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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.

This project involved converting the old Kiyomizu Elementary School building, which has a history of about 90 years and remains in Kiyomizu, Kyoto, into a hotel. It has been reborn as a hotel that combines modern comfort while retaining its distinctive design. We were in charge of architectural design supervision, interiors design, layout, and FF&E concept design and construction. Kiyomizu Elementary School is one of the schools that has been evaluated as a unique building with unique features in its location, exterior decoration, and interiors concept design. Based on the hotel's concept of "engraving memories and connecting them to the future," we paid the utmost respect to the historical Western architecture and its interior space, and concept design to revive memories while preserving and inheriting them. In addition, we fused the architecture and interior space as new functions to express nostalgia and newness. [Client's Issues/Requests] It was necessary to design it so that it would function as a hotel while making use of the architecture of the existing historic elementary school. We also had to have repeated discussions about what kind of hotel would be acceptable to the Kyoto area. [Solution] We worked with creators on every detail, including architecture, landscape, interior, FF&E, artwork, graphics, and uniforms, to create a completely new and unique space. While the corridors and staircases where elementary school children once ran around have been preserved, when you open the doors to the classrooms where the children once studied, you will enter a completely different contemporary world. In order to maximize the value of the existing details that are valuable in the history of the architecture and interior space, we stuck to materials that do not overshadow but highlight them. The reflection of the materials reflected in the semi-gloss finish enhances the existing architectural design. We aimed to create a spatial composition with a "seeming" that can only be experienced here, by coordinating the total design of concept design, graphics, uniforms, etc., and harmonizing the interiors and FF&E concept design in a well-balanced way. <Our project members> [Sales/Project management] Toru Moenuki [design, layout / design supervision] A.N.D.: Ryu Kosaka, Shohei Urata, Hiroki Yasuda / Hiroyuki Nishikawa [FF&E concept design] A.N.D.: Kaori Sano

"Technology for Creating a Comfortable Forest" The Panasonic Center Osaka Re-Life Salon is a space where Panasonic's technology has been used to create a comfortable forest, with the hope that people can relax and achieve well-being. By combining various technologies, including audio, video, material processing, and airflow control, with natural materials, the space expresses the natural cycle of heaven and earth, inviting visitors to experience comfort that resonates with all five senses. [Social Issues/Customer Issues/Requests] Our role was to use Panasonic's technology to embody the facility's theme, "Enriching Life Even More." [Solution] The entire space was designed around the "forest" concept design concept, incorporating soothing elements that enrich life. Panasonic technology is incorporated into a space composed of natural elements, creating a space where visitors can actually experience comfort. By combining concept design and technology to embody the space, we created a space that conveys the facility's overall message. [Customer feedback] Panasonic's spatial solution technology has been physically incorporated into the concept design forest, creating a space that allows many customers to experience nature. Even now, it has become a salon area where many customers can gather naturally, and we feel that it functions as the face of the entrance to Panasonic Center Osaka. From the planning stage, NOMURA Co.,Ltd. 's sales, designers, and construction teams worked together to think about this, and we are grateful for the extensive support they provided in making this space a reality. <Our project members> [Sales and project management] Mori Yusuke, Kumagai Hidenobu [Planning] Ohi Masahiko [design, layout] Hashimoto Asako, Mori Hiroaki [Production and construction] Ogawa Masao ~Related links~ [Related achievements] ・Panasonic Center Tokyo ROOM S ・Panasonic Museum Konosuke Matsushita History Museum ・Panasonic Center Osaka "Re Life Story: A home connected to nature where you can play innocently and immerse yourself in nothingness" ・Wonder Life-BOX 2020 (inside Panasonic Center Tokyo) ・Panasonic Center Osaka

Seiban Co., Ltd., a randoseru manufacturer well-known for its "Angel Wings" television commercial, opened the "Seiban Museum Park" in 2020, marking its 101st year since its founding. The park combines a large directly managed store and a randoseru museum at Head Office and randoseru manufacturing factory. The first floor houses the "Factory Shop," Japan's largest directly managed store, and the randoseru factory, while the second floor houses the "Seiban Museum," Japan's first randoseru museum. At the entrance to the "Factory Shop," visitors are greeted by a huge randoseru sculpture, a popular photo spot. The sales floor features roads, slopes, stairs, and balance beams reminiscent of a school route, allowing children to enjoy choosing a randoseru in the spirit of preschool. Each area of the "Seiban Museum" is designed to resemble a classroom or laboratory, showcasing a variety of displays showcasing the history and culture of randoseru, Seiban's commitment to manufacturing, and the performance and appeal of its products. There is also an area where visitors can tour the actual factory line where randoseru are manufactured. It is an attractive facility where three generations of a family can enjoy looking at, touching, and experiencing randoseru. Our company was in charge of all aspects of the project, from the planning stage to concept design and construction.

