Japan Archives - Harlem World Magazine

Tokyo Olympics Coverage For Spectrum Customers From Harlem To Hollis

Spectrum and NBCUniversal today announced a multi-platform content offering for NBCUniversal’s coverage of the XXXII Olympiad, which takes place July 23-August 8, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.Continue reading

Toru Iwasa, Keeping It Real By Creating An Organic Lifestyle In A More Authentic Way

From the flurry of Tokyo to the peaceful respite of rural Japan, Toru Iwasa’s journey has been a step-by-step commitment to the goodness of an organic lifestyle.Continue reading

Eiko Otake Honors Fukushima Years After Nuclear Disaster At St. John The Divine In Harlem

Eight years after a massive nuclear accident devastated the Japanese city of Fukushima, acclaimed dancer and movement artist Eiko Otake, Artist in Residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.Continue reading

Japanese Handcrafted Cedar Tray

The Kurikyu tray for soba noodles is what you need to enjoy Japanese cold noodles the same way as in a high end soba restaurant. Continue reading

Suwada, The Best Hand Made Clippers In The World

Suwada is a gem that stuck to thoroughly skilled hand made finished surface that has a hairline sleek satin finish dating back to 1926, in Sanjo, Nigata prefeture, famous as a city of cutlery like Seki city in Japan. Continue reading

Strong Minimal H&M Studio S/S 2018 Show Paris Fashion Week (Video)

For the event, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs was transformed into a modern vision of the archetypal Japanese interior complete with iconic tatami mats and statement-making ikebana compositions.Continue reading

Harlem’s Jokichi Takamine, First Biotech Engineer, Adrenaline And Nippon Club Founder

Jōkichi Takamine (高峰譲吉 Takamine Jōkichi, November 3, 1854 – July 22, 1922) was a Japanese chemist. Takamine was born in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, in November 1854. His father was a doctor; his mother a member of a family of sake brewers.Continue reading

HW Pick: Toshiro Mifune, The John Shaft Of Japanese Film

Nearly 20 years after his death, like John Shaft in Harlem, Toshiro Mifune remains a true giant of sexploitive, aggressive, and macho world cinema.Continue reading

Shizuoka Bamboo Crafts Cooperative Handbag Ryo For Harlem

Designated by the Minister of International Trade and Industry as a traditional handi-craft. From the Suruga bamboo lattice ware family.Continue reading

Traditional Japanese Cuisine Comes To Harlem

NY Times reports that before Chef Sinichi Inoue starts cutting the fish that is flown in to his Harlem restaurant from Japan, he performs a personal ritual: He blesses it, expressing thanks and honoring what he will later serve to his customers. Continue reading

Charan-Po-Rantan Debut At NY’s Japan Society

By Albert Trotman and Allford Trotman On Thursday, October 29th, 2015 the Japan Society presented Charan-po-rantan in concert, Continue reading