Yoko Ono’s Meltdown
This year’s Meltdown festival at the Southbank Centre will be curated by Yoko Ono, celebrating her achievements in music, visual arts and activism and coinciding with her 80th birthday. The festival, now in its 20th year, will feature performances by a number of artists from around the globe, including Japanese artists and performers such as…
The Japan Society Golf Tournament 2013
The Japan Society’s Annual Golf Tournament, for the Asprey and Garrard Plate, is due to take place at Essendon Country Club on Wednesday 12 June, with a shotgun start at 9.45 am. The format will be Stableford and players have to be ready by 9.15 am for transport to their allocated tee-offs. The all in…
A Voyage Through Words and Music
Join us in celebrating the arrival, 400 years ago to the day, of the first British ship to Japan with an evening of music and words drawn from the traditions of the two countries. Musical programme arranged by: Jason James, David Hughes, Michael Spencer, Meg Hamilton and David Fawcett Date: Tuesday 11 June 2013, 6.30pm…
Japan Society Book Club – The Briefcase by Hiromi Kawakami
Tsukiko, thirty-eight, works in an office and lives alone. One night, she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, ‘Sensei’ in a local bar. He is thirty years her senior, retired, and presumably a widower. Their relationship, traced by Kawakami’s gentle hints at the changing seasons, develops from a perfunctory acknowledgment of…
POLYSICS to Release Weeeeeeeeee!!! Across UK and Europe
Japan’s notorious boiler suited techno-new-wave hooligans POLYSICS return with Weeeeeeeeee!!!, their latest high-energy album, scheduled to shatter the eardrums of the UK and Europe from 10 June courtesy of JPU Records. Following in the footsteps of their 15th anniversary release – which featured collaborations with a number of music legends, including the band’s personal hero,…
2013 K-POP Cover Dance Festival in London with JYP
Date: June 8, 2013 Venue: Korean Cultural Centre UK, Grand Buildings, 1 – 3 Strand, London WC2N 5BW Registration until June 3, and the teams who passed will be noticed by individual contact. *Join in and participate in the festival with other KPOP fans from all over the world such as those from the UK,…
Japanese Plus: Happy Family Plan – Learn spoken Japanese through film
Happy Family Plan (2000) is the story of the Kawajiri family. Fujio, the father of the family, is suddenly advised that his job no longer exists due to a company restructure. With no apparent prospects of re-employment for Fujio, the family loses sight of all their hopes and dreams. Until they unexpectedly receive an invitation…
ikebana Demonstration by Mr Gregory Williams
Japanese Flower Arranging Demonstration by Mr Gregory Williams, Riji degree of the Sogetsu School. Entrance fee – Members: £5, Non Members: £10 Date: 4 June 2013, 12.30pm Venue: The Brompton Oratory Church Hall, Brompton Road, SW7 2RP Web: www.ikebana.org.uk Organiser: Ikebana International London Chapter 6
Japan Conversation Group
The Japanese Conversation Group provides a friendly and informal atmosphere for Japanese speakers of all nationalities to come together and speak Japanese. Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of every month at The Old Explorer, a central London pub. They begin at 6.30pm with a pay-as-you-go bar, and finish around 10.30pm. You will receive…