A public relations displays space was set up alongside the G20 summit, which attracted 30,000 people from around the world, including press and other related parties. The exhibition area features a floating cutting-edge technology displays with a motif of a futuristic miniature garden floating in the ocean, a food stall-style live kitchen, and a shining white cultural area that expresses hope from the reconstruction to the Olympics. The three different areas are seamlessly connected and fused together to concept design a new style of presentation experience that allows people to relax and enjoy the present of Japan. [Social Issues/Customer Issues/Requests] We were asked to express Japan's innovative technology and ideas that will realize a virtuous cycle of environmental conservation and growth, and create a new era that is rich for both people and the planet. [Solution] At the G20 Osaka Summit, we actively worked to reduce waste based on the idea of "3R" + "Renewable sustainable resources," and in the public relations displays, we exhibited cutting-edge technology and spatial concept design for the problem of marine plastic waste. The exhibition is structured to displays Japan's technology and efforts in plastic resource circulation, divided into stages: "reduce," "replace," "reuse," "recycle," "recover," and "displays." It is feared that by 2050 the ocean will contain more plastic waste than fish, so we expressed a beautiful ocean on the floor to promote Japan's commitment to protecting the ocean. <Our project members> [Sales/Project Management] Yuji Hayami, Yasuo Ogawa, Shigeyuki Ishiyama [design, layout] Yutaka Hanaoka, Takayuki Kobayashi [Production/ construction] Yu Kimura, Yoichi Miura, Yukari Isahashi, Shigenori Ueno, Yuka Tabata, Yuki Higashihara

Lake Biwa Museum opened in 1996 with the mission of building a better coexistence between the lake and humans together with the local people, and underwent renovation work over three phases over a period of six years from 2015. This third phase involves the renovation of displays rooms A and B. displays displays A is entitled "4 million years of the lake and us - the ever-changing Lake Biwa" and introduces the changes in Lake Biwa, nature, and creatures 4 million years ago, along with their relationship with the current environment. Each corner conveys the story of Lake Biwa and its creatures, which have continued to change dramatically, and the charm of the Lake Biwa field, through the numerous fossils and geological specimens that have been collected since the museum opened, and reconstructed dioramas that allow visitors to experience the environment of the past. The B displays room is titled "20,000 Years of the Lake and Us - A History of Nature and Life," and introduces how humans have dealt with nature in the forest, waterside, lake, and village. Using the dragon, a symbol of nature from the human perspective, as a navigator, the exhibition follows the environmental history of Lake Biwa and explains how it is connected to our current lives (displays Room C). [Social Issues/Customer Issues/Requests] The renewal challenge was to incorporate the latest technology into the old displays to evolve them into more advanced displays, and to develop the museum with universal concept design in mind to make it easy for everyone to use and enjoy. [Solution] By using new technology to upgrade the existing exhibits, such as a skeletal fossil of the Zdanski elephant and a "half-body, half-bone" specimen that was restored using a 3D scanner, and a Maruko boat with sails reconstructed using an AR app, we were able to make the latest displays results easier to understand and experience. Furthermore, from the design stage onwards, citizens and experts were invited to evaluate displays, and the displays was designed with universal concept design in mind, with ramps installed, exhibits that can be touched, mirrors installed so that people using stretchers can easily see displays, and explanations written in mirror writing. [Customer feedback] displays concept design was unified from the first to third periods, and displays incorporated the latest technology. displays introduction of experiential displays such as tactile and olfactory displays made displays enjoyable for everyone. Furthermore, the design that took universal concept design into consideration has made the museum easy for everyone to use and enjoy. <Our project members> [Sales and project management] Hiroko Yamase, Haruya Miwa [Direction] Tadashi Yuasa, Koki Mizuno [design, layout] Tadashi Yuasa, Koki Mizuno, Reiko Kagawa [Sign and graphic concept design] Tadashi Yuasa, Koki Mizuno, Yuki Higashihara [Production and construction] Hayato Ichimanda, Yoshito Inoue, Yuki Higashihara / Nomura Techno Co., Ltd.: Masaru Oishi

