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It will be fun to look at the city from top of the tower. Why not? It's a few steps away from The Vertigo Theatre,  where I performed for the weekend. I walked up to the elevator. The tower is 626 ft high. Hard to imagine! All I can say is that the height reminded me helicopter ride once I had. You are looking down all the sky scrapers. The tower has 360 degree view with glass floor. I felt

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 I didn't know much about Calgary except Olympic 1988. If I had more time, I'd have gone for sightseeing. The color stood out! What are they talking? Cafe DeVille was a block before the theatre and when I have extra time, I sat for a cup of cappuccino. Though Calgary is a modern city, I saw nice old buildings and cathedrals. Finally my walk is over. My theater is at the foot of Calgary

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 The Vertigo Theatre where my shows are, locates in the heart of Calgary downtown . From my hotel it took about 12 blocks, about 2 miles of enjoyable walk. The city is filled with art objects among skyscrapers. Not to get lost I had this sign to mark. Well, it's not my hotel but it was across the street from mine. I called it honey comb. Calgary is near mountain and snowy city. So they

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Thank you Calgary!!! Day after day I had a great time with my audience at this vibrant Vertigo Theatre. I was impressed with young ones who came to public shows. You had a great theatre manners!! The Vertigo Theatre Y Stage producer, Nathan Pronyshyn, announced that the city of Calgary is now chosen to be the cultural capital of Canada 2012. You deserve that crown! The staff members were very

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I had a great October show tours, Kansas>>> Denver >>> Ontario Canada. Kansas had big prairie toward west where I was driving to Denver. Above the little shack caught my heart. Can I sit inside, on a stack of hey and read mid-west folk tales and Carl Sandburg poems? Or can I bring my friend in, chat about everything, play some games and forget the time? 10月のショーツアーはカンサス→デンバー→カナダ。よう動いた。 上の写真は私が

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We rocked!  I said 'we', it was a team effort with the teachers. Louanne Hein, So Choi and Tara who just had a baby (hooray!) wrote a grant to their school district and made it happen. Teachers conducted pre-visit-lesson-plans and when I entered each school, I saw Sumi-e, Japanese paint brushing and Gyataku, fish prints, on the walls. Louanne and So helped me every minute of my visits to schools

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Traveled to perform in northwest of Ohio, Springfield >> Newark>> Greenville >> Pemberville From a school show to cafe gig and magnificent theatres, they're all breathtaking experience. Even a regular schools show that I've done so many, every school is different and kids are always hilarious and surprise me with unexpected. Springfiled arts council staff members and Greenville Center for the

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I meet many young Americans studying Japanese language but not everyone has good access to classes. If you are frustrated, please check online here http://www.jpf.go.jp/e/ It's Japan Foundation website. You will find publications, book about learning Japanese/new language, fun Anime events, movies and lesson plans for educators. This website updates daily base and you see the newest

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Origami is everywhere. For the breakfast coffee the paper filter is folded at the edge, you mother makes your ham sandwich folding a piece of ham in half, a tri-fold letter for envelope to enclose, a newspaper to fold many ways, ooops my drier is ending soon and my shirts and pants are waiting to be folded. Fashion designers fold sleeves and pockets, engineers fold solar panels and airbags,

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A fundraiser to Japan/Tohoku Tsunami Earthquake relief was opened at Hollywood Bowl. "Big In Japan" featured 1970's techno pop super star band  Yellow Magic Orchestra, Cibo Matto and Yoko Ono. Yellow Magic Orchestra was really big in Japan and also England back then. One of the member is Ryuichi Sakamoto; American audience might recognize his name as the Academy award winner composing soundtrack

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The Boston Ballet principal dancer, Misa Kuranaga, is hosting "A Thousand Crane" performance for Japananese Disaster Relief Fund-Boston. She's my dear friend and I want to fly up to show my support but need to be in Japan on September 12. It is my mother's first memorial, a special day to think of her passing. And I will be thinking about Misa's Ballet and praying for the victims in Northern

