Kansai Scene #162 November 2013 by Kansai Scene Magazine

KANSAI’S ENGLISH MAGAZINE

無料 issue 162 November 2013

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the bread issue

Pantastic! Best in Bread: Japan’s weirdest, German artisan, Anpanman bakery

Plus+ Ujicha: gold standard in tea Leaving Japan: a simple sayonara European film festival: what to watch Listings: Where to go & what to do Kansai Scene is proudly published and printed by Mojoprint

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Photo by Justine Lane

Contents Features Features

German bakery Kirschblüte

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Land of the rising…er, bun

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Keep the sayonara simple

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Kids & family

COVER ART: Yakisoba bread

Anpanman Bakery

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Pantastic! Our theme this issue is all about bread. The artisan kind, the convenience store kind and the uniquely Japanese kind. Dig in!

Made in Kansai

Uji Tea

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Food & drink

Nepaliko Chulo, Osaka

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Business Matters

Building blocks to success

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Events

Osaka European Film Festival

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Listings Events p26 Film p24 Art

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Live Music

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Club

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Business Finder

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Classifieds p40 Maps p44

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News & Openings

Euro film fest returns OSAKA — The annual Osaka European Film Festival is back, with a packed schedule of movies, exhibitions and film-related events. Multiple venues are hosting the screenings, so check the website for more information on prices and times. Check out this month’s feature on page 23 to find out which movies KS recommends.

Main Event: 15–25 November 2013 Satellite events: 19 October–25 November 2013 oeff.jp/en

Get some free culture KANSAI — Every year, hundreds of museums and art galleries throughout Kansai offer free admission for two days in celebration of Bunka no Hi Culture Day. This year, some 500 places will be taking part over the weekend of Nov 16–17. It’s worth checking with the venues what’s on before you go, and go early as the crowds will surely build. See kansaibunka.com/bunkanohi/ for a list of participating venues and opening times.

Snowman festival UMEDA — Look out for an invasion of snowmen this winter in Umeda. It’s the fourth year in a row for the area’s snowman festival. Running from Nov 23–Dec 25, some 58 venues across Umeda will have snowmen of all shapes and sizes on display (though sadly, none made of real snow) to get you in the festive mood. Vote for your favourite and be enter into a lucky draw to win various prizes, try your hand at the snowman photo contest or track them all down and rack up stamps and points in the snowman stamp rally. The highlight of the event will be an enormous interactive lighting display at Grand Front Osaka from Dec 13–25 from 6–10pm daily. Check the website for maps and details of the event and venues. umeda-connect.jp

Lucky number 10 NAMBA — As part of its 10th anniversary celebrations, the Swissôtel in Namba opened a new casual sports bar last month on Oct 10. Situated on the 10th floor of the hotel, Nambar 10 Sports + Beers (Namba + number = Nambar), serves premium cocktails and beers and top notch bar food, including their signature Nachos and delicious Mini-burgers. It features a games room with free pool and soft darts and has (you guessed it) 10 flat-screen monitors showing a variety of domestic and international sports. And the best part - it’s all completely non-smoking. Nambar 10 Sports + Beers, Swissôtel Namba 10F Open daily 11am–11pm (last order 10:30pm) • Happy Hour 5–7pm daily • swissotel-osaka.co.jp

The Swissôtel Namba’s new sports bar: Nambar 10 Sports + Beers

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French Connections The latest news for francophiles in Kansai, by Stephan Ducoup

Osaka hosts American tastes OSAKA — Get a taste of America right here this month. The US Agricultural Trade Office has been organising American produce PR events in Tokyo for several years, but for the first time Osaka is also getting in on the action. For two weeks from Nov, six restaurants in Osaka will be adding special dishes to their menus that showcase a Taste of America. Bistro New Orleans, Kokopelli, Poron Poron, Hard Rock Cafe, Lawry’s The Prime Rib and Wine Kitchen Souple 29 will be serving up specials including silky pork with red beans and salsa, lobster with tartar sauce and prime beef hamburgers. See the website for details of all the specials. us-ato.jp/jp/toa2013/osaka

Bonjour! If October was the month of the pumpkin, November will be the month of the grape. Get your glasses ready for a slew of wine parties held to to welcome the Beaujolais Nouveau! Traditionally released on the 3rd Thursday of November, this young wine comes from an area in the east of France called Beaujolais. Although it didn’t used to be the case, this grape variety is now hugely popular in Japan and every year tons of bottles are shipped from France. So don’t be surprised if you can’t get an airplane seat from Paris to Japan during this period! But in all honesty, although we French don’t consider it the best tasting wine, we still like to celebrate Beaujolais Nouveau like a matsuri. So whether you celebrate it in a 6-star hotel or in your favorite local bistro, Beaujolais Nouveau will have you raising your glass to the stars. KYOTO/NISHINOMIYA: Don’t miss on seeing a con-

cert of French classical music performed by Orchestre de Paris, 2 November at Kyoto Concert Hall (www. kyoto-ongeibun.jp/kyotoconcerthall_e/) and 3 November at Hyogo Performing Arts Center. KYOTO: Make sure to check out the French market in the garden of Institut français du Japon – Kansai on 17 November (www.institutfrancais.jp/kansai/).

Murphy’s turns 23 OSAKA — Japan’s first Irish pub and Osaka stalwart Murphy’s celebrates its 23rd anniversary this month. Owner Mick O’Carroll has been behind the bar for 13 of those years and has seen a lot of other bars open and close during his tenure. Why has Murphy’s endured where others have failed? “It’s a very transient place… but people come back here,” Mick says. “Murphy’s is an institution.” Join in the birthday celebrations from Nov 15–17, with live music and drink specials. murphysosaka.com/english

Another Irish pub, The Dublin Bay is also celebrating its fourth birthday this month. They are offering happy hour prices all day long to anyone that tells them the secret code: “Four years – omedeto!” So get whispering and save! Facebook: Irishpub Dublin Bay

Kansai French meeting in Osaka and Kyoto, check the link for the exact date and place (facebook.com/ francekansai). If you prefer to stay at home, don’t forget to check your new episode of the French Japanese web drama PARIS ALEAS on www.parisaleas.com

Make a run for it KOBE — Excellent news for public transport users: the Kobe and Osaka marathons are being held on different days this year. The Osaka marathon was scheduled for Oct 27, and the Kobe Marathon is up next, on Sunday Nov 17. The marathon begins at 9am at Kobe City Municipal Office, and finishes on Port Island, near the Shimin Hiroba Portliner station. Around 18,000 runners are expected, with another few thousand taking part in the quarter marathon. kobe-marathon.net/english

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Business Matters

Building blocks to success Buying, selling and making money from property in Japan isn’t as impossible as you might think. KS met property developer Samantha Anderson to find out the real deal. Text: KS

Samantha Anderson has carved out a niche in Japan as a property developer and is currently involved in her most ambitious project to date: a six storey 1,500m2 warehouse in Yodogawa-ku that she has set her sights on transforming into a restaurant, event space and residence. It’s a huge place with endless potential, yet is essentially an empty shell. Transforming it will be a mammoth undertaking. Kansai Scene: How did you get started in the property market here? Samantha Anderson: Like many, I started working in Japan as an English teacher. After a few years I opened my own school but sold it 3 years later. I had always been interested in getting on the property ladder and after lots of research I realized that property here was a great deal cheaper than back home in Australia. With the help of an agent, I purchased my first two apartments at 3mil yen a piece and began renting them out. That same agent has remained a close business partner ever since. It was him that suggested I get into flipping properties too. KS: What is flipping? SA: You buy a cheap, run-down property, renovate it and sell it on for profit. It’s an immensely satisfying process. I do all the design of every property I have flipped. I strip down the place to its ‘skeleton’ and build it up again, trying to make best use of the space available. Rather than trying to guess

what a potential buyer would want, I simply design it as if I was going to live there. I source top-quality yet bargain kitchen units and other features online and choose colors and fittings that have more of a gaijin feel. KS: How long does the process take? SA: From start to finish, about 2–3 months. That is, from the moment I have signed the contract to when I sell it on. But you have to move fast and be prepared to make snap decisions. My agent will call me about a potential property and often ask me to meet him in 30 mins to view. The properties he shows me are all non-listed places. The owner is usually looking for a very quick sale. I will take a quick look and decide there and then. More often than not though I have already decided before I even see the place. Contracts are usually signed within hours of viewing. You then need to have the cash ready in days. You can’t wait around for loans on these types of properties. KS: So you buy them all in cash? SA: Essentially yes. But it’s not my cash - it’s the banks’. Financing is the hardest part of this business for sure. I totally distrust the Japanese banks. Getting a loan as a foreigner is really, really hard. They ask you to jump through many hoops before then finding other excuses not to loan to you. I have managed to get some financing through Japanese banks, but not before I absolutely hounded them.

KS: How did you finance the production costs? SA: I have had to use a few of my existing properties as collateral, scrape together every last piece of cash I could find and refinance a block of land that I own back home. It’s a fairly large plot of undeveloped land on the fringe of Melbourne that I bought when I was 25. I believed that it would one day be worth something, although I was the laughing stock of my friends and family. It has since doubled in value every year. KS: What are your plans for the latest place? SA: In early December, the 1st floor will open for business as a family friendly restaurant called Mama Rina. We’ll be offering an international buffet menu with a Western-style salad bar featuring organic veggies from Tondabayashi. There’ll also be a pool and Balinese style garden. On the 2nd floor I am planning a kids room and a home delivery pizza service. The 3rd and 4th floors will be developed as event spaces, and we’ll have office space and a staff gym on the 5th floor. Finally, I’ll get around to renovating my own apartment on the top floor. Oh and the rooftop! Just wait until you see the view from up there… Mama Rina will open in early December. • Address: Osaka, Yodogawa-ku, Kashima 2-2-62 • Web:

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Feature

The proof is in the pretzels Combine a love of German culture and some superb locally-trained skills with dough and you get the tasty bakery of Kirschblute. Text: Sam Evans • Images: KS

Bakeries are everywhere in Kansai, but not so many of them are German craft bakeries. Introducing Kirschblute, literally meaning cherry blossom in German, in Nishinagahori, Osaka, where German-style baking is the order of the day. KS took a trip there to get an insight into what it means to be one of the few artisans in the region who takes such an approach to bread and sweet baking. At 19, an inquisitive Kimiko Ikeda left for Germany to study the distant land’s language and culture, and ever since her trip she has been enamoured with all things German. Ten years ago, following her return to Japan, she became a baker’s apprentice in Kansai’s baking capital, Kobe, where she learned and mastered her trade. It was about two years ago, after graduating from under her master’s doughy bosom, that she was able to open up an establishment of her own, and being the teutophile that she is, the decision on how to theme her bakery was pretty easy: “Baking and Germany are two things that I love, so Kirschblute for me is a great combination of the two.” So what exactly makes Kirschblute’s German-style baking different from that of your more run-of-the-mill bakeries dotted about the side streets and corners of Kansai? Well for starters, let’s have a gander at the ingredients she uses. Although her plain flour is

from Hokkaido, her rye and graham flours, which she uses as equally staple ingredients, are imported exclusively from Deutschland itself. As well as lemons, apples and tomatoes used to tart up her crumbly concoctions, she also employs a plethora of seasonal nuts and seeds. To name just those in her arsenal during our visit: walnuts, almonds, chestnuts, sunflower seeds, poppy seeds, flax seeds. Her bread dough is prepared by adding a Beethovenian symphony of savoury ingredients plus water to one of the flours and then dunking the soggy lump, along with an additional dash of hot water and olive oil, into the seemingly-perpetually gyrating dough mixer until it reaches just the right consistency. Following this, the dough balls are sat to chill (usually overnight) to allow them to expand as the yeast works its magic. Upon retrieving her plumped spheres from the fridge it’s time for a good kneading to reactivate the dough’s elasticity, which she does with firm hands and a technique such that if her baking days ever came to an end, I’m positive she’d make it as a masseuse. The next step differs depending on the type of bread, and beware, this is where it gets technical: for loaves, the reinvigorated dough balls are moulded into rectangular baskets made from wicker called bannetons.

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These imprint the dough with a distinctive Germanic design and also draw out moisture to make for a crusty... well, crust. The dough is then popped into a proofer – a chamber that encourages the dough to rise through warm temperatures and controlled humidity – for exactly 40 minutes. For some of the smaller breads, the dough is left under a couche – an unwashed linen cloth that collects yeast and flour and encourages rising – before being sent for further proofing or going straight to the oven where the bread is left to bake for around 15 minutes. In the case of her kaiser rolls, Ikeda takes a freshlyproofed dough ball and cuts it into 80 gram segments. She shapes each one by hand before smattering it with oil and an array of different seeds and nuts, depending on their seasonal availability… then it’s time for the oven and that heavenly smell that almost makes one want to put on a lederhosen and start dancing in circles while downing beer from a stein. Despite Kirschblute’s primary focus being on bread, Ikeda has opted to extend her range by baking other delicacies such as Danish pastries and

pretzels. The Danish pastry dough, fresh from the fridge, is flattened into a rectangular sheet and then rolled up into a cylinder before being dissected down the middle with German-like precision. With a dough rope now in each hand, she can begin plaiting to create a spirally, twisty lock of decadence that, after being topped with everything from sugar to chocolate to walnuts to fruit jam, will go in the oven and bake until crumbly and utterly delectable. If the Danish pastries border on the dangerously delicious, then the pretzels are downright deadly; literally...hear me out. KS was shocked and exhilarated to learn that before baking, each pretzel is glazed with none other than sodium hydroxide; that’s caustic soda to you and me. However, judging from what we’ve seen already, it doesn’t take Einstein to figure out that there’s probably method in the madness here… and there is. After Ikeda turns down the Berlin radio station she’s savvily tuned into via her iPhone and that blasts out of the connecting portable speakers, she says that as long as she takes precautions like wearing rubber gloves, caustic soda is actually a baker’s friend, being responsible for creating that shiny crispiness that makes pretzels the moreish treat they are. Just don’t eat raw, shiny-looking pretzel dough and you’ll be fine. We move from the kitchen to the storefront and from stainless steel to an authentically-decked out Bavarian beer hall-esque setting with tables and benches, cabinets and shelves, walls and floor; all done in knotty pinewood to give it a truly alpine feel. To compliment the theme, Ikeda also displays a suitcase full of souvenirs from her various visits to Germany. To name but a few: beer steins, books, German toys, even prominently placed Bayern

Munich memorabilia to ward off any evil Manchester United fans, such as myself, who might be lurking with intentions to eat bread for free. As our visit draws to an end, Ikeda reveals that she offers classes seven times a month, consisting of six people in each session, where one can learn to bake like a pro. For details, call Kirschblute directly (see info box) one month in advance for availability. Oh, and don’t be alarmed by the fact that she always wears a face mask in the kitchen. Over her years of baking she has become allergic to flour, which apparently, is common among bakers after an extended period of regular inhalation of the stuff. Kirschblute: delicious and educational.

Kirschblüte • Address: Osaka, Nishi-Ku, Minamihorie 3-11-1 • Tel/fax: 06-6541-8585 • Opening Hours: 10am–7pm • Website: baeckerei-kirschbluete.com

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Land of the rising…er, bun Out with the puns, and in with the pan. KS presents a bite-sized guide to the weird and wonderful breads of Japan. Text: Justine Lane • Photos: Justine Lane and Nao Maeda

Filled with red bean paste…

Sweet creamy goodness

• An pan: Arguably Japan’s most iconic baked creation. A sweet roll with even sweeter red bean paste filling. • Price: Around ¥100 • Yum factor: A soft treat that’s easy to eat. Goes well with green tea. • Kid-friendly: Fairly, but the cartoon character this pan inspired - Anpanman - might be more popular than the bread itself.

