The next j-Summit New York – the 4th fundraising event for Japan will features new artists: Ten, Yujin Amano, Yuki & Cuties, Reiko4D and Yuruko Miyake in addition to the regulars: Nobuya, FNC, Tokyo Circus and Clown Toto.
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[press release] J-Summit NYC @ Bowery Electric NYC
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 by Kathy Chee[photo] Sixh Fashion Show @ Anime Next – June 11, 2011
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011 by Kathy Chee
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[photo] Berryz Kobo @ Sakuracon
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 by Kathy CheeThe seven-member Hello! Project idol group Berryz Kobo made their American performance debut at Sakura-Con 2011 for an audience of 3500 fans. Fans traveled from all over the world including multiple parts of the USA, plus Canada, France, Mexico, and Japan to support the pop vocal group who is celebrating their 7th year together.
Berryz Kobo members kept busy during the April 22-24 weekend, appearing at the event’s opening and closing ceremonies, participating in a live audience Q&A and two separate 60-minute sessions where they accepted gifts from fans and signed autographs for Sakura-Con attendees. At the HelloStoreUSA booth, Berryz Kobo signed a 6-foot banner and 7 hand-written messages in support of their USA CD release and American-based merchandise store. Group Captain Saki Shimuzu appeared at the booth on Sunday April 24 to announce the raffle winners and to personally inscribe the winner’s name on the vinyl banner.
The highlight of the weekend for Berryz Kobo fans was Saturday night’s hour-long live concert which featured songs spanning their entire career. Fans waited in line for hours before the concert and participated with the
performers during the show with high-energy chants, shouts, and choreography.
Sakura-Con attendees contributed over $1887 to Japan Relief at the Berryz Kobo booth during the three-day event. In addition, Berryz Kobo members donated wristbands and autographed posters to Sakura-Con’s annual charity fund-raising auction, raising an additional $850.
Set List:
Ganbarou Nippon Ai wa Katsu
Special Generation
Heroine ni Narou ka
Shining Power
-MC-
Piriri to Yukou
Happiness -Koufuku Kangei-
Tsukiatteru no Kataomoi
-MC-
Berry Fields
CLAP!
Maji Bomber!
Icchoume Rock!
Otakebi Boy WAO!
-MC-
Rival
(Encore) All For One and One For All
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[press release] j-Summit NY’s Tsunami & Earthquake Aid
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 by Kathy CheeTouched by the recent tragedy, *j-Summit NY* has announced proceeds and donations collected from their *March 27**th* event will support the relief fund effort for Japan. The monthly installment of Japanese performance artistry promotes talented and skillful artists through cultural exchange. Part concert, dance recital and sketch comedy this month’s line-up is an exciting list of brilliant performers.
Infamous New York party personas *Tokyo Circus** *will provide stage sketch comedy and* *Season 5 “So you think you can Dance?” Contestant *Nobuya* has selected gifted dance crews for j-Summits entertaining dance segments. Included on the Dance line up are Jazz Dancers* Big** East Culture, Duo Kana Harayama & Inmi Song, & FNC, *with a special guest, Nana Masuda & Akiko Furukawa.
Featuring musical performances by the Folk/Rock singer *LULLA*, the melodic contemporary quartet *Robin’s Egg Blue*, Brazilian/Jazz vocalist *ERIKA*, Triple threat – pianist, singer songwriter, *SENRI OE, **American Idol* contestant *YOJI** POP*and super J-Rock band *NoirceuR.*
*j-Summit NY* will be hosted at a new venue *The Bowery Electric* at 327 Bowery and open at 6pm. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door.
For more information
http://www.myspace.com/jsummitnewyork
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=170096443041253
http://www.jsummitny.com
去る３月１１日、日本東北地方太平洋沖地震／津波により多くの死傷者、
行方不明者数が相次いでおりますが、皆様のご家族，ご友人などは勿論のこと、行方不明となっている方々のご無事を願うと共に一日も早い救出作業、復興活動が円滑に進むよう心よりお祈り致します。
現状、原発問題など２次災害が続いてもおり非常に痛ましく深刻な事態となっておりますが、我々New York 在住者から、被災者への援助や復興への支援をすべく来る３月２７日に、ファンドレージングとしてj-summit New York を開催し、収益金の一部並びに来場者、関係者からも寄付金を募り
それらをNY日本総領事館を通し被災者に義援金として寄付致します。
www.ny.us.emb-japan.go.jp
一人でも多くの方々のご来場、ご協力をお願い申し上げます。
j-Summit New York では、この後も支援活動を踏まえましてイベント開催を予定しております。
イベントを通しまして一人でも多くの方々の共感を募り一丸となって応援させて頂きたく参加アーティストを募っております。
また、下記サイトなど個人での支援も可能ですので、ご参考にご覧頂ければ幸いです。
米国赤十字社 Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami
http://american.rredcross.org/
ジャパンソサエティ the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund
http://www.japansociety.org/news
ニューヨーク市長基金（Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City https://www.nyc.gov/html/fund/html/donate/donate.shtml
[press release] JapanNYC – March & April 2011
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 by Kathy CheeJapanNYC Spring Events Begin on Monday, March 14
This spring, from Monday, March 14 to Saturday, April 9, Carnegie Hall launches part two of JapanNYC, an ambitious two-part citywide festival inviting audiences to explore the incredible diversity of Japanese arts and culture with more than 65 performances and events at Carnegie Hall and New York City partner venues.