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"Origami Tales" - 5 minutes excerpt * click this link or watch below ::: http://www.youtube.com/user/Kunikotheater "Japanese Storytelling with Mask, Mime & Music" - Promo Mix * click this link or watch below ::: http://www.youtube.com/user/Kunikotheater#p/u/2/LBLTaN1aaMk More Video "Origami Tales" - 8 minutes excerpts * click this link or watch below::: http://www.youtube.com/user/

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The MIM, Musical Instrument Museum has been inspiring Carlos Santana, Tony Bennett and more. I'm thrilled to be there to do workshop and performance!  The MIM exhibit musical instruments from all over the world. Musical Instrument Museum: Teaser Reel from Musical Instrument Museum on Vimeo. Here's my announcement to you all! Summer Series for Kids - Kuniko Yamamoto: Japanese Origami

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At the end of my last show an advanced origami folder asked me what to fold next.  I recommended to check Mr. Robert Lang's origami models. He's one of the top runners to the modern Origami. Many years ago at origami convention I saw his origami beetle. The details were unbelievable and it took me a while to believe this was only from a sheet of paper. The New Yorker magazine featured him.

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Have you wondered about what the Japanese teenagers are like? Are they different from the Americans? Are they as cool as anime movies and comic books? Are they happy? Are they fun? This website reveals high school life with photo essays. It's translated to English though their photos needed no explanation. Yet they express themselves in essay as well. Check this out!  http://www.tjf.or.jp/

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Click picture for bigger size  ; )

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Funny faces from Florida State University Japan/Relief-raiser Festival. I jumped in and took stage for a little bit. It was on my way to New Orleans. I had a good time with these kids who volunteered in the festival. From the university I drove to a park in Tallahassee to see Natural Bridge. After I passed the park entrance....  Miles and miles of straight arrow road in the park. I wasn't sure

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Has Spring arrived here yet? People here in Marietta OH are rady for the sun! As I was coming into the Graham Auditorium at Washington State Community Collegem, very warm sun was out. It made me skip to the door. Marietta audience was very warm and friendly to my show. Thank you, Evergreen Arts & Humanities Series! Thank you all!!I look forward to seeing you again across our path.

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She is my princess. I flew to Los Angles and stayed at my friend's house for a couple of days. I played with her a lot and had a hard time to say good-bye but show must go on. My next destination was Ojai, working with Performance to Grow On. Ojai sits in a special place in my heart. My soul sings when I see beautiful Ojai Valleys. The green air makes me smile. People treat me like long time

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Let me back up the dates. March was a great touring month. I went San Antonio TX → Los Angeles → Ojai CA → Lady Lake, FL. Pictures spring my memories.  Flying is a standard transportation but if you think about this seriously, it's an amazing experience. Often time my layover is at Atlanta airport and in the middle of there I meet Martin Luther King. His photos and special items talks to me

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I'm writing this in Marietta, Ohio. Tomorrow my show is on, presented by Evergreen Arts & Humanities. Origami Workshop at 2 PM and Performance is at 8 PM. Please gather at Graham Auditorium of Washington State Community College! I'm a big fan of staying home, watching DVD movies but live show keeps me alive. The light of excitement runs through my body, heart & soul. I feel grow whenever I go

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As you know already, Japan had the historical earthquake on March 11. From the record available, this is the 4th largest in the world history. Then, tsunami and nuclear power plant explosions made the whole country in crisis. This is beyond my imagination. Growing up in Osaka, I did experience earthquake periodically, several times per year but luckily never a serious damage in my town. But in

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 has been serving to the community of San Antonio for 75 years! Yes, 75 years! Located just east of downtown San Antonio, the Carver Community Cultural Center (the Carver) is an historical center of the community’s African-American culture. Named in honor of internationally esteemed agricultural chemist George Washington Carver, the Carver embodies this great man’s philosophy and spirit:“Start

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If you are in or near San Antonio, Texas, you're all invited to my next show at San Antonio Children's Museum. A free admission show from 11 AM on March 12. http://www.sakids.org/events/upcoming-programs/3-12-The-Arts-Cart-Kuniko-%E2%80%93-Japanese-Storyteller.aspx It's my first time to Texas and I'm very excited! See you there!

