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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.

This project involves the production of video content and the creation and installation of displays for the "First Prefectural Office" (a restored facility) at the Hyogo Prefectural Hyogo-Tsu Museum, where visitors can experience the historical space of the time when the prefecture was established. The "First Prefectural Office" is a restored building of the former Osaka Magistrate's Office Hyogo Kinbansho, where the prefectural office was located when Hyogo Prefecture was founded on May 23, 1868 (Keio 4). The prefectural office building, including the governor's office at the time, and the former police officers' residences have been recreated, allowing visitors to experience the lost historical space of the late Edo and Meiji periods. In order to allow people of all ages to enjoy the historical space more closely, the virtual tour "Virtual Visit!", which is experienced by putting on time goggles, allows visitors to experience the drama of the Meiji Restoration that unfolded in the first prefectural office using the latest mixed reality technology.

This is a renovation of the museum (approved for public use) attached to the research facility with the longest history as a buried cultural property research institute. Through valuable excavated materials from many ruins in the prefecture, we have deepened our understanding of the history of Nara Prefecture, which occupies an important position in the story of Japanese history, and the museum reopened after a period of about three years. In addition to renewing and renovating displays cases in the permanent and special displays rooms due to the deterioration of displays facilities, new displays such as a full-scale replica ceramic panel of the Horyuji Temple mural and the Takamatsuzuka Tomb mural (Asuka Village) were added, and the cylindrical haniwa corner of the Mesuriyama Tomb, the largest in Japan, was renewed. In addition, the museum's image song "Wind of Mizuyama - Tamayura" was created and the in-house broadcasting was renewed, realizing a renewal as a museum that can be enjoyed with all five senses.

This is a direct store project by Seiban Co., Ltd., known for its "Tenshi no Hane" school bags. We were in charge of the relocation work from the old Sannomiya store to Kobe Harborland umie. There are 12 direct stores nationwide, each with its own unique concept design concept that strongly reflects the local characteristics. This time, inspired by the Kobe Port close to the store, we created the store concept design with concept design concept of "SEIBAN KOBE SHIPYARD" and key motifs such as containers, ships, and trusses. We imagined a fun space that gives a sense of anticipation for children's new journey and the start of their elementary school life. In addition to being able to try on a wide variety of school bags at the direct store, there is also a fitting room called "FITTING LABO" that reproduces natural light in the morning, daytime, and evening to imagine actual usage scenes, and a photo spot zone where you can take commemorative photos with container-style fixtures in the background, and it is full of ideas to enrich the selection of school bags and make memories.

THE HOTEL HIGASHIYAMA is a hotel with the concept of "The pinnacle of Kyoto, residing in the East", located in Higashiyama, Kyoto, where many cultural and artistic facilities are concentrated and diverse cultures can be felt. It is a hotel where the purpose of the stay is to experience the beauty that has been passed down in the hearts of modern Japanese people beyond time and space in various forms. The calm plaster-style lobby where guests are first greeted after passing through the entrance displays original art works that can only be seen at this hotel, and while experiencing culture through the works unique to this hotel, you will increase your expectations for the stay that is about to begin. In the original program "Kyoto Iroha", which touches the aesthetic sense unique to Kyoto and enhances the charm of the stay, you can enjoy and feel the culture that has long lived in Kyoto and Japan, approaching it from five angles according to the five senses. You can actually see, smell, taste, touch, hear, move your hands, and learn and enjoy Kyoto culture from the "Iroha" through a menu that can only be experienced here. In Higashiyama, where you can enjoy a tasteful sensibility, this hotel offers a "deepening" journey as an entrance to the pinnacle of Kyoto.

