19th JAPAN MARKET BERLIN - JAPANESE SUMMER FESTIVAL

From 12 noon to 7 p.m., Berlin's JAPANESE CULTURAL FESTIVAL will once again open its doors to all Japan fans in the Kreuzberg Ballroom. Visitors can look forward to art, culture, cuisine and lifestyle from the Land of the Rising Sun.


The cultural programme of the JAPANMARKT gives the audience the opportunity to embark on a journey into traditional and modern Japan and to get to know the diversity and versatility of this culture. For each event, the JAPANMARKT team curates a special selection of artists and prepares thematically coordinated contributions.

Japanese Summer

• Traditional Japanese dance Chihoco Yanagi, koto musician Ritsuko Takeyama, soprano singer Takushi Minagawa and shamisen musician Megumi Hayami
  
• Traditional Japanese samurai martial arts from the 200-year-old martial arts school Hokushin Ittō-Ryū Hyōhō from Tokyo
  
• Electro pop concert with Nanaco Violin
  
• Yukata fashion show with Chihoco Yanagi and models
  
• Bon Odori dance with Chihoco Yanagi and Kensuke Sakamoto
  
• Taiko Lin drummers
  
• Pop concert with NILO
  
• Rock concert with SOSOSO
  
• Aseo Friesacher & Kana Fuefuki – music duo from the Netherlands with Japanese-inspired jazz
  
• Sugama Berlin Sanshin School – Music from OKINAWA
  

To enable visitors to experience Japanese tradition in a very personal way, JAPANMARKT offers a variety of workshops and tastings.

Art and culture workshops

• Shodo – Japanese calligraphy and origami Claudia Scheer
  
• Kintsugi workshop Ken Ando
  
• Coasters made from kimono obi Keiko Ohkura
  
• Children's workshop: painting T-shirts with Japanese motifs
  
• Children's workshop: painting Pokèmon cards
  
• Sake tastings KENKO
  
• Chigiri-e Japanese paper art Sayo Watano
  
• Taiko drum workshop Ken Sakamoto
  
• Screen printing workshops and fan painting bingmachine
  
• Natural colours workshop Yurika Saito
  
• Children's workshop: painting Pokémon cards Oliver Schulz#
  
• Kimono workshop Dorothee Schlüter
  
• Japanese tarot card reading Aya Kahiwabara
  
• Tsunami Zaiku Flower Hair Ornaments Chisato Sana
  

This time, visitors can once again learn about the healing arts of Seitai and Reiki treatments and receive treatment from therapist Chisun Yan.


JAPANMARKT BERLIN - JAPANESE SUMMER FESTIVAL 13 July 2025, 12 noon to 7 p.m.

Festsaal Kreuzberg, Am Flutgraben 2, 12435 Berlin


Tickets ONLY online from €16.00 plus advance booking fees
Children 10-15 €8.00 plus advance booking fees
Free admission for children under 10