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UP SOMA Soshiki UP SOMA Soshiki is a student organization of Japanese Popular Culture enthusiasts based at the University of the Philippines, Los Baños.

SOMA is an acronym which stands for Sentai (Japanese live action), Ongaku (Japanese music), Manga (Japanese comics), and Anime (Japanese animation). Twitter:
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/up-soma-soshiki

𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐁 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐒Are you an artist🖼️🖌️ interested in boothing and selling Anime or Japan 🇯🇵 inspired merch? Then ...
25/10/2026

𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐁 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐒

Are you an artist🖼️🖌️ interested in boothing and selling Anime or Japan 🇯🇵 inspired merch? Then go ahead and submit an application to booth in UP SOMA Soshiki's SOMAhi Festival!

Join us set the night ablaze with your fiery works of art! 🔥

𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊 𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌
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Exhibitor Guidelines can be accessed through a link in the application form.

Application Deadline: October 31, 2026

For questions and concerns, feel free to message our page or the contacts in the application form.


🖼Pub by: Ry
✍️Caption by: Ry

灰も焦がすよな、 愛をみせるから、𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯! ✨As the 'ber months have reached its midpoint. There is always a moment of celebrat...
24/10/2026

灰も焦がすよな、 愛をみせるから、𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯! ✨

As the 'ber months have reached its midpoint. There is always a moment of celebration that will ignite the fire in our hearts.❤️‍🔥🎆

As 𝐔𝐏 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐀 𝐒𝐎𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐊𝐈 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 our newest event: 𝙎𝙊𝙈𝘼𝙝𝙞 火 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲! 💥🔥

This event is a mini-convention taking place at 𝐆!𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐥 on 𝙉𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝙎𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙖𝙮, open from 𝟭𝟮𝗡𝗡 𝘁𝗼 𝟲𝗣𝗠. With an array of event sights and activities such as merchandise from our 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴🖼🖌, 𝘍𝘶𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴🗣🔊 and 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴🎮🎙, as well as 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙚, all for a ticket price of ₱𝟓𝟎! 🌟

So, what are you waiting for? 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙉𝙤𝙬!

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Come and join the fun, we hope to see you there by dusk! 🌄



🖼Pub by: Alexa & Ayen
🎨Art by: Chitzu
✍️Caption by: Alric

「僕が　消えちゃわないように　火の粉散らせ　夢打ちあがれ」🎇𝙐𝙋 𝙎𝙊𝙈𝘼 𝙎𝙊𝙎𝙃𝙄𝙆𝙄 would like to thank you all for comming by to this year's Nihon Matsuri! 💕...
23/10/2026

「僕が　消えちゃわないように　火の粉散らせ　夢打ちあがれ」🎇

𝙐𝙋 𝙎𝙊𝙈𝘼 𝙎𝙊𝙎𝙃𝙄𝙆𝙄 would like to thank you all for comming by to this year's Nihon Matsuri! 💕

We hope that you enjoyed all the wonderful booths, activities, and performances this Nihon Matsuri had in store for you! 🐈

We would like to congratulate our very talented singers! 🎤 Thank you for lending your voices for our singing competition, you all lit up the place with your 𝓫𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 performances! 🌟✨️

Our greatest gratitude to 𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙟𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙇𝙪𝙯𝙤𝙣 𝙄𝙣𝙘 for giving us this 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 opportunity to participate in this year's Nihon Matsuri! 💕 We really enjoyed being a part of it and we would glady join again for future events 🫶 The fireworks show at the end was amazing! 🎆

We look forward to seeing you all again! Be on the lookout for our future events! 👀🔥



🖼 Pub by: Pyon
✒️ Caption by: Yuzu

🎉🎂Celebrating our October Birthday Celebrants 🎂🎉Greetings from the SOMA Family!🎉❤️🖼️ Pub by: Nekoni
23/10/2026

🎉🎂Celebrating our October Birthday Celebrants 🎂🎉
Greetings from the SOMA Family!🎉❤️

🖼️ Pub by: Nekoni

ニャン！いち、に、さん、ニャン！ありがとう~ 🐈‍⬛🐾The wait is finally over! The 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬 (𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐉𝐀...
12/10/2026

ニャン！いち、に、さん、ニャン！ありがとう~ 🐈‍⬛🐾

The wait is finally over! The 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬 (𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐀𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒) 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐋𝐮𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐜., in collaboration with 𝗨𝗣 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗔 𝗦𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗸𝗶, is proud to present to you 𝙉𝙞𝙝𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙞 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲! 🎏🏮

