Better Co-being [Signature Pavilion: Resonating Lives]

People's actions connect with the world and create the future

The modern era is a time where 'warnings for the future' and 'fragmented values' intersect. Global crises such as climate change are forcing a transformation in people's consciousness and behavior. While the rapid development of digital technology shows the potential for new co-creation, it also has aspects that create division. The 'Forest of Tranquility' at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, was conceived as a place to propose the coexistence of nature and artificial objects and to co-create connections to the future.

In the 'Forest of Tranquility,' where ecosystems are invited as a symbol of diverse lives resonating with each other, we explore a future that coexists with natural cycles without relying on artificial objects, and the regeneration of ecosystems through transplantation shows the path to the future. The signature pavilion 'Better Co-Being' is an attempt to deepen the inquiry into life and depict resonance with the future. This pavilion pursues harmony between nature and humanity while providing new perspectives for building a sustainable future.

The digital revolution has fundamentally changed human life, but dangerous aspects such as surveillance capitalism, the widening of inequality due to algorithms, and privacy infringement have become increasingly prominent. However, it is only by facing these challenges head-on that the potential for value creation through digital technology can be realized. The sharing of data and the visualization of connections open new circuits that connect people, society, nature, and the future, thereby forming a foundation for people with different cultures and values to understand and cooperate with each other.

The 'Better Co-Being' pavilion, while acknowledging the risks of digital technology, transforms them into a power of 'resonance' and redefines them as a foundation for value creation for the future. Resonance is a process that goes beyond mere visualization or information exchange, where each other's actions and wills overlap to form a new image of society. The essence of the digital revolution is not to use it as a tool for surveillance or control, but to sublimate it into a power that allows humans to proactively connect to diverse possibilities and co-create the future.

Also, the word resonance is often spoken of as an ideal of harmony and solidarity. However, in reality, resonance also includes gaps, misunderstandings, pain, and absence. Better Co-Being is not a vision that depicts a world where everything can be understood, but rather a concept that affirms the will to remain with others even while dwelling in the inability to resonate.

What this pavilion presents is not a concrete image of the future, but diverse possibilities. There are diverse possibilities for the future, and the ideal form differs depending on the era and environment, but the question of how to face what is important and move toward the future is universal. The theme project 'Resonating Lives' asks about the 'way of moving toward the future in resonance,' which is becoming newly important through the development of digital technology. This question provides a guideline for cooperating toward a common goal while respecting individual values.

What is the concept 'Better Co-Being'?

Digital technology has made connections between people visible, and people are increasingly being asked to act with awareness of a sustainable society. On the other hand, digital technology also has the potential to be a tool that supports individuals. A society that could previously only aim for the 'greatest happiness of the greatest number' has now become able to aim for the 'greatest happiness of the greatest diversity' (not that everyone becomes happy in the same way, but that each person with different ways of thinking and living can live comfortably in their own way. To that end, society as a whole recognizes diversity and supports each other so that each person's happiness can be realized). A stance of walking while balancing individual diverse richness and sustainability for the future. This is the horizon that 'Better Co-Being' aims for.

However, there is no single correct answer to reach that point. Precisely because there is no single answer in the modern age, the stance of continuing to hold fundamental questions such as 'What do we want to cherish?' and 'How should we live?' is more important than concluding 'what is correct.' In other words, 'better' in BCB indicates the will that 'living while questioning' itself is the starting point for facing the future and creating it together. With this recognition, BCB focuses on the 'quality of connection' with all beings, including not only humans but also nature, society, and technology, and conceives a new framework of thinking, feeling, and living to make it better. It is a perspective for reconsidering from multiple angles how we can better relate to others and the world.

In rethinking the 'quality of connection' with all beings, BCB chose the word 'co-being.' There are several concepts similar to 'co-being.' For example, 'becoming,' 'conviviality,' and 'co-existence.' However, using 'becoming' can be perceived as not yet having reached the ideal state, and it can include a nuance of denying the present. Also, since 'conviviality' means to enjoy, plants and organisms that do not have such mechanisms would be excluded from 'co-being.' And 'co-existence' means the compatibility of survival from a biological perspective, so it becomes a narrower meaning. On the other hand, 'co-being' does not deny the present by using the expression 'being.' Furthermore, by adding 'co-,' it encompasses the concept of connecting and heading toward the future while also targeting non-living inorganic matter, plants, and the global environment.

