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Facilities

Japanese Tatami Room

Hyogo Cultural Centre's main attraction is the Japanese room with tatami mats and shoji screens. This room is utilised to display seasonal items or carry out various Japanese traditional performances such as Tea ceremony, Koto, and Japanese dance….

Library

Hyogo Cultural Centre proudly maintains the largest resource library of Japanese language and cultural materials in Western Australia. We have a wealth of books, DVDs, CD Rom and audio materials. The general public is welcome to access the resources within the Centre while Members are able to borrow the items.
Please view the Resources page to search for materials of interest to you.

Seminar Room

Our seminar room can accommodate up to 40 people seated classroom-style with tables and chairs. You can use this room to study with the assistance of our large range of self-study materials. We also use this room for exhibitions, seminars, films, and workshops…it is a very versatile space.

Equipment

We are well equipped to hold seminars, classes, mini concerts, exhibitions etc. There are Japanese cultural items (calligraphy, tea ceremony, ikebana….), media equipment (TV, VCR, DVD, Data projector, OHP...) and some display panels.

Using this Facility

Should you wish to hold a Japan related event at our centre, please feel free to discuss the possibility and further details with us.

A Happy New Year to you all!

Moving on from the excitement of the 30th Anniversary Year in 2011, we are pleased to announce that in 2012 Hyogo Prefectural Government Cultural Centre is celebrating our 20th Birthday. Hip, Hip, Hooray!! Hyogo Cultural Centre first opened its doors in 1992 as the very first tenant of QV.1 in St. George's Terrace, Perth. Our current Director, Mr. Akio Kawanabe, was responsible for overseeing the establishment of the Centre and is thrilled to see just how far we have come over the 20 years. Our move to the new premises in City Beach took place in 2009 and we feel that we have settled in here very well. We have many exciting events planned including the release of our very first Hyogo DVD, which will be an education resource designed to introduce the Centre, promote Hyogo Prefecture, and encourage learning of Japanese language and culture. The DVD will be presented by the amazing Shingo Usami, a professional actor and former Japanese language teacher, who has been working closely with us on a variety of projects. We also acknowledge the very generous contributions towards this project of both the Department of Education of WA and Association of Independent Schools WA.

A gentle reminder that it is a good time to renew your membership or consider joining so that you don't miss out on any information of the 2012 activities.

We look forward to welcoming you in the Centre soon.

HYOGO CULTURAL CENTRE 20 Kalinda Drive, City Beach Western Australia 6015 PH: (08) 9385 9002 FAX: (08) 9385 9005 Email: hyogo@iinet.net.au