1 - 31 May	11th Japan International Translation Competition	Japan
	8 May	KOKUHO	Nationwide
	26 May	A Evening of Tea and Japanese Calligraphy Evening	Guernsey
	Until 5 Jul	Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) July 2026	London, Leicester

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	1 May	Japan Day 2026 - University of Sheffield	Sheffield
	Until 4 May	Yakimono: A Culture of Exchange – The Impact of Japanese Ceramics	Tisbury
	8 & 9 May	26th Annual Cambridge Heritage Symposium: The Role of Heritage in Shaping Ontological Security in the Contemporary World	Maidstone
	9 May - 20 Jun	Cherry Blossoms and Green Fields	Maidstone
	14 May	Rewriting History Through Art: The Challenge of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo	Norwich
	14 May	Hiroshige on the Tōkaidō: Woodblock Prints in Japan	Maidstone
	15 May	Sushi & Gyoza Masterclass	Henley-on-Thames
	16 May	Sushi Making Workshop	HighWycombe
	23 May	Suminagashi : Japanese Paper Marbling	Herefordshire
	27 May	Western and Japanese Signifiers in Haruki Murakami’s Norwegian Wood at the Literature and History Public Conference 2026: Books that Changed the World	Derby
	29 May	Japanese Treasures at the Bodleian: A Private View	Oxrford
	31 May	Japan FEST & Anime Event Mansfield Rugby Club	Mansfield
	Until 27 Jun	Crafts of Fukuoka – Tea, Tradition, and Making	Bath
	Until 30 Aug	Making Waves: The Art of Japanese Woodblock Print	York

	1 May	Curator's Talk - KITAI Kazuo: Gazing at the Present Moment	London
	1 May - 4 Oct	NIGO: From Japan with Love	London
	2 May	Sakura Fair 2026	London
	2 May	hololive English 3rd Concert -All for One- Screening	London
	2 & 3 May	YOKIMONO JAPANESE MARKET in STRATFORD, OLYMPIC PARK	London
	5 May	Japan in Transition: The Documentary Cinema of Haneda Sumiko	London
	5 May	The Japanese Conversation Group	London
	6 May	360° VR Documentary: Eight Million Gods	London
	6 May	Shrines, Kami, and the Future: Shinto in the Digital Age	London
	6 May	ONLINE EVENT - The Japan Society Film Club: Seven Samurai directed by Akira Kurosawa	London
	8 May	Inside the World of Shogi: An Evening with Japanese Chess Masters	London
	8 May	Hyakkō: 100+ Makers from Japan ; Gallery tour by curator Nagata Takahiro	London
	8 May	Te-atari: object handling session	London
	8 May	Te-atari: object handling session for people with visual impairments	London
	8 -24 May	GRAND SUMO Highlights at Japan House London	London
	9 & 10 May	Inter City Shogi Cup 2026 - London	London
	10 May	Shogi - Japanese Chess Workshop for Beginners	London
	Until 10 May	Hyakkō 100+ Makers from Japan	London
	11 May - 28 Jul	Exhibition: 和紙WASHI: The Artistic Spirit of Japanese Paper	London
	12 May	Gallery Tour: Lines, Gazes, Landscapes: Hikaru Fujii	London
	12 - 30 May	Yamato Drummers – The Power of Human Strength	London
	13 May	appi and Lead Ashtray play the Dublin Castle Camden	London
	14 May	Towards 150 years of Japanese archaeology and its broader Asian connections	London
	14 - 17 May	Ikebana display: Friendship through flowers	London
	14 May - 9 Jun	Japanese Language Local Project Support Programme 2026-2027 (Spring) Applications Now Open	London
	15 & 16 May	Transnational Japanisms: Art, craft, design	London
	16 May	Writing the Seasons: Japanese Calligraphy on an Uchiwa Fan	London
	17 & 20 May	The Tale of Zatoichi	London
	18 May	Bronwen Maddox: The Rivalry between the US and China and How Other Countries Should Respond	London
	18 May	Lost Mothers: Pregnancy and Motherhood in Prison - Comparative Insights from the UK and Japan	London
	Until 18 May	Lines, Gazes, Landscapes by Hikaru Fujii	London
	19 May	Yuko Mohri: sound in motion	London
	24 - 30 May	Japan House London Family Workshops	London
	26 May	I Am a Cat in translation: Talk by Nick Bradley	London
	27 May - 24 Sep	SECOND LAW by Reijiro Wada	London
	29 May	ICHIBAN WRESTLING 一番プロレス presents Crusade	London
	30 May	Sogetsu London Branch Ikebana Exhibition	London
	Until 7 Jun	Portraits of Japan – A Photography Exhibition	London
	Until 24 Jun	Samurai on screen	London
	Application Close 30 Jun	*Apply Now!* UCL-Japan Youth Challenge 2026	London
	Until 30 Aug	My Neighbour Totoro	London