Nyu~ all better open up your schedules and come and join us this 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟵, from 𝟱𝗣𝗠 𝗼𝗻𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 at the 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 for an evening of festivities and fun! 🌟

Partake in and experience all sorts of activities, from 𝒥𝒶𝓅𝒶𝓃𝑒𝓈𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝒾𝑔𝓇𝒶𝓅𝒽𝓎 ✒️, ᴍᴇʀᴄʜᴀɴᴅɪꜱᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴛʜꜱ 🎁, 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚖𝚙 𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 🎫, 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 🎤 and the highlight of it all— 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨! 🎆💫

Make sure to come by and let’s light this spark together! 🎇🎉



🖼️ Pub by: Yuzu
🎨 Art by: Alric
✍️ Caption by: Ayen & Inzu

Good news upstart idols! 🤩🙌The deadline for submission of 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 for the 𝐍𝐢𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨...
06/10/2026

Good news upstart idols! 🤩🙌

The deadline for submission of 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 for the 𝐍𝐢𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 has been 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝟭𝟬, 𝟭𝟭:𝟱𝟵 𝙋𝙈!

Along with this change, the 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 19 ‼️✨

We hope that this gives everyone more time to perfect their songs and record their auditions 🎤💫 See you all there! 🎉

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺?! 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘵!! 😨‼️All weddings run into a few mishaps...
03/10/2026

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺?! 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘵!! 😨‼️

All weddings run into a few mishaps along the way, but we’ve kept you waiting for our 𝟐𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐀 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 long enough— it’s time to finally walk down that aisle! 👰💐 Get ready to 𝙺𝙸𝙻𝙻 𝚘𝚛 𝙺𝙸𝚂𝚂 as we present you with 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐧! 🗡️💋

Written by 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗺𝘆𝗮𝗸𝘂 and illustrated by 𝗠𝗶𝘇𝘂𝗸𝗶 𝗬𝗼𝗱𝗮, Marriage Toxin, also known as 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙏𝙤𝙠𝙞, is an ongoing manga serialized under 𝘚𝘩ō𝘯𝘦𝘯 𝘑𝘶𝘮𝘱+ with 19 ᴠᴏʟᴜᴍᴇꜱ and 181 ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀꜱ 📝 Catering to the 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯-𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘺 genre, MariToki debuted in 2022 and went on to air an anime adaptation in April of 2026! 💌🎊

🖋️ 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀
Gero is a young man, as well as an experienced hitman. All his life he’s considered himself to have “no prospects with women” and marriage as “something not for him.” However, one day, in fear that their lineage would dissolve, his clan warns Gero that if he doesn’t marry and produce an heir, they would have no choice but to force his little sister into doing “that.” Driven to his wits’ end, Gero asks the target of his work, a marriage swindler, to marry him?! Instead, the swindler offers to be his marriage adviser, and their pursuit of the perfect marriage begins!

⭐️ 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗜𝘁?
Marriage Toxin takes the harem genre and subverts its most common tropes in a tasteful way. Female leads exist not just to serve Gero’s narrative, but as well as each others’, as their interpersonal relationships are explored within the manga. The story’s overarching theme of identity, freedom, and defiance is consistently reinforced through healthy relationships between Gero and each female lead, other friends and allies, as well as Gero and Kinosaki (marriage swindler) in particular. Whether you’re a seasoned harem enthusiast or a casual romcom enjoyer, regardless of preference you’re sure to enjoy it!

So how about it? If you like it, 𝓅𝓊𝓉 𝒶 𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓉, and give Marriage Toxin a shot! 💉💍 Sweet like DIY candy 🍬 but not enough to poison ☠️ we hope you enjoy this series as much as we do 🫶🤍

Let us know in the comments below who your favorite character is as well as your thoughts on the series 🤔✏️ and 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚! 🤩







🖼️ Pub by: Enma & Ryo
📝 Content by: Ayen
✍️ Caption by: Ayen

君は完璧で究極のIDOL! 🎶Are you ready to take your best shot at becoming the ᴜʟᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇ ɪᴅᴏʟ? 💫 Well look no further than 𝗡𝗶𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘁...
30/09/2026

