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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

02/11/2026

The 𝓂𝑜𝑜𝓃 doesn't rise without the 𝔰𝔲𝔫, and a 𝓈𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓀 cannot grow into flames without 𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯! ✨️

So with that, 𝐔𝐏 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐀 𝐒𝐨𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐢 would like to extend our deepest thanks to the following event sponsors! 🤩🙌 Your support has allowed 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐡𝐢 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 ⽕ to grow into the 𝖇𝖑𝖆𝖟𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖋𝖎𝖗𝖊 it was always meant to be! 🔥

🎖 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀
Cynthia’s
Nekowave Cafe
Sweet Keish Cafe
Zaibatsu

🥈 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀
Tropic Bowls

Thank you for your continued support! 🎆🎊

🖼️Pub by: Yuzu
✍️Caption by: Ayen

01/11/2026

暑い ~ ! Can you feel that? CAN YOU HEAR THAT?! It sounds like you, YES, YOU, turning up the heat and lighting up the stage this Saturday🔥

As the 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐡𝐢 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 draws near, we’re sparking the flame and searching for voices that can make the night burn even brighter, and cosplays that can set the whole hall ablaze! 🧨🎇

Whether you sing soft like a flickering candle or loud like a roaring bonfire, this is your chance to shine! BUT if you’d rather let your AURA do the talking, don’t just bring the heat, 𝘉𝘌 the heat! You can be the anti-hero, the shounen protagonist, or the fiery heroine who steals the spotlight. Show us the character who’s been burning in your heart! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Join our event and perform in front of an audience on 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟳, from 3:00𝗣𝗠 at 𝘾𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙡’𝙨 𝙂! 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙃𝙖𝙡𝙡!

🎤 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥𝗦
𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻/𝗦𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻: November 6, 2026, at 11:59PM
𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲: The song piece chosen must be of the J-pop genre. Original J-pop songs by non-Japanese artists are allowed.

🎭𝗖𝗢𝗦𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧
𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: November 6, 2026, at 11:59PM (on-site registration is open until 2PM only on the day itself)
𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲: Characters must come from Japanese live-action series/J-Dramas, manga, Japan-released video games, or anime. No original characters or NSFW outfits. Solo performances only, up to 3 minutes on stage.

Sign up through the links below and let your voice and your costume set the stage on fire!

🎤 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀:
https://forms.gle/4wpn8aqN2C35hUKFA
https://forms.gle/4wpn8aqN2C35hUKFA
https://forms.gle/4wpn8aqN2C35hUKFA

🎭 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀:
https://forms.gle/JjP479LjBgWc5jeo6
https://forms.gle/JjP479LjBgWc5jeo6
https://forms.gle/JjP479LjBgWc5jeo6

Don’t let your voice or your costumes go unseen, because we’re already looking forward to seeing and hearing you there! 🔥

🖼️Pub by: Reiko
✍️Caption by: Ori

31/10/2026

ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜɴ ʜᴀꜱ ᴏɴʟʏ ʙᴇɢᴜɴ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴛ… 🌆

Only 🆂🅴🆅🅴🅽 more days until our long awaited 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐡𝐢 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 ⽕! 🌄⛩️ As the dusk begins to settle and the flames arise, what could be seen once the fires roar ❓☄️

Catch a glimpse of these bright sparks next 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟳, from 𝟭𝟮𝗡𝗡 𝘁𝗼 𝟲𝗣𝗠 at 𝘾𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙩𝙧𝙤 𝙈𝙖𝙡𝙡’𝙨 𝙂!𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙃𝙖𝙡𝙡 ✨ Browse through an exceptional catalogue of 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 and experience all sorts of 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘺 🔥𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴! 🧩🎟️ Tickets are available through registration for ₱𝟓𝟎 each, so confirm your attendance now! 🌟

🔗 https://forms.gle/qvoKir8Y285q5NJX6
🔗 https://forms.gle/qvoKir8Y285q5NJX6
🔗 https://forms.gle/qvoKir8Y285q5NJX6

Don’t let this fire go out so early, because we’re already looking forward to seeing you there! ❤️‍🔥

🖼️Pub by: Ayen
✍️Caption by: Ayen

27/10/2026

🔥 𝓜𝓸𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮 𝓴𝓲𝓽𝓪𝔃𝓸𝓸𝓸!! 🔥

Is it just us or is it getting 𝖍𝖔𝖙 over there 🥵? But- where exactly is all this 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩 coming from ♨️🤔

Don’t worry if you’re lost, we got this whole thing under fire control!🧯 Here’s the map and directions to the 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐡𝐢 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 ⽕ 💥🏮

Head in via the right entrance of 📍𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗹 and head up via the ☝️escalators. Walk inside, past the food court, ‘till you reach 𝙂!𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙃𝙖𝙡𝙡.

Don’t forget, the SOMAhi Festival is on 📆𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟳, 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆 from ⏰𝟭𝟮𝗡𝗡 𝘁𝗼 𝟲𝗣𝗠‼️

We’re all fired up, so see you there!🔥

🖼️Pub by: Vashen
🎨Art by: Chitzu
✍️Caption by: Chitzu

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
https://forms.gle/z8mrjhEqMRX61dVD7
https://forms.gle/z8mrjhEqMRX61dVD7
https://forms.gle/z8mrjhEqMRX61dVD7

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

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!

🔗 https://forms.gle/qvoKir8Y285q5NJX6
🔗 https://forms.gle/qvoKir8Y285q5NJX6
🔗 https://forms.gle/qvoKir8Y285q5NJX6

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

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

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

23/10/2026

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

🖼️ Pub by: Nekoni

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

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! 🎉

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