• Cream pan: Custard cream-filled bread that comes in all shapes and sizes. • Price: Around ¥100 • Yum factor: Good, gooey comfort food. • Kid-friendly: Very. A popular holiday snack.

Mugwhat? No melons here

• Yomogi pan: A (usually) savoury roll that contains and is coloured by Japanese mugwort. Good with veggie soup. Sweet anpan versions can sometimes be found. • Melon pan: Vaguely resembles a melon, but tastes nothing like one. A sweet roll with a soft cookie-like crust. • Price: Around ¥100 • Yum factor: Nice, but perhaps best left to its young fans. • Kid-friendly: Extremely! Munched by children countrywide.

• Price: Around ¥100 • Yum factor: Decent, but depends on your tastes. • Kid-friendly: Not very. Tends to be favoured by healthconscious hippy types, and the elderly.

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Green tea tastic

Kawaii

• Cutesy pan: Turtles, pandas, cats and more – Japan • Matcha pan: Bread that packs a powdered green tea punch. Usually sweet. Often contains sweet red beans. This one featured chestnuts too.

knows how to do cute breadstuffs. The pan pictured is Waon bread – a baked version of supermarket giant Aeon’s cartoon dog.

• Price: ¥150–¥400

• Price: Around ¥100

• Yum factor: Delicious, especially if you are a fan of traditional

• Yum-factor: Simple, sweet and fun to eat.

Japanese sweets. • Kid-friendly: Not so much. They might eat it. They might also

• Kid-friendly: Extremely. Cute breads often have chocolate cream inside for extra temptation.

bounce off the walls. More of an “adult ladies” thing.

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Donut with masala filling

• Curry pan: A curry-filled bun that’s been deep-fried. • Yakisoba pan: The famous fried soba noodle dish, on or in bread. A cheap, filling snack. • Price: ¥100–¥150 • Yum-factor: Saucy, savoury, double carbs. What

• Price: ¥150 • Yum-factor: Satisfying, high-calorie comfort food. • Kid-friendly: Yes. This one seems to be loved by the whole family.

more could you want? • Kid-friendly: Not hugely. Popular among teenage boys though.

Osaka pizza!

Trick or treat? • Pumpkin pan: A seasonal bread with exotic looks but often plain tastes. Shaped like and/or contains pumpkin. • Okonomiyaki pan: Osaka’s specialty on a bread roll. Well, the sauce, nori and fish flakes, anyway. • Price: ¥100–¥150 • Yum-factor: Good, in a rich, greasy way. • Kid-friendly: Indeed. Another family favourite.

• Price: ¥150 upwards • Yum-factor: Nice and soft, but don’t expect too much. Depends on the bakery. • Kid-friendly: Fairly. It’s part of the excitement of autumn.

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Keep the sayonara simple Saying farewell to a Japanese life we’ve nurtured is never an easy business. Here are some strategies and ideas on how to pack up and move on with clarity and calm. Text: Janelle McNeill • Illustration: Nicole LaRue

It’s one of those expat topics that feels almost taboo to discuss, or breathe life into, until the necessity truly arises. Sometimes the decision itself takes years of consideration, planning and bravery to actualize into a functional reality. The melancholic pangs of leaving behind our vivid lives in Japan is something that many of us will have to eventually face as residents here. Having once packed up my own life of fifteen years in Osaka in the space of ten days with my level-headed brother and a crying baby, I can tell you that although daunting and emotional, there is also quite a systematic structure of routine to it. Just don’t ever attempt to do it alone, and give yourself plenty of time. Saying goodbye to the Japan that fed our souls, nourished our bicultural identities, and tested us on many levels, is a unique experience for everybody.

Make money matters a priority Finalizing all the daily utilities, and canceling your phone and any important memberships should be high on the checklist as they may take more time than you think to organise. Remember to also pay or prepare for all outstanding bills like city taxes. Bank accounts may need to be closed at a later date depending on how you have organized direct debit payments, or how and when your final salary will be deposited. If you plan to return to Japan periodically, or perhaps want a back-up plan, make sure your visa and Resident Card are up to date. The new immigration laws have abolished re-entry visas, so you need to return to Japan within one year of leaving to keep your visa alive.

To receive your lump sum pension payment, or combine it to your own pension plan in your home country when you leave (depending on a reciprocal agreement with Japan), you have to surrender your Resident Card at the airport. This process needs to be begun while still in Japan, and finalized once you leave. Your local city or ward office can direct you to the most local centre for this important step.

Anyone want a bookshelf? One of the first inevitable jobs that must be faced head on, is what to do with all your stuff. There are a number of good places where you can advertise to sell your things: the classifieds section in KS, the ‘Sayonara Sales’ section at Tell and Sell Japan, and Japan’s Facebook Garage Sale site. Set up your own original page on Facebook, then

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make it into a scheduled event. The rite of passage ‘everything must go’ party is the social option for making this downsizing task a super memorable time. You can also ask Japanese friends for other local recycling solutions. Getting the really valuable possessions from Japan to your new home is another big step that benefits from an abundance of time, preparation, and a crew of helpers. Asking friends for recommendations is usually the most resourceful option once you decide on air or sea delivery. Pakmail (branches in Esaka and Amagasaki) specialise in getting your stuff safely from A to B and will happily provide a free estimate. If you are traveling solo, and can time your departure to take advantage of discounted air tickets, you could even recruit somebody to return with you for both the physical help, and general luggage allowance. Two passengers on economy Jetstar Airways tickets can take up to 100kg between them at a very reasonable cost. Moral support at this time is incredibly priceless.

Leaving with a purpose People leave Japan for different reasons, and this one factor may play a role in how we successfully reestablish our new identities once our old label of expat or gaijin has expired. A clear purpose is decidedly a strong foundation for easing ourselves gently into a whole new mode of life. The following stories highlight some experiences from expats who have already taken the plunge. Savvy international traveler Peggy, now based in London, advises people to start spouse visa processes early, obtain landlord/work/personal references, and bring current copies of bank statements to combat the lack of credit history after extended years in Japan. “Be prepared for the distinct ‘I’ versus ‘we’ culture,” she warned, when transitioning back into Western culture. Reverse culture shock is nothing to be ashamed of. Australian digital designer Peter has left Japan more than once. “Life in Japan is something you can never quite grasp. Leaving is relinquishing a funny

Two wise friends said it best: Japan changes us in ways we cannot know until we leave. Give it time.

Helpful links sayonarajapan.com The Stress-Free Guide to Leaving Japan E-book 2nd Edition 2012-2013 ¥500 Written by a former language teacher in Japan. www.nenkin.go.jp/n/www/english/ The Japan Pension Service English Homepage. japanblogdirectory.com/foreignersin-japan If you need a burst of Japan in your day, head here for some real life stories. japan-guide.com Various threads of conversation

dream, but then it haunts you. I’ll always yearn for it in some way.” Family man Mike is moving back to Quebec for French immersion schooling opportunities. The cultural splendor he adores about Japan will influence their choice of neighborhood near Chinatown so some Asian essence remains in their lives. If you haven’t clearly decided where to live, or just hoping to save money, house sitting might be a modern option to gently acclimatize you. You can adopt somebody’s lifestyle for a while, including friendly, chatty neighbors. Long-term Osaka resident Jacki returned to Australia in April to finish her Early Childhood studies. She had successfully organized work and accommodation before she left, found a local Japan Australia society, and contacted a local craft group for new friendships. Having recently gained her PR visa, her connection to Japan will be maintained through annual visits. There are bound to be comparisons made, frustrations felt, and distinct edges of sabishii. Trust the decision you have made, be patient with the readjustment, and get creative if you feel lost. Start your own blog, become an avid Instagram-er, or start your own Meetup group for excitement. Reinvent, Reignite and Refresh who you’ve been. Two wise friends said it best: Japan changes us in ways we cannot know until we leave. Give it time.

relating to daily life issues in Japan. pakmail-osaka.com pakmail-ama.com Pakmail international shipping and moving service. meetup.com An international site to find or create groups, with people who share the same interests as you and live nearby. housecarers.com If you can’t decide where to live, consider house sitting as a creative and gentle option.

Closed Online Groups Japan’s Facebook Garage Sale All Things Kids! A wide range of new and secondhand things for children. Japan Facebook Garage Sale: Everything Else New and secondhand things are advertised daily. The K-A International Mothers In Japan A good resource and sounding block for lifestyle topics related to living in Japan. Tell and Sell Japan Yahoo Groups A group where you can advertise the things you no longer need.

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Made in Kansai

Powdered to perfection In the famous tea growing town of Uji, skilled craftsman have perfected the art of producing Japan’s most highly prized green tea. Text: Carla Avolio • Images: courtesy of Marukyu Koyamaen

It’s not everyday you meet somebody with real talent, but when I’m introduced to tea plantation master Motoharu Koyama, it’s clear I’m in the presence of somebody with special qualities. As we stand in the headquarters of Marukyu Koyamaen, the tea company of which he is president, Koyama is polite – humble even – but says little. Amidst a whirr of activity – customers browsing the gift shop, workers scurrying past, and the constant chattering of sales staff – he stands still, hands by his side, concentrating on a vague spot on the ground. It’s intense, focused, and exactly what I expect from the man who is the only person in history to achieve a perfect score at the Japanese tea tasting competition. Our meeting is taking place in Uji – a city south of Kyoto that’s renowned for producing the finest tea in Japan. With its frost-free climate and sandy soil, Uji has long been considered an ideal place for growing tea. Over its

1,000-year history of cultivation, Uji’s tea farmers and producers have perfected methods of growing and crafting tea, creating a unique and highlyprized brand known as Ujicha. One of the finest examples of Ujicha comes from Marukyu Koyamaen, a 300-year-old company that has been family owned for 11 generations. On a sunny day in May, I visit the company’s headquarters in the quaint suburb of Ogura to find out more about the unique methods used in Ujicha, in particular, how they relate to the most exquisite of all green teas: matcha. After my brush with the 11th generation plantation master, I meet his charismatic brother, Toshimi Koyama, who has agreed to take me through the process of matcha production from bud to bowl. Our first stop is to visit a field nearby to see how the tea plants are grown. When we arrive, I’m surprised to find that the neat rows of Camelia sinensis plants are completely covered by a shel-

ter. “We start shading the plants when the first leaves emerge around April,” says Toshimi Koyama, who goes by the title Semmu, or Director. “Using reed mats and straw, we can filter out 90% of sunlight.” Developed in Uji in the 16th century, this method of growing tea plants under shade improves the final product by subduing the production of bitter, but health-promoting catechins, while protecting the sweet theanine that is responsible for the relaxing and focusing effect of tea. “Compare the taste of matcha with that of a steeped tea like sencha, which comes from bushes grown in full sun,” says Semmu. “Matcha is mellow and sweet, whereas sencha is fresh, bitter and astringent.” But before it can become drinkable, tea leaves must first be harvested, which is done in mid-May by traditional pickers known as tsumikosan. Unlike sencha, which is machine harvested, matcha must be hand plucked so that only the soft new leaves

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Taste Marukyu Koyamaen’s range of world-class green teas, including matcha, sencha, and gyokuro, at their teahouse and shop in Kyoto. Or, take a tour of their factory in Uji. See marukyu-koyamaen.co.jp/english for more information

are selected. Further, to ensure the best taste, picking is done only once a year, known as ichiban cha. Immediately after picking, the fresh leaves are steamed to stop oxidation, dried in a brick oven, and refrigerated until further processing. At this point, the dried matcha leaves are called tencha, and Semmu pauses the tour to illustrate another crucial point. The tencha leaves are dried flat for easier grinding, whereas the sencha leaves are rolled into a needle-like shape. This rolling method, developed in Uji during the Edo period, crushes the cell walls to facilitate a faster infusion. “It also helps draw out sweet, umami qualities similar to those found in matcha,” says Semmu. To see what happens next to the tencha leaves, I visit Marukyu Koyamaen’s processing factory a short drive away. On my visit, Semmu takes me past a vast room of complex machinery where tencha leaves are cut and sorted to separate the soft leaf tissue from stalks, stems and veins. While this state-of-the-art technology is impressive, the real magic, in my opinion, happens in the tasting room where the plantation master’s legendary skills come into play. Because tea is a living plant that’s affected by an infinite number of variables, every year the different types of tea must be blended to ensure each type of matcha looks

and tastes consistent. This Herculean task is done by Motoharu Koyama, who tastes an astonishing 1,000 samples over three months. Semmu stresses that his brother’s knowledge and superior ability to discern the properties of tea is at the heart of the company’s success. After blending, the purified tencha tissue is ground by stone mills into grains of between 1 to 5 microns in size, forming the fine green powder we recognise as matcha. As the tour comes to a close, Semmu and I wander into the gift shop where I ask him about the company’s plans to expand. “Our mission is to continue making the finest tea,” he says matterof-factly. “That said, we’re willing to expand in the innovation of our matcha products.” Leading me to a shelf stacked with goods, he begins excitedly pointing out some of his personal inventions. “We’ve made a matcha paste that can be used in cooking, matcha incense, and matcha soap. We’ve even created matcha that can be made with cold water, and are in the process of experimenting with decaffeinated matcha.” Watching him speak with a Wonka-esqe zeal I can’t help but feel excited about the company’s new direction. “My older brother has the traditional responsibility of making the best tea every year,” he says. “But for the first time in our history, I have the

opportunity to explore everything that’s possible with matcha.” It’s thrilling stuff, and I pick up a bar of soap to try at home. Before I leave, Semmu offers me a matcha soft cream for the road. Attending the machine is a baby-faced 8-year-old boy, who Semmu tells me is the plantation master’s grandson. As the child hands me my towering emerald cone, I feel a slight shiver down my spine. Here, in this 13th generation Koyama boy, lies the legacy and future of this amazing company.

Nishinotoin teahouse Enjoy the atmosphere of a traditional Japanese garden and elegantly renovated machiya. • Open: 10:30am–5pm (closed every Wednesday, 1, 2 & 3 Jan) • Tel: 075-223-0909.

Store • Address: B1F JR Kyoto Isetan Department Store • Open: 10am–8pm (closed 1 Jan) • Tel: 075-352-1111 (ext.3054)

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Jam-packed with fun Take a break and a bite out of Anpanman and his friends at Uncle Jam’s Bakery in Kobe. Text and images: Esperanza Urbaez

Along the picturesque Kobe Harborland is a magical museum called Kobe

Anpanman Children’s Museum and Mall.

