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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.

科学技術館5階・フォレストにオープンした新コーナー「サウンド」は、音を耳で聞くだけでなく“科学の目で観察する”展示室です。「ジャンボ・ピアノ」「レーザー・ダンス」「アクア・ウェーブ」「クラドニ・パターン（移設）」の４つの体験装置が描くさまざまな“波形”を通して、音の３大要素（振幅・周波数・音色）について遊びながら学ぶことができます。中でも「ジャンボ・ピアノ」は、巨大なピアノの演奏をリアルタイムに波形変換してスクリーンに投影するインタラクティブ装置となっており、子どもだけでなく、幅広い世代に人気を博しています。当社では顧客から示された展示基本計画に則り、そのイメージを実現すべく、装置・コンテンツ・グラフィックの検討と製作を行いました。

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 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.

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.

流氷とオホーツク海の生き物をテーマとした観光施設で、本施設のコンセプトは、流氷下の世界へ入る没入感「Discovery Dive」です。流氷という非日常、流氷下の未知なる世界を体感することができます。「流氷海中ライブ」は、ダイバーや生物に導かれながら流氷下へダイブするかのごとく、ダイバー目線の360度映像でまるで潜っているようなライブ感を楽しむことができます。「自然の奇跡が織りなす生命と美の世界」が空間に広がり、来場者を魅了します。また、流氷の自然が生む美しさとそこに暮らす生物をダイナミックな流氷画像やグラフィックで紹介することで、知的好奇心を刺激しながら、工夫を凝らした展示物を通した印象的な体験をきっかけに、来場者ひとり一人の地球環境問題への意識が高まるように計画しました。

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.

The "Community-Based Museum" project will create a community-participatory displays to convey the charm of Obi. Obi in Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture, is a castle town that has been preserved as an important traditional building preservation district with a scenic beauty dating back to the feudal era. It is being revitalized through private sector initiatives, such as the opening of a hotel converted from a former samurai residence. This project involves renovating the memorial hall for Komura Jutaro, a well-known figure in the area, and is based on the concept of "50% displays + 50% sightseeing," with the main aim of improving visitors' intellectual curiosity and satisfaction with their stay, and encouraging them to explore the town. The hall has two displays rooms. The "Welcome to Obi" displays is a showroom displays designed to promote sightseeing in the town, introducing the history, culture, and charm of the samurai residences that breathe life into the castle town through experiential methods. The "Komura Jutaro History Collection" is a "large picture book story space" and "community-participatory video" that traces the life of Jutaro, making it a dramatic and enjoyable displays even for those who are learning about Komura Jutaro for the first time. Furthermore, this project, under the banner of "A town-wide museum created by everyone," involved citizens in creating displays throughout the year. This included displays treasures discovered in workshops with children, and over 100 citizens participating in the production of a video about Komura Jutaro, acting, makeup, and costumes. Based on these efforts, the aim was for the memorial hall to instill pride in the citizens, serve as a testament to their involvement, and be cherished by locals and visitors for many years to come.

This is a renovation of a museum (a publicly approved facility) attached to a research facility with the longest history as a research institution for buried cultural properties. Through valuable excavated materials from many archaeological sites in the prefecture, the museum deepens understanding of the history of Nara Prefecture, which occupies an important position in telling the story of Japanese history, and has reopened after a period of approximately three years of renovation. In addition to replacing and renovating displays cases in the permanent and special displays rooms due to the aging of displays equipment, new displays have been added, such as life-size replicas of the Horyuji Temple murals and ceramic panels of the Takamatsuzuka Tumulus murals (Asuka Village), as well as a renovation of the cylindrical haniwa corner from the Mesuriyama Tumulus, the largest in Japan. Furthermore, the museum has been renovated to be a museum that can be enjoyed with all five senses by producing the museum's theme song "Mizuyama no Kaze ~ Tamayura" and renewing the in-house broadcasting.

Okayama Castle is one of Japan's 100 Famous Castles and was built by Ukita Hideie, a relative of Toyotomi Hideyoshi who served as one of the Five Great Elders at a young age. Its three-story, six-tiered keep, with its unusual irregular pentagonal shape, is also affectionately known as "Crow Castle" due to its black clapboard exterior. Following the large-scale renovation in 1996 (400th anniversary of the castle's construction), our company was again awarded the contract for the renovation of the keep's displays as part of the "Reiwa Era Grand Renovation." This renovation was based on the concept of "an easy-to-understand gateway to Okayama's history, even for beginners," and was developed to serve as a base for general tourists to explore the history of Okayama City. displays were supervised by historian Michifumi Isoda, a native of Okayama City. Incorporating new insights, the exhibits clearly introduce the charm and characteristics of Okayama Castle, the achievements of its successive lords, and the origins of the city of Okayama.

This is Japan's first permanent museum dedicated to infectious diseases. With the theme of "Connecting the Past and Present of Infectious Diseases to the Future," it is a facility that conveys the knowledge and experience that humanity has built up from the past to the present, and the steps we are taking towards the future. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light memories of humanity's past struggles against infectious diseases, and it is anticipated that infectious diseases will continue to be a threat to us. In this context, the Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Museum of Infectious Diseases aims to provide a place where people can acquire "correct knowledge and correct actions" regarding infectious diseases. By renovating an existing facility, an annex of the Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Museum, and leveraging the achievements of the Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Foundation and the high level of expertise of the supervisors, the museum, which differentiates itself from the memorial museum, consists of two displays rooms. Our company consistently handled everything from architectural renovation to displays design and construction, signage, content, and leaflet concept design.

