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THE NEW YORKERS‘One Green Bottle’at La MaMa
by Justin Tedaldi
Beginning
February 29,
LaMaMaExperimental
Theatre Club willstage the U.S. premiere of “ OneGreen Bottle”
from writer/director/star Hideki
Noda, artistic
director of the Tokyo Metropolitan
Theatre.
“‘One Green Bottle’” is a slapstick
comedy about a family of three that collapses in the span of one evening,”
explains Noda. An absurdist gender-bending farce that illustrates our current selfie
society's relationship with consumerism
and modern technology through one nightin the life of a disordered family on theroad to ruin, the play stars Noda (playingBoo, the mother of the family) with LiloBaur (Bo, the father) and Glyn Pritchard(daughter Pickle). The English translationis adapted by Will Sharpe and features
music based on Japanese noh and kabuki
traditions, performed by GenichiroTanaka.
“In today’s internet society, the information we receive is actually becoming
more and more catered towards what welike, as opposed to the general perceptionthat the world is saturated with too muchinformation,” says Noda. “The more we
receive this customized information andget into what we like, the more we are
becoming a ‘society of narcissists.’ That is
why I would like to have as many diverse
audiences as possible come see my play.”
The show originally premiered inLondon in 2018, where it was called“enjoyably zany” by The Telegraph.
Noda’s critically acclaimed production of“The Bee” was presented in 2012 by Japan
Society as part of the Under the RadarFestival.
“One Green Bottle” runs from February
29 through March 8 at the Ellen Stewart
Theatre, La MaMa Experimental Theatre
Club, 66 East Fourth Street. For tickets,
visit www.lamama.org or call (212) 3523101.
(Justin Tedaldi has written about Japanesearts and entertainment since 2005. For
more of his stories, visit
http://jetaany.org/magazine.)THE

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Yoshimasa and Nancy at the Gate

"Kampai" cheers with 350 big smiles at Mt. Fuji's celebration party on January 19. (Photo by Jo Yanez)

Mt. Fuji Steakhouse 50th Anniversary
350 Guests Celebrate
Mt. Fuji Japanese Steakhouse celebrated its 50th anniversary on January
19 in Hillburn, Rockland County, NewYork, with 350 guests present.
Originally a hotel designed in 1956

https://www.yomiuri-info.jp/daily_yomiuri/nys/by a post-war leading architect ofJapan, Junzo Yoshimura, it was renovated into a resturant in 1978, where it
has operated since 1985.
The steakhouse was founded by Mr.
Tokuaki Fujita, who won 4th place inthe 1964 Tokyo Olympics as a Japanesenational athlete of Greco-Roman style
wrestling. He trained at Rocky Aoki's
Teppanyaki steakhouse Benihana, andlater opened his own independent busi-ness. Along with his wife, Kazue,
he was successful in opening nine
hibachi steakhouses in New York,
Connecticut, and New Jersey.
After Mr. Yoshimasa Tada, whocame to the United States in 2005,
married Mr. Fujita's daughter,

Nancy, the two took charge of therestaurant. Currently, Mr. and Mrs. Tada
work together as a couple to protect thehospitality heritage established by theirparents, and look forward to the next 50
years in business.
The restaurant also holds great value
as a piece of architecture, as it recieved a5-page feature in an August 1957 issue of
LIFE magazine as part of a feature showcasing Junzo Yoshimura's architecturalaesthetics.
Mt. Fuji's 50th anniversary celebration was held grandly, with 350 guests inattendance, at the restaurant itself onJanuary 19. Kenjitsu Nakagaki began theceremony with a moment of silence forthe establisher Tokuaki Fujita and hiswife Kazue. Then, the mayor of Hillburn,Joseph Tursi, and deputy mayor,
Bernadette Tarantino, gave a speech, followed by speeches by Rockland County
Executive Ed Day; Takeshi Furumoto,
Mr. Fujita's close friend; Jim Yanno, Mt.
Fuji Senior Officer Manager; and Andrea
Smith, Mt. Fuji Officer Manager.
Mr. Yoshimasa Tada, the owner of therestaurant, gave a speech as the host ofthe ceremony. “We have a mission toprotect and defend our legacy, and pass it
on to the next generation. Our 50th year
means the end of one 50 year period, andthe start of the next 50 years. Mt. Fuji
restaurant is blessed with wonderful people: Great customers, staff, and vendors.
We would like to treasure these relationships and start building a new history.”
Nancy, the daughter of the establishers, added “I learned the importance ofworking hard from my parents. With myhusband Yoshi, I would like to continue
the legacy of trust that I built with myparents,” which received great applausefrom the guests.
(Written by Ryoichi Miura / Translatedby Ai Omae and Kanta Hakamata)

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