Associated Programs of the 160th Anniversary of Japan-Germany Relationship (2021)

  • * The programs may be changed without notice due to unavoidable circumstances.
  • * JF= The Japan Foundation
  • * Updated on November 16, 2022
Detailed information
Program City(ies) Date Organizer(s)
Workshop with OKADA Toshiki "Imagination choreographs" Online February 3, 2021 - JF
Crisis Communication: Japanese and German Perspectives
Commemorating ten years after the Great East-Japan Earthquake
Online / Japanese-German Center Berlin February 4, 2021 JF, Japanese-German Center Berlin
JFF Plus: Online Festival Online February 26 - March 7, 2021 JF
Concert Series "Building Bridges in Times of Pandemic" Online March 5, 2021 - JF
Dialogue Series between Japan and Germany “New Normality” Online March 6, 2021 - JF
Screening Events with Film Libraries Düsseldorf, Munich, Frankfurt, Siegburg, Erfurt, Hamburg April 1, 2021 - March 31, 2022 JF, Related organizations in each region
German-Japanese Academic Cooperation on the Rhine Intercultural, Interdisciplinary and Interuniversity Lecture Series Online (Webinar) April 14 - July 21, 2021 JF, University of Bonn, University of Cologne
Lecture by OKADA Toshiki: “Theater as a Phenomenon of Fiction occurring in the Performing Space” Online April 19, 2021 - JF
Contemporary Music Concert Online April 30, 2021 JF, Deutschlandfunk
Japan-Days Düsseldorf/NRW 2021 Düsseldorf / Online May 21, 2021 - JF, Japan Day Düsseldorf/NRW
Traveling Exhibition: Built Environment: An Alternative Guide to Japan Cologne June 7 - July 2, 2021 JF
Concert with Young German Philharmonic Orchestra Cologne / Online June 10, 2021 - JF, Young German Philharmonic Orchestra
Film Series: MIFUNE Toshiro Cologne June 14 - July 29, 2021 JF
Japanese Drum Concert Erfurt July 22, 2021 JF, The German National Garden Show
Film Series: TANAKA Kinuyo Frankfurt, Cologne August 3 - October 28, 2021 JF, German Film Museum
Graphic Art Exhibition: Silent Streets Cologne September 3 - October 15, 2021 JF, Leipzig International Art Programme
Reading Tour: MURATA Sayaka Cologne, Berlin, Zurich (Switzerland) September 9 - 15, 2021 JF, Japanese-German Center Berlin, Berlin International Literature Festival, Literature House Zurich, Swiss-Japanese Society
Film Series: Important Women Behind the Scenes Cologne, Berlin September 10 - December 16, 2021 JF, Arsenal Institute for Film and Video Art e.V.
Reading Tour: ITO Hiromi Cologne, Berlin, Hamburg, Herbrechtingen September 17 - 24, 2021 JF, Berlin International Literature Festival, Dussmann, Harbour Front Festival, Herbrechtingen Culture Center
Exhibition: Tokyo Before/After Cologne October 22 - December 10, 2021 JF
JANET Forum Cologne / Online November 10 - 12, 2021 JF, University of Tsukuba
Rimpa feat. Manga Exhibition Museum Fünf Kontinente November 24, 2021 - January 9, 2022 JF, Museum Fünf Kontinente
Exhibition Wilhelm Heine Cologne December 1 - 17, 2021 JF, German-Japanese Association in Cologne
Lecture on Wilhelm Heine Cologne / Online December 10, 2021 JF, German-Japanese Association in Cologne
Film Series: Ainu Cologne January 6 - 27, 2022 JF
Dialog Exhibition Cologne January 14 - March 25, 2022 JF
Film Series: New Japanese Films Cologne January 31 - March 10, 2022 JF
Panel Discussion: The Future of Communication and Us Japanese-German Center Berlin / Online February 4, 2022 JF, Japanese-German Center Berlin
Photo Exhibition: World Heritage Sites in Japan Cologne February 18 - May 21, 2022 JF, UNIQLO
Lecture "Music Makes Human" Cologne / Online March 2, 2022 JF
Reading and Concert: Gauche the Cellist Cologne / Online March 4, 2022 JF
Workshop "Onomatopoeia in MIYAZAWA Kenji's Literature" Online March 11, 2022 JF
Translation Workshop "Yamanashi" Online March 12 - 19, 2022 JF
Film Series: MIYAZAWA Kenji Cologne March 14 - 31, 2022 JF
Photo Exhibition: Japan's Masterpieces of Wooden Architecture Berlin March 21 - April 29, 2022 JF, Japanese-German Center Berlin
Reading and Presentation "Night on the Galactic Railroad" Cologne / Online March 25, 2022 JF
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