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Eco-Museums - An Era in which Regions Begin to Speak for Themselves - Japan - September 1996 What makes the eco-museum concept so interesting in Japan around 1996 is that it was presented not as a mere tourism policy or industrial promotion measure, but as a philosophy that went into the very way of life of the region. At the time, several years had passed since the bursting of Japan's bubble economy, and local regions were shaken by a population exodus and industrial decline, and were in a period of self-doubt as to what would remain of their own communities. Under these circumstances, the idea of an eco-museum, where value is not brought in from the outside but already resides within the community, prompted a profound ideological shift in the local regions. As stated in the file, the core philosophy of an eco-museum is "to explore historically the life of local residents and the developmental process of the natural and social environment, and to preserve and exhibit these l
egacies on site to contribute to the development of the region. This is in contrast to conventional cultural administration that collects exhibits in a building called a museum. The entire community is regarded as a living museum, and the residents themselves are the researchers and inheritors, a major rewriting of cultural subjectivity.