【festival#4】Science＆Art

Keihanna Expo Seminar
Future Creation Session 2025

❶June 28 Sat, 3:00 PM–5:30 PM
Culture Session: “Culture and the Future”
Keihanna Plaza,

❷July 27 Sun, 3:00 PM–5:30 PM
Technology Session: “Technology and Human Resource Development”
Keihanna Plaza, Huang He Hall

❸August 31 Sun, 3:00 PM–5:30 PM
Regional Session: “Thinking About the Future of Keihanna”
Keihanna Plaza, Huang He Hall

Keihanna Expo Seminar
Future Creation Session 2024

A series for learning together with people from diverse fields and generations.
This four-part series consisted of two sections. Part 1 focused on “the wisdom of pioneers who contributed to Keihanna.” In Part 2, talk sessions linked to the themes of the four Keihanna Expo festivals invited participants to think together about “contributions to future society: solutions for the next generation” and to form a shared commons.

• October 25 Fri, 2024
  Robot, Avatar & ICT
• December 20 Fri, 2024
  Well-being
• January 31 Fri, 2025
  Startup
• March 7 Fri, 2025
  Science & Art

Keihanna Museum: First Exhibition Period
“Gosho Ningyo Dolls Exhibition” and “Period Drama Exhibition”

• Dates: April 19 Sat – May 18 Sun
  • Venue: Keihanna Commemorative Park
    Suikeien Garden, Kangetsuro
    1F Gallery Tsuki no Niwa
    10:00 AM–5:00 PM
  • Suikeien Garden, Kangetsuro Basement Floor
    9:00 AM–5:00 PM
• Details: Visitors could enjoy Kyoto’s traditional crafts and folk culture from a variety of perspectives, including Gosho Ningyo dolls and period drama decorations.
  ☛Click here for the “Gosho Ningyo Dolls Exhibition” flyer
  ☛Click here for the“Props and Art Decoration Exhibition” flyer

On May 5 Mon/Holiday, a children’s samurai warrior experience featuring helmets and armor was also held on the basement floor of Kangetsuro.

☛Click here for the flyer
The second exhibition period, held from May 24 Sat to June 29 Sun, also featured the “Yokai Exhibition.”

Edison no Kai

• Date & Time: April 25 Fri, 2:00 PM–6:00 PM
• Venue: International Institute for Advanced Studies, Lecture Hall
• Theme: The 2024 Nobel Prize: A Historic First for AI Research
• Details: Following lectures by the two speakers, participants took part in a Q&A session and exchange of views.
• Capacity: 50 participants, in person only
• Participation Fee: ¥3,000
  Free for students, including graduate students

Jazz Festival

• Date & Time: April 27 Sun, 11:00 AM–2:30 PM
• Venue: Keihanna Commemorative Park, Lawn Plaza
• Admission: Free
• Details: This year’s jazz festival was held alongside a market on the lawn, where visitors could sit freely and enjoy the music at their own pace. Four bands from Kyoto, Osaka, and Nara performed in one lively lineup.

Ballet in the Park

• Date & Time: April 29 Tue/Holiday
  Part 1: 11:00 AM–11:45 AM
  Part 2: 2:00 PM–2:45 PM
• Venue: Keihanna Commemorative Park, Lawn Plaza
• Admission: Free
• Performer: Asami Ballet Land
• Details: “Ballet Evening,” an outdoor ballet performance previously held inside Suikeien Garden, was brought to the plaza this time, creating a more open and accessible experience.