The fourth to open in Japan, the museum, which is dedicated to one of the most popular anime series among young children in Japan, has become the new family day-out destination in Kobe. For the uninitiated, Anpanman is a superhero whose head is made from a bean jam bun known as anpan. The museum, which costs ¥1,500 per adult and child over one year old, is a wonderland of hands-on activities, kid-sized sculptures of all the Anpanman characters, exhibits, slides, play areas and a screening room to watch the show. Below the museum, there is a whole Anpanman mall that’s free to enter. There are a variety of attractions and events including a few restaurants, a hair salon, game center, and many shops with every kind of product available with Anpanman and his friends. Anpanman even performs a dance and makes an appearance for picture ops. There is also the popular Uncle Jam Bakery where you can buy Anpanman anpan! (Fans will remember Uncle Jam as the kindly old baker who created the bread-headed boy.) Unfortunately,

there is often a line to enter the bakery that wraps around the front of the store. But the store always provides entertainment to those waiting through the fun window display where the bakers can be seen hand making new batches of bread. Once inside, the lovely aroma of freshly baked bread fills the shop, delighting excited children and parents. This writer found it difficult to choose among the variety of incredibly cute breads and buns displayed in a buffet style with happy faces like Akachanman and Melonpannachan. The most popular bun is of course the Anpanman bun (¥300). But, the other buns filled with vegetable curry, blueberry jam, strawberry milk cream, chocolate and custard cream are also delicious options and all come in at a reasonable ¥300. Fun alternatives to the buns are The Frank Footer, a sausage with a bowtie and top hat (¥350), and the Hamburger and potato kids (both ¥380). If you are traveling with young children or find yourself bored on a rainy day Uncle Jam Bakery at the Anpanman Mall should definitely be on your list of places to visit.

• Address: Hyogo, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Higashikawasaki 1-6-2 (10 min walk from JR Kobe Station) • Opening Hours: 10am–7pm • Price Range: ¥300–380 • Go to dish: Anpanman bun • Best bit: Cute buns, fun interactive display • Worst bit: No drinks, No seating

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海外生活日記

Hiking talk There is no better time to go hiking in the great outdoors than November, when the air is brisk and the sky is an eye-crinkling blue. Kansai has no shortage of richly forested walking trails that meander up hillsides, through quaint villages and past ancient ruins. For the best walking experience, make sure to prepare for all weather or terrain conditions with a jacket (jaketto) or polar fleece vest (furiisu besuto), hiking boots (tozan gutsu), beanie (biinii) and gloves (tebukuro). Oh and don’t forget your eco-friendly water bottle (suitou) and back pack (zakku). And if you find yourself slightly lost at any point, it’ll be super handy to know a few phrases so you can ask a friendly passer-by. Just remember to greet everyone with a smile and a “konnichiwa”. Happy walking!

Vocab and phrases jacket

jaketto

ジャケット

polar fleece vest

furiisu besuto

フリースベスト

hiking boots

tozan gutsu

登山靴

beanie

biinii

ビーニー

gloves

tebukuro

手袋

water bottle

suitou

水筒

back pack

zakku

ザック

Trekking pole

stokku

ストック

すみません、この道

Excuse me, is this the path for….?

sumimasen, kono michi wa ( ) made ikemasu ka?

What a breathtaking view!

zekkei desu ne!

絶景ですね！

Do you know how long it will take to walk to….?

( ) made wa dore gurai kakarimasu ka?

〇〇まではどれぐら

I think I’m lost!

michi ga mayotteiru

道が迷っている

は〇〇まで行けますか？

いかかりますか？

What’s it like living in... Portugal? Yoshio Chimoto loves working with people and using his practical experience gained in Portugal over more than 30 years. KS asked all about it. ポルトガルで何をしていますか。取材・撮影やコーディネーター業務をしています。また、昔はよくウインドサーフをしていました。ポルトガルは風も強く、波も高いのでウインドサーフに向いているんです。現在の趣味は写真。素敵な写真を撮って、ポジティブなポルトガルを紹介したいと思っています。ポルトガルへ住むきっかけは。子供の頃から外国の一人旅に憧れていました。初めてポルトガルを訪れたのは、休学し20歳で留学した時です。当時は独裁政権だったので、言論の自由がなかったり、物が手に入らなかったり、今とは異なる重苦しい社会でした。1974年4月25日に起こった革命で民主主義が取り入れられ、その後幾度かの政治危機を乗り越え現在に至っています。今は世界のブランド店が大通りに進出し、リスボン中心部のリベルダーデ大通りは世界ベスト10通りに選ばれるなど、他のヨーロッパ諸国とは遜色ありません。24歳の時点で一番ノウハウがあったので、ポルトガルで生計を立てるようになりました。だいたい 35年ほど住んでいますが、現地の人と本音で話し合い、仕事ができることは大きな魅力です。普段、何語を話しますか、学習方法は。現地の人とはポルトガル語を使い、日本人同士では日本語を使います。ポルトガル語は直接法と接続法の使い分けが難しいと思います。会話を通じて覚えるためにたくさんの人と様々なテーマについて話し、練習しました。現在でも、本当の意味でポルトガル語がわかっているとはいえません。オススメのローカルフードを教えてください。夏の時期は、粗塩をたっぷり振りかけて炭で焼くイワシの塩焼きが美味しいです。中部地方では、生後４週間未満の子豚を釜戸で焼く子豚の丸焼きに、赤のスパークリングワインの取り合わせると最高です。ヨーロッパの中では、米を一番消費するお国柄なので、シーフード雑炊など米料理も豊富です。オーブンで焼く鴨ライスもオススメです。ポルトガルを旅する時の心得とは。ポルトガルを訪れたら、人とのふれあいを大切にしてほしいと思います。街中で困って地図を開いていると、誰かが声をかけてくれるでしょう。やはり、人とのふれあいが旅の一番の思い出となると思います。 Follow Yoshio: chimotoportugal.blog76.fc2.com チモトのポルトガル Interview by Sarasa Kitano

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Kathman-do it! If you’re tired of the usual dinner, why not try Nepalese? Reasonable prices, exotic spices and a menu that’s very veggiefriendly. Text: Sam Evans • Images: Nepaliko Chulo

When we talk about our favourite world cuisines we mention Italian, Indian, Chinese, Mexican, even American for all the fast-foodies, but Nepalese isn’t usually one that comes up. Nepaliko Chulo in Daikokucho, Osaka aims to change all that, by providing this somewhat still off-the-radar food at very reasonable prices. Feeling hungry and ready to take a gustatory gamble on the unknown? I was, and the outcome was delicious. The cosy establishment, which sits on a side street just off the main drag, radiates authenticity from the moment I walk through the door. My eyes take in the Nepalese décor of homemade lampshades and pennant flags, which line the room above photos taken by the owner, Suzen Mainali. Over the ambient Nepalese instrumental music playing in the background and a cup of Nepalese tea, which is to die for I might add, Mainali explains the ethos behind his restaurant. “Here, we focus on traditional Nepalese cooking, exactly as it would be cooked and served at home in Kathmandu. We want to spread the word and prove just how good Nepalese food is.” Time for the food then. I am served a traditional Dal Bhat, which Mainali informs me is the staple meal of the Nepalese, with differing variations being served every day in his home country. In this case the dish, consisting of a ball of white rice at its centre and a pot

of soup at the side, is surrounded by four different kinds of lentils, mixed seasonal vegetables, sautéed spinach called Saag Buteko, two different kinds of pickled vegetables referred to as achar; all complimented by a separate portion of mango yogurt. But how to eat this herbivorous victual? I learn that the traditional way, as with all Nepalese fare, is with the hands; and Mainali generously gives me a crash course in the art. However, after floundering my food around the plate a few times with only limited success in actually getting it into my mouth, I decide to revert back to the trusty knife and fork. The taste is a mixture that from a first-time-trying westerner’s standpoint is vaguely reminiscent of the spices used in Indian cuisine. But make no mistake; this food is refreshingly unique, intensely delicious and in spite of this particular dish’s absence of meat, leaves me feeling satiated enough to sprint up to the summit of Mount Everest… maybe. As Mainali explains: “Good vegetarian cuisine can be hard to find in Kansai. Here we pride ourselves on providing great vegetarian food cooked with passion that one can enjoy in a relaxing, authentic atmosphere.” But have no fear meat lovers, for Nepaliko Chulo caters for you too. Resident chef Buddi Man Tamang, who has no less that forty years experience in the field, is kind enough to cook me up a sample of their chicken Takari,

which is sort of like a Nepalese chicken curry and is every bit as mouthwatering as the Dal Bhat. As well as a comprehensive menu that concentrates on both mains and starters, they also serve four kinds of Nepalese beer, the award-winning Nepalese Khukri rum, plus all the usual suspects one might expect to find in a restaurant setting. What’s more is that with lunch starting at ¥590, starters from as low as ¥290 and all-you-can-eat-and-drink party courses from ¥3,000 per person (call beforehand for larger groups), Nepaliko Chulo is reasonable to say the least. So wait no more, go and experience genuine Nepalese food at its best, right on your doorstep

Nepaliko Chulo • Address: 556-0015 Osaka, Naniwa-ku, Shikitsu-nishi 2-9-7 • Open: Lunch 11am–3pm, dinner 5–11pm • Closed: Every 2nd and 4th Weds • Tel: 06-6636-5131 • Website: oasiscafejapan.com • Access: Daikokucho Sta, Exit 2

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Bringing the latest and greatest in European filmmaking to Kansai once again, the Osaka European Film Festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Text: KS

Seeing Hollywood films in Japan is often a frustrating affair - in most cases, you’ve got to wait a few months until the Japanese subtitles have been made, so your mates back home have already blogged about it before you’ve even seen the trailer. And sometimes, it gets dubbed. The few European movies that make it to the box office cause even more frustration: oh awesome! That new French movie I wanted to see… is only showing with Japanese subtitles. Well, I guess it’s good reading practice for the JLPT... Whatever your level of English or Japanese, you can relax at the Osaka European Film Festival. The brand-new European movies here are presented in their native language, with both English and Japanese subtitles so you and your Japanese mates can make a night of it and enjoy the flick equally. The annual festival, the brainchild of French ex-pat Patrice Boiteau, is

Key OEFF events in Nov • Wed 13: 20th Anniversary opening • Wed 13–19: OEFF in Hankyu • Fri 15–Mon 25: Film Screenings • Mon 18, Thu 21, Fri 22: Eigajuku • Sat 23: 20th Anniversary Celebration Party • Sat 23–Mon 25: OEFF Flea Market • Sun 24: Symposium

OEFF Venues Hankyu Umeda Main Store (9th floor) Hotel Elseriene Osaka Osaka International House The Entente Banquet Hall, Kobe

celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. How has it changed over the last 20 years? “Well, we have a bigger team, and we always have more events, but the quality of the films has not changed,” explains Patrice. And he should know: as chairman, he’s the one that hand picks all the movies on offer: “I think democracy is necessary, but not when it comes to film selection. There’s too much contention!” This year’s festival has 25 movies, many of them enjoying their Japanese premiere, plus a host of film-related exhibitions, workshops and parties. One of the exhibitions centers around Honorary Chairperson Claudia Cardinale, an actress from Tunis, French Tunisia. She’s worked with directors including Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti, and her movies include Rocco and His Brothers (1960), The Leopard (1963) and Once upon a time in the West (1968). Patrice enjoys bringing people like Claudia to Kansai, as film events on this kind of scale are usually held in Tokyo. “It’s actually easier to hold this kind of event in Tokyo, easier to get sponsors and venues. But I wanted to keep it in Kansai,” Patrice says. He’s lived in the area for 25 years personally, so he feels proud to keep it local, and wants to encourage more foreign residents to come and join in. “Typically the kind of festival-goers we have are Japanese people who have travelled abroad, or are studying European languages,” Patrice says. “They tend to be a little older – I think it takes maturity to appreciate and understand European film culture. We are

Patrice’s picks If you can only see a few movies... 1. Jin - A 17-year-old girl flees a terrorist group in Turkey and lives in the mountains. (Kurdish with Japanese and English subtitles) Patrice says: “I was really moved by the story, it’s very challenging.” 2. Keep Smiling - Ten women are trying to win a beauty contest but the rules aren’t so straightforward. (Georgian with Japanese and English subtitles) Patrice says: “This one is from a very small country called Georgia, it’s rare to see films from here.” 3. Day of the Flowers - Two Scottish sisters travel to Cuba with their father’s ashes. (English/Spanish with Japanese and English subtitles) Patrice says: “We like to include films that were shot outside of Europe, like this one filmed in Cuba.”

trying to reach out to more Japanese young people, and encourage them to explore European cinema through our workshops.” And there’s no rest for Patrice once the festival closes on November 25, he’ll begin planning out the 21st festival next year. “It’s a non-stop bullet train,” he says joyfully. And just like the super-smooth train of fame, this film festival is something you’ll want to get on board with this month. www.oeff.jp/en/

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After the surprisingly awesome In Bruges (2008), director McDonagh has teamed up with Farrell again to make this complex and twisted comedy about a struggling scriptwriter, his dog-napping friends and an LA crime boss. Well worth a watch!

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Dean Parisot • 116mins • Action Comedye Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony Hopkins

In recent years, the more obscure comic book series have hit the big screen with varying success, from Kick Ass to Scott Pilgrim vs The World, but whereas those franchises may be speckled with stars like Cage, Carrey or Cera, 2010’s Red threw together some of the biggest actors around today. Although The Expendables boasts an even longer list of big-hitters, they are there for decoration and variations on the formula of punching a bad-guy in the face; the “Retired and Extremely Dangerous” portrayed by Willis, Malkovich, Freeman and Mirren on the other hand were actually characters an audience could genuinely like and care about. In Red 2, Frank Moses (Willis) has retired… again, but whereas the first film saw him stewing in the boredom of his autumnal years, it is now his better half, Sarah (Mary-Louise Parker), who is craving a little excitement, while Frank is happy shopping for BBQ grills in Costco. Thankfully, the film doesn’t dwell on the “one last job” clichés for very long, and it is within the first 10 minutes or so that Frank is drawn back into the action. Willis had Freeman to bounce off of in the original Red; their friendship making them both more relatable. But (spoilers if you haven’t seen the original) although there is a Joe-shaped hole in the narrative that is difficult to fill, Malkovich is given more room to chew the scenery, while Mirren and Parker are really let off the leash as they both (to varying extents) hold their own against their dominantly male counterparts. The characters may be a little more rounded this time around, but there is no distracting from the narrative, which is so standard Frank could have picked it up with his BBQ at Costco. The band must get back together to track down a portable nuclear device while avoiding attention from both sides of the law. Nonetheless, the film is fun, fast and undeniably entertaining. Don’t forget you can find a list of local cinemas (and what’s playing) online at: www.kansaiscene.com/cinemas/

Carrie Nov 8 • Kimberly Peirce. 99mins • Chloe Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore

Based on Brian DePalmer’s cult-classic ‘70s horror (which was in turn based on a Stephen King book), this is a remake nobody asked for. But it may be a little better than you were expecting as there are more post-prom scenes than the original.

Captain Phillips Nov 29 • Paul Greengrass • 134mins • Tom Hanks, Barkhad Adbi, Barkhad Abdiraham

Maybe Greengrass has finally gotten over his Matt Damon man-crush as his newest gritty drama sees Tom Hanks take the lead. Based on the true story of Somalia pirates hijacking an American ship in 2009, it is hyper-realistic (translation: looks cool, but isn’t really that accurate).

The Tiger Mask Nov 9 • Ken Ochiai • 87 mins • Eiji Wentz, Sho Aikawa

Based on the much-loved manga and anime TV series, Eiji Wentz puts on the Tiger Mask and enters the ring as the poor orphan who becomes a pro-wrestling superstar against all the odds.

