This project series offers opportunities to learn about traditional Japanese performing arts and culture through actual experience. The first installment takes the “Ogi [fan]” as its point of entry, and presents buyo (traditional dance) performances by such artists as Ginko Den (living national treasure / Korean dance), Maki Shida (Ryukyu dance), and Yuko Nishikawa (Japanese dance); as well as a scholarly lecture on the theme of the folding fan, a folding fan workshop, and the premiere of a Japanese-Korean collaborative production. The second installment revolves around the theme “vocal techniques” and offers, through commentary and workshops, up-close experience of differences between vocalization styles in Western music and traditional Japanese performing arts. Performers and workshop leaders include Yuki Saga (jazz vocalist), Tsukomadayu Takemoto (bunraku gidayu [narrator]), and Tojiro Yamamoto (living national treasure / kyogen actor). Mr. Tojiro Yamamoto will also be giving a talk about Japanese culture.