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First of all, thank you to all volunteers who came to help my origami workshop. Most of the class size were 40-50 students, 2 classes. The Balcony had stairs and limited way for me to reach every student. During the class active volunteers of parents moved around and helped us to finish our origami model! So much fun with students, teachers and volunteers that time past fast. As I was leaving

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Conducted Origami Workshop for 13 classes of 3rd graders. Origami Workshop for a class is a precious experience for me. I get to know my audience through origami. They make me laugh, surprise me and teach me a lot. Every student gave me a full attention! Teachers and the school must have been working very hard. Bravo to them! I've been coming to this school for many years and every year I'm

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The Tilles Cneter for the Performing Arts is nested in Long Island University. The glass front building was modern look to it. Hillwood Recital Hall was in the back and there were 400 seats and a good size approxmately 12' by 10'...I think. I had grade 6-12 students at 10 AM and K-5 at 12 PM show. A beautiful day, a beautiful group of theater crew, and of course a beautiful audience! I'm

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Time Flies! It's already February and I haven't finished writing about my NC trip. My 2 weeks residency in Raleigh area stretched to Johnston County, including Micro-Pine and Powhatan Elementary School. My trip ended with Oak Grove Elementary in the heart of downtown Raleigh.  Each school had a unique stage setting. It could be a perfect auditorium, it could be a no-way-gym. Gym is a tough one to

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I'm a volcano. Erupted 3 days ago. I've never got anything like it. My throat is burning like a fire.My feet is cold like being caught in icy wire. Fire and water in me. Doctor, please treat help me. Yes I have flu and strep throat, suffering in pain. I feel volcano in me which is insane. How volcanos mange all of that?

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Milbrook, Wakeforest, Tara, Harp, and today I went to the school that was off of Waldo Rood. I can go on and on about the street name here in North Carolina and I adore them all. My two weeks tour in Raleigh-Cary started out with Sanford Creek Elementary on Granite Fall. I want to say it again 'Granite Fall' and when I say it I see crystal cool look of a fall. Followed by Swift Creek Elementary

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 The day before the snowstorm in Manhattan; hmmmm I don't feel any sign of storm. The night before it became rough; yes, I do see the sign of storm coming. It was freezing 15 degree.  Next morning the snowstorm left 2 feet of snow; wow! It's Snow day and I got a day off from shows in Long Island. I went to see some art exhibition in Manhattan. One of my friend recommended Yoshitomo Nara's

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My 2011 has begun with the big showcase in New York, known as APAP showcase. This massive showcase is organized by The Association of Performing Arts Presenters (APAP), based in Washington, D.C., the national service and advocacy organization nationwide. Most of my performer friends seem to be here. I had a breakfast with Leland Faulkner, my very special friend of many years, and my new

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Do you know what a creasing pattern is? It's a creasing pattern, what else could that be? When you unfold something you folded, you see creasing lines and that design could be a pattern. Well, in origami term creasing pattern is an wild thing to see. For example when you see a magnificent flower origami, by looking at it can you visualize what the creasing pattern could be? That's what this game

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Origami tessellation has been one of my favorite. What's 'origami tess... se... llation'? ' In Latin, tessella is a small cubical piece of clay, stone or glass used to make mosaics. The word "tessella" means "small square" (from "tessera", square, which in its turn is from the Greek word for "four"). It corresponds with the everyday term tiling which refers to applications of tessellations,

