Japanism

The “Japanism” Festival is being held from July 5th to July 8th in “Dom omladine” center in Belgrade.

This is the only festival in the region dedicated to Japanese pop culture – comic books, animation, cinematography, fashion, and everything representing the modern pop culture in Japan.

The Festival is organized by the Association “Sakurabana”, “Dom omladine” in Belgrade and the Embassy of Japan, and is supported by the city of Belgrade.

This year’s theme of the exhibition and the Festival is Fantasy – dragons and elves, knights and ninjas, spells and superpowers, pirates and monsters, and anything else that complements the vision of the Japanese fiction.

The idea is to promote young talented authors who have no opportunity to express elsewhere. In addition, the goal of this exhibition is to educate visitors about various aspects of this far culture and this different world.

Debates, lectures, film screenings, fashion shows, exhibitions by local authors, an exhibition of photographs from Japan, tournaments of video, card and board games, and martial arts workshops will be organized at the Festival.

“Japanism” will be closed on July 8th at 5 pm in the Grand Hall of “Dom omladine” with a unique masked ball “Cosplay”. It will present numerous costumes inspired by Japanese anime, films, series and games, and the popular Japanese music will be played. The idea is to present a character in the best possible way, with a costume, presentation, speach or a performance.

Last year’s “Japanism” was visited by 5,000 people during 4 days of the festival.