Keihanna Otofu Kyogen
Traditional Laughter for the Future

• Date & Time: May 5 Mon/Holiday
  Doors Open: 2:00 PM / Performance Starts: 2:30 PM
• Venue: Keihanna Plaza, Main Hall
• Program:
  1. Introduction to Kyogen
  2. Onigawara
  3. Busu
  4. Kin

With English subtitles

• Performers: The Shigeyama Sengoro Family / Elementary school students selected through public recruitment
• Admission:
  General: ¥2,000
  PlaZO Members: ¥1,900
  Foreign Visitors: ¥1,000
  Ages 18 and Under: ¥500
  “Enjoy Kyogen with Children!” Adults accompanying visitors ages 18 and under: ¥1,000

Goethe no Kai

• Date & Time: May 13 Tue, 6:00 PM–8:00 PM
• Venue: International Institute for Advanced Studies, Community Hall
• Theme: Why Does Capitalism Need Ethics?
  Toward the Renewal of Modern Civilization
• Speaker: Katsuhito Iwai, Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
• Details: A lecture by the speaker, followed by a Q&A session with participants.
• Capacity: 40 in-person participants and 100 online participants
• Participation Fee: Free

Keihanna Museum: Second Exhibition Period
“Yokai Exhibition”

• Date & Time: May 24 Sat – June 29 Sun, 10:00 AM–5:00 PM
• Venue: Keihanna Commemorative Park
  Suikeien Garden, Kangetsuro
  1F Gallery Tsuki no Niwa
• Details: An event where visitors could enjoy Kyoto’s folk culture, including yokai art.

☛Click here for the “Yokai Exhibition” flyer

Keihanna Plaza Petit Concert
“Keihanna Expo Commemorative Concert”

• Date & Time: June 1 Sun
  Doors Open: 1:15 PM / Concert Starts: 2:00 PM
• Venue: Keihanna Plaza
• Performers:
  Baritone: Hideto Ihara
  Violin: Mariko Mizuno
  Cello: Ayano Nishikawa
  Harp: Tokuko Matsuo
  Piano: Shogo Tsukada
  Keihanna Youth Wind Orchestra
• Program:
  • Opera selections from “The Marriage of Figaro” and “Carmen”
  • “Spirited Away”
  • Another Kyoto, and more
• Admission: ¥1,000

Expo Commemorative Concert
Masterpieces from 1970 to 2025

• Date & Time: June 21 Sat
  Doors Open: 1:15 PM / Concert Starts: 2:00 PM
• Venue: Keihanna Plaza, Main Hall
• Performers: Members of the Takanohara Music and Arts Association
  Nanyo High School and Junior High School Wind Orchestra
• Details: A concert for both adults and children, featuring a collaboration between professional musicians and a wind orchestra with experience performing in national competitions.
  With an enjoyable program guided by the host, visitors could hear many famous songs that colored the 55 years from 1970 to 2025, all for just one coin.
  There were also hands-on sections where children could try string instruments and experience conducting.
  The wind orchestra version of the Keihanna Expo theme song was performed for the first time.
• Program: Kawa no Nagare no Yoni, The Phantom of the Opera, Disney Medley, and more
• Admission: ¥500 for both adults and children
  Same-day tickets available

Keihanna Meta Roundtable Discussion

• Date & Time: July 12 Sat, 2025
  2:00 PM–5:00 PM
• Venue: International Institute for Advanced Studies
  Community Hall
• Theme: Capital: Economic Ethics × Economic Anthropology × Corporate Management
• Motif: Exploring the Future of Capitalism
• Speakers:
  • Economic Ethics: Mari Urabe, Physician / Representative Director, Uzawa International Academy
  • Economic Anthropology: Keiichiro Matsumura, Associate Professor, Okayama University
  • Corporate Management: Eisuke Kumano, Chairman and Representative Director / CVO, AMITA HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
• Details: Following the roundtable discussion, participants took part in a Q&A session.
• Capacity: 40 in-person participants and 100 online participants
• Participation Fee: Free

Edison no Kai

• August 21 Thu, 2:00 PM–6:00 PM
• Venue: International Institute for Advanced Studies, Lecture Hall
• Theme: Toward the Revival of Japan’s Semiconductor Industry!!
  What Are the Keys to Winning in Global Competition?
• Details: Following lectures by the two speakers, participants took part in a Q&A session and exchange of views.
• Capacity: 50 participants, in person only
• Participation Fee: ¥3,000
• Free for students, including graduate students

