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The USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture

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🐾🎬 Join us for a screening of The Cats of Gokogu Shrine, Master Soda’s documentary about Japan’s beloved Cat Shrine—followed by a live virtual Q&A with the director!

📍 TCC 227
📅 Dec 1, 2025 • 5 PM PST
#USCShinsoItoCenter #CatsOfGokoguShrine #CatShrine #FilmScreening

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🚴‍♂️ Tokyo Uber Blues Screening & Q&A! 🚴‍♂️

🗓️ Mon, Sep 30 | 2-4:30pm
📍 USC Ronald Tutor Campus Center
🔗 https://t.co/MrSFpACU9w
Explore Tokyo’s gig economy and join the Q&A with filmmaker Taku Aoyagi!
#USCEvents #Documentary

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Join us at #TechnoHoya featuring @gyosen_asakura and Madoka Kohno of Cybernamunama! 🎶✨ Experience the perfect fusion of spirituality and cutting-edge techno. 🎧🔥

🎟 Get your tickets now! https://t.co/1gGU3kXRNj
#TechnoEvent #RevGyosenAsakura #MadokaKohno #Cybernamunama

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Bruce Hamana & Akiko Walley - Nature and the Aesthetics of Tea (Chanoyu) happening now at Doheny Memorial Library Room 240! Join us for a great guest lecture and refreshments!

https://t.co/8QRxyFA4uN

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Full recording of the guest lecture- “Moss as Evolutionary Kin: A Plant Humanities Reading of Osaki Midori” by Jon L Pitt is available on Youtube:

https://t.co/n1SU18J2eQ

Find us on Youtube at “USC Shinso Ito Center”, and subscribe to our channel!

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For more information and to RSVP, click the link below!

https://t.co/DwwFEJzq7T

*This event will be available in person and via Zoom

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Join us this Wednesday at 4PM for our “Symposium: Translating, Adapting, and Rewriting in Early Modern Japanese Literature”!

Featuring: Matthew Fraleigh (Brandeis University), Satoko Shimazaki (UCLA), and Glynne Walley (University of Oregon).

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This event will be available in person or on Zoom. For more information and to RSVP, click the link below for our website!

https://t.co/8QRxyFACkl

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Join us this Wednesday for our guest lecturers, Bruce Hamana and Akiko Walley on their talk: “Nature and the Aesthetics of Tea (Chanoyu)”

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Thank you to @UscCis for co-sponsoring this event, and to everyone who came out to join us! For more information about this event and all upcoming events, click the link in our bio at:

https://t.co/WR2MSxg7eP

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Photos from the amazing lecture by Mireya Solis on her book: “Japan’s Quiet Leadership: Reshaping the Indo-Pacific”.

Lecture followed by a Q&A session led by:
Gene Park (Loyola Marymount University)
Saori Katada (Director of the Center for International Studies at USC)

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Guest speaker lecture by Dr. Mireya Solis on “Japan’s Quiet Leadership: Reshaping the Indo-Pacific” happening now! @UscCis

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Trailer for this event can be found here!

https://t.co/f0PCbTyU9b

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Event by @UCLAFTVArchive

For more information:
https://t.co/OSxtc8Jr3d

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Join us on April 15th at Doheny Memorial Library for our guest lecture - “Moss as Evolutionary Kin: A Plant Humanities Reading of Osaki Midori” by Jon L Pitt.

Click the link below for more information and to RSVP!

https://t.co/nQXfcAA2Tv

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From the USC Project for Premodern Japanese Studies. For more information:
https://t.co/Ygvi1OiZcq

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Flyer from @ucla1718cs for their Core Program Conference and Ukiyo-e painting Demonstration event!

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The film will be followed by a panel with:
Antonia Grace Glenn (Writer, Director, and Producer of Film) and Evelyn Nakano Glenn (Lead Scholar of Film)

The panel will be moderated by Prof. Velina Hasu Houston

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Join us on April 5th from 3-5PM for the film screening of “Ito Sisters: An American Story” at Montgomery Ross Fisher Building (MRF) 340

Please visit our website for more information!

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