The Stockholm Japan Expo is an annual
expo
An expo is a trade exposition. It may also refer to:
Events and venues
* World's fair, a large international public exposition
* Singapore Expo, convention and exposition venue
** Expo Axis, one of the world's largest membrane roofs, constructe ...
held in
Gullmarsplan
Gullmarsplan () is a place in Johanneshov, Stockholm. The square there was built at the same time the new city area was developed in the 1940s. The business area around the square was inaugurated in 1946. It was named after Gullmarn, a fjord in ...
in
Stockholm to showcase
Japanese culture
The culture of Japan has changed greatly over the millennia, from the country's prehistoric Jōmon period, to its contemporary modern culture, which absorbs influences from Asia and other regions of the world.
Historical overview
The ance ...
and
arts
The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both ...
. The three-day event typically runs through the last (usually fourth) Friday of the month May to the consequent Sunday.
2009
In 2009, it ran from 22 May till the 24th. The
headliner for the event was Japanese rock musician,
Miyavi
, better known by his stage name Miyavi (雅, stylized as MIYAVI), is a Japanese guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor known for his finger-slapping style of playing a guitar.
He has been active since 1999, first as guitarist ...
was to perform on 23 May.
References
Culture in Stockholm
Tourist attractions in Stockholm
Annual events in Sweden
Japanese culture
Spring (season) events in Sweden
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