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SUMMARY:Kampai! For the Love of Sake
DESCRIPTION:Kampai! For the Love of Sake カンパイ！世界が恋する日本酒\n2015 (95 min.) Screening July 10 – 12\, 2020 \nDirected by KONISHI Mirai \nCo-presented by The Japan Foundation\, Toronto and The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre\, in conjunction with the Online Sake School with TAJIRI Mariko \nTickets $5.99 \nThis screening requires the purchase of a ticket on JCCC’s website. \nWatch film here > \nWe love to hear your feedback\, please click here for a short questionnaire > \nJapanese cuisine is now one of the most popular cuisines all over the globe. However\, there is one essential component that is often missing at the tables of international Japanese eateries – SAKE. Sake\, often called Japanese rice wine\, is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice and has a wide range of variety. This special drink has a long\, deep history in Japanese culture\, but outside of Japan\, its still not well known and somewhat inaccessible\, which makes it very hard to enjoy sake if you’re trying it for the first time. \nFor the Love of Sake journeys from rice paddies in Japan to breweries around the globe as it chronicles three passionate exponents of the increasingly popular beverage: a British ex-pat who has become Japan’s first foreign master brewer\, an American journalist known as the ‘Sake Evangelist\,’ and a fifth-generation Japanese brewer determined to shake up the industry. Together\, their stories form a fascinating snapshot of how ancient traditions are adapting to the demands of a growing global market. \nFeaturing Kosuke Kuji\, Chizuru Doi\, John Gauntner\, Hiroshi Kuji \n  \n[ Film Festivals\, Awards ]\n2015 San Sebastian International Film Festival\, Culinary Cinema\n2015 Tokyo International Film Festival\, Panorama\n2015 Hawaii International Film Festival\, Eat.Drink.Film \n[About KONISHI Mirai\, director\, producer\, editor]\nMirai Konishi\, a journalist and filmmaker\, grew up in Japan and studied film at the University of Southern California (USC). Mirai’s short films have screened at numerous film festivals\, to be included at Short Shorts Film Festival for BLIND (1999) and Tokyo Fantastic Film Festival for CLOSE TO YOU (2003). His feature debut documentary\, KAMPAI! FOR THE LOVE OF SAKE (2015) premiered at the San Sebastian International Film Festival\, and went on to the Tokyo International Film Festival and Hawaii International Film Festival\, among others. Mirai is also a journalist specializing in cinema and contributes to the Japanese publications Roadshow and Cut. In 2012\, he was honored by an invitation to join the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. His most recent directing work is KAMPAI! SAKE SISTERS (2019). \n\nONLINE SAKE SCHOOL with TAJIRI Mariko\n \nJoin us for a fascinating look into the world of Japan’s national drink with international sake sommelier and educator TAJIRI Mariko.  Mariko will present three independent 90-minute seminars\, each addressing a different facet of sake and the culture around its creation and enjoyment. Co-presented by the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre and the Japan Foundation\, Toronto. \nDetails here > \nTrailer for Kampai! below >
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/kampai-for-the-love-of-sake/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200625T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200625T210000
DTSTAMP:20260622T064603
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SUMMARY:Online Sake School with TAJIRI Mariko
DESCRIPTION:ONLINE SAKE SCHOOL with TAJIRI Mariko\nJoin us for a fascinating look into the world of Japan’s national drink with international sake sommelier and educator TAJIRI Mariko. Starting June 25\, Mariko will present three independent 90-minute seminars\, each addressing a different facet of sake and the culture around its creation and enjoyment. Co-presented by the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre and the Japan Foundation\, Toronto in conjunction with the online screening of the sake documentary Kampai! For the Love of Sake from July 10 – 12\, 2020. \nSeminars are conducted over ZOOM. Each is 90 minutes and the fee is $35 per seminar\, however connoisseurs taking all 3 seminars will be charged just $95. \nIf you want to savour as you study\, Sake Study Packs featuring three bottles can ordered for home deliver (in the GTA) for $92 through Sake School Kit \nWe love to hear your comments on the seminars! \nPlease click here to give us your feedback \nSeminar #1: SAKE 101 (SOLD OUT)\nLooks at the basics in terms of how sake is made\, the varying types and grades of sake and its history.\nDate: Thursday June 25 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm\nFee: $35 \n\nSeminar #2 SERVING SAKE\nLooks at how to enjoy sake. How should it be served? How it is best paired with food? How does one select the correct temperature and glassware by season and circumstance?