| Period | August 18, 2022 (Thu) - March 31, 2025 (Mon) |
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| Place | “CPCP Island” Dream Address in the Nintendo Switch game Animal Crossing: New Horizons |
| Dream Address Code | DA-4716-9183-8075 |
Have fun on an island inspired by Japanese art!
The Dream Address “CPCP Island” by the National Center for the Promotion of Cultural Properties (CPCP) is now open in the Nintendo Switch game Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
CPCP Island contains areas inspired by various cultural properties in the collections of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, including paintings, crafts, and artifacts.
You can enjoy parts of the rich world of Japanese cultural properties within the world of Animal Crossing.
| Dream Address Code for “CPCP Island” | DA-4716-9183-8075 |
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Curator Keiko Mikasa from the Tokyo National Museum (TNM) explains the “pottery” items that you can acquire in Animal Crossing while comparing them with cultural properties in the collections of TNM and the Kyushu National Museum.
CPCP Island is the setting for a deep dive into Japanese art! Join TNM Curator Yuzuruha Oyama in exploring the island, with a focus on “Edo-period kimonos.”
Highlights of CPCP Island
CPCP Island consists of ten areas inspired by cultural properties from the Jomon period to the present day in the collections of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage. As you explore, it’s also fun to guess which artworks served as the inspiration.
The waterside irises and eight-plank bridge depicted in “Writing Box with the Eight-Plank Bridge” by Ogata Korin have been recreated in Animal Crossing.
If you want to know more about a particular artwork featured, you can search for it in the Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (ColBase).
To commemorate the opening of CPCP Island, custom designs inspired by Japanese art in the TNM collection have been newly released. You’ll be able to have even more fun exploring CPCP Island by wearing them.
| Creator ID | MA-9014-0004-4727 |
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This custom design recreates the kimono worn by the beautiful woman depicted in Beauty Looking Back by Hishikawa Moronobu (TNM collection).
It is based on the Haniwa of Dancing People and Beauty Looking Back Conservation Project by the CPCP and TNM.
This custom design recreates the yukata (summer kimono) and fan of the woman depicted in Lakeside by Kuroda Seiki (TNM collection).
This hat and face-cutout board allow you to transform into Tomb Sculptures (‘Haniwa’): Dancing People in the TNM collection.
The custom design is based on the Haniwa of Dancing People and Beauty Looking Back Conservation Project by the CPCP and TNM.
*The already-released custom designs Edo-Style Fuyuki Kosode and Contemporary-Style Fuyuki Kosode are also still available.