TOBUNKEN conducts fundamental and practical research and investigation in the fields of tangible cultural
properties, such as artistic handicrafts, historical buildings, and modern cultural heritage, which are
the cultural products of people’s diverse social activities, as well as intangible cultural properties and
folk cultural properties, including traditional classical performing arts and local production techniques.
Moreover, in addition to the traditional conservation and restoration techniques that are essential to
conserving and passing down these diverse cultural properties, we conduct research and development into
conservation techniques applying the latest scientific techniques when necessary.
In addition to broadly publishing the outcomes obtained through this research, we aim for international
contributions, such as holding local training events incorporating personnel education and technical
transfers, while providing basic knowledge and conservation techniques concerning cultural property
protection to
people who are involved in foreign countries in Asia and other regions, not to mention those in Japan.
In our modern society, which is transitioning into maturity, cultural properties are expected to play a
larger and more important role. Not only for intangible cultural heritage, TOBUNKEN is continuing fundamental research and investigation to
contribute to
conservation, which is the premise for making use of cultural properties, to reinforce this movement.
