When you see ballet dancers or their performances for the first time, you may admire the beautiful movements and pretty tutus. As a dancer, I have loved the costumes we wear during rehearsals and performances. Yuki Tokuda is a ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer, and her love for ballet led her to start her own dance wear brand “Yukitard” a few years ago.
“Hey, what’s up? Have you ever seen Japanese guys on comedy shows?” That is how he usually starts his set. His name is Saku Yanagawa, the first professional Japanese stand-up comedian in the United States.
From ORIGAMI magazine A round-up of newsbites, memes and good old fashioned gossip that has us smiling.
On any given afternoon around 3 or 4pm, you may spot a septuagenarian Japanese man walking around Yesler and 1st Avenue in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood diligently picking up trash. He can be spotted anywhere from the Underground Tour entrance to the area near Alaska Way where cars get off the ferries. This would be Susumu “Sam” Takahashi, a longtime restaurateur who says this...
Mourning her baby The Orca whale baby’s death Similar to us
By mid-year, 2020 was shaping up to become the biggest collective challenge we had faced in our lives. And now that we are nearing the end of this pivotal year, many of us gaze at the future with hopeful eyes. But could 2021 offer something better? Does the near future look bright? Or in the very least, less bad? We decided to turn to...
Japanese Restaurant Day Project Office, sponsored by Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle, plans to promote washoku and Japanese restaurants in the Greater Seattle Area during the first three months of the coming year, designating the 11th day of a month as a “Japanese Restaurant Day.” The diners are invited to dine in, take out, order delivery at the participating Japanese restaurants, and also to...
