Traditional Crafts

• Traditional Crafts [Top]

• The Road of History

1. └ Buddhism
2. └ Shinto
3. └ Chanoyu
4. └ Livelihood

• Visiting the Workplace

1. └ FUKUI Prefecture
2. └ MIE Prefecture
3. └ SHIGA Prefecture
4. └ KYOTO Prefecture
5. └ OSAKA Prefecture
6. └ HYOGO Prefecture
7. └ NARA Prefecture
8. └ WAKAYAMA Prefecture

• We are the Successors

1. └ FUKUI Prefecture
2. └ MIE Prefecture Kuwana City
3. └ SHIGA Prefecture1
4. └ SHIGA Prefecture2
5. └ KYOTO Prefecture1
6. └ KYOTO Prefecture2
7. └ OSAKA Prefecture1
8. └ OSAKA Prefecture2
9. └ HYOGO Prefecture1
10. └ HYOGO Prefecture2
11. └ NARA Prefecture
12. └ WAKAYAMA Prefecture

• Traditional crafts by region

1. └ FUKUI Prefecture
2. └ MIE Prefecture
3. └ SHIGA Prefecture
4. └ KYOTO Prefecture
5. └ OSAKA Prefecture
6. └ HYOGO Prefecture
7. └ NARA Prefecture
8. └ WAKAYAMA Prefecture
9. └ TOKUSHIMA Prefecture

• History of traditional crafts

• Issue for the Future

• Discussion

1. └ The Essence of Traditional Craft

Japanese Architecture

• Japanese Architecture [Top]

• The history and future

• The Tea Room and the Sukiya Style

• Characteristics of private house

• The Great Castle in Kansai

• Great Castle Precincts of Japan

• Measures in architecture

• Unusual mechanism

1. └ Echoes
2. └ Air conditioning
3. └ Structure

• Living in the house

• Architecture by region

1. └ FUKUI Prefecture
2. └ Mie Prefecture
3. └ SHIGA Prefecture
4. └ KYOTO Prefecture
5. └ OSAKA Prefecture
6. └ HYOGO Prefecture
7. └ NARA Prefecture
8. └ WAKAYAMA Prefecture
9. └ TOKUSHIMA Prefecture

Washi

• Washi [Top]

• World papers and Washi

1. └ The discovery of paper
2. └ The development of Japanese washi
3. └ Chinese paper moves west
4. └ Washi and its reputation
5. └ The development of Western papers
6. └ The future of washi

• Washi in daily life

1. └ Living spaces and decoration
2. └ （continued）
3. └ Food preparation and serving
4. └ （continued）
5. └ Etiquette and manners
6. └ （continued）
7. └ Annual events ad fetivals
8. └ （continued）
9. └ Washi products a la carte
10. └ （continued）

• The many applications

1. └ （many applications #2）

• Japanese wrapping

• High-performance paper

• Handmade washi villages

1. └ FUKUI Prefecture
2. └ MIE Prefecture
3. └ SHIGA Prefecture
4. └ KYOTO Prefecture
5. └ OSAKA Prefecture
6. └ HYOGO Prefecture
7. └ NARA Prefecture
8. └ WAKAYAMA Prefecture
9. └ TOKUSHIMA Prefecture

Kansai Water

• Kansai Water [Top]

• Blessing water

1. └ Notes

• Water for food culture

1. └ Nada
2. └ Fushimi
3. └ "Ji-Beer"
4. └ Tofu
5. └ Yuba
6. └ Namafu
7. └ Water and sweets
8. └ Delicious Noodle

• Kansai products produced with water

1. └ Special Kansai products produced with water (1)
2. └ Special Kansai products produced with water (2)

• Water in day-to-day scenes

• Water tour of Kansai

1. └ Osaka City
2. └ FUKUI Prefecture Ono City
3. └ MIE Prefecture Nabari City
4. └ HYOGO Prefecture Toyooka City
5. └ SHIGA Prefecture Santo Town
6. └ KYOTO City
7. └ SHIGA Prefecture Omihachiman City
8. └ MIE Prefecture Kuwana City
9. └ Nara City FUKUI, Obama City
10. └ WAKAYAMA Prefecture Shimizu Town
11. └ TOKUSHIMA Prefecture Tokushima City1
12. └ TOKUSHIMA Prefecture Tokushima City2

• Japanese sayings

• Mother lake

• Water projects in Kansai

• Water business

• Water in the present

Modern architecture

• Modern architecture [Top]

• Linking ideas of the world

1. └ Kansai International Airport
2. └ The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

• Contemporary Structures in Kansai

1. └ Architects born in Kansai,based in Kansai (1)
2. └ Architects born in Kansai,based in Kansai (2)

• Selection of contemporary structures

1. └ Nara Centennial Hall
2. └ Springs Hiyoshi
3. └ Wakayama Big Whale
4. └ The Wakasa wan Energy Research Center
5. └ SPring-8 (Harima Science Garden City)
6. └ Kyoto Station Building
7. └ Umeda Sky Building
8. └ Osaka Prefectural Children's Museum Big Bang
9. └ Mie Center for the Arts
10. └ Tokushima Bunka-no-Mori Park
11. └ Biwako Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Shiga
12. └ The Otsuka Museum of Art
13. └ Kobe Meriken Park Oriental Hotel
14. └ Yokkaichi Dome

