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I Outline of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage Ⅰ Outline of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage The Independent Administrative Institution (IAI) National Institutes for Cultural Heritage was formed in April of 2007 through the merging of the IAI National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum and Kyushu National Museum) and the IAI National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), all of which share the same mission: the conservation and utilization of cultural properties. Subsequently, International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region was established in October 2011 pursuant to an agreement signed between the Japanese government and UNESCO. Japan’s cultural properties are the precious assets of the Japanese people. 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 Kyoto National Museum Nara National Museum As Japan’s representative museum The Kyoto National Museum Nara National Museum collects pre- in the humanities field, Tokyo National collects, preserves, manages, and serves, manages and displays Cultural Museum collects, preserves manages displays cultural properties, while while also. conducting research and and displays cultural properties from also conducting research and providing education programs. The across Japan and other Asian regions, providing educational programs. The focus is Buddhist art and the cultural while also conducting research and pro focus is on works from the Heian properties of Nara viding educational programs. period to the Edo period. a time when Kyoto was the capital of Japan. Kyushu National Museum National Research Institute for Nara National Institute for Kyushu National Museum collects. Cultural Properties, Tokyo Cultural Properties, Tokyo preserves manages and displays cul- The National Research Institute for Located near the Nara Palace site, tural properties. while also conducting Cultural Properties, Tokyo, conducts re- the Nara National Research Institute research and providing educational pro- search on Japanese cultural properties, for Cultural Properties is engaged in grams.The focus is on cultural assets utilizing a variety of basic, advanced and excavation and research projects related related to Japan’s cultural exchanges practical methods. In addition to actively to the conservation and utilization of with other Asian regions. publicizing and utilizing the results of Cultural heritage such as sites. buildings this research, as an International Center and gardens as well as cultural properties, for Cooperation, the institute also facili- preserved at major temples and shrines in tates global research into the protection the Nara and Kinki regions. The inst also of cultural properties. advises and also adv1ses and cooperates with research projects conductied across Japan. International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region We facilitate research for safeguard- ing endangered intangible cultural heri- tage (ICH) in the Asia-Pacific region, and collect and disseminate information relating to international trends in the safeguarding of ICH. Access International Library of West TOKYO NATIONAL Tokyo National Museum Children’s Gate Literature MUSEUM Kuroda Memorial Hall Main Gate ◀To Tokyo Metro Nezu National Science Station Tokyo Metropolitan Museum Art Museum 13-9 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-8712 Fountain National Museum Phone: +81-3-3822-1111 Police Box of Western Art Ueno park JR Ueno Tokyo Metropolitan Station http://www.tnm.jp/ Festival Hall Ueno Zoo Park Exit (JR Line) 10 min. from Ueno or Uguisudani Station (Ginza or Hibiya Tokyo Metro Line) 15 min. from Ueno Station (Chiyoda Tokyo Metro Line) 15 min. from Nezu Station (keise iLine)15min. from Keisei Ueno Station Visitor Information Admission: Adults: 620 (520) yen Hours: 9 :30a.m. ~ 5:00p.m. (Last entry 30 Min. before closing) University Students: 410 (310) yen F ridays during Special Exhibitions (Apr. ‒ Dec.): Open until ※( ) indicate prices for those in groups of 20 or more. 8:00p.m. ※Additional charge is required for special exhibitions Weekends and Holidays (Apr. ‒ Sept.) open until 6:00p.m. ※P ersons with disabilities and one accompanying person are admitted free. Closed: M ondays*(*Open if a national holiday falls on Monday. ※P ersons over 70 and under 18 are admitted free to regular exhibitions. Closed on the following Tuesday instead) ※A dmission to regular exhibitions is free on International Museum Day (May Dec. 24 – Jan. 1 for year-end holidays 18 or the following day if it falls on a Monday) and the Respect for the Aged Day (the third Monday of September). 