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After announcing the performance at Raw Power Festival in London, the tribal oriental dreamy psych trio KUUNATIC announced all the dates of their upcoming European tour. The European tour will...

From 15 March to 8 September Japanese Museum SieboldHuis will present the exhibition ‘Japanese Nudes’ (in Dutch Japans Naakt). This exhibition illustrates the development in Japanese nude photography from the...

Europe has a new Japanese music festival, with a focus on idol music. The festival, Monster of Dolls, will take place on Saturday 11 May at Giostrà Music Arena in...

Neo Kawaii quartet CHAI announced a worldwide tour, starting in the United States and ending up in Japan. In between these two tours, CHAI will embark on a European tour with shows...

From 16 March through 19 May the new exhibition, A Tale of Hidden Histories, will run at Eye in Amsterdam. Truth, facts, memories, reality: are they all constructions? Artists Broomberg...

During the European tour of Visual Kei band Jupiter, that will start on 9 May in Germany, a few support acts from Europe and Japan will perform to warm up...

After organising the talk and discussion with Mako & Ken Oshidori, collective behind Hope Step Japan! will organise another edition of the memorial event with the theme: From Now On....

While other bands are announcing shows and European tours for the coming months, metal band Crossfaith, announced a performance at a music, arts and theatrical festival in the United Kingdom....

The cyberpunk band PSYDOLL announced a United Kingdom tour, in support of their new EP, Machine Cup. This EP is chapter 4 of their Machine Kingdom series. The tour, titled...

Metalcore band coldrain will perform at the 2019-edition of the two German festivals Rock am Ring and Rock im Park, coming June.  Both festivals will simultaneously take place in the...

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....

Afraid that you won't get a gift on Valentine's Day or are you still looking for a good gift? SOUNDWITCH got you covered. Between 14 till 24 February it is...

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...