Edition 2025
Finished
World music
Gastronomy
World cuisine
HIKARI Japan Festival Berlin
Berlin — Kreisfreie Stadt Berlin (11000)
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02 Aug 2025
Edition
2025
2025
Edition 2025 — Finished
Edition 2025 — HIKARI
Prior to the Berlin premiere in 2026, Dreamlight Experiences organized the HIKARI Japan Festival at other German locations. The format — an immersive one-day Japanese festival with street food, a market, live performances, workshops, and a finale concert — was established there as a day festival with admission. The Berlin edition is the first in the capital and brings the proven concept to the Wilhelm Studios Reinickendorf. The organizer is thus responding to the growing Berlin anime, manga, and Japan diaspora community, as well as the general interest in Japanese pop and food culture.
In 2025, the HIKARI Japan Festival ran at precursor locations organized by Dreamlight Experiences in Germany — Berlin was not yet included. The concept of an immersive, all-day Japanese festival with street food, a market, live performances, workshops, and a finale concert was tested and established at these stops. In 2026, the organizer is bringing the format to Berlin for the first time, using the Wilhelm Studios in Reinickendorf — Hall B, easily accessible by S-Bahn S1/S85. The 2025 edition at other locations thus formed the basis for the Berlin premiere on August 1, 2026.