Ingredients

Frog

• Sushi rice (rice vinegar, sugar, salt)
• Seaweed powder
• Seaweed
• Seafood cheese stick
• Seafood sausage
• Mayonnaise

Minion

• Sushi rice (rice vinegar, sugar, salt)
• Eggs
• Tea leaves
• Seafood cheese stick
• Cheese
• Seaweed

What is Kazari Maki-Zushi?

Kazari Maki-Zushi is a patterned or decorative sushi that is derived from the several sushi techniques such as Saiku sushi and Futomaki sushi. It is undoubtedly sushi, but the appearance and design of each roll are filled with endless possibilities! A Kazari Maki-Zushi’s design can be anything – flowers, fruit, animals, words and even logos! Whatever your creativeness allows, Kazari Maki-Zushi can be almost anything. Using various natural colors of ingredients you see every day, Kazari Maki-Zushi is a fun way to play around with sushi designs. This food/art form has been developed for over 150 years, and still, new ideas are created everyday in Japan. And it’s even a great way to show off your artistic skills at parties or potlucks!

Although it looks difficult, this decorative sushi is very simple and easy to make! No prior experience is necessary as it involves a different process than creating regular sushi. Making Kazari Maki-Zushi is much like building with Legos, where each piece is stacked to make a picture! 

Kazari Maki-Sushi represents an important unique aspect in Japanese food –  not only in taste, but also in the beautiful visual appearance that serves to please those who enjoy it. Making Kazari Maki-Zushi is also a great way to enjoy company, whether it be friends or family and is especially popular with kids! Even if your homemade Kazari Maki-Zushi isn’t well-prepared, the process of making and seeing your finished pieces on the dining table creates joy for all who see (and eat!) it.

For more workshops in this series, visit our Japanese Cooking Workshop and Kazari Maki-Zushi Workshop Series page.

The primary mission of MaRRN is to develop a network among individuals and groups who engage with manga/comics to deepen the knowledge of the medium, industry, and culture surrounding it. While starting as a reading group meet-up, we will have special lecture events in which we will invite artists, scholars, and professionals about manga/comics.

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Please also check out Manga University in NY (MUNY), a spin-off of MaRRN.

Upcoming Meeting

• Thursday, November 21 – MaRRN Issue#5: Special Issue, featuring Hidemi Shiraki, editor for Young Magazine (Kodansha) Please RSVP here before attending!

MaRRN is back! Join us for MaRRN’s fifth meeting, featuring Hidemi Shiraki from Kodansha (Japan). Shiraki is an editor for Weekly Young Magazine, one of the most popular seinen manga magazines in Japan. It’s a rare opportunity to meet and have a conversation with a Japanese manga editor. What is it like to work as an editor in the competitive manga industry? Why is he here in NYC? How did manga-ka (manga artists) debut? What kind of abilities and experiences are necessary to be a good manga editor?  What kind of processes are done for a manga episode to be published in a weekly manga magazine? Find out all the answers at this upcoming MaRRN event!

This meeting has a special format, starting with a casual chat among participants at the beginning over food and drinks from 6:30 pm then moving to a mini-talk and conversation with Hidemi Shiraki, moderated by Professor CJ Suzuki. Shiraki is also curious to know the interests and experiences of reading manga in America and has prepared a set of questions for the participants as well.

**Please take note that we will be holding the event at RESOBOX Long Island City (41-26 27th Street, Long Island City, NY 11101) NOT our East Village location.**

About the Special Guest

Hidemi Shiraki Hidemi Shiraki, the editor of Weekly Young Magazine (Kodansha, Japan). He is also the editor of Comic Days, an online manga website (see below). The authors he has worked with include Yū Kraiishi, Kazu Inabe, and Kengo Mizutani (Starving Anonymous), Nobuyuki Fukumoto (Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji), Kousuke Satake (The Witch and the Beast), etc. Comic Days Twitter

Previous Meetings

• Thursday, November 8, 2018 – Haruko Kumota’s Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Vol. 1 & Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s Fallen Words with a special guest Tozaburo Yanagiya, a professional rakugo performer.

