About selection of designated manager of Yokohama-shi entertainment center

Last updated on April 19, 2022.

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

About selection result of designated candidate

Results of selection
	Name of the organization	Score
Designated Candidate	Yokohama City Arts and Culture Promotion Foundation	483 points/600 points

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

Overview of Facilities

Name Yokohama Performing Arts Center (Yokohama Nigiwai-za) (outside site)
Location 3-110-1, Nogecho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi
Facility scale Dedicated (total floor area: 4,358.97 square meters) Each part of the 2nd basement floor of 13 stories above ground and 1st to 5th floors above ground, 3 floors below ground steel reinforced concrete (3 floors below ground)
Facilities Contents Performing Arts Hall (410 seats, stage: Prosenium format [frontage 10m, depth 8.5m, Prosenium height 4.5m]), Small Hall (up to 141 mobile seats), Practice Room (52.53m2), Production Room (34.82m2), Information Corner, backstage (5 rooms)

Designated period

From April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2027

Selection method

Yokohama Nigiwai-za has been established as a specialized hall for "popular entertainment" such as rakugo, comics and street performance, and is required to serve as a base for promoting culture in the field of popular entertainment in Yokohama. Since it is necessary to continue the cooperation system with performers' groups, etc., and since professional know-how in the field of popular performing arts is indispensable and the number of operators is limited, we select designated managers by independent nomination I will do it.　

Duties performed by designated managers

Business related to cultural projects
Operations related to facility management
Operations related to the operation of facilities
Preparation of daily reports and monthly business reports
Preparation of Annual Business Plans and Annual Business Reports
Operations related to business evaluation
Operations at the end of the designated period
Adjustment of other day-to-day operations

Yokohama Performing Arts Center Designated Manager Selection Evaluation Committee

List of Committee Members
Position	Name	Affiliation
Committee members	Yukio Uesugi	Former National Performing Arts Center Manager
Committee members	Emiko Kakiuchi	Director and Professor of Cultural Policy Program, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Committee members	Emiko Kaseda	Director, NPO Citizen Sector, Yokohama
Committee members	Haruhiko Fujisaki	Associate Professor, Yokohama City University

Selection process

2021 1st Designated Manager Selection Evaluation Committee　 ※Minutes (PDF: 277KB)

Date and time Wednesday, May 12, 2021 From 1:30 pm
Meeting Rooms 4.5 on the 18th floor of Yokohama City Hall
Agenda Interview Examination, Final Examination

2020 1st Designated Manager Selection Evaluation Committee　 ※Minutes (PDF: 169KB)

Date and time From 10:00 am on Thursday, November 26, 2020
Meeting Rooms 4.5 on the 18th floor of Yokohama City Hall
Appointment of the agenda chair, evaluation of designated management work in FY2019, determination of the fourth term selection guidelines, etc.

Documents related to the selection of the 4th designated manager

Yokohama Performing Arts Center (Yokohama Nigiwai-za) Designated Manager Selection Guidelines (PDF: 611KB)
Yokohama Performing Arts Center (Yokohama Nigiwai-za) Designated Manager Selection Guidelines Attachment (PDF: 360KB)
Yokohama Performing Arts Center (Yokohama Nigiwai-za) Standard of designated manager duties (PDF: 759KB)
Attachment document (PDF: 680KB) of designated manager duties of Yokohama performing arts center (Yokohama Nigiwai-za)
Yokohama Performing Arts Center (Yokohama Nigiwai-za) Designated Manager Proposal Issues and Collection of Styles (Word: 190KB)
Form 3 List of names of officers, etc. (Excel: 34KB)
Form 28 Balance of income and expenditure for 5 years (Excel: 17KB)
Yokohama Performing Arts Center Ordinance (PDF: 185KB)
Yokohama-shi entertainment center regulations enforcement regulations (PDF: 195KB)
Outline of selection of candidate of Yokohama-shi entertainment center (Yokohama Nigiwai-za) designated manager (PDF: 118KB)
Yokohama Performing Arts Center (Yokohama Nigiwai-za) Designated Manager Selection Evaluation Committee Operation Guidelines (PDF: 142KB)

Third 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
Position	Name	Affiliation
Chairman	Yukio Uesugi	Secretary-General of Seieikai
Committee members	Emiko Kakiuchi	Director and Professor of Cultural Policy Program, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Committee members	Yukiko Nishida	Chairman of the Yokohama Citizens Mecena Association
Committee members	Haruhiko Fujisaki	Associate Professor, Yokohama City University

Selection process

2015 third 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 (6th floor, Kannai Arai Building, 1-8, Onoecho, Naka-ku, Yokohama)
Agenda 3rd Designated Manager Selection Second Examination (1) Open Hearing, (2) Second Examination

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

Date and time From 14:00 on Tuesday, June 29, 2015
Culture and Tourism Bureau Conference Room, Yokohama (6th floor, Kannai Arai Building, 1-8, Onoecho, Naka-ku, Yokohama)
Agenda item (3rd term selection-related part) 3rd term designated manager selection primary examination

2014 third designated manager selection evaluation committee　※Minutes (PDF: 251KB)

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

2nd designated period

Designated period

From April 1, 2011 to March 31, 2016

Selection method

Yokohama Nigiwai-za has been established as a specialized hall for "popular entertainment" such as rakugo, comics and street performance, and is required to serve as a base for promoting culture in the field of popular entertainment in Yokohama. Since it is necessary to continue the cooperation system with performers' groups, etc., and since professional know-how in the field of popular performing arts is indispensable and the number of operators is limited, a designated manager is selected by independent nomination. I did it.
[Designated Candidate] Yokohama City Arts and Culture Promotion Foundation

Yokohama Performing Arts Center Designated Manager Examination Committee

List of Committee Members
Position	Name	Affiliation
Chairman	Yoshimitsu Kishikawa	Professor, Yokohama City University
Committee members	Yukio Uesugi	Secretary-General of Seieikai Foundation
Committee members	Yukiko Nishida	Chairman of the Yokohama Citizens Mecena Association
Committee members	Naoko Yoneya	Deputy Director, Entertainment Culture and Fisheries Promotion Department of the Japan Performing Arts Demonstrators Association

Selection process

1st Examination Committee Tuesday, June 1, 2010　※Minutes (PDF: 121KB)
The chairperson was elected, the selection schedule was determined, and the selection guidelines were examined. In addition to appointing Chairman Kishikawa, we examined the selection policy of the designated manager of Yokohama Performing Arts Center and the selection guidelines.
The 2nd Examination Committee Wednesday, July 21, 2010　※Minutes (PDF: 130KB)
We discussed the suitability and feasibility of the first proposal documents, and examined the points to be pointed out and advice.
The 3rd Examination Committee Tuesday, August 31, 2010　※Review Report (PDF: 169KB)
Public hearings and second screening will be 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 members of the Jury Committee, and then conducted a second screening.

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