Celebrate #GodzillaDay next Saturday with film historian Steve Ryfle, coauthor of “Godzilla: The First 70 Years: The Official Illustrated History of the Japanese Productions." 🦖💥 Hear about #Godzilla’s evolution from nuclear nightmare to national hero + more in this special author talk & signing!

Celebrate the beloved Totto-chan: The Little Girl at the Window & the new sequel at @japansociety.org on Nov 25! Get your tickets here: 🎟️ japansociety.org/events/totto... Watch the trailer here: ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=869w... #TottoChan #JapanSociety

Tickets just dropped for our #Gundam Film Festival on Oct. 11 & 12! Join Japan Society and Bandai Namco Filmworks for two days of milestone screenings, live Q&As + exclusive fan giveaways. 💥 Secure yours now: japansociety.org/film

Despite all the current problems and risks in the world, shared passions for art and culture give us bright spots in which to take refuge. @japansociety.org has an event on 11 Dec with jazz, curated readings, and intro by #HarukiMurakami japansociety.org/events/murak...

Incredible things happening at @japansociety.org japansociety.org/film/shigueh...

We’re thrilled to announce #MurakamiMixtape, a one-night-only chance to see acclaimed Japanese author Haruki Murakami live in NYC at The Town Hall on Dec. 11! 📼✨ Presale NOW LIVE for Japan Society members (check your inbox for the code). General tickets go on sale Sept. 26.

Limited edition #KINKAKUJI postcards + bookmarks featuring Chiharu Shiota’s stunning stage design sketches. These will be available for purchase onsite only starting tomorrow! 🔥🪑 Yukio Mishima’s KINKAKUJI runs Sept. 11-20: japansoc.org/41b9Rs2

Hailed as one of the must-see exhibitions of the season by ELLE Magazine and @washingtonpost.com, "Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries" opens this Friday at Japan Society. #ChiharuShiotaJS 🎟️ Book tickets to the exhibition's opening weekend: japansoc.org/4fHR1Ps

Thrilled to see our Yukio Mishima Centennial series featured in the @nytimes.com. 📰👏 The series opens next week with #KINKAKUJI, a hauntingly beautiful stage adaptation of "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion." Read Brian Seibert’s full story for an in-depth look at what's in store:

Opening in two weeks. 🪑 Here’s a first look at Chiharu Shiota's hauntingly beautiful stage design for #KINKAKUJI, a feverish adaptation of Yukio Mishima’s 1956 literary masterpiece "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion." Running September 11-20 at Japan Society. 🎫: japansoc.org/41b9Rs2

A stark and poignant adaptation of Yukio Mishima’s “The Temple of the Golden Pavilion,” Kon Ichikawa’s CONFLAGRATION (1958) involves the psychological breakdown of a troubled youth in postwar Kyoto. 🎞️ Screening on an imported #35mm print on 9/27: japansoc.org/3UM77xS

Italian, French, German & Brazilian editions of Yukio Mishima's "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion." 📚 Limited tickets remain for the opening night of #KINKAKUJI, a bold new stage adaptation of Mishima's postwar masterpiece, running Sept. 11–20 at Japan Society. 🎫 Tickets: japansoc.org/41b9Rs2

Announcing "Chiharu Shiota: Two Home Countries," the New York museum debut of internationally acclaimed Berlin-based artist Chiharu Shiota. On view September 12, 2025–January 11, 2026 at Japan Society. #ChiharuShiotaJS Book tickets: japansoc.org/4fHR1Ps

Closing this Sunday! ⏳ Don’t miss the final weekend of “Susumu Shingu: Elated!”—our acclaimed summer exhibition featuring the mesmerizing kinetic works of Japan’s “sculptor of the wind." ✨🌬️ Plan your visit: japansoc.org/44msWcW

Tickets for Japan Society’s 2025–26 Performing Arts Season are now on sale to the public! 🎫 🎉 Explore the full season lineup and secure your seats today for groundbreaking performances like the World Premiere of Yukio Mishima's KINKAKUJI, stunning noh theater + more: japansoc.org/4lnF6Ih

POV: It’s time for #Japanese class! 👩‍🏫🧠 Did you know Japan Society’s Language Center was named one of the Best Language Classes in New York by @nymag.com? We offer 13 levels of Japanese year-round, both online and in person! Explore our upcoming courses and workshops here: japansoc.org/45e3lSO

We’re excited to welcome #Olympic medalist and #karate world champion Kiyou Shimizu to Japan Society on August 7! Hear her story, watch a live karate demo and meet her for a photo op. 🥋 Get your tickets now: japansoc.org/3UppyrX

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for the 18th annual #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU. Until next summer! ❤️🎥

🎫 PRESALE NOW LIVE 🎫 A reminder to all Japan Society members—you can now secure tickets to our 2025-26 Performing Arts Season, launching this fall with the World Premiere of Yukio Mishima's #KINKAKUJI, traditional #noh theater + more: japansoc.org/4lnF6Ih 📸: © Hosho-ryu School

An enthralling glimpse into the radical postwar art movements of 1960s Japan, JAPANESE AVANT-GARDE PIONEERS gets its New York premiere this Friday at #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU, followed by a post-screening Q&A with director Amélie Ravalec. 🎟️: japansoc.org/3GPBDU3

A joy to welcome #YuumiKawai, one of Japan’s most celebrated rising stars, to #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU this past weekend for sold-out premieres of SHE TAUGHT ME SERENDIPITY and A GIRL NAMED ANN. 🎬👏

Japan Cuts starts tonight, and the NYAFF tomorrow. Check the thread here for links to reviews I've already published: Blazing Fists, Cloud, The Last Dance, Daughter's Daughter, and The Old Woman with the Knife. More reviews coming soon! #japancuts #nyaff

We just announced our 2025–26 Performing Arts Season, launching this fall with a centennial celebration of one of Japan's most iconic and controversial postwar figures. 🎟️ Member presale starts 7/17. General tickets on sale 7/31. Explore the full season lineup: japansoc.org/4lnF6Ih

Wrote about some cool Japan Cuts premieres in here including a restoration of Shunji Iwai’s debut LOVE LETTER and a surprisingly charming and funny samurai/time-travel comedy called A SAMURAI IN TIME 👇

We recommend the must-see films at NYC’s Japan Cuts, kicking off this week.

