The application period for the ACCU Group Training Course 2026 has been extended until 30 June 2026.
The theme of this year's training is 'Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites and Artefacts' and will be conducted in a hybrid format combining online and onsite training in Nara, Japan.
The programme provides an excellent opportunity for young heritage professionals from the Asia-Pacific region to further their understanding about archaeological site investigation methods, artefact documentation techniques, and approaces to utilisation and management of archaeological heritage.
Training Schedule:
20 August (Thu) – 10 September (Thu) 2026 (online)
25 September (Fri) – 8 October (Thu) 2026 (onsite)
For more information on the course and application process, please see application guidelines.
Application Deadline: 30 June (Tue) 2026
Application guidelines: Click here
ACCU Nara is pleased to announce the annual group training course for young professionals involved in cultural heritage protection in the Asia-Pacific countries.
The focus of this year's training is Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites and Artefacts.
The course provides opportunity to advance knowledge and enhance expertise in archaeological work from survey, excavation and documentation to interpretation, management and use of archaeological sites and artefacts based on Japanese examples.
Dates and Method
20 August - 10 September (Online)
25 September - 8 October (On-site)
*For more information on the training outline and application process, please see application guidelines.
Apply before 14 June 2026 (Sun)
Application guidelines: Click here
ACCU Nara's publications of the FY2025 are posted on the website.
ACCU training reports, the latest report by the International Correspondent etc. can be available.
Please click on the titles.
¡ ACCU Training Courses on Cultural Heritage Protection in the Asia-Pacific Region 2025
¡ International Conference 2025
¡ Case Study Reports of Group Training Course 2025 (English)
New video materials have been uploaded to the "Learning Materials" on the ACCU website.
The uploaded videos are lecture videos on environment control and photography techniques for cultural properties.
Please check it!
Video Titles
[English version: 1 titles]
- Environment Control for Storage and Exhibition of Artefacts
[Indonesian subtitled version: 3 titles]
- [Indonesian] Basic Knowledge of Cultural Properties Photography
- [Indonesian] Mechanism and Types of Camera
- [Indonesian] Mechanism of How Images are Captured by Camera
At ACCU Nara, we develop new international cooperation projects every year based on the needs and requests of past training participants.
This year, in response to requests from past participants from the Republic of Palau, we conducted a field survey on the current challenges surrounding cultural heritage protection in the country. Palau, a Pacific paradise with a population of approximately 18,000, preserves not only mixed heritage sites such as the UNESCO World Heritage "Rock Islands Southern Lagoon" but also a rich variety of cultural heritage. The islands are home to many stone cultural properties known as gstone facesh as well as traditional wooden structures called "Bai".
During this visit, ACCU met with Minister Ngiraibelas Tmetuchl of the Ministry of Human Resources, Culture, Tourism and Development to exchange views on how the islandfs tourism resources—including cultural heritage, natural heritage, and war-related heritage—can be managed in the future, as well as on the need for digital documentation to preserve and promote these heritage assets. We plan to design future training programs that can contribute to addressing these two issues.
ACCU also visited the Embassy of Japan in Palau and met with Ambassador Kasahara, who kindly shared many valuable insights. In addition, we visited the JICA Palau Office, where we received information and exchanged opinions on the progress of JICAfs new gTourism Project,h which focuses on the war heritage remaining on the islands.
Updates on the projects to be launched this year will be reported on our website in due course. We warmly welcome further training proposals from former ACCU trainees as well.
This visit has also been featured on the website of the Embassy of Japan in Palau.
Click Here
The FY2025 ACCU Nara International Correspondent, "Heritage Conservation in the Asia-Pacific: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities," was held on 22 January, 2026.
Mr. Jethro Tulupul STALEN from Papua New Guinea presentated gPreliminary Study on Effects on Heritage Collections due to lack of disaster and hazard policy frameworks for heritage collections in Papua New Guinea: A case study on Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery & Kokopo Museum.h
Dr. Matthew SCHMIDT from New Zealand presented gTe Papa Atawhai/Dept. of Conservation Southern South Is. New Zealand - Heritage Conservation Projects 2025-2026.h
Ms. Rohayah binti CHE AMAT from Malaysia presented
gFrom Research to Public Memory: Protecting Sydney Lake Garden as Cultural Landscape.h
Dr. Suresh Suras SHRESTHA from Nepal presented gCultural Heritage Rehabilitation: EXPERIENCES and ACHIEVEMENTS.h
Ms. Tatyana TRUDOLYUBOVA from Uzbekistan presented gUzbekistan's types and approaches to cultural heritage documentation.h
Abstracts submitted by the Correspondents will be available on the ACCU Nara website in both English and Japanese at a later date.
The 2025 ACCU Nara Cultural Heritage Seminar, "The Significance of Asuka-Fujiwara becoming a World Heritage Site," was held on 17 January, 2026.
Dr. SUZUKI Chihei, Specialist for Cultural Properties, Agency for Cultural Affairs, was invited to lecture about the historical background and value of gAsuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological sites of Japanfs Ancient Capitals and Related Properties," which is currently nominated for inscription on the World Heritage List. Dr. SUZUKI also talked about the World Heritage system and inscription process. There was also a question and answer session, making the seminar engaging and meaningful.
Many people attended the event, and ACCU Nara would like to thank all those who came.
On Thursday, 21 November, a World Heritage Class was held for first-year students at Nara Prefecture Takada Senior High School.
We invited "World Heritage enthusiast," Ms Kubo Michiyo, to lecture about the World Heritage system. Though the class was held online with the lecture live-streamed to each classroom, students were able to enjoy learning about the topic by participating in quizzes and discussions.
We are pleased to announce that the International Conference, Conservation and Interpretation of Archaeological Sites and Authenticity: Approaches to 'Reconstruction' through Asia's Diverse Practices and Rationales, will be held from 17-18 December 2025, both on-site and online.
Participation is free of charge, but pre-registration is required.
We warmly invite anyone interested to take this opportunity to join us.
▶ Click here for the Registration Form
Please refer to the details below and the flyer for information about the conference and how to register.
Click here for the flyer
yOverviewz
Dates: 17-18 December 2025
Venue: Nara Prefectural Convention Center / Online
Capacity: 20 participants per day on-site
*Please make sure that you can receive emails from gentryinfo@event.nara.jph, as a confirmation email will be sent from this address.
*On-site participation will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
*Pre-registration is required for both on-site and online participants.
yRegistration Deadlinez
On-site: Sunday, 14 December 2025
Online: Open until the day of the conference
yHow to Registerz
Please register using the dedicated linked above.
The onsite programmemememe of the 2025 Group Training Course was conducted over approximately two weeks, from 19 September to 2 October.
Thirteen participants from ten countries were invited to Nara to learn about the Management and Conservation of Wooden Built Heritage. The programme focused on sharing knowledge and techniques related to the conservation and repair of Japanfs traditional wooden architecture.
In the first half of the training, participants engaged in practical training at sites within Nara Prefecture, including Tōdai-ji Temple, Tanzan-Jinja Shrine, O-Jinja Shrine, and the Nara Prefecture Historical and Artistic Culture Complex. During the practical training, participants were tasked with developing a restoration plan for a wooden structure.
In the latter half, the participants visited Kiso-Hirasawa and Narai-juku in Nagano Prefecture, as well as Shirakawa-go in Gifu Prefecture, where they studied examples of restoration and preservation in traditional townscapes, as well as the challenges faced in those regions.
Throughout the programme, the participants demonstrated a high level of enthusiasm, actively engaging in discussions and posing insightful questions to the lecturers.
Participants are expected to share the knowledge and skills newly acquired in Japan to utilise it to further cultural heritage conservation in their respective countries.
On Thursday, 25 September, World Heritage Class was held for 80 first-year students from two classes at Nara Municipal Ichijo High School Affiliated Junior High School.
Mr Sōma Harada from the Shōsōin Office was invited as the lecturer.
He delivered a talk on the history of Tōdai-ji Temple and an overview of its cultural properties.
Although the session was only 45 minutes long, the content was easy to understand and the stundents enjoyed participating the class.
On Thursday, 11 September, a World Heritage Class was held at Nara High School of Business and Technology for 40 first-year students.
We invited freelance announcer and gWorld Heritage enthusiasth, Ms Kubo Michiyo, to lecture about the World Heritage system.
The school is located close to the World Heritage site, Yakushiji Temple and Toshodaiji Temple.
All the students actively engaged in the class, giving presentations on what they had researched during the class.
On Monday, 8 September, a World Heritage Class was held at Horyuji Kokusai High School for 38 third-year students.
We invited freelance announcer and gWorld Heritage enthusiasth, Ms Kubo Michiyo, to lecture about the World Heritage system.
The school is located close to the World Heritage site, Horyuji Temple, and has hosted World Heritage Class for 21 years.
The students enjoyed quizzes and were able to gain a deeper understanding of the challenges facing World Heritage Sites, such as overtourism and World Heritage in Danger.
On Friday, 4 July, a World Heritage Class was held at the Nara Prefectural University High School for 23 students.
We invited freelance announcer and hWorld Heritage enthusiasth, Ms Kubo Michiyo, to lecture about the World Heritage system.
Since the students will be taking the Test of World Heritage Study a week later, the lecture included mock examination questions.
Even though the lecture was held after school, all the students were enthusiastic and actively engaged in the 90-minute lecture.
On Saturday, 14 June, a World Heritage Class was held at the Nara Girls' High School for 23 students.
We invited freelance announcer and hWorld Heritage enthusiasth, Ms Kubo Michiyo, to lecture about the establishment of the World Heritage system.
It was the first lecture at this school, and before the lecture, first-year students gave group presentations on "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (Great Buddha of Todaiji Temple) and the SDGs" and exchanged opinions with the lecturer.