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Cinema listings (selected theaters) Osaka Osaka Toho Cinemas Umeda • Tel: 06-6316-1312 • www. tohotheater.jp • Discounts: Weds (women), 1st & 14th of the month: ¥1,000, every day after 8pm: ¥1,200

Now showing: Dead Man Down,

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Jobs From Nov 8: Carrie, Judge From Nov 9: Kiyosu Kaigi, Bad Boys J The Movie From Nov 15: The Counselor From Nov 29: Captain Phillips From Nov 30: Arise: Border 2, Red 2

Umeda Burg7 • Tel: 06-4795-7602 • http://burg7. com • Discounts: Weds (women) 1st of the month: ¥1,000; every day after 8pm: ¥1,200

Now showing: Percy Jackson: Sea

of Monsters, One Direction This is Us, Jobs From Nov 8-10: Latin Beat Film Festival From Nov 9: Room Mate From Nov 15: The Counselor From Nov 16: Jinx From Nov 23: Persona 3 #1 Spring of Birth, Bayonetta Bloody Fate From Nov 29: Captain Phillips From Nov 30: Red 2

Umeda Garden Cinema • Tel: 06-6440-5977 • www. gardencinema.jp/umeda/ • Discounts: Weds (women), 1st of the month: ¥1,000; every day after 8pm: ¥1,200

Now showing: Jobs, How to make

a book with Steidl, The Other Son

From Nov 9: Onnatachi no Miyako From Nov 16: Pecoross no Haha

ni Ainiiku

From Nov 23: Hannah Arendt

Cine Libre Umeda • Tel: 06-6440-5930 • www.ttcg.jp/ cinelibre_umeda/ • Discounts: Weds (women), 1st and 15th of the month: ¥1,000

Now showing: Arcana, The Jungle,

American Pie: Reunion, Seven Psychopaths From Nov 9: Third Star From Nov 16: Scatter My Ashes At Bergdorf ’s, Ip Man The Final, W.E.R From Nov 23: Filth, The Iceman From Nov 30: The Call

Theatre Umeda • Tel: 06-6359-1080 • www.ttcg.jp/ theatre_umeda • Discounts: Weds (women), 1st of the month: ¥1,000

Now showing: Tango Libre, In the

House, Safe Haven, Taste the Waste From Nov 9: Everyday From Nov 16: Stand Up Guys From Nov 23: The Extreme Sukiyaki, Sansan From Nov 30: Tightrope

Osaka Station City Cinema • Tel: 06-6346-3215 • www. osakastationcitycinema.com • Discounts: Weds (women), 1st of the month: ¥1,000

Now showing: Now You See Me,

Fly, 42-The Jackie Robinson Story, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Twice Born, 2 Guns, One Direction This is Us From Nov 9: Room Mate, Tiger Mask From Nov 14: You’re Next From Nov 15: The Family, The Counselor From Nov 22: The Perks of Being a Wallflower From Nov 29: Asa Hiru Ban, Captain Phillips, The Big Wedding From Nov 30: Cinema KabukiShunkyokagamijishi, Red 2

Toho Cinemas Namba • Tel: 06-6633-1040 • www. tohotheater.jp • Discounts: Weds (women), 1st and 14th of the month: ¥1,000; every day after 8pm: ¥1,200

Now showing: Kiyoku Yawaku,

Fly, One Direction This is Us, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Spec close zen no hen, Jobs From Nov 8: Carrie, Judge From Nov 9: Bad Boys J The Movie From Nov 14: You’re Next From Nov 15: The Counselor From Nov 29: Captain Phillips, The Big Wedding • From Nov 30: Arise border 2, Red 2

Namba Parks Cinema • Tel: 06-6643-3215 • www. parkscinema.com • Discounts: Weds (women), 1st of the month: ¥1,000; every day after 8pm: ¥1,200

Now showing: Now You See Me,

DokiDoki! Precure, 42-The Jackie Robinson Story, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, 2 Guns, Behind the Candelabra • From Nov 8: Carrie • From Nov 9: Room Mate, Shijuukunichi no Recipe • From Nov 15: Malavita, The Counselor • From Nov 29: Asa Hiru Ban, Captain Phillips • From Nov 30: Red 2, The Call, Cinema Kabuki-Shunkyokagamijishi

Cinem@rt • Tel: 06-6282-0815 • www. cinemart.co.jp/theater/shinsaibashi • Discounts: Mon (men) Weds (women), 1st and 25th of the month: ¥1,000

Now showing: Heaven’s Gate From Nov 9: Cold War, Bokutachi

no Kougen Hotel From Nov 16: Ripples of Desire, Pecoross no Haha ni Ainiiku From Nov 23: The Extreme Sukiyaki, The Iceman From Nov 30: Lagerfeld Confidential

Kyoto Movix Kyoto • Tel: 075-254-3215 • www.movix. co.jp • Discounts: Weds (women), 1st and 20th of the month: ¥1,000; every day after 8pm: ¥1,200

Now showing: Now You See

Me, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Behind the Candelabra, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, 2 Guns, One Direction This is Us From Nov 8: Carrie From Nov 9: Kiyosu Kaigi, Room Mate, Bad Boys J The Movie From Nov 15: The Counselor From Nov 16: Kujikenaide From Nov 22: Subeteha Kimini Aetakara From Nov 23: Kaguyahimeno monogatari • From Nov 29: Asa Hiru Ban, Captain Phillips • From Nov 30: Red 2

Kyoto Cinema • Tel: 075-353-4723 • www. kyotocinema.jp • Discounts: Weds (women), 1st of the month: ¥1,000

Now showing: Jobs, Bella

Addormentata, Takeyane no Sato, Becoming Traviata, Cairo Time, The Other Son From Nov 9: Safe Haven, Onnatachi no Miyako, Sanagi From Nov 23: The Extreme Sukiyaki, Sansan From Nov 30: Hannah Arendt, Kamihate Syouten

Toho Cinemas Nijo

From Nov 22: The Perks of Being a

Wallflower

From Nov 29: Captain Phillips, The

Big Wedding

From Nov 30: Arise: Border 2,

Red 22

Kobe Os Cinema Mint Kobe • Tel: 078-291-5330 • www.jollios. net • Discounts: Tues (women), 1st and 16th of the month: ¥1,000; every day after 8pm: ¥1,200

Now showing: Percy Jackson: Sea

of Monsters, Jobs, 2 Guns

From Nov 9: Kiyosu kaigi, Room

mate

From Nov 15: The Counselor, The

Family

From Nov 29: Spec close kou no hen, Captain Phillips From Nov 30: Red 2

Kobe Kokusai Shochiku • Tel: 078-230-3580 • www. shochiku-eigakan.com • Discounts: Tues (women), 1st of the month: ¥1,000; every day after 8pm: ¥1,200

Now showing: Now You See Me,

42-The Jackie Robinson Story

From Nov 8: Carrie From Nov 16: Cinema Kabuki-

Shunkyokagamijishi

Os Cinema Kobe Harborland • Tel: 078-360-3788 • www.jollios. net • Discounts: Tues (women), 1st and 16th of the month: ¥1,000; every day after 8pm: ¥1,200

Now showing: Now You See Me,

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, One Direction This is Us From Nov 9: Tiger Mask From Nov 15: The Family From Nov 22: The Perks of Being a Wallflower From Nov 29: Captain Phillips From Nov 30: Red 2

Cine Libre Kobe

• Tel: 075-813-2410 • www. tohotheater.jp • Discounts: Weds (women), 1st and 14th of the month: ¥1,000; every day after 8pm: ¥1,200

• Tel: 078-334-2126 • www.ttcg.jp/ cinelibre_kobe • Discounts: Weds (women), 1st and 15th of the month: ¥1,000

Now showing: Now You See Me,

Now showing: Venetia’s Garden,

One Direction This is Us, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Spec close zen no hen, Jobs From Nov 8: Carrie, Judge From Nov 9: Sakasamano Patema, Tiger Mask, Bad Boys J The Movie From Nov 15: The Counselor

Arcana, Seven Psychopaths

From Nov 9: Everyday From Nov 16: Scatter My Ashes At

Bergdorf ’s

From Nov 23: Persona 3 The Movie: Spring of Birth, The Extreme Sukiyaki From Nov 30: Love Marilyn

Note: for show times and ticket information, please contact the cinemas directly

Kansai Scene Listings: Where to go & what to do Nov 4

Event pickups

Shitennoji Wasso – Celebration in Ancient Asian Style 四天王寺ワッソ FREE

Naniwanomiya Former Palace Site, Osaka

Enjoy colourful sights and amazing sounds at this spectacular carnival commemorating cultural exchanges between Japan and other Asian countries. Over 1,000 participants will re-enact glittering ceremonies held in the 6th century. See a dazzling parade of ancient Chinese, Korean and Japanese courtesan costumes, and a constant stream of performers with exotic dance and music. It is a great chance to see some fabulous costumes and props up close, as they are re-created authentically in detail. There will also be local and ethnic food stalls you can savour. Admission: free • Access: Subway Tanimachi line Tanimachi4-chome • www.wasso.net

Event Listings November

Hikone Castle Festival 小江戸彦根城まつり

Miki Metal Goods Festival 三木金物まつり FREE Miki City Hall Square, Hyogo Nov 2 & 3

A huge metal goods market which attracts 150,000 people every year – you can take part in workshops and meet traditional Japanese blacksmiths. • Admission: free • www2.city.miki.lg.jp

Ikeda Ramen Festa 池田ラーメンフェスタ FREE

Hankyu Railway Ikeda stn,

Osaka Nov 2 & 3

Osaka’s popular ramen restaurants will open their stalls for this annual event and provide a small bowl of noodles for ¥350. • Admission: free • www.i3c.jp/ev-ramen.html

Hikone Castle and Surroundings, Shiga Nov 3 FREE

An annual festival celebrating the history and the culture of Hikone City. The highlight is a grand parade of people dressed in costume from the samurai period. Admission: free • www.hikoneshi.com/jp

Japanese Horseback Archery 流鏑馬神事 FREE

Omi Jingu Shrine, Shiga

Nov 3

Horseback archery in the style of the samurai period will be held to please the god of Omi jingu shrine. • Admission: free • oumijingu.org

Kyoto Imperial Palace public opening 京都御所一般公開 FREE Kyoto Imperial Palace, Kyoto Until Nov 4

The historical palace grounds will be open to the public without the need for usual application procedures. • Admission: free • www.kunaicho.go.jp

Bellows Festival 鞴祭り FREE

Ikutama-Jinja Shrine, Osaka

Nov 8

A handful of steel will be forged using traditional methods. • Admission: free • Access: Subway Tanimachi line / Sennichi-mae line Tanimachi9-chome stn; 4 min walk

Isamu Yoshii Festival かにかく祭 FREE

Gion Shirakawa, Kyoto

Nov 8

Provided by Biwako Visitors Bureau

Kusatsu Illuminations 草津街あかり華あかり夢あかり FREE Kusatsu stn and Surroundings • Nov 8 & 9

During this event various lanterns made by locals will illuminate old streets and classical houses of Kusatu, and there’s an installation made to look like the milky way, named Akari Ginga. • Admission: free • www.biwakovisitors.jp

Beautifully dressed geisha and maiko will perform a ceremony to commemorate Isamu Yoshii, a playwright who adored the Gion district. Time: 11am–2pm • Admission: free • Access: Keihan Railway Gion-shijo stn; 10 min walk • Tel: 075-561-1115

Gose Town Festival 御所まち霜月祭 FREE Gose-Machi and Surroundings, Nara Nov 10

Kansai Scene Listings: Where to go & what to do Ancient Ball Game Festival

Nov 3

Nov 10

蹴鞠祭 Tanzan-Jinja, Nara

See an elegant ball game called kemari that was popular in the Heian period of the Japanese Imperial Court. Wearing bright kimono, players will kick and pass the ball around in a graceful manner. Legend has it that Prince Nakano Oe first met his vassal Kamatari Fujiwara at a game of kemari in the 7th century. To commemorate this historical fact, Tanzanjinja, which houses the deity Kamatari Fujiwara, hosts the ancient ball game biennially in Spring and Autumn. After the match has finished, players usually invite the audience onto the pitch to try it out. Admission: ¥500 adults, concessions • Access: JR Sakurai line/ Kintetsu Railway Sakurai stn bus to Tanzan-jinja • www.tanzan.or.jp

Arashiyama Autumn Leaves Festival もみじ祭り FREE

Togetsukyo Bridge and Surroundings, Kyoto

Enjoy entertainment the ancient courtly way – watching the best performers sail past you on a boat, with a backdrop of beautiful autumn leaves. This is a re-enactment of a luxurious boating event on the river Oi. A variety of classical performing arts will be showcased on the boats such as Noh play, court music, dance and demonstrations of flower arranging. Do not miss the costume play of kyogen and the parade featuring shimabara tayu – a courtly courtesan from the samurai period – on the riverside. Time: 10am • Admission: free • Access: Hankyu Railway Arashiyama stn / JR Sagano line Saga-Arashiyama stn • www. joho-kyoto.or.jp/~retail/akinai/maturi/maturi_arashiyama.html

A one-day event celebrating the great history of Gose-machi. Fine artworks will be on display at traditional houses, and there will be a parade of mountain monks as well. • Admission: free • Access: JR Wakayama line / Kintetsu Railway Gose stn • Tel: 0745-62-3001

Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau Festival おおさか市営交通フェスティバル Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau Midorigi Kenshajo, Osaka Nov 10 FREE

The Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau will open one of their warehouses to the public. Various vehicles – old and new – are on display and many other attractions are being planned. • Admission: free• www.kotsu. city.osaka.lg.jp • Access: Subway Yotsubashi line, Kitakagaya Stn, 8 min walk.

Gracia Hosokawa Festival

Kansai Culture Day

長岡京細川ガラシャ祭

All over Kansai Nov 16 & 17

FREE

Shoryujijo Park, Kyoto

Nov 10

A dazzling parade commemorates Lady Gracia Hosokawa, who was a Christian convert in the age of civil war. Expect to see around 1,000 people dressed as if they’re from the samurai period. • Admission: free • nagaokakyo-garasha.jp

Harimanokuni Sosha Annual Festival 霜月大祭 Harimanokuni Sosha, Hyogo Nov 13–16 FREE

One of the largest religious festivals in the Himeji region with ceremonial events such as a purification ritual held in the sea, martial arts, kagura Shinto dancing and many others. • Admission: free • sohsha.jp

関西文化の日

Over 500 art museums, botanical gardens and many other institutions in Kansai area will be free of charge for their permanent exhibitions. It’s advisable to check the date and exhibitions before travelling to events. • Tel: 06-4964-8844 • www. kansaibunka.com/bunkanohi/

CHIC Holiday Bazaar Community House & Information Centre, Nov 9

Garden in the World Heritage site of Nijo Castle. • Admission: free (usual entry fee required ¥600 adults, concessions) • Access: Subway Tozai line Nijojo-mae stn

Provided by Biwako Visitors Bureau

FREE

Autumnal Light up 兵主大

Jewelry, Pottery, Washi Dolls, Antiques, Kids Activities, and many more! Access: RIC Central Tower 3F (3 mins walk from Rokko Island Centre St.) Time: 10am-5pm • Admission Free • chickobe.com

社庭園紅葉ライトアップ

Falconry Display 放鷹術 FREE

Nijo Castle, Kyoto

Nov 17

Japanese falconry will be demonstrated at Midori no Sono

Hyozu-Taisha Shrine, Shiga Nov 15–24

Autumn brings a unique nighttime experience to the scenic site of Hyozu-taisha. The moss-covered garden here is illuminated and has special opening hours to welcome visitors in the evening. • Time: 5:45pm–9pm (Closed Monday) • Admission: ¥500 adults, concessions Email: ohmifuji@nifty.com

Kansai Scene Listings: Where to go & what to do Nov 30 & Dec 1

Nov 10

Provided by Biwako Visitors Bureau

Hot Air Balloon Flight

Tengu Goblin Feast

第37回熱気球琵琶湖横断

天狗の宴

FREE

Lake Biwako, Shiga

Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple, Kyoto

Every year when maple leaves turn scarlet, the magical Japanese creatures called tengu come down from Mt. Atago to Otagi Nenbutsuji to ward off evil spirits from the grounds. Shooting arrows in the air and beating wooden clappers noisily, these tengu – a blue-faced one and a gold-faced one among others – work vigorously to scare away the malevolent forces. There will also be a taiko drumming performance given by cheerful children before the religious event. There are an impressive 1,200 Buddhist stone statues in this temple to see too.