A one-night-only showcase of boundary-pushing short films, from the 2024 PIA Grand Prize winner to a Taisho-era fable by the composer of AUGUST IN THE WATER. 🎬 Don’t miss our 2025 #JAPANCUTS SHORT CUTS presentation, screening this Saturday: japansoc.org/SHORTCUTS

This year’s #JAPANCUTS Documentary slate brings three powerful stories to the big screen—from a heart-wrenching video diary confronting mental illness to the underground art movements of postwar Japan. Catch these docs + more at JAPAN CUTS Powered by GU, starting this week! 🍿 japansoc.org/3FFqzs4

We just announced a huge #JAPANCUTS giveaway on Instagram. 🍿🥳 Prize includes free access to all 25+ festival films, including our sold-out Opening Night (CHAO) and Centerpiece (CLOUD) screenings. ENTER ON IG: japansoc.org/3GtyusU

Sake, hot springs, craft beer. ☀️ We just announced 3 exciting events for your July calendar: japansoc.org/4lcoWlm

From a quiet Nara town to the bustling streets of Osaka, this year’s #JAPANCUTS Next Generation slate spotlights four daring new works by emerging Japanese filmmakers. Catch these indie gems + more festival highlights at JAPAN CUTS Powered by GU, kicking off next week! 🍿 japansoc.org/3FFqzs4

🏆 We’re proud to honor Kiyoshi Kurosawa with the 2025 CUT ABOVE Award at #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU (July 10–20), with the legendary director joining us in person for screenings of his latest works + classic revivals! Browse all 25+ festival premieres: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4

Some official movie posters from this year's #JAPANCUTS Feature Slate, featuring new works by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Yu Irie, Kichitaro Negishi & more. We're just 2 weeks out from the festival! If you haven't already, browse the full lineup and grab your tickets now: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4

Oh wow, I wish I could make it out for all of these. Maybe I'll be able to get to one, perhaps.

Thank you to everyone who shared the magic with us during Japan Society’s 2024–25 Performing Arts Season. 🩵 From traditional bunraku puppetry to cutting-edge theater, dance and more, we’re grateful to close the chapter on another incredible year of programs.

A set of lithographs of Kurosawa’s storyboards for RAN signed by him and gifted to an art dealer friend on loan to the Japan Society in New York for tonight’s screening of the film.

As featured in @nytimes.com and @hyperallergic.com, "Susumu Shingu: Elated!" is NOW ON VIEW through August 10. 🦋 Come experience the first solo U.S. museum exhibition of the acclaimed Japanese artist, known as the "sculptor of the wind." Plan your visit: japansoc.org/44msWcW #SusumuShinguElated

How can one capture invisible forces like wind, gravity, motion, and balance in visual art? For Japanese kinetic sculptor, installation artist, and author Susumu Shingu, the answer lies beyond the four corners of a canvas.

Opening this Friday, “Susumu Shingu: Elated!" marks the first solo museum exhibition in the U.S. of acclaimed Japanese artist #SusumuShingu, known as the "sculptor of the wind." 🦋 Don't miss opening weekend: japansoc.org/44msWcW #SusumuShinguElated

Just announced! CHAO, the highly anticipated feature debut from veteran animator Yasuhiro Aoki, will open #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU on July 10. 🎟️ Tickets on sale now: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4 Presented in collaboration with @gkids.com.

GKIDS is proud to announce the acquisition of North American rights to ChaO from Studio 4°C. 🐠 A genre-defying fish-out-of-water romance from veteran animator Yasuhiro Aoki, ChaO will premiere at The Annecy Festival next week! Coming soon to theatres. brnw.ch/21wT80b

If you’re in NYC, give this a look! If I were there, I’d go 😭

Have you made your #JAPANCUTS 2025 watchlist yet? Tickets go on sale to the public tomorrow, so now's the time to browse all 25+ premieres at this year's festival, returning July 10-20. (Japan Society members still have early presale access through today! 🔓) 🍿: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4

On June 22, we’re honored to welcome legendary actor, activist and author @georgetakei.bsky.social for a talk & signing in celebration of "It Rhymes with Takei,” a new graphic memoir revealing his most personal story yet. 📚🌈 Seating is limited: japansoc.org/3TakyXy

Hell yeah, they're showing LOVE LETTER by Shunji Iwai

Lineup for one of the best film festivals in the country just dropped

NYC cinephiles! We just unveiled the complete lineup for the 18th annual #JAPANCUTS Powered by GU—North America’s largest festival of contemporary Japanese film, returning to Japan Society this summer from July 10-20. 🍿 Browse all 25+ premieres: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4

#JAPANCUTS Powered by GU. We’re proud to announce Japanese fashion brand #GU as title sponsor of the 18th annual JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film, returning July 10–20! 🔔 Stay tuned—full lineup + member presale drops TOMORROW: japansoc.org/3FFqzs4