Origami, hanafuda and more featured at return of annual Nippon event
Nippon Day featured workshops such as origami, hanafuda, calligraphy and tea ceremony.
Traditional Japanese tea house marks 50 years at UH Mānoa
The tea house was erected in 1972, after Genshitsu Sen, a 15th generation grand tea master, commissioned the building of the structure.
Rare letter, book collection among pair of gifts to Hamilton Library
The gifts include books from the Read Japan Project and a rare letter from Sir Ernest Satow.
Music professor awarded prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship
Donald Reid Womack plans to use the fellowship to write a geomungo concerto for virtuoso Yoon Jeong Heo.
Intimate relationships of Leonard Bernstein revealed in professor’s book
The new book uses the story of Bernstein’s relationships with two unknown Japanese individuals to trace his transformation from an American celebrity to a world renowned maestro.
Japan’s journey: From imperial history to transpacific influence
Eiichiro Azuma of the University of Pennsylvania will give the keynote address at the inaugural Empire Studies Initiative.
Japan grants high honor to UH professor
Bob Huey, professor of Japanese literature, was honored with the Order of the Rising Sun for his contribution to the development of Japanese studies in the U.S.
Hidden gem restored for future generations
UH Mānoa celebrated the reopening of the campus’ tea ceremony house.
