Come join JCA for a day of cultural events, lectures, food, and performances! From taiko to shiatsu, homemade japanese food to kabuki, come for a good time and leave with a new understanding of Japan - outside of anime, sushi, or other common and over-emphasized aspects of Japanese culture.

All events are FREE of charge unless noted ($$).

Schedule of the day:

• 1:00 pm: Opening



• 1:00 - 1:15 pm: History of Koto (Alissa Yamazaki '08)



• 1:15 - 2:00 pm: Koto Performance (Ryuko Mizutani)
  http://www.ryuko-koto.com/



• 2:00 - 2:30 pm: RISD acappella [CANCELLED]



• 2:30 - 3:15 pm: Shiatsu Demonstration & Talk (Karlo Berger)
  http://www.KarloBerger.com/shiatsu.htm



• 3:30 - 5:00 pm: Japanese Arts in the States, viewings of Shakespearean Kabuki (Shozo Sato)
  http://www.cfa.ilstu.edu/news/shozo.shtml



• 5:00 - 6:00 pm: Taiko Performance (Kenny Endo)
  Featuring international jazz trumpeter and composer, Tiger Okoshi, from Boston's Berklee School of Music and RISD student/ Brown Taiko member, Miles Endo
  http://www.kennyendo.com



• 6:00 - 8:00 pm: Social Mixer - Dinner will be served. ($$)



• 8:15 - 9:00 pm: Taiko Performance (Brown Taiko)



• 9:00 - 11:00 pm: Movie Showing (Paprika)

Sponsored by:

• Japanese Centennial Fund of Brown University
• Office of the Dean of the Faculty
• Japan-America Society of Rhode Island
• Amnet Boston

For location/parking information:
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/David_Winton_Bell_Gallery/info_frameset.html