• Friday, February 23, 2018 – Shigeru Mizuki’s Hitler

• Thursday, June 15, 2017 – Fumi Yoshinaga’s Ōoku: The Inner Chambers Vol.1

• Thursday, May 11, 2017 – Tezuka Osamu’s Phoenix, Vol. 2: A Tale of the Future

Ingredients

Peach flower

• Sushi Rice
• Beets
• Seafood Cheese Sticks
• Spinach
• Seaweed
• Sesame seeds

California roll

• Sushi Rice
• Smoked Salmon
• Avocado
• Cucumber
• Cream Cheese
• Seaweed
• Sesame Seeds
• Crab Sticks

In this class, we’ll be teaching participants how to make the classic California roll as well as unique sushi rolls called Kazari Maki-Zushi. Kazari Maki-Zushi is a patterned or decorative sushi that is derived from the several sushi techniques such as Saiku sushi and Futomaki sushi. It is undoubtedly sushi, but the appearance and design of each roll are filled with endless possibilities! A Kazari Maki-Zushi’s design can be anything – flowers, fruit, animals, words and even logos! Whatever your creativeness allows, Kazari Maki-Zushi can be almost anything. Using various natural colors of ingredients you see every day, Kazari Maki-Zushi is a fun way to play around with sushi designs. This food/art form has been developed for over 150 years, and still, new ideas are created everyday in Japan. And it’s even a great way to show off your artistic skills at parties or potlucks!

Although it looks difficult, this decorative sushi is very simple and easy to make! No prior experience is necessary as it involves a different process than creating regular sushi. Making Kazari Maki-Zushi is much like building with Legos, where each piece is stacked to make a picture! 

Kazari Maki-Sushi represents an important unique aspect in Japanese food –  not only in taste, but also in the beautiful visual appearance that serves to please those who enjoy it. Making Kazari Maki-Zushi is also a great way to enjoy company, whether it be friends or family and is especially popular with kids! Even if your homemade Kazari Maki-Zushi isn’t well-prepared, the process of making and seeing your finished pieces on the dining table creates joy for all who see (and eat!) it.

For more workshops in this series, visit our Japanese Cooking Workshop and Kazari Maki-Zushi Workshop Series page.

We are proud to announce our third Japanese Pop Up Shop this April 7th at RESOBOX East Village!

Accessories such as earrings, necklaces, and more Japanese-inspired products will be on sale! Japanese artist and Japanese-inspired artists are all welcome to join and promote their works! Please join us and see each artist’s unique creations!

Artists! Please sign up in the link below to join us as a vendor!

Japanese Artist Pop Up Shop Application

Registration is now closed.

