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31/01/2026New Year’s Calligraphy Workshop: Celebrating the Year of the Horse

31/01/2026

Suitable even for complete beginners, in this workshop you will learn how Japanese characters were developed, discover different styles of writing, and be guided in the techniques for writing Japanese with a brush.

03/02/2026Japanese Conversation Group

03/02/2026

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.

09/02/2026IN-PERSON EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: The Essential Akutagawa

09/02/2026

This new anthology offers the most comprehensive collection of Ryunosuke Akutagawa's work ever published in English. It features fresh translations of his most celebrated stories alongside many lesser-known and never-before-translated pieces.

12/02/2026Lecture by Julia Longbottom CMG, British Ambassador to Japan

12/02/2026

We are delighted to welcome the British Ambassador to Japan, Julia Longbottom CMG, to address The Japan Society members once again.

03/03/2026Japanese Conversation Group

03/03/2026

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.

04/03/2026ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Film Club: Typhoon Club directed by Shinji Somai

04/03/2026

Join us for our Film Club March to discuss Shinji Somai’s beloved cult film Typhoon Club (1985).

09/03/2026ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: Spring Castle by Michiko Ishimure

09/03/2026

Spring Castle is the epic story of Japan's bloody Shimabara Rebellion, told through the eyes of the peasants and former samurai who rose up their oppressors with extraordinary bravery.

07/04/2026Japanese Conversation Group

07/04/2026

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.

13/04/2026IN-PERSON EVENT - The Japan Society Book Club: The Kobe Hotel - Memoirs by Sanki Saito

13/04/2026

The Kobe Hotel: Memoirs recounts poet Sanki Saitō’s wartime exile in Kobe after he was censored by Japan’s Special Higher Police and lived in a run-down hotel alongside bar hostesses, drifters, and foreign residents.

05/05/2026Japanese Conversation Group

05/05/2026

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.