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The much-loved Japan Matsuri returned to Trafalgar Square on Sunday 1 October for the first time since 2019 bringing people together to enjoy Japanese food, music, dance, and activities for all the family.

The Japan Society is pleased to announce that the 18th World Children’s Haiku Contest 2023-2024 is now open for entries, focusing on the theme of “Family”.

Members and friends of The Japan Society are invited to join the annual working party to clean up the Japanese Garden in Hammersmith Park ready for the winter.

We are pleased to invite sixth form students to attend the annual Sixth Form Japan Day, in association with Ritsumeikan (UK) and SOAS, University of London.

On Friday 8 September, we were delighted to welcome members to the Embassy of Japan for the Annual General Meeting 2023.

On Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31 August 2023, the members of the Japan Youth Collective (all aged 16-19) gathered at Japan House London for their first meetings, and we’re pleased to share that it was a huge success!

One of the pleasures of travelling in the British Isles is the frequency with which reminders of Japan and of Japanese culture crop up, often unexpectedly. 

See photos from our special excursion to Stonehenge to see the exhibition: Circles of Stone: Stonehenge and Prehistoric Japan.

We are pleased to have enjoyed warm and (mostly) dry weather at the Japanese Garden Community Day in Hammersmith Park's Japanese Garden on Sunday 6 August 2023.

We are pleased to share photos from our shochu mimai (summer greeting cards) workshops held on Saturday 22 July with calligrapher Yoko Takenami.