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Kyoto National Museum 2025 Summer Lecture Series
On August 1 and 2, I attended the Kyoto National Museum’s 2025 Summer Lecture Series. This year’s theme was “Rethinking National Treasures.” Incidentally, when I type kokuho saiko (“Rethinking National Treasures”) in Japanese, my computer sometimes converts it to Kokuho saiko—“National Treasures are the best.” That somehow feels correct too. This spring, I had already […]
Geo Exhibition (Geo-ten) 2025
Geo Exhibition 2025 (Geo-ten) was held on Wednesday, July 2, at Otemachi Mitsui Hall—a venue that combined Otemachi, Mitsui Hall, and a view of the Imperial Palace, giving the event an especially polished and prestigious atmosphere. I have attended the exhibition since 2023, when the in-person event resumed after the COVID-19 pandemic. The venue has […]
I Attended “Adult Terakoya: Stone Jizo Statues of Naramachi” at Tokuyuji Temple in Nara
On March 1, 2025, I attended “Adult Terakoya: Stone Jizo Statues of Naramachi”, held at Tokuyuji Temple in Nara. The lecturer was Professor Shinichi Sagawa of the Department of History and Culture at Osaka Ohtani University. Nara Jizo Project Since around 2016, Code for History has been working on the Nara Jizo Project, which maps […]
Awards Ceremony for the 18th “Community Safety and Security Map Contest”
The submission period for the 18th Community Safety and Security Map Contest, organized by the Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Historic Cities at Ritsumeikan University, closed on September 25. After a careful review process, the submitted works were evaluated and awards were given for the Grand Prize, Excellence Awards, Honorable Mentions, Selected Works, and […]
Attending the 2nd Gathering on Takabatake's History and Culture
Until about eight years ago, I lived in Hon-Yakushi Higashi, Takabatake-cho, Nara City. Around that time, an elderly resident of the neighborhood lent me a local history book, which became one of the reasons I developed an interest in regional history. Since then, I have continued to be particularly interested in the local history of […]
Attending Academic Camp 2024 in Tokyo
I attended Academic Camp 2024 in Tokyo, organized by AMANE LLC, on Friday, July 5 and Sunday, July 7, 2024. Academic Camp is an annual event that emphasizes academic discussion and community exchange in a free and flexible atmosphere. This year’s event was held in Tokyo rather than in a regional area, so I participated […]
Attending the Mita Historical Society Conference 2024
On Saturday, June 22, 2024, I attended the annual conference of the Mita Historical Society. I am a member of the society, although not as an active researcher myself — mostly the kind of member who pays the annual fee and enjoys reading Shigaku, the society’s journal published three times a year.the Mita Historical Society […]
Returning to Geo Exhibition (Geo-ten) 2024!!
On Friday, April 19, 2024, Code for History once again participated in Geo Exhibition (Geo-ten) 2024, held at Asakusabashi Hulic Hall. In fact, Code for History has been participating in Geo-ten since 2018, the event’s third year. During the three years when the event moved online because of COVID-19, we only participated in the first […]
Visiting “Nanahaku! 2024 Solé” in Yamagata
As mentioned in our case studies, Code for History collaborates with Yamagata University’s Yamagata Archive project through our historical map application, Maplat. The people behind the Yamagata Archive are also part of a local group called Machi no Kioku o Nokoshitai (“The Team Preserving the Town’s Memories”), which organizes an event called Nanahaku! every February […]