Upcoming Events

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.

Kotatsu Animation Festival returns for its 15th anniversary, offering Welsh audiences a rich selection of Japanese animation. Highlights include classics such as Akira and Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, alongside modern favourites Children of the Sea and All You Need is Kill. The programme also features an exclusive talk by CGI animator Masaya Inaba on the use of CGI in anime. To mark puppeteer Kihachirou Kawamoto's 101st birthday, the festival will screen Dōjōji, a rarely seen stop-motion film making a rare UK appearance.

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.

The online launch of a life story comic co-created with people living with dementia and their families in Wales and Japan. Here & Now / Yma Nawr / 今、ここに立つ brings together Japan's manga tradition and Re-Live's life story comics. Meet the storytellers, see the artwork, and hear how it was made.

Six courses. One conversation between Peru & Japan. For WORLD SAKE DAY. Join a special Nikkei-inspired evening at LIMA, created in collaboration with Anza Asahara, Sake Sommelier, exploring the connection between our cuisine and the world of sake.

On Sunday 4 October 2026 Ura Matsuri is venturing out to Oxford after their very successful tour to Leeds, Domino Club, with the usual vibrant line up of story telling, music, dancing and unknown! At the Old Fire Station in Oxford, OX1 2AQ - Doors open 7pm; Live performance from 7:30 pm.

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.