The students interest in World Heritage Sites and active engagement in the lecture was very impressive.
The application deadline for the ACCU Group Training Course 2025 "Conservation and Management of Wooden Built Heritage" has been extended to 22 June 2025.
The course this year will be a hybrid of online and onsite lectures and practical training, and aims to advance knowledge and enhance expertise of young professionals in the Asia-Pacific region. Participants will learn wooden architecture survey and restoration techniques, as well as about the interpretation, management and use of heritage buildings through case studies of Japanese wooden architecture.
Date and Method:
25 August - 5 September (Online)
19 September - 2 October (On-site)
For more information on the course contents and application process, please see application guidelines.
Application deadline (revised): 22 June 2025 (Sun.)
Application guidelines: click here
ACCU Nara is pleased to announce the annual group training course for young professionals involved in cultural heritage protection in the Asia-Pacific countries. The focus of this year's training is Conservation and Management of Wooden Built Heritage.
The course provides opportunity to advance knowledge and enhance expertise in architectural work from survey, restoration and documentation to interpretation, management and use of heritage buildings based on Japanese examples.
[Dates and Method]
25 August - 9 September (Online)
19 September - 2 October (On-site)
For more information on the training outline and application process, please see application guidelines.
Apply before 15 June 2025 (Sun)
Application guidelines: click here
New video materials have been uploaded to the "Learning Materials" on the ACCU website.
The uploaded videos are lecture videos on cultural properties photography techniques.
Please check it!
Video Titles
[English subtitled version: 4 titles]
- Mechanism of How Images are Captured by Camera(2020)
- Camera Settings for Cultural Properties Photography(2020)
- Understanding a Histogram(2020)
- Photography Techniques for Archaeological Sites(2020)
[Lao subtitled version: 9 titles]
- [Lao]Basic Knowledge of Cultural Properties Photography
- [Lao]Mechanism and Types of Camera
- [Lao]Three Vital Elements of Photography
- [Lao]Camera Settings for Cultural Properties Photography
- [Lao]Understanding a Histogram
- [Lao]Basic Lighting Setups]
- [Lao]How to Build a Photography Set for 3D Objects
- [Lao]Photography Techniques for 3D Objects
- [Lao]Photography Techniques for Flat Objects
ACCU Nara's publications in 2024 are posted on the website.
ACCU training reports, the latest report by the International Correspondent etc can be read.
Please click on the titles.
¡ ACCU Training Courses on Cultural Heritage Protection in the Asia-Pacific Region 2024
¡ International Conference 2024
¡ ACCU Nara International Correspondent Vol.30 (Japanese)
¡ ACCU Nara International Correspondent 2024 (English)
¡ Case Study Reports of Group Training Course 2024 (English)
¡ Cultural Heritage News No.37 (Japanese)
¡ ACCU Nara Office Brochure
The regular reports of the International Correspondents are now available on the official ACCU Nara YouTube channel.
This year, the International Correspondents changed its style from published documents to online presentations.
The 8 presentations of this year on current initiatives and challenges on cultural heritage protection in their respective countries can be viewed below.
(All presentations are in English)
¡ International Correspondents 2024 Regular Report
(Click to go to YouTube).
- Bhutan (Dorji) *GTC2023
- Iran (Atefeh Amraei) *GTC2023
- Malaysia (Rohayah Che Amat) *GTC2023
- Nepal (Suresh Suras Shrestha) *GTC2009
- New Zealand (Matthew Schmidt) *GTC2008
- Papua New Guinea (Jethro Tulupul Stalen) *TTC2017
- Philippines (Donking Obdin Roque) *GTC2023
- Uzbekistan (Tatyana Trudolyubova) *GTC2022
*GTC: Group Training Course Participant
*TTC: Thematic Training Course Participant
Every year, the ACCU Nara organizes an international training course on cultural heritage protection for countries in the Asia-Pacific region, with many experts from Uzbekistan having participated in the course previously.
This time, the ACCU Nara Office Director Morimoto and two experts visited Uzbekistan from 3-8 February to gather information on the current situation and challenges to cultural heritage protection in Uzbekistan and to see what kind of cooperation could be provided.
They visited many cultural heritage research institutions and museums in Samarkand and Tashkent, including the International Institute for Central Asian Studies (IICAS), the Samarkand Institute of Archaeology, Agency of Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and the Uzbek-Japanese Youth Innovation Centre (UJICY). They received a warm welcome and were able to meet several past trainees.
During discussions at the various institutions concerned, we were able to reaffirm the good relations existing between the two countries.
These visits were introduced on the IICAS and the UJICY websites.
To IICAS website@
To UJICY website
The World Heritage Classroom seminar was held at the Nara Prefecture Commercial and Technical High School on 31 January (Tuesday) and 4 February (Tuesday) for nine second-year students. The students requested the seminars in preparation for next year's Student Commercial Research Presentation Competition, where they will present their research on Asuka and Fujiwara. The request was to hold a presentation on the challenges to tourism at the Asuka and Fujiwara sites, as they are aiming to be registered as World Heritage Sites.
Ms Kayoko Wakiya, Deputy Director of ACCU Nara's Programme Operation Department, and Ms Michiyo Kubo, a freelance presenter and traveller with an interest in World Heritage, were the lecturers for the first and second sessions, respectively. They spoke about the historical background of Asuka and Fujiwara, their appeal as cultural heritage sites, and the introduction of World Heritage tourism overseas.
Both sessions lasted two hours, but the interaction between the lecturers and the students made the time fly by and was very meaningful.
The ACCU Cultural Heritage Seminar 2024, eThe Ancient Glass Road: Asuka's East-West Trade Deciphered from the Latest Scientific Analysis' was held on Saturday, 18 January, at the Nara Park Bus Terminal Lecture Hall.
After an opening address by MORIMOTO Susumu, Director of the ACCU Nara, MORII Masayuki, Director of the World Heritage Office, Nara Prefectural Government, spoke of the efforts to register the Asuka and Fujiwara Palace Sites, potentially the fourth site in Nara Prefecture, as a World Heritage Site.
For the main lecture, TAMURA Tomomi of the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, was invited to discuss the trade routes from the continent to Japan and Nara as revealed through the scientific analysis of ancient glass beads, TAMURA's specialty.
Many people attended the event.
Thank you very much.
ACCU Nara International Conference "World Cultural Heritage and Authenticity" will be held on 18 and 19 December 2024 at On-site venue and Online.
The Conference is open to registered observers.
Attendance is free of charge and interested persons are encouraged to apply.
[Registration deadline] @15 December 2024 (Sun)
[How to apply]
Please apply via the application form.
▶@Click here for the application form.
For the conference details, please see below.
Click here for the event poster.
[Date] 18 and 19 December 2024
[Venue] Nara Convention Centre, Nara, Japan
[Seat capacity] 30 persons per day
(No limit for Online simultaneous distribution)
*Onsite registation: On a first-come, first-served basis; The
deadline will be closed once the number of onsite observers has been reached.
*Registration is required for both on-site and online participation.
On Friday, November 8th, a World Heritage Class was held for 33 second-year students from the Nara Prefectural Nara High School of Business and Technology.
The lecturer was Michiyo Kubo, a freelance presenter and traveller with an interest in World Heritage.
In the first half, her lecture was on various World Heritage Sites. In the second half, the students presented the results of group discussions about issues and solutions facing Mont Saint-Michel, a World Heritage Site in France.
Within a limited time, the prior learning helped all the students to participate in the discussions and come up with various ideas, providing a good opportunity to think about the challenges facing World Heritage Sites from multiple perspectives.
A six-day cultural heritage workshop was held in Ho Chi Minh City and Cat Tien, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam, from 21-26 October.
This year, the workshop was jointly organised with the Southern Institute of Social Sciences in Vietnam,
with the theme of g3D Documentation and Management of Archaeological Sites and Artefactsh,
and practical training in photogrametory using SfM-MVS was conducted at the Cat Tien Archaeological Site and Archaeological Museum.
The lecturers dispatched from Japan were Dr. Hiroshi Yamaguchi from the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
and Ms Tomomi Suzuki from the Museum of the Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture,
who explained not only documentation techiniques by photogrammetry, but also the advantages and disadvantages of 3D documentation, and how 3D data is utilised in Japan.
Fifteen participants from the Southern Institute of Social Sciences in Vietnam
and experts belonging to various historical museums across Vietnam were actively engaged in 3D documentation practices and data analysis.
We hope that the skills and knowledge gained through the workshop will be developed by them in the future.
Finally, we would like to thank the Consulate-General of Japan in Ho Chi Minh City,
the Southern Institute of Social Sciences in Vietnam, the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties,
the Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, and Nara Prefecture for their cooperation in organising this workshop.
On Tuesday, October 15th, a World Heritage Class was heldfor 11 first-year grade students from the Nara Prefectural University Senior High School.
The lecturer was Michiyo Kubo, a freelance presenter and traveller with an interest in World Heritage.
Her lecture was about World Heritage Sites, including those on Okinawa, where the students will be travelling for a study trip next spring.
The class was held after school for students who wanted to attend.
It was a great opportunity for each student to deepen their understanding of the historical background of World Heritage sites and the importance/issues of their conservation.
On Thursday, September 12th, a World Heritage Class was held for 39 first-year grade students from the Nara Prefectural Nara High School of Business and Technology.
The lecturer was Michiyo Kubo, a freelance presenter and traveller with an interest in World Heritage. Her lecture was about various World Heritage Sites.
Thanks to the opportunity of advance learning prior to this class, the students participated with great interest, and it was impressive to see them actively communicating with the lecturer.
On Tuesday, September 3rd, we held a World Heritage Class for 37 third-year students from the Nara Prefectural Horyuji Kokusai High School.
