PROJECT Osaka

A message I just received that might be of interest to you all.

Just wanted to let any translators or translator-wannabes know that there is an informative and friendly conference going on in Osaka on November 28th. This one is particularly geared for those just getting started in the translation world, and you don't have to be a translator to attend. There are various sessions going on all day long - some in Japanese, some in English.

Some details.

PROJECT Osaka

Professional Japanese-English Conference for Translators

Sat. 28th November 2009

Umeda Sky Building, Tower West, 22F

Admission: Students: 4000 Yen, JAT Members: 5000 Yen,

Non-Members: 6000 Yen

PROJECT Osaka is a one-day conference on translation organized by the Japan Association of Translators (日本翻訳者協会) for experienced translators to share knowledge about the profession of translation with aspiring translators or those at the beginning stages of their careers.

PROJECT Osaka is the second in a series of one-day events for translators, following upon a successful PROJECT Tokyo held on Nov. 22, 2008, which attracted a full-capacity 250 participants.

The PROJECT Osaka theme is “Starting Out and Moving Up” and the format consists of mostly panel sessions with several speakers and a moderator who welcomes questions and comments from the audience.

the SEPTEMBER issue has STARTED

Here it is.

The September Issue.

In November.

JUST started on Saturday at UMEDA Burg Cinema on the 7th floor of the sparkly flash E-MA building near MARU biru.

Cafe Bibliotheque on the lower floor just near DIESEL is ace for a pre-movie drink or meal.

http://www.cporganizing.com/bibliotheque/osaka/index.html

Session times for the movie can be found here.

http://burg7.com/schedule/index.php

I'm going next Wednesday for Ladies Day Discount with favourite movie friend TS.

Tanoshimi ni.

The official site in English is here.

http://www.theseptemberissue.com/#/home

The Japanese site is here.

http://www.fashion-movie.jp/

VOGUE gals and guys ENJOY!

MICHAEL the MOONWALKER

If you are still pining for Michael, and have already seen repeated viewings of THIS is IT, perhaps the latest movie news will make you genki again.

The old school Michael Jackson in Moon Walker has just started at the cinema.

Try Namba Parks Cinema for a showing.

http://www.nambaparks.com/cinema/index.html

This website has information on the movie itself, and also a mini movie trailer.

http://www.fast-rewind.com/moonwalker.htm

ALSO, this Beatle mania-esque live clip of MAN in the MIRROR is quite potent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=JP&hl=ja&v=OKO_HTe5UuE&feature=PlayList&p=F8E57614DA73D7A6&index=0

Michael, we still love you.

AC DC Black Ice Tour 2010

There they were on a huge poster at the local convenience store.

Acca Dacca.

http://www.ac-dc.net/

Something felt extremely nostalgic within me, although I was more of a Madonna, Michael Jackson, Midnight Oil, and INXS kinda girl.

AC DC was part of the fabric growing up in Australia. Every time I go home even now, they roar out of Ma and Pa's kitchen radio.

Thunderstruck.

Who made Who.

Highway to Hell.

You Shook Me All Night Long.

TNT.

The all mighty Brian Johnson and quirky Angus Young so talented.

THIS video powerful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X80Qjh9Yivs

ROCK.

Absolutely DYNAMITE.

I am so tempted to go.

Tickets for their March 16 show at Kyocera Dome Osaka go on sale TODAY from 10:00am.

Tickets ranging from 6000 - 12000 yen can be bought from Ticket Pia, or through Lawson Tickets.

Check out the following AC DC website for booking details in English.

http://www.hipjpn.co.jp/pc/04_art/acdc_e.html

THIS is IT

Michael on the BIG screen.

A final glimpse.

Are you going?

2 weeks only. STARTS on the 28th.

I have my ticket.

Try the official site if you want a few goosebumps to begin with.

http://www.sonypictures.jp/movies/michaeljacksonthisisit/

To see the movie, try Toho Cinemas in Namba,

http://hlo.tohotheater.jp/net/schedule/032/TNPI2000J01.do

Umeda

http://hlo.tohotheater.jp/net/schedule/037/TNPI2000J01.do

or Semboku.

http://hlo.tohotheater.jp/net/schedule/005/TNPI2000J01.do

SEATS filling fast though.

the 16th OSAKA European FILM FESTIVAL

Arty stuff abounds in Osaka lately.