\nDate: Thursday July 9 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm\nFee: $35\nRegister Now \n\nSeminar #3 REGIONALITY\nAs with wine\, region and terrior are essential to your sake knowledge. Learn about the important regions\, what characteristic you should look for from certain regions and who the best producers are.\nDate: Thursday July 23 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm\nFee:$35\nRegister Now \n\nFULL SEMINAR PASS (SOLD OUT)\nTake all three seminars listed above.\nFee:$95\nRegister Now \nIf you have any question regarding seminar\, please contact at jccc@jccc.on.ca. \n  \nAbout Mariko Tajiri \n \nMariko is an international sake educator and promoter working a National Brand Manager for That’s Life in Canada\, a wine and sake importer based in Vancouver and Toronto. She has been working with sake for over 12 years with a portfolio including producers such as Jikon\, Sharaku\, \nKuheiji\, Matsumoto\, Hououbiden and Tengumai. Mariko became an IWC (International Wine Challenge) sake judge in 2017. She has done amazing things in the sake world and has been instrumental in putting sake in a different context. \nShe now teaches with WSET (Wine and Spirits Education Trust)\, a wine school based in London\, UK and this curriculum has really brought sake education together. She also teaches in BC\, Alberta and Ontario. \n  \nThere is an excellent interview with TAJIRI Mariko here in NIKKEI VOICE >  \n\nJuly 10 – 12\, 2020 \n \nKampai! For the Love of Sake  \nWatch this documentary about the exploration of the traditional\, complex\, and secretive world of sake\, often called Japanese rice wine\, through the eyes of three distinctive outsiders who have devoted themselves to sake. Details here >
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/online-sake-school/2020-06-25/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200619T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200621T210000
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SUMMARY:Hirokazu Kore-eda Retrospective: Like Father Like Son
DESCRIPTION:Hirokazu Kore-eda Retrospective\nJune 5 ~ June 28\, 2020\nThe Japan Foundation\, Toronto is proud to present with the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre a selection of films by master filmmaker KORE-EDA Hirokazu. Kore-eda is widely considered Japan’s finest contemporary director and screenwriter. Internationally celebrated\, he won the Jury Prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival for Like Father\, Like Son and the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival for Shoplifters. \nOver the month of June the Virtual JCCC film series will feature four of his films\, all dealing with themes of family and its meaning. Film details here > \nAll screenings in Japanese with English subtitles\, and are $5.99 and can be accessed through www.jccc.on.ca \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLIKE FATHER LIKE SON そして父になる\n\n\n2013 (121 min.) Screening June 19 – 21\, 2020\n\n\n\n\n\nThis screening requires the purchase of a ticket on JCCC’s website.\n\n\n\nWatch film here > \n\n\n\n\n\n\nRyota has earned everything he has by his hard work\, and believes nothing can stop him from pursuing his perfect life as a winner. Then one day\, he and his wife\, Midori\, get an unexpected phone call from the hospital. Their 6-year-old son\, Keita\, is not their son – the hospital gave them the wrong baby. Ryota is forced to make a life-changing decision\, to choose between nature and nurture. Seeing Midori’s devotion to Keita even after learning his origin\, and communicating with the rough yet caring family that has raised his natural son for the last six years\, Ryota also starts to question himself: has he really been a ‘father’ all these years… The moving story of a man who finally faces himself when he encounters an unexpected wall for the first time in his life. \nStarring Masaharu Fukuyama\, Machiko Ono\, Yôko Maki\, Lily Franky. \n66th Cannes Film Festival\, Jury Prize\, Special Mention of Ecumenical Jury\nSan Sebastian International Film Festival\, Audience Award\nVancouver International Film Festival\, Audience Award\nSao Paulo International Film Festival\, Audience Award\nAbu Dhabi Film Festival\, Child Protection Award for Best Script \n\n\n\nImages (c)2013 FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK\, INC./AMUSE INC./GAGA CORPORATION. All rights reserved. \n\nFilms of the Hirokazu Kore-eda Retrospective > \nTrailer below >
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/kore-eda-retrospective-like-father-like-son/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200612T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200614T210000
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SUMMARY:Hirokazu Kore-eda Retrospective: After The Storm