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Just came back from my show at.... Where is it? 45 minutes drive from Savannah airport and it seemed a small town but the college offers big dreams. I met 3 graduate students who works for The Multicultural Student Center, with Ms.Consuela Ward, the director. They gave me ground transportation and lots of help. I enjoyed listening to their dream with Master Degree they are earning. Last

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I'm at the OAPN Annual Conference in Columbus, OH. It's been a great gathering of artists/performers, presenters and organizations. It's held at historical Atheneum off the Capitalsquare. I'm here with my agent, Liz Silverstein from Siegel Artist Management. She is my great buddy! This conference consists of meetings, showcase and exhibition. In the showcase each performer was given 10

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One of my favorite designer, Issey Miyake, makes your closet exciting. Fold your dress into origami! ...or origami into a dress?

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Origami is in! I see fashion with origami more than ever.   These are created by Tine De Ruysser, phD student in Londo, developed a “wearable metal oragmi” by fusing copper plates to fabric. The next images shows how her origami bracelet transforms into a bag.   Money is like a piece of gold, then money can be a jewelry ; )

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I'm showcasing at OAPN annual conference in Hyatt, Columbus Ohio on October 25. If you are there, please check my new origami works with my storytelling at 11 AM. Today I played with my origami flowers and here's my digital art piece of it. And I will be showing you a part of this at the OAPN exhibition booth. My super agent, Liz Silverstein with Siegel Artist, are looking forward to see you

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If you want to experience the genuine sound of Japanese traditional music, come to the Great Kansas City Festival. It was held on October 2 and will be on about the same time of the year - check next year's schedule here.   I was there to melt myself in the music of David Wheeler and Yoko Hiraoka, the duet of Koto and Shakuhachi. They both are Shi-sho, the master teacher of each instrument and

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We had a great 2 hours, didn't we? Teachers of Kansas City gathered to 'Fold and Unfold', Origami & Storytelling workshop. I shared a brief history and a future ideas of paper folding, performed some of my origami storytelling and we folded origami whale and (flapping) crane. We brainstormed curriculum connection activities and lesson plans, then could not wait to try out in classroom. At the

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Located in lovely Fairmount Park, off the Penn's Landing of  Philadelphia.....  The Mann Center for the Performing Arts has a 13,000 seats outdoor theater, celebrating 75th year. Very big capacity performing arts center; their education department got a big heart and it was an exciting experience to perform for their summer program. When I got to the stage, away from the main stage, at the

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I received Florence Tempo Award from Origami USA in 2007. It has been a while but it was a great experience and it covered the front page for "The Paper", Origami USA's quarterly magazine. I meant to post this article it up here long time ago. I'm very grateful.

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Showcase and booth, that's a great way to show what I can offer for schools. This is my 4th year to attend this conference by United Arts.  It was early Saturday morning but many teachers, administrates and PTA from K-12 schools gathered, and performers, writers and artists showcased. Have you met my friend Jennifer Morris? She is one of my agent with Siegel Artist Management, very professional,

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It's almost 2 weeks since I got back from Louisiana. I'm sorting my photos, though I didn't take too many. When it's a long tour like this, I kept thinking "oh well I can take picture, tomorrow, next week and I still have many days..." And time flies. These are pictures of the ferry I took in Iberville parish. In the heat of summer a cool breeze calm the afternoon. The second one is another

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Great culture and food in the Cajun country!  I'm in Louisiana, performing for libraries in this July. I've been enjoying Cajun music and food. A question came to me. What is 'Cajun'?  Then, what is 'Acadian'?  The word is everywhere, on street signs, on paper, on the billboard and on TV. I found some answers online. The Cajun was the people of Acadian who exiled from Canada in 18th century.

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I don't watch TV these days but one of my origami friend spotted origami in this video from SyFy channel. It's directed by Oliver Gondry whose brother is Michael Gondry, film director of "The Science of Sleep" (one of my favorite movie). Please click the screen for better view.

