USA | Sunday, 5 Jun 2011 | Views [866]
For some D.C. culture I would highly recommend the Folger
Shakespeare Library (which also doubles as a theater). Located centrally on
Capitol Hill near the Supreme Court and a short walk away from the Capitol Building this is a place worth popping
into ... Read more >
Tags: library, shakespeare, theater, tourist, washington d.c.
JAPAN | Monday, 26 Jan 2009 | Views [3893]
Bunraku –
boon-rah-coo – or traditional Japanese puppet theater was founded in Osaka in
1684, though apparently established as the form we know today coming about in 1872 (I’m quoting the Wiki here). Bunraku contains the puppeteers (the ... Read more >
Tags: culture, japan, new years, osaka, puppet, theater, winter
