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Tokyo, April 8, 2025. Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP) is pleased to announce the April 12, 2025 unveiling of Kizuki-no-mori¹, at the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai Japan Virtual Site. Kizuki-no-mori translates as Forest of Awareness, and is a virtual space designed to promote co-creation under the theme of Learning for The Future. Visitors can stroll through the virtual forest space and experience an inspiring awareness that may lead to renewed learning through encounters with digitally-generated cultural assets and animals. 

As society undergoes rapid changes against the backdrop of technological innovation and the emergence of AI, there is an urgent need to develop human resources capable of paving a way to the future, and schools are promoting the introduction of Inquiry Based Learning (IBL). 

DNP will conduct a demonstration using Kizuki-no-mori, aiming to develop a business that provides a platform and content that supports IBL and creative learning.

Development and Aims

DNP is a Gold Partner sponsoring the signature pavilion, Playground of Life: Jellyfish Pavilion, which gives expression to the ideas of “play” and “learning”. The pavilion has been produced by Ms. Sachiko Nakajima, and we support her concept of "transcending borders, race, age, and social position to enhance life and co-create hope for the future." DNP is involved in planning and producing the pavilion's exhibits and hands-on experiences. 

As a result of this sponsorship, DNP will unveil Kizuki-no-mori at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, taking advantage of our accumulated strengths in information processing technology and communication creation. We will create a learning experience designed to develop the power to pioneer the future, anticipating an era in which people inter-connect, and diverse cultures and societies stimulate one other.

Overview of Kizuki-no-mori

Kizuki-no-mori will feature a variety of digitally-generated cultural assets and animals, which visitors encounter as they stroll through the exhibit. These cultural assets and animals will also pose questions to the passing visitors, providing an opportunity to think and become more aware. A special website, entitled Kizuki-no-mori, will also be launched, providing details about the digitally-generated cultural assets and animals, as well as offering hints for thinking about the future. On this website, visitors can reflect on their experiences at the virtual venue and broaden their own perspectives and viewpoints.

Cultural Assets and Animals to Inspire the Beginning of Learning

Looking Ahead

Through its efforts at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, DNP aims to expand co-creation with a variety of companies and organizations, practice mutual learning through the use of virtual spaces and the introduction of cultural and artistic experiences, looking to create businesses that will develop human resources capable of creating a vibrant future. 

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