The Embassy of Japan in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in collaboration with the Japan Foundation and the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, will organize the internationally acclaimed traveling exhibition “Built Environment: An Alternative Guide to Japan”, at the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina from June 5 to June 30, 2026.
The exhibition features 80 examples of buildings, civil engineering works and landscapes from all the prefectures of Japan, which are introduced through photographs, text and video images. It presents a rarely considered aspect of Japan, taking the “built environment” of various regions of the country that is geographically diverse and often struck by natural disasters, with the aim of examining how Japanese people have engaged and struggled with the natural environment and how they have carried on and created locality.
The exhibition is not only for architects, but also for general public, and is continuation of four Japan Foundation curated exhibitions in Sarajevo in recent years – “YAKISHIME: Earth Metamorphosis” in 2019, “NINGYO: Art and Beauty of Japanese dolls” in 2023, “Manga Hokusai Manga” in 2024 and “Japanese Design Today100” in 2025.
