Gardens
Hanami
- Ottawa Style
Cherry trees do not do well in Ottawa.
The colourful red, white and pink blossoms of the crab apple trees
provide a good alternative to cherry blossom viewing.
The crab apple trees are usually in full bloom by mid May. The Arboretum
at the Central Experimental Farm offers several good viewing opportunities.
A collection of beautiful old crab apples can be found just north of Building 72
near the Arboretum entrance. Another group adorns the area south of the two
bridges. The
sites are all accessible by bike.
Japanese
garden and pavilion at the Montreal Botanical Gardens
Nitobe
Memorial Garden at UBC
Japanese
garden at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden
Zen Garden
at the Canadian Museum
of Civilization
Television
Contact: Japan
Rogers
Cable 22
A
bilingual
community television program that covers stories related to the JC community in
Ottawa. Show airs
9:00 am on the 2nd Sunday from October
to June and again
the
following Saturday at 9:00am. Check your TV guide for time changes.
Fox Sportsworld Canada
Gambare! Weekly highlights from Japan's premier soccer league, the
J-League.
Season: Mar.-Dec. · Episodes: 34 · Duration: 30 mins
Check schedule for times.
TV
Japan
A wide variety of Japanese-language programming including news, documentaries, drama, sports, educational and children's programs and live coverage of the Grand Sumo
Tournament.
Press and Literature
The
Japan Times
English language daily news from
Japan
Nipponia
A quarterly magazine which
introduces contemporary Japanese culture and society to people all over the
world. The print version is available at Japanese Embassies and Consulates. A
selection of Nipponia content is available online.
The
Japanese Literature Home Page
Very impressive site. Literary news,
history and reviews. The author index contains a fairly long list of
premodern and modern Japanese writers that can be viewed in both English and
Japanese. Available translations are listed for each writer.
Canada Council for the Arts - Canada-Japan
Literary Awards
The Canada-Japan Literary Awards recognize literary excellence by Canadian
writers who are writing on Japan, Japanese themes, or themes that promote mutual
understanding between Japan and Canada or by Canadian translators of such books
from Japanese into English or French.
UNESCO
Global Heritage Pavilion - Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
Provides abstracts of the translation by Edward G. Seidensticker for
each of the 54 chapters. The pages are illustrated with the Edo Era woodcuts of Harumasa Yamamoto.
The links to the full text are broken.
To download the full text click here
The
Way of Shikoku - Robert Sibley, Ottawa Citizen
Language, Culture and Travel
MLC
Meguro Language Centre Tokyo
Huge amount of free study
material
Web-Japan
Gateway for all Japanese
Information
Japan
Travel and Living Guide
Delivers
comprehensive, up to date information on travelling
and living in Japan, first-hand from Japan.
Information on Japan from A to Z.
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