This lecture (in English) will be held Thursday, July 20 at 7:00 at Lakeland University in Ryogoku, Tokyo. It will also be streamed via Zoom.

"Tokyo Jazz Joints", presented by James Catchpole and Philip Arneill

 

Japanese jazz coffee shops are insular worlds where time ceases to exist, removed from the speed and chaos of the modern urban landscape. These dedicated jazz listening spaces are slowly vanishing in the face of changing trends, ageing customers and gentrification. Tokyo Jazz Joints is a visual chronicle of this unique culture that captures the transient beauty of these spaces.

 

This lecture will explore the wonderful world of Japanese jazz kissa and introduce Tokyo Jazz Joints, an audiovisual documentary project started in 2015 by Northern Irish photographer and writer Philip Arneill, in collaboration with American broadcaster and writer James Catchpole, both long-term residents of Japan. The Tokyo Jazz Joints photobook, published this month by Kehrer Verlag, preserves these living museums before they disappear forever.

-To attend the event in person, there is no need to register. For a map and directions to Lakeland's Ryogoku campus, see our website: https://luj.lakeland.edu/contact

--To join on Zoom, please register here (before 5PM on the day of the event). You will be emailed a link that afternoon 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1gxzQOZMPKUAnxSoHHI-1XMult6O6IlkWBwwcziGG5wU/edit

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Roger Grabowski, Jr.
Assistant Professor of General Studies
Lakeland University Japan