14 September 2026
Onsen, an oil painting by Daiwa Scholarships alumnus and artist Carl Randall, has been used on the cover of the book Skinship published by Salt Publishing. Skinship is a collection of poems by author Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana, who like Carl, spent 10 years living in Japan. The title Skinship comes from a Japanese loan word fusing
Read on28 August 2026
Daiwa Scholarships 2027: Language Study, Homestay & Work Placement in Japan – apply by 3 December 2026 The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is a UK charity supporting UK-Japan links through awarding Daiwa Scholarships and Daiwa Scholarships in Japanese Studies; offering grants to support UK-Japan collaboration and organising events including seminars, and exhibitions at its London headquarters.
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Nonomiya/Song of Rona Island – taking place at Edinburgh International Book Festival this August! Monday 24 August 2026 | 19:00 – 21:00 at Greyfriars Kirk and repeated on Tuesday 25 Aug at 19:00 Noh Reimagined theatre company will introduce Noh Theatre in Part One with Nonomiya – a piece based on the oldest novel of
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Daiwa Scholarships alumnus and artist Carl Randall has a new Japan-themed painting on show at the Hampstead Art Society Summer Exhibition until 11 July at Gallery 8 in Mayfair, central London. His oil painting The Kokeshi Maker is one of 90 artworks chosen from 3,252 worldwide submissions. The show also includes paintings by Winifred Nicholson
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The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (www.dajf.org.uk) has published details of its Small Grants and Awards awarded to support a total of 31 UK-Japan projects in its latest funding round: March 2026. A Daiwa Foundation Small Grant will support the travel of 11 explorer scouts and 2 leaders from the 83rd Fife Scout Group to attend the
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Perspectives on Hijikata Research Collective invite you to join them for a week-long event in Hijikata’s hometown Akita this September! We will kick-start the week with a tour of Mount Haguro, led by a mountain monk [yamabushi], and a visit (for those who are not too squeamish) to the self-mummified Buddhist monks [sokushinbutsu] of Yamagata prefecture.
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Started in 2009, the Daiwa Foundation Art Prize aims to introduce British artists to Japan by awarding the winner a solo exhibition in a Japanese gallery. Each year a winner is chosen from three finalists, all of whom go on to achieve further prizes and awards. This review recaps the finalists from each year and their
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These are most of the Japan related acts that are going on in this years Edinburgh Fringe Festival (4th of August to 28th of August) 1. Akiko Okamoto In Concert – August 8th to 10th This Japanese-born international pianist returns to the Fringe with a charming programme of music by Chopin, Bach and Mozart
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Organised and run by the Japanese Garden Society, this major event at the Kaetsu Centre, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge features world-class speakers from the UK, USA and Japan, including Kendall Brown and Marc Peter Keane. Theme: The transmission of the Japanese Garden beyond Japan from 1868 onwards; the evolution and significance of the Japanese
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Directed by renowned Japanese director Amon Miyamoto, “Fanatic Artist Hokusai” tells a fictional story based on historic events mixed with imaginative interpretations about the artist’s work, in addition to a surreal plot twist.
Enter a raffle to win tickets for the 27 July 2017 performance!
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Enjoy an evening of performances and activities celebrating the life, art and enduring legacy of Katsushika Hokusai, presented in collaboration with Japan House – from 6pm on Friday, 14 July and screening of “The Lost Hokusai” at 7pm.
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Award-winning performance artist Kentaro Kobayashi returns to London this summer to bring back his hugely popular solo show Mr Potsunen’s Peculiar Slice of Life exclusively to Notting Hill’s Print Room at the Coronet for a very limited run, 5 to 8 July 2017. Featuring original hand-drawn animation by Kobayashi, audiences are immersed in a spectacular
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Keys of Change (KoC), a UK charity, has been supporting the Fukushima Youth Sinfonietta (FYS) since they set it up, following the Tohoku earthquake in March 2011. They have now decided to launch a support group in London, the London Friends of the FYS.
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Hyper Japan is one of the biggest and most renowned J-culture events in the UK. It will be held at the Tobacco Dock in London! The event celebrates all aspects of the Japanese culture, ranging from cosplaying popular anime characters to experiencing some of Japan’s most famous epochs of history, such as the 17th and
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