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…
Britain and Japan – 400 Years: A Voyage Through Words and Music
On Tuesday 11 June we will be celebrating the arrival of the first British ship to reach Japan exactly 400 years ago and discovering the two nations’ maritime traditions, while enjoying some of their rich and diverse culture. Join us for an evening of live music – Western and Japanese: Classical and Folk – enlivened…
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,…
JAPAN UNDERGROUND and TERRACOTTA FESTIVAL Join Forces on 10 June for Japanese Music Extravaganza
JAPAN UNDERGROUND and TERRACOTTA FESTIVAL join forces on 10 June for a Japanese music extravaganza that boasts four exciting Japanese music acts, authentic Japanese food and DJs. Making their UK debut is headliner Kao=S (pronounced ‘Chaos’), mixing traditional Japanese music with modern rock. They’ve already toured America, had a video that made France’s No Life…
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
