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The 5th Year Anniversary Exhibition is being held at the Okamoto Taro Museum. In all
his activities Okamoto Taro surpassed all existing genres. Through his many
appearances on TV, he was a widely known person throughout Japan. From the early days of TV
broadcasting and for over 50 years Okamoto Taro appeared on the “box” on a wide range of programs,
starting with news programs, interviews and accounts of his ideas, he also appeared on dramas andvariety shows. These programs dealt with various themes but they mostly picked up on Okamoto Taros
personal views on numerous issues that were causing confusion in modern society. This current
exhibition deals with Okamoto Taro and TV. The museum presents from its collection exhibits that aredivided into 6 zones. These are treasured images of Okamoto Taro, TV commercials, accounts of his ideas,interviews, dramas and interviews.
Furthermore, as it is the 5th year anniversary of the opening of the Okamoto Taro Museum
representative pieces of Okamoto Taro’s work from pictures, sculptures, photographs and engravings
will be presented in one exhibit for public viewing.
This exhibition will continue until January 16,2005. The first of the visual work exhibition run from theopening to Dec.5 and then the next part will be shown from Dec.6th to Jan.16.
Entrance fee is ¥900 for adults, ¥700 for senior high school and university students and it’s free forthose of junior high-school age and younger as well as for those aged over 65. The fee covers entering themuseum twice during the exhibition.
It opens from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm and is closed on Mondays except when it’s a national holiday, in whichcase the museum will close the following day instead.
The Museum is a 17 minute walk from Mukogaoka-yuen Station on the Odakyu Line.
ＮＯ.１６4The Reference Room is on the second floor of the International Center at theKawasaki International Center in Nakahara Ward. The room was set up in order to be a place
where people could get a good understanding of regional inter-nationalization and intercultural subjects.
The Reference Room is based on the theme of international exchange and international relations andwith this in mind you can find a selection of books and reading materials on social issues, economics,history, culture and so on written about Japan and other countries.
The opening hours of the Reading and Reference Room are from 10:00am to 8:00pm. It is closed on
Mondays except if Monday happens to be a national holiday, in which case the room will be opened on
Monday but closed on the following day instead. It is open for use to all people over the 4th grade ofelementary school and children who are younger than 3rd grade should be accompanied by their parents.
When using the Reference Room, please try not to use the room for other purposes such as studying fortests.
Apart from having over 10,000 books on international exchange, international relations and various
topics from different countries there are also newspapers in Chinese and English.
When you use the Reference Room you may keep pens, pencils and so on out on the tables but you must
put your other belongings into the lockers provided. These lockers operate on a returnable fee system.
You may only use books within the Reference Room, the facility doesn’t lend books out.
There are also videos that you may watch in the video booths that are located in the Reference Room.

It is forbidden to smoke, eat, drink or use your cell phone in the Reference Room. There is no charge inusing the books and other materials so please come and see what the Reference Room is like.
The Reference Room is in the Kawasaki International Center which is a 15 minute walk from
Motosumiyoshi on the Toyoko Line. For more information please phone the International Center at044-435-7000.

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The Peace Museum is a facility set up in order to help raise feelings of love andwealth in our hearts along with presenting a new way of being active with regard to peace. The museum
tries to do this through exhibits and exchanges.
Within the Peace Museum are exhibits related to history such as the “Large Air Raid on Kawasaki”,“Japan and War”, “War and Humans” and so on.
There is also the “Other War” exhibit which deals with famine, poverty and environmental problems.
Please, when you visit the Peace Museum, while learning about past history, think and consider about
peace and the future.
In the “War and Humans” section you can reflect on the history of war, weapons of mass killings, ethnic
wars etc. The “Other War” exhibit allows you to reflect on the oppression of human rights, famine, poverty,
destruction of the global environment as well as introducing you to the groups and people, such as theUnited Nations and citizen groups, who dedicate their lives to peace.
At the Peace Museum there is also a video corner where you can watch videos of animation and so onthat relate to peace. You can use the information retrieval corner to search information on peace related
topics on the computers provided. Furthermore there is an area of books dealing with peace issues thatyou are welcome to use.
The Peace Museum is a 8 minute walk from Musashi-kosugi Station (JR Nambu Line, Tokyu Toyoko
Line and Meguro Line) or a 10 minute walk from Motosumiyoshi Station (Tokyu Toyoko Line). The Peace
Museum can be found in the Nakahara Peace Park. The exhibit corners are open from 9:00am to 5:00pm.
And it is free to enter the museum. The Peace Museum is closed every Monday and on the 3rd Tuesday ofthe month. It also closes during the end of year
holidays.
So why don’t you try to take some time out and come along to the Peace Museum and while looking at thedisplays think about the meaning of peace.

Issued by The Kawasaki International Association
237-1 Kizuki Gion Cho,Nakahara-Ku, Kawasaki 211-0033 Kawasaki International Center
Tel044-435-7000 Fax044-435-7010 Ｅ-mail:kian@bremen.or.jp HP URL:http://www.bremen.or.jp/kian/