2 Outline of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, 2015 Access Kennin-ji Temple Kawabata Horikawa Street Karasuma Street Street Kawaramachi Kyoto National Museum Street Street Gojo Street Street Yamatooji Higashioji Hokoku Shrine Subway Karasuma Line Keihan 527 Chaya-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto Higashi Hongan-ji Railway Kyoto National Temple Shichijo Kamo River Street Museum 605-0931 Japan Chishaku-in Station Temple Shichijo Phone: +81-75-541-1151 Sanjusangendo Temple http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/ JR Kyoto Station JR Tokaido Line Kintetsu JR Nara Line Shinkansen Line Kyoto Line Transportation By JR or Subway Get off at Kyoto Station, From bus platform D1 take City Bus #100 or from bus platform D2, take City Bus #206 or #208. Get off at “Hakubutsukan Sanjusangendo-mae” bus stop, in front of the museum. Visitor Information By Keihan Railway Get off at Shichijo Station. Walk east along Shichijo (Nanajo) Street for about seven minutes to the Hours: 9:30-17:00 museum. Special Exhibition Hours: 9:30-18:00, extended to 20:00 on Fridays By Kintetsu Railway Get off at Tanbabashi Station and transfer to Keihan Railway From Keihan Tanbabashi Station take a (Admission ends 30 minutes before closing) Demachyanagi-bound train to Shichijo Station. Walk east along Shichijo (Nanajo)Street for about seven minutes to the museum. Closed on Mondays By Hankyu Railway (When Monday is a national holiday, the museum remains open on Get off at Kawaramachi Station. Walk east over the bridge to the Keihan Railway Gion Shijo Station. Take on Osaka-bound Keihan train to Shichijo Station. Walk east along Shichijo(Nanajo) Street for a Monday and closes the following Tuesday. about seven minutes to the museum. Parking The museum has limited parking at an hourly rate. Please use public transportation whenever possible. Admission: General: 520 (410) yen University students: 260 (210) yen ※P rices in parentheses are for groups of 20 or more ※F ree admission for high school students and younger children Access Todaiji N Temple WE Himuro Jinja 卍 Nara Shrine S Prefectural Nara National Museum Office underpass Kintetsu Nara Station Noborioji Street Kohfukuji 50 Noborioji-cho, Nara City Temple 卍 Kasuga Taisha Shrine Nara Prefecture 630-8213 Sanjo Street Nara National Museum Phone: +81-742-22-7771 JR NaraStation http://www.narahaku.go.jp/ 卍 Gangoji Temple (Kintetsu Line) 15 min. from Kintetsu Nara Station Visitor Information (City Loop Bus) “Shinai Junkan” from JR or Kintetsu Nara The Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall is closed for renovation from September 8, 2014 Station to ”Himuro Jinja / Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan” bus stop to April 2016 (scheduled). Hours: 9:30-17:00 (Last admission is 30 minutes before closing) Admissions: Adults: 520 (410) yen Open until 18:00: July 18-September 23 and March 1-11,13,14 University Students: 260 (210) yen O pen until 19:00: Fridays from the last Friday of April to September 18 (ex- ※( ) indicates prices for those in groups of 20 or more cept for July 3,10,17), August 5-15, December 17, the fourth Saturday of ※A n additional charge is required for special exhibitions January, February 3, and March 12 ※F ree admission (to all exhibitions) for disabled pass holders and one assistant ※F ree admission (to masterpiece exhibitions) for seniors (70 and older) and O pen 9:00-18:00 during the Shōsō-in Treasures exhibition period (open un- children (under 17 or high school students) til 19:00 on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays,and National Holidays) ※F ree admission to masterpiece exhibitions on Children’s Day (May 5), Interna- Closed: M ondays (except when National Holidays fall on Mondays, in which case tional Museum Day (May 18 or the following day if it falls on a Monday), Re- the museum is open on the holiday and closed the day after the holidays), spect for the Aged Day (the third Monday of September), Kansai Culture New Year’s Day (January 1) Day, On-Matsuri Festival Owatari-shiki parade, and Setsubun (February 3) Access Kyushu National Museum 35 Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine 4-7-2, Ishizaka, Dazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, 818-0118 Kyushu Phone: +81-92-918-2807 Nishitetsu National Dazaifu Station Komyozenji¯ ¯ Museum http://www.kyuhaku.com/ Temple 76 Chikushino-Dazaifu Line Nishitetsu Dazaifu Line Visitor Information By rail: N ishitetsu rail line: From Nishitetsu Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station, take the Nishitetsu Tenjin Omuta Line to Nishitets Futsukaichi Station Hours: 9:30-17:00 (Last admission at 16:30) (approximately 13 minutes on the Limited Express, 17 minutes on Closed on Mondays (except for National Holidays that fall on Mondays, in which case the museum is an Express train), and transfer to the Nishitetsu Dazaifu Line (ap-
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