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The event was aimed at providing elementary school students with an opportunity to communicate with science museum curators and feel closer to science while spending their weekday after-school time in after-school care. Tama Rokuto Science Museum, which we have been managing as a designated manager since 2013, was connected to an after-school children's club in Kodaira City, Tokyo via online broadcast, and a science experiment workshop using balloons was held. Experiments such as "dropping," "floating," "stretching and returning," and "shaking" were conducted in the form of a quiz, allowing participants to have fun while deepening their understanding of the wonders of balloons.

As a successor to Hokkaido's first science museum, the Muroran Youth Science Museum (opened in 1963), this museum was newly opened with the addition of the theme of "environment." The museum aims to create displays that will familiarize a wide range of generations, especially children, with science on a daily basis and give them hope for the future of the earth and the region. The environmental corner introduces environmental innovation projects that utilize Muroran's individuality and strengths cultivated through manufacturing, as well as efforts toward a sustainable future. The main displays, "Watching Moruelani," is a virtual exhibit in which visitors walk on satellite photos of Muroran spread across the floor and use an AR tablet to explore manufacturing, renewable energy sites, and natural spots. Visitors can experience displays that is usually difficult to see in real life, such as 360-degree images of factories and drone footage of natural landscapes. The science experience corner is made up of devices that allow visitors to experience the basics and principles of science. Some of the equipment from the old building has been remade and reinstalled, inheriting the history of the facility and the memories of the residents. The scattered devices are connected by experiment counters, enhancing the face-to-face communication space, and play elements are also incorporated into displays, such as large play equipment based on Muroran's nature.

福井県立恐竜博物館常設展示室のリニューアル工事を行いました。常設展示室の生命の歴史コーナー、ティラノロボット周りの壁面撤去に伴う展示改修工事およびダイノラボの全面改修を担当しました。また映画『ジュラシック・ワールド／炎の王国』の国内PR用に作製されたティラノサウルスモニュメントを屋外常設仕様につくり替えて、設置を行いました。

The Magical Literature Museum (Edogawa Ward Kadono Eiko Children's Literature Museum) is a public facility planned by Edogawa Ward to pass on to future generations the imaginative, dreamy worldview and achievements of Kadono Eiko, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, known as the little Nobel Prize of children's literature. It was created as a place to disseminate the wonder of children's literature to the world at large, and to foster rich creativity that will expand children's dreams by allowing children to freely choose books, pick them up and become familiar with them. For this project, we were in charge of the master plan, schematic design, and working drawings displays under Kengo Kuma and Associates, and were also in charge of the subsequent displays production. *We will be entrusted with designated management duties from the opening in 2023.

This facility was added to be operated in conjunction with the existing EXPO'70 Pavilion. Its purpose is to display a permanent exhibit of the original "Golden Face" that was installed at the top of the Tower of the Sun, the symbol of the 1970 Japan World displays (Osaka Expo), until 1992, as well as materials related to the 1970 Osaka displays.

The purpose of this event is to provide an opportunity for elementary school students to communicate with the curators of the Science Museum and feel closer to science while spending time in after-school childcare on weekdays. The Hamamatsu Science Museum "Miraira" and the after-school children's association in Hamamatsu City were connected via online broadcast, and a science experiment workshop was held using familiar materials such as paper cups and aluminum foil. In 2019, we were entrusted with the renovation of the Hamamatsu Science Museum using the DBO method, which integrates design, construction, and operation. The Company operates the operation jointly with SBS Promotions as the "Designated Administrator". * DBO method (Design, Build, Operate): A method of public-private partnership in which design, construction, maintenance, and operation are comprehensively ordered to private companies.

This project involved relocating and rebuilding the museum that opened in Matsumoto Castle Park in 1948 due to its aging. We were in charge of everything from formulating the basic concept for displays space to design, layout, and construction. The first floor is an open space open to citizens and tourists, and the museum was built as a proactive part of the urban development of Matsumoto City.

In conjunction with the opening of Fukui Station on the Hokuriku Shinkansen, a dinosaur monument was installed on the rooftop plaza of the new tourist exchange center that will be built at the east exit of Fukui Station. The purpose is to give a strong impression of the ``Dinosaur Kingdom Fukui'', increase awareness of Fukui, and encourage visitors to the city. The dinosaur monument is located in a position that can be seen from the Shinkansen platform and train windows. The "Fukuititan" discovered by the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum expresses Fukui's good child-rearing environment and family love, and the sight of two animals huddled together looks like a heart. In addition, we placed dinosaurs whose fossils were found in Fukui and monuments of popular dinosaurs, and took pictures with them.We also used a device that made it look like dinosaurs would pop out in augmented reality (AR) when you held your smartphone up to them. We have developed it as a fun new attraction that will make you feel as if you have entered a world where there are people.

Shizuoka City Museum of History is the city's first comprehensive history museum, with the aim of communicating the historical value and appeal of Shizuoka City, conveying history to citizens in greater depth, and cultivating a love for the hometown in children, under the theme of "Learn about Shizuoka's past, understand the present, and think about the future." Our company was involved from the basic planning stage, and was in charge of displays design and construction of the gallery on the first floor and the permanent displays rooms on the second and third floors.

