – \n美意識と手仕事　– matohuのデザイン哲学について – \nWednesday\, April 24\, 2024 @ 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM\nRSVP Required | Talk Event | @ The Japan Foundation\, Toronto (2 Bloor St. East\, Toronto\, Ontario) \n\nEvery country has its unique climate and natural features\, to which accordingly it develops its suitable food culture\, architecture\, craft works\, and performing arts. Clothing also always embodies cultural values which reflect the distinctive characteristics of those places. Clothes have been produced based on the aesthetics which have gone through continuous sophistication in the course of a long history. \nBut when did we start to call this versatile clothing culture simply “Fashion”? “Fashion” must not be the name of an existing thing\, but just a noun to describe a phenomenon. \nUnique aesthetics with tremendous originality and handicraft which materialize the aesthetics can be lost first in modernization and globalization. While clothing has been downgraded as the equal of fashion for a long time\, let’s re-examine our clothing culture as a representation of each culture anew. \nMatohu（まとふ）has continued to question these fundamental issues between clothing and culture through our clothes. By introducing our work of matohu as examples\, we will share our pursuit of versatility and sustainability which all of us\, both in Canada or Japan\, desperately need in upcoming times. \nAbout the aesthetics\, the “Japanese Eye （日本の眼）” series will provide examples. The talk will be delivered with video clips\, conceptual images\, and original textile/clothes. \nAbout the handicraft\, the “Journey from Palms of Hands （手のひらの旅）” series will give examples. The talk will be delivered with video clips\, an explanation of the history and current status of each craft\, and the actual results of collaboration with matohu. \n– HORIHATA Hiroyuki\, SEKIGUCHI Makiko\, matohu designers\, March 2024
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/designers-talk/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Mantles of Transience with live Q&A (film screening)
DESCRIPTION:Mantles of Transience  うつろいの時をまとう \n \nWednesday\, April 24\, 6:00 PM (ET)\nDoors open 6:00 PM | Film Screening | JFT Event Hall \nDirected by MIYAKE Nagaru • 2022 • Documentary / Fashion • 95 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer \nCreated by a couple of Japanese fashion designers\, the clothing brand matohu fuses innovative designs with the traditional Japanese concept of beauty. In a series of beautiful images\, Mantles of Transience takes you from the artists’ workshop to nature\, where they find inspiration. Their goal? Highlighting the hidden beauty in everyday life\, which we tend to overlook. Witness the production of their latest collection\, Nagori\, and learn about the rewarding life philosophy behind this one-of-a-kind fashion brand. \nIn-person film screening to be followed by a live Q&A with the founders of matohu\, Mr. HORIHATA Hiroyuki and Ms. SEKIGUCHI Makiko. \n\nDesigners’ Profile:\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n©GROUP GENDAI FILMS CO.\, LTD. \nHORIHATA Hiroyuki\, after finishing Graduate School at the Doshisha University\, and\nSEKIGUCHU Makiko\, after graduating from the Kyorin University\, both took the Men’s Design course offered under the Apparel Design program in the Bunka Fashion College.\n1998: After graduating\, they worked for 5 years as pattern makers at COMME des GARCONS and Yohji Yamamoto.\n2003: Both resigned and moved to UK and started working for London based designer Bora Aksu’s 04-05 A/W collection.\n2005: Launched own brand matohu and started participating in Japan Fashion Week from 2006.\n2009: Received the Mainichi Fashion Grand Prix New Designer Award and the Shiseido Sponsorship Award. \n\nAbout matohu:\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n©GROUP GENDAI FILMS CO.