BCB does not show an ideal state in advance. Rather, it finds its possibility in the attitude of trying to resonate with others while still containing the inability to resonate, misunderstandings, and untranslatable thoughts. Questioning, relating, wavering, and transforming—this open process itself is the practice of 'being together.' Behind this concept is an ideological lineage since the modern era. There are the framework of institutional justice shown by John Rawls, the ethics of contextual common good by Michael Sandel, the capability approach by Amartya Sen, and furthermore, Levinas's ethics of the other and Hartmut Rosa's resonance theory. However, Better Co-Being does not simply cite them, but is a concept reconstructed around 'difference and relationship,' and is a practical philosophy.

In the pavilion, we present these possibilities of resonance as a place where you can experience them not only through thought and policy, but also through space and body, light and wind, words and silence. Look up at the sky, pass by someone, touch differences, and stay there. BCB is a question that emerges in such moments, and it is also a rediscovery of the senses to connect with the future. How can we resonate and create the future together? This pavilion exists as a landscape open to that question.

'Better Co-Being' at the World Expo venue

Modern World Expos were symbols of a mass-production and mass-consumption society, but now that this structure is reaching its limits, there is a responsibility to present a new vision. The 'Grand Roof Ring' and 'Forest of Tranquility' at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, provide an experience of looking up at the same sky while embracing diverse people. The act of sharing the same sky holds the potential for people with potentially different backgrounds to share emotions. Through this common perspective, a trigger is born to envision the future without denying diversity. The essence of BCB lies not in forced homogenization, but rather in sharing the 'same sky' after acknowledging each other's differences. This experience becomes a foundation for people with different cultures and values to build the future together.

The Better Co-Being pavilion designed by SANAA is a space that stands as if it is melting into the forest. There are no ceilings or walls, which are conventional architectural frameworks, and a silver canopy covers the space. The canopy floats lightly like a cloud and does not block the wind and rain. That incompleteness symbolizes the philosophy of this pavilion. While the function of architecture that blocks people from nature and separates space to give meaning is important, here it creates a place that raises the sensibility between people and nature through an open structure.

The sky looked up at through the canopy shows a different expression than usual. The movements of the sun and clouds are reflected as they are, and the subtle changes in the color of the sky are perceived three-dimensionally. On cloudy days, it integrates with the sky, and at night, it floats mysteriously like a part of the universe. This act of 'seeing the sky together' is common to the Expo venue and the art groups in the 'Forest of Tranquility,' and it is also a core experience of 'Better Co-Being.' While looking up at the sky, people will face their own standing position, their relationship with others, and the future they have yet to see.

Why was it necessary to express it as art, architecture, and spatial experience? It is because resonance—which rises through sensibility and physicality—that cannot be touched by the sharing of knowledge and philosophy alone is indispensable for the conception of a sustainable society. Better Co-Being is implemented not only as thought and policy, but also in the physical acts of light and wind, silence and voice, and looking up at the sky.

A resonance experience that becomes a guidepost to the future

The 'Forest of Tranquility' and the 'Better Co-Being' pavilion are experimental grounds for resonance that connects people, the world, and the future. The dangers of division and surveillance by digital technology, and the destruction of the natural environment and depletion of resources are unavoidable challenges, but here we face them head-on and present a path that resonates with diverse values, technology, nature, and ecosystems.

What the pavilion's artworks and spatial experiences depict is the possibility of new connections and resonance born after the digital revolution. By layering voices, acknowledging each other's differences, and weaving wills, a new path to the future is opened. By looking up at the sky together and sharing diverse connections that are not visible to the eye, people find their own standing position and gain an opportunity to rethink the way society should be.