W Osaka was developed by Sekisui House and operated by Marriott International. It is a luxury lifestyle hotel with 337 guest rooms, 27 floors above ground and 1 basement, 117.34 meters high. The construction site is located along Midosuji Street in 4-chome, Minamisenba, Chuo Ward, Osaka City. It was designed by Nikken Sekkei and design supervision by Tadao ANDO. Interior concept design is concrete. our company was in charge of interiors's production construction. One of the brands developed by Marriott International, the luxury lifestyle hotel "W," which was established in New York in 1998, has made its debut in Japan. [Social Issues/Customer Issues/Requests] On the other hand, concept design is gorgeous, but the ceiling and walls are all three-dimensional, making the construction and construction extremely difficult. [Solution] In order to realize the wishes of the business owner and the designer, all concerned parties worked together to pursue quality in every detail, and the construction was successfully completed. [Customer's Comment] Thank you for completing the high quality construction work in a short period of time in the low floor where various kinds of construction work are complicated. < our company Project Member > [Sales/Project Management] Moriya Sakata [Production/construction] Takashi Okuno, Yuji Hirayama, Akiko Yamaguchi, Seinori Ueno, Rikito Maruchi, Kosuke Nakaseko [Design] Kazuhiko Ueda, Hideyuki Sanada

"OMO5 Kyoto Sanjo" has opened on Kyoto Sanjo Street, where Kyoto is packed with fun things to see, buy, and eat. As a mechanism to fully enjoy "Kyoto Sanjo", there is a townhouse tower that conveys the history of Takasegawa and information on shops, a town walking map that allows you to enjoy two different courses along the Takasegawa and Sanjo retro town, and a walking map around Sanjo. In the lobby, we have set up content that leads to walking around Sanjo, such as an artwork with the letter "San" lined up with old maps from three different eras, and an art panel frottage of Sanjo no Michi. In addition, in the renovation of the guest room, we have created a small rise where suitcases can be stored, and have devised ways to use the space widely by consolidating the bed and sofa areas.

The remains of the approximately 1.2 km runway in Uzurano-cho, Kasai City, were from an airfield built during the war, and many other war ruins are scattered around the area, remaining to this day. Kasai City's regional revitalization center facility, "Sora Kasai," serves as an exchange hub for touring these ruins, and the "Uzurano Museum" within it was built as the center 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 the three companies, Ooba Co., Ltd., and Iruka Design Group Co., Ltd., who were involved in the design, and our company was mainly in charge of the museum displays. After that, we were independently awarded the order to create displays, and it took about six years from planning to completion. Towards completion, after going through a review committee, we worked with many people, including Kasai City, local war history researchers who had been conducting research for many years, preservation societies, supervisory teachers, and a full-scale airplane model production company, to create the facility. This museum, built on the runway, introduces the short but rich history of Uzurano Airfield, with two full-scale airplane models that are deeply connected to the area as displays. We aimed to create a museum unique to Uzurano, taking advantage of the story and local characteristics of the area. The mission of this museum is to weave the memories of this area, leave them in a tangible form, and pass them on, and we hope that it will become a place where people can think about peace and connect with each other.

This is a renovation plan for the Toyobo Building, located along the Dojima River in Osaka, an area filled with charming historical buildings and abundant nature. The Dojima River is a river with an attractive landscape that represents Osaka, known as the "City of Water," so we aimed to create a place where people can work energetically while enjoying the comfort of this location. The plaza is designed as if the deck along the river extends to the building, and a swaying willow tree is placed as the symbolic tree, allowing people to visually feel the river breeze. The facade incorporates concept design inspired by the grandeur of the Dojima River and the density of its waves. The building's exterior is wrapped in a soft wave design, which is intended to harmonize with the building and become a new symbol of the city. The lobby lounge is designed to coordinate with the facade, giving continuity between the inside and outside, and by adopting sofas of various shapes and original acoustics, it creates a comfortable atmosphere. In addition, visual art that visualizes the outside environment such as temperature and wind is applied to the central pillar, allowing people to feel the comfort of the river breeze even indoors. Each floor is decorated with photographs of the Dojima River showing its various faces, while the restrooms feature original art that delicately depicts waves. The different color palettes on each floor will surprise visitors.

