﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:56:50 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:ev="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/event/"><channel><title>Japanese, Korean, Cantonese, Chinese, Thai, Arabic or Vietnamese Classes NYC or Online - Japanese Culture</title><link>https://www.hillslearning.com:443/articles/rss/category/506/japanese-culture-3</link><atom:link href="https://www.hillslearning.com:443/articles/rss/category/506/japanese-culture-3" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hills Learning]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema]]></title><link>https://www.hillslearning.com/articles/kew-gardens-festival-of-cinema</link><description><![CDATA[    Last week the inaugural Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema began, and I’ve had the chance to catch a lot of great films at the two main venues of Kew Gardens Cinema and Queens Museum. Today they ...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2017 21:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.hillslearning.com/articles/kew-gardens-festival-of-cinema</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9dc5da41-20f1-4c6d-8399-c58ce5d0789c-3530]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hills Learning]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) 2017]]></title><link>https://www.hillslearning.com/articles/new-york-asian-film-festival-nyaff-2017</link><description><![CDATA[    This weekend concludes the 2017 New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), which offered another amazing lineup of films and special guests.  This is the 16th year of its running, and it just seems to ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 22:42:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.hillslearning.com/articles/new-york-asian-film-festival-nyaff-2017</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9dc5da41-20f1-4c6d-8399-c58ce5d0789c-3531]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hills Learning]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[NY Japan Cinefest 2017]]></title><link>https://www.hillslearning.com/articles/ny-japan-cinefest-2017</link><description><![CDATA[    (The above image was taken from Asia Society's website) - Last night I attended the first night of the 6th annual    NY Japan CineFest 2017 at Asia Society   .  This is one of my favorite ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2017 16:27:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.hillslearning.com/articles/ny-japan-cinefest-2017</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9dc5da41-20f1-4c6d-8399-c58ce5d0789c-3532]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hills Learning]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[The Departure]]></title><link>https://www.hillslearning.com/articles/the-departure</link><description><![CDATA[    Last month’s Tribeca Film Festival featured the world premiere of the documentary    The Departure    directed by Lana Wilson.  It profiles Ittetsu Nemoto, a Buddhist priest whose lifework is ...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2017 17:44:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.hillslearning.com/articles/the-departure</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9dc5da41-20f1-4c6d-8399-c58ce5d0789c-3533]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hills Learning]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Premium Friday]]></title><link>https://www.hillslearning.com/articles/premium-friday</link><description><![CDATA[    A little over a month ago Japan began a new public-private initiative called Premium Friday (aka プレミアムフライデー or プレ金) as part of ongoing labor reform efforts from the government.  This monthly ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2017 21:25:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.hillslearning.com/articles/premium-friday</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9dc5da41-20f1-4c6d-8399-c58ce5d0789c-3534]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hills Learning]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[The Beauty of Washi]]></title><link>https://www.hillslearning.com/articles/the-beauty-of-washi</link><description><![CDATA[    The above image was taken from Nippon Club's website -  https://www.nipponclub.org/exhibition/exhibition1262017/?lang=en      

   

    This weekend I had a chance to sit in on a culture ...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2017 20:19:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.hillslearning.com/articles/the-beauty-of-washi</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9dc5da41-20f1-4c6d-8399-c58ce5d0789c-3463]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hills Learning]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[An Evening of Umami and Shokuiku]]></title><link>https://www.hillslearning.com/articles/an-evening-of-umami-and-shokuiku</link><description><![CDATA[    Last night I had the opportunity to interpret for Chef Kiyomi Mikuni at an event at Japan Society entitled “Umami and Other Japanese Culinary Secrets.” Mikuni is an entertaining speaker whose ...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 19:45:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.hillslearning.com/articles/an-evening-of-umami-and-shokuiku</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9dc5da41-20f1-4c6d-8399-c58ce5d0789c-3464]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hills Learning]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Silence]]></title><link>https://www.hillslearning.com/articles/silence</link><description><![CDATA[    Last night I attended a screening of Martin Scorsese’s new film Silence, based on the 1966 novel 沈黙 (Chinmoku) by Shusaku Endo, himself a Japanese Catholic.  It is the story of a Jesuit ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2016 14:32:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.hillslearning.com/articles/silence</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9dc5da41-20f1-4c6d-8399-c58ce5d0789c-3539]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hills Learning]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[The Wonderful World of Shochu]]></title><link>https://www.hillslearning.com/articles/the-wonderful-world-of-shochu</link><description><![CDATA[    Along with ramen and sushi, sake is a part of Japanese food and drink culture that is ubiquitous here in New York.  But as someone who spent the majority of my time in Japan in Kyushu, I ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2016 12:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.hillslearning.com/articles/the-wonderful-world-of-shochu</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9dc5da41-20f1-4c6d-8399-c58ce5d0789c-3541]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hills Learning]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Happy Hour at MoMA]]></title><link>https://www.hillslearning.com/articles/happy-hour-at-moma</link><description><![CDATA[    Back in March I didn’t have time to blog about my participation in the New Directors New Films festival held at Lincoln Center, but I had the chance to interpret for director Ryusuke Hamaguchi ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2016 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.hillslearning.com/articles/happy-hour-at-moma</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[9dc5da41-20f1-4c6d-8399-c58ce5d0789c-3543]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>