\, LTD. \nmatohu (まとふ pronounced ma-tou) has two meanings. One is the Japanese word matou\, which refers to clothes softly draping or wrapping the body.\nThe other is matou\, the volitional form of the Japanese verb for wait (matsu) with the meaning of “let’s wait.” Instead of consuming and discarding things\, matohu calls on people to wait until their own sense of aesthetics has matured.\nWith the concept of creating new clothes that sustain the Japanese sense of aesthetics\, matohu offers designs born from the history\, culture\, and terroir of Japan in original styles authentic to the Japanese experience. \n\nDirector Profile: \n©GROUP GENDAI FILMS CO.\, LTD.\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nBorn ​1974 in Japan. While still studying at Tama Art University\, MIYAKE Nagaru created experimental films in pursuit of physicality and participated in film festivals in and outside Japan. Since 1995\, he has been directing documentary films about traditional performing arts and the communities such traditions are rooted in. He continues to pursue the possibilities of the communication and physicality in the physical express
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/mantles-of-transience-with-live-qa-film-screening/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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SUMMARY:JFT Online ‘Sawakai’ For Japanese Teachers (59)
DESCRIPTION:JFT日本語教師オンライン茶話会のお知らせ\nJFT日本語教師オンライン茶話会では、授業で実践したことや感じていることなどを小グループで共有し合います。これからしてみたいと思っているアイデアや、ちょっと行き詰まっているなと感じていることなどでもかまいません。普段なかなか会えないカナダ各地の先生方とお話してみませんか。 \nJFT日本語教師オンライン茶話会トップページ：https://tr.jpf.go.jp/language/teachers/sawakai/ \n第59回JFT日本語教師オンライン茶話会\n日時：2024年4月24日（水）6:00pm ～ 6:40pm（山岳部夏時間） 8:00pm ～ 8:40pm（東部夏時間）\n \n*通常と時間が変わりますので、ご注意ください。\n*お住まいの地域の開始時間は以下からご確認ください。\nhttps://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=JFT+Sawakai+59&iso=20240424T20&p1=250&am=40 \nトピック：日本語上級専門家　着任！\n今回のJFT日本語教師オンライン茶話会は、3月に着任された国際交流基金からアルバータ州教育省へ派遣された日本語上級専門家の自己紹介と懇親会です。新任の日本語上級専門家やカナダ各地の先生方とお話ししたい方々、是非、ご参加ください！ \nお申し込み：ご興味のある方は本ページ下段よりお申し込みください。 \n対象者：カナダ在住の日本語教師、および、カナダ在住の日本語教育に興味のある方々 \n使用言語：日本語 \nお問い合わせ先：齋藤　典子　Noriko_Saito@jpf.go.jp
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/sawakai240424/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Teachers’ Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240426T180000
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SUMMARY:Conversation avec des designers\, par matohu à Montréal
DESCRIPTION:Esthétisme et artisanat – La philosophie de matohu sur le design –\nVendredi 26 avril à 18 h \nÉcole supérieure de mode (ESM) de l’ESG UQAM Room DM-R310 (280 rue Sainte-Catherine Est\, Montréal\, Québec) \nBook your visit here \n\n  \nÀ chaque pays son climat\, sa nature. Ce sont de telles particularités qui donnent naissance à une culture culinaire\, une architecture\, un artisanat et un art du spectacle qui lui sont propres. À leur tour\, vêtements et accessoires\, fondation d’un sens de la beauté façonné et perfectionné au fil d’une longue histoire\, reflètent les valeurs culturelles du territoire.\nDepuis quand\, alors\, appelle-t-on simplement « mode » toute une variété de cultures vestimentaires ? La mode n’est pas le nom d’une chose\, mais d’un phénomène.\nAvec la modernité et la mondialisation s’érodent jusqu’à disparaître non seulement notre sens unique et original de ce qui est beau\, mais aussi le travail manuel servant à l’exprimer. Voyons d’un nouvel œil les accoutrements du passé devenus synonymes de « mode » et rendons-leur leur statut de symbole culturel unique à chaque nation.