Favourite Movie Of The Year

The Japan Foundation presents – “ Favourite Movie Of The Year – Special film Screening” on the 20th of December at 6 PM at the Japan Foundation. You have all voted for your Favourite Film of the Year and now, it is time to unveil which film of 2013 has gotten the most votes from all of […]

Always – Sunset on Third Street

Setting: Tokyo, in 1958. Synopsis: The year is 1958. The government had declared in 1955 that the “postwar” period is over and Japan is starting a period of tremendous growth. Tokyo Tower is being built as a symbol of a recovered Japan, and not far from it, in the working-class area called shitamachi, people are trying […]

“Traditional Ainu Dance” India Tour

History of Ainu Race and Background The Ainu race is an indigenous race that lives in the northern part of the Japanese archipelago, particularly in Hokkaido Prefecture, with their unique language and culture.  The Ainu people are believed to have maintained the original form of Japan’s ancient culture called “Jomon Culture” that flourished between 15,000 […]

Boys and Girls Drawn in Manga

Manga is not just a medium of entertainment for children. It is also a medium of social expression, education and art. It is enjoyed and appreciated even by adults in Japan and in other countries around the world. In Japan, it is very common to come across people reading Manga in trains, classrooms, food joints […]

What the Snow Brings

Setting: Obihiro in Hokkaido in present day Japan. Synopsis: When you’re lost everything, is there a place you can go back to? Manabu Yazaki, who had big dreams of success in Tokyo, loses his high-class lifestyle as well as his family and returns home to the Hokkaido heartland in midwinter. There his elder brother Takeo managers […]

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