Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan."Virtual Mirai City"

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Along with the “Future Life Expo: Future City” pavilion
at the Expo 2025,
we offer a “Virtual Mirai City” which is
co-created with participant companies
on a metaverse
platform.

Through an avatar, you can explore a future with
social issues solved
and technologies to solve them.
It is unlike what you can experience at the Expo site.

Guests including those who cannot visit the actual
pavilion
can experience the Future City drawn from the
unique perspective of metaverse. Along with the “Future Life Expo: Future City” pavilion
at the Expo 2025,
we offer a “Virtual Mirai City” which is
co-created with participant companies
on a metaverse
platform.

Through an avatar, you can explore a future with
social issues solved
and technologies to solve them.
It is unlike what you can experience at the Expo site.

Guests including those who cannot visit the actual
pavilion
can experience the Future City drawn from the
unique perspective of metaverse.

Future Society Showcase Project Future Society Showcase Project

“Future Life Expo: Future City” “Future Life Expo: Future City”

Future Society Showcase Project “Future Life Expo: Future City” Future Society Showcase Project “Future Life Expo: Future City”

As society matures,
we face various social issues
that did not exist before.
How should we address them?
The answer lies with each of us
who will live in the future.

How do we tackle global warming?
What is it like remaining apolitical?
Don't you think the term “food loss”
makes us feel uncomfortable?

As we live towards the future,
by experiencing various phenomena
that we will encounter in the future,
we are thinking of
how we want to live,
what we want to be,
and what is “just right”
for each of us.

This is the entrance to
your well-being future.
Let's explore it together.

Virtual city in 203X
– It is where future technologies are ubiquitous.
You are greeted by
Director Mirai of the cutting-edge
“Future Research Institute.”
Upon Director’s order,
you go out onto the streets
and embark
on a journey to solve a question
—”What is the future?”
By experiencing participant companies’
technologies and interacting
with urban and rural residents,
you can discover
how future society and technologies
solve various current urban issues,
and how they affect our daily lives. Virtual city in 203X
– It is where future technologies are ubiquitous.
You are greeted by
Director Mirai of the cutting-edge
“Future Research Institute.”
Upon Director’s order,
you go out onto the streets
and embark
on a journey to solve a question
—”What is the future?”
By experiencing participant companies’
technologies and interacting
with urban and rural residents,
you can discover
how future society and technologies
solve various current urban issues,
and how they affect our daily lives.

Experience the future,
and let's think about it together.

Take part in the lives of a Mirai City in the year 203X
and see what kind of future awaits us. Take part in the lives of a Mirai City in the year 203X
and see what kind of future awaits us.

Tap the numbers to see what’s going on at the facilities!

Participants have a mission “Mirai Research” to collect clues for ideal future visions while strolling in urban spaces. If they experience solutions for social issues, such as environmental problems, population decline, and labor shortage, in which the partner companies' technologies are utilized, participants' “Research Notebook” will be updated. Furthermore, they are eligible to get specially designed NFTs by submitting a final report after completing their Research Notebook.

※This attraction can be experienced only through the dedicated application, not through Web-based metaverse.

Mitsubishi Jisho Design Inc.
Ryuhei Komura

Growing up in bustling and high-paced Tokyo, its ever-changing cityscape became Komura's original inner landscape. Even so, his fascination with the famous Tokyo Cathedral that exists consistently in the scenery led to his career as an architect. His graduation project, “The Great Tree of Machines and People - The Irony of the Akiba Spirit,” served as the prototype for the Araibashi Civic Forest, the symbol of the Virtual Mirai city. Now he designs redevelopment projects, research facilities, and offices at Mitsubishi Jisho Design, Inc. to continue his pursuit of creative spaces that connect people and towns

About this project In supervising the creation of the “Virtual Mirai City” symbol tower, we have focused on “infrastructure,” which is directly linked to our lives yet rarely noticed.

As of 2025, city dwellers are often “users” of things produced in the suburbs.
We thought it might be fun to see what happens if we can “create” as well as “use” items within a city wall.
So we designed it as a symbol of our cities' new direction for the future.

“Virtual Mirai City” is not a vague fantasy but is filled with our hopes and dreams that make you say, “Oh, I want it to come true one of these days.”
Enjoy a stroll around the city and find visions you would love to see in your future and ideas that you hope to adopt in your own life.

Chirijin labs, Inc. Representative
Takayuki Imaizumi

Imaizumi is a fantasy cartographer who has been drawing imaginary maps (maps of imaginary cities full of reality) since he was seven years old. While at university, he traveled to 300 cities in 47 prefectures to study local landscapes. He designs maps, supervises geography, produces maps for TV dramas, deciphers lives through maps, and offers new ways to look at cities and convey information on maps. His imaginary maps are recognized as contemporary artworks and exhibited in museums nationwide.
Imaizumi is an author of five books, including “Deciphering Cities through a Sense of Maps (in Japanese).”

