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Ⅱ Outline of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage

The Independent Administrative Institution (IAI), National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, was formed in April 2007 through the merging of the IAI National Museums ( National Museum, National Museum, National Museum, and ) and the IAI National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), all of which share the same mission: the conservation and utilization of cultural properties. With the addition of the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the -Pacific Region, which was established in October 2011, the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage now comprise a total of seven separate institutions. ’s cultural properties are the precious assets of the . In order to preserve and utilize these properties more effectively and efficiently under unified management, each ofthe seven existing institutions plays the following roles:

Tokyo National Museum As Japan’s foremost museum in the The Kyoto National Museum collects, Nara National Museum collects, pre- humanities field, Tokyo National Mu- preserves, manages, and exhibits serves, manages, and displays cultural seum collects, preserves, manages, cultural properties, while also properties, while also conducting re- and displays cultural properties from conducting research and providing search and providing educational pro- across Japan and other Asian regions, educational programs. The focus is gramming. The focus is while also conducting research and pro- on works from the to and the cultural properties of Nara. viding educational programs. the period. a time when Kyoto was the capital of Japan.

Kyushu National Museum Tokyo National Research Institute Nara National Institute for Kyushu National Museum collects, for Cultural Properties Cultural Properties preserves, manages, and displays cul- Tokyo National Research Institute In order to preserve and utilize cultural tural properties, while also conducting for Cultural Properties conducts properties, the Insititute conducts research and providing educational pro- research on Japanese cultural prop- coordinated and comprehensive surveys grams. The focus is on cultural assets erties, utilizing a variety of methods. across a variety of fields (including related to Japan’s cultural exchanges In addition to publicizing and utilizing archeology, history, architecture, gardens, with other Asian regions. and conservation) at various sites, including the results of this research, as a na- the Nara Palace and Asuka/Fujiwara sites, tional center for international coop- the great temples of Nara, and other eration, the institute also facilitates ancient shrines and temples. At the same global research into the protection time, the Institute cooperates and advises of cultural heritage. on the conservation and utilization of both domestic and overseas cultural properties.

International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region This institution promotes research that contributes to safeguarding intan- gible cultural heritage (ICH) in the Asia- Pacific region, and also collects and disseminates information relating to international trends in the safeguard- ing of ICH.

Access JR Uguisudani Station ←To 卍 Kaneiji Station temple Shinobugaoka junior Tokyo National Research Junior High School High School Institute for Cultural Properties TOKYO NATIONAL International Library of West MUSEUM children’s Literature Gate 13-9 , Kuroda Memorial Hall Main Gate Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-8712 The University National Museum Art Museum-Tokyo Tokyo Metropolitan of Nature and Phone: +81-3-3822-1111 University of the Arts Art Museum Ueno park National Museum of Western Art https://www.tnm.jp/ Park Exit

Ueno Zoo Station To

Tokyo Metropolitan JR Ueno Festival Hall ↑ ●Train 10minutewalkfromtheParkExitofJRUenoStationorfrom Visitor Information theSouthExitofJRUguisudaniStation.15minutewalkfrom Hours：9:30–17:00 UenoStationorNezuStation(TokyoMetro),orfromKeisei ※Openuntil21:00onFridays,Saturdays UenoStation(KeiseiElectricRailwayKeiseiLine). ※Lastentryis30minutesbeforeclosing Closed：Mondays(ifMondayisanationalholiday,theMuseumwillbeopenon- Admission:Adults:1,000yen dayandclosedonTuesday).TheMuseumwillalsobeclosedonDecember Universitystudents:500yen 14,duringtheyear-endandNewyearholiday(December26-January1), ※Anadditionalchargeisrequiredforspecialexhibitions andonJanuary4.However,theMuseumwillbeopenonAugust10,Janu- ※ A n y personwithdisabilitiesandoneaccompanyingcaregiverare ary3andMarch28 admittedfree ※Pleasenotethatopeningdaysandhoursaresubjecttochange ※Personsover70orunder18areadmittedfreetoregularexhibi- tions ※AdmissiontoregularexhibitionsisfreeonInternationalMuseum Day(May18orthefollowingdayifMay18fallsonaMonday), RespectfortheAgedDay(thethirdMondayofSeptember),and CultureDay(November3).

