JAXA Experience Theater
"The MOON"
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Experience an immersive lunar world with expansive 10 meters wide, 3 meters high curved LED display panel featuring high-definition visuals and sound that deliver a huge cinematic experience. These cutting-edge displays create an unparalleled sense of immersion as you step into the world beneath the Moon.
Hiromitsu Kohsaka video experience
Space Theater
How would it feel
to see the Earth
from the Moon...
This special video experience directed by Hiromitsu Kohsaka explores humanity’s collective history of lunar exploration, as well as future plans for the Moon and Mars including an introduction to some of JAXA’s lunar exploration projects. The four stories together provide a spectacular representation of the Moon’s surface making full use of cutting-edge computer-graphics.
In creating this video presentation, I wanted to go further and deeper than just
describing a space exploration project. I wanted to delve into the ideas and
ambitions behind the project and think about why humankind continues to persevere
with space exploration despite all the obstacles and challenges involved. And I also
wanted to explore the fundamental question of what it is that drives our enduring
fascination with space.
It is my hope that this presentation, delivered on a large, high-resolution curved
LED Vision screen, will inspire visitors to ponder the very notion of our existence
within space.
- Hiromitsu Kohsaka ｜ Profile
- I started out as an illustrator and animator, making videos from hand-drawn
illustrations. Then, when computer graphics arrived, I developed my own 3D
software program and started creating CGI videos.
The 2009 CGI short film Hayabusa—Back to the Earth, depicting the exploits of the asteroid explorer Hayabusa, was a very popular attraction at the planetarium and an inspiration to many. Subsequent works appeared in Japan and around the world, and were recognized with a string of awards.
Standing on the Moon. And beyond...
Story 1 looks back on the history of space exploration and envisions a possible future on the Moon, beyond lunar exploration projects in progress. Our curiosity about the “unknown” could lead us closer to answering humanity's big questions such as “Where did we come from?” or “Where are we headed to?”.
SLIM Pinpoint landing
Whereas previous lunar landings have been accurate to no more than several kilometers, the SLIM compact lunar exploration module is designed to make pinpoint landings with accuracy of less than 100 meters. The movie uses impressive computer-graphics to illustrate just how SLIM will slow down from its 6,000km per hour orbit around the Moon and then execute a pinpoint landing.
LUPEX a journey to search for water on the Moon
If water exists on the Moon, perhaps it could be used to make fuel for spacecraft and support human activity, such as further exploration and even expeditions to Mars. How much water is there on the Moon, and in what form? The Lunar Polar Exploration Mission (LUPEX) will help us uncover these and other mysteries.
COMING SOON
PRESSURIZED ROVER
taking astronauts wherever they need to go
If we could travel anywhere on the lunar surface, what might we discover? The Pressurized Rover is designed to take astronauts and science equipment wherever they need to go, safely traversing tough terrain while protecting them from the harsh lunar environment. This depiction of human exploration will pique your curiosity and raise your expectations for the future.
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- Space Theater Production Staff
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■Cast : Saburou Shinoda・Yuri Anada／Hoshiko Ueda（voice）
■Writer : Hiromitsu Kohsaka ■Music : Yoshihisa Sakai ■Planning : JAXA ■Producer : Hiromitsu Kohsa ■Assistant Director : Takayuki Hatama
■Music Producer : Tohru Annen ■Casting : Mie Yamato ■Production Assistant : Takuya Tanimoto・Sadao Inagaki・Momoko Kobayashi
■C.G. Production :
Live Co., Ltd. : C.G. Director&Stor : Hiromitsu Kohsaka C.G. Designer : Takayuki Hatam・Takahiro Take・Masayoshi Shigyo・Hajime Hidaka
StudioHund : C.G. Designer : Hirotaka Yoshida・Fumi Takeuchi
AstroLab : C.G. Designer : Masaru Hirohashi・Yuuko Namiki
■Cinematographer : Shin Miyoshi ■Assistant : Toshiyuki Sumida・Takeshi Nishizawa ■Lighting : Mikio Edo ■Costuming&Makeup : Mie Yamato ■Sound Mixing : Keita Maejima
■Sound Effect : Syunpei Arai ■Supervision & Image provided : JAXA
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■Cooperation :
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION・S.C.ALLIANCE Inc.・The Mingei Theatre
Company
・The Mingei Theatre Company・Aksent.Co.,Ltd.
・Kashikagaku, Inc.・ShinMiyoshi Cinematography&Art photography Studio・Avaco Photo Studio Co.,Ltd.・Nintendo Pictures Co., Ltd.
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■Director : Hiromitsu Kohsaka
■Production : DAIKO WEDO creative & development inc.／Live Co., Ltd.
■Copyright : JAXA
絶景フォト体験
High-res Photo Experience
This exclusive presentation created for Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025 showcases a number of stunning space images on a large high-resolution screen, also useful as backgrounds for photo opportunities. You can experience the magnificence of space, the beauty of the Moon’s surface, and powerful rockets.
月面重力体験
Moon Gravity Experience
What on the earth could happen on the surface of the Moon, where gravity is six times weaker than on Earth? Perform actions such as jumping and through, and see how different it feels on the Moon. Immerse yourself in the lunar environment and marvel at the beauty of space.
想いを宇宙へ
Hopeful Space
You can share your ideas and thought about space and lunar exploration on the high-resolution screen, on which you can alsofind out how other people from all around the world feel about space. Do you have similar ideas ? Let’s get the conversation started!
模型展示
Space Square
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Scale models of lunar rovers and probes
The exhibit comprises scale models of lunar rovers and probes, involved in lunar exploration, features and respective missions.
SLIMhttps://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sas/slim/ LEV-2
https://www.ihub-tansa.jaxa.jp/english/LEV2_en.html
SLIM is a compact exploration landing spacecraft designed for pinpoint landing
on the lunar
surface and demonstration of the feasibility of lightweight lunar probe and
landing module
designs. Following landing, it also performed a range of scientific experiments
looking into
the origins of the Moon.
Establishment of the SLIM mission will serve as a template for
pinpoint landings on other planets with much stronger gravity. Additionally, the
world’s
smallest and lightest transformable lunar rover LEV-2 (nicknamed “SORA-Q”),
which was
mounted on SLIM, moved fully autonomously and successfully captured images of
SLIM on the
lunar surface.
The Lunar Polar Exploration (LUPEX) Mission is a joint project with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to obtain the data on the quantity and forms of the water resources present on the Moon, in order to determine the feasibility of utilizing such resources for sustainable space exploration activities in the future. The LUPEX rover, designed and built by JAXA, will collect regolith samples from multiple locations and depths on the Moon and analyze them.
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The Pressurized Rover is a lunar rover that can be boarded without a space suit. It is the "world's first" exploration vehicle to combine the functions of habitation and transportation, allowing astronauts to live in the rover and explore the surface of a gravity body such as the Moon.
Standing on the Moon. And beyond...
Special Talk Session
We will host three special talk sessions.
Guest speakers will share their views on the future of space and lunar exploration.
Special Guest
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