Japan-British Society events provide opportunities for members to meet throughout the year. These include an Annual Dinner, the Gala Party, the Princess Chichibu Memorial Lecture, outings to places of interest around Japan and the Annual Golf Tournament.
Saturday, 11 July, 2026
1830-2000 (doors open at 1800)
Shitaya Shrine (Ueno)
Members JPY3,000 Guests JPY4,000 Payment is required in advance.
Beat the heat the traditional way by listening to chilling ghost stories! This special one-man presentation by Stuart Varnam-Atkin will feature classic stories by Lafcadio Hearn (aka Koizumi Yakumo) in...
Thursday, 25 June, 2026
Doors open at 1730 with welcome drinks
Members only JPY28,000 (incl. drinks and British food)
In May 2025, at the British National Day during the Osaka-Kansai Expo, Lisa Nandy, British Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, announced the “MUSUBI Initiative.” With the aim...
Friday, 5 June, 2026
1900-2100
FootNik Ebisu
Junior Members/Students JPY4,000 Members JPY4,500 Guests JPY5,000 (incl. food and 2 drinks) Payment is required in advance.
The UK’s National Fish and Chip Day is celebrated every year on the first Friday of June. The Junior Group will be hosting a pub night on this day to...
Saturday, 9 May, 2026
1100-1600
Tokyo Racecourse VIP Room
Members JPY8,500 (incl. lunch, tea and cake) Accompanied guests are only accommodated depending on availability at JPY10,000
Members will have another opportunity to attend the Epsom Cup Race, which commemorates the partnership between Epsom Racecourse in the UK and Tokyo Racecourse. Participants will watch the horseracing from...
Friday, 24 April, 2026
1400 (Door opens at 1330)
Suntory Museum of Art (Roppongi Midtown)
Members JPY3,000 Guests JPY4,000 (incl. Lecture and Admission)
In relation to the exhibition ”Kyōsai: The Israel Goldman Collection” which was held at the Royal Academy of Arts in 2022, a special exhibition on Kyōsai Kawanabe will be held...
Friday, 3 April, 2026
1430-1600 (doors open at 1400)
Hibiya Library & Museum
Members JPY2,500 Guests JPY3,000
This year is the year of horse and we have arranged a lecture by Mr Masao Yamamoto (JBS member), recipient of the JRA Equestrian Culture Award for his book Derby...
Monday, 9 March, 2026
1030-1200 (door opens at 1000)
The Adachi Foundation
Members JPY3,000 Guests JPY4,000
With the cooperation of the Adachi Foundation, we will be holding a special live Ukiyo-e woodcut printing demonstration. Participants will observe the Ukiyo-e production process by a professional artisan while...
Friday, 6 March, 2026
1900-2100 (doors open at 1830)
The Tokyo Club
Members JPY12,000 Guests JPY15,000 (includes a full-course dinner, drinks, lecture, tax)
We are happy to announce that a dinner lecture with Mr. Richard Lloyd Parry (Asia Bureau Chief and Tokyo Bureau Chief, The Times) will be held at the Tokyo Club....
Thursday, 19 February, 2026
1500-1600 by Zoom
Free of charge (members only)
The Society will hold another ‘UK Voices’ online lecture – to hear from JBS’s British executives – by Mr. Andrew Cowell (Auditor/ Former Member of the Board). He was born,...
Thursday, 22 January, 2026
1200-1400 (doors open at 1145)
Hoso Kaikan
Members JPY7,000 Guests JPY9,000 (buffet food and drinks included) *Payment is required in advance.
The Society’s New Year gathering will be held during the daytime at Hoso Kaikan. It will provide members with a good opportunity to meet informally to celebrate the arrival of...