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Kennin-ji KYOTO NATIONAL MUSEUM Temple

Kawabata Horikawa Street Karasuma Street Street

Kawaramachi Street

Street Gojo Street Street Yamatooji Higashioji

Hokoku 527 Chaya-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto Shrine

Subway Keihan Higashi Hongan-ji Railway Kyoto National Temple 605-0931 Japan Shichijo Kamo River Street Museum Chishaku-in

Phone: +81-75-541-1151 Station Temple Shichijo Sanjusangendo (Main switchboard) Temple JR JR Tokaido Line https://www.kyohaku.go.jp/ Kintetsu JR Nara Line Line

Transportation: ●Bus Visitor Information AtKyotoStation,takeCityBusfrombusplatformD1or Hours: 9:30–17:00 D2.GetoffattheHakubutsukanSanjusangendo-maebus ※MuseumhoursmaychangeduringSpecialExhibitionperiods,etc. stopinfrontoftheMuseum. ※Lastentryis30minutesbeforeclosing ●Train Closed:Mondays(IfMondayisanationalholiday,theMuseumwillbeopenonMondayand KintetsuRailway:GetoffatTanbabashiStationandtransfer closedonTuesday)andduringtheyear-endandNewYearholiday(December totheKeihanRailway.FromKeihanTanbabashiStationtake 27–January1) aDemachi-yanagi-boundtraintoShichijoStation.Walkeast- ※TheCollectionGalleriesmaybeclosedduringSpecialExhibitionsorwhileSpecial wardalongShichijo(Nanajo)Streetforabout7minutesto Exhibitionsarebeinginstalledordeinstalled. theMuseum. ※Additionally,theMuseummaybeclosedtemporarily. KeihanRailway:GetoffatShichijoStation.Walkeastward Admission:Adults:700yen alongShichijo(Nanajo)Streetforabout7minutestothe Universitystudents:350yen Museum. ※A separate admission charge applies during periods when only Special Railway:GetoffatKyotoKawaramachiStation.Walk Exhibitions,theCollectionGalleries,andtheMuseumGardensareopento eastwardoverthebridgetotheKeihanRailwayGionShijo visitors. Station.Takean-boundKeihantraintoShichijoSta- ※ A n y personwithdisabilitiesandoneaccompanyingcaregiverareadmittedfree tion.WalkeastwardalongShichijo(Nanajo)Streetforabout ※Personsover70orunder18areadmittedfreetotheCollectionGalleries 7minutestotheMuseum. ※Pleasenotethatopeningdaysandhoursaresubjecttochange Parking:Themuseumhaslimitedparkingatanhourlyrate. Pleaseusepublictransportationwheneverpossible.

Access Todaiji N Temple NARA NATIONAL MUSEUM WE Himuro Jinja 卍 Nara Shrine S Prefectural Office Kintetsu underpass Noborioji Street Kohfukuji 50 Noborioji-cho, Nara City Temple 卍 Kasuga Taisha Shrine 630-8213 Sanjo Street Nara National Museum Phone: +81-742-22-7771 JR NaraStation (Main switchboard)

https://www.narahaku.go.jp/ 卍 Gangoji Temple

●Train KintetsuLine:15minutesfromKintetsuNaraStation. ●Bus TaketheNaraCityLoopLinefromJRorKintetsuNaraSta- Visitor Information tiontotheHimuroJinja/KokuritsuHakubutsukanbusstop. Hours:9:30–17:00 ※OnFridaysandSaturdays(excludingtheyear-endandNewYearholi- Admission:Adults:700yen dayperiod).PermanentCollectionexhibitionsandfeatureexhibitions Universitystudents:350yen areopenuntil20:00 ※Anadditionalchargeisrequiredforspecialexhibitions ※Openinghoursare occasionallyextendedduringspecialseasonal ※Anypersonwithdisabilitiesandoneaccompanyingcaregiver eventsintheNaraarea areadmittedfree ※Openinghoursforspecialexhibitionsandjointexhibitionsvaryby ※Persons over 70 or under 18 are admitted free to the exhibition PermanentCollectionexhibitions ※Lastentryis30minutesbeforeclosing ※Free admission to the Permanent Collection exhibitions on Closed:Mondays(ifMondayisanationalholiday,themuseumwillbeopenon International Museum Day (May 18, or the following day if Monday and closed on Tuesday) and during the year-end and New May18fallsonaMonday),KansaiCultureDay,thedayof Yearholiday(December28–January1) theOwatari-ShikiprocessionintheOn-MatsuriFestival,and ※TheMuseummayalsobeclosedonotherdaysduetospecialcir- onSetsubun(February3) cumstances ※Pleasenotethatopeningdaysandhoursaresubjecttochange

