BRIGHTON JAPAN FESTIVAL 2012

22nd June 2012 – 1st July 2012

Festival Hub
Bartholomew Square
Brighton BN1 1JS
(other venues in city: Brighton Dome, Duke of York’s Cinema, Hotel Du Vin, Moshi Moshi)

An eight day Japanese festival brought to you by the best venues, businesses, and communities the city of Brighton & Hove has to offer. Wide-ranging and inclusive, Brighton Japan is unique in its ambition: to offer an exciting platform for Japan-related arts, technology, design and business to inspire, excite, and enrich.

Things to watch out for:

MOSHI MATSURI (23rd-24th June) – launching the festival, a crammed-packed weekend of Japanese music and performances, traditional children’s games, workshops and street processions, as well as a profusion of shitamachi-style stalls selling all sorts of street food and Japanese goods.
FESTIVAL HUB (22nd June – 1st July) A series of classy, quality evening events held in a specially erected tent next to Moshi Moshi in Bartholomew Square.
ASAHI ANIME FESTIVAL (30th – 1st July) A delirious and colourful celebration of all things anime, with Cosplay contests, manga drawing and karaoke competitions galore.

Participating venues for Brighton Japan are The Brighton Dome & Pavilion, Duke of York’s Picturehouse, Moshi Moshi, and Hotel du Vin.

Brighton Japan thinks big: it thinks it can offer a genuinely creative and stimulating environment to attract the best businesses and arts to Brighton. If you would like to get involved either as a sponsor, or as an artist or performer, please contact us on info@brightonjapan.com.

Tickets can be bought for ticketed events at www.brightonjapan.com