Michiyo Kubo, is a freelance presenter and traveller with an interest in World Heritage. Her lecture was about various World Heritage sites.
The high school is located near Horyuji Temple (it can be seen from the school windows), so this was a great opportunity for the students to broaden their knowledge and learn about various World Heritage sites.
eGroup Training Course 2024f was held from 26 August to 4 October.
15 Participants from 15 countries in the Asia-Pacific region participated in the training. This year they learnt about excavation methods at archaeological sites in Nara Prefecture and how to conserve and utilise artefacts at the Nara National Reseach Institute for Cultural Properties and Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, Nara Prefecture under the theme of eConservation and Management of Archaeological Sites and Artefactsf.
They also visited the national historic site of Yoshinogari in Saga Prefecture, the World Heritage Site of Yoshinogari, the World Heritage Site "Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region" in Fukuoka Prefecture, and the Kyushu National Museum, where they learnt about issues and management after World Heritage inscription, the maintenance of excavated archaeological sites and their role in museums.
The participants were always actively thinking about how they could apply this knowledge in their own countries. We hope that they will continue to use the knowledge gained from this training for the protection of cultural heritage in their own countries.
Only one week left until the application deadline for the "Training for the Protection of Cultural Heritage 2024 (Group Training)"!
This year's training course is focused on archaeology and will be presented in a hybrid format of online and on-site training.
This is a unique opportunity to learn about archaeological survey and recording methods and the preservation and utilization of archaeological sites in Japan, particularly Nara. So, if you are interested in participating, please apply.
Training dates:
August 26th - September 10th, 2024 (online)
September 20th - October 4th, 2024 (on-site)
For details on the training outline and application, please check the special page and event guidelines.
Application deadline: Sunday, June 16th, 2024
Group training special page: Click here
ACCU Nara is thrilled to announce the annual group training course for young professionals involved in cultural heritage protection in the Asia-Pacific countries. The focus of this year's training is Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites and Artefacts.
The course provides opportunity to advance knowledge and enhance expertise in archaeological work from survey, excavation and documentation to interpretation, management and use of archaeological sites and artefacts based on Japanese examples.
Dates and Method:
26 August - 10 September (Online part)
20 September - 4 October (On-site part)
For more information on the training outline and application process, please see the course announcement page and application guidelines.
Application deadline: 16 June 2024 (Sunday)
Application guidelines: click here
New video materials have been uploaded to the "Learning Materials" of ACCU website.
Please take a look if you are interested.
¡Cultural Heritage Protection Sysytem in Japan
¡Outline of the Current Legal Framework for the Restoration of Cultural Properties in Japan
¡Townscape to Pass on to the Future
*All materials are in English.
"Learning materials" >> Click here
The Group Training Course 2023 held on September 2023 was featured on TV.
15 participants from 14 countries of Asia-Pacific Region visited Japan and learned about conservation and management of Japanese wooden built heritage.
The practical training at Jibutsu-do in Todaiji Temple and the process of learning conservation techniques at the Nara Prefecture Historical and Artistic Culture Complex where covered by Kansai Television and broadcasted on News.
The news can be watched on YouTube.
Please click below.
Video Play (YouTube) ▶
*News language is Japanese.
On 13 January (Sat), a cultural heritage seminar entitled 'A Turning Point in Time and Culture – from Dynamic Asuka to Sophisticated Nara' was held in Kashihara Cultural Hall in Nara Prefecture. The seminar was led by Dr. Hajime Baba of the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, who gave a talk about the changes in the culture and historical background formed between the Asuka and Nara periods from an archaeological perspective.
In the first part of the seminar, Mr Daisuke Mochida of the Nara Prefectural Government spoke about the progress and efforts to register the Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological Sites of Japanfs Ancient Capitals and Related Properties—as the prefecture's fourth World Heritage Site.
Thanks again to those who participated.
Video recordings of the International Symposium 'Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region—Current State and Issues (III): Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness for Resilience Building', held at the Nara Prefectural Convention Center on 13 and 14 December 2023 are now available on the ACCU Nara official channel on YouTube.
It is possible to choose between the original audio (Japanese/English), Japanese audio and English audio.
Click on the banner on the top page, and select your language to watch the video.
Transmission period: 19 Jan (Fri), 2024 ~
On 13 and 14 December, the ACCU International Symposium 2023 ""Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region - Current State and Issues (3): Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness for Resilience Building"" was held at the Nara Prefectural Convention Centre.
This year marked the third and concluding year of the series of symposiums held under the topic DRM for cultural heritage, which has been ongoing since 2021. After two years of online conferences, this year's symposium was held on-site in Nara and brought together the leading heritage professionals from Japan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal and ICCROM to discuss the current approaches and share experiences on how heritage can be better protected from disasters while also contributing to the resilience of societies.
On 15 December the panellists visited the Imai-cho Preservation District in Kashihara city and learned about the townscape preservation initiatives, including the disaster risk reduction efforts involving the local communities.
In the afternoon, symposium participants observed the Nara Prefecture Historical and Artistic Culture Complex.
Guided tour by the curators provided a unique opportunity to get very close to and examine the extraordinarily detailed conservation techniques of cultural properties.
ACCU Nara would like to thank all panellists, as well as the guest speakers and observers for joining the sessions and for valuable contributions that enriched the discussions on disaster mitigation for heritage and communities.
ACCU International Symposium "Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage
in Asia-Pacific Region - Current State and Issues (3): Disaster Mitigation
and Preparedness for Resilience Building" will be held on 13 (Wed) and 14
(Thu) December 2023.
The symposium is open to a limited number of pre-registered observers.
Attendance is free of charge and interested persons are encouraged to apply
early.
For the event outline and poster, please see below.
Click here for the event poster.
[Date] 13 (Wed) and 14 (Thu) December 2023
[Venue] Nara Convention Centre, Nara, Japan.
[Seat capacity] 40 persons (on a first-come, first-served basis; The
deadline will be closed once the number of observers has been reached).
ŠAfter the Symposium, a video recording of the event will be available for
a limited time on the ACCU Nara official channel on YouTube. The information
about the streaming will be posted on the website at a later date.
[Registration deadline] 10 December 2023 (Sunday)
[How to apply]
Please send your application to the following email address, stating
(1)your name, (2)country, (3)affiliation and (4) the date you wish to attend the symposium
and indicate gRegistration for ACCU International Symposium 2023h in the
subject line.
Email address: naraaccu.or.jp (Please change to @)
A six-day Cultural Heritage Workshop on Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage was held in Yogyakarta, Republic of Indonesia, from 16-21 October.
Eighteen cultural heritage specialists from different regions of Indonesia and affiliated with relevant Indonesian Government agencies gathered in Yogyakarta to gain a new understanding of the cultural heritage attributes and values and define the hazards and their potential impact on each surveyed area. They then discussed the disaster mitigation plans and strategies.
Indonesia lies on the Ring of Fire and is one of the most disaster-prone areas in the world. This calls for strengthened preparedness to protect heritage from earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and resulting fires. The participants, who came from all over the country, are expected to play an active role in managing disaster risks for cultural heritage in their respective regions with the knowledge they acquired during this workshop.
Yogyakarta just a couple of weeks ago became a world heritage for being an exceptional testimony to Javanese civilization and culture.
From 10 August to 21 September, 15 young heritage professionals from 14 countries of the Asia-Pacific region attended the intensive training course in Conservation and Management of Wooden built heritage, held online and on-site in Nara. After three years of hiatus, ACCU hosted the participants in Nara to share the knowledge and characteristics of architectural preservation in Japan for both - individual wooden structures and historical districts.
It was an incredible journey from classroom discussions to on-site work sessions and study tours across the country. Participants worked individually and in groups to survey the wooden structures for damage, formulated repair plans, experienced the use of traditional carpentry tools, learned diverse cultural expressions in architectural preservation and created bonds that we hope will never break.
ACCU is grateful to all participants for their hard work and remarkable performance during the training period. We believe that they can draw lessons from Japan's experiences in order to advance the protection and preservation of the wooden built heritage in their home countries.
Ms Michiyo Kubo, World Heritage enthusiast conducted the lecture of the World Heritage separately in two classrooms for total of 80 students in the second grade of the junior high school. These students interacted with Ms Michiyo Kubo during each short 45 minute-lecture and they were fulfilling meeting.
Ms. Michiyo Kubo, World Heritage enthusiast gave a talk to students from five classes in second grade of the general course. Though we hadn't held the lecture in front of many students due to Covid-19 since 2020, we opened the lecture in the school's gymnasium for the first time in four years.
The application period for ACCU Nara Group Training Course 2023-Conservation and Management of Wooden Built Heritage- has been extended until 18 June (Sunday).
After three years of online-only activities, this year's programme will combine both online lectures and on-site training in Nara, Japan.
(For more details, please see the General Information).
To apply, please access the URL below, check the details on eligibility and requirements, fill in the online application form and submit together with the required documents.
[URL-Call for Applications].
Click Here
* All documents must be submitted in English
* Please make sure to check the applicant eligibility before submitting your documents
ACCU Nara is announcing the annual group training course for young professionals involved in cultural heritage protection in the Asia-Pacific countries. The Focus of this year's training is Conservation and Management of Wooden Built Heritage. For the first time since 2020, when due to the spread of Covid-19, all our programmes were conducted online, this year's training will include both online and on-site (Nara, Japan) programmes (please refer to the General Information and Curriculum).
Application period: 10 April - 4 June
Those interested are invited to check the application requirements and eligibility and apply through the course announcement page.
yCourse Announcementz
Click here
For any inquiries, please contact:
Cultural Heritage Protection Cooperation Office,
Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU Nara)
TEL: +81-743-69-5010; E-mail: nara@accu.or.jp
ACCU Nara's publications in 2022 are posted on its websites.
