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United Kingdom |
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
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Date | Event | Venue | Place | Organiser |
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May 4 - 26 | Tatsuzo Shimaoka | Galerie Besson | London | Galerie Besson |
May 5 | Book Launch / Seminar: A New Paradigm in Macroeconomics: Solving the Riddle of Japanese Macroeconomic Performance | Daiwa Foundation Japan House | London | The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation |
May 5 - 8 | CERAMIC ART LONDON 2005 | Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, LONDON | London | Craft Potters Association of Great Britain (CPA) |
May 6 - 7 | Annual Lecture Research Student Forum | SOAS and Birkbeck college | London | School of Oriental and African Studies / Birkbeck College University of London |
May 6 - 16 | The memorial of 2005 Japan-EU year of People-to-People Exchanges : Hiroshima Funairi-EU High School Students Exchange Program |
London | Hiroshima Funairi-EU High School Students Exchange Committee | |
May 6 - 22 | The Art of Keisuke Kishi / Amazing 3D Figures and Computer Graphic Designs | the gallery@oxo | London | Dream Ranch Inc |
May 7 | Younger members group" London Treasure Hunt" | London | London | The Japan Society |
May 7 - 8 | SCOTTISH SAMURAI AWARD and KARATE KATA SPECIAL COURSE | KINCORTH ACADEMY KINCORTH ABERDEEN | Aberdeen | NATIONAL KARATE FEDERATION SCOTLAND |
May 9 | Motoki Hirai Piano Recital | St. John's, Smith Square | London | Arts Fantasia |
May 14 | Kenshiro Abe 50th Year of Aikido Celebration | Crystal Palace Sports Arena | London | Henry Ellis |
May 14 - July 3 | Counter Photography: Japan's Artists Today | South Hill Park Arts Centre Bracknell, Berkshire | Bracknell | The Japan Foundation |
May 17 - 20 | Temari Exhibition | Embassy of Japan, U.K. | London | Embassy of Japan in U.K |
May 18 - October 30 | HENRO 2005 exhibition (Young Britain & Sumi-e:Japanese Ink Painting by British Children) | Little Moreton Hall (Cheshire) Hanbury Hall (Worcestershire) Polesden Lacey (Surrey) Speke Hall (Liverpool) Osterley Park (London) |
London Cheshire Worcestershire Surrey Liverpool |
HENRO Committee & The National Trust |
May 21 | Japanese Cultural Sharing Exhibition | Shelly Farm Community Centre, Monkspath, Solihull | Solihull | Gigei |
May 21 - June 4 | Kagura UK Tour 2005 | Queen Elizabeth Hall (London) International Festival (Bath) Festival, Asian Centre (Salisbury) |
London Salisbury Bath |
Akiko Yanagisawa |
May 24 | Book Launch / Seminar: Hokusai And His Age | Daiwa Foundation Japan House | London | The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation |
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
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Date | Event | Venue | Place | Organiser |
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June | Traversing Territories | Nottingham Trent School of Art and Design | Nottingham | Nottingham Trent School of Art and Design |
June - | Tour of video: Soshi, by British Director Caz McIntee updating Sei Shonagon's Pillow Book | Tour | various places | The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation |
June - September | Out of ordinary/extraordinary : Japanese Contemporary Photography | London | The Japan Foundation | |
June - March 2006 |
JET Touring Photo Exhibition | various places | various places | JET AA |
June 3 - 14 | Look 2005 | various places (Perthshire etc.) | Scotland | LookLook Project |
June 4 - July 16 | Art Exhibition by Miho Sato | Domo Baal Gallery, London | London | Supported by The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation |
June 6 | Leeds Japan Day | Royal Armouries, Leeds | Leeds | Embassy of Japan in U.K/ Royal Armouries Museum |
June 6 - 10 | Ichiyo Ikebana Symposium and Demonstration | Earnley Concourse nr. Chichester | Sussex | Ichiyo School of Ikebana, UK Chapter |
June 6 - August 30 | Tokugawa Shogunate Armour and Weapons Exhibition | Royal Armouries, Leeds | Leeds | The Japan Foundation, London |
June 8 | Europe-Japan Dialogue | Business School Lecture Theatre, University of Glasgow | Glasgow | Europe-Japan Social Science Research Centre, University of Glasgow |
June 8 - July 8 | Japan | Stroud House Gallery | Stroud | Stroud House Gallery |
June 9 - 10 | SOAS Centre for the Study of Japanese Religions Workshop: Foundation Myths in Japan | Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, SOAS | London | SOAS Centre for the Study of Japanese Religions |