The Kumamoto Earthquake in April 2016 caused damage to the castle tower. In response to people's longing for the castle tower to be restored to its original form, the city of Kumamoto made it a policy to restore the castle tower as soon as possible. The building was completed in March 2021 with the latest earthquake-resistant technology. In the 400 years since the castle was built, the wishes of the people who have repaired the castle each time there has been a repeated disaster have been carried over, and the message from the people of Kumamoto living in the present for the future of the next 100 to 400 years is contained. At displays, we organized themes in chronological order from the basement to the top floor, and created a space that is easy to understand and impressive through the use of models, videos, and wall concept design, as well as the spatial concept design corresponding to the themes. Focusing not on the castle as a whole but on the castle tower, it conveys the history of the castle at the time of its construction, its architectural design, its defensive functions, the development of the castle and the town, and the thoughts and history of the people who have repaired it every time they have suffered disasters. [Social Issues/Customer Issues/Requests] ・ To convey the historical, architectural and spiritual significance of the castle tower, which is a symbol of recovery from the Kumamoto Earthquake. It is also important to communicate that Kumamoto Castle, which has historically suffered from numerous natural disasters, has been revived again after the earthquake. ・ Focusing not on Kumamoto Castle as a whole, but on the castle tower of Kumamoto Castle, sharing roles with the contents of displays of the surrounding facilities, and working for cooperation and complementation. ・ Since there are many restrictions on the preservation environment in the castle tower, basically the actual materials should not be displays, but the historical displays of the castle tower of Kumamoto Castle after the Seinan War should be added. ・ From the perspective of Universal concept design, introduce interactive displays and multilingual audio guides so that a wide range of people can enjoy displays. We received the above request. Solution: With the main focus on the castle tower, we organized the story along a time axis, from the castle's construction to the present, and set themes for each era on each floor. On the first floor is the period of Kato Kiyomasa, who built the castle, and the Hosokawa period, who later became the lord of the domain, the modern period, which experienced a complete fire and reconstruction, and the present day, which is devoted to the Kumamoto earthquake and its restoration. The story is arranged so that you can follow the period from the lower floor to the upper floor.In order to convey the strong will of the people who have repaired the castle tower every time there has been a series of disasters since the Edo period, "I want to restore Kumamoto Castle and pass it on to future generations." the film focuses on the castle tower. In addition, to cater to a wide range of visitors, we planned and realized multilingual audio guides and tactile models of the castle tower. Customer Comments: displays is organized in a way that is easy for anyone to understand and attract interest, such as explanations using models and projection mapping, and multilingual audio guides using title signs and apps, and has been well received by visitors. < our company Project Members > [Development] Masanori Yokoyama [Sales and Project Management] Masanori Yokoyama, Haruka Amano, Anjin Sawada [design, layout] Mitsuyo Ashida, Yuichiro Tsutsumi, Rie Makigara, Nanako Wajun, Yoichi Honda, Naoya Fujiwara [Shaping] Nobuyuki Endo [Production and construction] Yu Ikeya, Yoshikazu Kimura

The approximately 1.2km-long runway remains in Uzurano-cho, Kasai City, are the remains of an airfield built during the war, and many other war relics are scattered around the area, remaining to this day. The Kasai City Regional Revitalization Center "sora Kasai" serves as an exchange hub for touring these relics, and the "Uzurano Museum" within it was created as the centerpiece of a field museum that conveys the historical facts of the war. The basic plan for the facility was awarded to a joint venture of three companies, with Ohba Co., Ltd. and Iruka Design Group Co., Ltd. joining from the design stage, and our company was mainly in charge of the museum displays. Subsequently, we were awarded the contract to produce displays independently, and the period from planning to completion spanned approximately six years. Towards completion, after going through a review committee, we created it together with many people, including Kasai City, local war history researchers who had conducted research for many years, preservation societies, supervising professors, and a company that produced full-scale airplane models. This museum, built on the runway, centers around displays two full-scale airplane models deeply connected to this area, while also introducing the short but rich history of Unono Airfield. We aimed to create a museum unique to Unono, one that makes the most of the story and unique location of this place. The mission of this museum is to weave together the memories of this place, preserve them in tangible form, and pass them on to future generations. We hope it will become a place to reflect on peace and connect people.

"Koniwa House" is a place where babies, families, and friends can spend relaxing time together. The interior, which feels like stepping into a picture book, is a space where you can feel like you've come to a friend's house, with a diaper changing area, a nursing area, and a kitchen/living room where you can feed your baby milk or baby food. "Komorira no Mori" is a play area where babies, kids, and families can all spend time as they please with peace of mind. It is divided into an area where babies and their families can relax in peace, and an area with exciting play features for children who have started to move around actively. In the center of the spacious area, there is also a base camp corner where parents with children of different ages can keep an eye on everything. [Social Issues/Customer Issues/Requests] The request was to create a space for parents and children that goes a step further than the success of Lalaport Hiratsuka, so that people with children in Numazu City and Shizuoka Prefecture can not only shop but also enjoy a relaxing day out. [Solution] We planned and concept design the space with the intention of creating a place where childcare can be shared regardless of gender or age, not just by mothers caring for their children. In addition to creating an extraordinary concept design that makes it fun for both adults and children to come here, we also paid attention to the safety and well-being of siblings while their parents are caring for the baby, especially for families with children of different ages. <Our Project Members> [Sales] Hidefumi Ikuta, Hiroshi Mitsui [Planning] Team M: Mari Matsumoto, Aya Nishimoto [Design] Kei Matsuzawa [construction] Yusuke Yamada