ITC 2024, the 18th year

Online course: 29th July to 23rd August 2024
Onsite course: 30th August to 13th September 2024 at Kyoto, Kobe city, and Sayo-cho, Japan

2024 ITC Theme:
Linking tangible and intangible cultural heritage for disaster risk management

Participants:
15 participants from Albania, Bhutan, Chile, Croatia, Ethiopia, France, Hungary, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Portugal, Romania and Turkey and 2 Internship Students from Republic of Korea and Thailand

Site Visits:

  • Ponto-cho area, Kyoto
  • Fire Prevention Facilities at Higashi Hongan-Ji Temple, Kyoto
  • Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto
  • Sawanotsuru Sake Brewery, Kobe, Hyogo
  • Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution, Kobe, Hyogo
  • Kazamidori-no-yakata and Moegi-no-yakata, Kobe, Hyogo
  • Hirafuku area, Sayo-cho, Hyogo

Organized by:
Institute of Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University
In collaboration with ICCROM and contributed by UNESCO, ICOM & ICOMOS/ICORP

Course Pictures

A group photo with the Chancellor of Ritsumeikan University
A group photo at the online session
A field work for risk assessment in Ponto-cho, Kyoto
A workshop at R-DMUCH
A site visit at Reconstruction site of the Bell tower in Higashi Hongan-ji temple, Kyoto
A group photo at Meiji Koto-kan Hall at Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto
A site visit at Sawanotsuru Sake Brewery, Hyogo
A site visit to Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution, Hyogo
A workshop at Sayo-cho
A site visit in Hirafuku area, Sayo-cho, Hyogo, watching Sayo river and Rikan castle
Final Presentation at R-DMUCH
Closing Ceremony