Based on the concept of "Road to Wazuka," a place that makes people want to visit Wazuka Town, a famous tea-producing region located an hour from Kyoto City, we renovated a Kyoto machiya (traditional Japanese townhouse) over 70 years old, located within a 10-minute drive from Kyoto Station, into a rental accommodation facility. Our company was involved in the machiya renovation project from the planning stage and was responsible for spatial production. The project aims to create a new spatial initiative to "drive visitors from urban areas to rural areas," and the various methods used to achieve this ultimately differentiated the property from other Kyoto machiya accommodation facilities. This opening project was carried out in collaboration with a team consisting of NAZUNA, which operates the machiya accommodation; Kiraku Japan, which provides financial support for the renovation of traditional houses; Crowd Realty, a real estate crowdfunding company; and our company, which handles planning and concept design. The start-up capital was raised through crowdfunding. Individual investors and participating companies who share the concept of "Road to Wazuka," who want to contribute to the town and promote Japanese culture to the world, are working together to solve local issues. <Our project team> [Space production]: Yasutoshi Yamano [concept design (interiors)]: Takaaki Tani [Furniture and decoration coordination]: Saki Ninomiya [Development]: Nobuyuki Yagi [Sales]: Yuji Takataka [Customer's challenges/requests] (1) The client wanted to renovate a Kyoto machiya into a lodging facility primarily targeting foreign tourists. (2) The client wanted to create a story-driven concept that differentiates it from the many Kyoto machiya found in the city. (3) The owner of a cafe serving Wazuka tea on the same premises wanted to promote the charms of Wazuka Town. [Solution] The facility was designed to make guests want to visit Wazuka Town. The bedroom, featuring rocks and dry landscape gardens inspired by the town's scenery, allows guests to experience sleeping on the earth of Wazuka Town. The tea stand on the second floor was created using a remade tea box that was used in Wazuka Town, allowing guests to touch the real thing. Additionally, the wall graphics on the second floor are based on the patterns that were affixed to the wooden boxes used to export tea from Wazuka Town, and the fabric is Nishijin-ori fabric from Kyoto. The lighting in the open-ceiling space is also made from the blackout sheeting used in the production of kabuse tea in Wazuka Town. The space was designed as a "lodging-style antenna shop that motivates guests to visit undiscovered, fascinating places." We also prepared illustrated instructions to communicate the features of the space to guests, and even created software to help them understand how to experience it. [Customer Feedback] We believe that the concept and high level of concept design proposed by NOMURA Co.,Ltd. resonated with investors in this project, leading to the realization of an unprecedented lodging facility.

The second phase of renovation work at Lake Biwa Museum, Shiga Prefecture, included the establishment of a new "Adult Discovery" and the renovation of the "Discovery Room," restaurant, museum shop, atrium, and special displays room. "Adult Discovery" is a learning and exchange space that aims to respond to the inquisitiveness of adults and be used repeatedly, conveying the fun of museums, raising interest in Lake Biwa, and fostering a desire to participate in activities in the community and the museum. There are more than 1,000 specimens of animals, plants, minerals, etc., and the functions and space have been created to encourage activities such as viewing the specimens, selecting and picking them up, observing them under a microscope, researching them in an illustrated book, and asking questions to the curators. There is a corner where you can carefully observe and experience how to sketch the specimens, and an open lab where you can experience museum research and data organization right in front of you. The Discovery Room is an experiential space that serves as the "entrance to the museum," where you can learn and discover through stuffed animals and the five senses. [Customer's Issues/Requests] Shiga Prefectural Lake Biwa Museum opened in 1996 (Heisei 8) with the theme of "Lakes and Humans," and 20 years have passed since then. During this time, investigations, research, and the collection of valuable materials have been carried out through exchanges and collaborations between museum staff and various people outside the museum. The museum was required to communicate these results to more visitors in the form of displays, and to create a system that would lead visitors' interests and curiosity to new developments through exchange activities that utilize the museum. [Solution] We have created an exchange hub that encourages participation, discovery, dialogue, and exchange and nurtures people who will lead the next generation, by establishing the first real intellectual space in Japan that adults can enjoy, "Adult Discovery," a discovery room where you can learn and discover with your five senses, and other facilities. [Customer's Comments] The second phase of renovation has reconstructed the exchange space, enhanced exchange functions, and increased the number of visitors. <Our project members> [Sales and project management] Haruya Miwa [Planning] Taihei Samejima [concept design and planning] Tadashi Yuasa, Kaoru Sone, Rie Morita, Mina Miyagi, Masaaki Mitsunaga, Reiko Kagawa [Sign and graphic concept design] Rie Morita, Mina Miyagi, Yuki Higashihara [Production and construction] Hironari Ota, Yuki Higashihara, Yuka Tabata, Takahiro Nakayama [public relations] Hiroko Yamase, Nobuaki Yabe

