Museum of Japanese Art and Technology Manggha

Krakow’s outpost of the Japanese creativity and ingenuity opened at 26 Konopnickiej street in 1994 as the Manggha Center of Japanese Art and Technology. Renamed Museum of Japanese Art and Technology "Manggha", it remains the biggest institution promoting Japan's culture in the whole Central and Eastern Europe.
The Center of Japanese Art and Technology is a brainchild of Andrzej Wajda, the renowned Oscar-awarded Polish film maker, who also contributed his $340,000 Kyoto city award and helped to raise the outstanding $5.5 million to erect it.