Background and Purpose of Business

Creativity of the City of the World

Cities around the world, such as Île de la Cité in Paris, Museumsinsel in Berlin, Roosevelt Island in New York, and South Bank in London, have islands and churia sandwiched between rivers as key economics such as transportation and logistics. Even today, when land and air are the center of the city, the islands in the city center are used for tourism and new environmental infrastructure, and play a central role in the creative city centered on art and academic hubs such as museums, theaters, and universities.

Diversity and Potential of Osaka and Nakanoshima

Located in Kita Ward, Osaka City, Nakanoshima is a 3km east-west Chushu located between Dojima River and Tosabori River.
Since the pioneering in the early modern era, it has flourished as a symbol of the world's kitchen in the Edo era and a symbol of the Great Osaka era in modern times.
Today, it is the economic center of Osaka, where various companies are concentrated in addition to government, finance, news organizations, and cultural assets such as museums, halls, Hall of Science, conference halls, university satellites, and more than a dozen creative bases and modern architecture are accumulated.
Furthermore, with the opening of Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka in February 2022, Nakanoshima has an extremely high potential to attract MICE by taking advantage of its unique diversity and internationality.

Urban rebranding by Creative Island Nakanoshima

Creative Island Nakanoshima Executive Committee was established in 2019 by 14 Nakanoshima-based organizations to build the largest creative network in Japan.
However, the world changed drastically due to the sudden occurrence of COVID-19 in 2020, and we discussed the significance and potential of this project again and rethinked the original plan.
From 2021, the Executive Committee will gradually develop and create a variety of creative content based on the entire Nakanoshima area as a unique source.
Through rebranding of a sustainable city through a creative network project that connects the world's most famous cultural assets from Nakanoshima to line and line-to-face, we aim to become a “creative town Nakanoshima” suitable for the New Normal era.