We hope that all visitors who leave this place will engrave that resonance in their hearts and connect it to their daily lives. Through this experience, participants may be able to gain new perspectives and head toward the future. The 'Better Co-Being' pavilion functions as an experimental place to create the future together, going beyond a mere exhibition or event venue.

Furthermore, the philosophy of 'Better Co-Being' can be applied to education and community activities. In educational settings, it can provide opportunities for students with different cultures and values to learn from each other, fostering empathy and understanding. Also, in local communities, it functions as a platform for residents to cooperate and tackle local issues. This forms a foundation for the entire region to work as one to build a sustainable future.

In an era where the future is uncertain, the stance of continuing to question, rather than determining what is correct, becomes the starting point for sincerely facing the future and creating it together. Better Co-Being is not just a philosophy or policy. It is an 'open practice' that asks fundamental questions such as 'Who do you live with?', 'How do you resonate?', and 'What kind of future will you hand over?' in all dimensions such as space, system, and body.

Better Co-being that resonates with experiences spun in history

The idea of Better Co-being also has an aspect of finding commonalities with ideas and expressions that have been cherished in various regions, and making different communities resonate with each other.

For example, consider the interpretation of the 'Mona Lisa' painted by Leonardo da Vinci. In a theory proposed in recent years, it is said that the 'Mona Lisa' is a combination of elements that da Vinci had been active in until then. It is a theory that all of da Vinci's activities, such as anatomy that remains in many sketches, geology and optics that depict the background, the sfumato technique that softens the outline of the subject, and the expression of emotions and psychological states, are finally concentrated in the 'Mona Lisa.' Here, we will interpret based on this theory.

What did da Vinci want to convey with the 'Mona Lisa,' which he expressed throughout his life? An experience of exchanging smiles with an ordinary woman who is not particularly beautiful even by the standards of the time, rather than a god or the Virgin Mary. Isn't this a universal communication that is common from ancient times when humanity created communities and began to spin culture, to the future more than 10,000 years from now? People are connected by positive emotions. It is the smile that a newborn baby exchanges with its mother, that is, an important other who can be seen even with the baby's weak vision. The experience of being connected to the world with positive emotions forms the basis of an individual's personality and continues to create connections with the world. Also, what forms the basis of a community, which is a group, is the experience of connecting people in such positive emotions.

I also want to focus on the background drawn with the aerial perspective invented by da Vinci. The background, which is blurred so that the smile with the person in front of you is connected, also makes you feel the scenery beyond the gentle slope, giving an impression that makes you feel the future. Connecting positively with others while feeling the future. This is just one interpretation, but I believe that Leonardo da Vinci brought to fruition a universally important act for humans in the art appreciation experience.

If I were to dare to give a title to the painting commonly known as 'Mona Lisa,' for which da Vinci left the title blank... the word 'Better Co-being' was born from such a thought experiment. However, please note that this is a thought experiment with respect for the great predecessors. The truth is at least unknown now, and we who live in the present believe that it is important what we find in the new era.

Leonardo da Vinci concentrated his activities into the work 'Mona Lisa.' On the other hand, we expressed universal questions that connect to the future in the Forest of Tranquility and the Better Co-being pavilion within it, together with diverse artists, creators, and staff. Of course, as I just mentioned, we are attempting resonance not only in the spatial connection of the Forest of Tranquility, but also between various philosophies and expressions spun from the past. By presenting a new experience where people and nature, and people and the future resonate through digital technology, environmental regeneration methods, and artistic expression, we want to suggest the possibility of Better Co-being.

Pavilion Experience Overview

In the pavilion exhibition, we aim to provide an experience where visitors connect and resonate with each other to draw the future together. Visitors form groups, and starting from the once-in-a-lifetime connection gathered on that day at that time, they head toward the future together while touring three major resonance experiences.

Sequence 1
Resonance between people
In Sequence 1, with the theme of 'Resonance between people,' we create an experience that makes you look at yourself and others and rethink 'what do you connect through?' The art, composed of diverse motifs, connects not only to the Expo theme but also to the theme weeks that are the framework of questions for the future. By facing motifs that illuminate the values that others cherish and the wishes within oneself, visitors gain clues for resonance to head toward the future together.