4 Outline of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, 2021 KYUSHU NATIONAL MUSEUM

Access 4-7-2, Ishizaka, Dazaifu City, 35 Prefecture, 818-0118 Phone: +81-92-918-2807 Dazaifu Tenmangu (Main switchboard) Shrine www.kyuhaku.jp Kyushu Nishitetsu National Dazaifu Station Komyozenji¯ ¯ Museum Visitor Information Temple Hours:9:30–17:00 76 Chikushino-Dazaifu Line ※Openuntil20:00onFridaysandSaturdays Nishitetsu Dazaifu Line ※Lastentryis30minutesbeforeclosing ●Train Closed:Mondays(ifMondayisanational holiday, theMuseumwillbeopenonMondayand Nishitetsu Rail Line: From Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) closedonTuesday)andduringtheyear-endholiday(December24–31) Station, take the Nishitetsu Tenjin Omuta Line to Ni- Admission:Adults:700yen shitetsuFutsukaichiStation(about16minutesonthe Universitystudents:350yen LimitedExpress,18minutesonanExpresstrain),and transfer to the Nishitetsu Dazaifu Line (about 5 min- ※( )indicatespricesforpayingvisitorsingroupsof20ormore utes),andgetoffatNishitetsuDazaifuStation.Abouta ※Anadditionalchargeisrequiredforspecialexhibitions 10minutewalkfromNishitetsuDazaifuStation. ※Personsover70orunder18areadmittedfreetotheCulturalExchangeExhibition * N o extrachargeisrequiredfortakingtheLimitedEx- (permanentexhibition) pressoranExpresstrain. ※FreeadmissiontotheCulturalExchangeExhibitiononChildren’sDay(May5), JRLine:FromJRHakataStation,taketheJRKagoshi- International Museum Day (May 18, or the following day if May 18 falls on a maChuoLine(about15minutesontheRapidtrain)and getoffatJRFutsukaichiStation.TransfertoNishitetsu Monday),andRespectfortheAgedDay(thethirdMondayofSeptember) FutsukaichiStationonfoot(12minutes)orbybus(5 ※Pleasenotethatopeningdaysandhoursaresubjecttochange minutes).TaketheNishitetsuDazaifuLineandgetoffat NishitetsuDazaifuStation.TheMuseumisa10minute walkfromthestation. ●Car On the Kyushu Expressway, about a 20 minute drive fromeitherDazaifuI.C.orChikushinoI.C.viaTakaoInter- section.OntheFukuokaUrbanExpressway,abouta20 minutedrivefromMizukiexitviaTakaoIntersection. ●Taxi About 15minutes from JRFutsukaichi Station, or30 minutesfromFukuokaAirport. ●NishitetsuBus FromtheHakataBusTerminal(busstopno.11),take thebustoDazaifuandgetoffatNishitetsuDazaifuSta- tion(thebusrideisabout40minutes).TheMuseumis a10minutewalkfromthestation.

TOKYO NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL PROPERTIES

Access 13-43 Ueno Park,Taito-ku,Tokyo, 110-8713 JR Uguisudani Station ←To Ikebukuro 卍 Kaneiji Station temple Phone: +81-3-3823-2241 Shinobugaoka Ueno junior Junior High School High School Tokyo National https://www.tobunken.go.jp/ Research Institute for International Library of Cultural Properties children’s Literature TOKYO NATIONAL Kuroda Memorial Hall MUSEUM

The University National Museum Art Museum-Tokyo Tokyo Metropolitan of Nature and University of the Arts Art Museum Science Ueno park National Museum of Western Art Park Exit

Ueno Zoo Station To Tokyo Station

Tokyo Metropolitan JR Ueno Festival Hall ↑ ●Train JRLine:10minutewalkfromtheSouthExitof UguisudaniStation,or15minutewalkfromthe ParkExitofUenoStation. orTokyoMetroLine:20minutewalk fromUenoStation. ChiyodaTokyoMetroLine:20minutewalkfrom NezuStation. Keisei Line: 20 minute walk from Keisei Ueno Station.

