World Heritage In Japan
A Photographic Exhibition
© Kazuyoshi Miyoshi/PPS
A World Heritage Site is a place (such as a building, city, complex, desert, forest, island, lake, monument, or mountain) that is listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as being of special cultural or physical significance. This list is maintained by the International World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, which comprises of 21 UNESCO member states elected by the General Assembly.
UNESCO aims to preserve cultural and natural legacies that possess conspicuous and universal value for future generations. This exhibition therefore, seek to underline the importance of heritage as a cornerstone of our collective history, our present and our legacy.
Japan with her diverse natural beauty and a long, distinctive cultural history, has produced a rich variety of buildings and other cultural properties which exists today. Japan has a total of 18 sites on the World Heritage List as of today.
In this photo exhibition, visitors will be visually treated to a collection of photographs clicked mainly by Mr Kazuyoshi Miyoshi who was awarded the youngest winner of the prestigious Kimura Ihei Photography Award at 27 years old. Many of his works are displayed as a permanent collection in the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in the United States. Photo panels are supported by the Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur.
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22 June - 9 July 2015 (Closed on Sun, Mon & Public Holidays) |
TIME: |
10:00am -6:00pm |
VENUE |
4 Nassim Road Singapore 258372 |
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FREE |
WHERE IS JCC?
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Address:
Japan Creative Centre
4 Nassim Road Singapore 258372
Tel: +65-6737-0434
Getting to Japan Creative Centre
By Public Bus:
Bus services: 7, 36, 77, 105, 106, 111, 123, 132, 174, 174E, 502, 502A, 502B (Alight in front of Delfi Orchard)
For latest information on bus routes and fares, please refer to SBS Transit.
By the MRT:
You may also take the MRT to the nearest MRT station, Orchard (NS22).
Train fares, travel times and route maps are available on the SMRT website.
Driving to JCC:
Nearest parking is at Orchard Hotel, Delfi Orchard and Orchard Parade Hotel.
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