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Japan Academy

The Japan Academy is an honorary organisation and science academy founded in 1879 to bring together leading Japanese scholars with distinguished records of scientific achievements.
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  • Type: Voluntary association
  • Description: national academy
  • Also known as: “Nihon Gakushiin” and “The Japan Academy”
  • Address: 7, 台東区, 東京都 110-0007
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Museum of Nature and Science and National Museum of Western Art.

Museum
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The is in the northeast corner of Ueno Park in Tokyo. The museum has exhibitions on pre-Meiji science in Japan. It is the venue of the taxidermied bodies of the legendary dogs Hachikō and Taro and Jiro.

Museum
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The is the premier public art gallery in specializing in art from the Western tradition. The museum is in the Ueno Park in , central . It received 1,162,345 visitors in 2016. is situated 150 metres southwest of Japan Academy.

Museum
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The or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the ward of , Japan. It is one of the four museums operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, is considered the oldest national museum and the largest art museum in Japan. is situated 350 metres north of Japan Academy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ueno and Ikenohata.

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If you want to get a feel for old , in the district is a good place to start. Entirely lacking in high-rise condos or whiz-bang shopping malls, by Tokyo standards it's distinctly downmarket, in contrast to places like , but that means that eating, shopping and drinking are all affordably priced.

Quarter
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is a quarter.

Quarter
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is a sector of Taito, Tokyo, and, along with nearby Nezu and Sendagi neighborhoods in Bunkyo ward, together called Yanesen, is one of the few Tokyo neighborhoods in which the old Shitamachi atmosphere can still be felt.

Japan Academy

Latitude
35.71615° or 35° 42′ 58″ north
Longitude
139.77726° or 139° 46′ 38″ east
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
8Q7XPQ8G+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9213142188
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­association
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
10966772
Wiki­data ID
Q1683229
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Japan Academy” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الأكاديمية اليابانية للعلوم”
  • Armenian: “Ճապոնական ակադեմիա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yaponiya Elmlər Akademiyası”
  • Basque: “Japoniako Zientzien Akademia”
  • Belarusian: “Японская акадэмія навук”
  • Catalan: “Acadèmia del Japó”
  • Catalan: “Acadèmia japonesa de ciències”
  • Chinese: “东京学士会院”
  • Chinese: “帝國學士院”
  • Chinese: “日本学士院”
  • Czech: “Japonská akademie věd”
  • Danish: “Det japanske akademi”
  • Danish: “日本学士院”
  • Dutch: “Japan Academy”
  • Dutch: “Japanse Academie van Wetenschappen”
  • Esperanto: “Akademio de Japanio”
  • Esperanto: “Japana Akademio de Sciencoj”
  • Estonian: “Jaapani Akadeemia”
  • French: “Académie des sciences du Japon”
  • French: “Académie du Japon”
  • French: “Académie japonaise des sciences”
  • Galician: “Academia do Xapón”
  • Galician: “Academia Xaponesa”
  • German: “Japan Academy”
  • German: “Japanische Akademie der Wissenschaften”
  • German: “Nippon Gakushiin”
  • German: “Teikoku Gakushiin”
  • German: “The Japan Academy”
  • German: “Tokyo Gakushi Kaiin”
  • German: “Tōkyō Gakushi Kaiin”
  • Hebrew: “האקדמיה היפנית למדעים”
  • Indonesian: “Akademi Jepang”
  • Indonesian: “Japan Academy”
  • Irish: “Acadamh na Seapáine”
  • Japanese: “にっぽんがくしいん”
  • Japanese: “学士院”
  • Japanese: “学士院会員”
  • Japanese: “日本学士院”
  • Japanese: “日本学士院会員”
  • Japanese: “日本学士院会長”
  • Japanese: “日本学士院幹事”
  • Japanese: “東京学士院”
  • Korean: “일본 학사원”
  • Macedonian: “Јапонска академија на науките”
  • Macedonian: “Јапонска академија”
  • Maltese: “Akkademja tal-Ġappun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Det japanske akademi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nippon gakushiin”
  • Persian: “آکادمی ژاپن”
  • Portuguese: “Academia do Japão”
  • Romanian: “Academia Japoniei”
  • Russian: “Академия наук Японии”
  • Russian: “Японская академия наук”
  • Russian: “Японская Академия Наук”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Acadamh Sheapanach nan Saidheansan”
  • Serbian: “Japanska akademija”
  • Serbian: “Јапанска академија”
  • Slovenian: “Japonska akademija”
  • Slovenian: “Nippon Gakushiin”
  • Slovenian: “Teikoku Gakushiin”
  • Slovenian: “Tōkyō Gakushi Kaiin”
  • Spanish: “Academia de Japón”
  • Spanish: “Academia Japonesa”
  • Swedish: “Japanska akademien”
  • Swedish: “Japanska akademin”
  • Tatar: “Япония фәннәр академиясе”
  • Turkish: “Japonya Akademisi”
  • Ukrainian: “Академія наук Японії”
  • Ukrainian: “Японська академія наук”
  • Welsh: “Academi Japan”

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