The purpose of this symposium is to provide readers with a general understanding of Japanese art and aesthetics education and its interaction with other cultures. The essays cover a variety of topics, including historical, cross-cultural, theoretical, and practical perspectives. Following an introduction by Ako Okazaki, the following papers are presented: (1) "A Historical Overview of Art Education in Japan" (Kingo Masuda); (2) "The Concept of Freedom in Art Education in Japan" (Takuya Kaneda); (3) "Restriction and Individual Expression in the 'Play Activity/Zokei Asobi'" (Yoko Hino); (4) "A Sense of Reality" (Yasuaki Okamoto); (5) "Does Art Education Dream of Disneyland?" (Kinichi Fukumoto); (6) "Encounter between Hyper-Media and Art Education: A Retrospection of Jean-Jacques Rousseau or Memories of Art and Education" (Motoki Nagamori); (7) "Evolution in Qualitative Factors Used to Evaluate Japanese Students" (Kazumi Yamada); (8) "Media Literacy Education in Art: Motion Expression and the New Vision of Art Education" (Kenta Motomura); (9) "Postmodern Approach to Art Appreciation for Integrated Study in Japan" (Kazuhiro Ishizaki); (10) "Music-Picture: One Form of Synthetic Art Education" (Masashi Okada); (11) " Arthur Wesley Dow's Address in Kyoto, Japan (1903)" (Akio Okazaki); (12) "Japanese Painting and Johannes Itten's Art Education" (Yoshimasa Kaneko); (13) "Art Education in Lower Secondary Schools in Japan and the United Kingdom" (Toshio Naoe); (14) "A Comparative Study of Artistic Play and 'Zoukei-Asobi'" (Mitsuru Fujie); and (15) "Art as Part of Daily Life--A Cross-Cultural Dialogue between Art and People" (Masako Iwano). (Contains 2 figures, 4 tables, and 200 notes.)