今、ここに共に生きる奇跡

A miracle living now and here together

We express the ephemeral, precious,powerful,loving,
beautiful brilliance of life,
and the connections between all life that dwells in the universe,the oceans,and on land.
We strive towards a paradigm shift from the human-centered to the life-centered,
and appealing to the importance of protecting and nurturing life.

Producer
Shoji Kawamori scroll

いのちめぐる冒険

LIVE EARTH JOURNEY

いのちを育む

河森正治　Shoji Kawamori

Animation Director
Mecha Designer
Vision Creator
Thematic Producer for EXPO 2025 Osaka Kansai

Works:

Macross series(Original Creator, Director, Mechanical Designer),Aquarion series(Original Creator, Director, Mechanical Designer),The Vision of Escaflowne(Original Creator), Spring and Chaos（Director）、Earth Maiden Arjuna（Original Creator, Director）
Mechanical Design：Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Ghost in the Shell, Armored Core, Eureka Seven,Daemon X Machina, Sony AIBO robotic dog, the ERS-220,Nissan “DUALIS”. Sony smart watch “wena wrist”

2023.05.23

The Shoji Kawamori Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai has officially launched a joint project with Biome to celebrate International Biodiversity Day on 22 May!INOCHI-DAMA, a collaboration with the world-famous figure maker KAIYODO, is also announced.
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All life which dwells on this planet

shines beautifully

and is connected with one another.

On this pavilion, you will experience that dynamism of life
through images and spaces never seen before,

and using state of the art technology.

Architectural Concept

The reef of life

Randomly piled up structures, by creating a series of many gaps and spaces, are like a reef that nurtures diverse life, dynamically stimulate life, and create structures where the senses are opened.

A series of experiences created by diverse cells

The various large and small exhibits, each with their own architectural structures, form unified spaces called "cells."
The diverse "cells" are one form of "life," welcoming visitors with a series of diverse experiences.

Cell：細胞

Diverse cell types

Using "cells," simple 2.4m cubic structures made of steel frames and special concrete panels, as the smallest unit, their functions multiply as they evolve and grow, taking the exhibition to the next level.

Seawater concrete panels:
preserving valuable sea water resources

The cells, which are the spatial units of the structure and exhibition, do not use concrete made from freshwater, but rather are made up of concrete panels which use seawater. By using carbon fiber instead of steel wire as the tension bearing material, it is possible to combine it with seawater from Osaka Bay rather than freshwater, bringing about many innovations, such as longer lifespan.

Reuse, repurpose,
the lifecycle

The long life concrete panels and steel frame structural units, brought in by sea at low cost, can broaden the chances of reuse and repurposing them after the end of the exhibition, which we are planning for and view as their lifecycle.

Low environmental impact structure system spread by sea

The earth, third in orbit around a sun which is one among 200 billion stars in the Milky Way, itself one galaxy among two trillion.
Within this dramatically vast universe, this is the only place where the presence of life has been confirmed.

Along with the crises causes by things like population increase and climate change, the calls of biodiversity loss sound out.

99.99% of the water on this planet, called the watery planet, cannot be used to sustain our lives.
The Shoji Kawamori pavilion, which is the stage for this miracle of life, makes use of newly refined materials with seawater in its construction.

You will experience how all life is interconnected through all five of your senses, and come to see realize how we are one part within this ecosystem in the XR theater and indoor exhibition.

What we want to convey to you through experiences and entertainment that will stay in your memory, is that the fact that we are alive on the earth right now is a precious and beautiful miracle.

Area

REAL

Exhibition Area

Giant Screen

See images on a scale that cannot be captured by the human senses on a giant high-definition screen.
See life intuitively through a stunning visual experience.

MMX Special Exhibition

Share the experience of the MMX spacecraft's journey in search of life by viewing high-resolution images of Mars and its moon Phobos, sent today by the MMX spacecraft, on a giant screen.

Plant and Flower Decomposition

Experience the growth of other life forms, such as microorganisms and fungi, as organisms die and decompose, using real objects and time-lapse video.

Immersive

Immersive Experience Area

Multilayer Projection Exhibition

The connections between the different lives and the fractal similarities that transcend the scale are experienced in a three-dimensional, symbolic and experiential way in an organic space with several layers of transparent screens.

XR theater

The experience of the interconnectedness of all life, including water and atmospheric cycles, the food chain and the chain of life, is expressed through MR/VR.
From human-centred to life-centred. Feel the wonder of living together here and now.

Exhibition Area

Journey of life － Mars I Phobos

The MMX Rover, which is on its way to the distant Martian satellite Phobos to unlock the mystery of life on Earth, is expected to reach Mars in time for the exhibition.

Realistic, high-resolution images of Mars sent by the rover are displayed on a giant screen, allowing visitors to experience the world as the MMX rover sees it now.

The screen will also show the tiny Earth as seen from the vicinity of Mars.

We hope you will feel how small our planet is in this universe and how wonderful the life we share together on it is.

Exhibition Plan

A variety of content will be projected onto a 4.8m wall.
The content will be accompanied by a narrative providing background to the project
and an experience of where MMX is today.

Why MMX travels to Mars

Video explaining why to look into Phobos
Video explaining the specific steps of the touchdown procedure

The world as seen by MMX

Time-lapse video clips leading up to the latest live and simulation images
*Reproduction of the current situation in the programme

Where MMX is

Visual representation of the entire journey and current position
*Reproduction of the current position and other information in the programme.

Immersive Experience Area

LIVE EARTH JOURNEY

The water and atmospheric cycles,
the food chain and the chains of life
are all represented using MR/VR.

We try to make people aware of the interconnectedness of all life,
and to shift their senses from people-centred to life-centred.

We want to communicate the wonder of living together in the here and now, while encouraging a shift in consciousness that ecological issues are not someone else's business, but our own.

Exhibition Plan

Participants sit in a circle and wear a head-mounted display with a camera that allows them to see outside.
The project interweaves MR, where all participants experience the same phenomenon, such as seeing a whale that appears in the centre of the theatre, with VR, where they experience the dynamics of life individually, to present an adventure story about life that can only be experienced here.

STAFF

General management: Vector Vision Inc.
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Exhibition planning and creative management: Bascule Inc. Masayoshi Boku / Kampei Baba
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Architectural design: Office Shogo Onodera
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今、ここに共に生きる奇跡

A miracle living now and here together

いのちめぐる冒険

LIVE EARTH JOURNEY