This project involved design, layout of the showroom for the Tsu Factory, which is the core of Panasonic Corporation's founding business of wiring device production. We aimed to gain further trust from customers by having visitors experience the hidden technical capabilities and cutting-edge production system behind the wiring device products in displays room and factory. displays room is composed of sections on "history," "product introduction," "Tsu Factory introduction," and "Factory technology and production capacity introduction," and is designed to link with various parts of each building on the premises. We considered everything, including the factory tour, to be elements that make up the showroom, and aimed to turn the entire factory into a showroom by creating a path from displays room to the manufacturing building. [Social issues/customer issues/requests] In order to build the theme of the facility, "trust," with customers, our role was to materialize through experience how visitors could deepen their understanding of the Tsu Factory's technical capabilities, factory production capacity, and history. [Solution] Based on the keyword "trust," we picked out the strengths of the Tsu Factory that are incorporated into the products, and created points that would give visitors notice and surprise through displays. By connecting each point, displays is structured so that visitors can gradually deepen their understanding as they proceed along the route. We created a space where the "trust" between visitors and the factory can be deepened throughout the entire experience. <Our project members> [Sales/Project Management] Hikaru Sato, Yu Takahashi [design, layout] Hiroaki Mori, Minamo Maeda, Mayumi Shigematsu [Production/ construction] Kazuya Fujii, Masaru Oishi

Nomura Corporation was responsible for the planning, design, layout, and construction of the employee cafeteria "Yao Daiichi Shokudo Isshoku," which opened at Sharp Corporation's Yao Plant on November 1, 2021. In proposing the project, we focused not simply on creating a stylish space, but also on creating a proposal that only Nomura could offer. We proposed a cafeteria that would serve as an inner branding space where people could discover the "SHARP identity" across organizational boundaries and generations, as well as an outer branding space that could be experienced by business partners and affiliated companies visiting the company. The cafeteria was divided into three zones—lunch, work, and salon—and was designed to be not only a place for employees to relax, hold meetings with internal and external guests, and foster connections and communication. A single red line (Sharp red) runs through the cafeteria, representing Sharp's history and future. For this project, we devised concept design preserved the Yao Plant's distinctive character while also ensuring hygienic standards. The Yao Plant has a history of approximately 65 years as a white goods production base. Additionally, by utilizing the mezzanine floor, which was previously used for the production line, as an displays space for SHARP's iconic past products, waste and removal costs were reduced, an effort that also reflected the SDGs. [Social Issues/Customer Issues/Requests] Due to the lack of communication between business divisions, the customer requested that the space be made more invigorating for internal connections. [Solution] We proposed that the space could be used not just as a place to eat, but also as a place to work and relax, and also proposed displays past products as a place to stimulate communication between employees and allow them to feel and discover Sharp's history. <Our project members> [Sales/Project Management] Takahashi Yui [design, layout] Umetani Shota, Yamato Suzuha, Nakamura Yusuke, Miura Sayaka [Production Management] Mukaiyama Yoshitsugu ~Related Links~ [Announcements] ・ NOMURA Co.,Ltd. 's social good activities: Case study of "Yao Daiichi Shokudo Isshoku" at Sharp's Yao Plant

This museum conveys the history of the Suiheisha, which became the linchpin of the Buraku Liberation Movement, which aims to establish peace and human rights. The latest renovation is a commemorative project for the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Zenkoku Suiheisha, which marks a major milestone since March 3, 1922. In recent years, there has been an increasing tendency to emphasize human rights, such as the enactment of the Human Rights Protection Measures Promotion Act and the Ainu New Act, and the redefinition of museums by the SDGs and the International Council of Museums (ICOM). The Suiheisha Declaration, which was read out at the Zenkoku Suiheisha Founding Conference, was the first human rights declaration in Japan and the first human rights declaration in the world issued by a discriminated minority, stating, "Let there be passion in the human world, and light in humanity." When talking about human rights, the significance of the existence of the Suiheisha Museum, which was established in the birthplace of the Suiheisha and is a hub for disseminating human rights information, is very great. In the renovation, we have once again focused on the Suiheisha Declaration, which became the fundamental spirit of the movement. We have also collected famous quotes from famous people, people close to us, works of art, and works submitted by public entries, bringing inspiration and persuasiveness through the power of words. At the same time, the exhibition is also characterized by its high updateability, allowing comments from the general public to be added at any time. In addition, displays incorporates the idea of "accepting each other's differences" with an emphasis on diversity.