DESCRIPTION:Hirokazu Kore-eda Retrospective\nJune 5 ~ June 28\, 2020\nThe Japan Foundation\, Toronto is proud to present with the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre a selection of films by master filmmaker KORE-EDA Hirokazu. Kore-eda is widely considered Japan’s finest contemporary director and screenwriter. Internationally celebrated\, he won the Jury Prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival for Like Father\, Like Son and the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival for Shoplifters. \nOver the month of June the Virtual JCCC film series will feature four of his films\, all dealing with themes of family and its meaning. Film details here > \nAll screenings in Japanese with English subtitles\, and are $5.99 and can be accessed through www.jccc.on.ca \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAFTER THE STORM 海よりもまだ深く\n2016 (117 min.) Screening June 12-14\, 2020\n\n\nThis screening requires the purchase of a ticket on JCCC’s website.\n\n\n\nWatch film here > \n\n\nWe love to hear your comments\, please share your feedback here >\n\n\n\nDwelling on his past glory as a prize-winning author\, Ryota wastes the money he makes as a private detective on gambling and can barely pay child support. After the death of his father\, his aging mother and beautiful ex-wife seem to be moving on with their lives. Renewing contact with his initially distrusting family\, Ryota struggles to take back control of his existence and to find a lasting place in the life of his young son – until a stormy summer night offers them a chance to truly bond again. \n\n\nThe film was in the official selection Un Certain Regard Cannes Film Festival and Masters Program at Toronto International Film Festival. \nStarring Hiroshi Abe\, Yoko Maki\, Satomi Kobayashi\, Kirin Kikin\, Taiyo Yoshizawa. \n  \nImages (c)2016 FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK/BANDAI VISUAL/AOI Pro. Inc./GAGA CORPORATION All rights reserved. \n\nFilms of the Hirokazu Kore-eda Retrospective > \nTrailer below >
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/kore-eda-retrospective-after-the-storm/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200605T090000
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SUMMARY:Hirokazu Kore-eda Retrospective: Our Little Sister
DESCRIPTION:Hirokazu Kore-eda Retrospective\nJune 5 ~ June 28\, 2020\nThe Japan Foundation\, Toronto is proud to present with the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre a selection of films by master filmmaker KORE-EDA Hirokazu. Kore-eda is widely considered Japan’s finest contemporary director and screenwriter. Internationally celebrated\, he won the Jury Prize at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival for Like Father\, Like Son and the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival for Shoplifters. \nOver the month of June the Virtual JCCC film series will feature four of his films\, all dealing with themes of family and its meaning. Film details here > \nAll screenings in Japanese with English subtitles\, and are $5.99 and can be accessed through www.jccc.on.ca \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOUR LITTLE SISTER 海街diary\n2015 (126 min.) Screening June 5-7\, 2020\n\n\nWatch film here >\n\n\nPlease share your comments and let us know how you liked the film here > \nThree sisters – Sachi\, Yoshino and Chika – live together in a large house in the city of Kamakura. When their father – absent from the family home for the last 15 years – dies\, they travel to the countryside for his funeral\, and meet their shy teenage half-sister. Bonding quickly with the orphaned Suzu\, they invite her to live with them. Suzu eagerly agrees\, and a new life of joyful discovery begins for the four siblings… \n\n\nThe film is based on the manga series Umimachi Diary (海街diary) by YOSHIDA Akimi. It was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. \nStarring Haruka Ayase\, Masami Nagasawa\, Kaho\, Kirin Kiki\, Suzu Hirose. \n  \nImages © 2015 Akimi Yoshida\, SHOGAKUKAN\, FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK INC.\, SHOGAKUKAN INC.\, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics. \n\nFilms in the Hirokazu Kore-eda Retrospective > \nTrailer below > \n \n 
URL:https://tr.jpf.go.jp/event/kore-eda-retrospective-our-little-sister/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200531T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200531T133000
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SUMMARY:Live RAMEN Talk and Q+A
DESCRIPTION:Live RAMEN Talk and Q+A With Chef TAKAHASHI Ryu and Chef Matt Kimura\n \nLive RAMEN Talk and Q+A With Chef TAKAHASHI Ryu and Chef Matt Kimura\nSunday May 31\, 2020 @ 1:00 PM (EDT) \nAtlantic (ADT) 2:00 P.M.\nQuebec/Ottawa/Ontario (EDT) 1:00 P.M.\nManitoba (CDT) 12:00 P.M.\nAlberta (MDT) 11:00 A.M.