君は完璧で究極のIDOL! 🎶

Are you ready to take your best shot at becoming the ᴜʟᴛɪᴍᴀᴛᴇ ɪᴅᴏʟ? 💫 Well look no further than 𝗡𝗶𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗶! 🎆

In this yearly celebration of Japanese culture, the Philippine Association of Japanese Government Scholars, also known as 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬, has partnered with 𝐔𝐏 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐀 𝐒𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐢 to bring you this year’s 𝙉𝙞𝙝𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙞 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩! 🎤⭐

The event will take place on 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 12, 5𝘗𝘔 at 𝘉𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭— but don’t get too excited yet! 🤫 In order to showcase the best of the best, we will be hosting 𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝘼𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 🤩✨

Take note, future idols! Submission and guidelines are provided below, with the 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 set on 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟲 📅📍 And did we mention winners of the Championship Stage will incur 𝙲𝙰𝚂𝙷 𝙿𝚁𝙸𝚉𝙴𝚂 🧧 of 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 ₱𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎 ⁉️👀

𝘚𝘜𝘉𝘔𝘐𝘚𝘚𝘐𝘖𝘕 𝘎𝘜𝘐𝘋𝘌𝘓𝘐𝘕𝘌𝘚
🔗 bit.ly/NMSingingContestGuidelines

𝘚𝘜𝘉𝘔𝘐𝘚𝘚𝘐𝘖𝘕 𝘍𝘖𝘙𝘔
🔗 bit.ly/NMSingingContestForm

So don’t be shy, audition now! We hope to see you there ‼️ 🎉



🖼️ Pub by: Enma
✍️ Caption by: Ayen

🎉🎂Celebrating our September Birthday Celebrants 🎂🎉Greetings from the SOMA Family!🎉❤️🖼️ Pub by: Nekoni
29/09/2026

🎉🎂Celebrating our September Birthday Celebrants 🎂🎉
Greetings from the SOMA Family!🎉❤️

🖼️ Pub by: Nekoni

𝙈𝙒𝘼𝙃!お願い　きみが欲しいの 慰めさせてシェイクシェイク　愛の才能で 🎶We hope that you have been monitoring 👁️🌀 our page lately, as our 𝟐𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐀 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫...
30/08/2026

𝙈𝙒𝘼𝙃!
お願い　きみが欲しいの
慰めさせてシェイクシェイク　愛の才能で 🎶

We hope that you have been monitoring 👁️🌀 our page lately, as our 𝟐𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐀 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 is sure to bring new 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴— 𝒽𝒾𝒷𝒶𝓃𝒶 to your ears! 🎇

Hailing from Fukuoka Prefecture, 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐎*𝟐𝟕 is a Vocaloid producer well known for making some of the most successful songs in the Vocaloid genre 👀 Inspired by the legendary Vocaloid producer group livetune, DECO*27 began posting his music on 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘰. Now, he’s regarded as one of the most successful Vocaloid producers, with his songs often garnering millions of views on all platforms and often featured in Vocaloid Concerts and Shows worldwide ✨ His song, 𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘙𝘶𝘭𝘦, is regarded as one of the most influential songs in the Genre. Many fans say his songs are the most iconic in the genre, with some saying he’s had a part in keeping Vocaloid alive and persistent throughout the years. 🙇‼️

With his success, DECO*27 finds himself collaborating with other famous Vocaloid producers such as PinocchioP and Sasakure.UK, and those outside of the Vocaloid sphere, having partnered with Hololive and even the Pokémon franchise to make music. DECO*27 is also well known for starting the famous 𝗠𝗜𝗟𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠 interactive project with 𝘠𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘺𝘢. 🎤⭐️

His style mainly consists of pop and rock, often featuring 𝙷𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝙼𝚒𝚔𝚞 as the vocalist. It is regarded as one of the most recognizable in the genre, with his tuning of Miku having a lifelike, high-energy feel to it that perfectly complements his songs’ 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘱 and 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸 instrumentals 💥 In an interview, he cites Green Day, Blink-182, and Sum 41 as inspirations for his music, which led to his iconic electric rock sound.

We recommend that you give his music a try! With the variety of his songs, you are bound to find something that you’ll like 🤭💘 Check out our 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩 of DECO*27 songs in the QR below and let us know what you think! 📝😍

🖼️ Pub by: Ryo
📝 Content by: Yuzu
✍️ Caption by: Yuzu





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