Every upcoming event ·
Japanese agenda month by month
Every upcoming Japanese event in the Netherlands, month by month: cherry blossom, festivals, anime conventions, concerts, film, exhibitions, food and the Japanese Garden.
- 51events
- 3from 2026
- 23cities with events
November 2026
- Sun 15 Nov Exhibition ‘From Hilversum to Kurashiki – How Dudok Inspired Japanese Architect Urabe’Dudok Architectuur Centrum · Hilversum€7.50Tickets
- Sun 15 Nov 10:00Japan and KoreaWereldmuseum Leiden · LeidenFreeTickets
Exhibitions - Sun 15 Nov 10:00Light over DeshimaJapanmuseum SieboldHuis · LeidenFreeTickets
Exhibitions - Sun 15 Nov 14:30🍶 EN. IZAKAYA SOCIALJapanese Dining MUSUBU Rotterdam · Rotterdam€5Tickets
- Sun 15 Nov 20:00Hatsune MikuAFAS Live · Amsterdam€67.32Tickets
- Sun 15 Nov 20:00Hatsune Miku: Miku Expo 2026 EuropeAmsterdamTickets
- Sat 21 Nov 13:00Manga DayBibliotheek Nieuwegein · NieuwegeinTickets
Festivals - Thu 26 Nov 10:30Siebold Academy: lecture and pop-up exhibition Licht over DeshimaJapanmuseum SieboldHuis · Leiden€5Tickets
Exhibitions - Thu 26 Nov 20:15Noord Nederlands OrkestSPOT/De Oosterpoort · Groningen€29.50Tickets
- Sat 28 Nov 18:00Simple Music Ensemble. Spirited AwayKZ - Kompaszaal · AmsterdamTickets
- Sat 28 Nov 20:00Ki Kata - Stichting Dansz (regional)Theater de Mythe · Goes€47Tickets
Music & dance
- Sun 15 Nov Exhibition ‘From Hilversum to Kurashiki – How Dudok Inspired Japanese Architect Urabe’Dudok Architectuur Centrum · Hilversum€7.50Tickets
December 2026
- Fri 4 Dec 17:00FFXIV TTRPG - One-Shot | with GM Cristian!CIC Rotterdam · RotterdamTickets
- Sat 5 Dec 21:00Interstella 5555 (2003)Filmtheater De Uitkijk · Amsterdam€5 – €13.50Tickets
Film - Sun 6 Dec 19:00Club WeebEKKO · Utrecht€15Tickets
Concerts - Sat 12 Dec 10:00Bonsai Winter ExhibitionElswout · Overveen€6.50Tickets
Exhibitions - Sat 12 Dec 19:153x3 Eyes (1991)Melkweg · Amsterdam€12Tickets
Film - Wed 16 Dec 20:15Patrick Laureij Kintsugi. | RepriseMaaspoort · Venlo€28 – €35Tickets
Exhibitions - Wed 16 Dec 21:003×3 Eyes (1991)KINO · Rotterdam€12Tickets
Film - Fri 18 Dec 18:00Third Space x Ramen 55 Community DinerWibar · Leiden€30Tickets
Food - Mon 21 Dec 09:00Con La Posta anime gaming and cosplayPosta7 · Tolbert€8.50 – €15Tickets
Anime - Mon 21 Dec 10:00Con La PostaPosta7 · Tolbert€8.50 – €22.50Tickets
Anime - Mon 28 Dec 21:003×3 Eyes (1991)Slachtstraat Filmtheater · UtrechtTickets
Film - Mon 28 Dec 21:0098.12.28: Otokotachi no Wakare (2005)Filmtheater De Uitkijk · Amsterdam€5 – €13.50Tickets
Concerts
- Fri 4 Dec 17:00FFXIV TTRPG - One-Shot | with GM Cristian!CIC Rotterdam · RotterdamTickets
January 2027
- Thu 7 Jan 10:30Art Lecture: A World Full of DotsBibliotheek Roelofarendsveen · RoelofarendsveenFreeTickets
- Fri 8 Jan 14:30The Indies writer Dé-lilah in JapanBronbeek · ArnhemFreeTickets
- Sat 9 Jan 21:00Pon de BeatsNobel · Leiden€17.50Tickets
- Thu 21 Jan 20:15KokubuTheater De Lievekamp · Oss€19.50 – €44.50Tickets
Concerts - Sun 24 Jan Japanese PrintsRijksmuseum Twenthe · EnschedeTickets
Exhibitions - Sun 24 Jan 18:00Simple Music Ensemble. Princess MononokeKZ - Kompaszaal · AmsterdamTickets
- Sun 31 Jan 20:00SiM + The HauntPatronaat · Haarlem€27.50Tickets
Concerts
- Thu 7 Jan 10:30Art Lecture: A World Full of DotsBibliotheek Roelofarendsveen · RoelofarendsveenFreeTickets
February 2027
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April 2027
- Sun 4 Apr 20:00Wednesday CampanellaPatronaat · Haarlem€28.50Tickets
Concerts - Thu 15 Apr 20:15Noord Nederlands OrkestSPOT/De Oosterpoort · Groningen€18.50 – €39.50Tickets
- Fri 23 Apr 20:00Neko Light Orchestra - Echoes of HyruleTivoliVredenburg · Utrecht€43Tickets
- Sat 24 Apr 20:00Legend of ZeldaParkstad Limburg Theaters · Heerlen€22.50 – €42.50Tickets
- Sun 4 Apr 20:00Wednesday CampanellaPatronaat · Haarlem€28.50Tickets
Festivals, blossom, conventions and markets
A 2026 date is last year's edition: check the organiser's site for the 2027 date.