Things are heating up as Takashima city gears up for its 37th hot air balloon event. Witness many hot air balloons lifting off together. These colourful balloons will take to the sky from Omi Shirahama bathing beach at 7am, cross Lake Biwa and finally land around Notogawa town. If there are light wind conditions, the hot air balloons will circle the sky above Adogawa-cho town. Short balloon rides will be available for the first 150 people at Aoyagi-shogako school from 8am to 10am on November 30. These balloon events are subject to change if weather conditions are bad. Phone enquiries are not available on the event days.

Time: 1pm–3pm • Admission: ¥300 adults, concessions • Access:

Time: 7am • Admission: free • Access: JR Kosei line Omi-

Hankyu Railway Arashiyama stn bus to Otagidera-mae

Takashima stn 5 min taxi to Omi Shirahama Suiei-jo

• Tel: 075-865-1231• www.otagiji.com/page014.html

• Tel: 0740-22-6108 • Email: biwako@takashima-kanko.jp

Event listings cont. Sukunahikona shrine Annual Festival 神農祭 FREE Sukunahikona-Jinja, Osaka Nov 22 & 23

Sukunahikona-jinja houses the gods of medicine, and this is its largest event, attracting 50,000 people every year. • Admission: free • www.sinnosan.jp/index.html

Sake Cellar Open to the Public 酒蔵祭り蔵びらき FREE Kobe Shushinkan, Hyogo Nov 23 & 24

The traditional sake brewery Shushinkan is hosting a family fun weekend – they will crack open a sake barrel, and offer samplings of dumplings and hotpot made with sake for the adults, and hold live performances and lots of activities for children. • Admission: free • www.shushinkan.co.jp

Wakayama Food Festival 2013 食祭和歌山 2013 FREE Wakayama Castle and Surroundings, Wakayama Nov 24

One of the most popular events in Wakayama, introducing all things delicious in its local cuisine. A gourmet market, a cooking contest by famous chefs and a variety of attractions will be held. • Admission: free • Access: Nankai Railway Wakayama stn; 10min walk • Tel: 073-435-1234

The Art of Kabuto & Swords Accessories 変わり兜×カナタ装具 Osaka Museum of History Nov 2–Dec 8

See some uniquely designed battle helmets, sword fittings and mountings dating back to the samurai period. There’s a live

performance of samisen and koto on the 8th, and you can experience wearing a replica helmet and a surcoat at weekends. • Admission: ¥1,000 adults, concessions • www.mus-his.city.osakal

Vetro Montagna Classic Car Meet 2013 ヴェトロモンターニャ高野山 2013 FREE Kongobuji Temple, Wakayama, Beginning of November (to be announced)

Classic car owners get together to show off their pride and joy. Over 80 rare automobiles will drive on a tour route heading to Shirahama hot spring. • Time: 11am • Admission: free • Access: Nankai Railway Koyasan stn bus to Senjuin-bashi • Tel: 0736-56-2616

Future Shorts Film Festival: 2013 Autumn The Future Shorts Film Festival, showcasing the most exciting short films from around the world, is back for its Autumn screenings in Nov/Dec. You must register to attend as spaces are limited. • Kyoto: Nov 23, 6:30pm at Oinai Karasuma • Kobe: Dec 1, TBA • Osaka: Dec 7, TBA • Entry: ¥2,000 w/1 drink (seven films). • Website: weareonejapan.com Find more listings online at: www.kansaiscene.com/ listings

Kansai Scene Listings: Where to go & what to do Until Nov 10

Art

Irina Ionesco Nadar/Osaka

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Located in the 1930s, Western-style Osaka Norin Kaikan Hall, Nadar/Osaka is a gallery dedicated primarily to photography by currently active Japanese photographers, running the gamut from professionals to the general public. This exhibition, however, features the famed French-Romanian photographer Irina Ionesco, known for her chaotic, erotic Surrealist vision, and notorious for her explicit 1970s shots of her pre-teen daughter (who later sued her over them). Besides many adult women in various states of disrobement, her subjects have included nude, heavily tattooed members of Japanese crime syndicates. Beyond the controversy, though, Ionesco has earned undeniably deserved acclaim over her 50-year career. She manages to combine Baroque, theatrical decadence and dark bondage-tinged symbolism with a cleanliness of contrast and elegance of composition that make the pictures seem practically sterile no matter how provocative their content. This show includes color works as well as the black-and-white prints for which she is best known. © Irina Ionesco / G.I.P.Tokyo

Oct 29–Nov 10 • Photographs by renowned French erotic-gothicSurrealist photographer Irina Ionesco, in gallery housed in a “retro” building • Open: 11am–7pm • Closed every Mon incl. Nov 4, a national holiday • Access: Subway Shinsaibashi Stn • nadar.jp/osaka

Art Listings Osaka

Open: 10am–5pm (until 7pm on Fri) • closed Mon (when Mon is a national holiday, open Mon and closed Tue) • Admission: Varies for special exhibitions • Access: Keihan Nakanoshima line Watanabebashi Stn • www.nmao.go.jp

and radio personality is shown in a graphic design gallery.

Kyoto

Open: 11am–7pm (until 6pm on Sat) • closed Sun, Mon, and hols • Admission: Free • Access: Yotsubashi line Namba Stn • www. dnp.co.jp/gallery/ddd

Seiji Fujishiro Fantasy Exhibition: The Gift of Light 工藤哲巳 1971年撮影：工藤弘子 ©ADAGP, Paris & JASPAR, Tokyo, 2013

Your Portrait: A Tetsumi Kudo Retrospective The National Museum of Art, Osaka • Nov 2–Jan 19, 2014 FREE

Retrospective of provocateur who dealt with issues like pollution, genetics and sex in sometimes grotesque sculptural works and happenings, and is currently receiving renewed attention.

Osaka Culturarium at Tempozan (next to Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan) Sep 14–Nov 24 大宮エリー展 ―7年のOL時代と、7年間の今

Ellie Omiya FREE ddd gallery Nov 5–Dec 20

Find out why work by a movie director, scriptwriter, author, stage director, TV commercial director/ planner/music program emcee,

Luminous cut paper and mixedmedia works with a cute fairy-tale aesthetic, a nostalgic favorite of many “around-40” Japanese who grew up with Fujishiro picture books.

Open: 10am–6pm • Admission: ¥1,500 • Access: Chuo line Osakako Stn • ktv.jp/fujishiro/

小野佐世男『初夏の空』『東京パック』1934年6月号（一部）

Ono Saseo: The Modern Girl, the Southern Belle and the Bicycle Girl FREE Kyoto International Manga Museum • Oct 31–Feb 11, 2014

Depictions of various “strong and beautiful” female archetypes, including pre-war Japanese moga

Kansai Scene Listings: Where to go & what to do Until Nov 24

Light and Illumination Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa

Until Apr 13, 2014

Tatsuno (Hyogo)

Museum of Art

Tatsuno, an old castle town near Himeji, is home to many venerable traditional buildings. These include historic houses and centuries-old soy sauce warehouses dating from the Edo period, when the region was home to a flourishing soy sauce industry. The Tatsuno Art Project, held for the third time this year, aims to use these traditional spaces in imaginative ways, to contribute to their preservation, and to attract visitors with contemporary art and related events such as workshops and a contemporary music concert. Work by over a dozen artists from both Japan and overseas will be shown in a variety of interesting venues such as the former Higashimaru soy sauce factory, Tatsuno Castle, and various other historic sites. While recent years have seen a bit of an explosion of such local art festivals, this one promises to be intriguing for its offbeat rural location and architectural treasures as well as for the art itself. Known in the past as the “little Kyoto” of southwestern Hyogo, Tatsuno has the antique charm of Kyoto without the tourist frenzy, and the combination of its cultural heritage with avant-garde art should make it a worthwhile trip during geijutsu no aki (“autumn, a good time for art”).

This exhibition focuses on the diverse aspects of light through works in assorted media, from various countries and eras, as well as stained glass and room lights that originally illuminated the villa itself. Luminous works of art include paintings such as Paul Klee’s Cathedral, Claude Monet’s Water Lilies, and the feather-light and Oriental lightfilled Still Life with Open Window by Pierre Bonnard, and traditional and modern ceramics. The Oyamazaki Villa is a Tudor-Gothic mansion eclectically designed inside and out during the early 20th century by wealthy businessman Shotaro Kaga. Providing a contrast to the main building are two annexes, nicknamed the Underground Jewelry Box and the Dream Box, which were designed by renowned Osakan architect Tadao Ando in his usual spare concrete style. Located in a rural area between Kyoto and Osaka, the Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art is conveniently accessed from both cities but far removed from their hustle and bustle. This exhibition will continue with a second half from January 17 to April 13, 2014.

Nov 15–24 • Contemporary art meets traditional architecture in a

Open: 10am–5pm • Closed Mon (when Mon is a national holiday,

historic castle town in the Hyogo countryside • Open: 10am–4pm

open Mon and closed Tue) Dec 26-Jan 3, Jan 14-16 • Admission:

• Closed on Mon • Tickets: ¥300 • Access: JR Hon-Tatsuno Stn

¥900 • Access: JR Kyoto Line Yamazaki Stn or Hankyu Oyamazaki

(approx. 20 min from Himeji) • tatsuno-art-project.com

Stn • asahibeer-oyamazaki.com

(“modern girls”), by Showa-era comic artist and illustrator

Open: 10am–6pm • Closed Wed • Admission: Free• Access: Karasuma Oike stn • kyotomm.jp

Hyogo Exhibition as Media 2013: Shuta Hasunuma Works <soundlike 2> Kobe Art Village Center Nov 2–20 FREE

Sound art based on fieldwork in Kobe and Nairobi, Kenya, by composer and artist Hasunuma, at annual event showcasing young avant-garde artists.

Open: 12–7pm • Closed on Tue • Admission: Free • Access: KobeKosoku Shinkaichi Stn • kavc.or.jp

Wakayama

Kobe Biennale 2013: Encounters with Art in the Port

Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA

Oct 1–Dec 1

Many artists make unique use of interiors of shipping containers, which are a symbol of the port. Concurrent exhibitions at Hyogo Prefectural Museum, Yokoo Tadanori Museum of Contemporary Art and elsewhere. Main Venues: Kobe Meriken Park area, Museum Road area, Sannomiya/Motomachi area. • Open: 10am–5pm (until 6pm Sat/ Sun) • Admission to all events: ¥1,800 • Access: JR Motomachi Stn and others • kobe-biennale.jp

『一行の詩のためには…：リルケ「マルテの手記」より』《愛にみちた多くの夜の回想》1968年、リトグラフ、丸沼芸術の森蔵 ©Estate of Ben Shahn / VAGA, N.Y.& JASPAR, Tokyo, 2013

Ben Shahn: The Magic of Lines Itami City Museum of Art Nov 2–Dec 23

Approx. 300 paintings, drawings and posters by Shahn, an artist active in the US from the 1930s to ‘60s who exerted a lasting influence on graphic design. Open: 10am–6pm • closed Mon (when Mon is a national holiday, open Mon and closed Tue) • Admission: ¥700 • Access: JR Takarazuka line Itami Stn • artmuseum-itami.jp

Kumanokodo Nakahechi Museum Nov 10–Dec 23

Traces the history of architectural firm SANAA (Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates), the 2010 winners of architecture’s most illustrious Pritzker Prize, focusing on their design for this museum located in the scenic Kumano mountains. Open: 10am–5pm • closed Mon (when Mon is a national holiday, open Mon and closed Tue) • Admission: ¥250 • Access: From JR Kiitanabe Stn to Nakahechi Museum bus stop • city.tanabe.lg.jp/ nakahechibijutsukan

Find gallery access details and more listings online at: www.kansaiscene.com/listings

クロード・モネ《エトルタの朝》1883年油彩

Tatsuno Art Project 2013: Arts and Memories

Kansai Scene Listings: Where to go & what to do Nov 22

Live Music

Franz Ferdinand

Indie rock five-piece band from Scotland • Zepp, Osaka • Rock • 7pm • ¥7,000 • Tel: 06-06-6535-5569

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Formed in 2002 in Scotland and belonging to the post-punk revival genre of the mid 2000s alongside the likes of Arctic Monkeys and Kaiser Chiefs, Franz Ferdinand are currently promoting their fourth studio album Right Thoughts, Rights Words, Right Action. The band got their initial breakthrough with their second single “Take Me Out”, which gained significant commercial success and reached number 3 on the UK singles charts. Their new album, released in the summer of this year, has already had good reviews in the music press while breaking into the Top 10 on the album charts in the UK. The first two singles from the album have also been warmly received, with “Right Action” and “Love Illumination” both gaining more than one million hits on YouTube. Interestingly the band’s name comes from a historical figure. They take the name from the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria whose assassination in the run-up to the First World War was a factor in its happening.

Live Music Listings Nov/Dec Rock & Pop Paul McCartney Ex-Beatle singer-songwritermusician. Kyocera Dome, Osaka

Nov 12 • Rock-pop • 7pm • ¥12,500/¥16,500 • Tel: 06-77328888

Archaic Hall, Osaka Nov 20 • Rock • 7pm • ¥8,500/¥9,500 • Tel: 06-6341-4506

Pretty Maids Melodic vocals and heavy classic guitar metal from Denmark. Club Quattro, Osaka

Nov 23 • Metal • 6pm • ¥7,000 • Tel: 06-6311-8111

Triceratops Japanese blues-rock trio. Big Cat, Osaka

Nov 23 • Rock • 6pm • ¥4,800/¥5,300 • Tel: 06-6341-3525

Michael Monroe, Nov 15

Michael Monroe Ex-glam rockers Hanoi Rocks frontman. Club Quattro, Osaka

Nov 15 • Rock • 7pm • ¥6,800 • Tel: 06-6311-8111

Morrie Japanese heavy rock vocalist. Muse, Osaka

Nov 17 • Rock • 5pm • ¥6,300/¥6,800 • Tel: 06-6245-5389

Boz Scaggs American singer-songwriter and musician.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Californian rock group mixing blues, garage rock and neopsychedelia. Club Quattro, Osaka

Nov 26 • Rock • 7pm • ¥6,300 • Tel: 06-6311-8111

Bonnie Pink New York-based, Kyoto-born, Japanese singer-songwritermusician. Namba Hatch, Osaka

Nov 28 • Pop-rock • 7:30pm • ¥6,000 • Tel: 06-7732-8888

NIW! Records 10th Anniversary

Milky Bunny

Pop-rock mixed-genre event ft. Comeback My Daughters/Cubismo Grafico Five/Keishi Tanaka & more.

Shangri-La, Osaka

Singing Project of Pop-model Tsubasa Masuwaka.

