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 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, and apply the latest scientific techniques when suitable.
In addition to widely publishing the outcomes obtained through this research, we strive to make international contributions, such as holding local training events that include people who are involved in foreign countries in Asia and other regions, not to mention those in Japan, incorporating personnel education and technical transfers, while providing basic knowledge and conservation techniques concerning cultural property protection.
In our modern society, cultural properties are expected to play a larger and more important role. TOBUNKEN is continuing fundamental research and investigation to contribute to the conservation of tangible and intangible cultural properties of all kinds, as a premise for making use of the properties, in support of this transition.
