Events

2025 calendar

January
Weds 1st New Year's Day
Mon 20th 83rd I-124 Memorial Commemoration Ceremony

February
Tues 18th AJANT Members Only Event
Wed 19th 83rd Bombing of Darwin Anniversary

March

April
Fri 18th Good Friday (Public Holiday)
Fri 25th ANZAC Day

May
Sat 3rd Children's Day - Kodomo no Hi
Mon 5th May Day (NT Public Holiday)

June
Mon 9th King's Birthday (ACT, NT, NSW, SA, TAS, VIC Public Holiday)

July
Exercise Talisman Sabre

August
Mon 4th Picnic Day (NT Public Holiday)

September

October

November
Sat 1st Cultural Day - Bunka no Hi
Tues 11th Remembrance Day

December
Wed 24th Christmas Eve
Thurs 25th Christmas Day
Fri 26th Boxing Day
Wed 31st New Year's Eve

TBC = To Be Confirmed
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JAPANESE FESTIVAL darwin

The Children's Day event in May and the Culture Day event in November will be combined into one event as the Japan Festival, to be held during the dry season.
It is attended by large crowds with exhibitions, parades and ceremonies and honours Japan’s rich culture, traditions and heritage.

Japanese film Festival

Japanese Film Festival (JFF) is a free regional touring component of the Japanese Film Festival. AJANT with the support of the Japan Foundation Sydney, hosts this event in the middle of year.

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2021

Japanese Festival Day
Saturday 18 September 2021 11am to 2pm
The Mall Darwin City, next to Paspaley retail store

AJANT's much anticipated Japanese Festival Day was held at The Mall on Smith Street which was proudly sponsored by the Northern Territory Government with support from Paspaley and INPEX. The event was well received with a great public turn out. The initiative promoted a family day out celebrating Japanese culture through food, live demonstration and activities.

2020

Japanese movie under the stars
Saturday 18 July 2020 6pm to 9pm
Darwin Languages Centre

The Australian-Japanese Association of the Northern Territory (AJANT) with support from Consulate-General of Japan in Sydney and Japan Foundation Sydney hosted the event Japanese movie under the stars at Darwin Languages Centre. This initiative aims to support and grow interest in Japanese culture and language throughout Darwin.

2019

Japanese Festival Darwin 2019
Saturday 7 September 2020 11am to 2pm
The Charles Darwin Centre (Paspaley building)

JFD is formerly known as the "Bunka no hi" which was held in November (during the wet season). This year, we decided to organise this popular AJANT's cultural event during the dry season so that many of you can enjoy without concerning bad weather.
It is a free entry event highlighting Japanese crafts, cultural demonstrations and performances. You are also able to purchase Japanese food, drinks and sweets.
This event was proudly sponsored by Northern Territory Government and supported by Paspaley Pearling Company, Darwin Kendo Club, Aikido Northern Territory, Darwin Shotokan Karate, Darwin Japanese Koto Trio, INPEX Family Band, Atsui Taiko, Darwin Languages Centre, Solidarity Cleaning Services and awesome volunteers!

2018

Children's Day 2018
This year we held Children's Day Event at Civic Park on Sunday, 6th May from 10am until 1pm.
Many of the fun activities include origami, Japanese storytelling, Free face painting (by CGee's Mirror On the Wall), Kendo demonstration (Darwin Kendo Club), Yo-yo balloon, Kids Lucky Prizes, Fundraising raffle, Photo competition and Japanese games. There were Japanese food, Japanese drinks and Taiwanese Ice Cream (Traditional Taiwanese Food - Peanut Popiah) for sale.

Japanese Cuisine and Food Culture Seminar 2018
Saturday 24 March 2018
CDU waterfront campus
AJANT with support from Consulate-General of Japan, Sydney are delighted to welcome Mr Hideo Dekura, food researcher and goodwill ambassador for the promotion of Japanese cuisine, to Darwin for this event. Mr Dekura gave a lecture on Japanese food culture and basic knowledge of Japanese cuisine (washoku), its ingredients and presentation, as well as a demonstration of Japanese cuisine that's easy to prepare.