{"id":37,"date":"2024-12-22T21:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-22T12:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yokohama-bunka.jp\/renew_wp\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2025-02-07T10:34:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T01:34:24","slug":"message","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yokohama-bunka.jp\/en\/about\/message\/","title":{"rendered":"Greetings from the Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns mgb30 sp-flex-reverse is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The foundation was established in September 1991, based on a donation from Shigeo Yokohama, the grandfather of the current president, and Yokohama Steel Co., Ltd.<br>Shigeo Yokohama was born in Kanazawa, and later moved to Osaka, where he founded Yokohama Steel Co., Ltd. Upon the company's stock listing, he established the foundation with the intention of contributing to the promotion of Kanazawa's traditional culture.<br>Since the foundation's establishment, we are deeply grateful to the members of the Board of Directors, the Council of Advisors, and all those who have been involved in the foundation\u2019s operations, for their ongoing support, which has allowed our activities to continue to this day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column img-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"706\" src=\"\/renew_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chairman.jpg\" alt=\"\u7406\u4e8b\u9577\u00a0\u00a0 \u6a2a\u6d5c\u5065\u306e\u5199\u771f\" class=\"wp-image-415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yokohama-bunka.jp\/renew_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chairman.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.yokohama-bunka.jp\/renew_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/chairman-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"cap-name --sp-left\">Yokohama Memorial Kanazawa Cultural Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"cap-name mgt0\">Chairman of the Board of Directors,&nbsp;&nbsp; <code>Takeshi Yokohama<\/code><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, I have come to strongly feel the importance of culture. In Japan, there are more and more foreigners and people of mixed heritage, many of whom are active in sports and entertainment. I now feel that it is not just nationality that defines someone as Japanese, but rather a person who holds a Japanese sensibility.<br>When I think about why this is, I believe it is because if the language, thinking, manners, and customs a person uses are Japanese, then they are seen as Japanese. In the future, I believe the term \"Japanese\" will refer to people who live based on Japanese culture, regardless of nationality. Culture is something that changes, but I strongly feel it is a crucial part of the foundation of a nation.<br>Kanazawa has long fostered a rich cultural environment and has made significant contributions to Japan\u2019s culture.<br>Our foundation continues to support those who contribute to the promotion of Kanazawa's traditional culture, but maintaining cultural activities is not easy in today's difficult economic climate. Despite this challenging situation, our foundation will continue to do its best to contribute to the promotion of Kanazawa\u2019s traditional culture. We ask for your continued understanding and support.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u3000\u5f53\u8ca1\u56e3\u306f\u5e73\u6210\uff13\u5e74\uff081991\uff09\uff19\u6708\u306b\u7956\u7236\u3067\u3042\u308b\u6a2a\u6d5c\u8302\u96c4\u3068\u6a2a\u6d5c\u92fc\u696d\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e\u304b\u3089\u306e\u5bc4\u9644\u3092\u57fa\u306b\u8a2d\u7acb\u3055\u308c\u307e\u3057 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":35,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-about.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yokohama-bunka.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yokohama-bunka.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yokohama-bunka.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yokohama-bunka.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yokohama-bunka.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.yokohama-bunka.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":461,"href":"https:\/\/www.yokohama-bunka.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37\/revisions\/461"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yokohama-bunka.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yokohama-bunka.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}