Kizugawa Art 2025

• Date: September 27 Sat – October 13 Mon/Holiday
• Venue: Around Kizugawa City Hall and the Keihanna Seika/Nishikizu area
• Theme: Door
• Artists:
  Shinta Inoue
  Taku Ibuki
  Kimpei
  So Shimada
  Moeka Shimizu
  Hiroshi Niino
  Junya Sonokawa
  TESSEY
  Hidetsugu Sotoiso
  Baku Nakajima
  Yuki Hayashi
  Arata Matsumoto
  Seiji Matsumoto
  MOYA
  Yukinori Yamamura

Peeping Garden: Today’s Hole
Performance-Linked Workshop
“When Space Shakes Our Thinking: The Intersection of Research and Physical Expression”

An experimental workshop that explores one’s own thoughts and bodily sensations through gravity, texture, and relationships with space.

Anyone interested in “feeling and thinking through the body,” regardless of whether they come from the field of science or art, is welcome to join.

• Date & Time: October 2 Thu, 6:30 PM–8:30 PM　
• Venue: Keihanna Plaza, Main Hall Foyer
• Instructor: Nobuyoshi Asai
• Eligibility: Junior high school students and older

Keihanna R&D Fair 2025

• Date & Time: October 4 Sat, 2025, 10:00 AM–4:30 PM　
• Venue: Keihanna Plaza
• Theme: Let’s Draw with Science
  The Future Canvas of Keihanna
• Details: More than 30 hands-on programs for everyone from children to adults.
  Robots, AI, future communications, space, 3D avatars, and more.
  A future-oriented science experience event.
  Enjoy a fun day of science experiences in autumn Keihanna.
• Participation Fee: Free
• Official Website:lhttps://www.keihanna-fair.jp/

Walkthrough Contemporary Dance Performance
　Peeping Garden: Today’s Hole

Peering into the theater — viewing the stage through small holes.
The circular theater “Peeping Garden” made its first appearance in the Kansai region.
A wordless session where gaze, body, and sound intersect.

• Date & Time: October 4 Sat
  11:00 AM / 2:30 PM
• Venue: Keihanna Plaza, Main Hall
• Direction & Performance: Nobuyoshi Asai
  Performance: Mizuki Taka
  Music: Toru Yamanaka
• Admission:
  Advance Tickets: General ¥2,000 / High School Students and Younger ¥1,000
  Same-Day Tickets: General ¥2,500 / High School Students and Younger ¥1,500

Moon-Viewing Evening

• Date & Time: October 4 Sat, 5:00 PM–9:00 PM
• Venue: Keihanna Commemorative Park, Suikeien Garden and Lawn Plaza
• Admission: Free
• Details: This annual event invites visitors to enjoy the traditional Japanese culture of moon viewing in a landscape inspired by satoyama, one of the distinctive features of Keihanna Commemorative Park.
  The event offered a wide variety of activities, including concerts, art exhibitions, astronomical observation, otsukimi dorobo, and evening stalls.

Osaka Symphony Orchestra
Keihanna: Doorway to the Future
A full-orchestra concert on the themes of “the future” and “celebration.”

• Date & Time: October 5 Sun
  Doors Open: 2:00 PM / Concert Starts: 2:30 PM
• Venue: Keihanna Plaza, Main Hall
• Performers: Osaka Symphony Orchestra
  Conductor: Yuko Tanaka
• Program:
  • Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “From the New World,” 4th Movement
  • John Williams: “Adventures on Earth” from E.T.
  • Akira Ifukube: Symphonic Fantasia No. 1
  • Tomoaki Yokoyama: Hiten no Kanade: Keihanna STORY
  • Miwa Yoshida: Mirai Yosouzu II
    and more
• Admission:
  Advance Tickets: General ¥4,000 / PlaZO Members ¥3,800 / High School Students and Younger ¥1,000
  Same-Day Tickets: General ¥4,500 / High School Students and Younger ¥1,500