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Lecture and demonstration - Carving a Character: The Hidden Craft of the Noh Mask with KITAZAWA Hideta
Sat 14th September 2024
Noh theatre is a major traditional Japanese performing art, recognised as an Important Intangible Cultural Property by the Japanese government and as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. Though characterised by the stylised movements and singing of its actors, it would not be complete wit...
Special screening - Mori, The Artist's Habitat (2017, dir. OKITA Shuichi)
Sat 14th September 2024
Join us in Cambridge for a special FREE screening of Mori, The Artist's Habitat (2017, dir. OKITA Shuichi), in collaboration with Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature and Jesus College, University of Cambridge. 94-year-old painter KUMAGAI Mor...
Meet the Author Tour: YUZUKI Asako, author of Butter
Sat 5th October 2024 - Fri 11th October 2024
Join award-winning author YUZUKI Asako, known for her tantalising thriller Butter, for a series of enlightening talks on the book and its background. YUZUKI will visit 6 cities, including Cheltenham for The Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival and Manchester for t...
Report: The 10th Anniversary of the UCL-Japan Youth Challenge!
A Special Congratulations to SISJAC, Recipient of the Japan Foundation Awards 2024
Report: Japanese Studies Seminar - In the Shadows of Gratitude: Ageing and Care in Japanese Society