Vendor List

Artist Name	Social Media	Category
Violet Jewelry NY	Instagram	Accessories
Each piece created by Violet Jewelry NY is inspired by nature, such as flowers, trees, rivers, and the sky. The stones are from the Sedona Desert in Arizona, a place that is believed to have phenomenal energies. They are wrapped whole without any drilling or modification to maintain their integrity and energies intact. Each stone has its own unique properties and benefits, although you may not know what you should be looking for, the stone you choose will be the one you needed all along.
KOKESHI 375	Website Etsy Instagram Facebook Twitter	Handmade dolls, keychains, and T-shirts
KOKESHI 375 creates products based on the concept of smile/laughter, which is very important to enrich our lives.
fancypop handmade jewelry	Website Etsy Instagram	Accessories
fancypop is a collection of unique jewelry and accessories made with beads, resin, clay, paint, and everything else in between. Everything is made with the everyday girl in mind. Fun, casual, or classic – fancypop offers something perfect (and affordable) for any occasion!
cotoyomatsue	Website Instagram	Accessories
Cotoyo creates delicate thread accessories using thin threads such as cotton linen and silk. Her designs vary from pale colored creations, flowers, plants and more.
a blue one piece	Website Facebook Instagram	Accessories
青いワンピース, a blue one piece, is a handmade accessory design based in Tokyo and Berlin by Mari Takahashi, a young architectural designer. Our design concept is minimal and simple but make the daily clothing bright-up. We designed our work with Japanese traditional materials such as freshwater pearl, wood, gold flakes and weaving.
chou chou fleur	Instagram	Accessories
The word “chou chou fluer” comes from the artist’s favorite flower. She wishes for her accessories to become your favorites too! All accessories are created by using natural flowers, so they are all unique and one of a kind.
mia_dresser_acc	Instagram Website	Accessories
Mia_dresser_acc produces works mainly with dried flowers and flower motifs.
mano works	Instagram Website	Accessories
mano works makes adorable “Kao-Ribbon!” “Kao” means face in Japanese which she puts on ribbons to make bowties! Each of her pieces are carefully handmade which is why all colors and facial expressions are different and unique. Choose your favorite Kao-Ribbon!
Lism de Pucci / cay	Instagram	Accessories
“Lism ” stands for “Less is more,” a Jewelry brand by Chihiro Takeshita, based in NY from Tokyo. She is inspired by Native American Jewelry, nature and traditional Japanese culture. She is also a Yoga teacher and therapist. She discovered yoga in 2015 and it changed her life. The most important concept she learned from yoga was “Less is more” which is “taruwoshiru (足るを知る)” in Japanese. She had been making only Native American style jewelry but she wanted to expand and spread a message. She wants everyone to know that it’s okay to let things go and make more space to get something new.
Chihiro	Instagram Facebook	Accessories
Chihiro creates accessories with her most favorite beautiful Japanese materials. She also loves to travel and create her accessories from materials found from all over the world.
Malpha	Instagram	Accessories
The brand Malpha symbolizes elegance, coincidence, and BEAUTY.

Japanese Snacks & Drinks

Snacks and tea from our RESOBOX menu will be served at the event!

See our past Japanese Pop-Up Shops below!

• Japanese Pop-Up Shop 1
• Japanese Pop-Up Shop 2

Since sweet azuki paste takes quite a long time to make, we will be using ready-made red bean paste in this class. Each Japanese pancake is made of flour, egg, honey, sugar, mirin (Japanese seasoning) and baking soda. Several pancake fillings will be prepared and participants will be able to choose their own favorite filling! Participants will also be able to mark their dorayaki with a cute symbol. Everyone is invited to use their own artistic inspirations to create a one-of-a-kind design for their dorayaki.

Dorayaki go great as gifts for people who love sweets, and go very well with a cup of hot Japanese green tea too!

立川志らくの一番弟子。しかし、師匠の志らくが暖めておいた高座名「志ら乃（シラノ・ド・ベルジュラックを参照のこと）」を与えてもらえなかった。（尚、「志ら乃」は現在弟弟子が名乗っている）。ラジオでは志らくの弟子であることをときどき強調するが普段はほとんど口にしない。

前座当時は談志門下に雷門獅篭（当時・立川志加吾）がおり、同じアパートの階違いで住んでいたこともあってか、彼の漫画『風とマンダラ』の登場人物として、作者と立川キウイに次ぐ出演回数で登場していた。

地毛で短髪の落語家の多い中、金髪、長髪、茶髪など不定期にヘアアレンジを行う。一度スプレーで白髪にした経歴がある。
先輩の落語家にも反抗するため、師匠・志らく同様、落語界に敵も多い。

独自のページデザインや映像製作などを手がける「合同会社第プロ」の主宰。

同門の立川志ららと組んだ漫才コンビ「カラッペタンズ」としてやDJとして番組を持つ。

コカ・コーラがトレードマークになるくらいの無類のコーラ好き。手ぬぐいにコカ・コーラのデザインをもじったものが存在する（落語で使用されるめくりなどの寄席文字は基本的に名前を縦書きなので、「こしら」を「こーら」と読み間違える人も少なくない）。

真打昇進のニュースが流れた正に同時期、大師匠である談志が死去した。よってこしらと弟弟子の志ら乃のみが、談志存命中に真打昇進が決まっていた孫弟子となった。

ゲームマニアで最近では艦隊これくしょんを無課金でユーザーランキング80位に食い込み横須賀鎮守府の提督を与えられた。
Google Niantic Labsが提供するスマートフォンゲーム「Ingress」のプレイヤーであることを公表しているほか、Ingressのあるあるネタを用いた落語を2015年6月20日、宮城県仙台市太白区あすと長町 ゼビオアリーナ仙台で行われた公式イベントの「Persepolis XM Anomaly Primary: Tohoku Japan」で披露した。

Pokemon GOもベータ版からプレイ。地域限定ポケモンをゲットするためと銘打ち、落語の海外公演を行っている。
（ウィキべディアより抜粋）

Multiple talented Rakugo Star Performer, Kosira Tatekawa, also a master of Pokemon Go and Ingress, will be holding his first show in New York! You won’t be able to resist laughing at his hilarious performance. Don’t miss out!

