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This event aims to provide an opportunity for elementary school students to communicate with the curators of the Science Museum and feel close to science while spending time in the after-school daycare 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 that could be carried out using familiar materials such as paper cups and aluminum foil was held. In 2019, we were entrusted with the renewal of the Hamamatsu Science Museum using a DBO method that integrates design, construction, and operation. The company operates the operation form jointly with SBS Promotion as a "designated manager". *DBO (Design, Build, Operate): A method of public-private partnership in which design, construction, maintenance, and operation are comprehensively ordered to private companies.

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.

This project involved the relocation and reconstruction of a museum that had opened in 1948 within Matsumoto Castle Park, due to its aging condition. Our company was responsible for everything from formulating the basic concept for displays space to design, layout, construction. The first floor is an open space accessible to citizens and tourists, and the museum was constructed to actively engage with the urban development of Matsumoto City.

The Shizuoka City Museum of History is Shizuoka City's first comprehensive history museum, with the theme of "Learning about Shizuoka's past, understanding its present, and thinking about its future." Its purpose is to disseminate the historical value and appeal of Shizuoka City, to convey history more deeply to citizens, and to nurture children's love for their hometown. Our company was involved from the basic planning stage and was in charge of displays design and construction of the first-floor gallery and the permanent displays rooms on the second and third floors.

At "Michi-no-Eki Kadena," you can enjoy a panoramic view of Kadena Air Base, the largest U.S. Air Force base in the Far East. This project involved renovating the "Learning displays Room" on the third floor of the building, aiming to enhance it as a "place for peace education" for school trip students and tourists, and as a "place for local learning" for local people and children. displays begins with a prologue that conveys that Kadena Town is truly a "base town," with U.S. military bases occupying 82% of its area. It then traces the history of Kadena Town regarding the bases, from its pre-war period when it flourished as an economic, cultural, and transportation center, through the Battle of Okinawa which marked the beginning of the formation of Kadena Air Base, to the U.S. military occupation era when the bases continued to expand, to the post-reversion period when the burden of the bases continued, and up to the present day. The exhibition is structured to encourage visitors to consider "Why are the bases here? Why do the bases never disappear?" With the keyword "There's a base in my town," displays incorporates various features designed to help people relate to life in a base town, such as displays that allow visitors to experience the noise and smells, and displays place Kadena Air Base on a map of their own town to get a sense of its size.

Initially, Akikusa Gakuen approached us with a request for seismic retrofitting work on their gymnasium. Along with the seismic retrofitting and the renewal of the gymnasium's facade and interiors, they requested that the passageway connecting the school building and the gymnasium be transformed from a "damp and dark atmosphere to a bright and clean passageway. They also wanted a space that the school could leave for future generations." This led to our design project to concept design a passageway space that expresses the identity of Akikusa Gakuen. The most important aspect of this project was creating a space that people would continue to cherish. Therefore, we created the origin of concept design in a workshop with students, and worked on a "concept design of the process" to foster affection and ensure its continuation. Students were asked to bring in photographs that expressed "Akikusa-ness," and we extracted the feelings embedded in them, which were then verbalized in the form of "#〇〇," and elevated into concept design that was incorporated into the passageway. We encouraged students to internalize concept design as something personal to them and spread it to those around them, so that the "Akikusa style" would be passed down through generations and people would continue to interact with the space with affection.

Following the 15th-anniversary renovation in 2013, where I was in charge of design and design supervision, I participated in the 20th-anniversary renovation from the planning stage. This milestone project marked the completion of the entire renovation after several previous renovations, and it reopened in 2019. The renovation included a complete overhaul of the welcome space on the first floor and the restaurant floor on the fifth floor, as well as updating the interior signage and installing new digital signage. Based on the concept of "Romanticship Umihotaru" from the 15th anniversary, the renovation differed from the fourth floor, which had large openings facing the sea, in that we created the image of the space using only inward-facing openings and special decorations.

Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, and NOMURA Co.,Ltd. Co., Ltd. have opened "TOYAMA TOWN TREKKING SITE," a new lifestyle hub themed around "transforming a closed gymnasium into a gymnasium that connects to the outside." This project was selected as part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' FY2016 "Public Facility Open Renovation Project," which aims to revitalize public facilities owned by local governments with private sector vitality, such as creators, and turn them into new business hubs. The goal is to "revitalize" the dead space of the Toyama City General Gymnasium through renovation, creating a multi-generational exchange hub where residents can engage in town trekking (walking around town) and other activities. "TTS" is a complex facility that includes a cafe, sports shop, and studio. The facility will be equipped with facilities (hardware) to support town trekking, and will be operated as part of a new public service to support the health of Toyama citizens by regularly holding events (software) focused on "food education," "physical education," and health education. Leveraging its location adjacent to Kansui Park, which attracts 1.4 million visitors annually, this project aims to be a pioneering initiative in Japan. It will be used not only by users of the Toyama City General Gymnasium but also as a base for exploring the area, allowing citizens to experience "extended healthy life expectancy" and "improved quality of life (QOL)," while the local government strives to build a "positive cycle model of residents' healthy behavior and the local economy." "TTS" provides "time and space that nurtures people, not just time or space alone, which is necessary for the health of people and the city," and slowly creates a "space" where you can share something that belongs to no one else with others.