At the beginning of the planning, Akikusa Gakuen approached us to ask about seismic retrofitting of the gymnasium. In conjunction with the seismic retrofitting and the renewal of the gymnasium facade and interiors, the corridor connecting the school building and the gymnasium was requested to be "a bright and clean corridor, not a humid and dark one. We wanted to create a space that the school can leave to future generations." This led to concept design of the corridor space expressing the identity of Akikusa Gakuen. The most important thing in this plan was to create a "space that people will continue to love." Therefore, this time, we created the origin of concept design together with the students in a workshop, and worked on a "progressive concept design" that would create attachment and be passed down. We asked the students to bring in photos that expressed "Akikusa-ness," and extracted the feelings they had put into words in the form of "#〇〇," sublimated them into concept design, and decorated the corridor. By having the students digest concept design as if it were their own and spread it to those around them, we hoped that the "Akikusa-ness" would be passed down from generation to generation and that people would continue to interact with the space with affection.

At the "Kadena Roadside Station," you can see the entire Kadena Air Base, the largest US Air Force base in the Far East. This project is a renovation of the "Learning and displays Room" on the third floor of the building, aiming to enrich it as a "place for peace learning" for school trip students and tourists, and a "place for local learning" for local people and children. The contents of displays begin with a prologue that tells us that Kadena Town is truly a "base town" with 82% of the town area being occupied by US military bases, and then trace the history of Kadena Town surrounding the bases from the prewar period when it flourished as the center of economy, culture, and transportation, to the Battle of Okinawa which marked the beginning of the formation of Kadena Air Base, the US military occupation period when the bases continued to expand, the post-reversion period when the burden of the bases continued, and up to the present day, while asking the viewer, "Why are the bases here? Why do they not disappear?" Using the keyword "There's a base in my town," displays unravels the presence of the base from the perspective of "me" and "my family," who have lived next to Kadena Air Base, and features interview footage of people living in Kadena Town and manga commentary featuring "me" and "my family." The displays is designed to help visitors think about life in a base town by displays the noise and smells, and by placing Kadena Air Base on a map to get a sense of its size.

Following on from the 15th anniversary renovation in 2013, for which we were in charge of planning and design supervision, we were involved in the 20th anniversary renovation from the planning stage. After several renovations, the hotel was opened in 2019 as a milestone project that marked the completion of the entire renovation. The welcome space on the first floor and the restaurant floor on the fifth floor were completely renovated, the signs within the building were renewed, and new digital signage was installed. The renovation was based on the concept for the 15th anniversary, "Romanticship Umihotaru," and unlike the fourth floor, which had all openings facing the sea, the image of the space was created with only inward-facing openings and special decorations.

Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, and NOMURA Co.,Ltd. Ltd. have opened the TOYAMA TOWN TREKKING SITE, a new lifestyle hub themed on transforming a closed gymnasium into one that connects to the outdoors. This project was selected as part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' 2016 "Public Facility Opening and Renovation Project," which aims to revitalize municipal public facilities with the private sector's efforts, such as through creators, and turn them into new business hubs. The goal is to renovate the vacant space of the Toyama City General Gymnasium into a multi-generational hub for residents to engage in town trekking (walking around town). "TTS" is a complex featuring a cafe, sports shop, and studio. The facility supports town trekking (hardware) and hosts regular events in nutrition education, physical education, and health education (software), operating as a new public service to support the health of Toyama residents. Taking advantage of its location adjacent to Kansui Park, which is visited by 1.4 million people annually, the facility will be used not only by users of the Toyama City General Gymnasium but also as a base for exploring the wider area, allowing residents to experience an "extension of healthy life expectancy" and "improvement of quality of life (QOL)." The government also aims to build a "virtuous cycle model between residents' healthy behavior and the local economy." This is a cutting-edge project in Japan. "TTS" provides "time and space that is necessary for the health of people and cities, not just time or space, but time and space for human development," and slowly creates a "space" where you can share something that belongs to you and no one else with someone else.

The new corner "Sound" opened in the Forest on the 5th floor of the Science Museum is an displays room where you can not only listen to sound with your ears, but also "observe it with the eyes of science." Through the various "waveforms" drawn by the four experience devices "Jumbo Piano," "Laser Dance," "Aqua Wave," and "Chladni Pattern (relocated)," you can learn about the three major elements of sound (amplitude, frequency, and timbre) while playing. Among them, "Jumbo Piano" is an interactive device that converts the performance of a giant piano into a waveform in real time and projects it on a screen, and is popular not only with children but with a wide range of generations. In accordance with the basic displays plan presented by the client, we considered and produced the equipment, content, and graphics to realize the image.

The Hyogo Prefectural Hyogo-tsu Museum was established in Hyogo-tsu, Hyogo-ku, Kobe, where the first prefectural office was located, as a base for promoting the prefecture's appeal and fostering a sense of hometown pride among the prefecture's residents. It consists of two museums: the "Hyogo Hajimarikan" displays facility, which conveys the prefecture's appeal, including its origins, history, culture, and industry, and the "First Prefectural Office Building," a restored version of the first prefectural office building. The "Hyogo Hajimarikan" museum is made up of the "Hyogo Discovery Plaza," which conveys the appeal of each of the five Hyogo provinces, the "Invitation to the Hyogo Five Provinces" zone, which consists of a theater with a large curved screen, the "Hyogo-tsu: A Pivotal Land" zone, a permanent displays where you can experience the history of Hyogo-tsu and the founding period of the prefecture over 1,000 years ago, and a special displays room. The Kitamae-bune-shaped lantern at the entrance and a bird's-eye view of 150 years ago, when the prefecture was founded, created by a modern bird's-eye view artist, invite visitors to Hyogo-tsu, the city where Hyogo began.