Behind a historic island full of art and culture
A variety of cultural facilities, Historic buildings, skyscrapers, parks and waterfront environments coexist in Nakanoshima.
Nakanoshima is an unparalleled city of Nakashu and is full of world-class international art and cultural assets.
Creative Contents
Things and things born in Nakanoshima
After research, writing, and talk events, look back on Toshiki Okada's Stories of 15 Places in Nakanoshima.
graf studio Art Area B1 Grand Cube Osaka (Osaka International Convention Center) Children's Book Forest Nakanoshima The National Museum of Art, Osaka Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka OSAKA UNIVERSITY 21st Century Kaitodo Osaka University Nakanoshima Center Osaka City Central Public Hall The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, OSAKA Osaka Science Museum
2025.03.11
View of Nakanoshima
graf studio Grand Cube Osaka (Osaka International Convention Center) Festival Hall Nakanoshima Kosetsu Museum of Art The National Museum of Art, Osaka Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka Osaka University Nakanoshima Center Osaka City Central Public Hall The Museum of Oriental Ceramics, OSAKA Osaka Science Museum
2025.03.17
vol.038 [Report] Nakanoshima Promotion/Cruise Planning RADIO CRUISE Nakanoshima - Traveling History, Architecture and Art–
2025.02.07
vol.037 [Report] Creative Island Nakanoshima x JST Science Agora x Nakanoshima Pavilion Festival 2025 co-planned round table “Playable Island” – Proposals for creative ideas to be implemented in Nakanoshima."
2025.02.07
News
Exhibitions and arts and culture events held in Nakanoshima
During the event
Capcom Creation: Moving hearts across the globe
March 20, 2025 (Thursday) - Sunday, June 22, 2025
2025.04.01
Toshiki Okada "Stories of 15 Places in Nakanoshima" was published in the monthly magazine "SAVVY" May issue (released on March 22, 2025).
Saturday, March 22, 2025
2025.03.22
During the event
Uemura Shoen: A Retrospective
March 29, 2025 (Sat) - Sunday, June 01, 2025
2025.03.16
About us
About Creative Island Nakanoshima Executive Committee
An Island-Wide Creative Laboratory
Located in Kita-ku, Osaka, Nakanoshima is a 3-km east-west middle of Dojima River and Tosabori River. With its multi-layered history and culture, the city's functions are concentrated, Nakanoshima is full of the world's largest city center, such as Île de la Cité in Paris and Museumsinsel in Berlin. In this project, the Nakanoshima area is regarded as a creative laboratories (Creative Labs) with a sustainable arts and culture environment. Through field research by artists and collaborative programs with more than a dozen cultural institutions based in Nakanoshima, we aim to build a cultural network in Nakanoshima and rebrand cities through creative use.