BOOK by Mineko Iwasaki and Rande Brown, REVIEW by Rianna Holland Geisha of Gion is an autobiographical account of one of the most intimate aspects of Japanese society. Written to tell her story, the reader is taken on a journey through Mineko Iwasaki’s life from childhood to geisha and ultimately to her retirement. Iwasaki wrote [...]
BY RIANNA HOLLAND At times, it might be hard to live in Japan as a foreign resident, but at least we have the comfort of knowing that were are not the first to do so, and that we are not alone in our experiences. Isabella L. Bird, however, did not have the reassurance of such [...]
BY LEIGH WELLSVIEW For BAB’s own ‘American Housewife in Japan,’ Heather Shida, the inspiration to actually sit down and commit the time to write her first E-book The True Stories of Dream Fairies: Bloom, came from an unlikely source: “To be honest, I was playing SIMS 3 and I had my character learning a new [...]
Take an existential trip with Tokyo International Players (TIP) this spring. TIP is proud to present its next Main Stage production, Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, directed by Davina McFadyen and Jonah Hagans. Vladamir and Estragon wait near a tree for someone–or something–named Godot, inhabiting a drama spun of their own consciousness. The result is a comical word play of poetry, dreamscapes, and nonsense [...]
Classical music-loving Tokyo-ites should mark their calendars for the opening event of Tokyo Sinfonia’s eighth season. Their annual Mozart Birthday Concert is scheduled for Friday, January 25. This special performance is a charity concert performed in the Tokyo Masonic Center, supported by the Tokyo Scottish Rite Bodies. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor [...]
BY CYNTHIA HOOF Cynthia is currently cast in the Tokyo International Players’ production of Alice, and is blogging about the experience. To read her first entry, click here and to read her second entry, click here. The third entry can be found here. We have now entered the madness of production week. Everyone is on [...]
BY CYNTHIA HOOF Cynthia is currently cast in the Tokyo International Players’ production of Alice, and is blogging about the experience. To read her first entry, click here and to read her second entry, click here. I moved to Tokyo in 2010 and have found living here to be an emotional struggle. I am a [...]
BY MANDY KITCHENER WITH JOANNE WONG “If Roald Dahl were asked to rewrite ‘Lost in Translation’ for a younger audience, it would probably be a little like Alice!” Joanne Wong. With over 116 years of theatre in Tokyo, you know that the Tokyo International Players have the experience and history to pull off a good production. [...]
BY CYNTHIA HOOF Cynthia is currently cast in the Tokyo International Players’ production of Alice, and is blogging about the experience. To read her first entry, click here. In early August I opened my email to find an invitation to a second audition for Alice. This was unexpected, as director Liam Shea had initially stated [...]
BY CYNTHIA HOOF Imagine you are at a party. There are people talking in another language. Others speak your language but walk differently or are dressed outrageously. Some bark, some meow, some are loud, and others have soft, high pitched voices. The host offers you a bowl of pungent soup. It has a dirty shoe [...]
