Attended the inaugural Global Science Link (GSL), the international high school students science presentation contest organized by Genting, which owns Resorts World at Sentosa (Integrated Resort). Being greeted by Mr. Tan Hee Teck, CEO of …

You may have seen Takashi Murakami and Yayoi Kusama at the windows of Louis Vuitton around the world. Hermes, another French brand, commisions and supports young emerging artists at their non-commercial spaces in Singapore and other global…

The oldest theatre in Sigapore build in 1929 is now under conservation/renovation process in a complex compound with newly built Hotel, Condominium and Shopping Mall. A Japanese company, Shimizu Construction, won the bidding out of 現存す…

One of the ideas that PM Abe proposed in 2007 was youth exchnage in huge magnitute with 30,000 people! So nice to have this JENESYS 2.0 visit to our centre! First hand experience of overseas countries while you are young is so precious! 安…

There is a place called Gillman Barracks where the British and Japanese army fought in 1942. Now it is a place hosting 15 international contemporary gallaries, and three of them are from Japan. Tomio Koyama Gallery, Mizuma Gallery, and Ota…

It's been a month since I came to Singapore. My notion that I could communicate better in English in Singapore was not really true. Singaporeans are all bilingual with their mother tongue and English. Sometimes I find difficulties to compr…

National University of Singapore (NUS) successfully hosted its first ever AAS (Association of Asian Studies) outside of the US for the first time in Asia! The roundtable moderated by Prof Ted Bestor from Harvard was fascinating enough to c…

Walking around this town, you never expect to see such a natural mixture of various kinds of culture and people in harmoney. Even within one aftrnoon, you can experience a lot. 予想以上にさまざまなものが、ほんとうに隣同士に混じり合っていま…

Today is the day for JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test）worldwide. Here in Singapore, it is conducted twice a year by the Japanese Cultural Society of Singapore (JCS). Today about 1900 learners attended this test at SMU Business Sch…

Lots of Nippon found today during my Satruday walking. Fresh veggies air-shippied from Japan at the grocery store (not the special one, but at the ordinary one). Pumpkin by Yayoi Kusama. Famous department stores and Its Rose-chan dolls! こ…

On its second week of Japan Film Festival 2014 at National Museum of SIngapore, we had full house of 250 seats with still 75 people waiting outside of the theatre. Kon Ichikawa's "Ten Dark Women" was a cool horror film. とうとう２週目とな…

My official first greetings to people in Singapore! どうぞよろしくお願いいたします！ http://www.sg.emb-japan.go.jp/JCC/message_from_director.htm

LA Times features the exhibit of "Japanese Design Today 100" organized and toured by the Japan Foundation at UCLA Perloff Hall of Architect and Urban Design Department (AUD) and quoated Prof. Hitoshi Abe, director of AUD as follows; "Befor…

Jointly hosting "Japanese Film Festival 2014" with Singapore Film Society (SFS) at National Museum of Singapore for the next 2 weeks, featuring Kon Ichikawa's 15 films. Also presenting new 7 films bring almost full house at 250-seater Gall…

Amazingly big "The Japanese Association, Singapore" with its own building with 2 restaurants, library, auditorium of 200 seats, tea room, clinic, cooking classroom, and more! Singapore has 5.3 million population with more than 30,000 Japan…

On Sunday, 22nd June, 2014. Can you find this interesting Seafood restaurant serving the best Lam chop in town? こんな所に目当てのレストランは本当にあるのか？ 公団住宅の一角、ありました。カニや海鮮だけではなく、ラム肉に牛、豚、何でもござれ…

On Saturday, 21st June, 2014. My first day at my office and the final day of the exhibit "KOGEI". On my first night out at the Marina Bay, happened to be at the rehearsal of the Independence Day celebration (9th Aug) and saw this fireworks!…

On Friday, 20th June, 2014. Arrived at Singapore after 28 years' interval! Being welcomed by my colleague, I checked in my temporary apartment. Thrilled to think about my forthcoming encounters with new friends and events in my life in Sin…