London Japan Festival in Spitalfields - call for suggestions and talent

The Japan Matsuri (festival) is coming to Spitalfields in London in on Saturday 19th September this year. The aim is to celebrate “Japan and its rich culture, arts & crafts” in festival welcoming autumn, according to the Japan Matsuri website.

The festival is organised by The Japan Society and the Japanese Residents Association and they are taking a very “Web 2.0″ collaborative approach, asking people to tell them “what you would like to see at the Matsuri through our blogspot. It’s your festival, we want your ideas to be included!” They are also calling on “all young artists with an interest in Japanese themes to perform on our stages” and “if you are a Japanese catering company or restaurant, or if you run Japan-related craft business, interested in holding a stall at the festival contact us”. The contact details are on the Matsuri website. There are already 7 comments with suggestions on the site at the time of writing so do go over and add your ideas to help make it a user-generated festival!

I’m definitely going to try to go along if I’m not out of town that weekend. The new re-vamped Spitalfields is a great location and the festival looks like it will be really interesting and fun - in particular, I’m keen (as usual) to check out the food stalls!

I first heard about this event via bespoke tailor Carol Alayne who blogged about this festival on her blog Tailoring For Women - it will be happening on the doorstep of her studio in Spitalfields. Thanks for the tip, Carol.

Picture: from the Japan Matsuri website