An anime club is an organization that meets to discuss, show, and promote anime in a local community setting and can also focus on broadening Japanese cultural understanding. Anime clubs are increasin
Kazenodaichi Taiko, a Taiko ensemble based at Bowling Green, Ohio performing at a convention organized by a university Anime Club
Japanophilia is an outside interest in Japanese culture, people, and history. The Japanese term for this is shinnichi.
Lafcadio Hearn, who adopted the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo, was an early Western advocate of Japanese culture.