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I went to 3 days of paper folding jubilee of Origami USA Convention on June 25-28. It's the annual convention and origami folks and artists from all over the world gather at Fashion Institute of Technology in the heart of New York city. I arrived early and walked around from the theater district and found the new David Mamet play on 47th street at Barrymore Theater. If you are interested seeing

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PHOTO ★　Click picture to download high resolution picture. VIDEO ★ Please click the video screen for larger scree.  BIO A native of Japan, Kuniko Yamamoto received her Bachelor of Psychology from Otani University of Kyoto, Japan in 1983. Started performing professionally in her hometown of Osaka where she grew up studying traditional dance, music and theater. She has received national

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Performed at the Los Angeles Music Center/ Performing Arts Center of LA County. It was a part of the wonderful theme of "World City", which says it all about global community! I was thrilled to see this architecture, designed by Frank Gehry. I saw his documentary film while ago and learned how he makes his wild sketches to be built. He starts out his sketch like this. That becomes like this!

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 I came to the United States to study mime with Tony Montanaro in 1984. I studied with him 10 years every summer. Then I continued to be his apprentice. This video was recorded 1981.  He's bigger than a video camera could capture but I cherish this video. Missing him so much - Kuniko

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As a part of Diversity Speakers Series 2010, I performed at ERAU. Embry-Riddle is rated number one in aviation and aerospace college education offering a wide variety of air and space related degrees. It's different from regular university that I know of. Look at their parking lot! Fun fun ... fun! I had some engineer students asking me about origami that I used in show. I'm so glad that the

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Are you Manga fan? If you are, explore the Manga of 150 years ago. There's a exhibition in New York City held by Japan Society. www.japansociety.org Description: Utagawa Kuniyoshi's vivid scenes from history and legend, wildly popular 150 years ago, are a major influence on the work of today's manga and anime artists. This exhibition features over 130 dramatic depictions of giant spiders,

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I found my video from the local TV of Springfield Missouri.  http://www.ky3.com/news/local/58486212.html

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The school has been hiring me for several years and every year I look forward to visiting Burr Intermediate School 3rd graders classes. I teach my Interdisciplinary Hands-On Origami Workshop. The exciting thing is that 4th and 5th grader remembering me and say Hi to me as I enter the school. "Are you coming to 4th grade class?"some asked. "Sorry, I'm teaching 3rd grade classes." I said. "Please

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I have not updated this blog but let me post my past months performances. Young Middle School on February 15 The Young Middle School is a magnet school specialized with Math & Science. I was very excited to show new origami application to science or hi-tek world of today. I'm fascinated with ancient stories to combine with new origami and masks I make. Thank you so much for having me in your

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In my last page I put 'A Day in the life of Kentaro'. Kentaro is Japanese Elementary student. What about older kids life? Teenager? There's a awesome website to show you more than a dozen of teenagers daily life exhibited by TJF Japan foundation. The web version of "Meeting People" series published in The Japan Forum Newsletter and Takarabako, which introduces the daily life, lifestyle, and ways

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Have you ever wondered what Japanese School-life is like? Growing up there all the way to college I assumed everything but you might find it interesting. For example in a typical school day we have 6-recess, 10-15 minutes each in addition to a big lunch break. Wow! You might say I wanna go to Japanese School - not so fast. At the end of the day unlike the American schools the Japanese students

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I extended my stay in Raleigh area due to the snow days reschedules. Many thanks to the schools as it follows, juggling the date to reschedule!! Februrary 8  NEUSE CHARTER SCHOOL Charter school concept is very unique and significant. The school program is up to the school's theme&policies and I'm eager to learn the system. I was fortunate to be a part of the school program. All children knew

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February 3, Wednesday St. Raphael School After the 2 days of snow day Wake county announced another snow day but St.Raphael School is on! The road looks good and I'm on! Bravo to grade K-8, all age mixed group audience! Though some stories are more toward 6-8th and some were more toward younger kids, the essence of each story is for all ages and I hope you enjoyed the show as much as I

