To All butterfly lovers
Announcement: 2026 Annual General Meeting and Annual Conference of The Butterfly Society of Japan
The Annual General Meeting and Annual Conference of the Japanese Society of Butterfly Research will be held on Saturday, December 19th, 2026, at the Hongo Campus of the University of Tokyo.
At the Annual General Meeting, which is open to members only, we will report on this year’s activities and provide an overview of the projected financial results. We will also present candidate designs for the Society’s new emblem and hold a question-and-answer session in preparation for the upcoming vote.
The Annual Conference, which is open to the general public, will feature commemorative lectures by this year’s Society Award recipients. In addition, we are delighted to welcome Jou Nagai, a first-year junior high school student, as a special guest speaker. He will talk about his research on butterfly memory, particularly the much-publicized topic of how memories acquired during the larval stage are retained and passed on to adult butterflies.
There will be a reception. The deadline for registration is Monday, November 30th, 2026.
Please register using the form below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdKlD7hDCYvCzDNDSUoyi-RphGYh0AegBpTgkil7Q1chph3cA/viewform
Date and Schedule
Saturday, December 19, 2026
• 12:00 – Registration and venue opens
• 13:00 – Annual General Meeting (members only)
• 14:00 – Annual Conference
• 18:00 – Reception
Venue
Large Lecture Hall, 4th Floor, Science Building No. 2, Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam01_06_02_j.html
Registration Fees
• Society members: Free
• Non-members: JPY 1,000 (includes the conference abstract booklet)
• Students (including graduate students): Free
Please pay at the registration desk on the day of the event.
Reception
Venue: Icho / Metro Cafeteria, Basement 1, Law and Letters Building No. 2, Hongo Campus, The University of Tokyo
Time: 18:00–20:00
Participation Fee:
• General participants: JPY 7,000
• Students (including graduate students): JPY 3,000
Please pay the reception fee in cash at the registration desk on the day of the event.