Manga: The New Generation – Talk by Ken Niimura and Miki Yamamoto
Manga has a deep root in the history of Japanese culture. A medium constantly evolving, Manga reflects the interest of…
Murdered for their Art? Censorship and the Dark Side of Edo-period Cultural Endeavours – Jenny Preston
On the eighteenth day of the second year of Enkyō [延享, 1746] Sekiguchi Kōsan [関口黄山] died in his home on…
Winds of Change: Staged Readings 2016 (Part 2: Got to Make Them Sing!)
The Japan Foundation, in collaboration with Yellow Earth and StoneCrabs Theatre Company present a new monthly series of events, to…
Family Cookery Day – Make a Hallowe’en Bento
Priority given to members bringing children. One adult to every two children. Children will be the active participants with accompanying…
2016 Artist of the Year_Koo Jeong A: Riptide
The Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK) is pleased to announce Riptide, a new exhibition from their 2016 ‘Artist of the…
Contemporary Botanical Art from Japan Kusabana-zu
We are delighted to introduce contemporary Japanese painting “Nihonga” through the theme of Contemporary Botanical Art from Japan: Kusabana-zu. All…
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Manga: The New Generation - Talk by Ken Niimura and Mik…
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Murdered for their Art? Censorship and the Dark Side of…
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Winds of Change: Staged Readings 2016 (Part 2: Got to M…
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Family Cookery Day – Make a Hallowe’en Bento
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2016 Artist of the Year_Koo Jeong A: Riptide
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Contemporary Botanical Art from Japan Kusabana-zu
Geum-soon (Bae Doo-na), once a top-ranked volleyball player, is now a housewife with a six-month-old daughter and a trouble-making husband. When her husband goes to work, Geum-soon sometimes visits…
Blue Passages documents Shino Yanai’s recent performance featuring video, photography, and salvaged objects. She followed the perilous mountain route between France and Spain that was made by the German…
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London East Asia Film Festival 2016
Opening this year on 20th October at ODEON Leicester Square with South Korea’s Academy Award submission Age of Shadows (UK premiere), the London East Asia Film…
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2016 Artist of the Year_Koo Jeong A: Riptide
The Korean Cultural Centre UK (KCCUK) is pleased to announce Riptide, a new exhibition from their 2016 ‘Artist of the Year’,…
Contemporary Botanical Art from Japan Kusabana-zu
We are delighted to introduce contemporary Japanese painting “Nihonga” through the theme of Contemporary Botanical Art from Japan: Kusabana-zu. All the…
J-Style: Celebrating Japanese Street Fashion in the UK
‘J-Style’ is the first of its kind in Europe; an exhibition celebrating the influence of Japanese Street Fashion in the UK.…
HIKARI by Aki Kondo
On 11 March 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake hit the north-east coast of Japan. At that time, Aki Kondo was…
Kabuki – On Stage, Behind the Scenes: Photographs by Akio Kushida and Stephanie Berger
This exhibition presents a selection of photographs on the subject of kabuki theatre, the popular Japanese style of drama which developed…
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Manga has a deep root in the history of Japanese culture. A medium constantly evolving, Manga reflects the interest of…
On the eighteenth day of the second year of Enkyō [延享, 1746] Sekiguchi Kōsan [関口黄山] died in his home on…
The Pillow Book (枕草子 Makura no Sōshi) is a book of observations and musings recorded by Sei Shōnagon during her…
Blue Passages documents Shino Yanai’s recent performance featuring video, photography, and salvaged objects. She followed the perilous mountain route between…
Miri Yu is a multi award-winning Japanese author of Korean descent from Yokohama, Japan. Although now known foremost for prose,…
Ninagawa x Shakespeare – Talk by Yuriko Akishima
Treaty Port Life, 1859-1899, Seen from the British Consular Court – Chris Roberts
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Japanese in Britain: Oral Histories Film Screening
Following the devastation of the Second World War and the privations of the post-war period, the Tokyo 1964 Olympics marked the re-emergence of Japan on the world stage. As Japan flourished, enjoying economic growth and political stability, the liberalisation…
London Korean Film Night: Scandal Makers (2008)
Geum-soon (Bae Doo-na), once a top-ranked volleyball player, is now a housewife with a six-month-old daughter and a trouble-making husband. When her husband goes to work, Geum-soon sometimes visits the volleyball stadium where she meets many of her old…
Tora-san Confesses 男はつらいよ 寅次郎の告白
Torajiro, known as Tora-san, is on a trip to Tottori prefecture. Bumping into Izumi, who is the girlfriend of his nephew Mitsuo and who has failed to get a job in Tokyo, he discovers that she has run away…
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‘The Heart of Diplomacy’ through Hansik (Korean food) _ Director, Sook Ja Yoon, of Korean Food Foundation
The phrase ‘Food is the culture itself’ resonates truly with me. Recently, the number of foreigners looking for Korean Food has increased through the Hallyu…