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I was snowed in last weekend at my corporate apartment I rented for this Raleigh - Chapel Hill NC / 2 weeks tour. Then the Wake County announced snow day for Monday and Tuesday = my shows are not happening and I'm really snowed in! So for time being I randomly surfed online and a question came to my mind out of blue.  What country is the best in school system? Or what part of the world is

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WCOM Double Dutch radio on the air in Chapel Hill, NC. Laura and Jeff, wife and husband team DJ, interviewed me about my shows in the area.  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Double-Dutch-Radio-Show/38238813715 Lovely part was having Jasper, their daughter (h,,,, I forgot how old she was .... I think she's about 9 years old ...is that right, Jasper?). It was awesome to see the kid radio host!  I

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This week could not any better. Everything went well. I got lost here and there on the road but wonderful thing was whenever I called someone was there to help me. Thank you!! Let me review my work. Monday, January 25 : : : McDougle Elementary School You are my first school of 2010, home of the dolphins. Dolphins.... it reminded me my home in Florida  We see them occasionally. The students

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It was hard to say goodbye to the city. I worked with great people,Terry from UMSL and the house crew of Touhill Performing Arts Center... I had a fantastic time with you all! Terry also scheduled for me meet to with International-Arts related professors and staff members. Every conversation was so inspiring that I wrote many notes! I forgot my camera and there's no photo to show you but the

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My storyteller friend, Marcia Ollinger, is a native St.Louis and I loved her love for the city. She took me for the sightseeing! The night after her handsome husband, Henry, her and me had a fresh cod & sheephead (It's a kind of fish not a sheep head, just in case you wonder : ) dinner, we had a gooey coffee cake of St.Louis and marched in the city. First pick was The Art Museum. It was under

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St. Louis? First thing comes to my mind is this song --- of course St.Louis Blues. But not American version, yes, it's Japanese version. My mother had the SP vinyl record and played at home over and over, when I was little. I had no idea what the lyric meant but the melody, rhythm and the sound of Saint Louis in the song was so hip to me. Here's the video by the Japanese singer, Chiemi Eri. It

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. The documentary film of origami "Between The Folds" is now available on DVD and it was played by PBS in this winter. You can see 3 clips from PBS website. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/between-the-folds/film.html Often time origami is to talk about Japanese tradition and the root of art form. It's time to talk about new origami, amazing mix of science, math and art. The film unfolds the

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★　Kuniko offers 2 different shows for K-12 schools. “Japanese Storytelling with Magical Mask, Mime and Music” “Origami Tales” ★　Show Description Show #1 “Japanese Storytelling with Magical Mask, Mime and Music” Charming Japanese folktales are combined with traditional musical instruments, magical masks, origami and mime to create storytelling that will have students audience spellbound in their

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Happy New Year! 謹賀新年 In Asian zodiac the year of 2010 is the year of Tiger, the symbol of fearless. Let's make a courageous year! 気高く怖れ知らない虎の年がきました。 共に勇気ある年にしましょうね！

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Origamiをテーマにした私の新しいショーは、私がオリガミを作ったり、他のアーティストの作品をみて、 楽しんで、驚いて、魔法にかかるような感動から始りました。特に１９８０年以降は新しいデザインの連続で、エキサイティングな魔法でした。 Origami is magical, especially I'm fascinated with modern origam. I created my new show The Village of Origami. First it was Origami Tales but I had troubles with origami dragon, lost in flight, destroyed in traveling and etc. I renewed my all origami setting and this time it's

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As Jeff Gere invited me to Hawaii's Talk Story (storytelling festival), I thought of going with my mother. How fun would that be! I went to Japan to pick her up, then flew to Honolulu together. This is my Mom, Reiko Yamamoto. She is a retired teacher from Japan. She is 'my little funny woman', my hero! We loved Hawaiian fruits - nothing like it! Honolulu offers a lot. Have you been to