\nmatohu s’intéresse continuellement à ces questions à travers les vêtements. Nous souhaitons présenter notre travail aux gens du Canada et l’utiliser pour partager ce qui\, selon nous\, constitue la place nécessaire de la diversité et de la durabilité dans les époques à venir. \nEsthétisme\nNous aborderons le sens de la beauté en prenant pour exemple notre collection Œil du Japon (Nihon no Me) et en nous appuyant sur un agencement d’images\, de concepts\, de textiles maison et de pièces de vêtement de notre cru. \nArtisanat\nNous aborderons le travail manuel en prenant pour exemple notre collection Voyage de la paume des mains (Tenohira no Tabi). En nous appuyant sur des images\, nous présenterons l’histoire de cet artisanat\, sa situation actuelle ainsi que de véritables pièces réalisées dans le cadre de collaborations avec lesquelles vous pourrez faire connaissance de très près. \n– Hiroyuki Horihata et Makiko Sekiguchi\, designers de matohu\, mars 2024 \n\nParcours des designers / Designers’ Profile \n \nHiroyuki Horihata a réalisé une maîtrise à l’université Doshisha.\nMakiko Sekiguchi a obtenu son diplôme à l’université Kyorin. \nEnsemble\, les deux ont étudié la mode masculine sous le programme de conception vestimentaire du Bunka Fashion College.\n1998 : Après avoir obtenu leur graduation\, le couple a travaillé pendant cinq ans en fabrication de patrons pour les marques japonaises Comme des Garçons et Yohji Yamamoto.\n2003 : Le couple a remis sa démission\, déménagé au Royaume-Uni et commencé à travailler pour Bora Aksu\, designer basé à Londres\, sur sa collection automne-hiver 2004-2005.\n2005 : Le couple a fondé sa propre marque\, matohu\, et s’est mis à participer à la Fashion Week du Japon à partir de 2006.\n2009 : Monsieur Hirohata et madame Sekiguchi ont remporté le prix New Designer dans le cadre de la Mainichi Fashion Grand Prix et le prix des commanditaires Shiseido. \nÀ propos de matohu / About matohu \n \nEn japonais\, le mot matohu (まとふ\, prononcé ma-to-u) revêt deux significations.\nLa première est le verbe matou\, qui rappelle un tissu recouvrant ou enveloppant le corps avec douceur.\nLa deuxième est la forme volitive du verbe matsu\, « attendre »\, ce qui revient à dire : « attendons ». Plutôt que consommer des biens et les jeter\, matohu nous invite donc à laisser à notre sens de la beauté le temps de venir à maturité.\nAnimée par la création de nouveaux vêtements qui perpétuent le sens japonais de la beauté\, matohu offre des motifs nés de l’histoire\, de la culture et du terroir du Japon dans des styles authentiques à l’expérience japonaise. \n  \nCo-presenter:
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/designers_talk_2/
LOCATION:École supérieure de mode (ESM) de l’ESG UQAM Room DM-R310\, 280 rue Sainte-Catherine Est\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2X 1L4\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Talk Event
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SUMMARY:Nihongo De Sodateyou 6th Online Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Nihongo De Sodateyou 6th Online Seminar – Parental Conversation Strategies to Encourage Children’s Use of Japanese\n日本語で育てよう　第6回オンラインセミナー\n子どもの日本語使用を促す親の会話ストラテジー\n\n  \n2024 年4月28 日(日) 19:30 – 21:30 ( カナダ東部夏時間)） オンライン開催　参加費無料 \n子どもたちは多言語環境に住んでいるとしても、親が話しかけることばを含め、彼らが触れているすべての言語を使うわけではありません。カナダでは英語、またはフランス語のように社会で優勢な言語が彼らにとっても強い言語になることがよくあります。親が日本語で話しかけ、それを理解していても、子どもにとって強い言語でしか話さなくなることもあるでしょう。では、子どもが家庭のことばの日本語を話すように促し続けるため、私たちに何かできることがあるでしょうか。今回のセミナーでは、その工夫のひとつ、子どもが家庭の言語を使って話すように促す会話のストラテジーを紹介します。また、その他にも親ができることを一緒に考えてみましょう。 \n講師: 中村ジェニス先生( 教育学博士） \n神奈川大学外国語学部准教授。マレーシアで複数の言語に触れて育ち、日本語を第6 言語／ 方言として習得。過去1 7 年間で1 0 0 以上の国際結婚家庭に関わり、子どものバイリンガリズムについて研究。親子間のやりとりや家族の言語方針を調査し、家庭内バイリンガリズムにおいてどのような障壁があるかを明らかにしようとしている。1 0 代の息子を和・英バイリンガルとして育てている。 \nお申込み：2024年4月26日(金)までにこちらのリンクからお申し込みください。 \n企画/お問い合わせ： 日本語で育てよう! sodate2020@gmail.com (三井・青木) \n共催：The Japan Foundation\, Toronto
