Reports

Already dark upon arrival at the venue in the heart of The Hague, you were greeted by some light and warmth as you entered the doors of the cosy Musicon....

The first edition of The Dordtse Matsuri, with Dordtse as the abbreviation for the city where it was taking it place, Dordrecht, was doing well in terms of weather, the...

After a heavy metal hour with FAKE ISLAND, it was HighTechLowLife's turn to close the concert night at Abunai! 2019. An exuberantly pounding bass sound heralds the show, while the...

Does metal fit on Abunai!, for many known as an anime convention? After several performances by pop and rock musicians in previous years - we don't forget the loud rock...

As NECRONOMIDOL receive more and more attention from fans outside Japan, the world seems to be at the feet of the ultra dark idol unit. With tours through the United...

Paris, July 7th. The day itself already started hot, a warm breeze touching the skin each step outside the comforts of a bus or building. But not even the day...

2018 was a tumultuous year for BABYMETAL and their fans, between the tragic loss of guitarist Mikio Fujioka and the unexplained absence of YUIMETAL and her subsequent retirement from the...

At the time of the Dordtse Matsuri at the end of August, there was in the same building a photo exhibition of Intermezzo Japan, a group of four photographers, consisting...

Instead of the World Forum in The Hague AnimeCon had a new motto this year: “Goes South”, in the direction of Ahoy Rotterdam to be exact. For three days Ahoy...

To convince the audience as a solo musician is quite a big task and probably also quite scary. Haru Nemuri was for many an unknown name before she hopped on...

It has been a while ago that a Japanese band had the chance to enter the stage of Baroeg in Rotterdam. After Crossfaith, Church of Misery, Coffins, and a number...

London is lucky enough to be hosting not 1, but 2 manga exhibitions as part of the Japan-UK Season of Culture 2019-2020. Both are relatively close to each other thanks...

Anybody who has witnessed a MUTANT MONSTER show live, will not be surprised by the following review, but if like some in attendance that evening, this is your first time...

Last Sunday, 9 June, the Rapenburg and the Groenhazengracht in Leiden were all about Japan from Japan Museum SieboldHuis via the Hortus botanicus to the National Museum of Antiquities. With...

Birmingham has seen a surge of Japanese music events in these past few years, hosting such groups as Necronomidol, 2& (Double And), Screaming Sixties and even BABYMETAL, but it's safe...

On the second Saturday of April, in the second largest city in the Ruhr area, Essen, Germany, people were greeted with gloomy and chilling weather. The city was relatively quiet...

If you have never visited the private museum Nihon no hanga and you have missed all those wonderful exhibitions of the past 10 years. But you can still take your...

The audience of De Zwarte Ruiter seemed ready for a night of rock and roll on Saturday, 23 February. The venue was already packed while the guys of garage rock...

Rock 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 after there was another sold-out show in the same venue....

Who remembers D=OUT from the old days when they performed in Europe in 2009? To this very day, the Visual Kei band is still active with a lot of shows...

While it is raining cats and dogs outside, an interesting evening is planned in the cosy hall of The Kroepoekfabriek. It's a Sunday evening in February, but it doesn't bother...

The private Museum No Hero in picturesque Delden (Twente) makes an admirable attempt through the exhibition Women of Japan to expose the position of women in Japan. The society-critical exhibition,...

My passion for Japan was initially focused on music, travel and history. In recent years I have also been interested in art, architecture and culture. As a result, I come...

In an adorable little store, hidden just outside of the busy Takeshita Dori street in Harajuku, the first solo exhibition of Sho Asakawa was on display for three days. Sho...