Because you’re a woman, because you’re a man, because you’re a liberal arts student, because you’re a science student, because you’re a member of Generation Z…
Have you ever felt a little lost in discussions based on broad categories?
“Intersectionality is a way of thinking that says that categories like race, class, gender, sexuality, nationality, generation, and ability interact to shape people’s experiences.
Why not take a fresh look at the annoyances and pleasures of everyday life through the lens of intersectionality, and together explore some ideas for making society a better place?

This is a VR Therapy Exhibition designed for the LGBTQ+ community. Discover how virtual reality can transform mental health support as you create your personalized avatar from your own photos. Immerse yourself in a virtual room for exploring group therapy techniques in a safe and supportive environment. This approach offers an empowering way to address challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ community and promotes wellness, allowing you to express your true self in a space that reflects your identity.

We communicate with many people. How different is what you see and what I see? The exhibition uses VR to recreate realistic communication situations in which multiple people participate. We invite you to become one of the participants and experience the gaze directions of people with autistic spectrum disorder and those with typical development.
This world is full of communication, and human interaction is considered important. But the truth is that people either like or dislike communication. Do you truly enjoy communication? Why not take part in a simple game that will help you discover your implicit attitude toward communication?

The same image is perceived differently by different people and in various cases. Some people look at the whole image, others focus on the details, others on the colors, others on the text…what people tend to focus on differs from person to person. It has also been found that even among the same person, what they focus on changes depending on their attitude toward what information they are trying to obtain from the image, their mood at the time, and other factors. These differences lead to differences in impressions, what is remembered, etc.
In this exhibit, visitors will view images while wearing an electroencephalograph (EEG) to estimate which factors of the image they are focusing on. Please come and experience it for yourself.

It is known that animals have different visual and hearing experience from human being. But do you know that human being also have different visual, hearing, touching experience from each other depends on their age, gender, and other reasons. Are you curious about how it feels like to be an older version of yourself, or you with a different tactile sensation? Please come experience our demonstration!

Asymmetric communication is an attempt to realize a communication space that is “comfortable” for various individuals. Face-to-face communication is not necessarily comfortable for everyone just because they see and hear the same things. We provide a comfortable communication space with a stereoscopic display for various individuals.

Differences in people’s positions often cause stress and concerns in communication. Problems include being verbally attacked, often with harassment, by those in different positions, minority opinions being overshadowed by the majority, and physical limitations hindering effective communication. However, evolving body augmentation technologies, like avatars, are emerging not only to alleviate stress and concerns but also to transform societal norms. We have developed “realAIze,” a system that combines avatars and AI to control appearance, gestures, voice pitch, intonation, and phrasing in real-time, enabling manipulation of positions and attributes for better communication.

When we find something interesting or amazing, our hands involuntarily tense up. In this experience, an air-transmission haptic communication tool consisting of two balls and a tube connecting them is used to create an emotion-sharing experience. When a person grips one of the two balls and squeezes it hard, the air from the ball is sent to the other, causing the palm of the hand holding the other to expand. By going around the exhibition while holding the ball, visitors can experience the exhibition while feeling each other’s emotions through haptic sensations.　Ref. Watanabe et al. VRSJT 25(4) 2020.

Itchy and scratchy! Stinging and burning! I’m completely exhausted…

In the medical world, all unpleasant sensations are classified as “pain.”

Join Dr. Miosin, a pain clinician, in a workshop where children recall their own “painful” experiences.
They’ll choose cute illustration cards like “throbbing” and “prickling” to express their pain.

This workshop aims to enhance understanding and self-management of pain.

We often believe that we use our vision to obtain information about our surroundings and perceive situations accurately, but in reality, these perceptual experiences are constructed by the brain. What we perceive doesn’t always align with the actual physical properties of objects. In this exhibition, you will experience 1) cognitive bias, where the perceived quantity of objects differs from the actual number, 2) how the perception of rhythm speed can change depending on the situation, and 3) how easily our perception of human faces can be distorted through experiments using optical illusions.

In October 2024, a series of mysterious disappearances struck Takeshiba, and a young girl with sensory hypersensitivity suddenly vanished. Using her extraordinary senses, she had worked as a detective but left behind clues despite struggling with her condition. Your mission is to solve sensory-based puzzles, gathering stamps that lead to her location. Each clue ties to sight, sound, smell, and touch, offering insight into the challenges of sensory hypersensitivity. Immerse yourself in this detective adventure, unravel the mystery, and find the missing girl before it’s too late!

Using virtual reality, you can experience the ‘sensory integration’ of vision and proprioceptive sensation – the brain’s function to organise the various senses. Proprioceptive sensation is the sensation of movement and position of the body through the muscles and joints. In this exhibition, visitors can experience an unusual sensory integration experience through hand redirection, a virtual reality technology that shifts the position and posture of the actual hand and the virtual hand in the virtual environment. Furthermore, by applying various noises to the visual information presented through the head-mounted display, visitors can also experience a change in sensory integration.

We will explore the event venue and its surroundings using all five senses. Using lux meters and sound level meters, we will consider everyday environments that we usually do not pay attention to, asking questions like “What does bright mean?” and “What does quiet feel like?” Participants will create their own original sensory maps by placing sensory map stickers on the provided map.

With the development of visual expression technology, it has become possible to visualize the world imagined in our minds and share that image with more and more people. But how well do the senses of hearing and touch convey these images? In this exhibition, we invite you to imagine what is happening in the world inside the box, based mainly on auditory and tactile information, and express it in words and pictures. What? Is there something inside? What does it look like? Will everyone imagine the same world? Please experience it for yourself.

