Special Exhibition: Message from “Transmitting Art and Craft
　Date: 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 15 (Opens at 1:00 p.m.)
　Venue: Conference Room (2nd Floor of the Main Exhibition Building), National Museum of Ethnology
　　　※When the main venue fills up, another venue inside the building (for relay broadcasting)
　　　　will be announced.
　Admission fee: Free
　　　※Admission tickets will be distributed in front of the Information Counter
　　　　(1st floor of the Main Exhibition Building) from 12:30 p.m.
　Lecturers:
　　　　HIDAKA Shingo (Associate Professor at the National Museum of Ethnology)
　　　　NAGAYAMA Hiroki (Shizuoka University of Art and Culture)
　　　　KITAMURA Shigeru (Lacquer Artist)

Talking of Arts and Crafts ? Messages from Craftsmen in Miyagi
　Date: 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 20 (Opens at 1:00 p.m.)
　Venue: Conference Room (2nd Floor of the Main Exhibition Building), National Museum of Ethnology
　　　※When the main venue fills up, another venue inside the building (for relay broadcasting)
　　　　will be announced.
　Admission fee: Free
　　　※Admission tickets will be distributed in front of the Information Counter
　　　　(1st floor of the Main Exhibition Building) from 12:30 p.m.
　Lecturers:
　　　　HIDAKA Shingo (Associate Professor at the National Museum of Ethnology)
　　　　NAGAYAMA Motohiro (Tohoku Institute of Technology)
　　　　Craftsmen in Tohoku: ISHIBASHI Yujiro, KATO Kei,SUGANO Hiroki
　　　　Craftsmen in Kansai: KITAMURA Shigeru, FUJIWARA Chisa, MIYANAGA Eri

Minpaku Seminar: Access here for further information.[in Japanese]

Collection of Comparing 100 Craftsmen in Heisei
　Date: From 2:30 p.m. on Sunday/National Holiday, September 23
　Venue: Special Exhibition Hall, National Museum of Ethnology
　Application not required; Special exhibition ticket required
　Lecturer:
　　　　HIDAKA Shingo (Associate Professor at the National Museum of Ethnology)
　　　　KATO Ken-ichi (Kanazawa College of Art)

Inheriting the Lacquer Art Business ? From Works of the Four Generations of the Kitamura Family
　Date: From 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, October 14
　Venue: Special Exhibition Hall, National Museum of Ethnology
　Application not required; Special exhibition ticket required
　Lecturer:
　　　　HIDAKA Shingo (Associate Professor at the National Museum of Ethnology)
　　　　KITAMURA Shigeru (Lacquer Artist)

Citizens-Involved Workshop: Industrial Design from the Perspective of ”Contemporary Handicraft Living Today”
　Date: From 2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 25
　Venue: Special Exhibition Hall, National Museum of Ethnology
　Application not required; Special exhibition ticket required
　Lecturer:
　　　　HIDAKA Shingo (Associate Professor at the National Museum of Ethnology)
　　　　KODANI Ryusuke (Tohoku History Museum)

Minpaku Weekend Salon: A Chat with a Researcher ? Access here for further information.[in Japanese]

Hoping for Reconstruction in Tohoku ? With Dreams, Hope and Expectation
　Date: 1:00 p.m. - 4:35 p.m. on Sunday, October 28
　Venue: Entrance Hall (1st floor of the Main Exhibition Building), National Museum of Ethnology
　Admission fee: Free (Prior application not required)
　Explanation: HIDAKA Shingo (Associate Professor at the National Museum of Ethnology)
　Performance: HAMAMORI Eiko (Singer & Songwriter)
　　　　　　　 Emika (Violinist)
　　　　　　　 NAKAZAWA Muneyuki (Violin Craftsman)

Special Lectures and Performances ? Access here for further information.[in Japanese]

Let’s Make Your Original Wooden Spoon (Joint project with Kyoto University of Art and Design
　Dates: 11:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (Front desk closes at 3:00 p.m.) on Saturday, September 22;
　　　　　 Saturday, September 29; Saturday, October 13; Sunday, October 21;
　　　　　 Saturday/National Holiday, November 3; and Sunday, November 18
　Venue: 2nd floor of the Special Exhibition Hall, National Museum of Ethnology
　Subject: From children to adults (pre-school children must be accompanied by their guardians)
　　　　　 Capacity: 80 persons [Applications received on the day of the workshop on a first-come
　　　　　 first-served basis/Special exhibition tickets required]
　Admission fee: Free
　　　※Gallery talk by HIDAKA Shingo is organized from 1:00 p.m. on the day of the workshop.