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The center contains a café, an exhibition space, a currency exchange, a conference hall, free Wi-Fi, computers, and restrooms. [5] [15] It also organizes free English language tours around Asakusa each weekend. [16] The information counter near the entrance offers services in English, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.
The cultural-anthropologist Ueno Chizuko sharply criticized the center as a calculated attempt at national branding. Ueno claimed that, despite the center's academic pretensions, the real purpose of Nichibunken was to improve the image of Japan in order to prevent criticism of Japanese trading practices and improve sales of Japanese goods abroad.
The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii opened on May 28, 1987 in Moiliili, a majority-Japanese neighborhood in Honolulu. By 1989, the fundraising committee had raised $7.5 million from the Keidanren and other Japanese organizations to buy land and construct a new building to house the organization. Construction of the first phase of the ...
The Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (東京文化財研究所, Tōkyō Bunkazai Kenkyū-jo), commonly known as Tobunken, is an institute dedicated to the preservation and utilization of cultural properties.
website in Japanese, local history and culture Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage: Koto: History: Information and artifacts regarding the bombing of Tokyo: Currency Museum of the Bank of Japan: Chūō: Numismatic: Japanese currency Daimaru Museum: Chiyoda: Art: website in Japanese, information: Daimyo Clock Museum: Taitō: Horology
Kyoto Arts and Culture Foundation manages the center, which aims to support artistic activities, act as a clearinghouse for arts information, plan artist in residence programs and promote artists to the public. In 2008 the north, south and west wings, the gate and wall of the center were registered as one of the Tangible Cultural Properties of ...
Japanese gardens in the United States (3 C, 64 P) Pages in category "Museums of Japanese culture in the United States" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
Hakodate Jōmon Culture Center (函館市縄文文化交流センター, Hakodate Jōmon Bunka Kōryū Senta—) is a history museum in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan, opened in 2011.