2008

4th-7th April
Akiko FUJII Jiuta ensemble tour in Holland and Belgian
Fri 4 April Tropnetheatre, Amsterdam
Sat 5 April Zuiderpershuis, Antwerp
Sun 6 April RASA, Utrecht

Sun 20 April  
Kiriko KUBO at Brighton Children’s Book Festival
www.bcbf.org.uk/speakers/Kiriki_Kubo.html

Thu 26 June
Yoko NISHI koto concert  Chelsea Festival www.chelseafestival.org
- download flyer in PDF format here

Sun 6th July
London Bon Dancers
North Somerset Play Forum “- Music and Dance from Around the World”
www.playforum.org.uk 

Fri 11th- Sun 13th July
Hiroshi MOTOFUJI Taiko performance and workshops
Rain Forest Music Festival, Sarawak, Malaysia
www.rainforestmusic-borneo.com/2007/en/performer/index.htm

Sat 2nd August
London Bon dancers
Standon Calling Festival (Time Out Top 15 UK Festival - 2008 Guide)
www.standoncalling.com

19 September - 23rd September
Kamishibai (Paper theatre performance) tour in UK and Ireland - more info in PDF here and press-release here
Fri 19 Sept Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
www.cbl.ie/
Sat 20 Urbis, Manchester
www.urbis.org.uk/
Sun 21 Sept Liverpool Biennal 08
www.biennial.com/
Mon 22 Japan Foundation Lanugage Centre
www.jpf.org.uk/
Tue 23 Barbican Centre
www.barbican.org.uk/as

9 October - 17 October
SHICHISEIKAI UK tour Shomyo (Buddhist Monk Chant)
If ever there was an opportunity to delve into the fascinating, mysterious life of what happens in a Japanese Temple then this, most definitely, is it. Performing sutra chantings and enacting rituals usually only performed far from the public eye. Voices rise and fall in beautiful unison with rich harmonic overtones. Accompanied by a bansurai player this opportunity is extremely rare: details here.

Thursday 9 October 7.30pm Bracknell, South Hill Park Arts Centre
Friday 10 October 7.30pm Cambridge, Buddhist Centre
Saturday 11 October 7.30pm Uley, Prema Arts Centre
Sunday 12 October 7.30pm Norwich, Arts Centre
Tuesday 14 October 7.30pm York, National Centre for Early Music
Wednesday 15 October 7.45pm Canterbury, The Gulbenkian Theatre (part of Canterbury Festival)
Thursday 16 October 7.30pm London, St. Luke's Church, Chelsea
Friday 17 October 7.30pm Brighton, St. George’s Church (Brighton Festival of World Sacred Music) Workshop at 3pm
Saturday 18 October 7.30pm Nottingham, The Djanogly Recital Hall, Lakeside Arts Centre
sound.jp/tengaku/Frames/FrameE-version.html

November
Japanese Picture Book - in collaboration with music, story telling and images
Japanese Embassy, London: details here

Sat 29, Sun 30 November
Tale of Genji weekend
Sallis Benny Theatre, Brighton
www.brighton.ac.uk/gallery/theatrelistings.html

2009 

Gagaku Musubihime Holland and Belgian tour - more info in PDF here
19 Feb Rasa Utrecht
20 Feb Muziekgebouw aan het IJ Amsterdam
21 Feb Zuiderpershuis Antwerp
22 Feb Tropentheater Amsterdam

SHICHISEIKAI Europe tour
2 April Zuiderpershuis Antwerp
3 April Tropentheater Amsterdam, Holland
4 April Rasa Utrecht, Holland
5 April Osterfestival Tirol - Musik+ Austria
8 April Noe Festival Austria