• Evolving civil Engineering

1. └ Dams
2. └ Bridges
3. └ ‚tunnels

• Project

1. └ Art Museums/Museums/Folk Museums
2. └ Halls/Facilities for Exchange
3. └ Education, Research & Welfare Facility Housing
4. └ Business facilities/Office buildings
5. └ Sports facilities/Transportation facilities
6. └ Project

Scientific Technology

• Scientific Technology [Top]

• Scientific technology research facilities

1. └ Kansai Science City
2. └ Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International
3. └ Research Institute of Inovative Technology for the Earth
4. └ Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute Kansai Reserch Establishment
5. └ Nara Institute of Science and Technology
6. └ Harima Science Garden City
7. └ RIKEN Center of Developmental Biology(CDB)
8. └ Osaka University
9. └ National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute
10. └ Kyoto University
11. └ Lake Biwa Museum
12. └ Wakayama Industrial Technology Center(WINTEC)
13. └ International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer
14. └ Tokushma Prefectural Industrial Technology Center
15. └ Industrial Technology Center of Fukui Prefecture
16. └ The Wakasawan Energy Research Center

• Enterprises with scientific technology

• Interview

• Topic

• Essay

• A three-men talk

Japanese Food

• Japanese Food [Top]

• Interview "Usuagi"

• Kansai's taste by region

1. └ Fukui
2. └ Mie
3. └ Shiga
4. └ Kyoto
5. └ Osaka (1)
6. └ Osaka (2)
7. └ Osaka (3)
8. └ Hyogo
9. └ Nara
10. └ Wakayama
11. └ Tokushima

• Kansai's "Food"

• Topic "Sake"

Traditional arts

• Traditional arts [Top]

• Traditional arts in Kansai

• History of tradional arts in Kansai

1. └ Kabuki
2. └ Noh
3. └ Ningyo Joruri

• Traditional arts now and future

• The splendid performers

• Roudtable Discussion

• Gagaku instruments

• Traditional arts by region

1. └ Fukui
2. └ Mie
3. └ Shiga
4. └ Kyoto
5. └ Osaka
6. └ Hyogo
7. └ Nara
8. └ Wakayama
9. └ Tokushima

• Theater lineup

Intercultural Exchange

• Intercultural Exchange [Top]

• Keynote interview

• Visiting Kansai monuments

1. └ WAKAYAMA Prefecture2
2. └ HYOGO Prefecture2
3. └ OSAKA Prefecture2
4. └ KYOTO Prefecture2
5. └ SHIGA Prefecture3
6. └ SHIGA Prefecture2
7. └ FUKUI Prefecture
8. └ MIE Prefecture
9. └ SHIGA Prefecture1
10. └ KYOTO Prefecture
11. └ OSAKA Prefecture
12. └ HYOGO Prefecture
13. └ NARA Prefecture
14. └ WAKAYAMA Prefecture
15. └ TOKUSHIMA Prefecture

• Bonding through sports

• Cosmopolitan report

1. └ Kanita Matsuo×Timothy D. Kern
2. └ Diane Orrett
3. └ Ernst F. Seiler
4. └ Ma Shu Mao
5. └ Peter Golightly
6. └ Duncan Hamilton
7. └ Black Cheese (Tim and Markus)
8. └ Abi Vaziri
9. └ Riza Alkoc
10. └ Richard Luke
11. └ John Einarsen

• Awards from Kansai

• The base of intercultural exchange

Artisans

• Artisans [Top]

• Kansai craftsmanship

• Artisans highlighting tradition

1. └ Myochin, Munmichi
2. └ Saji, Takeshi
3. └ Ogawa, Mitsuo
4. └ Harada, Takashi
5. └ Masuda, Kazuko
6. └ Kageyama, Yasuteru
7. └ Kabuku, Hiroyoshi
8. └ Inoue, Hikaru

• Roundtable Discussion

• Artisans exploring new horizons

1. └ Nagashima, Yoshiyuki
2. └ Tsubota, Nobuyoshi
3. └ Yasui, Setsuko
4. └ Nakamura, Katsuhiro
5. └ Namura, Takao
6. └ Nigi, Yoshihisa

• Experience of artisans

Hands to nurture, to inherit

• Hands to nurture, to inherit [Top]

• Interview "Kansai Culture"

• A three-men talk

• Hands to nurture, to inherit (1)

1. └ Women Divers
2. └ Mountain Priests
3. └ Reservoirs - Sakai
4. └ Sakai Cutlery
5. └ Ise Dailkagura
6. └ Thatched Roof Artisans
7. └ Kochi Red Turnip Making
8. └ Life in Kabata
9. └ White Leather Manufacturing
10. └ Kushimoto Table Coral Colony
11. └ Marsh of Reeds - Shiga

• Hands to nurture, to inherit (2)

1. └ Acheilognathus Longipinnis
2. └ Japanese Serow
3. └ Awa Wooden Doll
4. └ Iga Braided Cord
5. └ Asahi-yaki Pottery
6. └ Japanese Candles
7. └ Sembon Kinetsuki
8. └ Hirakata Chrysanthemum Dolls
9. └ Children's Kabuki
10. └ Ding-dong Band

World Heritage Archives

• World Heritage Archives [Top]

• Interview

• The Kii Mountain Range

1. └ Yoshino-omine
2. └ Pilgrimage routes
3. └ Kumano-sanzan
4. └ Koyasan

• Ancient Kyoto

1. └ Designated properties (Kyoto)

• Ancient Nara

1. └ Designated properties (Nara)

• Houryuu-ji area

• Himeji-jo

• Nogaku

• Bunraku

• Kabuki

• Facilities performing traditional arts

• Criteria for World Heritage