The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) came into being in 2007 through the integration of four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Instit
The Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art (兵庫県立美術館, Hyōgo Kenritsu Bijutsukan) is a purpose-built municipal art gallery in Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It was opened in 2002. The major collections of the museum are foreign and Japanese sculptures, fo
The Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art (京都市京セラ美術館) reopened in 2020 after a three-year renovation and displays masterpieces from the museum's collection and other collections in Japan.
The Kamada Soy Sauce Group supports and maintains three local museums: the Kamada Foundation Museum (鎌田ミュージアム) for the preservation, research and the display of local historical materials, the Yotsuya Simon Doll Museum (Tan Ou Sou wondrous ball-jointed do
Kogei Japan lists items designated as "Traditional Crafts of Japan" by the Ministry of Economy. There are five requirements to be recognized as a Traditional Craft of Japan: 1. The crafts must be made for everyday life use 2. The main parts of the manufac
Yayoi Kusama Museum was founded by the avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, and is run by the Yayoi Kusama Foundation. It opened in 2017 with the aim of spreading and promoting Kusama’s art, exhibiting her works and related materials to contribute to the deve
The Japanese Cultural Institute in Cologne is the representative office of The Japan Foundation in Germany. The focus of its work is on the areas of art and culture, language mediation, Japanese research and intellectual exchange as well as the disseminat
The Nara National Museum (奈良国立博物館 Nara Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan) is one of the pre-eminent national art museums in Japan and is famous for its collection of Buddhist art, including images, sculpture, and altar articles. The museum houses and displays works
Alice Gordenker is an American journalist and consultant who has lived and worked in Tokyo for more than 20 years. She was a regular columnist for The Japan Times, Japan’s oldest English-language daily. Now she works the travel industry in Japan and consu
Dedicated to the history and cultures surrounding tobacco and salt, goods that were once protected by a government monopoly in Japan. The Tobacco & Salt Museum was founded in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward by the Japan Monopoly Corporation (now Japan Tobacco Inc.)
teamLab Borderless is a world of artworks without boundaries, a museum without a map created by art collective teamLab. teamLab Borderless is a group of artworks that form one borderless world. Artworks move out of rooms, communicate with other works, inf
The Japan Falconiformes Center (JFC) was established in 1982 as a natural expansion of The Hawking Club of Japan which has zealously preserved the orthodox tradition-led falconry art of Japan.
The International Shakuhachi Society is a world forum for people interested in the Japanese bamboo flute. It enables players, teachers, composers, ethnomusicologists and hobbyists to share information with a wide and sympathetic audience. On average we ha
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