Inside Japan Centre

Hyper Japan is a three day Japanese extravaganza held at Olympia in London celebrating everything about Japanese food and culture.

With plenty of events going on over the weekend including the 2011 UK sushi awards, music performances from Kanon Wakeshima and a cosplay competition, there is definitely something for everyone to enjoy.

And if that wasn’t enough to tempt you, Japan Centre will have a stall there too showing some of the cool Japanese books, magazines and snacks that you can buy at our shop.

Be sure to have a look at the Hyper Japan website and watch out for a competition that we will be running soon for a chance to win free tickets for this event.

Since the Japan Centre food shop moved to a new premises in Regent Street, you may have noticed that there have been some changes to our bookshop. Unfortunately, due to a lack of space, we have been unable to display a large range of our products.

That was before…

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Due to the Crown Estate wanting to tidy up much of London in preparation for the 2012 Olympics, we had to leave our old location in 212-213 Piccadilly. But there’s good news, Japan Centre is expanding again!

The Bookshop and Homeware departments have now moved into the Japan Centre Food Hall located at 14 Regent Street. This section will soon be expanding to offer an even wider range of books, magazines and homeware.

The new Toku Restaurant will be opening May/June 2010 at 16 Regent Street right next to our Food Hall.  If you can’t wait that long, don’t fret – a new Toku Restaurant Sushi Bar will be opening first in April 2010. Keep checking our blog for more details! Read More…

Harumi Kurihara, the world famous Japanese chef and author of the 2004 best cookbook of the year, is coming to Japan Centre to promote and sign copies of her new publication, Everyday Harumi.

Location: Japan Centre Bookshop

Date: Wednesday 16th September 2009

Time: 5:30pm – 6:00pm

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To celebrate the 33rd anniversary of Japan Centre we’re holding a two day festival this weekend 1st-2nd August. There’s lots going on over the weekend all to do with Japanese Culture – demonstrations, special offers, free tastings, raffles…so much fun packed into two days! Read More…

Japan Centre is delighted to welcome the experts from the British Origami Society who will be holding a free workshop on the art of paper folding. The unique origami that the BOS produce really is amazing, just take a look at some of their work. Read More…

If you are planning a trip to get your favourite Japanesey things at Japan Centre over the May Day Bank holiday here are the opening times of our Piccadilly store, Toku Restaurant as well as our Online Shop. Read More…

If you would like to experience a little of bit of Japan in London over the Easter Bank holiday here are the opening times of our Piccadilly store, Toku Restaurant as well as our Online Shop. Read More…

For those of you who like to leave buying presents until the last minute or who simply want to come to Japan Centre during the holiday period, here are our opening times around Christmas and New Year… Read More…

With Christmas just around the corner there is no better time to start thinking about presents! We’ll even let you get away with thinking about gifts for yourself… Read More…