Keihanna,
Moving the Future
Forward!
A new challenge that began with Keihanna Expo 2025.
A year of experiencing and co-creating the future society begins,
as Keihanna works toward becoming a post-Expo city.
Keihanna,
Moving the Future Forward!
A new challenge that began with
Keihanna Expo 2025.
A year of experiencing and co-creating the future society begins, as Keihanna works toward becoming a post-Expo city.
Featured Events
From Expo to the Future
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Construction of Keihanna Science City begins.
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Keihanna Expo 2025
Experiencing and co-creating the future society.
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Fifth-Stage Plan
Post-Expo City Keihanna
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Toward the realization of a future society
A new stage of challenges begins.
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Construction of Keihanna Science City begins.
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Keihanna Expo 2025
Experiencing and co-creating the future society.
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Fifth-Stage Plan
Post-Expo City Keihanna
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Toward the realization of a future society
A new stage of challenges begins.
Fifth-Stage Plan
Post-Expo City Keihanna
Three Urban Visions
Future City
A city that continues to evolve by applying advanced research to society, leading the way toward a future where science, technology, and everyday life come together.
Talent Growth City
A city where creative and diverse talent—the driving force behind innovation—can gather, learn, take on challenges, grow, and thrive.
Co-Creation City
A city where Expo technologies evolve, diverse values meet, and new collaboration and exchange emerge.
Future City
A city that continues to evolve by applying advanced research to society, leading the way toward a future where science, technology, and everyday life come together.
Talent Growth City
A city where creative and diverse talent—the driving force behind innovation—can gather, learn, take on challenges, grow, and thrive.
Co-Creation City
A city where Expo technologies evolve, diverse values meet, and new collaboration and exchange emerge.
Building on its concentration of academic research institutions and corporate R&D centers, Keihanna aims to become a city where research outcomes are implemented in real communities, applied in everyday life, and used to create new value.
The Role of Keihanna Future Fest
Keihanna Future Fest is a project that promotes the realization of the Fifth-Stage Plan.
From Keihanna Expo 2025 to Future Fest
From Keihanna Expo 2025
to Future Fest
Keihanna Future Fest carries forward the momentum of demonstration, co-creation, and social implementation fostered through Keihanna Expo 2025, developing it into a year-round series of events across Keihanna Science City.
Rather than simply listing events, it is positioned as a “living laboratory for future society,” where local research institutions, companies, universities, municipalities, and residents all take part.
Carrying the Legacy Forward
- Demonstration and communication through Keihanna Expo 2025
- Co-creation networks among research institutions, companies, and residents
- Development into a year-round Future Fest
- Social implementation toward Post-Expo City Keihanna
News
- July 27, 2026
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The official website for Keihanna Future Fest has been launched.
Annual Calendar
| Date | Event | Venue | Organizer |
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| Wed, 1 – Fri, 3 | IVS 2026 | Kyoto Miyako Messe and other venues | IVS KYOTO Executive Committee |
| Thu, 2 – Sat, 4 | WHX Osaka | INTEX Osaka | WHX Osaka 2026 Executive Committee |
| Sat, 11 / Sat, 18 / Sat, 25 | Future City Planning Workshop with Forest Clay 2026 | KICK | Keihanna Science Communication Promotion Network |
| Thu, 16 | Keihanna Science Café | Keihanna Plaza | Kansai Research Institute |
| Sun, 26 | 2nd Festival Challenge with a Robot Arm! | KICK SEIKA Creators Incubation Center | Organizer: MIRATORIE Co-organizer: SEIKA Creators Incubation Center Consortium |
| Tue, 28 | Keihanna R&D Innovation Consortium 11th General Meeting and Public Web Seminar | Online | Keihanna R&D Innovation Consortium |
| Tue, 28 – Thu, 30 | Keihanna Robotics Experience Workshop | Keihanna Plaza | Keihanna Science City Revitalization Promotion Council |
| Date | Event | Venue | Organizer |
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| Wed, 1 – Fri, 3 | IIVS 2026 | Kyoto Miyako Messe and other venues | IVS KYOTO Executive Committee |
| Thu, 2 – Sat, 4 | WHX Osaka | INTEX Osaka | WHX Osaka 2026 Executive Committee |
| Sat, 11 / Sat, 18 / Sat, 25） | Future City Planning Workshop with Forest Clay 2026 | KICK | Keihanna Science Communication Promotion Network |
| Thu, 16 | Keihanna Science Café | Keihanna Plaza | Kansai Research Institute |
| Sun, 26 | 2nd Festival Challenge with a Robot Arm! | KICK SEIKA Creators Incubation Center | Organizer: MIRATORIE Co-organizer: SEIKA Creators Incubation Center Consortium |
| Tue, 28 | Keihanna R&D Innovation Consortium 11th General Meeting and Public Web Seminar | Online | Keihanna R&D Innovation Consortium |
| Tue, 28 – Thu, 30 | Keihanna Robotics Experience Workshop | Keihanna Plaza | Keihanna Science City Revitalization Promotion Council |
Experience the Future by Category
Robots & Avatars
A category where visitors can experience future forms of embodiment and remote participation through avatars, robot arms, AI robots, and more.
AI, DX & Smart Cities
A category for learning about generative AI, data utilization, smart cities, and next-generation information society, and connecting these ideas to social implementation.
Startups & Innovation
A category where startups, companies, and research institutions from Japan and abroad come together to create future markets.
Science & Open Research
A category that opens cutting-edge research to the public through open research institutes, science cafés, and facility open days.
Culture, Art & Music
A category that nurtures local creativity not only through science and technology, but also through music, theater, traditional culture, and art.
Public Participation & Education
A category of participatory programs where children, students, and local residents can learn, create, and think about the future for themselves.
Well-Being & Regional Co-Creation
A category for thinking about a sustainable and secure future society through health, the environment, disaster prevention, regional exchange, and more.
Robots & Avatars
A category where visitors can experience future forms of embodiment and remote participation through avatars, robot arms, AI robots, and more.
AI, DX & Smart Cities
A category for learning about generative AI, data utilization, smart cities, and next-generation information society, and connecting these ideas to social implementation.
Startups & Innovation
A category where startups, companies, and research institutions from Japan and abroad come together to create future markets.
Science & Open Research
A category that opens cutting-edge research to the public through open research institutes, science cafés, and facility open days.
Culture, Art & Music
A category that nurtures local creativity not only through science and technology, but also through music, theater, traditional culture, and art.
Public Participation & Education
A category of participatory programs where children, students, and local residents can learn, create, and think about the future for themselves.
Well-Being & Regional Co-Creation
A category for thinking about a sustainable and secure future society through health, the environment, disaster prevention, regional exchange, and more.
Toward 2036 and Beyond
Keihanna Science City will play a leading role in shaping a future society where advanced technologies such as AI, robots and avatars, food tech, and mobility are widely implemented and integrated into everyday life and society.