Chiharu Shiota 'Hill of Words'

In the space spreading on a small hill in the pavilion, red threads stretched in layers and desks and chairs shaped by lines float. A serene atmosphere that implies the presence of people drifts without anyone sitting. The characters dancing in the air represent themes such as 'Breath of the Earth,' 'Voice of the Body,' 'Prayer to Connect,' 'Invisible Connection,' 'Door to the Unknown,' 'Place where Lines Cross,' and 'Endless Journey' in various languages, forming a vast network with the swaying of the threads. This structure suggests invisible connections that are usually not consciously noticed, and creates a place where different cultures dialogue. The poetic space woven by red threads and characters visualizes the possibility of interaction residing in absence, and poses a question of coexistence toward the future. It is also a space that reminds us of the possibilities of dialogue and creation for people to live together while weaving in diverse perspectives. Thus, visitors are invited to reconsider invisible connections and take action toward the next future.

Chiharu Shiota, who worked on this installation, is an artist who has continued to explore concepts such as 'memory,' 'presence and absence,' and 'connection' while using threads and everyday objects. For Shiota, the material of thread sometimes implies inner emotions that humans hold, such as anxiety and isolation. It can also be said that it is a feature to present as a space the possibility that memories and thoughts are layered and connected to reach a new understanding. On the other hand, Better Co-being, which is the theme that runs through this entire pavilion, shows a way of thinking that explores 'a way of living together toward the future.' In the modern age, which is facing a transition from a mass-production and mass-consumption society, how can we aim for better coexistence with others and the world while respecting the diverse backgrounds and values of individuals? It can be said that 'Hill of Words' expresses that question poetically and spatially.

As an example, the network of threads and characters visualizes the 'resonance' where various emotions and thoughts that people hold intersect. The feeling that 'someone is there even though no one is there' tells us that coexistence and mutual understanding are not necessarily established only by direct contact, and that unspoken thoughts are also one power that creates the future. Also, by pointing not only to the 'present' but also to connections to the distant past and the future yet to be seen, the threads connecting people provide an opportunity to rethink the meaning of 'living together' in a wider time axis.

While experiencing this work, visitors will find their own emotions, things they cherish, and their will to head toward the future from the fragments of 'words' connected by red threads, and will have the opportunity to rethink them again. Perhaps the words found by the threads might evoke 'connections' with oneself and others that one has not been conscious of until now. This is exactly a microcosm of the 'way for diverse people to walk toward the future while respecting each other's values' that Better Co-being aims for. Thus, when we step into the 'Hill of Words,' we experience connections with invisible someone beyond the walls of existing languages and cultures. We are made aware of the possibilities of diverse communication, including 'unspoken words' that we often overlook, and it will be an opportunity to think more deeply about what we will head toward the future through. In the poetic space spun by Chiharu Shiota, we imagine and experience the essence of co-being again.

Sequence 2
'Resonance between people and the world'
In Sequence 2, with the theme of 'Resonance between people and the world,' we present a perspective that resonates with the nature and culture cultivated in each region and the lives of people rooted there. Even if you look at the customs of distant countries, if you turn your eyes to the awe of nature and the way of the community, you will realize that it connects to the basis of your own life. Here, through the universal motif of 'voice,' we listen to the values cherished in various parts of the world and realize that we are connected. That resonance illuminates a step toward a new future.
Tatsuo Miyajima 'Counter Voice Network - Expo 2025'
When you stand on the top of the hill and look over the Forest of Tranquility, a landscape where the pavilion's canopy and the forest seem to intersect at infinity spreads out. What unfolds as you go down the gentle slope from there is the sound-based installation work 'Counter Voice Network - Expo 2025' by Tatsuo Miyajima. In this space, a countdown of '9, 8, 7..., 1' rings out one after another in different rhythms using various languages (not only Japanese but also English, French, Malay, etc.). The important point is that '0' is not uttered. The moment of silence that visits between the countdowns reminds one of 'death' or 'nothingness.' As you approach the source of the sound, a motif story showing what values the people who continue the countdown cherish appears on the web. The space created only by voices is a mechanism that allows you to glimpse the hearts of others through words while at the same time experiencing the finiteness of life and time.

