The World’s a Stage: Yukio Ninagawa’s Work, Career and His Legacy
Yukio Ninagawa was Japan’s best-known stage director, whose work was marked by its astonishing interpretation and visual imagination. Continually drawn…
Transnational Cities: Tokyo and London
Transnational Cities is an international symposium, hosted by Tate Research Centre: Asia together with TrAIN Research Centre, UAL, and in…
Ryoji Ikeda – Test Pattern Live
Japan’s leading electronic composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda will perform Test Pattern, an audiovisual work presenting intense flickering black…
Legacies and innovation in the production of chochin – with craft-maker Kenichi Fushitani
The craft of making chochin, the Japanese paper lantern, is said to date back to the Muromachi period (c. 1333…
KCCUK 2017 Artist of the year: Kim Yong-Ik
Dates: 26 September – 4 November 2017 Venue: Korean Cultural Centre UK, 1-3 Strand, London, WC2N 5BW Spike Island, Bristol…
Talk: Kumamoto: Earthquakes and Art
In April 2016, Kumamoto Prefecture was hit by two massive earthquakes in two successive nights. A vast area was devastated,…
In conjunction with the Japan Art Association and October Gallery, we are delighted to invite members to an exclusive arts event to celebrate the recent announcement of the 2017…
K-Music is back this autumn with a stunning programme of music from Korea, reflecting the country’s ancient traditional culture and its highly innovative and dynamic music scene – one…
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Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival 2017
The 2017 edition of the Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival, organised in partnership with the Japan Foundation, will showcase the best in both mainstream and independent anime…
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Transnational Cities: Tokyo and London
Transnational Cities is an international symposium, hosted by Tate Research Centre: Asia together with TrAIN Research Centre, UAL, and in association…
KCCUK 2017 Artist of the year: Kim Yong-Ik
Dates: 26 September – 4 November 2017 Venue: Korean Cultural Centre UK, 1-3 Strand, London, WC2N 5BW Spike Island, Bristol and…
Two Major UK Exhibitions to open from Korean Artist Kim Yong-Ik
Date: 26 September – 4 November 2017 Venue: Korean Cultural Centre Spike Island, Bristol and the Korean Cultural Centre UK, London…
Praemium Imperiale – El Anatsui at the Royal Academy
In conjunction with the Japan Art Association and October Gallery, we are delighted to invite members to an exclusive arts event…
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Yukio Ninagawa was Japan’s best-known stage director, whose work was marked by its astonishing interpretation and visual imagination. Continually drawn…
The craft of making chochin, the Japanese paper lantern, is said to date back to the Muromachi period (c. 1333…
In April 2016, Kumamoto Prefecture was hit by two massive earthquakes in two successive nights. A vast area was devastated,…
We increasingly hear references to ‘FinTech’ in our everyday. No longer solely a topic of interest to the financial or…
History and Reception of Horoscope Astrology in Japan. From esoteric tradition to the boom in fortune telling
Japan Society Book Club: The Moon over the Mountain by Atsushi Nakajima
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Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival 2017
The 2017 edition of the Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival, organised in partnership with the Japan Foundation, will showcase the best in both mainstream and independent anime and feature a host of Welsh premieres including Masaaki Yuasa’s The Night is…
London Korean Film Night: La Vie en Rose
Date: 24 August, 7:00pm Venue: Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image, 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD La Vie en Rose feels like a Tarantino movie set in a comic book shop. It’s a film that works over many…
London Korean Film Night: It’s Not Her Sin
Produced during the ‘golden age’ of Korean cinema, It’s Not Her Sin tells the story of Seong-hui, wife of the diplomat Baek Sang-ho. After shooting at her husband’s mistress, Yeong-suk, Seong-hui is arrested by the police. With the media…
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Hansik, It’s a Global Brand Now
“We will promote the Hansik, pride of the Hallyu, at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics 2018” Korean Food Foundation (KFF) announced ’10 Global Hansik Dishes’ to…
