Events
2025 Event Guide
The Fukuoka Prize 2025 Award ceremony
- Date
- Tuesday 16th September 2025 | 18:30 - 20:00 (JST)
- Venue
- Fukuoka Civic Hall（External link）
- Application Period
- 2025.7.22 ～ 2025.8.17
- Language
- Japanese only
- Enquiry
- 【TEL】 0120-957-730 【E-mail】fukuokaprize2025@intergroup.co.jp
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The Fukuoka Prize honors contributions to Asian culture. This year's prize laureates will gather for the award ceremony. We will introduce their outstanding achievements and deliver acceptance speeches by the prize laureates. There will be a celebratory performance by The Seika Girls' High School Band on stage. Also Ms. Nakama Yukie, an actress and a native Okinawan who has appeared on many TV programs about the reconstruction of Shuri Castle, will be the moderator of the ceremony. We will invite you to be present at this moment of joy.
Public Lecture by TAKARA Kurayoshi
- Title
- TAKARA Kurayoshi ‘The Shuri- jô Castle Revived: From the comparative perspective with Notre Dame Cathedral’
- Date
- Wednesday, September 17, 2025 | 18:30-20:30 (JST)
- Venue
- Arena Hall, Acros Fukuoka, Chuo-ku Tenjin, Fukuoka city（External link）
- Application Period
- 2025.7.22 ～ 2025.9.11
- Discussant
- Kono Toshiyuki, Executive Vice-president, Distinguished Professor, Kyushu University Honorary President, International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
- Language
- Japanese only
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The reconstruction of burnt down Shuri- jô Castle has been progressing with the completion scheduled in the fall of 2026. The Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral which also suffered extensive damage by fire in 2019, has completed its reconstruction in December last year and now opened for worship and visit. The laureate and discussant will talk about the conservation of cultural heritage by comparing 2 architecture; the Shuri- jô Castle and the Notre Dame Cathedral.
Public Lecture by BAIK Young-seo
- Title
- BAIK Young-seo ‘East Asia As a Practical Issues’
- Date
- Wednesday 17th September 2025 | 15:00-17:00 (JST)
- Venue
- Arena Hall, Acros Fukuoka, Chuo-ku Tenjin, Fukuoka city（External link）
- Application Period
- 2025.7.22 ～ 2025.9.15
- Discussant
- Kimiya Tadashi, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
- Discussant
- Nakajima Takahiro, Director of the East Asian Academy for New Liberal Arts, University of Tokyo
- Language
- Japanese only
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Currently East Asia is drawing a global attention as an area which has achieved the fastest development in the world in the recent history. In the meanwhile, it also struggles with various conflicts, such as U.S.-China relations, Japan-Korea relations, etc. Together with the audience, we will consider how to recognize and envision “East Asia” from the perspective of citizens in the region, not simply as a relationship between nations.
Public Lecture by VO Trong Nghia
- Title
- VO Trong Nghia ‘The State of Architecture in Dynamic Southeast Asia’
- Date
- Monday/ National Holiday, 15th September 2025 | 13:30-15:30 (JST)
- Venue
- Museum Hall, Fukuoka Art Museum, Ohori Park, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka（External link）
- Application Period
- 2025.7.22 ～ 2025.9.13
- Discussant
- Nishimura Yukio, Dean, Department of Tourism and Community Development. Kokugakuin University
- Discussant
- Iwamoto Masaaki, Associate Professor, The Graduate School of Design, Kyushu University
- Language
- Japanese only
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Vo Trong Nghia is a young architect who takes a lead in the architectural scene of Southeast Asia where dynamic urban development continues. Through selection of his architectural works, Dr. Vo will talk about enjoyment and possibility of architectural spaces built with unique materials such as bamboo, as well as the philosophy of architectural design adapted to subtropical climate and vegetation.