The "Kirin Varve Museum Kyoto Uryuyama Annex Establishment P...

The "Kirin Varve Museum Kyoto Uryuyama Annex Establishment Project" is underway. This project involves establishing an annex to the Varve Museum in Fukui, situated on the upper part of the Uryuyama Campus of Kyoto University of the Arts. It is being implemented as a joint project with Kirin Holdings. We will build what is said to be the longest varve museum in Japan atop Mount Uryu. The location is superb, offering a panoramic view of Kyoto and the surrounding mountains, including the site of the Daimonji-yaki festival. A cafe will also be attached to create a space that everyone from couples to families can enjoy.\n\nPlease create an introductory video for this project.\n\nThe details are as follows:\n\n■ Concept\n・The passage of time and human activity\n\n■ Exhibits\n・Keywords: "Nature and Human Activity." Displays of Jomon pottery, including items from the Kyoto University of the Arts collection.\n・Natural forms: stones, paper, etc.\n・Japanese paintings, ink wash paintings, and other items from the university collection such as pottery and dolls.\n・Naturally, varves (annual sediment layers) will also be on display.\n・Develop several themes for exhibits that allow visitors to feel the flow of time.\n\n■ Education and Outreach Activities\n・Food education (Shokuiku): The movement of goods and eating habits, food culture (e.g., salted mackerel).\n・How to eat acorns: An event to make "Jomon cookies."\n・How to use pottery: An experiential activity where visitors actually cook using replica pottery.\n・Incorporate the connection between Fukui and Kyoto into the educational content.\n・Since the museum features varves, focus on what people ate at specific points throughout the long history.\n・Utilizing the "timescale" provided by varves to host workshops and food education tailored to the climate and food culture of specific eras.\n・Food education regarding Kyoto pickles and preserved foods. Involving Kirin, we will also provide education on their recently marketed immunity-related beverages and yeast-based ingredients that improve gut health.\n・Additionally, we would like to hold workshops such as paper-making.