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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...

A few days ago, the electronic rock/metal band Esprit D'Air asked their fans to join the crowdfunding for the new upcoming single Amethyst. The band needed £1,500.00 (around € 1660,00)...

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...

Electronic rock/metal band Esprit D'Air are calling all their fans to join the crowdfunding for the new upcoming single Amethyst. The release of the single is planned for 22 February...

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,...

On 30 September 2018, X JAPAN’s third-straight night of sold-out concerts for 100,000 fans — X JAPAN LIVE IN JAPAN 2018 THREE DEEP RED NIGHTS AT MAKUHARI MESSE — was...

An early Christmas present for the overseas fans of the GazettE, the visual kei rock band has announced that they will begin their next world tour in April 2019. The last...

In October, the tour organisation REALive, subdivision of HIGHFeeL, announced the formation of a new band with the name GOOD THRU DATE. The band just formed and already it is...

Some of Japan’s finest heavy metal artists will be coming to the United Kingdom for a history-making event in heavy metal next October. Live event promotor ORIONlive, based in the...

It is time for a cup. Because I walk by the Doutor, less favourite with me than the Veloce, I decide to take a hot Uji Matcha Latte. The Doutor...

It's getting colder and colder, so it's time to snuggle up behind your screen and enjoy a season full of new anime! So grab a nice warm beverage and enjoy...

JapanMuseum SieboldHuis presents till 3 March 2019 the exhibition 'Kachō-ga. The Poetry of Japanese Nature'. Never before has an exhibition on Kachō-ga -one of the most important genres in the...