Hawaii Premiere Canta! Timor at Tokai University
Hawaii Tokai Interenational College 91-971 Farrington Highway, Kapolei, United StatesCanta! Timor at the Tokai University with students discussion with the Director Natusko Hirota.
Canta! Timor at the Tokai University with students discussion with the Director Natusko Hirota.
"Canta! Timor" was filmed in East Timor, just after its independence. The story begins with a piece of music, and through a journey of a Japanese woman, it tells how the Timorese kept their music and forgave their enemies in order to obtain independence, in a cruel situation during 24 years of the military attack. Simple but beautiful songs are impressive, that leads the entire story. Including valuable interviews of the local people, guerrillas, and the first president Xanana Gusmao.
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“It takes 24 kilometers one way and 16 hours to walk back and forth on mountain roads with a difference in elevation of more than 1,300 meters in one day. It takes nine years to walk 48,000 kilometers.It is not because we have experienced such austerity that we can attain enlightenment. The important thing is to put into practice what we have learned from the journey in our daily lives.While each of us fulfills our assigned role in the given place, we can feel and realize many things. All life is training.” -Achara Ryojun Shionuma-
A private dinner concert with Mr. Makino, who came to Hawaii as a music coach for the Hawaii Opera Theater “La Traviata” Dinner included *Proceed of concert will be donated to the Shriners Hospital for children Benjamin Makino Pianist, Conductor From complex contemporary and twentieth-century scores to core traditional repertoire, conductor Benjamin Makino has been recognized for his nuanced and thoughtful interpretations of broad and varied repertoire. Throughout his career, his work has been affiliated with some of the companies most recognized for innovation. Following the success of the first 30 Days of Opera festival, Makino was named Music Director of Opera Memphis, a position he held for four seasons. […]
From the time we were born, we were wired to feel happy when someone says ``I love you'' and to feel sad when someone says ``I hate you.' ' “I love you” definitely has magical power. - Katsuko Yamamoto-
They say that the people of Nepal, who live in the Himalayas, know the “Secret of the Universe”. This is a documentary film of my journey through Nepal in 2016. The purpose of my trip was to meet Geeta, who had been my guide when I first visited the country back in 2005, and to reclaim the special feeling that I experi-enced then. I had been profoundly moved by the way of life of the Nepalese people and dreamed about re-visiting this special place. How can they accept me so warmly: a foreign woman, upon our first meeting? -Director of the film, Katsuko Yamamoto-
Good news for those of you who may feel weak, unstable, or pain when walking! Eiichi Watanabe, a foot specialist and judo sports therapist in Japan will be in town this November to give talks about self-health management to improve your condition. Since 1982, Watanabe has practiced judo therapy at his Yoda Sekkotsu Clinic in Fujisawa City. After decades of clinical experience, he realized the importance of healthy foot function for overall physical health, and that led him to study podiatry in Australia in 2003. After returning, he developed a unique clinical method combining techniques of podiatry and judo therapy, incorporating the use of biomechanics and the invention of therapeutic […]
The Hikime no Gi is an important ritual of the Ogasawara-ryu school, in which those who have been trained and chosen by it use their skills in front of the shrine and in front of many people, relying on the virtues of the bow and arrow to purify the world. It is performed as a Shinto ritual. Therefore, in this ceremony, there are many actions that show the heart to pray for world peace, national peace, family prosperity, etc. In that sense, it is held at the beginning of the year and the beginning of Shinto rituals. This ritual is performed at many major shrines; such as Omiya Hachimangu, Sumiyoshi […]
Master Kiyomoto Ogasawara's workshop Ogasawara way of eating appropriately. Delicious Lunch included.
The Ogasawara Family lineage can be traced back to the 9th century; the 56th emperor of Japan. Ogasawara Nagakiyo, founder of the Ogasawara-ryu School, had served the first Shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate in 12 century as his instructor in the arts of Reiho (courtesy, etiquette and protocol), archery, and horse-mounted archery. Since then, the Ogasawara family has instructed in those disciplines for Ashikaga, and Tokugawa shoguns. The discipline has passed down from generation to generation within the Ogasawara Family. Ogasawara Kiyomoto :Born in 1980 as the first son of Ogasawara Kiyotada, the 31st Grand Master in Tokyo. At the age of three, Kiyomoto began training for mounted archery (Yabusame). […]