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MIRAI TOWER

MIRAI TOWER is Nagoya’s former television tower, a 1954 broadcasting landmark adapted for new uses and designated an Important Cultural Property.

Tall wooden festival float decorated with textiles moving through a Kyoto street

Festival Floats in Japan

An overview of Japan’s yama, hoko, yatai, danjiri, and related festival floats as community-built ritual, performance, and craft traditions.

Symmetrical stone facade of the Tokyo National Museum Honkan in Ueno Park

Tokyo National Museum

Japan’s oldest national museum, collecting, conserving, researching, and exhibiting Asian art and archaeology with a central focus on Japan.