'Counter Voice Network - Expo 2025' is a work that directly brings up the question of better co-being, which is the theme of the pavilion, through the simple act of 'countdown.' By overlapping voices of different languages and cultures, we realize that the time we live in and the time others live in are connected. There is an approach that tries to remove the 'invisible' wall lying between people.

Furthermore, since this installation focuses only on sound, visually it becomes a form of naturally looking up at the 'sky' cut out by architecture. The experience of looking at the landscape where the boundary between the forest and the sky melts while listening to the soundscape where diverse voices overlap leads visitors to a contemplative and introspective state. Indeed, after facing one's own inner self at the 'Hill of Words,' this time by listening to the thoughts and wishes that others cherish at 'Counter Voice Network - Expo 2025,' visitors will rethink 'connections between people' from a new angle.

Such a process will also be an opportunity to experientially understand the stance of 'designing the future while acknowledging each other's diversity' that Better Co-being aims for. Even if languages and values are different, there is no change in the fact that each of us is a 'finite existence living in the present.' By sharing that fact and knowing each other's voices, a soil that respects others' values and thoughts for the future is born. In this way, Miyajima's work makes us re-experience the differences in the environment and culture in which we were born and raised while listening to the same countdown, and makes us think about co-being while including them. The fact that the momentary 'nothingness' of the countdown feels as if it is not only death or absence but also 'a margin before something new is born' is precisely because of the power of 'continuity of life' and 'resonance' that his art fundamentally asks.

Sequence 3
'Resonance between people and the future'
Sequence 3 has the theme of 'Resonance between people and the future.' By visitors connecting and facing the world together, they draw a better future. Can we create a better future while acknowledging the differences between self and others and recognizing diverse values? Here, the experience of creating a rainbow together while feeling the connections with the people gathered there, plants, nature, and such a world becomes the framework. The experience of walking together while looking up at the same sky while recognizing the differences at our feet will connect to the Expo theme of 'Designing Future Society for Our Lives.'

The Sky of Resonance: Embracing Diversity


Hiroyuki Miyata with EiM 'Embracing Diversity: The Greatest Happiness of the Greatest Diversity'

This work is an installation that experientially presents 'the greatest happiness of the greatest diversity,' which is the philosophy of Better Co-being. The 'greatest happiness of the greatest number' that the mass-production society since the modern era has pursued has functioned for a long time as a rational guideline under limited resources. However, in the modern age where digital technology has advanced, a mechanism that creates richness while respecting each person's differences has become possible, and society is shifting from an era of homogeneity to an era of actively accepting diversity.

In the work, 400 delicate wires are stretched along a 7m-high canopy, and suncatchers are attached to each. This 'collection of heterogeneity,' where no two are the same, symbolizes the blessing of diversity. On sunny days, rainbow-colored brilliance spreads by bathing in natural light, and on cloudy or rainy days, the contrast between fog and artificial light creates a fantastic scene. Furthermore, the rain that pours down with the movement of visitors changes, and the space that shows different expressions during the day and at night makes you experience the aspect where new possibilities are born by the intersection of individual differences.

Just as the arrangement of garlands is all different, people's values and ways of living are also diverse. However, by daring to emphasize differences, it is clearly shown that diverse existences create resonance and color the space richly. This suggests that 'individual differences,' which have been overlooked in the era of mass production and mass consumption, will become the power to support the happiness of the next generation.

This installation, where fragility and strength coexist, is also an attempt to present a path to pursue the greatest diversity of happiness while facing challenges such as sustainability and inequality that society holds. By placing ourselves in the scene woven by diverse light, we look at the vision of future society together and realize the way of Better Co-being that respects 'diversity and harmony.' What the experience here asks is the very step toward a society that opens up new possibilities through 'resonance' rather than division.

