If you want to learn to play the taiko drum, check out master drummer Moko Igarashi’s classes. She is an experienced teacher and has been running her Miyabi Arashi Taiko Group for over ten years. Igarashi makes sure that everyone gets the most out of their class, encouraging students to learn at their own speed. [...]
BY HIDEKO TAKAHASHI In the same way that many of us experience differences between our home culture and Japan, Japanese women who go abroad naturally notice differences as well. Sometimes this new culture highlights aspects of our own that we had never noticed before. This is something that Hideko Takahashi experienced as she worked as [...]
COMPILED BY DANIELLE TATE-STRATTON Although 53 percent of girls recently surveyed in India as part of the I am A Girl 2010 report stated that cities were the best place to find economic opportunity, 69 percent felt that cities were unsecured and unsafe, and 77 percent of women cited so-called Eve-teasing as the biggest challenge [...]
BY CAROLINE POVER I don’t know about you, but I rarely have the time to arrange more than clean bedding when I have guests coming to town. So when my old school friend and her husband visited from the UK during Golden Week this year, I searched for an itinerary for Tokyo that ensured my [...]
What’s not to love about Roller Skating? And for those broads like me with a certain ‘80s vibe, you can do it in Tokyo and other locations throughout Japan at Round 1. These are multi-level amusement centres with everything from disco and midnight bowling to all kinds of sports, karaoke, and if you are lucky [...]
The American Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center will be hosting an information session open to the public on November 6 from 9am to noon at ASIJ’s Early Learning Center near Roppongi Hills. The session aims to present the services the organisation has available to Americans experiencing domestic violence overseas, and an American Embassy representative will [...]
BY DEE GREEN, PHOTOS BY TRACEY TAYLOR “If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.”—Albert Einstein Travelling in Japan is a heady mix of well-trodden paths, mind-boggling crowds, luscious characters, delightful secrets, and instant surprises. Kyoto is a destination that always fulfills this brief. Even after more than [...]
COVER PHOTOGRAPHY BY KERRY RAFTIS/WWW.KEYSHOTS.COM Full name: Charlotte Aline Kennedy Takahashi Nationality: American Grew up in: Kansas and the Washington DC area Time in Japan: 32 years Japanese level: Medium Works at: Chairman/CEO of Oak Associates K.K. (Japan) and OakBridge, Inc. (USA), which are sister companies. Why did you come to Japan? I came with [...]
I love the sound of Thrill the World Tokyo, which is part of a world-wide event to break the record for the largest number of people simultaneously dancing to Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Thrill the World Tokyo will also act as a fundraiser for two important charities, Living Dreams (http://livingdreams.jp/news), which enriches the lives of orphans [...]
BY CAROLINE POVER Thanks to all who came out to the launch of my Ask Caroline book at the end of September! Dee and Tracey of 37 Frames Photography set up a fabulous photo booth for some hilarious print club-style photos, and many of our community partners joined in the fun, sending the women who [...]
