Japanese dance, a term which has never been in my mind.  The best I know about Japan would probably limited to TV programs like Japanese culture or traveling or some Japanese movies.
I was surprised when I heard of Japanese dance when I first heard from a friend of mine back in years ago. How come there is such traditional culture in such a small place - Hong Kong? Read more...

It has been over one and half year since I started my Japanese dance at Konokai.
I have been learning ballet, piano, swimming, calligraphy in my childhood, then, I tried aerobics, yoga, hip-hop, belly dance when I grow up. Nevertheless, “I want to learn more, know more in depth about dancing!”,   Read more...

I started to learn Japanese dance a year and half after I moved to HK with my husband. When I moved to HK, I wanted to learn something related to Japanese culture and my friend who was learning Japanese dance at the time, inspired me to take the class. Read more...

I was a very shy and untalkative person, living in my own world.  After my exposure to Japanese dance, my world changed. My Japanese dance teacher is a very patient person. Read more...

It has been a year that I have started learning NICHIBU (traditional Japanese dance) and I would like to share my feelings so far.
I never have any experience in learning anything from a great master in my life, and it just brings me freshness & enjoyment when I met Wakayagi Chika, the master, Read more...

I met my husband who is a British when I came to Hong Kong and it's possibly that we will live here for the rest of our life.
I think most of the people who has visited or lived overseas didn't realize how little they know about their own culture and their own country. Read more...

I enjoy NICHIBU (traditional Japanese dance) with my 9 years old daughter and 7 years old son. The reason I started learning NICHIBU was because I wanted to learn something together with my children. While I was searching about after-school activities, Read more...

"Not long ago, I saw an interview on the television with Tamasaburo Bando and I was fascinated by film clips of his dance. Although Tamasaburo Bando is a male performer, he was able to move his body as elegant and flexible as a female. It was amazing! Read more...

Rika Yamagishi

Nihonbuyo (a traditional Japanese dance) seems very foreign even for a native Japanese person, so I decided to go to see the practice simply out of curiosity. I never thought I would get into Nihonbuyo myself when first I popped into the studio in the summer of 2008. Read more...

For as long as I can remember, my body has always moved along to music.  Dance has been a passion of mine since childhood.  Through the journey of learning mainstream dances like ballet, tap, folk, bellydance and the like, my search for the one dance form that truly fits my spirit is Japanese dance. Read more...

Arts & Culture is always a fascinating thing to me!  
Like China, Japan is a country filled with history, art and culture.  My exposure to Japanese culture originated in the U.S. and Canada whilst I was living there. Read more...

I am a licensed Putonghua teacher at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and mainly teach foreign students in CUHK. In the summer of year 2000, I began learning Japanese dance with one of my Japanese students and until now. Read more...