Big Cat, Osaka

Nov 30 •Pop • 6pm • ¥4,200 • Tel: 06-7732-8888

Nov 24 • Pop-Rock • 2pm • ¥3,910 • Tel: 06-6882-1224

The Pillows

Aldious

Japanese alternative rock trio formed in 1989.

New all-girl Japanese heavy metal band.

Namba Hatch, Osaka

Muse, Osaka

Dec 1 • Rock • 6pm • ¥4,200/ ¥4,700 • Tel: 06-6341-3525

Nov 24 • Metal • Time:TBA • ¥3,800/¥4,300 • Tel: 06-6245-5389

Sex Machine Guns

Yoko Ishida

Japanese heavy bass and fast guitar rock band.

Japanese anime themes vocalist.

Abeno Rock Town Hall, Osaka Nov 24 • Pop • 5pm • ¥5,500 • Tel: 06-6632-6900

Dec 5 • Rock • 7:30pm • ¥5,000/ ¥5,500 • Tel: 078-332-0146

Muse, Kyoto

Dec 3 • Metal • 7pm • ¥4,000 • Tel: 075-223-0389

Monta Yoshinori Japanese male indie-rock vocalist. Chicken George, Kobe

Bon Jovi, Dec 12

Bon Jovi Classic US ballad rockers. Kyocera Dome, Osaka

Dec 12 • Rock • 7pm • ¥9,000/ ¥50,000 • Tel: 06-6341-4506

Eastern Youth Lyrically-expressive punk trio from Hokkaido. Club Quattro, Osaka

Dec 7• Punk • 6pm • ¥3,500 • Tel: 06-6535-5569

Eikichi Yazawa Influential Japanese singersongwriter. Osaka Jo Hall, Osaka

Dec 7 & 8 • Pop-rock • 7th-7pm/8th5:30pm • ¥5,000/ ¥15,000 • Tel: 06-6344-3326

The Mods ‘70s and ’80s Japanese punk fourpiece. Big Cat, Osaka

Dec 8 • Punk • 6pm • ¥4,900 • Tel: 06-6357-3666

Kansai Scene Listings: Where to go & what to do Nov 26

Nov 27

Dec 4

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

The Cardigans

A Flood of Circle

Known for their own style of garage Rock, Blues, Folk Revival and NeoPsychedelia sounds, the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from San Francisco, California, take their name from Marlon Brando’s onscreen bike gang. Now based in Los Angeles, the band formed in 1998 and were originally called The Elements but when they discovered that there was already another band by the same name they changed their name to BRMC in very un-Spinal Tap fashion. BRMC released the album Specter at the Feast in March of this year and the song “Sell it” was featured in the new Ridley Scott movie The Counselor. Incidentally, band member Robert Been is the son of the late Michael Been of The Call, the US rock and new wave band that were active between 1980 and 2000. They have actually covered a song by The Call on the latest album Let The Day Begin. And for musos, bassists may be keen to learn that Robert Been achieves his distinctive booming bass sound by layering multiple distortion boxes, not an action I can condone but interesting nonetheless.

Reuniting last year after a five-year hiatus, the hugely popular (especially in Japan) Swedish rock group The Cardigans return to Japan after successful appearances at last year’s Summer Sonic festivals in Tokyo and Osaka. The band’s last studio release was the 2005 Super Extra Gravity; an album that the band dubbed “unruly and spectacular” and “a beautifully deranged album that never ceases to surprise the listener”. So what have The Cardigans been up to between 2005 and 2012? It would seem the answer is not a lot. Guitarist Peter Svensson restarted their old label Trampolene and signed up Swedish pop band The Animal Five. Vocalist Nina Persson was probably the busiest working on a charity album for Oxfam as well as collaborating with Manic Street Preachers and also the late Mark Linkous. No doubt if this reunion is a permanent one then it won’t be long before they are back in the studio recording again.

This energetic Japanese rock trio was formed in 2006 in Shimokitazawa. They released their self-titled debut minialbum in 2007 through the label CRUX and in a short time have had a couple of line-up changes to boot. Influenced by blues and the heavy rock sound of the ‘70s, the band also have a very strong visual image both in the flesh and in promoting their music on film; the latest single from Flood of Circle is called “Dancing Zombies” and to say that the accompanying music video is somewhat grotesque would be an understatement. Take a look for yourselves! The band’s latest studio album I’m Free was released in July and a new live album Live!!! For All the Rock n Rollers recorded at Zepp, Tokyo, earlier this year was released just last month. As mentioned above, there have been some line-up changes since the beginning and the current format is a trio of Hisaya (bass), Ryousuke Sasaki (vocals and guitar) and Hazime Watanabe (drums).

Reformed Swedish rock-pop band • Namba Hatch, Osaka • Rock-pop • 7pm

Japanese rock trio • Taku Taku, Kyoto

• ¥7,500/¥8,500 • Tel: 06-7732-8888

• Rock • 6:30pm • ¥3,150/¥3,650 • Tel: 075-351-1321

Californian rock group mixing blues, garage rock and neo-psychedelia • Club Quattro, Osaka • Rock • 7pm • ¥6,300 • Tel: 06-6311-8111

Ken Hirai

Osaka Jo Hall, Osaka

Japanese pop vocalist.

Dec 14–15 • Pop • 14th-6pm/15th5pm • ¥8,500 • Tel: 06-6357-4400

Dec 10–11 • Pop • 7pm • ¥7,500/ ¥9,500 • Tel: 06-7732-8888

Kesha

Osaka Jo Hall, Osaka

CSS Cansei de Ser: sexy, Brazilian all-girl rock band from Sao Paulo. Club Quattro, Osaka

Dec 12 • Rock • 7:30pm • ¥6,000 • Tel: 06-6535-5569

Namie Amuro J-Pop singer and former teenage pop queen.

American singer-songwriter-rapper. Namba Hatch, Osaka

Dec 15 • Rap-vocalist • 7pm • ¥8,000 • Tel: 06-7732-8885

Elvis Costello Influential British Singer-songwriter and musician. Zepp, Osaka

Dec 15 • Singer-songwriter • 6pm • ¥7,500/ ¥8,500 • Tel: 06-6535-5569

Jazz & Blues Food ft. Iain Bellamy and Thomas Stronen

Rag, Kyoto Nov 27 • Jazz • 7:30pm • ¥4,500/ ¥6,300 • Tel: 075-241-0446

Anglo-Norwegian jazz saxophone quartet. Rag, Kyoto

Nov 25 • Jazz • 7:30pm • ¥3,000/ ¥4,500 • Tel: 075-241-0446

New York Trio ft. Yosuke Yamashita, Cecil McBee and Pheeron Aklaff Jazz piano trio.

New York Trio, Nov 27

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Kansai Scene Listings: Where to go & what to do Nov 8

Club

Joule Solstice Music presents TIP

Solstice Music presents TIP (Trance) • Live: X-Dream • DJs: Raja Ram, Lucus, Marcus C. Maichel • Open: 6pm • Admission: ¥5,000 • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 06-6214-1223 • solstice.23.com

TIP Records, the legendary GOA/psychedelic trance label from the UK, returns to Osaka on November 8. In the early ‘90s, the Godfather of trance Raja Ram started the TIP label (named after his trance project The Infinity Project), creating what would become one of the most notable and influential labels of trance music. In addition to being a DJ and label owner, he is engaged with numerous projects and collaborations including Shpongle, the psychedelic ambient project with Simon Posford aka Hallucinogen, 1200 Micrograms with GMS, The Quintessence and the Zap! and remains one of the most important figures in today’s trance scene. Alonside Raja Ram, this label showcase features three more top notch artists: an exclusive live set from German tech-trance duo X-Dream, Marcus from X-Dream and the Delta DJ set and the label manager DJ Lucus. So if you want to immerse yourself in a night of pure trance, get yourself to this event. Seeing Raja Ram’s distinctive, super-energetic performance will be worth it alone.

Club Listings November

2 (Sat)

1 (Fri)

Circus Agile feat. Matt John (Techno) •

Circus Gothamcity feat. Falty DL (Techno/Electronica) • Acts: Falty

DL, Eyez, An, Keiburger • Open: 9pm • Admission: ¥3,000/1D (ADV: ¥2,500/1D) • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 06-6241-3822 • circus-osaka. com

Joule TeiONclub 5th Anniversary (Techno) • DJs: Steve Wilson,

Takatsugu Wada, D41 ex.energydai, Ryo Fujioka, Hidetaka + more• Open: 9pm • Admission: ¥2,500/1D (ADV: ¥2,000/1D) • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 06-6214-1223 • club-joule.jp

Union Trunk (Techno/House)

• Live: yodaHaruka • DJs: nah, Miki Shinichi, Masanao Shibata, iccii • Open: 9pm • Admission: ¥1,500/1D • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 066251-2242 • club-union.jp

DJs: Matt John, Monashee • Open: TBA • Admission: ¥3,000/1D (ADV: ¥2,500/1D) • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 06-6241-3822 • circus-osaka. com

Onzieme Lime feat. Jay Haze (Techno/ House) • DJs: Jay Haze, Yashima,

Freak Menu, Masataka + more • Open: 9pm • Admission: ¥3,000/1D • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 066243-0089 • onzi-eme.com

Rooftop Bar OO & Gastro Garden Black Moon Party Osaka (EDM/ All Mix) • DJs: Issei Ishida, 1session,

Dan Elliot, J Amour, Ko-Taro, Make Love Sound + more • Open: 5pm • Admission: ¥2,500 • Shinsaibashi • oo-u.jp

Troop Cafe Bush (Techno/House) • Acts: Guilaume & the Countu Dumonts, Soichi, Det-Chin, Yudai Tamura + more • Open: 11pm • Admission:

¥2,500/1D (WF: ¥2,000/1D) • Where: Kobe • Tel: 078-321-3130 • troopcafe.tumblr.com

3 (Sun) Circus Factory feat. Ata (Techno)

• DJs: Ata, Koji Sawamura, Matsuo Akihide, Takataka • Open: 8pm • Admission: ¥3,000/1D (ADV: ¥2,500/1D) • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 06-6241-3822• circus-osaka. com

4 (Mon / holiday) Circus Zettai-mu “King of Dub” Jah Shaka (Dub/Reggae)

• DJs: Jah Shaka, 1945 aka Kuranaka, Ragaltz aka Altz • Open: 7pm • Admission: ¥3,500 (ADV: ¥3,000) • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 06-6241-3822 • circus-osaka.com

8 (Fri) Circus Feiern (Techno) • DJs: Petre

Inspirescu, Cmt, Fumi • Open: 8pm • Admission: ¥2,500 (ADV: ¥2,000) • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 066241-3822 • circus-osaka.com

Troop Cafe Roman Flugel & Efdemin (Techno) • Acts: Roman

Flugel, Efdemin • Open: 11pm • Admission: ¥2,500/1D (WF: ¥2,000/1D) • Where: Kobe • Tel: 078-321-3130 • troopcafe.tumblr. com

9 (Sat) Circus Greg Hunter Japan Tour (Techno/Electronic/House)

• Live: Greg Hunter, Gio Makyo • DJs: Yama, Nori • Open: 9pm • Admission: ¥2,500/1D (ADV: ¥2,000/1D) • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 06-6241-3822 • circus-osaka. com

Kansai Scene Listings: Where to go & what to do Kobe Port Tower

17 (Sun)

Happy 50th Anniversary Kobe Port Tower (Techno/Dance music) • Live: Secret Cinema,

Big Cat

Troop Cafe

more • Open: 7pm • Admission: ¥5,800 (ADV: ¥4,800) • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 06-6258-5010 • bigcat-live.com

Egbert • DJs: Sudo Brothers, Flash, Chiho • Open: TBA • Admission: ¥4,000 • Where: Kobe • Tel: 078391-6751

Bush (House) • Acts: Kent aka

TheBackwoods, OG, Fazz, Moyo + more • Open: 7pm • Admission: ¥6,000/1D (ADV: ¥5,000/1D) • Where: Kobe • Tel: 078-321-3130 • troopcafe.tumblr.com

14 (Thu) Grand Cafe De La Soul Japan Tour (Hip hop) • Acts: De La Soul + more •

Open: 8pm • Admission: ¥2,000/1D (Before 10pm: ¥1,000/1D) • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 06-6213-0031 • grandcafeosaka.com

15 (Fri) Circus Mathew Jonson Japan Tour (Techno) • Live: Mathew Jonson •

DJs: Yasuhisa + more • Open: 9pm • Admission: ¥3,000/1D (ADV: ¥2,500/1D) • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 06-6241-3822 • circus-osaka. com

16 (Sat) Circus Freedom Time (Nu Jazz) • DJs:

Yoshihiro Okino, Jimbo, Brisa, Yoshihisa Fujii, Takaharu Furutani, Nao Nomura + more • Open: 8pm • Admission: ¥2,500/1D (ADV: ¥2,000/1D) • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 06-6241-3822 • circus-osaka. com

Onzieme Eleven Lights (EDM) • DJs:

Benkay, Ko-Matsushima, Ypy, Marvy, MJ-Michi • Open: 9pm • Admission: Gentlemen: ¥3,000/1D, Ladies: ¥2,000/1D • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 06-6243-0089 • onzi-eme.com

Troop Cafe Troopcafe 15th Anniversary Part1 (House/Disco) • Acts:

Rahaan + more • Open: 11pm • Admission: ¥3,000/1D (ADV: ¥2,500/1D) • Where: Kobe • Tel: 078-321-3130 • troopcafe.tumblr. com

Rovo and System 7”Phoenix Rising” Asia Tour in Osaka (Jam/ Trance) • Acts: Rovo, System 7 +

Circus Steve Bug (Techno) • Acts: Steve Bug, Masanori Mikami, Toru Ikemoto • Open: 8pm • Admission: ¥3,000/1D (ADV: ¥2,500/1D) • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 06-62413822 • circus-osaka.com

21 (Thu) Circus Metasplice x Vril x Nobu (Techno) • Live: Metasplice, Vril •

DJ: Nobu • Open: 9pm • Admission: ¥3,500/1D (ADV: ¥3,000/1D) • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 06-62413822 • circus-osaka.com

22 (Fri) Circus Booty Tune & Dress Down presents Somethinn3 (Bass Music) • Acts: RP Boo, Fulltono,

Keita Kawakami, Tuttle, Quarta330 + more • Open: 9pm • Admission: ¥3,000/1D (ADV: ¥2,500/1D) • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 06-62413822 • circus-osaka.com

Troop Cafe Troopcafe 15th Anniversary Part2 (Hiphop) • Acts: Krush +

more • Open: 11pm • Admission: ¥3,000/1D • Where: Kobe • Tel: 078321-3130 • troopcafe.tumblr.com

¥4,000/1D) • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 06-6214-1223 • club-joule.jp

Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 06-62430089 • onzi-eme.com

29 (Fri)

Bar One (Sam & Dave 1)

Circus

• Open: 10pm–8am • Admission: ¥2,500/1D (men) ¥2,000/1D (women) • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 06-6212-5867 • www. internationalpartyrockers.com

Qube TV presents Efdemin (Techno) • DJs: Efdemin, Ono, Spot,

23 (Sat)

Shingo • Open: TBA • Admission: ¥2,500/1D • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 06-6241-3822 • circus-osaka. com

Troop Cafe

30 (Sat)

Troopcafe 15th Anniversary Part3 (House) • Acts: Satoshi

Tomiie + more • Open: 11pm • Admission: ¥3,000/1D (ADV: ¥2,500/1D) • Where: Kobe • Tel: 078-321-3130 • troopcafe.tumblr. com