You can read the ACCU training reports, the latest issues of the International Correspondent and etc.
Please click on the titles you might find interesting below, you can visit those publications.
- ACCU Training Courses on Cultural Heritage Protection in the Asia-Pacific Region 2022
- International Workshop 2022
- ACCU Nara International Correspondent Vol.26 (Japanese)
- ACCU Nara International Correspondent Vol.27 (Japanese)
- ACCU Nara International Correspondent Vol.28 (English)
- ACCU Nara International Correspondent Vol.29 (English)
- Cultural Heritage News No.35 (Japanese)
- ACCU Nara pamphlet
New video contents have been uploaded to the "Learning Materials" Section of ACCU website.
Please take a look if you are interested.
[Vietnamese] Excavation Survey Method for Archaeological Sites III - 3D Documentation- Part 1-3
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[Part 2] Play▶
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English version is also available for viewing.
For English version click here.
Cultural Heritage Seminar -The Takamatsuzuka Tomb and Cultural Exchanges in East Asia: from the forefront of research- was held at Nara Prefecture Historical and Artistic Cultura Complex on 29 January, 2023.
Last year's seminar was held only online due to the spread of the Covid-19, although this year we hosted the event on-site.
Dr HIROSE Satoru, Nara National Reaserch Institute for Cultural Properties, lectured on the latest study of archaeological aspect of Takamatsuzuka Tomb, which is famous for its murals.
We would like to thank the many people who attended the venue.
A second lecture on World Heritage was held at Nara Prefectural University Senior High School on February 1. The first lecture was held for the students and their parents who also desired to attend the session. The second one was for the first-grade students of the Inquiry-Based Research Course. The lecture was set up in the classroom and transmitted to the students through Zoom. Ms Michiyo Kubo, a World Heritage enthusiast, introduced the origins of the World Heritage Convention and talked about the attractiveness of the World Heritage Sites in Hokkaido which the students are planning to visit as their study tour. Facilitated by the representative students, the session was very meaningful, with a lot of questions and opinion exchanges.
International Symposium 2022: "Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region -Current State and Issues (2): Post-Disaster Recovery and Resilience-Building Case Studies-" was held online at Nara Prefectural Convention Center on 21-22 December 2022.
The symposium is a three-year project. This second year, we discussed the case studies and the issues of post-disaster recovery introduced by professionals from Bhutan, China, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Australia and Japan.
A lot of observers from Japan and overseas participated in the symposium and we appreciated their attendance.
The online training course for cultural heritage protection was held between 10-25 November 2022 (Thematic Training Course, Viet Nam). The theme was 3D Documentation Methods for Archaeological Sites. Ten cultural heritage professionals from the Center for Archaeology, Southern Institute of Social Sciences (SISS); Kien Giang Provincial Museum; Lam Dong Provincial Museum; Hue Monuments Conservation Centre; and History Museum in Hochiminh City participated in the discussions and exchanged information on various topics related to implementation and use of digital technologies in archaeology. Through the practical work and interactive sessions, course participants learned 3D measurement and recording principles and methods under the technical guidance of the lecturers.
International Symposium 2022, eDisaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region—Current State and Issues (II): Post-Disaster Recovery and Resilience-Building Case Studies', will be held on 21-22 December 2022. Disaster risk management for cultural heritage is a three-year project of the ACCU International Workshop. This year's symposium will focus on post-disaster recovery and reconstruction and will provide an opportunity to share experiences and analyse the issues of post-disaster recovery in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as to discuss how to mitigate the risk and limit the damage to cultural heritage during peacetime.
The participation fee is free, however, pre-registration is required. Please find the attached flyer for the general information and registration.
yACCU International Symposium Flyerz
Outline
Date: 21 December 2022 and 22 December 2022 | 15:00-18:00 JST
Attendance: Hosted online with limited number of on-site attendance.
- online: no limit
- on-site: limited to 30 (first-come-first-served basis).
Venue: Nara Prefectural Convention Center at Nara City, Nara Prefecture
Registration closing date: Wednesday, 14 December 2022
Inquiry: uchida@simul.co.jp
Registration
Please access the link below and fill in the application form:
yApplication formz
A lecture on World Heritage was held at Nara Prefectural University Senior High School for on October 28. Total of seventeen first-grade students of Inquiry-Based Research Course and their parents participated in the lecture. Ms. Michiyo Kubo, a World Heritage enthusiast, introduced the attractiveness of various World Heritage sites in Japan and abroad. The possibility of organising a study tour with reference to obtained in formation has also been discussed.
Workshop for fifteen professionals of cultural heritage in the Republic of Kazakhstan on "Digital Tools for Preservation and Display of Museum Objects" was held from October 17th to October 28th. Though it was hosted online, the participants and lecturers actively discussed different methods and tools for 3D documentations on several Zoom sessions. In addition, ACCU Nara operated online live streaming from Gunma Prefectural Museum of History and introduced the actual examples of how to archaeological artefacts the exhibits using digital techniques.
Ms. Michiyo Kubo, a freelance announcer, and a World Heritage enthusiast gave a talk to third-year students of the Tourism Business Department of Nara Suzaku High School in Nara Prefecture. In addition to introducing the attractive points of various World Heritage sites in Japan and abroad, Ms. Kubo also spoke in detail about the existence of heritage sites in danger and the lessons we need to learn from them.
Group Training Course for Young Professionals on Cultural Heritage Protection in the Asia-Pacific Region 2022 focusing on eConservation and Management of Wooden Built Heritagef was held from September 1st to September 30th.
This year as well, the course was hosted online. We tried to adapt to remote learning through video lectures, online meetings and live-stream broadcasts directly from the conservation site. In addition to the case study presentations from each participant and the discussions related to the cases, we made a new trial of the live streaming session from the restoration site, "Kaidando" at Todaiji Temple, Nara.
Discussions and Q&A among the participants and lecturers had been very active, with meaningful outcomes. Several important topics were discussed, such as the issues of protecting the traditional knowledge and skills of conserving wooden structures, problems of obtaining and securing the materials, licencing systems of conservation architects, and challenges of protecting the vernacular houses and town-scapes. In addition, the course addressed issues related to the methods, techniques and strategies of repair and conservation activities in different countries of the Asia-Pacific region.
A lecture on World Heritage was held at Nara High School of Business and Technology on 14 September. Ms Michiyo Kubo, a World Heritage enthusiast, was invited as the lecturer. She spoke in detail not only about the importance of the protection of the World Heritage, but also the attractive points making people want to visit them.
On September 6th, a special lecture on World Heritage was held at Nara Prefectural Horyuji International High School. Ms Michiyo Kubo, a World Heritage enthusiast was invited as the lecturer. She spoke in detail about the appeal of World Heritage sites overseas and discussed the values of the World Heritage sites in Japan, and in Nara Prefecture.
Call for Applications for the Group Training Course on eConservation and Management of Wooden Built Heritagef (Online) has bee extended until the 3rd of JULY (Sunday).
NEW Submission deadline: Sunday, JULY 3
Group Training Course 2022 General Information««
Click Here
Please take a look at the reports (PDF) of ACCU activities in 2021
- ACCU Training Courses on Cultural Heritage Protection in the Asia-Pacific Region 2021
- ACCU Group Training Course 2021
- International Workshop 2021
- Cultural Heritage News No.34
This year, training course on "Conservation and Management of Wooden Built Heritage" will be held online from 1 September to 30 September 2022. The application deadline is 19 June 2022.
Please click the tab below for more details.
General Information
New learning materials have been posted on the ACCU e-Learning sites. The followings are the contents. Please utilize them for your research.
☞Learning Materials
Video materials
EExcavation Survey Method for Archaeological Sites III
@- 3D Documentation - Part1`Part3
EBasic Lighting Setups
EHow to Build a Photography for 3D Objects
EPhotography Techniques 3D Objects
EPhotography Techniques for Flat Objects
EPhotographic Documentation of Heritage Buildings
PDF text materials in Indonesian and Burmese Languages
EBasic Knowledge of Cultural Properties Photography (Worksheet)
EBasic Knowledge of Cultural Properties Photography
ECamera Settings for Cultural Properties Photography
EGuideline for Preservation of Cultural Properties Photography
EHow to Photograph Cultural Properties
EUnderstanding a Histogram
The following regular publications(PDF) of ACCU Nara in FY2022 have been posted on our web-site.
You can see the contents.
-ACCU Nara International Correspondent-
English version: No26, No27
☞No.26 ☞No.27
Japanese version: No24, No25
☞No.24 ☞No.25
-FY 2022 Brochures of ACCU Nara-
☞Click here
We have renewed the homepage of ACCU Nara.
We have updated the "ACCU News", which disseminates the information on the activities of ACCU Nara, and added "Global Heritage News", which aims to carry the information on the conservation of cultural heritage at home and abroad.
The e-Learning page has been also updated with new text materials. Added thumbnail images allow easy view and selection of each material.
We will continue updating learning materials on various subjects. Please check them out freely.
ACCU Nara office has moved to 'Nara Prefecture Historical and Artistic Culture Complex' at Somanouchi, Tenri city. The followings are the new address, TEL and FAX numbers.
Address: 'Nara Prefecture Historical and Artistic Culture Complex', 437-3, Somanouchi-cho, Tenri city, Nara prefecture, 632-0032 Japan.
TEL:+81-743-69-5010
FAX:+81-743-69-5021
ACCU Nara continues to spread the information on our International Training Courses from the new office.
We appreciate your continued support.
This workshop was held online and jointly organised by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan (Bunkacho) and National Institute for Cultural Heritage, Cultural Heritage Disaster Risk Management Center, Japan.
