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This project involved concept design, interiors renovation, and environmental features of the children's corner of Nakano City's Ekoda Library, located in a quiet residential area where children from the neighborhood gather. On the first floor, we replaced the old interiors materials with new ones and created a bookshelf unique to the children's corner, where large books and picture-story shows can be stored. We also created a magazine area for parents to enjoy, creating a space where parents and children can spend time together. In this space, where children are greeted by the library's original characters, "Shishimaru" and "Egotan," inspired by the "Ekoda Lion Dance," an intangible folk cultural property designated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, we aimed to give children the impression that libraries are fun places. On the second floor, we installed a new counter and chairs. By using acrylic material for part of the counter, it has become a space where you can quietly read while feeling the faint warmth of the sunlight.

The Ishikawa Takuboku Memorial Museum, which opened in 1970 with the aim of honoring and preserving the records of Ishikawa Takuboku, one of the most representative poets of modern Japan, will reopen in 2025 with the addition of the Tamayama History and Folklore Museum. The two museums are connected by the concept of the word "hometown" left by Takuboku, and the Takuboku Memorial Museum focuses on the Meiji period when Takuboku lived, while the History and Folklore Museum focuses on the 1950s and 1960s, allowing visitors to see the current Tamayama. The entire space of the Ishikawa Takuboku Memorial Museum is used to depict the 26 years of Takuboku's life and the people's activities to honor him from his death to the present day as a huge timeline. Below the timeline, you can see the collections for each era and Takuboku's words from that time. The central symbolic displays displays the organ that Takuboku actually played, and on the large screen in the background, you can choose to watch two original animations, "Takuboku's Life" and "Takuboku and Hometown." There is also a special displays room and a book browsing corner. Tamayama History and Folklore Museum displays folklore materials donated by local residents, as well as folk performing arts and natural scenes, which are preserved and can be viewed using video and information search systems. In the corridor connecting the two buildings, there is a multipurpose hall where lectures and workshops can be held, a shelf displays called "Tamayama Connecting" where mini special displays can be held, and a "visible storage room" where part of the storage room is made of glass. From the windows, you can see the Saito Family Residence where Takuboku once lived, and Shibutani Elementary School.

The Former Hokkaido Government Office Building, built in 1888, is known affectionately as the "Red Brick Office" and is an important cultural property that represents Hokkaido. It will be temporarily closed from 2019 for seismic reinforcement and preservation renovation work. During the closure, we planned a temporary observation facility with the theme "Only here and now" that can only be viewed during the renovation work.

This project was undertaken by Takekoma Shrine, one of Japan's three major Inari shrines, to create a lively atmosphere in the local community. Our company acted as the hub, forming a team that united the shrine, the local community, and the company. The team worked on five main areas: "development of the shrine forest," "installation of a cafe," "vitalization of the local community," "promotion," and "creating a new festival." Our company was responsible for the overall production of the project, including planning, logo concept design, design administration, landscaping concept design, construction, exterior construction, cafe opening support, cafe menu development, product development, video production, and PR. Our goal was to ensure that Takekoma Shrine would continue to be an indispensable part of the lives of the local residents and be passed on to the future in a sustainable way. ○ Contents of comprehensive production ① Extraction of customer issues ② Proposal of solutions to those issues ③ Consideration of implementation (operation) system ④ Creation of implementation (operation) system (leasing) ⑤ concept design based on opinions of the shrine and operators ⑥ Product development (food and drink menu, selection of products for sale) ⑦ Consideration of revitalization of the shrine as a whole ⑧ Creation of a promotional video for the entire shrine ⑨ Consideration of CAFÉ promotion ⑩ Opening ceremony planning ⑪ Attracting various media ⑫ Implementing PDCA after opening ⑬ Create a new festival ⑭ Global promotional video for overseas By seeking supporters from our network (mainly local companies), we were able to create a system that can operate independently.

Kurukuru is a public mobility service run by local residents that has been operating provisionally as a means of transportation in Nitto-cho and Daishi-cho, Kawachinagano City, where population decline and an aging population are accelerating after 50 years since the development of residential land. In order to operate the transportation service that supports local mobility with the initiative of local residents, we held a participatory art workshop. Together with members of the art club of a local junior high school and local residents, we held a total of 10 art workshops, "See, Learn, Create," with the aim of reaffirming social issues through art, rediscovering the charm of the town, and fostering a sense of participation in town development among local residents through co-creation.

