Expo'70 / Water Plaza Water Show / Daikin Industries, Suntory participate
Underwater demonstration (provided by the Japan World Exhibition Association)
Image of audience seats (provided by Daikin Industries)
On the 19th, Japan's 2025 World Expo Association will participate in the "Water Plaza Floating Exhibition (temporary name)", a future exhibition project that will deploy new technologies at the venue (Yumeshima , Konohana-ku, Osaka) of Expo (Osaka, Kansai Expo). Kogyo and Suntory Holdings (HD) will participate and support. The water show is located in the "Water Plaza", an area that opens up to the sea and sky, with a water and air theme. The show will be held on an area of approximately 3 hectares between the large roof ring and the site's grounds. Both companies will provide the necessary equipment and lighting. Kenji Kohashi, an event planning producer, and both companies are working on a basic plan.
As an "air answer company", Daikin Industries has a policy of accumulating and analyzing air conditioning data and biological information obtained from the human body to "create the value of air" air and space" is beneficial for mental and physical health. At the venue, we aimed to build an "outdoor air conditioning for the audience seats to show the air experience" associated with the show.
At the press conference, Daikin Industries Senior CEO Naofumi Takenaka said, "We want to show the future with our unique technology. It's difficult for everyone to experience air conditioning technology. outdoors, but we wanted to create a place where cutting-edge technology can be realized. "We're going to do a performance thinking about the splendor of Nobuhiro Torii, Executive Vice President of Suntory HD, emphasized, "We believe this is a highly compatible initiative with our company, which backs 'Water and Ikiru.'
The details of the program will be reviewed in the future and will be announced next year. The space for the program will be reduced from about 3 hectares. Spectator seats are provided by the Japan Exhibition Association. It will be able to see from the big roof.
The seawater pumped up from the surrounding sea area is used for the water area of the "Water Plaza", which is the stage. The plan is to use a recirculation system to purify this seawater and return it to the ocean.
