Hello everyone, my name is Peter Chai (Kai Shibata), and I am a member of the Student Advisors for Waseda Culture. We help with the creation and spreading of Waseda culture and prepare activities and events in Waseda’s Museum Week and Art & Culture Week which take place every year with office staff in the Waseda Cultural Affairs Division. The events and activities aim to showcase Waseda’s history, arts, and facilities and to encourage the participants to enjoy Waseda campus and discover and rediscover Waseda’s charms.
Waseda University is famous for having students, faculty members, and alumni actively engaging in activities related to various forms of arts such as dance, music, and performing arts. Art & Culture Week 2025 will be held from 10 October to 21 October, and it includes a number of events and activities for the participants to immerse themselves in arts and get to know more about Waseda at the same time. We warmly welcome international students and visitors to take part in them and visit Waseda’s various facilities! We are happy to recommend to you some of the fun activities in English!
Museum LIVE
At the Museum Live, you can enjoy the stage performances of three cirlces at Waseda during lunchtime, and the performances include Japanese Yosakoi and Hawaiian Hula dances.
Date and Time: 10 October 2025 (Fri), 12:30 ~ 13:00 pm.
Place: In front of Aizu Museum
Circles: Odori Samurai, Tokyo Hanabi, Waseda Hula Girls
Note: If it rains on the day, the performance will take place one week later on 17 October 2025 (Fri), 12:30 ~ 13:00 pm.
Waseda Anniversary Concert 2025
Date and Time: 12 October 2025 (Sun), 14:30 ~ 15:30 pm. (door opens at 13:30 pm)
Place: Okuma Auditorium
Group: Waseda Symphony Orchestra
Note: Resevation is required for participation through the link below. Reservation will start at 10:00 am, September 12 (Fri) and on a first come, first served basis.
Reservation link: https://my.waseda.jp/application/noauth/application-detail-noauth?param=TQnEC5q2RnShVVfFc3zdIQ
Okuma Live
At the Museum Week Okuma Live, you can enjoy the dance performances from 7 circles at Waseda. The dance performances include various genres such as K-Pop, belly dance, Jazz dance, and street dance.
Date and Time: 13 October 2025 (Mon), 17:30 ~ 19:00 pm (door opens at 17:00 pm)
Place: Okuma Auditorium
Circles: Twinkle, Parfum, Getappers, SARAHbelly, Oasis, Bankaraizm, Brilliant Pinks
Note: Resevation is required for participation through the link below. Reservation will start at 10:00 am, September 13 (Sat) and on a first come, first served basis.
Reservation link: https://my.waseda.jp/application/noauth/application-detail-noauth?param=qnUsqLT3nMs7B7u-_pzBpg&subsessionWindowId=
Museum Concerts
At the Museum Concerts, you can enjoy music performances of various genres and instruments from three circles at Waseda, and the performances include mandolin, shiamisen, and jazz.
Waseda International House of Literature
Date and Time: 15 October 2025 (Wed), 16:00 ~ 16:30 pm
Place: B1 at Waseda International House of Literature (Building No.4, Waseda Campus)
Circle: Waseda Mandolin Group
Honjo-Waseda No Mori Museum
Date and Time: 18 October 2025 (Sat), 15:30 ~ 16:00 pm
Place: Honjo-Waseda No Mori Museum (Building No.93, Honjo Campus)
Circle: Mitsudomoe
Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum (Enpaku)
Date and Time: 20 October 2025 (Mon), 12:30 ~ 13:00 pm
Place: In front of Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum
Circle: Waseda New Orleans Jazz Club
Waseda-Meiji Joint Cheerleading Show
At the Waseda-Meiji Joint Cheerleading Show, you can enjoy the joint performance from Waseda and Meiji Cheerleading Clubs during lunchtime.
Date and Time: 16 October 2025 (Thu), 12:35 ~ 13:05 pm
Place: In front of Aizu Museum
Groups: Waseda Cheerleading Club, Meiji Cheerleaing Club
Note: If it rains, the show will be canceled.
Museum Stamp Rally
In the Waseda Museum Stamp Rally, the participants first need to obtain a stamp card, and then they need to find stamps which are placed in six different locations in Waseda. After stamping the card with all the stamps on top of each other, the participants can get a colored illustration of Okuma Auditorium on the stamp card. You can check out the locations from the map below. You can find and stamp the stamps in any order.
Date: 10 October 2025 (Fri) ~ 21 October 2025 (Tue)
Places:
1. Waseda Sports Museum (3rd Floor, Waseda Arena)
2. 125th Anniversary Room (10th Floor, Okuma Tower, Building No.26)
3. Aizu Museum (Building No.2)
4. The Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, or Enpaku (Building No.5)
5. Waseda University History Museum (Building No.1)
6. Waseda International House of Literature (Building No.4)
WASEDA BOOKSTORES VR WORLD
This project takes you on a “VR tour” that introduces to you the numerous bookstores in the Waseda and Takadanobaba areas. We have taken “VR photos” of in total 14 bookstores with the help of a 360-degree camera. You can access to a virtual map from the link below. If you click on each bookstore, you will have access to its VR photos and basic information. If you get interested in any bookstores, we encourage you to actually pay them a visit.
Waseda Bookstores VR World link: https://www.waseda.jp/culture/news/2025/08/01/32591/
ART PIECE PROJECT
This project encourages you to participate in the exihibition “125 Years of Waseda University Baseball” at Waseda University History Museum. Visitors are asked to write their thoughts about the exhibition on sticky notes and place them long a silhouette. An artwork will suprisingly appear with the sticky notes.
Date: 10 October 2025 (Fri) ~ 21 October 2025 (Tue)
Place: Waseda University History Museum
Author:
Peter Chai (Kai Shibata)
Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Political Science
