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February 2010

Some images from the classical Japanese dance recital today. For more images go to my Flickr page.

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Event: Hanayagi Academy Japanese Dance Recital

by Austin Otaku on February 28, 2010

Nihon Buyo Recital by Hanayagi Academy

I had the pleasure of attending the 2010 Classical Japanese Dance Recital by Hanayagi Dance Academy today (Sunday, February 28th). Women and children, young and old, entertained a large crowd at the Asian American Cultural Center on Jollyville Road in Austin.

Below are some pictures from the event. For more pictures, go to my Flickr page.

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The Hanayagi Dance Academy is directed by Rokumizu Hanayagi (Chizuko Matsumoto). If you’re interested in learning traditional Japanese dance or folk dance, you can contact Matsumoto-san via e-mail (hanayagi [at] earthlink [dot] com). You can also contact her through the Asian American Cultural Center.

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February Thursday Night Manga Meetup

by Austin Otaku on February 19, 2010

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I’m back! It has been a long time since I’ve added any posts, mainly due to work consuming so much of my time. But I managed to make it out to tonight’s Thursday Night Manga Meetup with the Austin Anime Meetup Group. Lots of cool people showed up tonight and shared their manga. A few aspiring manga-ka were also there, drawing and showing off their skills.

Be sure to join us next month, or show up to one of the anime nights scheduled between now and then.

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Here’s a quick video capture from tonight:

February Manga Meetup from Austin Otaku on Vimeo.

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To Aru Kagaku no Railgun ep 16.

February 2, 2010

To Aru Kagaku no Railgun ep 16.

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From this month’s Japanese Culture Salon … Japanese Table Manners.

February 1, 2010

From this month’s Japanese Culture Salon … Japanese Table Manners.

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