About selection of designated manager of Yokohama-shi entertainment center

Last update date April 19, 2022

4th term designated period (5 years from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2027)

About selection result of designated candidate

Selection results
	Group name	Score
Designated Candidate	Yokohama Foundation for Arts and Culture Promotion	483 points/600 points

※The minimum reference point is 60% or more of the total 200 evaluation criteria.
Review report (PDF: 579KB)
Proposal (PDF: 17,416KB)

Facility Overview

Name Yokohama Performing Arts Center (Yokohama Nigiwai-za) (outside site)
Location 3-110-1, Nogecho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi
Facility scale steel reinforced concrete basement 3 floors above ground 2 floors above ground and 1 to 5 floors above ground are exclusively used (total floor area: 4,358.97 square meters)
Facility contents Entertainment hall (410 seats, stage: Proceenium type [10m, depth 8.5m, proseenium height 4.5m]), small hall (maximum about 141 seats), practice room (52.53 square meters), production room (34.82 square meters), information corner, dressing room (5 rooms)

Designated period

From April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2027

Selection method

Yokohama Nigiwai-za has been established as a museum dedicated to popular performing arts such as rakugo, comics and street performances, and is required to function as a base for cultural promotion policies in the popular entertainment field in Yokohama. Since it is necessary to continue the cooperative system with performers' organizations, etc., and professional know-how in the field of popular performing arts is indispensable and the number of people in operation is limited, select a designated manager by independent nomination I will do it.　

Duties performed by the designated manager

Business related to cultural business
Operations related to facility management
Operations related to facility operation
Preparation of daily reports and monthly business reports
Preparation of annual business plan and annual business report
Operations related to business evaluation
Operations at the end of the designated period
Coordination of other daily operations

Yokohama Performing Arts Center Designated Manager Selection Evaluation Committee

List of committee members
Positions	Name	Affiliation
Committee members	Yukio Uesugi	Former director of the National Performing Arts Center
Committee members	Emiko Kakiuchi	Director and Professor, Cultural Policy Program, Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Committee members	Emiko Kaseda	Director, Nonprofit Organization, Citizen Sector, Yokohama
Committee members	Haruhiko Fujisaki	Associate Professor, Yokohama City University

Selection process

FY2021 1st Designated Administrator Selection Evaluation Committee　 ※Minutes (PDF: 277KB)

Date and time Wednesday, May 12, 2021 From 1:30 pm
Venue Yokohama City Hall 18th Floor Minato 4th Floor Conference Room
Agenda interview screening, final screening

FY2020 1st Designated Administrator Selection Evaluation Committee　 ※Minutes (PDF: 169KB)

Date and time, Thursday, November 26, 2020 From 10:00 a.m.
Venue Yokohama City Hall 18th Floor Minato 4th Floor Conference Room
Appointment of chairperson, evaluation of designated management work in FY2019, determination of the 4th term selection guidelines, etc.

Documents related to selection of designated manager selection

3rd term designated period

Designated period

From April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2021

Selection method

Yokohama Performing Arts Center Designated Manager Selection Evaluation Committee

List of committee members
Positions	Name	Affiliation
Chairperson	Yukio Uesugi	Executive Director, Seieikai
Committee members	Emiko Kakiuchi	Director and Professor, Cultural Policy Program, Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Committee members	Yukiko Nishida	Chairman of Yokohama citizen Mecena Association
Committee members	Haruhiko Fujisaki	Associate Professor, Yokohama City University

Selection process

2015 3rd designated manager selection evaluation committee　 ※Minutes (PDF: 225KB)

Date and time From 14:10 on Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Culture and Tourism Bureau Conference Room, Yokohama City (6th floor of Kannai Arai Building, 1-8 Onoecho, Naka-ku, Yokohama)
Agenda Third Phase Designated Manager Selection Second Examination (1) Public hearing, (2) Second Examination

2015 2nd designated manager selection evaluation committee　※Minutes (PDF: 201KB)

Date and time of the event From 14:00 on Tuesday, June 29, 2015
Culture and Tourism Bureau Conference Room, Yokohama City (6th floor of Kannai Arai Building, 1-8 Onoecho, Naka-ku, Yokohama)
Agenda item (3rd term selection) Third term Designated Administrator Selection First Examination

2014 3rd Designated Administrator Selection Evaluation Committee　※Minutes (PDF: 251KB)

Date and time from 15:00 on Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Culture and Tourism Bureau Conference Room, Yokohama City (6th floor of Kannai Arai Building, 1-8 Onoecho, Naka-ku, Yokohama)
Regarding the determination of the third term selection guidelines, etc.

Phase 2 Designated Period

Designated period

From April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2016

Selection method

Yokohama Performing Arts Center Designated Administrator Examination Committee

List of committee members
Positions	Name	Affiliation
Chairperson	Yoshimitsu Kishikawa	Professor, Yokohama City University
Committee members	Yukio Uesugi	Executive Director, Seieikai Foundation
Committee members	Yukiko Nishida	Chairman of Yokohama citizen Mecena Association
Committee members	Naoko Yoneya	Deputy Director of the Japan Performing Arts and Culture and Fisheries Promotion Department

Selection process

The 1st Examination Committee Tuesday, June 1, 2010　※Minutes (PDF: 121KB)
The selection of the chairperson, the selection schedule was confirmed, and the selection guidelines were examined. In addition to appointing Chairperson Kishikawa, we examined selection policy of designated manager of Yokohama-shi entertainment center and selection essential point.
The 2nd Review Committee Wednesday, July 21, 2010　※Minutes (PDF: 130KB)
The suitability and feasibility of the first proposal documents were discussed, and the issues pointed out and advice were examined.
The 3rd Review Committee Tuesday, August 31, 2010　※Review Report (PDF: 169KB)
Public hearings and second screenings were held. The proposer gave a presentation on the management and operation of the Yokohama Performing Arts Center and a Q & A session in front of the committee members, and then conducted the second screening.

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