Japan-related Event Calendar

2025/8/5

This calendar has been established to keep people up to date on new and upcoming Japan-related cultural events in the Netherlands. Note: the Embassy of Japan does not accept any responsibility for the events registered, or any loss or damage resulting from the events registered in the calendar or from any reliance placed on the information in the Event Calendar.

Event	Description	Venue	Organizer / Contact info
4 July — 9 September 2025 Exhibition: Memories from Itoshima by Philo Ouweleen	Philo Ouweleen is a visual artist, Japanologist, and writer. With the exhibition Memories from Itoshima, she pays tribute to Itoshima (Kyushu, Japan), a green paradise by the coast. She captures the beauty of rural Japan in intimate, narrative works: colorful paintings and drawings, collages, photography, and a sound compilation. Discover both the stillness ánd the vibrant energy of the mountains, beaches, rice fields, and shrines of Philo’s Itoshima.	Tolstraat 182 1074 VM Amsterdam	Philo Ouweleen Website Email
6 July — 14 September 2025 (Opening 6 July) Exhibition: i fell in love with Nirono Mountains. by Takaka Hamano	Please go to the organiser’s website further in formation in English.	Zone2Source (Het Glazen Huis) Amstelpark 4 1083 HZ Amsterdam	Zone2Source \| Testing ground for art & ecology Website Email
24 August / 17:00-18:00 Kaiju Project - Grachten Festival Amsterdam	Traditional Japanese music meets modern jazz: The Kajiu Project brings worlds together: the storytelling of Japanese folk music and the improvisational nature of jazz. Several well-known soundtracks from the Ghibli films and famous Japanese folk songs, arranged especially for the band by Aseo, are also part of the repertoire.	Vondelpark Paviljoen Vondelpark 3 1071 AA Amsterdam	GrachtenFestival Website Email
14 September / 16:00 Kaiju Trio - Traditional Japanese Music meets Jazz		Huize Gaudeamus Gerard Doulaan 21 3723 GW Bilthoven	Huize Gaudeamus Website Email

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