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/nihongo-de-sodateyou6/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Other JFT Events
GEO:43.6710978;-79.386063
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240430T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240430T203000
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SUMMARY:The Makioka Sisters (film screening)
DESCRIPTION:The Makioka Sisters\n細雪 \nTuesday\, April 30\, 6:00PM (ET) \nDoors open 5:00PM | Film Screening | In-Person | JFT Event Hall \nDirected by KON Ichikawa • 1983 • Drama / Romance • 140 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer \n“The Makioka Sisters“ film screening on April 30 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 starting 60 minutes before the event on a first-come\, first-served basis for cancelled seats. We cannot guarantee your admittance\, but if you are willing to take a chance\, please join the line. \nThis lyrical adaptation of the beloved novel by TANIZAKI Junichiro was a late-career triumph for director ICHIKAWA Kon. Structured around the changing of the seasons\, The Makioka Sisters (細雪 / Sasame-yuki) follows the lives of four siblings who have taken on their family’s kimono manufacturing business\, in the years leading up to the Pacific War. The two oldest have been married for some time\, but according to tradition\, the rebellious youngest sister cannot wed until the third\, conservative and terribly shy\, finds a husband. This graceful study of a family at a turning point in history is a poignant evocation of changing times and fading customs\, shot in rich\, vivid colors.\n—The Criterion Channel\n \nCo-presented with the Consulate-General of Japan in Toronto\, in celebration of springtime and cherry blossom season. \nFree admission. Register below. \n\nDirector Profile: \n \nBorn in 1915\, ICHIKAWA Kon was a world-renowned Japanese film director who was credited with introducing Western-style comedy to Japan in the 1950s. Later in his career\, Ichikawa’s work became concerned with more-serious subjects such as antiwar sentiment. \nIchikawa graduated from the Ichioka Commercial School in Ōsaka. He made his first motion picture\, Musume Dojo-ji (The Girl at Dojo Temple)\, a puppet drama based on a traditional Kabuki play\, in 1946 for the Shintōhō Motion Picture Company. Sambyaku rokujūgo ya (1948; Three Hundred and Sixty-five Nights) was his first big box-office success. He collaborated with his wife\, WADA Natto\, a screenwriter\, on the screenplays for many of his early films. \nIn the 1950s\, Ichikawa and Wada developed the genre of the verbally witty comedy in Japan in such films as Ashi ni sawatta onna (1953; The Woman Who Touched the Legs)\, a remake of an earlier silent comedy\, and Pū-san (1953; Mr. Pū). Two of Ichikawa’s later features\, Biruma no tategoto (1956; The Burmese Harp) and Nobi (1959; Fires on the Plain)\, are strong antiwar statements. Of the films that followed\, Kagi (1959; Odd Obsession)\, Yukinojō henge (1963; An Actor’s Revenge)\, and Matatabi (1973; The Wanderers) are notable for Ichikawa’s delicate treatment of the material and the strikingly beautiful visual composition of each scene. \nOne of his greatest achievements was the documentary Tōkyō Orimpikku (1965; Tokyo Olympiad)\, in which he emphasized the attitudes and responses of the spectators and competitors over the outcome of the events. His later work included a television serialization of The Tale of Genji and a number of popular suspense melodramas.
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/the-makioka-sisters/
LOCATION:The Japan Foundation\, Toronto\, 2 Bloor St. East\, 3rd Floor\, Toronto\, ON\, M4W 1A8\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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