Renewal of Jutaro Komura Memorial Museum

At the “Machigoto Museum Created by Everyone”, we will create a citizen participation displays to convey the charm of Obi.
Obi, Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture, is a scenic castle town that has been preserved since the feudal system.
This project will renovate the memorial hall of Jutaro Komura, who is famous in the area, and based on the concept of "50% displays + 50% excursion", it will improve the intellectual curiosity and satisfaction of visitors and allow them to tour around the city. The main aim was to connect to
There are two displays rooms in the museum, and the [Welcome to Obi] displays is a showroom displays that promotes tours of the city, introducing the history and culture of the castle town and the charm of samurai residences in an experiential way.
The [Jutaro Komura History Collection] has produced a displays story space of a large picture book" and a "citizen participation video" that traces the life of Jutaro Komura.
In addition, under the theme of “City and Museum Created by Everyone”, the project created displays together with citizens throughout the year. Over 100 citizens are involved in the behind-the-scenes work of actors, make-up, and kimono in Jutaro Komura's video, including displays of treasures found in the town at workshops with children.
Based on these, we aimed to make the memorial hall a source of pride for the citizens, and to be loved by the locals and visitors for a long time, along with the proof that they were involved.
 

(1) We would like to make active use of the facility to promote tours of the history and culture of the town (Obi castle town), and use it as a base facility for tours to increase the number of customers and provide guidance.
(2) We would like to convey in an easy-to-understand manner the great achievements and life of Komura Komura, a great man in this area, and to make it possible to re-recognize and rediscover it, including the local people.
(3) We would like to make it a facility that can contribute to the revival of inbound travelers in the future, support groups such as school trips inside and outside the prefecture, and extend the length of stay.
(4) Pursue fun and enjoyment as a facility that visitors can easily enjoy even on rainy days.

・In order to convey the charm of local resources and the achievements of Jutaro Komura, materials that unravel the history and culture (Taipei dance, Yagoro, samurai residences, Obi cedar, food culture, etc.) that allow you to feel the splendor of the local area are displays. It is incorporated as a participatory experience type displays.
・In the space, you can feel the texture of wood by using local special domestic wood "Obi cedar" for pillars and beams, fixtures and benches.
・In video production, the local community and people are involved, and many staff and actors participate in the production, making it a citizen-participation video.
・For the creation of displays, we received cooperation from various civic groups, and received cooperation in graphic concept design and video production that conveyed the charm of the region.
These operations were realized through collaboration between NOMURA Smiles Co., Ltd. (creation of experience value), and a local concept design office (pursuit of Obi-ness).