2012

February

Poetry Reading: “The Undying Day” By Hans Brinckmann – Translations By Hiromi Mizoguchi – Daiwa Foundation Japan House 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, Outer Circle London NW1 4QP, England

MCM EXPO Midlands Comic Con –  18th February International Centre,Telford, England

Hyper Japan – 24th – 26th February West Brompton Hall, London, England

March

East Winds Film Festival – 2nd – 4th  Coventry Universaity, Coventry, England

Art exhibition: “Kitsch Kōgei” by artist Keiko Masumoto  5th – 31st March ICN gallery, London, England

“Remember Fukushima”: Third Window Films Charity Film Screening Event –  7th – 11th March ICA Cinema, London, England

“You Are Not Forgotten”: Seven Beach Japan Earthquake And Tsunami Aid – 11th March Golders Green Parish Church, West Heath Drive, London, NW11 7QG, England

The Great East Japan Earthquake & Tsunami UK Events – A comprehensive list of events held on 11th March

Literature And Disaster In Japan: Reflections From History And The Present Day – 13th March The Japan Foundation, Russell Square House, 10-12 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5EH, England

Japan Day & Student Fair 2012 – 19th March ACS Cobham International School (Esher, UK) High School, Portsmouth Road, Cobham, Surrey KT11 1BL, England

Artist talk: Patterns of Shadows by Pip Dickens & Professor Monty Adkins – 20th March Daiwa Foundation Japan House 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, Outer Circle London NW1 4QP, England

MCM EXPO Comic Con – 31st March – 1st April – NEC Birmingham , England

April

Coriolanus: A Talk by Globe to Globe Festival Director Tom Bird -5th April Daiwa Foundation Japan House 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, Outer Circle London NW1 4QP England

Curator Talk: Yayoi KUSAMA By Rachel Taylor – 10th April Daiwa Foundation Japan House 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, Outer Circle London NW1 4QP, England

Terracotta Far East Film Festival – 12th – 15th  Prince Charles Cinema, London, England

Political Leadership in Japan after March 11^th: Challenges at home and abroad – 17th April Japan Foundation, Russell Square House, 10-12 Russell Square, London, WC1B 5EH, England

Trees, Small Fires and Japanese Joints by Edward Allington – 19th April Daiwa Foundation Japan House 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, Outer Circle London NW1 4QP, England

The Music of Toru Takemitsu: A talk by Noriko Ohtake – 20th April Daiwa Foundation Japan House 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, Outer Circle London NW1 4QP, England

Concert: Toki Quartet – 26th April Daiwa Foundation Japan House 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, Outer Circle London NW1 4QP, England

Lecture: Zen – Its Practice and Philosophy for Everyday Life – 26th April The Oriental Club, Stratford House, 11 Stratford Place, London W1C 1ES

May

Oseki: Artist talk by Edward Allington – 1st May Daiwa Foundation Japan House 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, Outer Circle London NW1 4QP, England

Book launch:  Fukushima Colours by Elin Lindqvist – 3rd May Daiwa Foundation Japan House 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, Outer Circle London NW1 4QP, England

CamCon 2012 – 12th May Cambridge Junction J2, England

Talk: Edwardian London Through Japanese Eyes – 15th May Daiwa Foundation Japan House 13/14 Cornwall Terrace, Outer Circle London NW1 4QP, England

Globe To Globe Festival: Chiten Theatre Company Performs Shakespeare’s “Coriolanus” – 22nd May Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre 21 New Globe Walk Bankside , Greater London SE1 9DT

MCM Expo London Comic Con – 25th – 27th May Excel, Royal Victoria Dock, London, E16 1XL, England

June

 Cymbeline – Ninagawa Company  – 1st June Barbican Theatre, Silk Street London EC2Y 8DS, England

J -Triangle: A Special Evening Of Japanese Music 9th June St Leonard’s Church Shoreditch High St, London, E1 6JN, England

Lecture: Lesley Downer – The New Japan and the Last Samurai 18th June The Oriental Club Stratford House 11 Stratford Place London W1C 1ES, England

 London Anime Con 2012 – 30th June – 1st July Rocket Complex, 166 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB, England

July

August

Master Koto Player Fuyuki Enokido – 18th August Manchester Metropolitan University Business School 14:00 until 15:00

Loli-Pop! – 31st August Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL

September

Saboten Con 2012 – 1st – 3rd September Renaissance Glendale Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona USA

CLASSICAL CONCERT + JAPANESE DANCE   – 6th September Lumen Church & Cafe, 88 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9RS

Alcon 2012 – 6th -9th Sepetember De Montford University Leicester, England

FREE London Concert By Hokusai Chamber Orchestra – 10th September St. Martins in the Fields, London

WOTA London – 15th September JUNO 134-135 Shoreditch High St, London E1 6JE

October

November

December