\nBC (PDT) 10:00 A.M. \nIn conjunction with the online screening of RAMEN HEADS \nIf you missed it\, watch the live discussion here on the Japan Foundation\, Toronto youtube channel! \nJoin us for a lively talk and discussion about ramen between owner – Chef TAKAHASHI Ryu\, of RYUS Noodle Bar and food stylist – Chef Matt Kimura. Find out some of the secret ingredients and philosophy behind the ramen of one of Canada’s most celebrated ramen! \nThe live talk will be followed by a short Q+A. Please post your questions in the youtube chat. \nWatch the live discussion online here > \nWe’d love to hear your feedback! \n\n \nShow About Chef Ryuichiro Takahashi\, proprietor of Toronto’s RYUS Noodle Bar  \nCooking has always been a passion for Chef Takahashi — graduating with a business degree and working in a number of kitchens in Japan\, he always dreamed of opening his own place. \nChef Takahashi first arrived in Vancouver to study trade and marketing\, essential skills for his future path as owner chef of a ramen restaurant. Upon immigrating to Canada\, he then moved to Toronto where he realized his dream of striking out on his own. \nRamen is my favourite\, so that’s why I focused on that\,” he explained. \nLast year\, Takahashi was asked to open a stall at the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum in Japan — the first Canadian to be recognized in those hallowed halls of ramen honour. Chef Takahashi was the first Canadian invitee to set up shop in New York City’s popular Ramen Lab — an exclusive boutique stand-up eatery featuring the world’s best examples of the ubiquitous dish\, and Japan’s favourite food. (Source: Bryan Passifiume\, Toronto SUN) \nRYUS Noodle Bar \n@RYUS_Noodle_bar \n \n \nShow About About Chef Matt Kimura  \nMatthew Kimura is a Food Stylist artist specializing in commercial broadcast\, print\, and online content. Beginning is passion for for working learning from his father in a family Japanese restaurant Ginko. Over the years Matthew worked in many different avenues with food from restaurants\, Food TV shows\, recipe development until he began to focus on Food Styling. \nhttps://instagram.com/p/tYEoDCpJzt/ \nPeople can follow him at:\nInstagram: kimura_sensei\nEmail: matthew@kimurafood.com\nWebsite: kimurafood.com \n \nPresented by:\nThe Japan Foundation\, Toronto and the Embassy of Japan in Canada\, Consulate General of Japan in Vancouver\, Consulate General of Japan in Toronto\, Consulate General of Japan in Calgary and the Consulate General of Japan in Montreal \n \nCommunity partner:\n \n 
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SUMMARY:RAMEN HEADS
DESCRIPTION:RAMEN HEADSラーメンヘッズ\n \nWarm up to a tasty bowl of Ramen! Join us for a special co-presentation between The Japan Foundation\, Toronto and the Embassy of Japan in Canada\, Consulate General of Japan in Vancouver\, Consulate General of Japan in Toronto\, Consulate General of Japan in Calgary and the Consulate General of Japan in Montreal. Also thank you to our community partner Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre. #StayHomeEatRamen \nMay 29\, 9:00 AM to May 31\, 9:00 PM (EDT)\nRAMEN HEADSラーメンヘッズ\nDirected by SHIGENO Koki 2017\, G\, 93 min. [Documentary]\nOnline\, admission free\, RSVP required > Link provided upon registration \n[Please refer to the guide here if you were sent a password or have issues watching the film.] \nIn Ramen Heads\, TOMITA Osamu  Japan’s reigning king of ramen\, takes us deep into his world\, revealing every single step of his obsessive approach to creating the perfect soup and noodles\, and his relentless search for the highest-quality ingredients.\nIn addition to Tomita’s story\, the film also profiles five other notable ramen shops\, each with its own philosophy and flavour\, which exemplify various different aspects the ramen world. Mixing in a brief rundown of ramen’s historical roots\, the film gives viewers an in-depth look at the culture surrounding this unique and beguiling dish. This is a documentary record of 15 months in the lives of Japan’s top ramen masters and their legions of devoted fans. \n(c) 2017 Netzgen \nThe link will be live from May 29\, 2020 9:00 AM (EST) ~ May 31\, 2020 9:00 PM (EST) \nTo watch film\, register below to receive link > \nWe’d love to hear your feedback!   \nLive RAMEN Talk and Q+A with Chef TAKAHASHI Ryu and Chef Matt Kimura\nMay 31\, 2020 1:00 PM (EDT) \nJoin us for a live Ramen presentation and Q+A featuring RYUS Noodle Bar owner/chef Takahashi Ryu and chef Matthew Kimura. \nEvent details here > \nWatch Live Ramen Talk and Q+A here > \nWe’d love to hear your feedback!  \n  \nPresented by:\nThe Japan Foundation\, Toronto and the Embassy of Japan in Canada\, Consulate General of Japan in Vancouver\, Consulate General of Japan in Toronto\, Consulate General of Japan in Calgary and the Consulate General of Japan in Montreal \n \nCommunity partner:\n \n \n\nAlso this weekend\, our Community Partner JCCC will be screening a Detective Conan Adventure at the Virtual JCCC!\nCASE CLOSED: SUNFLOWERS OF INFERNO 名探偵コナン 業火の向日葵 \nSaturday May 30@ 9:00am to Sunday May 31 @ 9:00pm  Admission: $5.99 \nThis exciting installment in the wildly popular Case Closed animated film series finds high school detective Conan Edogawa in New York facing off against his arch nemesis\, magician-thief The Kaitou Kid. A spectacular Van Gogh exhibition in a unique museum is the target and so begins a thrilling adventure for Conan and his friends Ran\, Sonoko and Kogoro. Voiced by Nana Eikura and Kappei Yamaguchi. \nIn Japanese with English Subtitles MORE DETAILS HERE >
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