BY KIMBERLY HUGHES (Image to left: Kimberly Hughes, Members of Tokyo’s international lesbian community) It’s shaping up to be a pretty busy year for LGBT folk in the metropolis. Since my last piece highlighting lesbian happenings in Tokyo and beyond, which was written two years ago, so much has gone on that I hardly know [...]
The International School of the Sacred Heart invites friends and families to join them at their Family Festival on Thursday, April 20 from 10am–4pm. The 34th annual edition of the festival will highlight the many nationalities and cultures that make Tokyo the diverse and vibrant community it is. Enjoy food stalls offering traditional cuisine from [...]
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 [...]
Name: PetConnect Time in this job: The PetConnect began in 2005. Job description: We connect pet owners to pet owners for mutual pet sitting. We are always trying to find the best matches we can, using the knowledge we have of animals. It benefits both owners and pets! If you can’t return the favour and pet [...]
During this hectic holiday season, it is often nice to take a step back and think about how we can help others. BAB founder Caroline Pover has come up with a lovely way to help some of the families affected by the Tohoku earthquake and is looking for support for her project: In late March [...]
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. 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 [...]
With the US elections set place to occur on November 6, and some pundits calling the race a virtual dead heat, it’s important that all Americans overseas understand how to vote from abroad. If you already have your ballot, the nonpartisan Overseas Vote Foundation (OVF) has partnered with FedEx to allow you to ship your [...]