KOCHIKAME Museum" is a sightseeing base facility for the Kameari area in Katsushika City, based on the manga "Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Koen-mae Hashutsujo" (Here I come, Katsushika-ku Kameari Koen-mae Hashutsujo). We were in charge of the concept of the facility, displays, content planning and design, and construction. In addition, we planned and designed the circulation measures around Kameari Station, construction and promotional measures for the opening of the facility. The two teams, CIC (Content Integration Center), a team of experts in IP content*, and the public works facility team, which has expertise in local government tourism base facilities and city planning, took advantage of each other's strengths. The concept of the project was "The main character builds a facility on his own and then runs away to the town of Kameari! The architecture looks like a stack of comic book frames, with famous scenes popping up interiors and a space that exudes the worldview of the work concept design, creating a sense of existence for the main characters and creating an immersive spatial experience for visitors. Visitors experience a consistent spatial story from the entrance to the exit, as if they are chasing a hero who has escaped. This also contributes to the promotion of the shopping district and local revitalization of Katsushika Ward and the Kameari area. *This term refers to all content protected by Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs). For example, games, movies, animation, manga, novels, music, characters, etc. fall under IP content.

This is an displays facility that conveys the great achievement of the electric locomotive "ED76 No. 509," which pushed through Hokkaido's heavy snowfall and brought about the flow of goods and people. The electric locomotive ED76, which was active in the early days of electrification of the national railway in Hokkaido, had to be dismantled for removal and disposal work because polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which are of concern for their environmental impact, were used in the vehicle parts. As the dismantling was planned, in order to leave a valuable cultural heritage for future generations, it was decided to preserve the head part and create displays facility. Similar head displays are also held at railway museums nationwide, but this facility aims to allow visitors to experience the "strength" of the vehicle, which cannot be fully conveyed by the head alone, by reproducing the lost fuselage part at full size with outdoor-use graphic panels. The shape, color, and size of the ED76 convey to visitors the great achievement and value that the vehicle brought to Hokkaido.

The fish displays area "SeaZoo" at Kinosaki Marine World in Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture, is celebrating its 30th anniversary and will reopen on July 25, 2024. The concept of the newly completed displays "CUBE" at "SeaZoo" is "Towards an aquarium with more conversation." The aim is to create a new displays style that encourages curiosity, new discoveries, and free thinking by learning together through conversations with creatures and keepers, 20 cube-shaped aquariums, illustrations, and graphic boards.

In order to pass on the spirit and culture of the indigenous Ainu people to the next generation, Shiranuka Town is promoting town development based on the idea of "Ior (traditional living space)" and has recently opened the Shiranuka Ainu Museum "Pokor" to introduce the Ainu culture passed down in the town. The name of the facility, "Pokor", reflects the desire of the Ainu people of Shiranuka to "cherish the place where they were born and raised", and this desire is expressed through elaborate dioramas that depict Ainu life, realistic reproductions of every nook and cranny of the cise (Ainu dwelling), traditional crafts and beautiful costumes, and the soundscape of "Ior (traditional living space)" that envelops the entire museum. This facility allows you to experience the rich Ainu life that is vividly depicted with your five senses and deepen your understanding by experiencing the Ainu culture that has lived in the harsh yet majestic nature.

The Aichi Sogyokan was newly established on the second floor of STATION Ai, a startup support center developed by Aichi Prefecture. Since ancient times, many entrepreneurs have been active in Aichi Prefecture and developed the industry. In order to understand what kind of encounters and ideas they had, and how they overcame adversity and created innovation, we aimed to create an exhibition that would provide hints for the future for those who will start their own businesses and the children of the next generation through encounters with the beliefs, spirit of challenge, and vision of entrepreneurs, and provide a timeless ``!'' encounter that stimulates creativity. The museum is divided into four zones, and a wide range of information is introduced, from the roots of Aichi's industry to the challenges of many entrepreneurs with ties to Aichi. By creating displays experiential displays that makes full use of digital technology such as video and AI, we provide a learning experience that is both sensual and touching to the heart for everyone from children to adults. In addition to the digital displays, we have also set up a library of books selected to be linked to the content of this facility. With the intention of leading these various displays contents, which combine digital and analog, beyond time and space into the future, we have realized a flexible, streamlined spatial concept design by incorporating the three elements that created Aichi - wood, water, and earth - into the spatial components.