- Thu 24 Sept Light over DeshimaJapan Museum SieboldHuis · LeidenAn exhibition at the Japan Museum SieboldHuis, the house of Philipp Franz von Siebold, on the Dutch trading post of Deshima and what came from it. The page lists no price.More info
Exhibition - Thu 1 Oct Yoshitoshi: Master of the MoonVan Gogh Museum · AmsterdamWoodblock prints by the Japanese artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, shown with the museum's own collection. The museum's page gives the dates; one listing ends it a day earlier, so check before you go.More info Exhibition
- Sat 9 Jan 09:30Japanfest Utrecht (Houten)Expo Houten · HoutenWinter edition of the Japanese market in Expo Houten, near Utrecht: stalls with Japanese pop culture goods, street food, shows on a modern and a traditional stage, karaoke, and a children's area. Free shuttle bus from Houten station. Tickets online only, from EUR 9.99; children up to 6 free.€9.99More info
Japan festival - Sun 14 Feb 15:00Spirited Away: Music by Joe HisaishiHeuvellaan, Studio 1 · HilversumA chamber concert by Simple Music Ensemble with the music of Joe Hisaishi from Hayao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli films, in the Studio 1 hall in Hilversum.More info
Concert - Fri 5 Mar Cherry Blossom Food & Light Festival AmsterdamAmsterdamA walk among thousands of lit-up cherry-blossom trees with Japanese and Korean street food, by the organiser of the Japan & Korea Food Festival. The location, hours and price are still to be announced; early registration by email gets first access.More info
Cherry blossom - Mar 2027BloesemparkBloesempark, Amsterdamse Bos · AmstelveenExpected dateThe 400 Japanese cherry trees of the Bloesempark, a gift of the Japan Women's Club in 2000, bloom in mid to late March for about two weeks, the weather decides. The old trees bloom in 2027 and 2028; the park is renewed after that. A public park, no ticket. Keep one metre from the trunks.FreeMore info Cherry blossom
- Sat 20 Mar 10:00Heroes Made in AsiaJaarbeurs · UtrechtA fair of Asian pop culture with anime and manga at its core, by Easyfairs; it is wider than Japan, so only the anime, manga and Japanese side is the reason to list it. Ticket prices are not shown yet.More info
Convention - Fri 16 Apr AnimeCon 2027: Into The WildDe Broodfabriek Expo · RijswijkThe longest-running anime convention of the Netherlands, run by volunteers: dealer room, cosplay, retro gaming and Japanese arcades, concerts and late-night parties. Day tickets from EUR 30 (early bird), children 7 to 12 half price, under 7 free.€30More info Convention
- Sat 29 May 11:00Japan Pop Culture Festival UtrechtWerkspoorkathedraal · UtrechtTwo days of Japanese markets, creators, streetfood, anime and manga, gaming, cosplay and traditional culture under the roof of the Werkspoorkathedraal. First edition. A day ticket costs EUR 14.95 (VIP EUR 19.95, children 5 to 12 EUR 9.95, under 5 free), sold on the festival's site.€14.95More info Japan festival
- Jun 2027Japan Festival AmstelveenHandelsplein, Stadshart · AmstelveenExpected dateThe free Japanese festival in the centre of Amstelveen, with Japanese culture, food and stalls, held on a Sunday at the end of June. The 2027 date is provisional on the listing read; the festival's own site shows only 2026.FreeMore info Japan festival
- Fri 6 Aug Abunai! 2027: Izakaya NightsNH Koningshof · VeldhovenThe 23rd edition of the Netherlands' cheekiest anime convention, a three-day gathering of Japanese pop and traditional culture with cosplay, games, music, a matsuri and more, run by the Abunai! foundation. Ticket prices are not published yet.More info Convention
- Wed 22 Sept Camera Japan Festival RotterdamRotterdamThe Rotterdam leg of the festival of Japanese film, with the 2027 edition on the festival's site. The 2026 venues were Lantarenvenster, Fenix and Lab111; the 2027 venues are not listed yet.More info
Festival - Thu 30 Sept Camera Japan Festival AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Amsterdam leg of the festival of Japanese film. In 2026 the screenings and a mini-market were at Lab111; the 2027 venues are not listed yet.More info Festival
- Thu 23 Apr 2026Japanse Tuin Clingendael (voorjaar)Landgoed Clingendael · Den Haag2026 dateThe Japanese Garden opens for weeks in spring and a fortnight in autumn. Entry is free but you reserve a timeslot. This is the 2026 spring opening; the municipality says the garden reopens at the end of April 2027 and has not given dates.FreeMore info
Garden opening - Sun 24 May 2026Japan Market · SieboldHuisJapan Museum SieboldHuis · Leiden2026 dateA free Sunday market of Japanese goods and food on the Rapenburg by the Japan Museum SieboldHuis. This is the 2026 edition; no 2027 date is announced.FreeMore info Japan festival
- Sat 10 Oct 2026Japanse Tuin Clingendael (najaar)Landgoed Clingendael · Den Haag2026 dateThe autumn fortnight of the Japanese Garden in 2026, free with a reserved timeslot. No autumn 2027 dates are announced.FreeMore info Garden opening
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Questions
How far ahead does the Japanese agenda go?
A year ahead. Events are added as organisers announce them, and the list is checked every day. Courses, private events, restaurants and shops are left out.
