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It’s 2020 and a new year means new anime series and films to look forward to. Here’s our list of ten Winter anime we’re looking forward to. Are you missing...

The organisation of the Swiss event Aki no Matsuri began 2020 with a big bang, as they announced the musical main act for the 2020-edition that will take place in...

From 9 January till 20 February, Japanologist Philo Ouweleen will have her solo exhibition at VOX-POP in Amsterdam, where she will present her paintings she made during her stay in...

On Christmas Day the four ladies of GIRLFRIEND published a video in which they had an important announcement for the fans of the group. In the video, which is entirely...

Alone during the holiday season? Or do you like to watch a nice ‘feel good’ film or romantic drama series? Then you’re in luck because here is a list of...

For most, the holiday season has started with the Christmas days coming up. Time to listen to some music to get you in the right mood, right? If you don't...

During their upcoming and second European tour, Rock band sokoninaru (そこに鳴る) will return to The Netherlands. The show will take place on Saturday 7 March 2020 at the nowadays well-known...

The organisation of Graspop Metal Meeting announced 14 new names for the 2020-edition of the festival, one of the bands performing will be CRYSTAL LAKE. This edition will be an...

With more than 200 days to go, the organisation of HYPER JAPAN is busy with filling the programme for the Summer event. The first musicians that will perform at HYPER...

sokoninaru (そこに鳴る) will come back to Europe. Their first European tour, earlier this year, but it seems the band wanted more of that and so sokoninaru planned a tour for...

Crossfaith will tour Europe - as is known - coming February and March, but it seems they are ready to announce a performance at one of the European Summer festivals in...

CampZone is celebrating its 20th edition in the Summer of 2020. From 24 July to 3 August, the holiday destination for a lot of game lovers of all ages will...

For those who want to prepare themselves for the upcoming European tour of 人間椅子 (Ningen Isu), they are in luck. The Hard Rock band will stream their tour final on...

Electronic musician TENTENKO will go on a short tour through Germany later this month, just before the end of the year 2019. The tour will start on 13 December at...

In the last few weeks, BABYMETAL announced a couple of festival shows planned in the Summer of 2020. While the group already had a European tour planned this Winter, taking...

After 5 years, Visual Kei Rock band MUCC will return to Europe for a tour in 2020. The European tour just got announced by the band and the tour organiser...

Traditionally the Japanese have many celebrations connected to nature. The changing of the seasons leads to beautiful poems to be written and art to be created. With this in mind,...

Last few weeks, Otoboke Beaver (おとぼけビ～バ～) announced a couple of shows in The Netherlands, with the message that there will be more shows. After announcing a few shows in France...

Akihabara-based maid cafe @home cafe (“at-home cafe”) will hold a special pre-opening event for the opening of its second Osaka restaurant with a special ceremony and livestream on Instagram. With...

The French metal festival Hellfest will accommodate five Japanese acts for the 2020-edition. The full line-up for the 15th anniversary of Hellfest got announced yesterday. A hand full of Japanese...

That FATE GEAR will tour Europe in 2020 is not news anymore, but the steampunk metal band announced a couple of special performances during the upcoming European tour. The performances...

German music label Get Your Genki is 1 year old and has decided to celebrate by handing out Bandcamp codes via Twitter. Last weekend, codes were shared through the Twitteraccount...

DEFILED a death metal band from Tokyo, announced that they will support the Polish death metal band VADER during their special anniversary tour in March 2020. In addition to DEFILED,...

Jazz guitarist May Inoue has planned a couple of shows in the United Kingdom and Italy, later this month. Most shows will take place in London, but the show in...