This installation explores how artisans in Japan utilized materials and handcrafted techniques to forge social relationships and engage with the world around them, featuring lacquerware, ceramics, bamboo baskets, and metalwork from the eighteenth- through twenty-first centuries.

Featuring Japanese bird-and-flower prints and rare Chinese featherwork from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller collection, this exhibition explores the kingfisher’s artistic and cultural significance from the 1700s to the 1900s.

Masako Miki: Midnight March is an experiential world populated by semi-abstracted felted wool sculptures set within a galaxy. Referencing nature, Japanese yōkai (supernatural beings), and Shintoism, Miki creates new mythologies that reflect the complexity of multicultural identities and worlds.

After World War II, Hiroshima University rebuilt with support from universities worldwide, including Harvard, through donations of books and trees. This exhibition revives that bond by showcasing atomic-bombed roof tiles salvaged by Hiroshima students from the Motoyasu River.

[JSB Discount] The Harvard FIlm Archive will screen a series of films by Shinoda Masahiro (1931-2025), including two of his best-known films and several others in which the director’s penchant for visual abstraction matches up with an abrasive and bleak sensibility.

The Japanese Language School of Greater Boston’s library is open on Saturdays during the school year from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Visitors can browse the web catalog, apply for a library card, and borrow up to five books for two weeks.

This weekly Japanese practice group meets every Wednesday at 8pm ET and offers free, small-group Japanese conversation practice in a friendly, low-pressure setting for all levels. The first 250 sign-ups also get a free 12-week workshop bundle.

During April Vacation Week, Boston Children’s Museum will offer guided tours of the Japanese House from April 17 through April 26. These tours give visitors a chance to explore the museum’s authentic Kyoto townhouse and learn more about Japanese daily life and culture.

Award-winning, chart-topping, DownBeat Rising Star pianist Yoko Miwa and her trio return to Regattabar, presenting material from her new release as well as selections from her critically acclaimed albums Songs of Joy, Keep Talkin’, and Pathways.

This session is for current JETs and alumni who are exploring post-JET work in Japan. Learn what the job hunt and interview process looks like in Japan, what industries are looking for a global workforce, the skills you'll need and more.

Join us at Brookline Booksmith to celebrate the release of Japanese Gothic with author Kylie Lee Baker, in conversation with Eric LaRocca.

Explore how pursuing a Master’s degree in Japan can help build your career path in-country. JET alum representatives from university partners and Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies will share how they leveraged their in-country higher education degrees for professional success.

Trumpeter Takuya Kuroda brings his genre-blending modern jazz sound to Berklee’s Red Room at Cafe 939 on April 25. Known for mixing jazz with hip-hop, neo-soul, and groove-driven rhythms, Kuroda’s performance highlights the style of his latest album, "Everyday."

This hands-on workshop at Craft Loft in Cambridge introduces participants to "kokedama," the Japanese art of creating moss-wrapped plant arrangements. Attendees will make their own kokedama while learning about this unique plant-based craft.

Ken Matsuzaki was born in Tokyo in 1950. Matsuzaki’s works have a strong grounding in the Mingei philosophy though his approach is very contemporary, introducing a focus on the Oribe style with yohen, shino, and oribe glazing.

Ken Matsuzaki, a renowned potter from Japan, will join us for a day of demonstration at the Watertown studio. Ken's visit coincides with a show of his work at the Pucker Gallery entitled Close to Nature, running from May 2nd through June 14th.

[JSB Member Discount] Renowned Japanese pianist Makoto Ozone returns to Symphony Hall to perform his thrilling, jazz-infused, and invigorating interpretation of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Harbison's Remembering Gatsby, and Copland's Symphony No. 3.

Boston J-Rock Revolution is a live showcase at Sonia in Cambridge featuring Cometa, GaruPower!!, Off-Knowneous, IchiRockU, and Scarlet Beacon. The event brings together a lineup of J-rock–inspired bands for an energetic night of live music.