The spring lineup of more than 40 events will include classical, pop, and traditional Japanese music (including free Neighborhood Concerts), noh theater, taiko drumming, dance, film, exhibitions, workshops, and panel discussions on a wide variety of topics. Featured artists in JapanNYC this spring include violinist Midori, the NHK Symphony Orchestra led by André Previn, Bach Collegium Japan with conductor Masaaki Suzuki, Kodo Drummers, Kasha-juku Noh Theater, Martha Graham Dance Company, Eiko & Koma, jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi, shamisen players Yutaka Oyama and Masahiro Nitta, pianist Aimi Kobayashi, and many more.
A number of exciting, new events have been added to the JapanNYC spring lineup since the festival began in December. Two new events kick off JapanNYC’s spring schedule on March 14: Panel Discussion: Innovating and Profiting in Contemporary Japan; Japan’s economic setbacks haven’t stifled opportunities for smart companies to thrive. Join a discussion with Norman Pearlstine, Chief Content Officer, Bloomberg LP; and Chairman, Bloomberg Businessweek, as he speaks with leaders from Gilt Groupe, Dentsu, and other organizations about how they’re profiting in a challenging but lucrative environment; Monday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Weill Recital Hall; presented by Carnegie Hall in partnership with Bloomberg.
Special Event: j-CATION 2011: Beyond Cute; an all-day open house taking visitors beyond Japan’s kawaii (cute) culture introducing them to some of the most recent, radical, and wondrous trends in Japan today; Saturday, April 9, 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. at Japan Society; presented by Japan Society. Also, special walk-in Japanese-language tours of Carnegie Hall will be given at 12:30 p.m. on March 22, March 26, April 5, and April 9. The public may visit carnegiehall.org/japannyc for the most up-to-date information on festival events, interviews with artists, videos, slideshows, and other content providing insight into Japan’s arts scene and JapanNYC festival offerings. Carnegie Hall’s social media sites, facebook.com/carnegiehall and twitter.com/carnegiehall, will also share festival information including a special origami contest.
The JapanNYC festival explores the world of Japan today, where artists embrace their country’s unique aesthetic sensibilities while continually revitalizing its cultural landscape. Led by famed conductor Seiji Ozawa as Artistic Director, JapanNYC celebrates a country that values its long-standing cultural heritage while also embracing and transforming Western art forms, in a spirit that very much looks ahead.
The festival extends throughout New York City, thanks to partnerships with 26 prestigious New York cultural institutions, including Absolutely Live Entertainment and New Audiences; Asian Contemporary Art Week; Asia Society; Baryshnikov Arts Center; Bloomberg; Brooklyn Botanic Garden; Danspace Project; Film Forum; Institute for Medieval Japanese Studies at Columbia University; Japan Society; The Juilliard School; Macy’s; The New York Public Library; The Noguchi Museum; The Paley Center for Media; Paul Szilard Productions and Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance; The Wall Street Journal; Wordless Music; Works & Process at the Guggenheim; and the World Music Institute. Free Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concerts at partner venues—Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts; Abrons Art Center at Henry Street Settlement; LaGuardia Performing Arts Center; and Lehman Stages at Lehman College in the Bronx—will ensure that JapanNYC is accessible to all.
Extending beyond New York, Carnegie Hall continues its partnership with the Philharmonic Society of Orange County for a second consecutive year. Select artists appearing in JapanNYC will also perform this season at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California, as part of JapanOC, a West Coast festival presented by the Philharmonic Society from October 2010 through April 2011, thanks to the generous support of South Coast Plaza.
Check out the full event listing at the JapanNYC website – http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/box_office/series/brochure/japannyc/index.aspx
Japan Earthquake – Relief Effort
Monday, March 14th, 2011 by Kathy CheePurple SKY would like to extend our heartfelt thoughts to those affected by the earthquakes that devastated the Sendai area of Japan. In support of the relief effort, a donation to Red Cross has been made on behalf of the writer’s and our business partners abroad.
Whether in times of crisis or peace, please consider donating to a charity of your choice.
