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Learning in the field (uplift)

Cultural heritage, historical sites, and museum videos that invite you to feel place with your own eyes.

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15 resources

Let's Visit the Ruins | Agency for Cultural Affairs (YouTube)

Learn ways to see field sites and how to grasp value, with ruins and cultural properties as material.

Pick highlights from the video → confirm location on site/maps → ask "what remains, and what is lost?"
ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School
VideoPrimary SourceOverview
Cultural HeritageOfficial VideoKids' Entry

TokyoNationalMuseum (YouTube)

Official commentary by the national museum. A useful entry to works, eras, and techniques.

Note the title/era/material → also seek related works → compare with contemporary sources to deepen interpretation
ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh SchoolUniversity
VideoPrimary SourceOverview
Cultural HeritageOfficial Video

Nabunken Channel (Official)

An official channel that teaches the perspective of excavation and cultural property research.

Grasp the survey procedure (who/what/how) → drop down to the primary report to confirm
Middle SchoolHigh SchoolUniversityResearcher
VideoPrimary SourceOverview
Cultural HeritageOfficial Video

3D DB Viewer (Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties)

Observe cultural properties in 3D. Good practice for forming hypotheses about form, use, and making.

Observe (form/material/marks) → propose 1 hypothesis on use → screenshot the parts that became evidence
Middle SchoolHigh SchoolUniversityResearcher
Primary SourceOverview
Cultural HeritageOpen Data

Cultural Properties WebGIS (Nabunken)

Browse cultural properties and ruins nationwide overlaid on a map. Use the relationship between place and era to form questions.

Narrow to a region → toggle layers → hypothesize the reason for clustering → fact-check with reports/terrain
High SchoolUniversityResearcher
MapStatisticsPrimary Source
Cultural HeritageGISOpen Data

Cultural Heritage Online

Search by place name and the "layers of regional culture" become visible.

Search by place name → list types/eras of cultural properties → form questions from biases in distribution
ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh SchoolUniversityResearcher
OverviewPrimary Source
Cultural HeritageOpen Data

Japan Geopark Network

48 Japanese Geoparks, 10 of which are UNESCO Global Geoparks.

Watch and note 3 key terms → record what caught your eye most → discuss 'Why?' at home or school
ElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh School
VideoMap
DisasterCultural HeritageOfficial Video

Kahaku VR (Science Museum Virtual Tour)

3D view and VR tours of the National Museum of Nature and Science exhibits.

Watch and note 3 key terms → record what caught your eye most → discuss 'Why?' at home or school
ElementaryMiddle School
Video
Natural ScienceCultural Heritage

Tanken Hiroba Compass VR

3D data experience: T. rex skeletons and taxidermied animal specimens.

Watch and note 3 key terms → record what caught your eye most → discuss 'Why?' at home or school
Elementary
Video
Kids' EntryNatural Science

NIPR — Antarctic/Arctic Science Museum

Virtual tours and exhibition content from the National Institute of Polar Research science museum.

Watch and note 3 key terms → record what caught your eye most → discuss 'Why?' at home or school
ElementaryMiddle School
VideoOverview
Natural Science

Subaru Telescope (Mauna Kea Observatory, NAOJ)

Japan's 8.2-m optical-infrared telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii — research results and public content.

Open pages that interest you → note 3 words you understood → discuss and decide the next term to research
Middle SchoolHigh School
Overview
Natural Science

ALMA Telescope

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array — joint international radio telescope in Chile.

Open pages that interest you → note 3 words you understood → discuss and decide the next term to research
Middle SchoolHigh School
Overview
Natural Science

Japan Arts & Culture Digital Library

Video archive and reference database for traditional performing arts — noh, kabuki, bunraku, and more.

Watch and note 3 key terms → record what caught your eye most → discuss 'Why?' at home or school
Middle SchoolHigh SchoolUniversity
VideoOverviewGlossary
Cultural HeritageOfficial Video

National Theatre Online — Connecting Traditional Arts

Official streaming platform for traditional Japanese performing arts from the National Theatre.

Watch and note 3 key terms → record what caught your eye most → discuss 'Why?' at home or school
Middle SchoolHigh School
Video
Cultural HeritageOfficial Video

Bura Tamori (NHK Official)

NHK's geography exploration program where terrain shapes history and culture are revealed.

Watch and note 3 key terms → record what caught your eye most → discuss 'Why?' at home or school
Middle SchoolHigh SchoolUniversityTeacher
Video
Cultural HeritageOfficial Video