JFF Theater
Feb 2025 – May 2025
The Japan Foundation has newly launched the JFF Theater online streaming platform to further popularize Japanese films and videos around the world.
JFF Theater is an online streaming service that distributes Japanese films and videos worldwide, with multilingual subtitles, all free of charge.
Through this website, the Japan Foundation aims to create a platform where Japanese films and videos can be viewed anytime, anywhere.
Crafting Life: Stories from the Japanese Studio
April 11 – September 27, 2025 | Japan Foundation, Sydney
Crafting Life: Stories from the Japanese Studio explores Japanese craft from a fresh perspective, highlighting its dynamism and resilience. Far from static, Japanese craft practices have always adapted to a network of variables, including access to materials, shifting patronage, intergenerational learning, and environmental challenges, including natural disasters. The ability of craft practitioners to innovate while valuing the tacit knowledge underpinning their traditions has ensured their continued relevance in contemporary Japan, and their esteem worldwide.
This exhibition showcases three craft practices from different regions of Japan, including a ceramic artist from Karatsu (Yukiko Tsuchiya), a maki-e lacquerware company originally from Wajima, now based in Kanazawa (Hikoju Maki-e Co. Ltd.), and a sashiko needlework collective turned ‘brand’ from ?tsuchi (?tsuchi Sashiko).
GALLERY HOURS – Mon–Fri: 10am–6pm | Sat: 11am–4pm
Australian Sake Festival – Brisbane
15th-16th March 2025
For the first time in Brisbane, the fun-packed Japanese festival “Australian Sake Festival” will be held at Superordinary on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 March 2025, where visitors can enjoy Japanese sake and food, and experience its traditional culture.
40 stalls by multiple Australian distributors and Japanese sake breweries directly from Japan. 100 Sake to taste on site.
*This is an over 18’s event (+18).
EXPERIENCE
– Japanese street food stalls
– Sake 101 seminars and food pairing sessions
– Sake cocktails and fruit liquor to taste
LIVE ACTS
Live Japanese drum (taiko) performance, traditional dance performance and more