MUIC Kansai

MUIC Kansai is a place that brings together companies and people involved in tourism and inbound marketing, creating new connections and helping to find solutions to a variety of problems. By combining traditional tourism with innovation, we will create and spread the new normal for tourism from the Kansai region.

W Osaka

W Osaka, the only W Hotel in Japan, opened in 2021. Located on Midosuji Avenue in Shinsaibashi, it offers easy access to sightseeing, gourmet food, shopping, entertainment, and business. The contrast between the black exterior, designed by Tadao Ando, and the colorful interior gives the space a playful atmosphere. As a “destination hotel,” the aim is to offer a new and unprecedented luxury experience.

HAKKO LR

Our desire is to provide a variety of “encounters” through our cars. Encounters with breathtaking scenery, unforgettable experiences, and even the best of friends. Encountering something “outside the boundaries of normality” is equal to discovering a new you. This is surely where the key to an enriched life can be found. Let us COLOR OUR LIFE with everyone we come across.

Osaka Design Center

Osaka Design Center was founded in 1960 as Japan’s first public design center, and has since played a central role in industrial design in the Kansai region. Utilizing the network, experience, knowledge, and know-how accumulated over the years, we work to connect people, companies, and information through design.

Hankyu Hanshin Marketing Solutions

An in-house agency for the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group, which boasts a brand value that is second to none in the Kansai region. The Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group has a wide range of digital and real-life points of contact with consumers. Based on the knowledge obtained from these points of contact, we identify the purpose (raison d’etre/aspirations) of client companies. This leads to the creation of unique, highly relatable value, paving the way for resolving problems.

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Kinki District Transport Bureau In order for Japan to become a tourism-oriented nation, the Bureau is responsible for creating attractive tourist destinations, promoting international tourism, and other tourism-related affairs, and is in charge of locally tailored tourism administration within the entire Kinki region. This year’s Osaka Art & Design 2024 aims to promote tourism in the region by encouraging tourists to spend more time within the region, using Art & Design as the hook to have them travel around Osaka.

SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST CLUB
(Diners Club card issuer)

We operate a credit card business as a subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, a century-old specialized trust bank. The products and services we offer that take advantage of the unique characteristics of the two brands we currently issue, Diners Club Card and TRUST CLUB Card (Visa/Mastercard), have been appreciated by a great number of customers over many years.

Namba Hiroba Management Company Establishment Preparation Committee

This space opened in November 2023 as a hospitality gateway to Osaka, an international tourist city. Based on the concept of “Namba Hiroba, the heart of Namba, a real medium for relaxation, encounters, and creation in Osaka,” we will work with the local community to create a comfortable, high-quality space in an area that is safe and secure.

Asahi Broadcasting Group Holdings

Founded in March 1951. The company’s main business is TV, radio, and CS broadcasting, while also operating a content business that plans and produces broadcasting programs, animations, and events, as well as a lifestyle business that manages housing exhibition centers, golf courses, and e-commerce.

MBS TV

A broadcast station and media production company covering the Kinki region (6 prefectures) and Tokushima. It provides nationally broadcast programs such as Pre-Bato!, Nichiyo-no-Hatsumimigaku, Jonetsu Tairiku, and Saturday Plus, as well as informative/entertainment programs such as Yonchan TV, Mizuno Maki no Maho no Restaurant, and Seyanen! and the documentary series Eizo that has been running for 40 years. The company is also undertaking a wide range of projects, including large-scale events such as the “Suntory 10,000-Person-Choir Ode to Joy.”

Tokyo Art Beat

Founded in 2004, Tokyo Art Beat is one of Japan’s largest art media outlets. Bilingual in Japanese and English, Tokyo Art Beat covers exhibitions and art spaces across Japan, constantly listing information on 1,000 exhibitions. In addition, it provides 70 reports, interviews, and news articles every month. Members also receive discounts on tickets to museums and other places, and enjoy bookmarking and notification features.

The Artling

ART RING is an international art and design consultancy and online gallery focusing on the best of contemporary art and design.

ONBEAT

ONBEAT Corporation publishes the Japanese-English art information magazine ONBEAT (print and digital versions), which introduces Japanese art and culture across a range of genres, including contemporary art, fashion, architecture, and music. Its diverse activities also include selling art works and curating various exhibitions.

Pen

Pen is a lifestyle magazine that was first published in 1997. From art to design, fashion, culture, and products, the magazine dives into a wide variety of genres from its own unique perspective. It provides high-quality cultural information to help readers live a richer lifestyle.

merci magazine

Merci magazine is your magazine for interior, architecture, art, and lifestyle topics.

designboom

Founded in 1999, designboom is the world’s first and most popular design and architecture web magazine, with 3.5 million readers, 6.5 million social media followers, and 235,000 newsletter subscribers.