Hiroyuki Miyata 'The Sky of Resonance'

When do we feel the future? A topic often discussed as a symbol of this is the challenge of modern society, as if we are at the mercy of huge forces, such as climate change caused by excessive CO₂ emissions. On the other hand, just as humanity overcame the destruction of the ozone layer by CFCs through global cooperation, we also have a history of overcoming global-scale problems through solidarity and action. As a symbol of such cooperation, the experience of 'creating a rainbow' is presented in this pavilion. The act of creating a rainbow, which was thought to be a product of chance, through people's will and cooperation symbolizes the very process of how we shape the future.

This place where the grid-shaped canopy designed by SANAA eliminates walls and ceilings and makes the sky and forest feel continuous. In the plaza spreading under it, when people gather in a place where a rainbow can be seen, artificial rain begins to fall. In addition to natural conditions such as weather and time of day, whether a rainbow appears contains a certain uncertainty because the viewer's perspective and actions resonate. Therefore, at the moment when a rainbow suddenly appears, an unexpected scenery is shared, and an unexpected experience spreads. Eventually, the rainbow disappears fleetingly, but even the moment of its disappearance will be engraved in the memory of the viewer as a precious moment.

The sky of resonance floating here does not mean only visual phenomena. Nature and humans: The sky seen through the canopy and the pouring rain make you strongly aware of the rhythm and power of nature itself. People and people: The process of creating a rainbow is established by the combination of the actions and wills of multiple people. One person's standing position and behavior have the possibility of influencing others and further changing the future. Past and future: Just as recalling the history of CFC reduction, the hope that the world can overcome global-scale challenges if it cooperates, and the realization that our actions can create the future overlap. In this way, the experience of 'creating a rainbow together' makes you experience how resonance is born and new value is created precisely because it is uncertain. This also resonates with the idea of a 'data resonance society' that shares data and information and visualizes connections to the future.

Just as the sky looked up at through the canopy shows a different expression than usual, we can rethink the future from the perspective of 'co-creation with others.' And rain falls, light refracts, and a rainbow is born—that process is completed only through our solidarity and cooperation. The accumulation of these fleeting yet powerful moments becomes the driving force to pull in a better future. In The Sky of Resonance, in a quiet forest, under a pavilion with no walls or ceilings, when people look up at the sky, they will form new relationships with nature, the world, and each other's existence, and feel the possibility of future creation through 'resonance.' The joint work of artificially falling rain and light refracting there incorporates even chance into the intention, and involves many people to raise an unexpected scene. Indeed, the act of looking up at this sky of resonance together becomes a clue to shaping the future.

Epilogue

After going through the three sequences, we create a video experience that allows you to feel the image of the future with your five senses by overlapping the experiences of the visitors gathered at that moment and the surrounding environmental data. This experience becomes a one-time event by combining weather conditions, visitor behavior data, and their own choices for the future. A place is formed where each person's memories and wills resonate and reflect the connection with the world.

The resonance developed here is by no means permanent, but is merely a momentary phenomenon felt in a short time. However, that faint resonance can become a clue to walking the future together. This experience gives an opportunity to rediscover the relationships woven by people and people, people and nature, and people and the future, and becomes a place to experience the theme of Better Co-Being.

This section is given form by Hiroyuki Miyata and Rhizomatiks after receiving the art experience so far. A spherical LED device is placed in the center, and as 15 visitors bring their respective experiences and inspirations, the image of the future is visualized dynamically and organically. These images are linked to weather data collected in real time and the characteristics of the space itself, creating a dialogue toward the future that goes beyond mere video expression. This place of resonance is not just an exhibition of technology, but a place where each visitor reconsiders their connection with themselves, others, and the world. The future is in the connection with the other world, and the diverse resonance woven by that connection becomes the key to shaping a new era.