28 (Thu) Joule 2manydjs Japan Tour 2013 (Electro/Techno) • DJs: 2manydjs,

Seiho, Paperkraft, Fanky Kow, Sou, Monashee, Yasuhisa + more • Open: 9pm • Admission: ¥4,500 (ADV:

PARTY HARD OSAKA 3rd Anniversary (All Mix Music Bash)

Circus Machinedrum Japan Tour (Techno/Electronic) • Acts:

Machinedrum + more • Open: 9pm • Admission: ¥3,500 (ADV: ¥3,000) • Where: Shinsaibashi • Tel: 066241-3822 • circus-osaka.com

Onzieme Ministry of Sound presents. Glowinthedark (Electro/Techno/ House) • DJs: Glowinthedark, Jaxx

Da Fishworks, Hirro, Joey, Khasher + more • Open: 9pm • Admission: ¥3,000/1D (WF: ¥2,500/1D) •

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Kansai Scene Listings: Where to go & what to do

Flea markets Nov / Dec Osaka Millibar Marche Millibar, Osaka Nov 3 (Sun), Dec 1 (Sun)

Organic vegetables, artisan breads and other tasty wholefood treats at this small, monthly market held at a funky restaurant in Shinmachi. • Time:11:30am–4pm • Admission free • Access: 5min walk from Hommachi or Nishi-Ohashi Stn • www.artniks.jp/millibar

Farmers & Artisan Market BIGSTEP, Osaka • Nov 24 (Sun)

Organic fruit and vegetables, local treats and handicrafts on offer at this small market outside the Big Step building in America Mura. •Time: 11am-6pm • Admission free • Access: 5min walk from Shinsaibashi stn • http://big-step.co.jp/farmers/

Hattori Ryokuchi Recycle Fair Hattori Ryokuchi Park, Toyonaka Nov 3 (Sun)

A big flea market packed with 200 stalls selling secondhand clothes, accessories and more. • Time: 10am–4pm • Admission: free • Access: 10min walk from Ryokuchikoen stn • www. garagesale.co.jp/kaijyou/hattori. html

Tezukuri-ichi Naniwa Kouzugu (Tomi-tei) Nov 9 (Sat)

Handmade crafts and tasty food

• Time:10:00am-4:00pm • Admission: free • Access: 5min walk from Tanimachi 9 chome stn http://www.kouzu.or.jp

Osaka Marche “Hommamon” Odona Yodoyabashi, Osaka Every Wed.

Organic fruit & vegetables and other local produce on offer at this weekly market held in front of the Odona shopping building on Midosuji Avenue.

• Time: 2pm–7pm • Admission: free • Access: Yodoyabashi stn • www.odona.jp/honmamon

Arts & crafts market in Namba Shrine Namba Shrine, Osaka Nov 9 (Sat)

Handmade goods, organic vegetable and plants for sale from 50 stalls in Namba Shrine.

• Time: 10am–4pm • Admission: free • Access: Midosuji Line, Yotsubashi Line, Chuo Line Hommachi and Midosuji Line Shinsaibashi • www.freemarket-go. com/kaijou_nanba.htm

Swapmeet in Hanahakukoen Hanahaku Park, Tsurumi-Ryokuchi, Osaka • Nov 24 (Sun)

Secondhand clothes, household goods, toys and curiosities for sale from 150 stalls.

• Time: 10am–4pm • Admission: ¥300 (adults), ¥100 (children) • Access: Nagahori-Tsurumiryokuchi Line, Tsurumi-Ryokuchi stn • http://www.swapmeet.ne.jp/info/ hanahaku/index.html

Cosmo Tower Charity Flea Market Cosmo Tower, Nanko, Osaka Nov 17 (Sun)

Handmade goods, second hand stuff and more at this indoor, 100-stall market in the Trade Center Building.

• Time: 11am–4pm • Admission: free • Access: Newtram Nanko Port-town Line Tradecenter-mae stn • www.swapmeet.ne.jp/info/ cosmotower

Temple markets such as this one at Toji temple in Kyoto, provide a wonderful browsing experience for the casual shopper. Everything from antique kimono, ceramics, contemporary handicrafts and plants and flowers are on sale.

Minatomachi River Place Flea Market Minatomachi River Place, Namba, Osaka • Nov 17 (Sun), 24 (Sun)

One hundred stalls selling secondhand stuff and more by the river in Namba. • Time: 10am–4pm • Admission: free • Access: Namba stn • www. freemarket-go.com/kaijou_ minatomati.htm

Kyoto

Shitennoji Temple Flea Market

Handicraft market in Umekoji Park

Shitennoji Temple Grounds, Osaka Nov 21 (Thu) & 22 (Fri)

Umekoji Park, Kyoto June 9 (Sat)

Used and handmade clothes, japanese ceramics, tableware, accessories and antiques for sale from 300 stalls at this popular temple market in Tennoji held on the 21/22 of each month.

Popular handicraft market taking place on the first Saturday of every month.

• Time: 8:30am–4pm • Admission: free • Access: 5min walk from Shitennojimae stn, Tanimachi Line • Tel: 06-6771-0066 • www.shitennoji. or.jp

Frea Market in Hanahaku Park Hanahaku Park, Tsurumi-Ryokuchi, Osaka

June 29 (Sat) & 30 (Sun), July 28 (Sun) Secondhand clothes, household goods, toys and curiosities for sale from 150 stalls.

• Time: 10am–4pm • Admission: ¥300 (adults), ¥100 (children) • Access: Nagahori-Tsurumiryokuchi Line, Tsurumi-Ryokuchi stn • http:// www.nadeshikofurima.com

• Time: 9am–4pm • Admission: free • Access: Kyoto stn 15min walk or take bus 33, 205, 208 to Umekojikoenmae • Tel: 075-771-1631 • www. tedukuri-ichi.com/umekoji

Kyoto City Hall Flea Market Shiyakushomae, Kyoto June 17 (Sun)

Secondhand stuff and more at this sprawl of 180 stalls in front of the Kyoto City Hall.

• Time: 10am–4pm • Admission: free • Access: Tozai subway line to Kyoto Shiyakusho Mae stn www.plusone.ne.jp/fm/fm_index. html

Hyakumanben handicraft market Chion Temple, Kyoto Nov 15 (Fri)

An amazing variety of handmade goods on sale at this large temple market held on the 15th of every month.

• Time: 8am–4pm • Admission: free • Access: Bus to Hyakumanben or 10min walk from Keihan Demachiyanagi stn www.tedukuri-ichi.com/ hyakumanben

Le Marché French Institute, Kyoto Nov 17 (Sun)

As close to a French market as you are likely to get without actually going to France. An organic fruit and veg market, crepes, handicrafts and live music in the grounds of the French Institute in Kyoto. • Time: 10am–4pm • Admission: free • Access: Bus to Kyodai Seimon-mae or 12min walk from Keihan Demachiyanagi stn www.institutfrancais.jp/kansai/

Kobo-san market Toji-Temple, Kyoto Nov 21 (Thu)

Traditional antiques and bric-abrac at this popular temple market held on the 21st of every month. • Time: 5am–sunset • Admission: free • Access: JR Kyoto stn 15min walk, Kintetsu Toji stn, 10min walk • Tel: 0774-31-5550 • www.toujiennichi.com

Tenjin-san market Kitano Tenmangu Shrine Nov 25 (Mon)

Great range of antiques, second hand clothes, and goods on offer at this colorful market held on the 25th of every month. • Time: 7am–4:30pm • Admission: free • Access: 1 min walk from Kitano Tenmangu-mae bus stop, bus 50 or 101 from Kyoto Station

Kansai Scene Listings: Where to go & what to do

Kansai Business Finder Wining & Dining Absinthe Mediterranean Restaurant Cafe/Bar

Nishi-ku, Kita-horie 1-2-27 South Yotsubashi Bldg. 1F Osaka Tel: 06-6534-6635 Url: www.absinthe-jp.com

Asbinthe Solaar Roof Top Restaurant Cafe Bar & Beer Garden

Chuo-ku, Namba 5-1-18 Namba Dining Maison 8F Osaka Tel: 06-6633-1445 Url: www.absinthe-jp.com/absinthesolaar

Outback Steakhouse Australian Themed Steakhouse

Kita-ku, Umeda 2-1-24 Shinsakurabashi Bldg. 1F Osaka Tel: 06-6457-7121 Url: www.outbacksteakhouse.co.jp

Murphy’s Irish Pub First Irish Pub in Japan

Chuo-ku, Higashi-shinsaibashi 1-631 Lead plaza 6F Osaka Tel: 06-6282-0677 Url: www.murphysosaka.com

Fubar Restaurant and Bar

Chuo-ku, Shinsaibashi-suji 1-5-22F Osaka Tel: 06-6245-3757 Url: www.fubarosaka.com

Captain Kangaroo Food, Sports & Rock ‘n’ Roll

Kita-ku, Sonezaki-shinchi 1-5-20 Okawa Bldg. 1F Osaka Tel: 06-6346-0367 Url: www.roo-bar.jp

Dublin Bay Irish Pub

Chuo-ku, Dotonbori 2-1-5-B1 Osaka Tel: 06-6213-1122 Url: www.irishpub-dublinbay.com

Zerro The Place to be...

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Chuo-ku, Shinsaibashi-suji 2-3-2, Queen’s Court Bldg 1F Osaka Tel: 06-6211-0439

The Blarney Stone Shinsaibashi The Irish Pub in the Heart of Osaka

Chuo-ku, Higashi-Shinsaibashi 2-527 Kohda Bldg B1F Osaka Tel: 06-6484-2220 Url: www.the-blarney-stone.com

The Blarney Stone Umeda The Irish Pub in the Heart of Osaka

Kita-ku, Sonezaki 2-10-15 Sonezaki Center Bldg. 6F Osaka Tel: 06-6364-2001 Url: www.the-blarney-stone.com

Ali’s Kitchen Pakistani & Arabic Cuisine

Chuo-ku, Shinsaibashi-suji 1-10-12B1 Osaka Tel: 06-6553-2292 Url: www.aliskitchen.jp

Go_suke Beer & Pizza restaurant and bar

Kita-ku, Sonezaki-cho 2-5-24, Chuo Bldg. 3/4F, Osaka Tel: 06-6312-3387 Url: facebook.com/beerpizzagosuke

Nepaliko Chulo Authentic Nepalese Cuisine

556-0015 Osaka, Naniwa-ku, Shikitsu-nishi 2-9-7 Tel. 06-6636-5131 Url: oasiscafejapan.com

Education Kobe YWCA Global Network of Women

Chuo-ku, Ninomiya-cho 1-12-10 Kobe Tel: 078-231-6201 Url: www.kobe.ywca.or.jp

Osaka YWCA Global Network of Women

Kita-ku, Kamiyama-cho 11-12 Osaka Tel: 06-6361-0838 Url: www.osaka.ywca.or.jp

Kansai Scene Listings: Where to go & what to do Arthur Murray Dance School Dance Studio

Chuo-ku, Minami-senba 3-5-28 Osaka Tel: 06-6245-1731 Url: www.arthurmurray.co.jp

Marga Language Service

Shops & Services Mojoprint Full Color Printing

Nishi-ku, Shinmachi 3-5-7, Eiko Bldg. 2F Osaka Tel: 06-6539-1717 Url: www.mojoprint.jp

Brastel Remit

Japanese Language School

Send money overseas

Chuo-ku, Onoe-dori 5-1-27-8F Kobe Tel: 078-271-6446 Url: www.marga.jp

Sumida-ku, Yokoami 2-6-2 Tokyo Tel: 0120-983-891 / 03-6869-4851 Url: www.brastelremit.jp

Osaka Abacus Association Let’s learn Abacus!

Minatoku, Yunagi 2-13-7 Osaka Tel: 06-6572-6877 Url: https://sites.google.com/site/ osakasoroban/

Espeto Sports Acrobatics and Capoeira school

Osaka, Minato-ku, Namiyoke 5-4-20 Tel: 06-6582-7177 Url: www.espeto-sports.com

TNT-PC English PC Support

Nishinomiya-shi, Maruhashi-cho 6-8-1F Nishinomiya Tel: 0798-65-7555 Url: www.tnt-pc.com

Yuko Tamaki Accounting Office Accounting & Tax Services

Chuo-ku, Tanimachi 1-7-3-8F, Osaka Tel: 06-6809-1955 Url: www12.plala.or.jp/ytaccounting/ indexeng.html

Miyabi Int’l Gyoseishoshi Law Firm

Tel: 06-4394-8850 Url: www.sweatshopunion.jp/eng

VISA Lawyers in Osaka

Shinmei Law Office

Kita-ku, Nishitenma 1-8-9 Viequ tower #2406 Osaka Tel: 06-4981-7439

Creamy Kids International Modeling Agency

Kita-ku, Umeda 1-2-2 Osaka Ekimae, Dai-2 Bldg. 2F Osaka Tel: 06-6347-7705 Url: www.pre21.com/creamy

Pakmail Amagasaki We Ship Anything, Anywhere!

Business Lawyer

Kita-ku, Nishi-tenma 4-11-22, Hanshin-shinmei Bldg. 501 Osaka Tel: 06-6362-8013 Url: www.shinmei-law.com/e

Exeo International International Dating Parties

Kita-ku, Umeda 1-1-3-3F Sky Lounge Mariage Osaka Tel: 050-5810-3977 Url: www.exeo-international.com

Tsugiya 2-2-28 Amagasaki Tel: 06-6492-8950 Url: www.pakmail-ama.com

Travel

Pakmail Esaka

GS Travel

We Ship Anything, Anywhere!

Best Fares in Osaka

Suita, Esaka-cho 1-23-17 Osaka Tel: 06-6330-8988 Url: www.pakmail-osaka.com

Chuo-ku, Higashi-Shinsaibashi 1-13-21, Wadayoshi Bldg 302 Osaka Tel: 06-6281-1230 Url: www.gs-travel.com/en

Sweatshop Union T-Shirt Print Shop

Naniwa-ku, Sakuragawa 4-5-19 Osaka

H.I.S. • No.1 Travel We go the extra mile for you

Kita-ku, Umeda 3-4-5, MainichiIntecio 15F Osaka Tel: 06-6133-0273 Url: www.no1.his-west.jp

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Accommodation For Rent 2LDK SHINSAIBASHI 160000YEN/MONTH FULLY FURNISHED. All flooring, 60

square meters, 8th floor corner apartment.10year old building. Center of Osaka City!! 6month min. stay required, No Key money, No Guarantors, No Agency Fees. Alex 09037030314 Contact: Alex Barnhoorn<alex@ abhousingosaka.com> Website: www.abhousingosaka.com BENTENCHO APARTMENTS AVAILABLE. from 1DK 65000/ .

1DK 65000 fully furnished , 2DK 70000 unfurnished, 2DK 80000 semi furnished. 6min walk to Bentencho subway and JR Loopline stations. 15min bikeride to downtown Nanba/Shinsaibashi areas. 3month min. contract stay. 1month refund. deposit. Alex 09037030314 Contact: alexander barnhoorn<alex@ abhousingosaka.com> Website: www.abhousingosaka.com UNIVERSAL CITY, 150000YEN/ MONTH FULLY FURNISHED.