The new "Sound" corner, which opened on the 5th floor of the Science Museum's Forest area, is displays room where visitors can not only hear sound but also "observe it with a scientific eye." Through the various "waveforms" created by four interactive devices—"Jumbo Piano," "Laser Dance," "Aqua Wave," and "Chladni Pattern (relocated)"—visitors can learn about the three main elements of sound (amplitude, frequency, and timbre) while having fun. In particular, the "Jumbo Piano" is an interactive device that converts the performance of a giant piano into waveforms in real time and projects them onto a screen, proving popular with a wide range of ages, not just children. Following the basic displays plan provided by the client, our company considered and produced the devices, content, and graphics to realize that vision.

This project involves creating video content and producing and installing displays for the "First Prefectural Office Building" (a reconstructed facility) at the Hyogo Prefectural Hyogo-tsu Museum, which allows visitors to experience the historical space from the time of the prefecture's establishment. The "First Prefectural Office Building" is a reconstructed building that was formerly the Hyogo Magistrate's Office of Osaka, where the prefectural office was located when Hyogo Prefecture was established on May 23, 1868 (Keio 4). The prefectural office building, including the governor's office at the time, and the former residence of a constable have been recreated, allowing visitors to experience the lost historical space of the late Edo and Meiji periods. To make this historical space more accessible and enjoyable for a wide range of ages, the "Virtual Visit!" virtual tour, which is experienced by wearing time goggles, allows visitors to experience the drama of the late Edo and Meiji Restoration that unfolded at the first prefectural office building using the latest MR technology.

The Hyogo Prefectural Hyogo-tsu Museum was established in Hyogo-tsu, Hyogo Ward, Kobe City, where the first prefectural government office was located, as a base for promoting the prefecture's attractions and fostering a sense of local identity among its residents. It consists of two buildings: the "Hyogo Hajimari-kan," displays facility that conveys the prefecture's origins, history, culture, and industry, and the "First Prefectural Government Building," a reconstruction of the first prefectural government building. The "Hyogo Hajimari-kan" is comprised of the "Invitation to the Five Provinces of Hyogo" zone, which includes the "Hyogo Discovery Plaza" that conveys the attractions of each of the five provinces of Hyogo and a theater with a large curved screen; the "Hyogo-tsu, the Key Place" zone, a permanent displays where visitors can experience the history of Hyogo-tsu for over a thousand years and the founding period of the prefecture; and a special displays room. The Kitamae-bune shaped lantern at the entrance and a bird's-eye view map from 150 years ago, when the prefecture was founded, drawn by a contemporary bird's-eye view artist, invite visitors to Hyogo-tsu, the city where Hyogo began.

This project involved renovating our facility, which housed a space museum and planetarium displays JAXA-donated items, due to its aging infrastructure, to create a facility where children can experience the "City of Space." The first floor, formerly a natural science museum, was remodeled into the "Nobishiro Space Lab," unifying the entire facility with a space theme. Our company was responsible for everything from design, layout of displays spaces to exhibit execution, construction of the interactive exhibits.

This tourist facility is themed around drift ice and the creatures of the Sea of Okhotsk. The concept of this facility is "Discovery Dive," an immersive experience of stepping into the world beneath the drift ice. Visitors can experience the extraordinary world of drift ice and the unknown world beneath it. "Drift Ice Underwater Live" allows visitors to enjoy a live, immersive experience as if they were diving beneath the drift ice, guided by divers and marine life, through 360-degree video from a diver's perspective. "A world of life and beauty woven by the miracles of nature" unfolds in the space, captivating visitors. Furthermore, by introducing the beauty created by the natural environment of the drift ice and the creatures that live there through dynamic drift ice images and graphics, the facility stimulates intellectual curiosity, and the thoughtfully designed displays are intended to raise each visitor's awareness of global environmental issues through memorable experiences.

This is a renovation project for the Niigata Prefectural Museum of Natural Science, commissioned by the Japan Foundation for Science and Technology Communications. Approximately 40 years after its opening in 1981, the museum renovated the second floor's "Beech Forest Environment and Organisms" and "Experience the Power of Wind," and the third floor's "Mysterious Moving Room," into "Symphony of Forest" and "Scale Adventure," respectively. We proceeded with the consideration and production of video spaces, content, video systems, and graphics to realize the image of displays basic plan presented by the client.

Obi in Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture, is a castle town designated as an important traditional building preservation district, boasting a scenic beauty dating back to the feudal era. It is undergoing revitalization through private sector initiatives, such as the construction of a hotel converted from a former samurai residence. This project focuses on renovating the renowned Komura Jutaro Memorial Museum and the Obi Castle Historical Museum with a "50% displays + 50% exploration" concept, aiming to enhance visitors' intellectual curiosity and satisfaction, and encourage exploration of Obi. The Obi Castle Historical Museum renovation shifts from passive, document-focused displays to an experiential approach emphasizing hands-on learning and narrative. Information unique to the area, such as Obi Castle, the Obi domain, and the Ito family, is displays in a more accessible way, and related nearby attractions are easily found. The collection of valuable swordsmith Inoue Shinkai is beautifully showcased through carefully designed lighting and displays. Furthermore, "information lines" and bulletin boards are implemented to enhance the timeliness of information updates. Furthermore, this project is based on the concept of "A town-wide museum created by everyone," and displays are created together with citizens throughout the year. This facility also incorporates the results of children's workshops into displays, connecting them to people exploring the town.