A first in aquarium history! A "narrative" museum with the theme of "life." The concept is for the staff themselves to talk about what they have learned from the breeding activities at Kinosaki Marine World. The visuals and displays that spread from message-filled copy were treated as one graphic and the entire space concept design. A powerful large-scale video measuring 25m x 5m conveys the message of the Toyooka region's "Stork Breeding Project" along with the dynamic beauty of nature, and conveys the history of the activity. <Our project members> [Sales/Project Management] Iwamoto Noriyuki [concept design] Takahashi Kenji [Planning] Kishida Kyohei [Production] Takashi Akimitsu, Funakura Michitaka, Tokuda Yonosuke, Nagao Shigeo

[Project Description] This project involved the development of a lively facility on the first floor of the Mitsubishi UFJ Bank Osaka Building, which was rebuilt. Planning began in the spring of 2013 and opened in August 2018. The cafe and gallery lounge were introduced with the goals of "enlivening the surrounding area and the Midosuji area" and "creating a high-quality space in a bank building." The gallery displays paintings and historical materials (currency, currency exchange tools, etc.) owned by the bank, providing a relaxing space where visitors can casually experience art and history. It also includes a corner introducing nearby landmarks and historical sites, encouraging visitors to explore the surrounding area. Our company was responsible for the development, including planning, consulting design, layout, planning, and supervision, as well as the production and construction of displays, furniture, and fixtures, and also provided some assistance with operations after the building opened. [Client's Challenge/Request] This project tested NOMURA Co.,Ltd., Ltd.'s comprehensive capabilities, including the planning and concept design skills required to realize the contradictory themes of "creating a lively atmosphere" and "creating a high-quality space." [Solution] The spatial concept design was based on the concept of "organic structure" + "simple structure," resulting in a high-quality, timeless, and simple concept design. By spatially connecting multiple elements such as a cafe, gallery, local displays, currency displays, ATM, and foreign currency exchange corner through a lounge, we aimed to create a facility where people with various purposes could gather in the same space, creating an integrated structure. Furthermore, by being involved in the operation of the facility after it opens, we will continue to be involved in the "creating a lively atmosphere" theme that has been a theme since the beginning of development. <Our project members> [Development] Motoo Kawata [Project management and sales] Motoo Kawata, Tomohide Nakamura [Planning and consulting] Hiroshi Yoshimoto, Reiko Kuroda, Rie Hasegawa, Nobuaki Yabe, Konomi Taki, Toko Takeuchi [design, layout] Masao Nemoto, Masahiro Hisakane [Production and construction] Hironari Ota, Takahiro Nakayama [Operation management] Motoo Kawata Photography: Masato Kono (Nacasa and Partners Co., Ltd.)

