Where Can You Find the Best Ramen in Japan?
The Morikami will screen “Ramen Girl,” starring the late Brittany Murphy, on Feb. 18. Director of Education Reiko Nishioka remembers a most unique ramen experience in Japan.
2010
It’s Season, Baby!
When the temperatures are moderate, the population explodes at the Morikami. See what it’s like when (if you build it), they come!
Morikami Makes Columnist’s Bucket List
It’s a time of resolutions for almost everyone, and luckily for us, a columnist for one of the local newspapers, the Sun-Sentinel, made the Morikami one of his “bucket list” resolutions. For those who are not familiar with the movie, The Bucket List, (all three of you need to rent it), it’s a tale of two unlikely friends, who meet in a shared hospital room and learn they have months to live, due to terminal cancers. One is filthy rich and played by Jack Nicholson; the other is charmingly dignified, …
Reiko Remembers The Meaning of Japan’s True New Year
Morikami’s Director of Education Reiko Nishioka remembers how she and her community celebrated New Year’s Day in Japan. Oshogatsu marks the Japanese New Year at the Morikami January 10, 2010.
The Morikami Gets a New Look for the New Year
Even things we like, we tend to overlook. For years, I’ve been looking at, but not really appreciating, the lovely kanji that symbolizes the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. The Japanese design sums up the distinctive nature of the museum with its strong, black ink strokes. But this year, the look of the museum received a whole new blast of life. The museum’s marketing staff partnered with Button Worldwide to recreate the kanji through a modern lens. It is a re-imagined, updated design that takes the kanji into the year …