The specialists from Japan, Indonesia, China, Fiji, Nepal, the Philippines, and ICCROM participated in the Workshop and a two-day Symposium. Issues have been raised and further analysed through the exchange of opinions and case studies on emergency responses for cultural heritage in the event of natural disasters. It is hoped that this joint work will serve as a foothold for further initiatives in disaster risk management and resilience building.
A lot of observers from Japan and overseas joined the webinar, and we appreciate their attendance at the symposium.
Cultural heritage practitioners and governmental officers who are involved in Disaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage are eligible to apply to become Observers for ACCU International Symposium2021.
Subject: eDisaster Risk Management for Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region—Current State and Issues (1): Emergency Response Case Studiesf
Please click on eOnline Registrationf to fill in the application form and resister for the symposium.
For more information, please click on the flier image.
The online training course on cultural heritage protection was held on 10-12 November, 2021 (Workshop, Myanmar).
Due to the Covid-19, the training course for the cultural heritage protection was held online as last year.
In this year, the professionals for the cultural heritage in Myanmar participated in the discussions of ePhotographic Documentation of Archaeological Artefacts', and exchanged the opinions with the photographer for cultural heritage in Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Heritage through e-Learning Site of ACCU and Web meeting.
ACCU Nara invited Ms Michiyo Kubo, Freelance Announcer, as the lecturer and held the World Heritage Lecture for twenty first-year high school students. Her talk with the videos and pictures she has taken by herself is intelligible to students and it become one of the attractive point of her lecture. She began with the topic of Dubrovnik, Croatia and expressed the origin and the types of World Heritage, the List of World Heritage in danger, and negative legacy with some quizzes. Lastly, she explained the importance and value of keeping World Heritage while showing UNESCO Constitution.
ACCU Nara held the world heritage lecture for the second grade at Takatori Kokusai High School on 9 November.
ACCU Nara has introduced the outline of World Heritage and World Heritage Convention in the lecture so far. We have also conducted the new theme: the excavation studies and the examples of the conservation and restoration of the architectural cultural heritage of World Heritage Sites in Nara this year.
The lecture at Takatori Kokusai High School was the memorable first time of the theme and it was held as a class of 'History of Asuka era and the area'. ACCU Nara invited Mr Yasutoshi Tsurumi, Senior Researcher, Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, as the lecturer. He explained the history of Asuka and excavation methods with the Asuka Palace Site, the one of Asuka-Fujiwara Archaeological sites of Japan Ancient Capitals and related Properties, which is on the tentative list on World Heritage. He also expressed how you can understand history through historical documents and excavations of archaeological sites with his experiences and various photographs.
Due to the Covid-19, the training course for the cultural heritage protection was held online during 8-21 October, 2021 (Thematic Training Course). The professionals for the cultural heritage protection in Indonesia participated in the discussions: "ePhotographic Documentation of Heritage Buildings". They have exchanged the opinions with the professionals for documentation and photographs in Japan through e-Learning Site of ACCU and Web meeting.
The group training course in 2021 was held online following the one last year due to Covid-19.
The participants from the Asia Pacific region had learned the various case studies in Japan and the world trends related to gInvestigation, Preservation, and Management of Archaeological Sitesh through the ACCU e-Learning site. The participants including the lecturers also discussed and exchanged their opinions on Zoom.
ACCU Nara invited Ms Michiyo Kubo as the lecturer of World Heritage Lecture and held the World Heritage Lecture for the third-year high school students. She introduced the newly inscribed sites in Japan this year :Jomon prehistoric archaeological sites in northern Japan, and Japan's southern islands of Amami Oshima, Tokunoshima and Iriomote, as well as the Yanbaru Region in the north of Okinawa Island.
She also explained the other latest news such as the removal of the Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City in UK from its world heritage list and so on.
She lectured the reason why it is important to protect the world heritage through those cases.
Ms. KUBO Michiyo, a researcher of World Heritage, was invited as the lecturer, and ACCU held the lecture for its first-year students. And it was the first trial of live-streamed online class due to Covid-19. She successfully lectured on World Heritage.
The programme for the Group Training Course on Cultural Heritage Protection 2021 is announced. The application deadline is 20 June 2021, a month from today. We are looking forward to your applications.
ACCU has redesigned the e-Learning page on our website. Educational materials on archaeology, architecture, conservation science, and cultural properties photography can now be readily accessed through keyword searches. All of the texts can be downloaded as PDF files.
In addition, we have also launched the ACCU YouTube Channel which provides video lectures.
We hope that many heritage practitioners will enjoy learning about cultural heritage protection with these ACCU materials.
The training course on eInvestigation, Preservation, and Management of Archaeological Sitesf will be held online from 1 to 30 September 2021. Application deadline is 20 June (Sun) 2021. Please click the title for more details.
We uploaded the training reports on the 'Publications' page. The volume comprises the country reports (case study) and the final reports (training outcome) written by the participants of the ACCU Nara's activities in 2020.
We published the report on the international workshop "Museum and Local Community". The PDF file is available for download on the 'Publications' page.
We published the annual report on ACCU Nara's activities in 2020 (Group Training Course, Thematic Training Course, Regional Workshop, International Workshop). The PDF file is available for download on the 'Publications' page.
ACCU Nara published the International Correspondent "The Twenty-fifth Regular Report." The case study reports of Bangladesh, Cambodia, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Uzbekistan are available online.
ACCU co-organised the online workshop with the Department of Archaeology, Sri Lanka. Twenty participants from the heritage protection sector in Sri Lanka acquired knowledge and techniques on photography for cultural heritage through the lecture videos and interactive session.
ACCU Nara published the International Correspondent "The Twenty-fourth Regular Report." The case study reports of Afghanistan, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, and Sri Lanka are available online.
ACCU Nara, Agency for Cultural Affairs, and Kyoto National Museum jointly organised the international symposium on "Museum and Local Community "on 22 Dec. 2020. The museum experts from 6 Asian countries and Japan discussed the future role of museums for local communities.
It was also a pleasure to have many observers from Japan and overseas. Thank you for your interests and participation.
The seminar on "Historical Value of Asuka-Fujiwara and World Heritage Site" took place in Nara on December 13, 2020. The overview of the World Heritage and the historical value and fascination of "Asuka-Fujiwara" were presented.
ACCU International Symposium on "Museum and Local Community" will take place online. For the details, please click the above "Museum and Local Community".
yDatezDecember 22, 2020(14:00-16:00/Japan time)
yVenuezOnline
yCapacityz80 people
yRegistrationzPlease email to naraaccu.or.jp (Šš) with your name, affiliation, and contact address.
yDeadlinezDec.18, 2020
The World Heritage Lecture was delivered by Ms Ono Ichiko for the first-year students at Gojo High School.
Twenty-two participants from the Department of Culture, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs, Bhutan, have participated in the online course. Through the lecture videos and interactive sessions, the participants acquired and enhanced the knowledge on the approaches to establish a framework of conservation and management for living cultural heritage such as temples to be conducted by monks residing in those institutions and the government.
The World Heritage Lecture was delivered by Ms Ono Ichiko for the first-year students at Takada High School.
The emails from ACCU Nara temporarily go into the spam folder in Gmail and other email servers from the end of September.
We would the partner organisaitons and individuals contacting us via email to confirm the spam folder. Please refer to the attached letter for details.
ACCU Nara organised the Group Training Course 2020 as an online course due to the coronavirus pandemic. The participants from the Asia-Pacific region gained knowledge on "Investigation, Preservation, and Management of Archaeological Sites" on the e-learning page as well as had the online meetings to exchange opinions with the lecturers and fellow participants.
The World Heritage Lecture was delivered by Ms Kubo Michiyo for the third-year students at Horyuji-Kokusai High School.
The World Heritage Lecture was delivered by Ms Kubo Michiyo for first-year students at Nishinokyo High School.
Due to the spread of COVID-19 across the world, we decided to change the Group Training Course on Cultural Heritage Protection to an gonlineh course. Please click the title for more details. Deadline for application is 1st July.
We revised the General Information on the Group Training Course for Young Professionals on Cultural Heritage Protection. Please click the title for more details.
The training course on eInvestigation, Preservation, and Management of Archaeological Sitesf will be held in Nara, Japan, from 2 September to 1 October 2020. Application deadline is 14 June (Sun) 2020. Please click the title for more details.
We published the report on ACCU International Workshop 2019 "Community-centred Approaches to Management of Cultural Heritage". The PDF file is available for download on the 'Publications' page.
We published the annual report on ACCU Nara's activities in 2019 (Group Training Course, Thematic Training Course, Regional Workshop, International Workshop). The PDF file is available for download on the "Publications" page.
The training reports of ACCU Nara's activities in 2019 (Group Training Course, Thematic Training Course, Regional Workshop) are uploaded on our website. The volume comprises the country reports (case study) and the final reports (training outcome) written by the participants.
ACCU Nara published the International Correspondent "The Twenty-third Regular Report". The case study reports of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Zealand, Philippines and Sri Lanka are available online.
ACCU Nara published the International Correspondent "The Twenty-second Regular Report". The case study reports of Afghanistan, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Kyrgyz, Nepal, Solomon Islands, and Tonga are available online.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 36 of first-year students at Nishinokyo High School.
The world heritage lecture was held at Seisho Hiigh School on 19th July and 38 first-grade students attended the class.
The world heritage quiz updating the latest information of the World Heritage Committee held in Azerbaijan at the beginning of July gave the students more interests.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichiko was held for 37 of first-year students of the Department of Architectural Engineering at Nara Suzaku High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 320 of first-year students at Ikoma High School.
The training course on eConservation and Management of Wooden Structuresf will be held in Nara, Japan, from 4 September to 3 October 2019. Application deadline is 14 June (Fri) 2019. Please click the title for more details.
