Events

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.

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15
Oct

Special Concert with Only Boys Aloud from Wales

Wednesday, 15 October, 2025

1830-2030

St Alban’s Church (Shibakoen, Minato-ku)

JPY3,000 (members and guests)

The Society will hold a joint event with the St. David’s Society inviting Only Boys Aloud from Wales. Only Boys Aloud participated in ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ in 2012, where they...

3
Oct

Junior Group Welcome Party for Daiwa Scholars

Friday, 3 October, 2025

1830-2030

Hibikoku Lounge, 8F Hibiya Kokusai Bldg.

Junior Members & Students JPY4,000 Members JPY4,500 Guests JPY5,000

The Daiwa Scholarship is a programme run by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation to provide talented young British people who have the potential to become the next generation of leaders with...

13
Sep

Junior Group BBQ Party

Saturday, 13 September, 2025

1800-2100

Nihombashi Mitsukoshi

Junior Members / Members JPY6,600 Guests JPY7,000 with free-flowing drinks *High School/Junior High School JPY6,050 *Elementary School children and under JPY3,300 *Students under 16-year-old need to be accompanied by Ordinary Members.

The Junior Group will have a BBQ party on the rooftop of the Mitsukoshi Department Store in Nihombashi. Using a BBQ grill, participants will enjoy cooking together sirloin steak, jerk...

2
Sep

Mori Art Museum Special Tour

Tuesday, 2 September, 2025

1400-1500

Mori Art Museum (53F Roppongi Hills Mori Tower)

Members JPY2,500 Guests JPY3,000 *Guests will only be accommodated if space is available. Members have priority.

The Society has organised a special tour of the Mori Art Museum to see the exhibition “The Architecture of Sou Fujimoto”, who has been engaging in various projects around the...

17
Jul

Summer Pub Night

Thursday, 17 July, 2025

1900-2100

Swan & Lion

Members only JPY6,600 (incl. British food and 1 drink) cash bar is available.

The Society will hold a casual pub night at Swan & Lion in Nakameguro. We have reserved the whole pub for this event and participants will have delicious British food...

25
Jun

General Meeting

Wednesday, 25 June, 2025

1800-1830

Koku Kaikan Meeting Room /online

Pursuant to Article 14 and 15 of the Constitution, the Society will hold a General Meeting. Agenda: Activity Report and Statement of Accounts for 2024/25, Election of a Director Documents...

22
Jun

Horseracing at Tokyo Racecourse

Sunday, 22 June, 2025

1100-1600

Tokyo Racecourse VIP Room

Members JPY8,000 Guests JPY9,000 (incl. lunch, tea and cake)

The Society arranged another opportunity for members to enjoy horseracing from a VIP guest room at the Tokyo Racecourse. Please note that it will not be on the day of...

11
Jun

Lecture on Tsutaya Juzaburo and Japanese Woodblock Prints

Wednesday, 11 June, 2025

1500-1630

Christie’s Japan Office

Members only JPY3,000

Mr Katsura Yamaguchi (President, Christie’s Japan) will give a talk on Japanese Woodblock Prints and Tsutaya Juzaburo. (The lecture will be in Japanese.) Christie’s Japan (a corporate member) has kindly...

9
May

Sake Tasting with Philip Harper

Friday, 9 May, 2025

1900-2030 Door opens at 1845

Japan Sake and Shochu Information Centre

Members only JPY5,500 (incl. lecture, sake tasting and some nibbles)

In December 2024, “traditional sake brewing” was registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. In commemoration, the Society has a great pleasure in holding a Sake Seminar and Tasting with...

1
May

Visit to Kasumi Kaikan Memorial Gakushuin Museum

Thursday, 1 May, 2025

1400-1530 Door opens at 1345

Kasumi Kaikan Memorial Gakushuin Museum/ Gakushuin University

Members only (for 30 people) JPY1,500

The Gakushuin University Museum of History, which opened in 1975, was renewed and reopened this March as the Kasumi Kaikan Memorial Gakushuin Museum. To commemorate the opening, the exhibition “Gakushuin...