Japan Day in Düsseldorf
Cultural festival in Düsseldorf, Germany
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Japan Day (Japanese: 日本デー; German: Japan-Tag Düsseldorf/NRW) is a Japanese festival which is celebrated every year in Düsseldorf, Germany.[1] It is the largest Japanese culture and encounter festival in Europe.[1] In 2025 it was held on 24 May.[1]
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History
Cancellations
For the first time since its inception, the 2020 Japan Day event scheduled for 16 May was canceled with no plans for a postponed event to take place later in the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] It was expected to resume as normal by the next planned event, taking place on 29 May 2021,[5] but that was also cancelled, in favour of returning in May 2022.[6] As an alternative, there were a series of smaller Japan Day events in its place that were organised later that year, most of them online.[7]
Post-Pandemic
Japan Day returned in full on 21 May 2022, as well as 13 May and 1 June on the following years, with an estimated 630,000 attendees and visitors in 2024.[8]
An extension to a Japan Week is planned for 24 May 2025.[9][10]
Japan Day will return on 23 May 2026 with a firework spectacle at the end.[11]
Gallery
Japan Day 2016
Martial arts show 2016
Cosplay in 2016
Fireworks in 2014
2016 cosplayers
2023 fireworks