Here is another piece of temptation coming up in November.

http://www.oeff.jp/index.english

All sorts of movies marvelous, various locations, great prices, and even a Facebook FAN page to connect with others.

Which ones to go to?

HOW delicious they all look!

DANCE of the UTERUS

Mona Hébert in Kyoto

Dance of the Uterus workshop

(10 hours of practice)

A unique workshop for women only, where you will discover a series of dynamic exercises practiced with music, designed to restore and maintain women's genital health. This workshop is meant for all women, whatever their age and gynecological condition.

By contracting and relaxing the uterus and the muscles of the lower pelvic area, we increase　oxygenation and blood flow. These simple and powerful exercises allow regeneration of female organs, promote better inner consciousness and help maintain or restore hormonal balance.

Dance of the Uterus offers multiple benefits in all problems related to the female cycle:menstrual pain, irregular cycles, absence of periods, premenstrual syndrome. Practicing the exercises induces greater emotional stability and a fulfilling sexuality. The method can be used as a natural means of birth-control; it stimulates fertility and libido, helps reduce cysts, fibroids and endometriosis, and allows a harmonious transition into menopause.

The exercises are also very good for women who do not have their uterus anymore, or who suffer from fallen organs (prolapse). But most of all, Dance of the Uterus is excellent for maintaining and enhancing our genital health.

A personalized program will give each participant greater autonomy in matters of gynecological health. Each woman will be able to act individually upon her cycles, in the privacy of her home. By greater awareness of our inner magic, we regain the power of our femininity.

"In the company of women, share the language of the body, enter the way of the uterus, learn how to speak with the belly, the intimate mirror of our creativity.”

PROFILE:
Mona Hebert is a homeopath, naturopath and herbalist. She has her own clinic in Montreal (Quebec, Canada), where in fifteen years of practice she has seen several thousand women.

She also gives many workshops for women in North America, in Europe (France and Belgium) and now Japan. In her book “La medecine des femmes” (“Women's Medicine”, published in French by Editions du Roseau), she shares her rich experience of natural health care for women; she invites us to read the genital language, to perceive its encoded messages and to discover a type of health care that we can become familiar with, understand and integrate.

At the end of the workshop, you will be able to do the exercises on your own. To help in your personal practice, you will receive an illustrated booklet.

What to bring : comfortable clothes (like for doing yoga), water, pencil. During the exercises, it can become hot, so we recommend layered clothing, that you can remove and put on again according to your body's temperature.

Schedule of the Dance of the Uterus workshop

• Part.1 - 14th (Sat.) Nov 10:30-13:00
• Part.2 - 14th (Sat.) Nov 14:00-16:30
• Part.3 - 15th (Sun) Nov 10:30-13:00
• Part.4 - 15th (Sun) Nov 14:00-16:30

VENUE TO BE ANNOUNCED.

• Class fee: ¥ 26 000 (25000 + 1000 registration fee)
  
• Registration deadline : 31st October 2009
• Information & registration: Nicole Porter, healingworkshops.kyoto@gmail.com.
• Registration will be available during the period listed above, or until the workshop fills up, whichever comes first. Payment is required in order to reserve your place in the workshop.

(Registration may reopen after registration deadline if openings occur due to cancellation. Cancellation fees will apply.)

Individual counselling

A one hour consultation in which Mona Hébert will give you personalized advice about natural health care suited to your particular needs.

Date: Monday 16th November, between 10:00 and 18:00

Counselling fee: ¥ 15 000

Information and appointments: Nicole Porter, healingworkshops.kyoto@gmail.com

The location of the individual counselling will be announced later.

Mona Hébert's website :

http://www.lamedecinedesfemmes.com

FOUR stories OSAKA

Again, Again,

Tracey Slater of FOUR Stories origins, will bring a little bit of pizzazz and sparkle to your Sunday night with the next Osaka event scheduled for November 8 from 18:00 - 20:00.