Kyoto Prefectural Botanical Garden opened in 1924 as Japan's first public botanical garden, and will celebrate its 100th anniversary on January 1, 2024. To mark the 100th anniversary, the garden has developed a new acorn forest area called "Dongreen Lab" in the garden. The area is a 3,000 square meter area in the center of the garden, where more than 10 types of acorn trees, including konara oak and sawtooth oak, are collected from all over the world. The garden has a bear-shaped "acorn post" that allows children to actually pick up acorns and feel their shape and smell, and a "highlight caption" that allows children to feel the diversity of acorns, allowing them to learn about the ecosystem while touching various types of acorns. The collected acorns will also be used in workshops within the garden and as gifts for the bears at Kyoto City Zoo.

This is a museum that conveys the history of transportation in Sapporo. We aimed to create a facility where visitors can "learn, experience, and enjoy" the history of Sapporo's transportation, which has changed in various ways in line with social changes, from horse-drawn railways, trams, buses, and subways. We designed and constructed a memorable experience for visitors through displays and information design that stimulate various senses, such as displays that focus on riding on the wooden No. 22 tram, which has been active in Sapporo since the Taisho era, displays that allow visitors to observe real materials, displays that allow visitors to listen to the sounds of Sapporo's displays, displays that allow visitors to operate a subway model, and concept design that allow visitors to become employees. We construction a promotion system with our Hokkaido branch office and a head office planner who specializes in museums, and were able to balance swift business promotion with customers by taking advantage of the geographical advantage, with the design of information explanations and experiences appropriate for a public transportation museum.

Built in 1973, the Okutadami Power Museum is a promotional facility for the Okutadami Dam (Electric Power Development Co., Ltd.), whose source is the Oze River. Located on a hill overlooking the dam, the museum's main target audience is tourists who come to explore Lake Okutadami and Oze, and groups of elementary school children. As the museum will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2023, it has reopened as a power museum that makes full use of digital technology. The exhibits include a corner where you can learn about the four seasons of Okutadami and the history of the construction of the dam and power plant, and a corner where you can experience the past and present with digitally displays footage of the construction on a large screen and powerful drone footage, making it easier to learn about the Okutadami Dam, the mechanisms of hydroelectric power generation, and energy. You can also enjoy the Uonuma City Interaction Corner, displays of materials used in the Japan Academy Award-winning film "Whiteout," and a trick art corner of Otori Dam, known as the "phantom dam" because it is off-limits, where you can take immersive photos.

Hiroshima Gate Park is a public park that will become the new face of Hiroshima, redeveloped through a park PFI on the site of the former Hiroshima Municipal Baseball Stadium in the center of Hiroshima city. Eight commercial buildings are dotted around a 6,500m2 plaza that can also host large-scale events, encouraging people to wander around the park and bringing a sense of unity to the bustle of events and stores. In addition, we aimed to create a base for various activities and interactions centered around events, fostering a new lifestyle spent outdoors. We participated from the public proposal creation stage, and were in charge of the overall concept, site utilization plan, building layout plan, MD plan, leasing, interior concept design, sign graphics, tenant design and construction, furniture and fixture manufacturing, branding, naming, logo creation, and communication strategy.

"Sky Patio" is a rooftop garden located on the sixth floor of "Pasela," a commercial facility in Motomachi Credo located in the center of Hiroshima. Since 1994, it has been used as a place of relaxation for citizens, overlooking the city of Hiroshima, centered around Hiroshima Castle. This project is positioned as the first step of the Motomachi Credo revitalization project to renovate the facility configuration of Motomachi Credo, including the site of the new Sogo Hiroshima store, which closed in August 2023, and the current Pasela, and to create a new "Pasela." The new "Sky Patio" aims to create an environment where people can enjoy themselves in a variety of ways, and to foster a sense of anticipation for the new Motomachi Credo, through the provision of an extraordinary experience with a newly installed large-screen monitor and a rooftop bar that takes advantage of the night view, as well as the development of a babbling brook and grassy hill that parents and children can enjoy.