Upcoming Events

Voices of the Fallen Heroes and Other Stories is a collection of short stories by Yukio Mishima, first published in Japanese in the 1960s and available in English for the first time in 2025

Drawing on ethnographic research with a network of contemporary art practitioners in the Kansai region of Japan, in this lecture anthropologist Iza Kavedžija explores how artists describe their creative work as shaped by encounters—with people, materials, objects, artworks, and elements of popular culture.

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.

To mark the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, our August film club will focus on Hiroshima (1953), Hideo Sekigawa’s powerful anti-war docudrama.

Set during the final stages of World War II, "Finger Bone" is a haunting portrayal of the psychological and physical toll of war.

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.

Wildcat Dome is a novel that examines postwar Japan through the intertwined lives of Mitch and Kazuo, mixed-race orphans born to Japanese mothers and American soldiers.

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.

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.

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.