*Please note that these performances will be done all in Japanese.

～オトナなら思いっきり楽しめる夜～

3/29 (金) RESOBOX East Village – 91 E 3rd street, New York
開場: 7:30pm
開演: 8:00pm
終演予定: 10:00pm

チケット
一般:＄25.00
学生：$15.00＊
17歳以下不可
＊学生の方は入場時学生証をご持参ください

お問い合わせ、お申込みは
nyshukosasarakugo.2019@gmail.com または www.facebook.com/shuko.sasaまで

R-rated Rakugo Kai

3/29 (Friday) RESOBOX East Village – – 91 E 3rd street, New York

Doors open: 7:30pm
Opening: 8:00pm
Ending: 10:00pm

Tickets
General: $25
Student: $15*

For students 17 and younger only.
*Must show student ID at the door.

Please contact nyshukosasarakugo.2019@gmail.com or www.facebook.com/shuko.sasa for inquiries.

I, the painter, Ryoko has done her live painting with various DJ, musicians, make-up & hair artists, and dancers. I’ve decided to perform these pieces with drummer Matsu titled “karappo.” I have known Matsu for around ten years and have always admired his performances and respect his feelings for music. I’m very glad to have this chance to perform alongside him.

“Karappo” means “empty” in Japanese. Sometimes thinking too much may break a person. Only genuineness is eternal. It is important to just feel.

We aren’t attaching any themes to “Karappo.” RESOBOX is opening their space for us. The audience’s breaths, voices, and noises will make the air there. The air is going to make Matsu’s sounds. The sounds is going to make Ryoko’s art. 

I’ll put my all on the canvas in the moment. 

The dishes we are cooking together will be Miso-glazed Tofu Bowl and Aunti Mieko’s GMMD (Goma Miso Mayo Dip). The recipe was created with ingredients that you can find in the majority of local grocery stores that carry asian ingredients. It was also designed in a way that you can recreate the dishes at home using the techniques you learn in the class. We will be cooking with hand-picked fresh organic produce and non-GMO ingredients.

In the beginning of the class, we will go over basic types of miso, its flavor profiles and characteristics, health benefits of miso and fermented food. Then we will cook the dishes together using other Japanese cooking essentials like soy sauce, mirin (cooking wine) and tofu. At the end of the class we will sit down at a table and enjoy the food we made. If the participants are interested, the instructor will show off a few food photography hacks using your smartphone for beautiful instagram photos!

From 11 am – 12 pm, there will be an Onigiri (Japanese rice ball) making class and calligraphy workshop for kids. Please see the link below for more details.

ORINIGIRI Workshop 13: Let’s Create Fluffy Puffy Rice Ball Clouds! 

Let’s Create Fluffy, Puffy Rice Ball Clouds with Calligraphy class for kids!
ふっくらふわふわした雲をおにぎりで作ろう

What do you think about when you see white clouds in a blue sky? It may be animals, cotton candy or even ice cream! In our case, it’s a rice ball!
Create your very own original cloud rice ball and decorate it cutely with seaweed to make it more special!

青空に浮かぶ白い雲が何に見えますか？
動物かもしれません、綿あめやソフトクリームかもしれません。
私にはそれがおにぎりに見えます。
空には様々な雲があり、まったく同じ形をした雲は一つとしてありません。
今回はお絵かきとおにぎり作りを通して、空や雲を表現しましょう。
さらに、デコレーション海苔を貼り付けることであなただけのオンリーワンなものを作りましょう。

In this workshop, you will:

• • Design an ORINIGIRI folding paper with your drawings
  • Make ORINIGIRI (rice balls) with your decorated paper
  • Add finishing touches to your ORINIGIRI by using seaweed as decoration
  • End the workshop with a fun kids calligraphy class taught by a calligrapher, Taisan Tanaka
  • This workshop is a part of Kids Calligraphy one day show “Aozora”. Please see more details below.

