On the second Saturday of April, in the second largest city in the Ruhr area, Essen, Germany, people were greeted...
Read moreDetailsIf you have never visited the private museum Nihon no hanga and you have missed all those wonderful exhibitions of...
Read moreDetailsThe audience of De Zwarte Ruiter seemed ready for a night of rock and roll on Saturday, 23 February. The...
Read moreDetailsRock band Frederic (フレデリック) had performed for a sold-out Zepp Tokyo on the 20th of February already, but the day...
Read moreDetailsWho remembers D=OUT from the old days when they performed in Europe in 2009? To this very day, the Visual...
Read moreDetailsWhile it is raining cats and dogs outside, an interesting evening is planned in the cosy hall of The Kroepoekfabriek....
Read moreDetailsThe private Museum No Hero in picturesque Delden (Twente) makes an admirable attempt through the exhibition Women of Japan to...
Read moreDetailsMy passion for Japan was initially focused on music, travel and history. In recent years I have also been interested...
Read moreDetailsIn an adorable little store, hidden just outside of the busy Takeshita Dori street in Harajuku, the first solo exhibition...
Read moreDetailsOn Thursday, 22 November 2018, the concert of G.L.A.M.S took place at the Dolhuis in Dordrecht. A small group of...
Read moreDetails16 November 2018, Amsterdam, the capital of The Netherlands. Most of the people are shopping, or eating in the city...
Read moreDetails13 November 2018. In the same place as Crossfaith blew the roof off one month before this show, it is...
Read moreDetailsOn 8 November, Ikebukuro Chop was dedicated to November Heaven, a musical listening session with four performances by musicians from...
Read moreDetailsShin-daita FEVER. That is the location for a school festival after school on a cloudy 7th of November in Tokyo...
Read moreDetailsJust at the end of the summer of 2018, PLASTICZOOMS announced that Tom Takanashi, guitarist and band member of the...
Read moreDetails11 October 2018, in front of a small concert hall, stands a small group of metalheads, waiting for a night...
Read moreDetailsIn a city which has seen occupation by Spanish, French, and German invaders, a small festival for Japanese music, food,...
Read moreDetailsX JAPAN’s third-straight night of sold-out concerts — X JAPAN LIVE IN JAPAN 2018 THREE DEEP RED NIGHTS AT MAKUHARI...
Read moreDetailsThe theme of Abunai! this year was focused on gaming, in particular, the kitsune (fox), which is also the main...
Read moreDetailsIt is that time of year for us in the UK, Hyper Japan festival launched again in London. For those...
Read moreDetailsAfter the last edition in 2017 rumours were circulating already: is Animecon going to move to a bigger venue? A...
Read moreDetailsThe Summer of 2018 will be remembered as the time Europe melted. Experts say that the reason it is so...
Read moreDetailsShortly before the performance at AnimeCon, the biggest anime convention in The Netherlands, NECRONOMIDOL had an opportunity to give a...
Read moreDetailsBABYMETAL. The group that consists of three cute girls, being SU-METAL on lead vocals and MOAMETAL and YUIMETAL as background...
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