Background and Purpose of Business

Creativity of the City of the World

The cities of the world, such as Île de la Cité in Paris, Museumsinsel in Berlin, Roosevelt in New York, and the South Bank district in London, are islands and Chushu sandwiched by rivers such as transportation and logistics. Even today, when land and air routes have become the center, the islands in the city center are used for tourism and new environmental infrastructure, as well as the core of creative cities centered on art and academic bases such as museums, theaters, and universities.

Diversity and Potential of Osaka and Nakanoshima

Located in Kita-ku, Osaka, Nakanoshima is a 3-km east-west middle of Dojima River and Tosabori River.
Since the development of the early modern era, it has prospered as a symbol of the world's kitchen in the Edo era and a symbol of the Osaka era in modern times.
In modern times, it is the economic center of Osaka, where various companies are concentrated in addition to government, finance, news media, and at the same time, more than a dozen creative bases such as museums, halls, science museums, conference halls, university satellites, and modern architecture. Cultural assets are accumulated.
Furthermore, with the opening of the Nakanoshima Museum of Art, Osaka in February 2022 and increasing interest in the area, Nakanoshima is an area with 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 with 14 Nakanoshima-based organizations to build the largest creative network in Japan.
However, the world changed completely due to the sudden impact of COVID-19 in 2020, and once again discussed the significance and potential of this project, we reconsidered our original plan.
Starting in 2021, the Executive Committee will develop and create a variety of creative content, using the entire Nakanoshima area as a unique source of revenue as a creative research institute.
By rebranding a sustainable city through a creative network project that connects Nakanoshima's cultural assets from dots to lines and from lines to surfaces, we aim to become a creative city that attracts people from all over the world, suitable for the new normal era, Nakanoshima.