This event repeats every weekday between 4/26/2012 and 6/6/2012.
A Window on Nature: Art of Asuka Hishiki includes over 35 watercolors illustrating a poetic and detailed observation of plants and insects. Hishiki’s portraits of vegetables from New York City’s celebrated Greenmarkets and her imaginative plant-like insects from her Association of Type B metamorphosis Entomologists (ATBE) series are influenced by a childhood reference book of insects, plants and animals, as well as her fascination with the work of 18th century naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian. Offering a visually nourishing treat, Hishiki faithfully captures crisp, ripe colors of locally grown vegetables and brilliantly patterned caterpillars sprout mushrooms on their backs.
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Co-presented by Asia Society and Mar Creation, Inc.
Highlighting some of the most exciting new voices in cinema, these seven award-winning shorts, including live action and animation, offer rich insight into the imagination and creative impulse of seven U.S.-based filmmakers. Program attended by filmmakers. Reception to follow, sponsored by Asahi Beer.
When: 8 June 2012
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Where: 725 Park Avenue, New York, NY
Admission: $7 Asia Society members; $9 seniors and students w/ID; $11 nonmembers.
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The ingredients of sake–rice and water–are very simple, hence their quality is of paramount importance. Most sake breweries are located near a plentiful source of pure, natural water, which plays a big role in the final flavors and nature of the sake. Sake rice is milled, sometimes down to 35 percent of the original size of the grains, in order to achieve the highest quality of sake. Sake expert John Gaunter introduces the importance of rice and water in sake brewing.
Followed by a sake tasting reception with more than 30 kinds of premium sake.
Co-organized by Japan Sake Export Association.
Must be 21 years of age.
When: Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Time: 6:30 PM
Where: Japan Society,
333 East 47th Street
New York, NY 10017
Tickets: $35/$30 Japan Society members, seniors & stude ... 
Saturday, November 3, 8 p.m.; Stephens Hall Theatre at Towson University
Kagura refers to a type of Japanese folk music and dance tributed to the gods of Shintoism. Kuromori Kagura was developed several hundred years ago to specifically worship the divine spirit of the Kuromori Shrine, which is located in the town of Yamaguchi in Iwate Prefecture, the area devastated by the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. In 2006, the Japanese government designated Kuromori Kagura an Intangible Cultural Folk Asset. This 12 member company’s premier tour in the U.S. (10/26-11/5), following its performance at the National Theater in Tokyo in June 2012, brings to the stage a dozen dance and music pieces from the Kuromori Kagura repertoire of 74 pieces. Organized by Japan Society, NY.
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Start the New Year and the Year of the Snake with fun arts and crafts, games, and exciting cultural activities and performances.
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES:
11AM-5PM:
• Slither into the celebrating the Year of the Snake by making some of your own!
• Make a decorative wreath of all the zodiac animals
• Ruthie’s Origami Corner: Fold your own origami snake
• Toddler Room
• Jump around in our fun snake jumper!
• Special fukubukuro (lucky bag) sale at gift shop
11:30AM-1:30PM: Taste and purchase different varieties of rice. Sponsored by Common Grains.
12-3PM: Omikuji (sacred lottery) will let you know what kind of year you’ll be having!
12-5PM: Watch world-renowned candy artist Shaun Ichiyanagi make snake sculpture candy! (For children only. Candy snakes will be raffled off at the start of every h ... 
