Welcome
Are you interested in Japan? Its people? Its culture? Its language?
If so, come and join us!
Japan Society North West holds regular Japan-related events in the Manchester / Liverpool / Cheshire / Lancashire region.
Upcoming JSNW Events
A Japanese Conversation Evening Hosted by Angela Davies
Wednesday 17 February 2010 7:00
to 9:00 pm
Angela Davies, a very experienced instructor of Japanese, will host an evening of Japanese conversation, over delicious food at Etsu restaurant.
If you would like to attend please contact Angela at angela@jsnw.org.uk or phone 07711 575911.
Venue: Etsu Japanese Restaurant, 25 The Strand, (off Brunswick Street) Liverpool, L2 0XJ
Ikebana Demonstration and Workshop
Saturday 20 February 2010 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
A presentation and workshop by Ohara school Ikebana Master, Brenda Thorpe.
Please bring pruning scissors / secateurs. Tea and cakes will be provided.
Cost is £8 to JSNW members, £12 to non-members. If you would like to attend this event please contact our Events Coordinator.
Venue: Padgate Community Centre, Station Road, Padgate, Warrington WA2 0QS
Taiko Drumming Workshop
Saturday 6 March 2010 10:30 am to 4:30 pm
With Liz Walters of Tamashii School of Taiko.
The workshop runs over a period of 6 hours, with a one hour lunch break. Cost: £25 to JSNW members, and £35 to non-members. Attendance is limited to 20, so book early to avoid disappointment! See poster for details.
If you would like to attend this event please contact our Events Coordinator.
Venue: Padgate Community Centre, Station Road, Padgate, Warrington WA2 0QS
Japan Day
Sunday 17 October 2010
JSNW is organising its third Japan Day this year. The venue is the prestigious Midland Hotel in Manchester. Put it in your diaries now!
Our last Japan Day in Liverpool was a great success, and there was great enthusiasm amonst the participants to do it all again.
Our planning is still at an early stage, so we can't give any details yet, so keep checking this web site.
Venue: Midland Hotel, Peter Street, Manchester M60 2DS
What's On
Film: Ponyo
Ponyo, initially titled in English as Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, is a 2008 animated film by Studio Ghibli, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The plot centers on a goldfish named Ponyo who befriends a five-year-old human boy, Sōsuke, and wants to become a human girl. The film has won several awards, including the Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year. Trailer
Showing from 12 February at the Cornerhouse, Manchester
Film: Departures by Yojiro Takita
DVD Release Date: 26 April 2010
Departures (Okuribito) follows Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Motoki), a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved and who is suddenly left without a job. Spotting a Help Wanted ad featuring the word “departures,” he is excited about the prospect of trying a new career in the travel industry. Daigo is hired on the spot, only later learning exactly what the job entails: the ceremonial “encoffination” of corpses prior to cremation. While his wife and others despise the job, Daigo takes a certain pride in his work, acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death, between the departed and the family of the departed. Departures follows Daigo's profound and sometimes comical journey with death as he uncovers the wonder, joy and meaning of life and living.
Facing East: Recent works from China, India and Japan from the Frank Cohen Collection
4 February – 11 April 2010
Frank Cohen is one of Britain’s leading collectors of contemporary art. His collection contains over a thousand works by major international artists, as well as works from emerging contemporary artists. This new exhibition at Manchester Art Gallery, provides an exciting opportunity to see highlights from the Collection by a group of carefully selected current and future global art stars. This is the first exhibition of works from the Frank Cohen Collection to be held in the art collector’s home town. Prolific Japanese artist Takashi Murakami is represented with a painting Army of Mushrooms (2003) and a sculpture Kitagawa- Kun (2002).
Venue: Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester M2 3JL
Study Tours to Japan
21st Dec 2009 - 3rd Jan 2010
Christmas & New Year Cultural Visit / Study Tour
8th - 22nd April 2010
Cherry Blossom, Spring Cultural Visit / Study Tour
Visit Akemi's web site for more information.
Japanese Food in Lymm
Japanese Food Specialists TK Trading set up shop in Lymm High School every other Saturday - see their web site for the schedule.
Venue: Lymm High School, Oughtrington Lane, Lymm, Cheshire WA13 0RB
Japan Photos
Explore JapanPhotos.org.uk for a high resolution tour of Japan.
