JAPAN CUTS: July 17 - 30, 2020
JAPAN CUTS, North America's largest festival of contemporary Japanese cinema, is going completely online this year, and is expanding access to viewers throughout the United States. Featuring a diverse slate of 30 feature films and 12 shorts, JAPAN CUTS 2020 offers unique access to the best new films from Japan with filmmaker video introductions, live virtual Q&As and panel discussions.
Tickets go on sale Friday, July 10 at 12am EDT!
2020 Japan Society Annual Dinner: A Remarkable Evening
We are proud to present highlights from our first ever online 2020 Annual Dinner: Reimagined Gala and Awards, held June 18. This unique program, with a Tokyo co-host and many attendees joining from Japan, included a special message of hope for New York from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, reinforcing the immutable friendship and alliance between the U.S. and Japan.
Upcoming Virtual Events
Online Language Classes
Registration for Online Classes - Now Open!
We are excited to offer a variety of online classes this summer, conducted via Zoom. Please visit each course or workshop page for more information on how to register.
- Summer Japanese
- Crash Course for Travelers to Japan
- Summer Weekend Japanese
- Summer Shodo (Japanese Calligraphy)
- Mid-Summer English / 日本人対象の英会話教室
- Late Summer Japanese: Levels 1, 2 & 10
- Late Summer Conversational Japanese
#JSFromHome: Boro Textiles Virtual Exhibition Tour
Experience the traditional handicraft of boro (“rags” or “tatters”) - patchwork textiles hand-pieced by peasants in Japan in the 19th and early 20th centuries – through this five-part virtual exhibition video tour, narrated by the Japan Society Gallery curators.
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