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Money is cute, if you fold! There have been several books published for money fold and this book is my favorite. Each design has distinctive fold to make the best of dollar bill prints. For example the awl's eyes look square but if you look at the very center, it's a round shape like eye pupil. And I like the [O] in the middle of its tummy.The author, Jodi Fukumoto, thought this out. Money

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I was in Osaka Japan, my hometown, to see my mother at the end of September. It was in the middle of Autumn, moon-viewing season or Otsuki-mi. In Japan we say there're rabbits in the moon. Do you know what they are doing? They are kneading sweet rice cakes, Mochi. In the picture above you see what I mean; the rabbit on the left and the Mochi in the middle. It's really fun to flow with your

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My residency in Raleigh NC area is finally over. It was 3 weeks long but went very quick and I miss it already. Loved working with parents passionate about arts in school - majority of programming came from PTA. Also teachers were responsible to make it happen and I admire their commitment deeply.Enjoyed meeting students. I love your cheerful responds. Hope all you had fun. And if you did,

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Aloha from Hawaii!Mahalo for great time at Talk Story, Storytelling Festival of Honolulu. I performed on Saturday and Sunday with renown storytellers, Mike Parent, Lyn Ford and more. The director of the festival Jeff Gere is a friend of mine, one of the funnest storyteller. His wife Dominique who traveled around the world is from France and she was a great host at the festival.Hawaii is a

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Thank you! ! to everyone who came to the United Arts Showcase in Raleigh, NC.I had fantastic responds from many schools! As a result my agent and I made 2 block-bookings to Raleigh area, one for three weeks in November and another for two weeks in late January to February 2010. The dates details are on this blog page, SCHEDULE (Please click here).I performed in North Carolina several time and

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What would you do if you were told to find a ring that has a magical power of making a happy person sad and a sad person happy? Once upon a time The King Solomon challenged his most trusted adviser, Benaiah, with the question. Benaiah traveled to find such a magical ring. It took him months but there was an old man in the light of golden dawn. He smiled, engraved a golden ring on the inside of

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Performed at the Japan Fall Festival in Springfield Missouri.Japan Festival?Often time sister city with Japan, University connection or Japan-America community is the core power to make it happen. The theme of Japan referｓ to art, food and entertainment. It's common to see kimono, samurai and bonsai exhibition, then great food stands such as Teriyaki Chicken. The entertainment would be Japanese

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Express yourself and win a trip to Japan.I just received this information from Consulate General of Japan.Here's the link;http://www.japantravelinfo.com/2010/win.htmlGood Luck!

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Japanese eat eel, cow’s tongue and exotic row meats. We bow to each other to show respect, even to our rice ball, and my mother bows to her emails. Japan is a very crowded country, ten times as crowded as the USA, which creates bad traffic and everybody seems in a hurry. At the traffic light we say that green light is to walk, yellow light is to walk!? and red light is to walk…..

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2009January 24, 2009Washington State Community College: Marietta, OHFenruary 7, 2009The Seed of Hope Children's Festival: Homestead, FLFebruary 16 - March 2, 2009JapanMarch 5 - 9, 2009Family Stuff in FLMarch 13-20, 2009Long Island, NY -holdMarch 27-29Storytelling Camp: FloidaApril 17, 2009Ocala Storytelling Festival: Ocala, FLApril 19-21, 2009Residency: NC - holdApril 23-24, 2009Tampa School,

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Thanks so much, Tarpon Springs!Performing Arts Center was filled with cheerful Grade K-5 students. You were all awesome and appreciated your participation to my stories.In addtion to my storytelling show I conducted Origami Workshop at the main Tarpon Springs Library. Surprising thing was 100 people signed up for it! The library was overwhelmed - so was I! We made it two workshops insted of one

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I'm in Maine working with Leland Faulkner and Karen Montanaro. I arrived today and there was the Balloon Festival. Look how amazing that this ballon carries 5 people to the sky.