Red Cross – http://www.redcross.org/
Doctors Without Borders – http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
Asia Foundation - http://www.asiafoundation.org/
[photo] Tokyo Fashion Festa 2 (Cosplay & Make-up) @ FIT NYC
Friday, February 18th, 2011 by Kathy Chee
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J-Summit Show Feb. 20, 2011
Friday, February 11th, 2011 by Kathy Chee
[photo] Zazen Boys @ Irving Plaza 10/10/10
Monday, October 11th, 2010 by Kathy Chee
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[press release] Japan Fashion Now @ The Museum at FIT NYC
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 by Kathy CheeJAPAN FASHION NOW
On View at The Museum at FIT in New York City
September 17, 2010-January 8, 2011
The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT) presents Japan Fashion Now, the first exhibition to explore contemporary Japanese fashion in all its radical creativity, from avant-garde high fashion to street and subcultural styles, from menswear to new designers. Approximately 100 ensembles will be on display, some two dozen in an introductory gallery devoted to the Japanese “fashion revolution” of the 1980s, and the rest in a dramatic mise-en-scène evoking the iconic cityscape of 21st-century Tokyo.
Featured designers include Jun Takahashi of Undercover (described by journalist Suzy Menkes as “the essence of Japanese cool”), Hirooka Naoto (the designer behind h.NAOTO, Japan’s most successful Gothic-Punk-Lolita fashion empire, who has said, “I aim to be the most extreme and scandalous brand in the world”), and menswear designer Takeshi Osumi of Phenomenon (who just presented his first spectacular runway collection in Tokyo).
Previous museum exhibitions have focused on the first generation of avant-garde designers who came to prominence in the 1980s: Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons, and Yohji Yamamoto. Japan Fashion Now acknowledges their historic contribution to global fashion but also moves beyond the first wave of Deconstruction to explore how dramatically Japanese fashion has changed over the past twenty years. Among the new Japanese designers featured are Chitose Abe of sacai, Hiroyuki Horihata and Makiko Sekiguchi of Matohu, and Hiroki Nakamura of visvim. Equally compelling is the range of Japanese street fashion — from the elegant and bizarre costumes called Kamikaze suits worn by members of Japan’s Speed Tribe to the hyper-cute outfits of the Princess Decoration Style. Also on display will be Japan’s iconic school uniforms, famous Lolita brands such as Baby, the Stars Shine Bright (featured in the cult movie Kamikaze Girls, and the latest Forest Girl looks. Idol singers Hangry and Angry will lend their own clothes by h.NAOTO.
“Japan continues to be on the cutting-edge — maybe even the bleeding edge— of fashion,” says museum director and exhibition curator, Dr. Valerie Steele. “However, Japanese fashion today embraces not only the cerebral, avant-garde looks associated with the first wave of Japanese design in the 1980s, but also a range of youth-oriented looks, such as Gothic Lolita and Forest Girl styles. Some of the best designers combine avant-garde and subcultural styles. Equally significant is the Japanese obsession (not too strong a word) with perfecting classic utilitarian garments, such as jeans and work wear.”
The exhibition was designed by Charles B. Froom, with assistance from Fred Dennis and Ken Nintzel, and graphic design by Adrian Kitzinger. Additional assistance was provided by C.J. Yeh, FIT assistant professor of Communication Design, and the FIT Media Design Club.
Japan Fashion Now has been generously sponsored by Yagi Tsusho Limited, a global marketing and merchandising company specializing in fashion that has been introducing excellent brands from Europe and the U.S. to the Japanese market for more than 60 years, MONCLER and MACKINTOSH among the most recent.
Book – 11/08/10 pub date, PB-with Flaps $39.95, ISBN: 9780300167276
A lavishly illustrated book, also called Japan Fashion Now, will be published by Yale University Press, with essays by Valerie Steele (“Is Japan Still the Future?”); Patricia Mears, deputy director of The Museum at FIT (“Fashion Revolution”); Hiroshi Narumi, associate professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design (“Japanese Street Style”); and Dr. Yuniya Kawamura, associate professor of Sociology at FIT (“Japanese Fashion Subcultures”). Proceeds from the book go to the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Events
The exhibition will be accompanied by a wide range of public programs, including gallery tours and a Lolita tea party, all of which will be part of the museum’s Fashion Culture series. The Museum at FIT will hold its annual Fashion Symposium on November 4-5, 2010, on the subject of Japanese fashion. Internationally recognized scholars will speak on topics such as the significance of cuteness in Japanese culture, the schoolgirl uniform, and the spread of Gothic and Lolita fashions throughout East Asia. For a program of events, call 212 217.4585 or email museuminfo@fitnyc.edu.
Museum Hours
Tuesday-Friday – noon-8 pm
Saturday –10 am-5 pm
Closed Sunday, Monday, and legal holidays
Admission is free and open to the public.
Official Museum at FIT website – http://www.fitnyc.edu/museum