Exhibits

Each exhibition facility presents the respective activities of the Kyoto Prize and Inamori Foundation. Photo panels and video messages of the Kyoto Prize laureates who have contributed to the peace and prosperity of humankind are available.

Kyoto Prize Room, Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art

©Shinya Kigure
Address Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art
Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art
124 Okazaki Enshoji-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8344
Phone +81-75-771-4334
Opening hours  10:00 – 18:00 (JST)
*Last admission: 17:30 (JST)
Closed on Mondays (except for public holidays), year-end and new year holidays 
*Please check the latest information at the Museum’s official website for the possible temporary closure under the condition of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Admission Free
Access ・Eight minutes from Exit 1 of Higashiyama Station of Tozai Line, Kyoto City Subway
・From Kyoto Station: 
Take City Bus (Route 5 or 100) and get off at Okazaki Koen/Bijutsukan, Heian Jingu-mae Station
・From Kyoto Kawaramachi Station:
Take City Bus (Route 5 or 46) and  get off at Okazaki Koen/Bijutsukan, Heian Jingu-mae Station
*Please refer to the Museum’s official website for detailed information

Visitors will find three components in the Kyoto Prize Room:
1. Message: Words of the Kyoto Prize laureates flow along the pillars.
2. Laureates as individuals: Touch and read laureates’ profiles and achievements. Watch interviews and listen to their voice.
3. Laureates in context: Touch and explore the world around the laureates including their experience as a child, befriending and impact on the society.

The message of the Kyoto Prize laureates includes words such as “I make film from my heart, not from my head. So I hope you watch with your heart.” (Akira Kurosawa | 1994 laureate in Arts and Philosophy) and  “Work on what is beautiful to you.” (Karl Deisseroth | 2018 laureate in Advanced Technology). Pieces of their message become grains of LED light and flow over the surface of the marble pillars. In the “laureates in context” section, visitors can touch the laureates’ images on a five-meter wide interactive display.

 

Kyoto Prize Library, Inamori Auditorium, Kagoshima University

Address 3F, Inamori Auditorium, Kagoshima University
1-21-30 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065
Phone +81-99-285-7335
Opening hours 10:00 – 17:00 (JST)
Closed on Sundays, national holidays, and year-end and new year holidays
*Subject to temporary closure
Admission Free
Access From Kagoshima Chuo Station
Five minutes’ walk from Kogakubu-mae Station of Kagoshima Streetcars (Route 2)
A minute’s walk from Hogakubu-mae Station of Kagoshima City Bus (Line 9, 11 or 20)
A minute’s walk from Hogakubu-mae Station of Kagoshima Kotsu Bus (Line 18 or 19)

 

Inamori Library

Address 9 Takeda Tobadono-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-8450
(South of the Kyocera Headquarters Building)
Phone +81-75-604-6141
Opening hours 10:00 – 17:00(JST)
Closed on Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and Kyocera company holidays
Admission Free
Access From Takeda Station on Kintetsu Kyoto Line or Kyoto Subway Karasuma Line, take a bus from the bus stop located to the west of the North Exit and get off at the Kyoto Pulse Plaza Mae stop (about 5 minutes’ ride)
About 10 minutes’ walk from Fushimi Station on the Kintetsu Kyoto Line
From JR Kyoto Station Hachijo-guchi Exit, take Kyoto Rakunan Express bus (R’EX Bus) and get off at Kyoto Pulse Plaza Kyocera Mae stop (about 15 minutes’ ride)