japanamerica

Screening/Talk @ Tollywood, 8 p.m.

Books Kinokuniya Event Culture Update: "Japanamerica" Next WHEN: April 2nd, Saturday 2016 TIME: 3:00 PM - PLACE: 6th floor, event space Books Kinokuniya Tokyo Event is free, no pre-registration necessary Ten years have gone by since the publication of the bestseller "Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the US", one of the most popular texts on contemporary Japanese culture. With this book as the centerpiece, we hope to have a discussion on popular texts before and after "Japanamerica" to paint a landscape of Japanese contemporary culture today. The speakers are writer Roland Kelts, the author of "Japanamerica", and Benjamin Boas, the author of "Nihon no kotowa Manga to Game de Manabimashita (Everything I Learned, I Learned from Manga and Games)", who are both Tokyo residents and know pop culture inside and out! Roland Kelts  is the author of the acclaimed bestseller, Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture...

In conversation with veteran anime producer, Kazuki Sunami.

From Cool Britannia to True Britannia By ROLAND KELTS In Japan, Western culture usually means American products: hot dogs, hamburgers, Starbucks and Krispy Kreme donuts, and recent boutique outlets like Blue Bottle Coffee and the Dominique Ansel bakery — not to mention the nearly 50,000 United States military personnel still stationed across the archipelago. The rest of the West, especially Europe, is often relegated to second-tier status. A bistro here, a trattoria there — a chain of quasi-pubs for ex-pats and tourists. While hipster Japanese may find European culture superior to American consumerism, its presence remains sparser. British entrepreneur Dan Chuter is out to change that, at least as it applies to his homeland. Against economic odds, Chuter believes that genuine British culture can find a home in 21st-century Japan.

Roland Kelts @Naka-Kon 2016

6 p.m. @ Sophia University.