Evening of Modern and Traditional Japanese culture

Culture

Specially for the fans of Japanese culture; “Shishimai” is a traditional dance performed at special occasions in Japan. We'd presented our modern variation of Shishimai, performed by Japanese and Dutch artists.

shishimai performance at MediamaticAt the evening of Modern and Traditional Japanese culture

Cosplay

Specially for Japanese folks; An introduction to the strange and fascinating cosplay subculture of Amsterdam. Cosplay, short for "Costume Play” is about dressing as characters such as from Japanese manga and anime. Cosplay is not only a huge phenomenon in Japan; there are also Dutch communities of Japanese anime fans having cosplay competitions. As an unforgettable look at a Dutch perspective of a Japanese subculture we had invited those cosplayers to create a performance.

shishimai performance at MediamaticAt the evening of Modern and Traditional Japanese culture
cosplayers at MediamaticAt the evening of Modern and Traditional Japanese culture

Absolute Japanese culture immersion!!

Later on in the night everyone had the opportunity to enjoy the Dutch J-pop band 'Slightly Spring'. Plus at the end of the night everyone rocked out on old groovy Japanese tunes played by DJ Yutaka!

Youtube

you can check out their performance right here on youtube!

Youtube

Slightly Spring at MediamaticAt the evening of Modern and Traditional Japanese culture
Slightly Spring @JpopConcert in Denmarkat Mediamatic