Gastation and vision are completely different senses, whereas we can feel a common impression both in flavor and visual form. If this is the case, visual form can express flavor by medium of impression. BTW, if the identical food tastes completely different, does that change our impressions of the food? Let’s try it!

Have you ever noticed that something you could do effortlessly becomes difficult at the moment you start thinking about it? For example, you might easily toss trash into a bin without a second thought, but as soon as you focus on succeeding, you suddenly miss. The same thing can happen when we move our bodies— the more we concentrate, the more awkward or even paralyzed our movements become. We are exploring ways to support people in overcoming this phenomenon, helping them unlock their unconscious abilities. Today, let’s experience the curious sensation of succeeding when you stop trying so hard.

The sounds you usually hear are a complex mixture of countless sounds coming from all directions in a 360-degree space. How you perceive these sounds can vary greatly based on the way the sound spreads, as well as the arrangement of the room and objects within it. What would happen if you could narrow the range of sounds to 150 degrees or 60 degrees? In this experience, you can listen to sounds in three dimensions within your desired range, accompanied by 360-degree video. Use the touch panel to explore the scenery of sounds that suit your preferences.

In this workshop, parents and children work together in a virtual world adventure. The parent is immersed in the virtual world and takes on the mission alone. Meanwhile, the child gains powerful abilities and supports the parent from the real environment. The child shows the parent the way or protects the parent in times of danger. Now, conquer the world with a slightly different parent-child bond!

Our ability to think, feel and move is based on the exchange of information using electrical signals that flow through the nerve cells of the cerebral cortex. These electrical signals can be measured from the scalp as waves. They are called brain waves. There are several types of these waves, with waves around 10 Hz being called “alpha waves”. You can drive a car in a racing game with alpha waves, where the signal is weakened by concentrating. Let’s try it out!

In this exhibit, we measure your brain activity (EEG) when you are imagining a movement.
Our technology analyzes the difference in brain activity for each image of exercise and estimates the movement you are imagining in your brain.
You can operate the game by associating the estimated image of the movement with the game action.
It is expected to be deployed in both real and cyberspace, such as controlling objects in the real world, such as a wheelchair, or operating an avatar in the metaverse space.
We invite you to experience the possibilities of brainwave-based control experiences.

JIZAI Face is a set of toy-like devices representing the human facial parts: eyes, mouth, nose, and ears. JIZAI, a Japanese term, means the state in which one freely operates oneself and the things surrounding him/her. JIZAI Facial Parts can be attached everywhere and exist as external or alternative facial parts.

We introduce our MIRAIRO DOOR, the inclusive automatic doors to all of you.
We used to focus on their safety, when we built the automatic doors. But sometimes the timing and speed to open and close the doors give some fears or difficulties to the disabilities, the stroller users, etc.
The MIRAIRO DOOR will solve such difficulties. You can adjust the speed to open and close the doors with the dedicated controller from your smartphone. And the MIRAIRO DOOR can also cooperate with signages and speakers to improve the usability of the whole facilities.

The “Gathering in the Music Forest” booth offers a captivating musical experience in a metaverse space. Drawing inspiration from the origins of music, visitors can immerse themselves in the joy and connection our ancestors felt in forests, brought to life through sound and technology. The exhibit features diverse rhythms, colorful melodies, unique expressions, soothing soundscapes, and a collaborative musical world. Designed for visitors of all ages, this engaging exhibit provides a unique opportunity to enjoy music and connect with new friends.

Experience the calming fusion of Japanese culture and sensory relaxation at our “Japanese Culture Snoezelen Room.” Designed with a tea room concept, this space offers a peaceful retreat from daily stress. Snoezelen stimulates various senses for relaxation and exploration, while incorporating elements of traditional Japanese tranquility. Adjust lighting and textures to your preference and immerse yourself in a serene environment. Open the tea room door and escape reality to rejuvenate both mind and body. Discover new energy and refresh your daily routine in our unique relaxation space.

What if we could move robots like our own body…?
What if we could communicate our thoughts without talking…?
In the Moonshot Goal 1 Kanai Project: Internet of Brains, we aim to create opportunities through brain research where people can participate in various activities by simply using their minds, thoughts, and imaginations, allowing everyone to live more freely.
To create that future, we need to discuss and think together about how to use such technologies. To facilitate conversations in society, we are developing and publishing research-inspired stories to explore potential futures. Join us in shaping the future together!

Everyone has a variety of characteristics. A characteristic is a unique property, such as a way of receiving sensory stimuli or a habit of thinking, based on a person’s mental and physical conditions. The characteristics themselves can be either positive　or negative, but they can lead to difficulties or strengths depending on the environment.

The LITALICO Developmental Characteristics Assessment measures these characteristics, which allows us to understand the background of difficulties. We will also suggest better ways to adjust the environment according to these backgrounds. Would you like to deepen your understanding of your child through the assessment?

In the world we live in, people act with various goals in mind. When individuals act solely for their own benefit, it can sometimes lead to their own loss in the long run. Unlike many other species, humanity has been able to achieve significant progress by solving this issue over its long history. In this exhibition, we hope to provide visitors with a simple economic game to spark thinking about how a diverse group of people can build a cooperative society.

Some people with developmental disabilities, mental disorders, or sensory hypersensitivity may experience physical discomfort or panic symptoms due to environmental stimuli such as sound and light. The need for calm-down and cool-down spaces where individuals can stabilize their condition and rest is increasing. These spaces can serve as rest areas or shelters for them. There are two calm-down spaces available within the event venue.