On April 13, the Osaka-Kansai Expo (EXPO 2025) will open in Yumeshima, Osaka. Here we report on scenes from the media day held prior to the opening of the Expo.
The concept of “PASONA NATUREVERSE,” a private pavilion in which Pasona Group will exhibit, is “Life, Thank You. The main exhibits include a “Body” zone introducing iPS hearts and the latest in medical care and food, a “History of Life” zone showing the history and future of the earth with a large tree representing the evolution of life, and a “Kokoro/Kizuna” zone aiming for a mutually supportive society where all people can work vigorously and live happily.
The pavilion will be navigated by Neo Atom, a new character reborn by the genius surgeon Black Jack.
The first thing that appears upon entering the museum is a large monumental tree that towers over the dimly-lit interior. It represents the “evolution of life,” with the past, present, and future forms of life evolving into a strata of 0 to 10, extending infinitely from the roots at one’s feet to the trunk and the branches above one’s head.
Next, visitors will enter an immersive space where they can enjoy a short movie about the birth of “Neo Atom”. Visitors can watch a completely original story created by Tezuka Productions in a powerful full 3D animation. The original story is “Atom Returns” (serialized in “Shogakusei Shonen” from April to September 1972), which depicts the events that followed the final episode of Astro Boy.
Finally, the “iPS heart” exhibit, which was created using the technology of iPS cells and iPS cardiomyocyte sheets, which are already in practical use, allows visitors to see up close how a miniature heart about 3 cm in diameter beats in a culture medium in a small, throbbing heartbeat.
A group led by Professor Emeritus Yoshiki Sawa of Osaka University, who serves as executive producer of the pavilion, and others have been involved in the research and development of iPS cardiac muscle sheets, and in 2020 they will perform the world’s first successful operation to transplant them into a patient’s heart. The theme of the pavilion is to showcase such possibilities of future medicine and life to the world.
Other exhibits include a “near-future catheter surgery experience” (one-minute experience), endovascular treatment technology using a “self-propelled micro robot,” a “flying operating room” that enables remote-controlled treatment deep in the mountains or on remote islands, a “sleep of the future” corner where visitors can measure their own sleep quality in a bed equipped with sensors, and lifestyle technology that improves and expands physical functions for the elderly and sick by simply wearing a The “Sleep of the Future” section features a “flying operating room” that enables medical treatment deep in the mountains or on remote islands by remote control.
Another highlight of the pavilion is its unique spiral-shaped pavilion architecture. The design is based on the spiral shape of the ammonite, a major life form that was born about 400 million years ago. At the tip of the spiral shell is the figure of Astro Boy, who is sitting on a perch as if leading people toward a hopeful future.
The pavilion also has a store where visitors can obtain original goods and other items from the “Neo Atom” with an iPS heart.
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