Category: Culture  
 
   
       
 
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Japanese Culture
Ed. Sugimoto, Yoshio

The Cambridge Companion offers an overview of how, why and what shaped modern Japan from the Meiji Restoration up to today.
 
Pictorial Encyclopedia of Japanese Culture, The Soul and Heritage of Japan
Nakayama, Kaneyoshi
 
       
   
       
 
In Love With Ikebana
2010, Sept 14 to 16 (Past event)

Ikebana Demonstration.
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Enshu Style Tea Ceremony Demonstration
2010, Aug 28 (Past event)

Lecture by the 13th Grand Master, Kobori Sojitsul on Sado as a Comprehensive Art Form - Kerei Sabi of Enshu Style.
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Urasenke Tea Ceremony Exhibition
2010, June 29 to July 23 (Past event)

Chado - Peacefulness through a Bowl of Tea. Chado is one of Japan's many cultural traditions and a comprehensive cultural practice that embraces the arts, religion, philosophy and social life of Japan.
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The culture of Japan has evolved greatly over millennia, from the country's prehistoric Jōmon period to its contemporary hybrid culture, which combines influences from Asia, Europe and North America. 		 
 

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Buckley, Sandra   Encyclopedia of Contemporary Japanese Culture
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