In 2006, 11 years after it was completely destroyed in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in 1995, it was rebuilt as Mint Kobe, a complex commercial building with various urban functions such as a bus terminal, a cinema, a cultural center, and offices. In 2018, in order to create the future of Kobe's downtown, we replaced most of the shops and completely renewed the commercial environment. concept design concept was ``M-INT MUSEUM'', expressing the unique lifestyle of ``Kobe-ness'', which is cultivated by the city, scenery, and enterprising culture, where each person cherishes and enjoys their daily lives. The glittering elevator hall concept design and the open atrium space with two faces are decorated with wrought iron, art objects, and carefully selected furniture, integrating the ``M'', which symbolizes the characteristics of Mint Kobe. We participated in the project from the business concept stage and were in charge of all the work in the renewal project, including planning, consulting, tenant leasing, concept design planning, construction, and furniture and fixture manufacturing. <Our project members> [Sales and project management] Hikita Yuki [Planning] Nishi Tatsuko, Tenma Mayo [Tenant leasing] Nakata Jun, Kawai Masakazu, Hiraki Takaaki [design, layout] Yoshitani Taketoshi, Murakami Mika, Takemoto Akihiro [working drawings] Tanda Katsumi, Ono Teruhiko, Sanada Hideyuki, Ueda Kazuhiko [Production and construction] Kagami Jun, Tabata Yuka, Iseki Kenji [furniture and fixture manufacturing] Konan Tomomi [Sign and graphic concept design] Nomura Duo Egawa Yoshie, Tatai Yukifumi, Goda Jin

[Project Description] Panasonic Corporation The Konosuke Matsushita History Museum was newly opened on March 7, 2018, the 100th year since the company was founded, as part of the 100th anniversary project. The purpose of the museum was to allow visitors to experience the business philosophy and life philosophy of Konosuke Matsushita, the founder of Panasonic, and to widely inherit his "spirit." [Customer's Challenge/Request] The challenge was how to pass on Panasonic's business philosophy, the many achievements, words, and spirit that the founder left behind to the company's employees, and to provide learning and awareness to visitors, including the general public. The space was designed to allow visitors to relive the 94-year life of Konosuke Matsushita by following the "path" set as the displays theme, and the concept was "a place where you can meet Konosuke Matsushita." [Solution] First, we created a space where visitors can freely stroll around and concentrate on their thoughts, with the founder's beloved "Shinshin-an" as the motif. Each displays element is expressed in layers according to depth, allowing visitors to select information that suits their individual interests. <Our project members> [Sales and project management] Shohei Baba [Planning] Tomoko Yanagihara [design, layout] Hideaki Hata, Yoshiyo Yoshikawa, Shigeto Suga, Koki Mizuno [Form concept design] Kenichi Kishikawa [Production and construction] Masao Ogawa Photography: Nacasa & Partners Co., Ltd.

[Project Description] The Heijo Palace Izanaikan is a guidance facility located in the Suzakumon Square in the Heijo Palace Historical Park. It conveys the significance and splendor of the Heijo Palace Historical Park, a "special place" where you can feel the Nara period in the present, and invites you to the park and temples and shrines that still retain the atmosphere of the past. [Customer's Issues/Requests] In order to invite visitors to the Heijo Palace ruins, we aimed to create a guidance displays that would increase interest in the Heijo Palace ruins and connect them to the impressions they get when they are there. [Solution] We aimed to invite visitors to the field by spatializing and experientially impressing the "specialness of the Heijo Palace ruins, which is difficult to see on site. The zones are roughly divided into three parts: "Heijo Palace Ruins Now," which guides visitors through the current park; "The State of Heijo Palace," where you can learn about and experience the activities of Heijo Palace in the past; and "Beyond Time," where you can understand the Heijo Palace and Kyoto of the past through relics. Each zone has a different perspective, and by impressing the specialness through the five senses, we have created displays that connects to the impressions they get when they are there. <Our project members> [Development] Haruya Miwa, Kazuya Hashizume [Sales/Project Management] Haruya Miwa [Planning] Shigeo Fujii, Yuka Sueda, Setsuko Nishimura [design, layout] Takeo Akamine, Tadashi Yuasa, Tomoyo Tsukiyama [Signs/Graphics] Yoshito Inoue, Satoko Hasegawa [Production/ construction] Hayato Ichimata, Goro Yamano, Ryohei Yamaoka, Yoshito Inoue, Katsumi Yamada, Satoko Hasegawa, Nanae Hori [public relations] Takeo Akamine, Shigeo Fujii, Yoshito Inoue, Satoko Hasegawa [Verification Engineer] Kazuya Hashizume