A Storied History

This isn't our first rodeo — 2025 marks the twentieth year of Japan Habba. Let's take a look back down the memory lane to past editions of Japan Habba.

Edition	Date(s)	Venue	Theme	Chairperson
1st	September 21, 2005	Bangalore University
2nd	September 24, 2006	Bangalore University		Deepak Kumar
3rd	August 10, 2007	Raj Bhavan	India-Japan Friendship Year	Satoshi Hata
4th	August 21, 2007	Bangalore University	India-Japan Friendship Year	Satoshi Hata
5th	September 28, 2008	Bangalore University	鶴 Tsuru	Satoshi Hata
6th	May 31, 2009	Bangalore University	舞い Mai (Dance)	Satoshi Hata
7th	February 21, 2011	Bangalore University	花 Hana	Satoshi Hata
8th	February 19, 2012	Bangalore University	絆 Kizuna	Preet Vidyanand
9th	February 23-24, 2013	Bangalore University	漢字 Kanji	Senthil Murugan
10th	February 23, 2014	Mount Carmel College	達磨 Daruma	Srividhya A.
11th	February 15, 2015	Bangalore University	団扇 Uchiwa	Srividhya A.
12th	February 21, 2016	Bangalore University	提灯 Chochin	Srividhya A.
13th	February 12, 2017	St. Joseph's Auditorium	招き猫 Maneki-Neko	Srividhya A.
14th	February 3, 2018	Indian Institute of Science	青森 Aomori	Srividhya A.
15th	February 2-3, 2019	Indian Institute of Science	七夕 Tanabata	Srividhya A.
16th	February 8-9, 2020	Indian Institute of Science	水墨画 Suibokuga	Srividhya A.
17th	February 20-21, 27-28, 2021	YouTube, Facebook	光 Hikari	Srividhya A. Program Planning: Meghna V. Ravoor & Nivi Pal Committee: Aditi K., Nikhil Ravikumar, Tarun Prabhu
18th	April 8-10, 2022	YouTube, Facebook	技 Waza	Srividhya A. Program Planning: Meghna V. Ravoor & Nivi Pal Committee: Aditi K., Nikhil Ravikumar, Tarun Prabhu
19th	May 13-14, 2023	Indian Institute of Science	不死鳥 Phoenix	Pavithra Dashmi Parthan Core Committee: Anjana S., Meghna V. Ravoor, Nivi Pal, Saori Sarkar, Savitha K.