Japan-related Events

In support of their newest album, EYE OF THE STORM, the rock band ONE OK ROCK will tour Europe in May. The shows take place in several countries, from the...

The line-up of the first edition of METAL MATSURI is complete. The organisation behind this festival in the United Kingdom, ORIONlive UK, announced the last band: BRIDEAR. The headliners of...

In 2018, MIKARU toured Europe twice with a solo run and a tour with a band. This year the singer-songwriter will come back to Europe for another solo run tour....

The Tokyo-based Acid Rock/Folk duo 20 Guilders will tour Europe for the first time in the late Spring. The tour is titled IL Grande SILENZIO and that is also the...

The indie-pop quartet Homecomings are coming to the United Kingdom to tour together with London based indie/dream-pop band Night Flowers. After touring Japan together, the band invited the Kyoto based...

KUUNATIC announced to perform at the 2019-edition of Raw Power Festival in London. The performance at this festival will take place on Sunday 26 May. At the end of 2018,...

ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK will come back to Europe for another tour, this time to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The tour will start on 8 February in the United Kingdom and...

To promote her latest album 春と修羅 (Haru to Shura), Japanese singer-songwriter and poetry rapper Haru Nemuri will embark on a European tour in May and June. She will perform in...

The debut tour in Europe of the newly formed rock band GOOD THRU DATE is set in stone. The band will tour in February and March in Europe, with shows...

LOVEBITES and CRYSTAL LAKE will be making their first appearances at Download Festival 2019 at Donington Park in the United Kingdom this Summer. LOVEBITES, who recently won Best New Band...

Ramen, a well-known dish for lovers of Japan and Japanese food, will have its own festival in Amsterdam on 17 February 2019. The location for this festival, the Amsterdam Ramen...

Following the richly illustrated reissue of the book Het snoer der ontferming (The Cord of Redemption) by Louis Couperus, there is currently an exhibition that is about Couperus and Japan. The...

In its fourth year, MONO JAPAN will welcome over 30 exhibitors and offer a jam-packed programme of events at the Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam over the weekend of 1 to...

Metalcore band CRYSTAL LAKE announced a few shows at European festivals that will take in the Summer. The band will return to Jera on Air in The Netherlands, but will...

Almost eight years have passed since the Tohoku earthquake and Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan. Mako & Ken Oshidori are Japanese comedians who have kept track of the aftermath of...

The pop-punk band from Osaka, Shonen Knife, announced to come back to Europe for a tour. The tour, titled ALIVE! in Europe 2019, will start in May. Earlier the band...

All girl rock band BAND-MAID toured the world just last year, with performances in the United States and Europe in November, but a world tour for 2019 is already in...

2019 did start good for Alternative Hard Rock band LOKA. During the performance at the Countdown To 2019 live show at Shibuya The Game, the band announced that they will...

After announcing the performance at Roadburn Festival 2019, that is sold out since a few weeks, the instrumental rock band MONO announced a European tour. The tour, titled Nowhere Now...

On 2 and 3 February, Dutch Design and Cool Japan will go hand in hand during the Cool Japan Design Weekend at Tropenmuseum. At the moment it is possible to...

ORIONlive are busy to make 2019 a memorable year for the organisation and the fans of Japanese music, by organising Metal Matsuri in October, but also the Indie, Idol and...

The all-female steampunk power metal band from Tokyo, FATE GEAR, will tour Europe in March. Before the tour dates were announced, the band did a crowdfunding to make the tour...

Pop girl group Perfume is added to the line-up of Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2019 in the United States. They will perform on Sunday 14 and 21 April,...

Tribal oriental dreamy psych band KUUNATIC announced that they will be back in Europe in 2019. The trio will perform at the festival Muskelrock in Sweden on 30 May. Furthermore,...