Four Stories always has a beautiful mix of people who breathe books, crave books, and read under the covers with a flashlight as a child till late night fatigue took over.

Come and mingle with the local people real, the writers savvy, and 'kampai' your week with wines wonderful at the downtown restaurant Portugalia.

Come and make some new friends fresh, learn something offbeat, and melt into the cosiness of shared Sunday togetherness.

Come and be charmed by the simple joy of voices, characters and plot lines.

For information on how to get to the Four Stories event, see the following link.

http://www.fourstories.org/events-upcoming.html

Perhaps I'll see you there?

YOKO Ono and The PLASTIC Ono Band

BETWEEN my HEAD and the SKY

I very rarely intentionally watch TV in Japan these days since Ainori on Mondays at 11:00pm. has finished forever. My J-boy likes TV of course. If I'm lucky, something interesting comes on whilst he is relaxing. Late last night I got a peeking in at an all-in-black Yoko Ono with signature black sunglasses, performing with her son Sean. In a mini interview afterwards, a lot was casually mentioned about John Lennon, and Sean's features certainly remind you deeply of his forever-famous Father.

I have always been fascinated by all John Lennon said and did, and feel particularly connected to his love of Japan. Although I haven't been, here's a link to the John Lennon Museum in Saitama Prefecture.

http://www.taisei.co.jp/museum/index_e.html

Yoko Ono's music is not everybody's everyday style, but she is certainly brave, creative and out there being herself true.

Listen to some of her new funked up tunes at the link below.

http://www.myspace.com/officialyokoono

There are a bunch of photos, videos, interviews and fun stuff on that site too. You could even become a fan of Yoko on Facebook to keep more regularly updated.

Yoko is holding a concert in Osaka to coincide with the release of her new album with the Plastic Ono Band (including her son Sean).

The concert is at Osaka Geijutsu Hall on November 24 from

19:00 - 22:00.

Tickets are on sale now.

For more information please visit:

http://www.chimeramusic.jp/news.html#news02 (in Japanese)

YAYOI Kusama

MULTIPLYING room

There are so many things to love about her.

I almost screamed when I walked out of Central train station in Sydney after a long flight from Osaka late last December, and met Yayoi. There she was.

Of course if you already know my sometimes imaginary way of language expression, you might ask twice. Yayoi was plastered on the city bus stop in her pink fabulousness, advertising a FREE exhibition at the delightful Museum of Contemporary Art down near the Opera House and Circular Quay. A free exhibition of Yayoi Kusama. Free! It was certainly a "MERRY Christmas Janelle" moment.

Today walking home from Umeda, I stopped in at the Visitor's Centre just near JR Osaka station there to see what was happening.

http://www.ih-osaka.or.jp/enjoy/en/tourist/02.html

On the front cover of the second edition of FLAG Osaka

(Foreigner's Live Art Guide)

www.f-l-a-g.net

(Currently under construction, but very COOL title page.)

is a 'flagged' event for Yayoi; the "Multiplying Room", being held in Minami Semba until November 8. A mini leap of JOY I had.

Explore this Yayoi website (in English) for more details of this show, get some inspiration, and wow wow wow factor vividness alive. Enjoy!

http://www.yayoi-kusama.jp/e/information/index.html

the KANSAI scene PHOTO contest

CALENDAR candids for 2010

I have too often looked at published stories in favourite magazines or coffee table display-oriented photography collections and thought, "I could do that! Yeh, I could! Why don't I?". I have even had those thoughts that I could probably do it better as well. You know what I mean don't you?

Spying the latest September Kansai Scene magazine and their call yet again for photographs that capture the Kansai spirit for their annual calendar, I am loudly reminded it is time to put my daydreams into action.

Imagine having your photographic interpretation of what the Kansai experience means to you, displayed on the January 2010 page. What a stunning way to celebrate your best moments unforgettable.

The deadline this year is November 30.

Keep your cameras close by. Those magical moments of Kansai allure, await your creative capturing.

Enjoy the chase.

See the Kansai Scene website for more information.

http://www.kansaiscene.com/current/html/photo.shtml