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Discover and experience the forest of life [tropical rainforest]. A catalyst for people to think about the global environment [Part 1]

Chiba City Zoological Park, which opened in 1985 as a zoo close to the hearts of the citizens, has had an animal science museum attached to it since its opening, where visitors can learn mainly about tropical animals, making it a pioneer in Japan. In March 2025, to commemorate its 40th anniversary, the animal science museum underwent a complete renovation of its displays. While pursuing a high level of academic excellence, it was reborn as a facility where visitors can learn while experiencing the tropical rainforest, reminiscent of a theme park.

#Kanto
#Award Winning
#Renewal/Renovation

What we created was a "unique worldview" and ultimate convenience and comfort [Part 1]

There are over 20 large hotels in the area surrounding Tokyo Disney Resort. Urayasu City has approximately 12,000 guest rooms. It is the number one theme park town in Japan, and also one of the largest concentrations of hotels in the country. One of these large hotels has undergone a revolutionary renovation with a new perspective and ideas, following a change in management company. A convenient and comfortable hotel designed with the customer in mind has been born.

#Kanto
#Renewal/Renovation

Restoring "human connections" through a place where people of all generations can come together

Thirteen years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake. Reconstruction has finally begun in some areas. What kind of reconstruction will they aim for in these disaster-stricken areas, which are still uninhabitable? The challenge continues to be to build new community spaces where people of all ages can gather and connect, while reviving the connections that once existed between people.

#Tohoku
#social good
#Regional activation
#Sustainability

A live music venue where sound, light, and wind flow through; a town where adults converse and music overflows [Part 1]

Cities are creatures of the times. As time passes, what people want from a city changes, and the city also changes its position and reassesses the value it provides. Where on earth should this city head? One city has thought long and hard about the future and created a symbol of what it aspires to be.

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Numerous failures increase what we can do. The essence of spatial design: uniting a team through proactive action.

Grasping the essence and transcending one's own limitations. The real challenges of salespeople who explore uncharted territories and continuously create new spaces.

Creating moments where feelings are conveyed—a planner's challenge to weave stories into space and move the hearts of visitors.

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What's important is the aggregation and sharing of information, and on-site management of both offensive and defensive strategies.

The 2025 Japan International Exposition (Osaka-Kansai Expo), held over six months from April 2025, attracted approximately 25,578,900 general visitors. The venue, surrounded by the iconic large roof ring, was filled with unique pavilions, each showcasing its own vision of the future society. NOMURA Co.,Ltd., Ltd. was in charge of more than 50 projects at the Osaka-Kansai Expo, including 25 pavilions. They approached this large-scale international exposition, the first in 55 years, with an unprecedented level of involvement. How did NOMURA Co.,Ltd. manage to bring together, support, and create more than 50 projects scattered across the vast venue? We spoke with five members of the Osaka-Kansai Expo Promotion Division, who were key players in this effort.

To recreate the former vibrancy of the forest together with the local people.

Takekoma Shrine is located about 20 minutes south of Sendai Station on the Tohoku Main Line in Iwanuma City, a city surrounded by lush countryside. Founded in the Heian period, this shrine is one of the most prominent in the country. Since ancient times, it has been counted as one of Japan's three great Inari shrines and has been widely revered as the local guardian deity. However, with the passage of time, the number of visitors has gradually decreased. In order to make it a core for revitalizing the area, local people have come together to take on a project to bring back the vitality of the shrine grounds.

A rich and comfortable interior, a new proposal for wooden architecture

The 2025 Japan International Exposition (Osaka-Kansai Expo) is also a competition of architecture. In a corner of the venue, which is filled with pavilions with unique concept design, there is a small but futuristic wooden building that looks ahead to practical use in the very near future. It is the guidance hall of the demonstration plant [RITE Future Forest] which captures carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Now, as wooden architecture is attracting global attention from a sustainable perspective, the project team has taken on the challenge of building an architectural structure that is extremely simple, yet difficult precisely because of its simplicity, for the first time in Japan.

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A window into interest that begins with "cuteness" A museum where you can learn about the coexistence of nature and humans in a fun and loving way

The Amami Rabbit Museum Quru Guru, which opened in April 2025, is a conservation and research facility that treats and rehabilitates injured Amami rabbits (hereinafter referred to as "rabbits") with the aim of returning them to the wild. It also uses interactive displays to promote research on the rabbit's ecology, environmental education, and coexistence with humans...

NOMURA Co.,Ltd., Ltd.'s first initiative! The story behind the creation of "mirocco," an indoor children's playground.

In July 2025, "mirocco," an indoor children's playground planned, designed, and operated by NOMURA Co.,Ltd. Group for approximately 11 years, opened. This is our first time operating a children's playground, despite our extensive experience in creating various spaces. *Project details here: Located on the 22nd Century Hill "Tamari..." owned by Kakegawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture.

Collecting, preserving, and opening up—how did the tangible, participatory concept design system of the Osaka-Kansai Expo come about?

The "Osaka-Kansai Expo concept design Exhibition" was held at the Osaka Prefectural Enokojima Cultural and Artistic Creation Center (enoco) from October 1st to 19th. This article introduces a discussion from the talk program "See You Again, Expo—What Does an Expo Leave Behind for Society?" held on October 11th. After the opening of the Osaka-Kansai Expo, derivative works by visitors and fans were created on social media...

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