Doki Doki - The Manchester Japanese Festival is an event held in Manchester, UK, celebrating both traditional and modern Japanese culture.
The proceeds from various events at Doki Doki 2019 will be donated to our supported charity, Aid for Japan, which provides long-term support for orphans of the 2011 Tohoku disaster in Japan.
Culture, Talks, Films, Manga, Art, Language, Food and Drink, Music, Dance, Martial Arts plus lots more, see all events
Film schedule to be announced later.
The Butterfly Lovers is a Chinese legend of a tragic love story of a pair of lovers, Liang Shanbo (梁山伯) and Zhu Yingtai (祝英臺), whose names form the title of the story. The title is often abbreviated to Liang Zhu (梁祝).
The story was selected as one of China's Four Great Folktales by the "Folklore Movement" in the 1920s—the others being the Legend of the White Snake (Baishezhuan), Lady Meng Jiang, and The Cowherd and the Weaving Maid (Niulang Zhinü)
The music in this video is beautiful, just like the movements of a butterfly, enjoy....
Butterfly Lovers 2008
Starring Wu Chun
Charlene Choi
Hu Ge
The Butterfly Lovers, also known as The Assassin's Blade or Jiandie
This movie is based on the Butterfly Lovers, or Liang Zhu, a Chinese
legend about the tragic romance between two lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu
Yingtai.
Retelling the Wuxia version of the story, it was filmed in
Shanghai in 2008.
The story features Taiwanese popstar Wu Chun as Liang
Shanbo and Hong Kong Twins popstar Charlene Choi as Zhu Yingtai.
Dream of the Red Chamber & Red Cliff Gala Concert 13 & 14 July 2018
Singapore Chinese Orchestra SCO
Conductor: Tsung Yeh
Soprano: Wu Bixia
Tenor：Jonathan Charles Tay
Narrator: Jeffrey Low (Presenter for Hello Singapore, Channel 8)
Chorus Mistress: Khor Ai Ming
Choir: Vocal Associates Festival Choruses
Two well loved literary classics brought together in this concert.
Wu Bixia was the soprano for Dream of the Red Chamber Suite during this concert, and she enchant's us in to the world of Cao Xue Qin.
Singapore tenor Jonathan Charles Tay will portray Cao Cao in Symphonic Poem: Battle of the Red Cliff, who advocates the enjoyment of wine and songs, for life is short.
The SCO have uploaded a digital concert for us to enjoy......
Tokyo-based woodblock printmaker David Bull has created a number of
video presentation of his work, including a number of videos showing the complete process of making his prints.
David is very knowledgable and has a great sense of humour.
Enjoy the videos and visit his shop.
This is an ongoing series of short
videos of Tokyo-based woodblock printmaker David Bull introducing
various things that he finds interesting in the world of traditional
Japanese woodblock prints.
Episode #10
Episode #9
Episode #8 Supplement
Episode #8
Episode #7
Episode #6
Episode #5
Episode #4 This episode focuses on an interesting book published in the early 1900s - the 'Favourite Flowers of Japan'
Episode #3
Episode #2 tries (fails?) to answer the question asked by a great many
of the visitors to Dave's Mokuhankan shop in Asakusa, Tokyo ... "Are
these prints originals?"
Episode #1 looks at a couple of designs by the iconic artist Katsushika
Hokusai. Visited by aliens, or just a stunning genius? You decide!
