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Join the Hammersmith Japanese Garden Working Party!

Join the Hammersmith Japanese Garden Working Party!

Members and friends of The Japan Society are invited to join the annual working party to clean up the Japanese Garden in Hammersmith Park ready for the winter.

Registration Now Open! Sixth Form Japan Day 2023

Registration Now Open! Sixth Form Japan Day 2023

We are pleased to invite sixth form students to attend the annual Sixth Form Japan Day, in association with Ritsumeikan (UK) and SOAS, University of London.

Annual General Meeting 2023 - Photos

Annual General Meeting 2023 - Photos

On Friday 8 September, we were delighted to welcome members to the Embassy of Japan for the Annual General Meeting 2023.

The Japan Youth Collective Orientation  - Photos

The Japan Youth Collective Orientation - Photos

On Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31 August 2023, the members of the Japan Youth Collective (all aged 16-19) gathered at Japan House London for their first meetings, and we’re pleased to share that it was a huge success!

Japan Society Chairman's Blog (55)

Japan Society Chairman's Blog (55)

One of the pleasures of travelling in the British Isles is the frequency with which reminders of Japan and of Japanese culture crop up, often unexpectedly. 

Private Tour - Circles of Stone: Stonehenge and Prehistoric Japan - Photos

Private Tour - Circles of Stone: Stonehenge and Prehistoric Japan - Photos

See photos from our special excursion to Stonehenge to see the exhibition: Circles of Stone: Stonehenge and Prehistoric Japan.

Japanese Garden Community Day 2023 - Photos

Japanese Garden Community Day 2023 - Photos

We are pleased to have enjoyed warm and (mostly) dry weather at the Japanese Garden Community Day in Hammersmith Park's Japanese Garden on Sunday 6 August 2023.

Calligraphy Workshop: Summer Greetings - Photos

Calligraphy Workshop: Summer Greetings - Photos

We are pleased to share photos from our shochu mimai (summer greeting cards) workshops held on Saturday 22 July with calligrapher Yoko Takenami.

NEW online course for UK Teachers - Japanese Abacus (Soroban)

NEW online course for UK Teachers - Japanese Abacus (Soroban)

The Japan Society is pleased to announce a free short online course for teachers at UK schools to learn all about the soroban, or Japanese abacus, led by Tomoko Hoult a soroban teacher and advocate. 

The Garden of Words - Discount

The Garden of Words - Discount

Japan Society Members and Friends are offered a discount on tickets to The Garden of Words, a play based on the anime and novel from world-renowned filmmaker, Makoto Shinkai.