INTOUCH Magazine

Bringing Fourth Flavors

To create a flavorful Fourth of July for Club Members, one of New York’s top chefs returns to where his culinary journey began.

Before the gleaming tower of Tokyo Midtown brightened the area past Roppongi’s iconic crossing, the bustle quickly tapered off into dark streets meandering toward the National Art Center.

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Festive Fix

For many bicultural Member families, the Club provides a “taste of home” during the holidays.

For families with more than one cultural background, the holiday season in Japan can be a challenge.

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Cultivating Art

How does an English teacher in Japan become a bonsai master? American Adam Jones reveals all.

Nestled on three acres of picturesque cedar and bamboo woodlands in Ibaraki Prefecture is a garden of tiny trees.

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Come One, Come All

With the Club throwing its annual celebration for Independence Day this month, non-American Members discuss the appeal of joining the party.

In 1776, when Founding Father John Adams called for a “great anniversary festival” to mark America’s independence from Great Britain, he wrote to his wife, Abigail, that the celebration “ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.”

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Pioneering Performers

The Izumi kyogen family celebrates half a century of trailblazing theater while looking to the next generation of entertainers.

When Junko Izumi and her siblings began learning kyogen as young children, they rehearsed on their home stage every day under the tutelage of their father, Motohide Izumi.