June 10 - 24 | GETTING LOST IN TOKYO | Centrespace Gallery, Visual Research Centre, University of Dundee | Dundee | Raymond Lucas |
June 11 | Japanese Matsuri | Wellington Church, University Avenue/Southpark Avenue, Glasgow | Glasgow | Japanese Matsuri for Glasgow |
June 12 - 18 | International Festival of Integrated Performance | Lyric Hammersmith Theatre in London |
London | NPO MIYAGI DANCE |
June 16 | Visit to the "Noh Stage" and the Royal Holloway College | Royal Holloway College, Egham Surrey | Surrey | The Japan Society |
June 16 | Noh Masks - Exhibition and Lecture by John M. Blundall, Puppet Master | Consulate General of Japan in Edinburgh | Edinburgh | The Japan Society of Scotland |
June 16 - 18 | EU-Japan Hip-Hop Exchange 2005 | ICA | London | Studio Rarekwai (Ryo Sanada / Andrew Green) |
June 16 - July 15 | Fleeting Beauty - British Art Inspired by Tanka Poetry | Embassy of Japan in U.K. | London | Embassy of Japan in U.K. |
June 17 | Japanese Integrated dance | The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith | London | Turtle Key Arts |
June 17 - 18 | Japanese Culture and Kendo training (Japan-Scotland 2005) | RGU Garthdee Sports Centre | Aberdeen | Aberdeen Friends of Japan & Aberdeen Kendo Club |
June 20 - 25 | Japanese Noh Music and Dance | SOAS, University of London | London | David W. Hughes, Dept of Music, SOAS, University of London |
June 21 | Sawako Naito Mandolin Concert | L'Institut Français d'Ecosse | Edinburgh | L'Institute Français d'Ecosse Consulate General of Japan in Edinburgh |
June 24 | Kanae Furomoto Lunchtime Piano Recital | St.Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London | London | St.Martin-in-the-fields Enterprise Limited |
June 24 | Yasuhiro Satake; Wood-turning workshops | Assembly Rooms, Presteigne | Wales | Supported by The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation |
June 24 - 25 | Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra European Tour | 24 : Glastonbury Festival 25 : Mean Fiddler |
Glastonbury London |
Vin United Sound / Cherry Red Records |
June 25 - July 9 | City of Peterborough Summer Festival, Japan Day | Peterborough | Peterborough | Mrs. Kazuko Okubo-Sizer |
June 26 - September 28 | Nana Shiomi - Mitate | Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill, Durham | Durham | Durham University |
June 30 - September 11 | Kabuki Ukiyoe Exhibition | British Museum, London | London | The British Museum, The Japan Foundation, London |
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
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Date | Event | Venue | Place | Organiser |
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July | Komatsu Gateshead Youth Exchange | Gateshead | Komatsu City | |
July 1 - 3 | International Kendo Enbu Taikai (IKET) | Edinburgh University, Centre for Sport and Exercise | Edinburgh | British Kendo Association |
July 2 - 10 | Okinawa Eisa Drum-Dance | SOAS, University of London | London | David W. Hughes, Dept of Music, SOAS, University of London |
July 3 - 10 | London design show | Business Design Centre, Angel islington | London | Sharan Chandola |
July 6 - 8 | Taiko Tales | Partick Burgh Hall, Glasgow Caldy Valley Centre, Chester |
Glasgow, Chester | Taikotherapy |
July 7 - 12 | Insight into Japanese Culture | Southend High School for Girls | Southend-on-Sea | Fiona Brierley |
July 7 - October | EAT-JAPAN 2005 | Various places | various places | EAT-JAPAN |
July 10 | Karakuri! Robots in traditional Japan | BP Lecture Theatre & Sackler rooms, The British Museum | London | The British Museum, Dept of Asia, Japanese Section |
July 10 - 24 | Scottish Academy's School trip to Scotland | Scotland | The Scottish Academy | |
July 11 - September 24 | After Hiroshima: Nuclear Imaginaries | Brunei Gallery (SOAS) Millais Gallery (Southampton Institute) |
London Southampton |
Kingston University and Copad Arts |
July 12 - 15 | Let's Celebrate Japan | Tollesby School, Leeds Armouries, Hartlepool Gallery | Middlesborough Leeds Hartlepool |
Margaret Scott |
July 17 | Matsuri Art Festival | 93 Feet East, 1001 Café | London | Masanao Iga, Junichiro Arai, Yu Yamamoto, Kohki Tanaka |
July 21 | The Orient Strikes Back: Park-Size Pavilions of the Late 20th Century | Sainsbury Institute for Japanese Art and Culture, Norwich | Norwich | Sainsbury Institute for Japanese Art and Culture, Norwich |
July 22 | Tokyo Box Garden | Westbourne Studios, London | London | Powder Room / Sueko Hiratsuka |
July 24 | Echoes of Japan - Japanese Arts and Crafts Day for Families | Lauriston Castle | Edinburgh | The City of Edinburgh Council |
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