Welcome
Are you interested in Japan? Its people? Its culture? Its language?
If so, come and join us!
Japan Society North West holds regular Japan-related events in the Manchester / Liverpool / Cheshire / Lancashire region.
Japan Day 2022
View our Japan Day photo album
Upcoming JSNW Events
Japan Day 2022
Saturday
2 July 2022 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
This will be our 8th LIVE Japan Day presented by the Japan Society North West (JSNW).
This is what we have planned so far … Taiko Drumming, Yosakoi Traditional Dance, Koto (Harp), Shamisen, and Enka Singing. As always, your enthusiasm is greatly appreciated.
So far, we have 8 stage acts and 22 tables booked. Interested parties include Kaminari Taiko; Yosakoi Dance from London; Sushi Craft; Liverpool Kendo; Koto with Sumie Kent, Manchester Kyudo (Archery), Kimono dressing (by Festival of Japan) https://www.festivalofjapan.co.uk/ .
This event is free. If you have any questions, please email japanday.jsnw@gmail.com
To learn more visit JapanDay.org.uk
Venue: Liverpool Guild of Students, 160 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool L3 5TR
Supported by:
What's On
Japan Fest
Visit Japan Fest to learn more.
Doki Doki - The Manchester Japanese Festival
Visit http://www.dokidokifestival.com/ to learn more.
Japan Society Events
The
Japan Society is the leading independent body in the United Kingdom
dedicated to the enhancement of the British-Japanese relationship. With a
history stretching back to 1891, its members are committed to promoting deep
and lasting understanding between our two countries.
Visit their web site for a full list of upcoming events.
About Japan
How Japan Keeps Clean
Walking Around Hida Takayama
Satoyama: Japan's Secret Watergarden
Samurai Castles: Evolution and Overview
In Our Time: Hokusai
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), the
Japanese artist whose views of Mt Fuji such as The Great Wave off Kanagawa
(pictured) are some of the most iconic in world art. He worked as Japan was
slowly moving towards greater contact with the outside world, trading with
China and allowing two Dutch ships to dock each year. From these ships he
picked up new synthetic colours and illustrations with Western compositions,
which he incorporated in his traditional wood block prints. The quality of
his images helped drive demand for prints among the highly literate Japanese
public, particularly those required to travel to Edo under feudal
obligations and who wanted to collect all his prints. As well as the quality
of his work, Hokusai's success stems partly from his long life and career.
He completed some of his most memorable works in his 70s and 80s and claimed
he would not reach his best until he was 110. BBC
iPlayer Radio
In Our Time: Japan's Sakoku Period
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Japan's Sakoku period, two centuries when the country deliberately isolated itself from the outside world. Sakoku began with a series of edicts in the 1630s which restricted the rights of Japanese to leave their country and expelled Europeans living there. It was not until 1858 and the "gunboat diplomacy" of the American Commodore Matthew Perry that Japan's international isolation finally ended.
BBC iPlayer Radio
Radio Taiso
Japan Photos
Explore JapanPhotos.org.uk for a high resolution tour of Japan.