As a hotel that introduces "Kyoto Toji Temple" in an easy-to-understand manner that cannot be fully enjoyed in a one-time sightseeing trip, the little-known Buddha statue mandala is illustrated, and you can walk around the city freely opening and closing while comparing the old and the modern. In the lobby, we installed a map, a large table where you can copy sutras with sand, and a wall artwork of Buddha smiling with a motion sensor. In addition, the full-size pillar with a motif of a five-storied pagoda was used as a bookshelf to impart wisdom because the actual central pillar itself is a mandala.

Hotel Okura Kyoto Okazaki Bettei, the first Hotel Okura brand in Japan in about 20 years, opened on January 20, 2022. Our spatial concept design team "RENS" provided the overall direction of the interior and was responsible for the interiors construction and FF&E construction. Kyoto is home to many world-renowned traditional crafts created by artisans using techniques that have been passed down since ancient times. We have created a hotel that connects these traditional crafts to the future and allows you to feel their further potential. In collaboration with "GO ON," a project unit consisting of six successors of Kyoto's traditional crafts, we have created a small, luxurious space filled with new crafts. This hotel is reminiscent of an adult hideaway and offers a tranquil moment, allowing you to enjoy a soothing stay in the beauty of modern Kyoto.

The new attraction area "Godzilla Intercept Operation ~National Godzilla Research Center~" in Hyogo Prefectural Awajishima Park Anime Park "Nijigen no Mori" is themed on the life-sized Godzilla, the largest in the world, with a total length of about 120m, that landed on Awajishima. It is the only entertainment attraction in the world where you can truly experience its power and force. Our company was in charge of planning direction and concept design and modeling supervision. Participants become members of the National Godzilla Research Center and take on missions such as the thrilling "Zip Line" where you enter the body of the life-sized Godzilla from its mouth, and the "Shooting Game" where you annihilate Godzilla cells scattered around. *The 118.5m-long Godzilla that appeared in the movie "Shin Godzilla" (2016) is reproduced with the upper body, right hand, and tail protruding from the ground. The size of the part visible from the ground is about 52.6m in length, 25.4m in width, and 23m in height. The attraction area is about 5,000m2. [Social Issues/Customer Issues/Requests] This is Nijigen no Mori's largest project to date, where you can experience a life-sized Godzilla. As the overall producer of this project, the challenge for Toho Co., Ltd., the publisher, and Nijigen no Mori Co., Ltd., the operator, was how to provide a high level of planning experience and production quality so that it would be an attraction that the world could be proud of. [Solution] First, based on our deep knowledge of content that has been loved by the world for many years, we combined it with the unique location of Awajishima Prefectural Park to come up with a planning experience that would make people want to visit not only from Japan but from all over the world. In addition, in supervising the production, we visited factories overseas and directly advised them on the know-how and knowledge that we have cultivated, leading them to the final completion. [Customer's comments] We were asked to plan an original attraction that would attract attention from all over the world, where people would jump into a life-sized Godzilla. In addition, they provided detailed direction for the production, creating something that would satisfy everyone from families to hardcore fans. <Our project members> [Sales/Project Management] Shingo Terasaki, Shohei Baba [Planning direction, concept design /modeling supervision] Masaki Kawahara, Yasuyuki Chosa, Yuki Toyoda TM & © TOHO CO., LTD.