In conclusion

The Forest of Tranquility and the Better Co-being pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, are multi-layered experimental grounds for resonance that connect people, the world, and the future. The reality of the dangers of division and surveillance by digital technology, and the destruction of the natural environment and resource depletion due to the pursuit of short-term profits, have become challenges that can no longer be avoided. However, here, after facing those crises head-on, we present a path that resonates with diverse values, technology, and nature and ecosystems symbolized by the forest. The fleeting moments of rainbows reflected by the trees regenerating through transplantation and the sky looked up at through the canopy tell how delicate yet powerful co-creation with the world is.

What the pavilion's artworks and spatial experiences depict is the possibility of new connections and resonance born after the digital revolution. By layering voices, acknowledging each other's differences, and weaving wills, a new path to the future is opened. By looking up at the sky together and sharing diverse connections that are not visible to the eye, people find their own standing position and gain an opportunity to rethink the way society should be. And the resonance of irreplaceable moments becomes the driving force to open up a better future. We hope that all visitors who leave this place will engrave that resonance in their hearts and connect it to their daily lives.

Producer/Co-curator
Hiroyuki Miyata

Architect
Kazuyo Sejima SANAA
Ryue Nishizawa SANAA

Sequence 1 'Hill of Words'
Artist
Chiharu Shiota

Sequence 2 'Counter Voice Network'
Artist
Tatsuo Miyajima

Sequence 3 'The Sky of Resonance'
Artist
Hiroyuki Miyata

Sequence 3 'The Greatest Happiness of the Greatest Diversity'
Artist
Hiroyuki Miyata EiM
Mika Ninagawa EiM
Isao Kuwana EiM
Koshiro Ueno EiM

Epilogue
Concept/Planning Hiroyuki Miyata
Data Visualization, Visual Direction, Sound Design Daito Manabe Studio Daito Manabe
Software Engineering 2bit
Visual Programming Yudai Okuyama
Production Support Keke Studio Daito Manabe
Produce, Project Management Takao Inoue

Producer Team
Co-curator
Yuko Hasegawa

Creative Director
Isao Kuwana

Project Management
Kazuaki Harada Dentsu Inc.
Kengo Morimoto Dentsu Inc.
Yoshihiro Tanaka Dentsu Inc.
Masao Takebayashi Dentsu Live Inc.
Kazuya Fukuro Dentsu Live Inc.
Hideki Takaku Dentsu Live Inc.
Takaya Inanobu Dentsu Live Inc.

Technical Director
Seiki Nakayama

Lighting Design
Koshiro Ueno

Sound Design
Gakuto Kenmochi

Costume Design
Yuima Nakazato

Architect Support
Kae Ito SANAA
Ken Ikeda SANAA

Sequence 2 'Counter Voice Network' Support
Story, Motif Production Hiroyuki Miyata
Sound Direction Gakuto Kenmochi
Sound Creation Hiroaki Sato molmol

Art Advisor Hideaki Fukutake

Sponsorship/Better Co-Being App Planning and Development
Kojiro Nitta Obayashi Corporation
Shunichi Funabashi Obayashi Corporation
Noboru Nakamura Obayashi Corporation
Mitsuharu Wada Obayashi Corporation
Yo Hirai Obayashi Corporation
Shinya Iuchi Obayashi Corporation
Akihiro Ito Obayashi Corporation
Keiya Okazaki Obayashi Corporation
Junichi Seki Obayashi Corporation
Minako Shindo Obayashi Corporation

Sponsorship/Mysterious Stone 'echob' Planning and Development
Masamichi Ando Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Takashi Hayashida Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Tetsuya Kanagawa Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Natsuo Koda Miraise Inc.
Hiroyuki Harada (Miraise)
Keito Kito (Miraise)
Kenta Tanabe (Miraise)
Makoto Yasutake (Murata Manufacturing)
Takashi Kurokawa (Murata Manufacturing)
Shunsuke Yamabe (Murata Manufacturing)
Takamichi Tsuchiya (Interact)
Koji Yano (83 Design)
Yoji Kondo (83 Design)
Yoshitaka Fukumoto (S-Link)
Everyone at Hakui Murata Manufacturing

Sponsorship/Gift Provision
Masashi Sato Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Shinichi Asami Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Motohiro Okuyama Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Sponsorship/Public Relations Cooperation/Event Cooperation
Koichi Yoshida The Yomiuri Shimbun
Takeshi Taniguchi The Yomiuri Shimbun
Shoichi Shirahige The Yomiuri Shimbun
Toru Mizusawa The Yomiuri Shimbun
Masami Tamada The Yomiuri Shimbun

Sponsorship/Event Cooperation
Yuko Kidoguchi AstraZeneca K.K.
Sayuri Takimoto AstraZeneca K.K.
Naoichi Saito AstraZeneca K.K.