このクラスではこんなことをするよ！

• まずはみんな大好き、お絵かきの時間だよ！いろんな色を使ってぐるぐるぐりぐりお絵かきしよう！
• つくってワクワク！どんなオリニギリ（おにぎり）になるかな？みんなでつくってみよう！
• 出来上がりはもうすぐだよ！お星様や飛行機などの好きな海苔をペタペタ貼って、君だけのオリニギリが完成だ！
• 最後に太山先生の楽しい書道教室もあるよ！

What is “ORINIGIRI?”

ORINIGIRI is a new type of art (and way of eating!) that combines the fun features of “Origami” and “Onigiri (Rice balls).” It’s easy to make and guests who participate in this workshop can enjoy the great and interesting onigiri experience!

Learn more about ORINIGIRI from our previous workshops:

• ORINIGIRI Workshop 1: A Combination of Origami and Onigiri
• ORINIGIRI Workshop 2: Let’s Enjoy Creating and Cooking ORINIGIRI
• ORINIGIRI Workshop 3: Discover the Real Taste of Rice by Making ORINIGIRI!
• ORINIGIRI Workshop 4: Adopt a Japanese home-style meal to put on your table!
• ORINIGIRI Workshop 5: Let’s make KAWAII (CUTE) “ORINIGIRI”!
• ORINIGIRI Workshop 6: Much Mochi to Munch on!
• ORINIGIRI Workshop 7: Create Your Own USA Version “ORINIGIRI!”
• ORINIGIRI Workshop 8: Let’s try making a photogenic “BENTO” lunchbox!
• ORINIGIRI Workshop 9: Shaping your own rice ball canvas
• ORINIGIRI Workshop 10: How to use 3D scanning data in your own creative work!
• ORINIGIRI Workshop 11: Learn About Famous Japanese Fairy Tale ”Momotaro (Peach Boy)” and Make Your Own ORINIGIRI!

2019年3月16日土曜日
午後7:00-午後9:00
RESOBOX LIC

2019年3月17日日曜日
11:00 am-1:00 pm
RESOBOX East Village

カートンとその展示の詳細については、アトリエカートンニューヨークをご覧ください。

What you will experience?

1. 3D scanning any item of your choice
2. Make rice balls with special ORINIGIRI paper.
3. Learn how to use 3D scanned data with 3D scanned rice balls demonstrated by Capture it in 3D.
4. Enjoy the rice balls with everyone.
5. Network with other event attendees

You will also receive a free download file of what you scanned at the end of the event. Don’t miss this great chance to explore the world of 3D scanning and ORINIGIRI as well as meet new people in the field!

What is “ORINIGIRI?”

ORINIGIRI is a new type of art (and way of eating!) that combines the fun features of “Origami” and “Onigiri (Rice balls).” It’s easy to make and guests who participate in this workshop can enjoy the great and interesting onigiri experience!

Learn more about ORINIGIRI from our previous workshops:

• ORINIGIRI Workshop 1: A Combination of Origami and Onigiri
• ORINIGIRI Workshop 2: Let’s Enjoy Creating and Cooking ORINIGIRI
• ORINIGIRI Workshop 3: Discover the Real Taste of Rice by Making ORINIGIRI!
• ORINIGIRI Workshop 4: Adopt a Japanese home-style meal to put on your table!
• ORINIGIRI Workshop 5: Let’s make KAWAII (CUTE) “ORINIGIRI”!
• ORINIGIRI Workshop 6: Much Mochi to Munch on!
• ORINIGIRI Workshop 7: Create Your Own USA Version “ORINIGIRI!”
• ORINIGIRI Workshop 8: Let’s try making a photogenic “BENTO” lunchbox!
• ORINIGIRI Workshop 9: Shaping your own rice ball canvas