ACCU Nara is delighted to announce the publication of reports on the training courses of 2018. "Annual reports" and "Reports by participants" are available online.
ACCU Nara Office is pleased to announce the publication of ACCU Nara International Correspondent "The Twenty-first Regular Report." The PDF is available online.
ACCU Nara Office is pleased to announce the publication of ACCU Nara International Correspondent "The Twentieth Regular Report." The PDF is available online
yInternational Workshop 2018z
The Open Forum of International Workshop for Senior Professionals 2018 will be held on 21st and 22nd November. This workshop will invite ten senior professionals who play active roles in the conservation practices of historic cities in countries of the Asia-Pacific region, and its objective is to contribute to the leadership development in this field by providing opportunities for site observations and exchanges of opinion with Japanese experts and local residents as well as to build networks between heritage practitioners and institutions at the international, national, regional, and local levels.
Date: 9:30-17:00, 21-22 November
Venu: Hotel Nikko Nara 4Floor HITEN (8-1 Sanjohonmachi,Nara-shi)
Fixed number: 50 seats (In case of too many applications, we will hold a draw for place allocation)
How to Apply: Please send your name, email address, organization to 1 or 2:
1(Email): wakiya*accu.or.jp (*=@)
2(Fax): 0742-20-5701
Deadline: 11 November (Sun) 2018
Contact: Cultural Heritage Protection Cooperation Office, Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU Nara)
TEL: +81-742-20-5001 FAX: +81-742-20-5701
E-mail:wakiya*accu.or.jp (*-@)
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichiko was held at Seisho High School. It was the first lecture given to students from Seisho High School, and about 40 of first-and-second year students actively participated in the class.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichiko was held for about 40 of first-year students from architectural engineering course at Nara-Suzaku High School.
The training course on eInvestigation, Preservation and Management of Archaeological Sitesf will be held in Nara, Japan, from 4 September to 4 October 2018. Application deadline is 10 June (Sun.) 2018. Please click the title to see the details.
ACCU Nara Office is pleased to announce the publication of ACCU Nara International Correspondent "The Nineteenth Regular Report." The PDF is available online.
ACCU Nara Office is pleased to announce the publication of ACCU Nara International Correspondent "The Eighteenth Regular Report." The PDF is available online.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 39 of third-year students at Horyuji-Kokusai High School.
ACCU Nara Office organised the Training Course on Cultural Heritage Protection, with fifteen participants from the Asia-Pacific region from 29 August to 28 September 2017.@They gained new knowledge about conservation of wooden structure in Nara and other places.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichiko was held for 37 of first-year students of the Department of Architectural Engineering at Nara Suzaku High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 40 of first-year students at Ichijo High School.
The training course on ePreservation and Restoration of Wooden Structuresf will take place in Nara, Japan, from 29 August to 28 September 2017. Application deadline is 9 June (Fri.) 2017. Please click the title to see the details.
ACCU Nara Office is pleased to announce the publication of reports on Training Courses and International Conference in 2016. The PDF is available online.
ACCU Nara is pleased to announce the publication of ACCU Nara International Correspondent "The Seventeenth Regular Report." The PDF is available online.
ACCU Nara Office, Agency for Cultural Affairs and Tokyo National Institute for Cultural Properties including a few other institutions jointly organised the international conference on 'Present Situation and Challenges Regarding Human Resource Development for Cultural Heritage Protection in the Asia-Pacific Region' from 15 to 17 December 2016. Case studies from 6 countries including Nepal and Fiji were presented and the general discussion was held among experts from Japan and overseas.
ACCU Nara Office invited six participants from Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar for training on Museology; Research, Documentation, Conservation and Utilisation of Cultural Properties in Museums from 8 November to 6 December 2016.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichio was held for 40 of first-year students at Gojo High School.
The international symposium entitled "Syrian Civil War and Cultural Heritage" was held at Todai-ji Kinsho Hall on 23 November. Discussants talked about the current condition and consevation plan of cultural heritage in Syria.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO@Michiyo was held for 240 of first-year students at Narakita High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO@Michiyo was held for 30 of second-year students at Unebi High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO@Michiyo was held for 38 of first-year students at Nishinokyo High School.
ACCU Nara Office organised the workshop at Emilio Aguinaldo Shrine in Kawit, Republic of the Philippines in cooperation with the National Historical Commission of the Philippines. The theme was "Documentation Methods for Traditional Wooden Structures". Fifteen researchers who are involved in preservation of cultural properties in the Philippines actively participated to the practical training of "Measured Drawing" and "Photography".
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichiko was held for 315 of first-year students at Sakurai High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 40 of third-year students at Horyuji-Kokusai High School.
ACCU Nara office organised the Training Course on Cultural Heritage Protection, with fifteen participants from the Asia-Pacific region from 30 August to 29 September 2016.@Theme: Research, Analysis, Preservation and Utilisation of Archaeological Sites and Remains
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichiko was held for 37 of first-year students at Nara Suzaku High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 26 of geography and history teachers at Nara Prefectural Institute for Educational Research.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 43 of second-year students at Tomigaoka High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 38 of first-year students at Ichijo High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 317 of first-year students at Kashiba High School.
The training course on eResearch, Analysis, Preservation and Utilisation of Archaeological Sites and Remainsf will take place in Nara, Japan, from 30 August to 29 September 2016. Application deadline is 10 June 2016. Please click the title to see the details. (Applications have closed.)
ACCU Nara Office is pleased to announce the publication of ACCU Nara International Correspondent "The Sixteenth Regular Report." The PDF version is available online.
ACCU Nara Office invited six participants from Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka for training on Museology; Exhibition, Utilisation and Management of Cultural Properties in Museums from 10 November to 8 Dicember 2015.
ACCU Nara Office, Agency for Cultural Affairs and WHITRAP Shanghai including a few other institutions jointly organised the international conference on Revisiting the Philosophy of Preserving Wooden Structures:
Value of Wooden Structures in Asia and the Concept of Authenticity from 15 to 17 December 2015 at Hotel Nikko Nara.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 10 of first-year students at Yoshino High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichio was held for 40 of first-year students at Gojo High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 24 of second-year students at Unebi High School.
ACCU Nara Office organised the workshop in Thimphu, Kingdom of Bhutan in cooperation with the Department of Culture, Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs, Royal Government of Bhutan. The theme was "Photographic documentation of cultural heritage and management/utilisation of digital data". Twenty Bhutanese researchers actively participated to the practical training of "Photography (traditional structures, archaeological artefacts, Buddhist objects, etc.)","Management and utilisation of digital data," and so on.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 353 of first-year students at Kashihara High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 40 of third-year students at Horyuji-Kokusai High School.
ACCU Nara organised the Training Course on Cultural Heritage Protection, with fifteen participants from the Asia-Pacific Region from 1 September to 1 October 2015.@Theme: Preservation and Restoration of Wooden Structures.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 40 of first-year students at Nishinokyo High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichiko was held for 40 of first-year students at Takada High School.
World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 66 of second-year students at Nikaido High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichiko was held for 36 of first-year students at Nara-Suzaku High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 40 of first-year students at Ichijo High School.
The 16th training course on preservation and restoration of cultural heritage in Asia and the Pacific will take place in Nara, Japan, from 1 September to 1 October 2015. Please click the title to see the details.
ACCU Nara is pleased to announce the publication of ACCU Nara International Correspondent "The Fifteenth Regular Report." The PDF version is available online.
ACCU Nara is pleased to announce the publication of ACCU Nara International Correspondent "The Fourteenth Regular Report." The PDF version is available online.
ACCU Nara organised the International Seminar at Naramachi-Center on 7 February 2015. The title was "Towards a Future, Transmission of Wooden Cultural Properties in Nara"
ACCU Nara organised the workshop in Dhaka, Peoples Republic of Bangladesh in cooperation with Ministry of Culture, Department of Archaeology Bangladesh. The theme was "Recording/documentation and preservation research methods for archaeological artefacts". Fifteen Bangladeshi reserchers actively paticipated to the practical training of "Measured drawing of earthenware,""Techniques for creating earthenware/Observation methods / Descriptive methods of observed details,"and so on.
ACCU Nara, Agency for Cultural Affairs and WHITRAP Shanghai including a few other institutions jointly organised the international conference on Revisiting the Philosophy of Preserving Wooden Structures:
Cultural Landscape with Wooden Structures and Local Communities from 16 to 18 December 2014 at Shanghai Tongji University.
ACCU Nara invited three participants from Bhutan government for training on Photographic Documentation of Cultural Heritage
and Management/Utilisation of Digital Data
from 11 November to 5 December 2014.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichio was held for 40 of first-year students at Gojo High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 39 of first-year students at Totsukawa High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 39 of third-year students at Horyuji-Kokusai High School.
ACCU Nara organised the Training Course on Cultural Heritage Protection, with sixteen participants from the Asia-Pacific Region from 2 September to 3 October 2014.@Theme: Research, Analysis and Preservation of Archaeological Sites and Remains.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 40 of first-year students at Nishinokyo High School.
ACCU Nara invited two participants from Vanuatu government for training on Research, Preservation, Maintenance and Utilisation of
Archaeological Sites and Remains
from 31 July to 21 August 2014.
Summer Office Hours
1 July (Tue.) ` 31 August (Sun.)
8:15 a.m. ` 5:00 p.m.
World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 73 of second-year students at Takatori Kokusai High School.
World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 40 of second-year students at Takada High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichko was held for 37 of first-year students at Nara-Suzaku High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 40 of first-year students at Ichijo High School.
Our 15th training course on preservation and restoration of cultural heritage in Asia and the Pacific will take place in Nara, Japan, from 2 September to 3 October 2014. Please click the title to see the details.
ACCU Nara is pleased to announce the publication of ACCU Nara International Correspondent "The Thirteenth Regular Report." The PDF version is available online.
