HYPER JAPAN 2012 Spring

Tickets are selling out fast for HYPER JAPAN, coming at the end of this month! If you haven’t got yours yet, how about a lovely little incentive from black+blum? We’ll be picking five lucky winners at random from everyone who buys a ticket between Friday 3rd and Thursday 9th February. What do you win? Only some super lovely items from the very stylish black+blum; practical design meets a touch of mischief and a lot of innovation. Want to be the proud new owner of a gorgeous bento box, a box appétit, a lunch pot, a box appétit bag, or a lunch box revolution recipe book packed with delicious bento recipes? Thought so; just buy your tickets to win!

About blum+black lunch products

box appétit: A revolutionary new lunch box. More like a ceramic bowl than your standard food container and with better functionality.

box appetit bag: Pull the bag open to create a mini blanket to sit in a park or use it as a place mat on your desk.

bento box: The volume is perfect for pasta, rice or even sushi.

lunch pot: The two pots have an ingenious watertight locking seal. It allows you to separate your yoghurt and granola, or noodles and fruit salad and is the perfect vessel for carrying your breakfast or lunch to work.

lunch box revolution: A lunch box recipe book like no other. Filled with delicious international dishes that are quick, fun and easy to prepare.

HYPER JAPAN's carnival of cosplay is almost here - and there's just a week to go for online entry, which will close at 11:59pm on Sunday, February 12th. A limited number of COSParade places will be available on the day, but registration for the World Cosplay Summit (WCS) and European Cosplay Gathering (ECG) is online only - so enter now to be a part of it and maybe even win a trip to Paris or Japan!

Cosplay judges for the Saturday of HYPER JAPAN have also been announced - double World Cosplay Summit champions Mauricio and Mônica Somenzari will join professional prop makers Jon Bekkensten and Adelaïde Filippe from Bekkhans Studio!

The Japan Foundation will hold a touring film programme at 7 venues in 7 cities in the UK from February 10 to March 28 2012. This season, nine original Japanese films, all produced from 2000 onwards, will be shown, including the award-winning film ‘I Just Didn’t Do It’. Find out more and win tickets here.

L'Arc-En-Ciel, one of Japan's biggest rock bands, are heading to London to make their long-awaited UK debut at the The O2's indigO2 on April 11 2012. If you've bought a ticket to HYPER JAPAN, you could be in with a chance of winning tickets to this too - just drop us a line with your name, contact details, and ticket reference code* to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We'll pick a winner on 27th February 2011 - the day after HYPER JAPAN closes. 

Japan Underground is back on February 4, bringing Tokyo’s alternative night life to the U.K.

Japan Underground is back to the U.K this spring with a dose of 80s mayhem which is a kind of Japanese music performance styles on stages! They are calling themselves Queer and will show their amazingly eccentric tribute acts to Queen in their first performance in the U.K. The group will do everything with their will to pay homage to their rock idols, from stage presence, to sound, to sporting unitards and big hair.

The Original Sushi Competition, sponsored by Kikkoman and S&B, will take place as part of the Sushi Awards 2012. In the competition, you can enter your own original sushi dish, created from your culinary imagination, to win great prizes. There is only one rule, that all entries must use vinegared sushi rice in their sushi recipes, but there are no restrictions on other ingredients, so everything else is just up to you!