Outline of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, 2021 5 NARA NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL PROPERTIES Access Heijo Area Asuka and Fujiwara Area

→ Kintetsu To Kyoto ←To Kizu Yamato Miminashi Yagi Sta. Sta. ←To Osaka Route 165 To Sakurai→ Former Imperial Uehonmachi Audience Hall JR Unebi Sta. Nara Palace Excavation Site JR To Sakurai→ Site Museum ←To Takada Yamato Exhibition Hall ← Saidaiji Sta. KansaiJR-West Line Department of Imperial To Osaka Fujiwara Namba Route 24 Palace Site Palace Sites Investigations (Asuka/Fujiwara) Nara National Nara palace Asukagawa Research Institute Ichijo St Site East Palace River Mt Amanokaguyama for Cultural Garden To Kintetsu Nara

Properties Suzaku Kintetsu Nara Line Kintetsu

→ Sta. Gate Shin Omiya Sta. Kashihara Asuka Historical Omiya St. jingo shrine Unebi goryomae Route 169 Museum ←To Osaka Okuyama kumedera 2-9-1 Nijo-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefec- Abenobashi Kashihara temple Yamadadera JR-West Ｎara Sta. jingu-mae Sta. temple Route24 Kintetsu Minami Asuka Niimasu To Kashiharajingu-mae ture 630-8577 Kintetsu Kashihara Line Osaka Line ↓To Yoshino Jinjya shrine ←To Osaka ← Phone: +81-742-30-6733 TheInstituteandtheNaraPalaceSiteMuseum DepartmentofImperialPalaceSitesInvestigations https://www.nabunken.go.jp/ ●Train (Asuka/Fujiwara) Kintetsu Line: 10 minutes from the North Exit of ●Taxi YamatoSaidaijiStation. 20minutesfromKintetsuYamatoYagiStation. ●Bus TheAsukaHistoricalMuseum FromJRandKintetsuNaraStations,taketheNara ●Taxi KotsuBusandgetoffattheNijochobusstop. 2 0  minutes from Kintetsu Kashihara Jingu Mae Station. ●Bus FromeitherKintetsuKashiharaJinguMaeStation orKintetsuAsukaStation,taketheKameBusand get off at the Asuka Okuyama Asuka Historical MuseumWestbusstop. FromJR/KintetsuSakuraiStation,taketheNara Kotsu Bus and get off at the Asuka Historical Museumbusstop.

Visitor Information ● ●Nara Palace Site Museum Hours:9:00–16:30(lastentryat16:00) Hours:9:00–16:30(freeadmission;lastentryat16:00) Closed:Mondays(IfMondayisanationalholiday,theMuseumwillbe Closed:Mondays (if Monday is a national holiday, the Museum will be open on open on Monday and closed on Tuesday) and during the MondayandclosedonTuesday)andduringtheyear-endandNewYear year-endandNewYearholiday(December26–January3) holiday(December29–January3) Admission:Adults:350yen Phone:+81-742-30-6753(CollaborationPromotionDivision) Universitystudents:200yen ●Exhibition Room of the Fujiwara Palace Site ※ A n  additional charge may be required for special Hours:9:00–16:30(freeadmission) exhibitions Closed:Duringtheyear-endandNewYearholiday(December29–January3)and ※Any person with disabilities and one accompanying duringexhibitionrenewalperiods caregiverareadmittedfree Phone:+81-744-24-1122(DepartmentofImperialPalaceSitesInvestigationsfor ※Personsover65orunder18areadmittedfree AsukaandFujiwara) Phone:+81-744-54-3561(AsukaHistoricalMuseum)

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION (IRCI)

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Shin-osaka Osaka To Namba Highway Exit

Sakaihigashi

Tennoji JR City Office Nankai Mikunigaoka Sakai City Museum, 2 cho Mozusekiun-cho, Sakai-ku, Nintoku- Sakai City, Osaka 590-0802 Tenno-ryo Phone:+81-72-275-8050 Bus Stop Mozu

Goryomae Hakubutukan-mae Goryodori IRCI To Kansai https://www.irci.jp Daisennishimachi2cho Airport ●Train JRHanwaLine:6minutesfromMozuStation. ●Bus NankaiBus:4minutesfromtheSakaishiHakubut- sukanmaebusstop.

6 Outline of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, 2021