Happy Father’s Day! I know that our kids will be blessing you on this day. Usually, we women, wearing many hats, tend to leave it to our kids to bless you. But I’d like to make a point for this Father’s Day that we, women, appreciate and bless you, too. For centuries, we have been [...]
“In a country divided, only together can they survive.” On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, forcing tens of thousands of United States citizens of Japanese ancestry out of their homes and into internment camps isolated in the austere terrain of the American desert. Kenneth Handa is an adolescent Japanese-American, [...]
Let’s donate schools to the deprived children of Asia and Africa! Imagine a wave of Dream Power spreading across the world. Starting in 2001 in Japan, the Dream Power concerts have now helped build 85 schools in some 22 countries across Asia and Africa. If you stop to think about it, the children who were [...]
by Carol Clerk, The Quietus Some of us may be surprised at just how good Between My Head And The Sky, the new album by the Plastic Ono Band, actually is. Not Carol Clerk, who met up with Yoko to talk about her music and peace projects . . . It’s a beautiful September morning, [...]
THIS MUCH I KNOW Yoko Ono Artist, 76, London Interview: Alice Fishes, The Observer Photograph: Albert Watson When I think of Japan I think of food. I miss the Japanese spirit, the culture and civilisation that we had and lost. I know that most parents don’t like the culture of their children, but I do [...]
Yoko Ono: In Her Life / Shining On After 40 years of being unfairly accused of breaking up the Beatles and harshly mocked for her avant garde art and pop music, Yoko Ono is finally being recognised as a true pioneer. By Sheryl Garratt, Daily Telegraph Soon after I sit down to talk with Yoko [...]
Part 1/4: Childhood Part 2/4: Passages For Light Part 3/4: Five Films & Chair Piece Part 4/4: Q&A Yoko Ono’s lecture at Stanford University on 14 Jan 2009 Courtesy of Yoko Ono, Stanford University & www.IMAGINEPEACE.com Lectures & Films ©2009 Yoko Ono Video Footage ©2009 Stanford University All Rights Reserved. Yoko Ono reflects on her [...]
This is a patisserie which existed from the time John and I were in Tokyo. We use to walk to it from the hotel we stayed in. It was quite a walk, but we liked that. We were getting some exercise as well that way. It had a nice after the war elegance, spiral staircase [...]
Yoko Ono “Colours of the Globe” December 3rd (Wednesday) to December 25th (Thursday), 2008 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Closed on Sundays and holidays “Add Color Painting”, which was released in the sixties, is a spectator participatory work. It is a painting piece to be completed by spectators by painting the colours as they wish on a [...]
location Toyota Municipal Museum of Art address 5-1 Kozakahonmachi, 8-chome,Toyota City, Aichi 471-0035, Japan starts 2008-09-30 ends 2008-12-25 times 10:00 – 17:30, closed Mondays price tel 0565-34-6610 fax email website http://www.museum.toyota.aichi.jp/exhibition/2008/special/000358.html reviews // Share|
Blue Sky Project location Takada Library Civic Gallery address Takada Park, Honjomachi, Joetsu, Niigata, Japan starts 2008-08-23 ends 2008-08-31 times price tel +81-25-521-2725 fax email michio26@agate.plala.or.jp website reviews An International Exhibition – Love, Blue Sky, and Peace // Share|
A playwright. Ron Destro, came to me in 1994 and asked me to write a few songs for his play, ‘Hiroshima’. He reminded me that 1995 was the 50th anniversary of the Hiroshima tragedy. In his script there is a scene where a little girl tries to fold 1000 paper cranes. In Japan there is [...]
