Khmer Temple at Angkor in Cambodia BAYON
- Date
- October 16, 2024 (Wed) - December 22, 2024 (Sun)
(Every Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat,Sun,Holiday)
- Venue
- Asian Gallery (Toyokan)-TNM & TOPPAN Museum Theater
- Time
- [Wed, Thu, Fri] 12:00、13:00、14:00、15:00、16:00
[Sat, Sun, Holidays] 11:00、12:00、13:00、14:00、15:00、16:00
- Running time / Maximum capacity
- about 35 min / 90
- Fee
- High school students and above: ￥600
*Persons over 18 (excluding high-school students) and under 70 require a museum admission ticket.
Elementary and middle school students: ￥300
Preschoolers / people with disabilities and their caretakers: Free
- Supervision
- Yukio Imagawa (Former ambassador of Cambodia and Chairman
of Khmer Society of Japan)
- Supervision of the Tokyo National Museum Collection
- Tokyo National Museum
- Measurement data
- Ikeuchi Lab, University of Tokyo
- Photo
- BAKU Saito / TOPPAN Inc.
- Collaborator
- APSARA Authority, Cambodia / Japanese Government Team for
Safeguarding Angkor / Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. / Setharin,Penn
- Production
- TOPPAN Inc.
- Inquiries
- 050-5541-8600("Hello Dial")
Witness the digital recreation of an enormous World Heritage Site! Embark on a journey to the timeless Bayon Temple.
The Bayon Temple stands out among the World Heritage sites of the Angkor complex in Cambodia. To preserve this cultural heritage site of immense proportions, Japanese researchers embarked on a challenge about twenty years ago to digitally measure the site. They pioneered new techniques to do so, at a time before drones were even invented. This VR program is the fruit of their work.
Created with the approval of the Cambodian government, the program is a complete digitization of the entire 1,000,000 square-meter Bayon Temple. It features the site’s large stone statues of gently smiling faces that were built when the Khmer Empire flourished from the 800s to the 1400s, as well as reliefs that depict everyday life during that time. In its recreation of this extraordinarily unique World Heritage site, this pioneering VR program pushes the boundaries of what was possible during the early days of digital archiving. We are proud to present this work for your viewing pleasure.
* Only same-day tickets are available. Please purchase your ticket as early as possible as the ticket counter may be crowded before the screening.
Campaign Period: December 11-December 15, 2024
At Hotel Okura Yurinoki and Hotel Okura Garden Terrace, visitors who spend 3,000 yen or more on food and beverage will receive a voucher that can be traded for a ticket for this theater.
Website: TNM & TOPPAN Museum Theater
* English audio guides available free of charge
* You may not enter/exit the theater during the screening.