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I think this is made with the heart of Origami.It's warm, it's to feel and it's magical.Hope you enjoy it, too.

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My Origami Workshop is a 45-90 minutes hands-on class for grade K-12. The class size limited to 30 students. For more information about this workshop please vist http://www.kunikotheater.com/workshops.cfm. Room setting: A regular classroom with tables and chairs is the ideal setting. Otherwise please arrange the room as it follows, -Each student needs a flat surface (desk or table) and a

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Back to Florida, MY Florida!I said to the Gulf 'Hey, I'm back'.The wave sound replied 'Hey, welcome home'.My husband flew his kite.I dove in the water under the rainbow light.

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My 2 weeks Louisiana is finally over and I’m back. Mainly the locations were around Lafayette. Because I toured the same area 2 years ago I met many familiar faces, friends were there. How lovely feeling that was to see you all! They welcomed me like long time old friends. Wanted to give you all I’ve got. Hope you liked my new stories and origami.Louisiana hospitality was unforgettable. Love -

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I have not performed for libraries for long time and it's great to see kids in the summer program at local libraries.First perfomed in Miami and this one is from Osceola Library near Orlando. When I was a kid, I loved watching TV but also loved reading books. When I was reading, I was the Alice in Wonderland, I was the badger who got stuck in tea kettle, I was the Jane Eyre.....Every book made me

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It's School. It's Theater. It's Concert Hall. It's Art/Music School. It's Dance Studio. It's Lake. It's Summer School. It's Retreat. It's Resort. What is it? It's Chautauqua.The Institution, originally the Chautauqua Lake Sunday School Assembly, was founded in 1874 as an educational experiment in out-of-school, vacation learning.I performed here last two summers and I'm amazed by this place.First

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ほんで、書き始めた英語のブログは、なんとなく慣れてきたし、ホームページで足りない部分や、自分のショーで共にある照明音響の人たちの紹介や、各劇場の仕事ぶりも、入れていきたいし、舞台の袖で、ほんの数時間会うだけの、他のパフォーマー達のことも書いてみたいと思うわけです。たとえば、カナダのInternational Children’s Festival　の照明音響のどらえもんカービー。私より小柄のブロンドの白人で、ミセス50歳というけど、どう見ても12歳。私が必要なものをなんでも出してくる、どらえもんのような人。マイクのフックが切れたら、即、大工箱を開けて修繕。私のマスクのペイントがはげたら、即、携帯で誰かに手を回し、ペイント入手。私のマジックの道具の丈夫な糸が切れたら、即、自分のネックレスの糸を切って、どうぞ。そして、彼女は、私が話すとき、まばたきせずに私の目を見ます。世界で一番大切な人

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Oh, CANADA!I performed at the International Children’s Festival in Alberta and Saskatoon. I wrote about this at the last blog. http://kunikoetc.exblog.jp/7231110/This page is follow-up with photos. It was April 27 – 31 in Edmonton Alberta and next week in Saskatoon, the two cities were 5 hours driving apart.Here’s the first photo: my stage in tent. My stage crew was fantastic Kirby and cool

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January 25 - Februrary 5: North Carolina Schools Monday, January 25, 2010 McDougle Elementary School (Chapel Hill, NC) Tuesday, January 26, 2010Cary Elementary School (Cary, NC) Wednesday, January 27, 2010 West Clayton Elementary SchoolThursday, January 28, 2010 Riverwood Elementary Friday, January 29, 2010Weather Stone ElementarySaturday, January 30, 2010Children’s Museum of

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My last blog pages was a Japanese language based and English on the pages was not working good. This blog space is Japanese and English friendly environment. How wonderful!For my past blogs please go to my previous onehttp://kunikoetc.exblog.jp/i0/I will write every week and please pitch in! Love - Kuniko今までのブログのページでの英語の使用に少し難があって、このブログのページに引越しました。ここなら英語と日本語が仲良く同居できるみたいです。以前のブログはキープしていて、上のリンクで見

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