Sponsorship/Event Cooperation
Itsuro Yoshida Towa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Kosuke Imai Towa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Yoshiyoshi Mori Towa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Tomoyo Nakamichi Towa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Ayumi Hayashi Towa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Sponsorship/Virtual Pavilion Planning and Production
Minoru Saito TOPPAN Holdings Inc.
Tatsuya Fuse TOPPAN Holdings Inc.
Koichiro Nozawa TOPPAN Holdings Inc.
Kotaro Shimoda TOPPAN Holdings Inc.
Yasuhide Nara TOPPAN Inc.
Chiaki Taniguchi TOPPAN Inc.
Ryota Kato TOPPAN Inc.
Rieko Omura TOPPAN Inc.
Karin Higuchi TOPPAN Inc.
Miwa Yokoyama Bascule Inc.


Sponsorship/Event Cooperation
Keiko Nakamura Alexion Pharma GK
Takahisa Matsuda Alexion Pharma GK
Kazuma Kataoka Alexion Pharma GK
Yoshiji Yamoto Alexion Pharma GK
Yusuke Izumi Alexion Pharma GK

Sponsorship/Event Cooperation
Super Hotel Co., Ltd.

Sponsorship/Production Equipment Provision
Tomomi Suzuki LED TOKYO Co., Ltd.
Manabu Arima LED TOKYO Co., Ltd.

Sponsorship/Costume Provision
Takao Watanabe Goldwin Inc.
Hajime Arai Goldwin Inc.
Koji Yamaya Goldwin Inc.
Kazuhiro Inoue Goldwin Inc.
Soichi Hirayama Goldwin Inc.

Sponsorship/Production Equipment Provision
IBM Japan, Ltd.

Sponsorship/Production Equipment Provision
Yoshikazu Noto Yamaha Corporation
Izumi Miyazawa Yamaha Corporation

'Echob' 'Journal' Creation
Tsubasa Ooyagi Bascule
Noriyasu Wada Bascule
Kosuke Nojima Bascule
Tomomi Honse Bascule
Masayoshi Park Bascule
Teppei Sano LUIDA
Kenta Takimura LUIDA
Kazuma Iwata LUIDA
Toshihiro Oe LUIDA

Exhibition
Taku Wakita Nomura Co., Ltd.
Hitomi Ariga Nomura Co., Ltd.
Ikuho Oiwa Nomura Co., Ltd.
Yukio Marumori Nomura Co., Ltd.
Banji Kawai Nomura Co., Ltd.
Daisuke Hamasaki Nomura Co., Ltd.
Yuta Shirahata Nomura Co., Ltd.
Atsushi Hatano Nomura Co., Ltd.

Construction Management
Hirokazu Mitsuoka Yamashita PMC Inc.
Nobutaka Shibuya Yamashita PMC Inc.

Operation
Mitsuru Sugibuchi Do Creation Inc.
Makoto Mashio Do Creation Inc.
Ayana Higashi Do Creation Inc.
Chihiro Furukawa Do Creation Inc.

Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition

Producer Office
Nanaka Kyogoku

Public Relations
Daisuke Matsuo Live Consulting Co., Ltd.

Better Co-Being Logo Design
Tsuyoshi Hosokawa Hakuhodo Inc.

Copywriting
Tomo Harada Tomo Harada Office

Special Thanks
Kohei Nawa
National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) Large-scale Rainfall Simulator
YUIMA NAKAZATO Co., Ltd.