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Nakanoshima Center Specially Open to Public at Open House Osaka 2025
On October 25 and 26, 2025, Nakanoshima Center participated in the Open House Osaka 2025.
Located in Nakanoshima, the place of origin of the University of Osaka, the Nakanoshima Center offered diverse programs, including a special talk seminar exploring the appeal of modern architecture in Nakanoshima, a special opening of the top-floor “Saji Keizo Memorial Hall,” and the “Memories of the Nakanoshima Campus Exhibition” reflecting on the former Nakanoshima Campus. About 320 individuals attended on the 25th, while around 310 visited on the 26th, making for a total of nearly 630 attendees over the course of the two days, which really livened up the event.
Nakanoshima Center, conceived as a global hub for society-university co-creation, art, and industry-university co-creation where 4 types of knowledge (culture, art, science, and technology) intersect, will continue to serve as a knowledge hub connecting the local community and the world.
Related Links
Open House Osaka 2025 Official Website (The University of Osaka Nakanoshima Center) (link in Japanese)
The University of Osaka Nakanoshima Center Official Website (link in Japanese)
Special Talk Seminar by Professor Emeritus Setsuya Hashizume: Greater Osaka Modernism and Nakanoshima
Slideshow looking back at the buildings of UOsaka that once stood in Nakanoshima
Models conveying the atmosphere of the Nakanoshima Campus era (from left: “Main Building of the Faculty of Science,” “Yamaguchi Hospital Building at the Faculty of Medicine,” “Faculty of Dentistry and its Hospital”)
Panels specially displayed in the 1st floor open space
Visitors enjoying the glittering nightscape from the Saji Keizo Memorial Hall on the top floor
Visitors quietly appreciating the solemn atmosphere of the special conference room
Visitors captivated by the immersive VR images at the “Life Empathy Plaza”
Visitors engaging with a digital globe, turning their attention to global challenges