Upcoming Events

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.

Join The Japan Society at St Johns Wood Library for an afternoon celebration of the Tanabata Star Festival with origami, crafts and storytelling! The Tanabata Story is presented using kamishibai, a traditional form of illustrated storytelling from Japan.

In August, our film club will explore Shohei Imamura's Black Rain, uncovering the lasting impact of war and the resilience of the human spirit in the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing.

In the aftermath of World War II's shadows, two sisters, born of the same father but different mothers, navigate a turbulent post-war Japan.

The Japan Society and Circle of Japanese Art London are pleased to invite members and friends to a special private tour of Art Without Heroes: Mingei at the William Morris Gallery. For this special tour, we are delighted to welcome curator Róisín Inglesby to guide us through the exhibition.

The Japan Society and Circle of Japanese Art London are pleased to invite members and friends to a special private tour of Art Without Heroes: Mingei at the William Morris Gallery. For this special tour, we are delighted to welcome curator Róisín Inglesby to guide us through the exhibition.

This lecture will explore the often-overlooked contributions of women within the yakuza, from supportive roles played by wives (anesan) and partners to the rare but significant involvement of women in leadership.

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 Mingei Film Archive is an ongoing project to locate, restore and preserve films on the history of craftsmanship in Japan and beyond. For this lecture, filmmaker and potter Marty Gross will share with us how the Mingei Film Archive was created and developed showing films by Bernard Leach and other craftpeople in Japan.

In Tokyo, twenty-seven-year-old Cho Norieconceals her unconventional life amid corporate routines. While colleagues fret over the economy, marriage, and family, she guards her sexuality and a past violent upheaval.