ACCU Nara invited three participants from Bangladesh government for training on Research, Preservation and Utilisation of Archaeological Sites and Remains from 5 November to 28 November 2013.
ACCU Nara, Agency for Cultural Affairs and WHITRAP Shanghai including a few other institutions jointly organised the international conference on Revisiting the Philosophy of Preserving Wooden Structures:
Restoration Method for Wooden Structures and Its Philosophy from 17 to 19 December 2013 at Nara Prefectural New Public Hall.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 33 of first-year students at Totsukawa High School.
ACCU Nara will organise the International Seminar on Cultural Heritage at Naramachi Center on 1 February 2014. The title is "Pondering over World Heritage -Its Conservation and Utilisation". We look forward to seeing many people in attendence at the seminar. Presentation will be in Japanese only.
ACCU Nara is pleased to announce the publication of ACCU Nara International Correspondent "The Twelfth Regular Report". The PDF version is available online.
ACCU Nara organised the workshop in Kandy, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in cooperation with Ministry of National Heritage, Department of Archaeology Sri Lanka. The theme was "Preserbation and conservation of Wooden Structures". Fifteen Sri Lankan reserchers actively paticipated to the practical training of "Drawing a Floor Plan by Mesurement of Wooden Structures,""Drafting Conservation and Management Plan,"and so on.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 39 of third-year students at Horyuji-Kokusai High School.
ACCU Nara organised the Training Course on Cultural Heritage Protection, with sixteen participants in the Asia-Pacific Region from 3 September to 3 October 2013.@Theme: Preservation and Restoration of Wooden Structures.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 40 of first-year students at Gojo High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 39 of first-year students at Nishinokyo High School.
ACCU Nara invited two participants from Kiribati government for training on Research, Preservation, Maintenance and Utilisation of
Archaeological Sites and Remains
from@1 August to 26 August 2013.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 79 of second-year students in Takatori Kokusai High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichko was held for 77 of first-year students in Nara-Suzaku High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichiko was held for 80 of first-year students in Takada High School.
Our 14th training course on preservation and restoration of cultural heritage in Asia and the Pacific will take place in Nara, Japan, from 3 September to 3 October 2013. Please click the title to see the details.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms. KUBO Michiyo was held for 40 of first-year students in Ichijo High School.
ACCU Nara is pleased to announce the publication of ACCU Nara International Correspondent "The Eleventh Regular Report". The PDF version is available online.
ACCU Nara is pleased to announce the publication of ACCU Nara International Correspondent "The Tenth Regular Report". The PDF version is available online.
ACCU Nara will organise the International Seminar@on Cultural Heritage at Naramachi Center on 2 February 2013. The title is "Master's Skills to Protect Cultural Heritage: Easter Island, Angkor and Asuka". We look forward to seeing many people in attendence at the seminar.
ACCU Nara and WHITRAP Shanghai jointly organised the international conference on Human Resources Development for the Transmission of Traditional Skills: Building Decoration with a Focus around Painting and Colouring, from 27 to 29 November 2012 in Nara Prefectural New Public Hall.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 40 of first-year students in Totsukawa High School.
ACCU Nara organised the workshop at Martapura and Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan in Republic of Indonesia in cooperation with Directorate of Caltural Heritage Preservation and Museum, Ministry of Education and Culture. The themes are recording/documentation and research methods for wooden structures; and formulating conservation and management strategies. Eighteen Indonesian reserchers activity paticipated to the practical training of "Drawing a Floor Plan by Mesurement of Wooden Structures" for drafting conservation and management plans.
ACCU Nara organised the Training Course on Cultural Heritage Protection, with sixteen participants in the Asia - Pacific Region from 4 September to 4 October 2012.
Theme: Research, Analysis and Preservation of Archaeological Sites and Remains
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 76 of second-year students in Takatori Kokusai High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 39 of@third-year students in Horyuji-Kokusai High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 35 of second-year students in Gojo High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 40 of first-year students in Nishinokyo High School.
ACCU Nara invited three participants from Ministry of Education and Culture, Republic of Indonesia for training on preservation and restoration of wooden structures from@12@June to 12@July 2012.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichko was held for 40 of second-year students in Ichijo High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichko was held for 40 of second-year students in Takada High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichko was held for 36 of first-year students in Nara-Suzaku High School.
Training Course on Cultural Heritage Protection in the Asia-Pacific 2012 -Research, Analysis and Preservation of Archaeological Sites and Remains- will take place in Nara, Japan, from 4 September to 4 October 2012.
ACCU Nara is pleased to announce the publication of ACCU Nara International Correspondent "The Ninth Regular Report". The PDF version is available online.
ACCU Nara organised the International Seminar at Naramachi-Center on 4 February 2012. The title was "Ancient Gardens in East Asia"
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms Kubo Michiyo was held for 40 of first-year students in Nishinokyo High School.
ACCU Nara and WHITRAP Shanghai organised an international conference on Human Resources Development for the Transmission of Traditional Skills: National Approaches and heir Application to Stone and Brick, from 6 to 8 December 2011 in Tongji Urban Planning Building (Shanghai).
ACCU Nara will organise the International Seminar@on Cultural Heritage at Naramachi Center on 4 February 2012. The title is hAncient Gardens in East Asiah. We look forward to seeing many people in attendence at the seminar.
ACCU Nara is pleased to announce the publication of ACCU Nara International Correspondent "The Eighth Regular Report". The PDF version is available online.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichko was held for 40 of second-year students in Heijo High School.
ACCU Nara organised the workshop at Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia in cooperation with Department of@Culture@and Art, Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science of Mongolia. The theme was recording/documentation of archaeological artefacts. Fifteen participants had the practical training: measured drawing of earthenware (whole and shards / reconstruction from shards / design layout), photography, etc.
ACCU Nara organised the Training Course on Cultural Heritage Protection, with fifteen participants in the Asia - Pacific Region from 30 August to 29 September 2011.@Theme: Preservation and Restoration of Wooden Structures.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichko was held for 80 of first-year students in Takada High School.
ACCU Nara invited three participants from Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Indonesia for training on preservation and restoration of wooden structures from@5 August to 4 September 2011.
Mr NAKAI Isao, Deputy Director, Cultural Properties Division, Nara Municipal Board of Education, delivered the World Heritage Lecture for 40 of second-year students in Humanities Course of Nara Municipal Ichijo Senior High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 80 of second-year students in Takatori Kokusai High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 40 of third-year students, history and culture course in Horyuji Kokusai High School.
Training Course on Cultural Heritage Protection in the Asia-Pacific Region 2011 -Preservation and Restoration of Wooden Structures - will take place in Nara, Japan, from 30 August to 29 September 2011.
ACCU Nara is pleased to announce the publication of ACCU Nara International Correspondent "The Seventh Regular Report". The PDF version is available online.
ACCU Nara organised an international conference on Human Resources Development for the Transmission of Traditional Skills: National Approaches and Their Application to Woodworking, from 26 to 28 January 2011 in Nara Prefectural New Public Hall.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichko was held for 39 of first-year students in Nishinokyo High School.
ACCU Nara invited three participants from Institute of Archaeology Mongolian Academy of Science for training on recording/documentation of sites (mainly on structural remains and artefacts) such as measurement, measured drawings and photography from 16 November to 16 December 2010.
ACCU Nara is pleased to announce the publication of ACCU Nara International Correspondent "The Sixth Regular Report with Special Reports". The PDF version is available online.
ACCU Nara organised the International Seminar at Nara University on 28 November 2010. The title was "Archaeology in Mongolia -The Latest Report on Site Investigation-".
ACCU Nara organised the workshop at Vientiane in Lao P.D.R. in cooperation with Department of National Heritage, Ministry of Information and Culture. The themes are recording/documentation of archaeological artefacts. Fifteen participants had the practical training: measured drawing of earthenware (whole and shards / reconstruction from shards / design layout), photography, etc.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichko was held for 40 of second-year students in Heijo High School.
ACCU Nara will organise the International Seminar at Nara University on 28 November 2010. The title is "Archaeology in Mongolia -The Latest Report on Site Investigation-". We look forward to seeing many people in attendence at the seminar.
ACCU Nara organised the Training Course on Cultural Heritage Protection, with sixteen participants in the Asia - Pacific Region from 7 September to 7 October 2010.
Theme: Research, Analysis and Preservation of Archaeological Sites and Remains
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichko was held for 76 of first-year students in Takada High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 37 of first-year students in Ichijo High School.
ACCU Nara organised the "Training of Leaders in Cultural Heritage Protection in Asia and the Pacific" mainly in Nara from 22 June to 30 June for 9 days. Eleven participants in the fields of cultural heritage protection joined this programme and had opportunities for training in cultural heritage protection and exchange opinions with the young generation of Japan.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 73 of second-year students in Takatori Kokusai High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 37 of third-year students, history and culture course in Horyuji Kokusai High School.
Training Course on Cultural Heritage Protection in the Asia-Pacific 2010 -Research, Analysis and Preservation of Archaeological Sites and Remains- will take place in Nara, Japan, from 7 September to 7 October 2010.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 40 of first-year students, in Ichijo High School.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichko was held for 40 of second-year students, in Takatori Kokusai High School.
ACCU Nara organised the International Seminar at Nara Pref. New Public Hall on 30 January 2010. The title was "Celebrating the 1300th Anniversary of Nara Heijo-kyo Capital-Considering Two Ancient Capitals in Nara and Hanoi: the 1300th and 1000th Anniversary-".
ACCU Nara organised an International Conference on Human Resources Development for Cultural Heritage Protection, from 28 to 29 January 2010 in Nara Prefectural New Public Hall.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichko was held for 40 of first-year students, in Nishinokyo High School.
