Upcoming Events

This summer, the hotly anticipated world premiere of Death Note: The Musical comes to the Barbican theatre! With over 30 million copies sold worldwide, the legendary manga by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata is reimagined for London in collaboration with original producers HoriPro.

This event, held at The Old Piano Shop Gallery in Norwich, showcases Dr Clara Momoko Geber‑Mérida’s photography documenting Tokyo’s craftswomen in Arakawa, capturing traditional techniques such as metal carving, cloisonné enamel, Edo lettering and woodblock printing, and making visible the skill and dedication of women who have long worked behind the scenes of Japan’s craft industry.

New York-based choreographer and performer Vangeline will present her new Butoh performance, MAN WOMAN, at the Schwarzman Centre, Oxford. Inspired by Eikoh Hosoe's iconic Man and Woman photographic series featuring Butoh pioneers Tatsumi Hijikata and Motofuji, the work reimagines these celebrated images through a contemporary feminist perspective.

Vangeline will lead a Butoh and Noguchi Taiso workshop at the Old Fire Station in Oxford. Open to people of all ages and experience levels, the workshop offers a welcoming introduction to these movement practices and an opportunity to learn directly from one of today's leading Butoh practitioners.

Founded in 1954, GEIKO is Japan’s only national high school of music. Its students, the future of Japan’s music scene, will perform a special one-day concert at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

This major exhibition at The Photographers' Gallery in London reframes the history of Japanese photography through the work of 27 women artists, from the 1950s to the present day. Featuring over 200 photographs, videos, installations, and rare photobooks, it celebrates both internationally renowned and long-overlooked voices, offering an expansive portrait of how women have shaped and redefined the medium across generations.

Japan Fest Buxton returns this September to the stunning Pavilion Gardens in Buxton, Derbyshire for a full day celebrating Japanese culture. Enjoy live performances, authentic food, cultural activities, shopping and interactive experiences, bringing together tradition, anime and family fun.

Screening at Ultimate Picture Palace in Oxford as part of UK Tour October – November 2026, musician and filmmaker Hugo Max will accompany this masterpiece of silent cinema with live soundtracks on solo viola. Teinosuke Kinugasa’s silent 1926 avant-garde film employs dazzling, expressionistic visuals to explore the fractured reality inside a Japanese asylum.

Screening at Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle as part of UK Tour October – November 2026, musician and filmmaker Hugo Max will accompany this masterpiece of silent cinema with live soundtracks on solo viola. Teinosuke Kinugasa’s silent 1926 avant-garde film employs dazzling, expressionistic visuals to explore the fractured reality inside a Japanese asylum.

Beneath the Great Wave, at The Whitworth,The University of Manchester, brings together exceptional ukiyo-e prints from Edo-period Japan. The exhibition explores the art of Hokusai and Hiroshige, two visionary artists whose images have shaped how we see nature, landscape and everyday life.