16th floor apartment in 18story building. Only 5 year old building. Right by Universal Studios. No Key Money No Guarantors 1month refundable deposit 6month minimum stay required No Agency Fees 12min trainride to Umeda area by JR. Alex 09037030314 Contact: alexb<alex@abhousingosaka.com> Website: www.abhousingosaka.com

Room/flat share SHARED ACCOMMODATION FOR RENT IN OSAKA. Wagokoro:

Rent ¥39,000~, 9.72m2~, 8min walk from JRSenrioka st. / Marche Awaza: Rent ¥46,000~, 7.29m2~, 7min walk from Awaza st. No key money, deposit or guarantor. Furnished. Initial cost: 1st month’s rent+handling fee(15,750). Mention Classified ad = handling fee is FREE. info@entrance-japan.c Contact: Entrance Japan<info@ entrance-japan.com> Website: www. entrance-japan.com

SHARE HOUSE SUPPORTER.

Share-college KOBE. JR Nada station Room charge 43000(included utilities) about 17000en lower than the normal charge!! 2 person, English speaker or teacher. Task is petit support 2 hour per week. Contact: DREAMERS INC<info@dreamersjp.com> Website: dreamers-jp.com

Jobs Education PT ENGLISH/FRENCH TEACHERS. School in Ashiya/

Okamoto is looking for FT/PT English and French teachers ASAP. University diploma is preferable. Must be native speaker with valid visa. Payment: 2700-3000yen per hour and transportation. Contact us by email. ashiyaplus@hotmail. co.jp Contact: COM Languages School<ashiyaplus@hotmail.co.jp>

NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS WANTED. Part time, flexible hours

now available at our Kyobashi Eikaiwai school. Relaxed, friendly environment. Experience preferred but not essential. Contact: yobashiEikaiwa <KyobashiEikaiwa@ yahoo.com>

[URGENT!!] SEEKING A NATIVE ENGLISH TEACHER. Seeking a

native, experienced and reliable teacher to work weekdays and weekends. 1600 Up to 2000 yen/ lesson(50min) *About 80-140 lessons a month (negotiable schedule) *Trial period (at least 10 lessons) 1400 We are a friendly and professional school in Kyobashi. Please contact us with a r Contact: go100max<go100max@yahoo. co.jp> Website: www.englishcafeclock.com/

NATIVE ENGLISH TEACHER WANTED. In Joto ward Osaka.

Hirakata-city korien. Genki-sensei and love children. long term. 2500-3000yen. English teacher and Japanese teacher 2team teaching school. Please send your resume with a picture to: Thomas English<s-techfield@nyc.odn.ne.jp>

TEACHERS FOR ENGLISH CAMP IN DECEMBER. Girl's

JHS seeks teachers to conduct own creative 1 hour activity 3X, assist in song, drama, etc., 2 day/1 night in Sasayama, DEC. 16 - 17 (Mon and Tues). Send Resume, photo to: hanamizuki.david@gmail.com or fax to 078-854-3805. You MUST currently reside in Kansai. Pay, 25,000 yen. RT bus, Kobe Contact: Francis<hanamizuki.david@gmail. com> MINOH PT NATIVE ENGLISH TEACHER WANTED. Native

English Teacher wanted Minoh city, nth Osaka opp stn. Now Thu +

Fri afternoon and evening classes, expanding into any weekday plus Sat. Ability to work independently a MUST. Start A.S.A.P. 1,600/ hour + transport. Proper Visa required, experience preferred. Please send CV and photo by email. Contact: Modern English<info@ modernenglish.net> Website: www. modernenglish.net/ NATIVE ENGLISH TEACHER WANTED IN OSAKA! [URGENT].

After school for kids(age 6-8) near Minami-Morimachi station. Work hrs:M-F 4-6pm. JPY18002500/hr+trans. Starting:ASAP or from beginning of December. Requirements:valid visa, happyspirit, passion&amp;love for kids. Please send us your recent pic and resume to: info@manabiokids. com Contact: Manabiokids<info@ manabiokids.com> Website: www. manabiokids.com PT ENG TEACHER & PT JPN ENG TEACHER / STAFF WANTED. English teacher position

for classes from Tuesday to Saturday required. Prefer teacher who lives close to Ibaraki and Suita. Positions available ASAP. Please email us at royalenglish725@gmail.com 日

本人の英語講師、スタッフ募集中 royalenglish725@gmail.com 又は、072-637-9899 Contact: Royal

English school<royalenglish725@ gmail.com>

KANSAI CORPORATE CLASSES. CES is seeking

professional,experienced English/ Chinese/Korean/Indonesian corporate instructors for p/t corporate classes (2-7 Hours a day) in Kobe, Osaka, Shiga, Nara and Kyoto. P/t hourly rates 3,500-4,500 yen per hour. For more info, please forward C/V with availability to mark@cesjapan.co.jp Contact: Manager<mark@cesjapan.co.jp> PRESCHOOL ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. Looking for

a native English speaker who enjoys working with kids ages 2-6. Prior experience preferred, but not required. We are a small, but growing school located in Cosmosquare. Tues and/or Thurs. 10:00-2:00 p.m. ¥2,000 - 2,500/ hr From Nov-Dec Possibility of more hr/days Contact: nikspreschool<nikspreschool@ gmail.com> Website: nankointernational-kidsstation.com/

General STAFF WANTED / FAMILY RESTAURANT OPENING EARLY DEC. Staff wanted for

large family rest. opening early December in yodogawa-ku. Chefs, waiters, bar staff, must speak at least conversational Japanese. Also flyer staff (no Jap ok). Proper visa required, but can sponsor after 3 month period. Email resume

to ep_osaka@hotmail.com for immediate interview. TICKERS; TEVA AND MYL.

Using Morningstar, FT plus one more resource are you able to analyse and then debate why one is better than the other for an individual about to retire? If so we have some immediate start part time hours. Email lookforhelp12@ yahoo.com Contact: Mark Smith<lookforhelp12@yahoo.com> PART-TIME: NIGHTCLUB HOSTESS スタッフ募集. Bar/

Nightclub Female hostess wanted for Fri-Sat! Located in Fuse (Kintetsu line) we offer Englishonly service. Basic Japanese abil., proper visa required. Will provide transportation after shift ends. ¥1500/hr~ please call 080-61883645 worldline888@yahoo.com Lets talk in English with customers! Contact: Higuchi<worldline888@ yahoo.com> ENGLISH SPEAKING BAR STAFF WANTED FOR NEWLY OPENED.

bar in Umeda. Beer & Pizza Gosuke. Conversational level Japanese required. All nationalities welcome. 3hrs a night, 6pm-5am. ¥900/ hr (first month ¥850/hr). Please contact the manager, Mr. Asada at 06-6312-3387 (4pm - midnight). Contact: Mr. Asada<gogosuke@ hotmail.com> INTERNATIONAL MODELS & TALENTS WANTED. AatCaP

Corporation seeks international models and talents. Any nationality is welcome. Age groups are from baby, junior, and young to senior. Please send your resume with photo to talent@aatcap.net http://aatcap. net Phone: 06-6341-1462 Contact: Manager<talent@aatcap.net> Website: aatcap.net BARTENDER WANTED. Karaoke

& Music Bar Lovers. Lovers is a fun, friendly karaoke bar in Nanba. Our bar attracts many foreign tourists and so we are looking for an English-speaker to join our team. A great chance to improve your Japanese! 8pm–5am. At least 4 hours a day and at least twice a week. ¥1,300/hr plus incentives. Contact: Mr. Maeda 080-3794-3098.

Media / IT LEAPFORCE AT HOME INDEPENDENT AGENT - JAPAN.

This position is restricted to current residents of Japan, requires Android phone or iphone not provided. Independent Search Engine Evaluation position: Flexible hrs, competitive pay, Innovative tasks for one of the Worlds largest Search Engines Candidate must be proficient in Japanese & English Contact: aleapforce13<ashley@ leapforce.com> Website: www. leapforceathome.com/qrp/public/ job/33

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KANSAI SCENE MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2013 kansaiscene.com

Classes & Events Courses & Classes

Health & Beauty Health

POLE-DANCE, JAZZ-DANCE LESSONS. pole-dance and jazz-

ENGLISH SPEAKING DENTIST IN KOBE. Kitano Dental Clinic is

dance lessons in Osaka, all levels are welcome! more info: darkangel. dance@hotmail.com Contact: Julia<darkangel.dance@hotmail. com> FREE ABACUS CLASS FOR FOREIGNERS. FREE ABACUS

CLASS for FOREIGNERS offered by O.C.C.I. and Osaka Abacus Assoc. to promote int'l goodwill. Individualized lessons taught in Japanese or English. Saturdays 10-12 am. Course material provided for free. Near Sakaisuji-Hommachi and Kitahama. Call: Moritomo Ken 06-6572-6877 <moritomo@osakaabacus.or.jp> Website: sites.google. com/site/osakasoroban/ IKEBANA FOR BUSY KANSAI PEOPLE. Relax with flower

arrangement lessons in English! One or two lessons/month. Choose classes from Osaka (Friday eves + Saturday), Kobe (Wednesday eves), and Shiga (Sunday). TuitionFree Trial Lessons available for those considering enrolment. See website for more: http://www. cosmoflorita.com Contact: Tomoyo Wells<cosmoflorita@ezweb.ne.jp> Website: www.cosmoflorita.com

located near Hankyu Sannomiya Station West Exit. Easy access from JR Sannomiya Station. Drop-in consultations welcome. English spoken. NHI accepted. Appts required. Open Mon-Sat 9:30am7:00pm (Th&amp;Sat 9:30am-1pm) All your general needs, cleaning, etc. Call 078-331-3512 Contact: Kitano<kitano@kitanosika.com> Website: www.kitanoshika.com KANDA MEDICINE IN KOBE.

SHIATSU, ACUPUNCTURE and MOXIBUSTION Okamoto stn. on Hankyu Kobe-line, or Settsumotoyama stn. on JR Kobe-line Open everyday except Sunday and Public holiday 6am - 8pm 5,000 yen / session Tel: 078-412-5385 iPhone 090-9692-8758 hidomo@ gmail.com SHIATSU COURSES are also Offered. ENGLISH SPOKEN Contact: KANDA, Katsuhisa <hidomo@gmail.com> Website: www.zenonecompany.com/en/ health/

com> Website: www.facebook.com/ JHouseOsaka

Announcements BASKETBALL REFEREES NEEDED. Basketball refs needed.

Saturday games, high school boys, girls. No license required; experienced preferred. ¥2500 per game. Minoh City. Contact Peter at pheimer@senri.ed.jp or 080-14693788. Website: sabers.senri.ed.jp

ACROYOGA IN KANSAI. Hello

Kansai people! I am looking for people who are interested in playing acroyoga with me in Kansai! Anyone who's interested or has done acroyoga before please contact me:) Cheers! Contact: kopi12<akihosugitatsu@gmail.com>

HALLOWEEN PARTY IN KOBE.

Come and join our Halloween party on 3/NOV/2013 in Sannomiya! You will be able to find many new friends there! Wear some costume and hit the night with us! Register now through our website. Contact: ayano_o<ayano_ogt219@hotmail. com> Website: ipartykobe.com/en/ event/131103-1/

Kids HALLOWEEN PARTY. Halloween

Party in Nishinomiya, near Gardens. Fun and Games. October 31 at 5:30pm 西宮市民交流センター Hyōgo-ken, Nishinomiya-shi, Takamatsuchō, 20-20. Contact: Charlie Brown<seiyu32@gmail. com> Website: www.charliebrownenglish.com

Events

Language Exchange SPANISH TEACHER WANTED.

Community Community Services INFORMATION IN ENGLISH. PARTY HARD OSAKA 11/30.

November 30, Saturday, 10PM 8AM at Bar One (Sam & Dave 1). All Mix Music Bash. 100,000 yen cash throw out. Welcome shots for guys. Free champagne for ladies 10PM till midnight. Osaka's wildest party. For more info check out "Party Hard Osaka" at www.iflyer. tv Contact: International Party Rockers<internationalpartyrock ers@gmail.com> Website: www. internationalpartyrockers.com

Osaka Information Service for Foreign Residents offers information in English. Serivce is free of charge. Please feel free to contact us at 066941-2297 or jouhou-c@ofix.or.jp. Open Monday to Friday. Contact: Osaka Information Service for Foreign Residents<jouhou-c@ofix. or.jp> Website: www.ofix.or.jp/life/ index_e.html J-HOUSE INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN CHURCH. J-House

has locations in Osaka, Kobe, and Kyoto! Join us to hear the message of Christianity, make new friends, or even just to practice foreign languages! JHouse.tv youtube.com/ user/jhousechannel Contact: Titania Kerlegan<titania.kerlegan@gmail.

Hola, yo soy Maríe de los E.U. Quiero aprender español. Puedo pagar ¥ 3.000 para una lección de 2 horas. Vamos a encontrar en Umeda después de las 5:30 el lunes - viernes. Gracias. Contact: 2bempty<2bempty@gmail.com> DES AMIS D\'ÉCHANGE LINGUISTIQUE. Je suis Japonese

et cherche des amis. Mon français est de niveau intermédiaire, mais peux parler l'anglais couramment. Je suis très active et sociable, et ai le sens de l'humour. Merci! Contact: kkkuromaru <kklotusflower@gmail. com> LET'S STUDY JAPANESE TOGETHER !!. Please let me

know if you would like to improve your Japanese abilities. I’ll be able to support your study if you determine to start it in Umeda. I will look forward to hearing from you. Contact: Kazuo Funane <aiming2004jp@yahoo.co.jp>

ENGLISH-JAPANESE IN KATSURAGI, NARA AND UMEDA!. Friendly American

teacher is looking for a Japanese for language exchange and friendship. I can meet you at Shakudo , Nara on weekdays, and in Umeda on Saturdays. Lets help each other. Yoroshiku! Contact: Tony<dambadam@yahoo.com> SPANISH TEACHER WANTED.

Hola, yo soy Maríe de los E.U. Quiero aprender español. Puedo pagar ¥ 3.000 para una lección de 2 horas. Vamos a encontrar en Umeda después de las 5:30 el lunes - viernes. Gracias. Contact: 2bempty<2bempty@gmail.com> BRITISH STUDENT IN KYOTO, EVENINGS/WEEKENDS ONLY. I

study at Doshisha, and have French and basic Japanese skills. I have some experience of teaching and au pairing but only a student visa right now. Please contact me if you have any opportunities. Contact: Charlotte Handford<handford. charlotte@yahoo.co.uk> JAPANESE. i really want to

improve my poor japanese we can exchange our language spanish/english/french iam man single thank you Contact: kansa<salierialexander@gmail. com>

LANGUAGE EXCHANGE (JAPANESE AND ENGLISH).

I have a Japanese teaching qualification and have much experience. (f, in my 40's) I am looking for someone to learn & enjoy language study each other, around Tennoji. よろしくお Contact: am<amwiho@yahoo.co.jp> FREE GIRLS ENGLISH PARTY! THURSDAYS @ 7:30PM!. Free

on Thursdays? Want to make English speaking friends? Join our Eigo Joshikai! We eat, chat, watch movies, and play! Join us! It's free! Thrusdays @ J-House International Christian Church J Contact: Titania Kerlegan<titania.kerlegan@gmail. com> Website: www.facebook.com/ groups/571323006266939/

For Sale (second-hand) COMMUTER MOUNTAIN BICYCLE. 18-speed rugged street

specked commuter mountain bike with basket. Daikokucho ¥12,000 or offer Contact: Q<xxjsxx@hotmail. com>

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