KANAZAWAKOBE

YAMAGATATSURUOKA

SAPPOROHAMAMATSU

Creative Cities and Japanese Cultures

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Organiser: Creative Cities Japan International Cultural Exchange Committee Co-organiser: Permanent Delegation of Japan to UNESCO Supporter: Japan Foundation Co-sponsor: KAWAI Musical Instruments MFG. Co., Ltd. Cooperation: City of Enghien-les-Bains, Crypton Future Media, Inc., Ikenobo Society of Floral Art, Urasenke KonnichianSpecial Cooperation: Hokkaido Government

Period : Monday 17th to Friday 21st October 2016 10h00 – 17h00 Opening at 15h00 on 17th and 21st closes at 14h00

Venue : UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, Ségur Hall, Pas Perdus Hall and Miró Hall

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Creative Cities and Japanese CulturesCreative Travel to JapanThis Exhibition will showcase the Artistic and Cultural Activities of Japan’s Creative Cities and highlight their creative sources, tracing traditional Japanese cultures from the time of the prehistoric ‘Jomon’ to the 21st century as represented by the Japanese virtual singing sensation, Hatsune Miku.

Contents of Exhibition

Associated ExhibitionShinsen Hashimoto Traditional Japanese Painting;the Aesthetic of Mineral Ores

UNESCO Creative Cities

Kanazawa Craft and Folk Arts

Japanese Creative City

Yamagata Film

UNESCO Creative Cities

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Time: Tuesday 18th October 2016 13:30 – 16:00Venue: Room IVKeynote Speech: Mr. Koichiro Matsuura, Former Director-General of UNESCO, Chair of the Creative Cities Japan International Cultural Exchange Committee

Time: Tuesday 18 October 2016 16:00 - 16:30Venue: Hall SegureProgramme: Mini Concert Programme presented by KAWAI Urasenke Tea Ceremony Demonstration of Japanese Traditional Confectionary by Creative Gastronomy City Tsuruoka, and more…

Afternoon programme - accompanied by Japanese treats after the Symposium -

UNESCO Creative Cities

Tsuruoka Gastronomy

Sapporo Media Arts

UNESCO Creative Cities

Kobe Design

UNESCO Creative Cities

Hamamatsu Music

Hall Pas Perdus

Hall Miro

and more...

IkenoboIkebana

Special ExhibitsHokkaido GovernmentThe Japanese Prehistoric Culture ‘Jomon‘

UrasenkeWay of Tea

Hatsune MikuSapporo CityVirtual Singer and herWorld Wide Community

City ofEnghien-les-Bains UNESCO Media Arts City in France

EVENTSymposium on ‘Towards Sustainable Development through Cooperation among Creative Cities: How can Japanese Creative Cities contribute to it?’

Information: Creative Cities Japan International Cultural exchange Committee E-mail: creativetraveljp2@gmail.com