On Saturday, May 4th, 2019, the NC Japan Center and the Raleigh Sister Cities “Japanese Sister City Exploratory Committee” shall co-host a Japanese Anime Film Night at NC State’s Witherspoon Campus Cinema. This is the first of four such planned events, and this first showing is sponsored by the Honorary General Consul of Japan in…
On Friday, May 10th, 2019, the NC Japan Center shall be hosting a very special “Miniature Ikebana Workshop” with two wonderful ikebana instructors. “Ikebana” is the ancient Japanese cultural art of flower arranging, and this workshop in particular shall introduce participants to a fun, miniature version of this! The participation fee is only $20, and…
Ikebana is a Japanese traditional floral art. Ikebana beginners are welcome. You can join the class without Ikebana tools and take the flowers home after the class.
Daruma Club is for enjoying cultural exchanges between Japanese people who want to learn English and the local people who want to learn Japanese. Please stop by for any length of time.
The NC Japan Center is participating in the Nippon Club of the Triangle's "NC Japan Summer Festival 2019," on Saturday, August 3rd at the NC State Fair Grounds. This event, which welcomed more than 6,000 people last year, has even more attractions this year and combines the best of Japanese summer festival cultural traditions, including…
The NC Japan Center will be hosting Dr. Ion Codrescu, a renowned and celebrated haiku poet and “haiga” master, on Sunday, September 22nd, from 3 to 5:00 p.m. at the Spring Hill House. Haiga is a style of Japanese painting that is accompanied by a haiku poem. Dr. Codrescu is a published author of 18…
The NC Japan Center will be hosting a cultural exchange event and invites you to stop by for some light casual conversation.
The NC Japan Center, in partnership with the Japan-America Society of North Carolina, will co-host Dr. Janice Katz, the Roger L. Weston Associate Curator of Japanese Art at the Art Institute of Chicago, at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design at NC State University on Wednesday, October 30th, 2019. Dr. Katz shall give an…
Come experience Japanese Culture at the NC Japan Center with Japanese food, Japanese craft and Japanese music! Otsukimi is a party to see and enjoy the full moon and also to appreciate the harvest of crops in Japan. Traditionally, each family serves Tsukimi dango and vegetables harvested in autumn. Come and try some Tsukimi dango…
Nagoya University will be hosting the 10th annual NU Tech Roundtable at North Carolina Biotechnology Center on Tuesday, November 19, 2019. This event will be focused on discussing the "AgBiotech" field, and shall feature two researchers from NC State! Please come and hear about this exciting, expanding field of study and industry! To register, please…
The U.S.-Japan alliance has long been an anchor of the U.S. security role in Asia and contributes to peace and prosperity in the region. Forged in the late 1940s, the alliance provides a platform for U.S. military readiness in the Pacific. About 54,000 U.S. troops (many from North Carolina) are stationed in Japan and have…
The NC Japan Center, in cooperation with the Office of Global Engagement's Global Film Series, is pleased to offer a "Survival Japanese / Japanese Business Etiquette Workshop" on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 5:00PM, via Zoom. After this workshop, participants will feel confident in basic Japanese greetings, directions, and emergency language, as well as understand…