ACCU Nara will organise the International Seminar at Nara Pref. New Public Hall on 30 January 2010. The title is "Celebrating the 1300th Anniversary of Nara Heijo-kyo Capital-Considering Two Ancient Capitals in Nara and Hanoi: the 1300th and 1000th Anniversary-". We look forward to seeing many people in attendence at the seminar.
ACCU Nara invited 3 conservators from Restoration and Conservation Division, Cultural Heritage Centre of Mongolia for training on preservation and restoration of cultural properties from 17 November to 17 December 2009.
ACCU Nara is pleased to announce the publication of ACCU Nara International Correspondent "The Fourth Regular Report with Special Reports". The PDF version is available online.
ACCU Nara organised the workshop at Hoi An in Viet Nam in cooperation with Department of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. The themes are recording/documentation and research methods for wooden structures; and formulation of conservation and management strategies. 16 participants had the practical training: drawing a floor plans and cross-sections of the old wooden house in Hoi An by measurement.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo was held for 40 of second-year students, in Heijo High School.
ACCU Nara organised the Training Course on Cultural Heritage Protection, with 16 participants in the Asia-Pacific Region from 8 September to 8 October 2009.
Theme: Preservation and Restoration of Wooden Structures.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichko was held for 40 of first-year students, in Takada High School.
ACCU Nara invited 3 researchers from Heritage Department, Ministry of Information and Culture for training on recording/documentation of archaeological sites etc. from 7 July to 6 August 2009.
ACCU Nara organised the "Training of Leaders in Cultural Heritage Protection in Asia and the Pacific" mainly in Nara from 22 June to 2 July for 11 days. 11 participants in the fields of cultural heritage protection joined this programme and had opportunities for training in cultural heritage protection and exchange opinions with the young generation of Japan.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo, fleelance announcer, was held for 39 of third-year students, history and culture course in Horyuji Kokusai High School.
Dr Jeffrey Cody, Senior Project Specialist, The Getty Conservation Institute visited ACCU Nara Office and had a talks with Mr NISHIMURA, Director of the office.
Training Course on Cultural Heritage Protection in the Asia-Pacific 2009-Preservation and Restoration of Wooden Structures- will take place in Nara, Japan, from 8 September to 8 October 2009.
6 Jananese organisations including ACCU, recevied the commendation for the contribution to restoration and conservation of Vietnamese cultural heritage. The award ceremony was held on 9 February, 2009. The Minister's certificate of commendation was awarded to Mr NISHIMURA Yasushi, Director of ACCU Nara, on behalf of ACCU. In the past, ACCU Nara invited researchers from Viet Nam to the training course as part of its international cooperation projects to preserve Doung Lam Village which has shown the typical aspects of old agricultural village in northern Viet Nam.
Mr NISHIMURA Yasushi, Director of ACCU Nara and ACCU Nara staff visited Hoian, Viet Nam and had meeting with Mr Nguyen Chi Trung, Director of Hoian Centre for Monuments Management & Preservation. They exchanged information and opinions on feasibility of implementing the local workshop, which dispatches lecturers from Japan and offers practical training on cultural heritage protection in Hoian this year.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichko, interpreter-guides, was held for 40 of second-year students, international studies course, at Horyuji Kokusai High School.
ACCU Nara organised an international symposium at Nara Pref. New Public Hall on 31 January 2009. The title was "Preserving the Historic Cities: Preparedness for Disasters".
ACCU Nara organised an International Conference on Risk Management of Cultural Heritage -Reducing Vulnerability to Disasters in Historic Cities- from 28 to 30 January 2009 in Nara.
The World Heritage Lecture, delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo, a fleelance announcer, was held for 41 of first-year students, hometown revitalisation course, at Nishinokyou High School.
ACCU Nara will organise the International Symposium at Nara Pref. New Public Hall on 31 January 2009. The title is "Preserving the Historic Cities: Preparedness for Disasters". We hope to see many attendace.
ACCU Nara invited 3 archaeologists from Authority for the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap (APSARA) for training on maintance and utilisation of sites etc. from 18 November to 19 December for 32 days.
The World Heritage Lecture, delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo, fleelance announcer, was held for 41 of second-year students at Heijo High School.
ACCU Nara organised the "Training of Young Leaders in Cultural Heritage Protaction in Asia and the Pacific" mainly in Nara from 10 to 20 November 2008 for 11 days. Ten participants in the fields of cultural heritage protection joined this programme and had opportunities for training in cultural heritage protection and exchange opinions with the young generation of Japan.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms ONO Ichko, interpreter-guides, was held for 80 of first-year students at Takada High School.
ACCU Nara organised the Workshop for Protection of Cultural Heritage at Tashkent in Uzbekistan from 20 to 25 October 2008 for 6 days in cooperation with UNESCO Office in Tashkent. The main themes of this Workshop are a measured drawing of archaeological artefacts and the photography for documenting artefacts. 14 researchers attended this workshop.
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo, fleelance announcer, was held for 38 of third-year students, history and culture course in Horyuji Kokusai High School.
This training course started on 9 September, with 16 participants from 15 Asia-Pacific countries.
Course date: 9 September - 9 October
Theme: Research, Analysis and Preservation of Archaeological Sites and Remains
Mr NISHIMURA Yasushi, Director of ACCU Nara, visited Uzbekistan and exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding on this workshop with Dr Anna PAOLINI Head of UNESCO Office in Tashkent.
Theme: The measured drawing of archeaological artfacts and the photographic technique for documenting artefacts
The World Heritage Lecture delivered by Ms KUBO Michiyo, fleelance announcer, was held to provide instruction on the importance of the protection of cultural properties.
Training Course on Cultural Heritage Protection in the Asia-Pacific 2008 -Reserch, Analysis and Preservation of Archaeological Sites and Remains- will take place in Nara, Japan, from 9 September to 9 October 2008.
Application Deadline: Expired
The 4th Meeting of the Networking of East Asian Cultural Heritage (NEACH), organised by ASEAN-COCI Sub-Committee on Culture, Malaysia was held from 20-21 March 2008 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mr NISHIMURA Yasushi, Director of ACCU Nara and ACCU Nara staff attended this meeting with an official from Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan. The aim of this meeting is to promote regional cooperation in conserving cultural heritage and to strengthen the networking of the ASEAN menber countries and Japan, China and Korea (ASEAN+3).
Mr NISHIMURA Yasushi, Director of ACCU Nara and the other staff visited Uzbekistan and had meeting with Dr Anna Paolini, Head of UNESCO Office in Tashkent, Prof Tursunali Kuziev, Chairman of Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan, Mr Farrukh Usmanov, Director of Caravanserai, Mr Ismailova Jannat Khamidovna, Director of the State Museum of the History of Uzbekistan and Mr Pidaev Shakirdjan, Director of Institute of Archaeology to discuss about where in the Asia-Pacific region we can implement local workshops which dispatch a group of lecturers from Japan and offer the practical training on cultural heritage protection on site in the future.
The Regional Workshop "Expert Meeting on Cultural Heritage in Central Asia and Contribution of Japan", organised by National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo/Japan Centre for International Cooperation in Conservation, was held from 12-16 March 2008 in Tashkent and Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Mr NISHIMURA Yasushi, Director of ACCU Nara and the other staff attended this workshop and made a presentation about the contribution of the ACCU Nara for the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Mr NISHIMURA Yasushi, Director of ACCU Nara visited Viet Nam and had meeting with Dr Nguyen Quoc Hung, Deputy Director General to discuss about where in the Asia-Pacific region we can implement local workshops which dispatch a group of lecturers from Japan and offer the practical training on cultural heritage protection on site in the future. Mr NISHIMURA visited Duong Lam Village in HA TAY which is located to the west of Hanoi city.
The World Heritage Lecture was held for 160 of first-year students, international culture course and international communication course, in Nara prefectural Takatori Kokusai high school. Ms KUBO Michiyo, the lecturer provided the lecture about the world heritages in Nara,in the foreign countries and background of the convention for the world heritage etc.
ACCU Nara starts International Correspondents who liaise with the Nara office to report mainly on the cultural heritage protection in their own country. 12 people who have participated in training courses at ACCU Nara in the past are appointed as International Correspondents.
Mr Mounir Bouchenaki attended the second International Conference on Risk Management held in Nara and gave the special report on gICCROMfs Efforts for Risk Management of Cultural Heritageh.
ACCU Nara organised an International Conference on Risk Manegement-Planning Risk Preparedness for Cultural Heritage Against Natural Disasters-, to be held from 16-18 January 2008 in Nara, Japan.
Mr G.L.W. Samarasinghe, secretary, Ministry of Cultural Affairs & National Heritage and Mr P.A.S. Prathiraja, Project Manager, Construction of Museum at World Heritage Site Sigiriya visited ACCU Nara office and met the director of ACCU Nara.
Date and Venue: 26 November-21 December (26day), Nara
ACCU Nara invited two prominent researchers from the National Centre for Linguistic and Historical Research (NCLHR) for the better museum management by providing them systematic knowledge and practical technique in Japanese museums.
ACCU Nara organised the gTraining of Young Leaders in Cultural Heritage Protection in Asia and the Pacific mainly in Nara from 12 to 22 November 2007 for 11 days. Nine young professionals in the fields of cultural heritage protection attended this programme and had opportunities for training in cultural heritage protection and exchanging opinions with young generation of Japan.
ACCU Nara organised the Workshop for Protection of Cultural Heritage at Siem Reap in Cambodia from 22 to 26 October 2007 for 5 days in cooperation with Authority for the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap (APSARA). The main themes of this workshop are a measured drawing of archaeological artefacts and a photographic technique of artefacts. 15 researchers from APSARA attended this workshop.