Promotions

The Japan-British Society provides its members with a range of promotions throughout the year. These include discounts on tickets for UK and Japan related cultural performances, such as concerts, theatre, ballet and opera, as well exhibition tickets and other gifts.

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Reading Session

Sunday, 14 July, 2019 - Sunday, 25 August, 2019

JPY4,000 (monthly fee) for JBS Members

Hirasawa Shakespeare Academy will hold a reading session on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Participants will read the Japanese text under the instruction of Tomoyuki Hirasawa, a Shakespearean actor....

Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake

Thursday, 11 July, 2019 - Sunday, 21 July, 2019

Price for JBS members: S JPY10,400, A JPY7,600 (weekdays) S JPY11,700, A JPY8,550 (Sat & Sun)

Retaining all the iconic elements of the original production loved by millions around the world, Matthew Bourne and award-winning designers Lez Brotherson (set & costumes) and Paule Constable (lighting) have...

Exhibition: Julian Opie

Wednesday, 10 July, 2019 - Friday, 23 August, 2019

A draw will be made for 5 pairs of invitation tickets. To apply, please register your name and phone number by post with the JBS Secretariat by 3rd July.

Julian Opie (1958-) is one of Britain’s most influential living artists. Opie produces landscapes and portraits defined by simple schematic lines and blocks of colour. He also uses modern mediums...

The History of Sport in Japan – From the Edo Period to the Tokyo Olympics

Saturday, 6 July, 2019 - Sunday, 25 August, 2019

A draw will be made for 5 pairs of invitation tickets. To apply, please register your name and phone number by post with the JBS Secretariat by 31st July.

An exhibition of the history of sport in Japan is being held at Edo-Tokyo Museum. Various exhibits from the Edo period to the Meiji era and onwards are presented, including...

Royal Ballet Japan Tour 2019

Friday, 21 June, 2019 - Wednesday, 26 June, 2019

The Royal Ballet will be returning to Japan for the first time since 2016. They will be offering two programmes: Don Quixote and a gala programme. Special discount tickets for...

29th Barakura Flower Show

Thursday, 20 June, 2019 - Monday, 24 June, 2019

Admission Free for JBS members / Accompanied guests JPY900 each

The Annual Barakura Flower Show will take place in late June at Barakura English Garden in Tateshina, Nagano. The Flower Show includes seminars by several well-known lecturers from the UK,...

Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the NMWA The Matsukata Collection: A One-Hundred-Year Odyssey

Tuesday, 11 June, 2019 - Monday, 23 September, 2019

A draw will be made for 5 pairs of invitation tickets. To apply, please register your name and phone number by post with the JBS Secretariat by 3rd June.

This exhibition celebrating the museum’s 60th anniversary traces the century-long journey of the Matsukata Collection––buffeted by the waves of turbulent times. The 160 or so artworks on display include some...

International Theatre Company London Japan Tour “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

Wednesday, 15 May, 2019 - Wednesday, 15 May, 2019

ITCL will tour Japan again in May. This will be their 46th tour, during which they will perform A Midsummer Night’s Dream. (The performances will be in English with Japanese...

Luxury Afternoon Tea Party by Hannah Miles – Queen of Cakes

Saturday, 20 April, 2019 - Thursday, 25 April, 2019

To celebrate the Coronation of the new Emperor of Japan in May, Barakura English Garden presents Afternoon Tea produced by Ms Hannah Miles, a renowned British baker of sweets and...

Morris & Co. and The Art of Wallpaper from The Sanderson Archive

Saturday, 20 April, 2019 - Sunday, 2 June, 2019

A draw will be made for 5 pairs of invitation tickets. To apply, please register your name and phone number by post with the JBS Secretariat by 25th April.

An exhibition of valuable wallpaper by William Morris will be held at Sogo Museum in Yokohama. Approximately 130 of Morris’ designs from the collection of leading British wallpaper producer Sanderson...