About this project The map of the Virtual Mirai City aims to create a “realistic metropolitan/regional city sphere of life” that could exist anywhere in Japan, not a tourist spot or experimental city.
In the Virtual Mirai City, you may see the realistic everyday life of the near future.
The Virtual Mirai City lets you imagine your life in the future, not just a dream of it.
There are scenes with a big impact that surprise you and others that are easy to accept by today's standards.
Experience the everyday life of the future a little ahead of time in the Virtual Mirai City.

Those living abroad can enjoy it through a Web-based metaverse.

※The experiences you can have in the web metaverse are different from those in the application.

* This service is compatible with PCs
* The recommended environment is: OS: Windows 10 or later / Browser: Latest version of Chrome
* Depending on your PC environment, the display may become distorted or the behavior may become unstable. Please access from a location with a good network connection and try again after some time.

Help Inquiries

Those living in Japan can enjoy it
by downloading the application.

About “αU metaverse”

※Residents abroad cannot download the application.

Let’s enjoy “Virtual Mirai City”

* Recommended iOS environment: iOS 14.0 or later / Device: iPhone XS or later (excluding iPhone XR, iPhone SE 2nd generation).
* Recommended Android environment: Android 10 or later / Device: Memory (RAM) 4GB or more, released in 2019 or later.
* Please note that data will be downloaded when you first start the app.
* This service is free to use, but some content is only available for a fee.
* This service is for users aged 13 and over.
* Aged 13 and younger must obtain the parent's permission before using this service.
* Please be aware that those living outside of Japan cannot use this app.
※For those residing outside of Japan, we have prepared an overseas browser version (※ viewable on PC only).

FAQ Inquiries

Answer the quiz correctly to win a one-day ticket to the Osaka-Kansai Expo! 5 lucky pairs (10 people total) will be selected by lottery

How to Enter

A quiz will be posted from our official
au X account ( https://x.com/au_official/ ).
To enter:

1. Follow the official au X account.
2. Repost your post with the correct answer to the quiz,
and include the hashtag #バーチャル未来の都市.

Number of Winners

5 pairs (10 people)

Application Period

July 4, 2025 - July 14, 2025

— What to Expect if You Win —

Winners will be selected through a strict lottery from those who answered the quiz correctly. We will send the digital ticket IDs via a direct message (DM) from the official au X account. DMs are scheduled to be sent out around July 18th.

■Terms and Conditions
・Please ensure you are following the X account (@au_official) and have your settings configured to receive DMs. Do not unfollow the account after entering. If we cannot send you a DM, your entry will be invalidated. Thank you for your understanding.
・If your X account is set to private, we cannot confirm your repost, and you will therefore be ineligible to enter.
・Entries using fraudulent accounts that violate X's terms of use (including fake accounts, accounts impersonating others, or multiple accounts held by the same individual) may be disqualified.
・To facilitate the lottery process, please do not change your account name for approximately one month after the application period has ended.

■Important Notes
・The prize for this campaign is a digital ticket ID only.
・Winners are responsible for registering for an Expo ID, linking and registering the ticket to their Expo ID, and making reservations for their visit date/time and for pavilion viewings.
・Only one entry per person is permitted. Please refrain from applying with multiple accounts.
・We cannot accept cancellations or changes after winning for reasons attributable to the winner.
・The prize cannot be resold to a third party or redeemed for cash.
・We cannot respond to inquiries regarding application status, the lottery drawing, or winner selection results.

■Regarding the Handling of Personal Information
・Personal information provided by winners will not be used for any purpose other than those necessary for the administration of this campaign.
・Furthermore, we will not disclose or provide this information to any third party, other than contractors commissioned for this campaign, without obtaining prior consent from the individual.
・However, we may disclose information without the winner's consent if required by law, or in an emergency where it is necessary to protect a person's life, body, or significant property.

For all other matters, customer information will be handled appropriately in accordance with the “Privacy Policy” established by KDDI Corporation.

KDDI Corporation

How to Receive

1. Download the “αU metaverse” app.
2. Go to “MY ROOM” from the MENU You can get your item from the Item Box!
3. You can equip the T-shirt you received from “CUSTOMIZE AVATAR” in MY ROOM. Let's try walking around town wearing the MYAKU-MYAKU T-shirt!

Claim Period: Until July 31, 2025.

※The MYAKU-MYAKU T-shirt is a limited-time wearable item available until October 13, 2025. After this period, it will be automatically deleted from your Item Box

“Future City” Stamp Rally on EXPO 2025 Digital Wallet:Once you’ve collected three stamps, by visiting “Future City” Pavilion, participating events, etc., you can obtain a “Mission Clear” NFT and will be awarded experience points (exp) for the MYAKU-MYAKU Rewards Program, which allows you to apply for exclusive Expo privilege.

Please download and enjoy the "EXPO 2025 Digital Wallet" app from your smartphone or tablet.
*Please note that it cannot be used on a PC.

How To Receive Your NFT

Participating the campaign
by downloading the mini-app
within the EXPO 2025 Digital Wallet

Future City Original NFT

Stamp①
Stamp②
Stamp③
Complete
Stamp

Stamp①	NFT (stamp) distributed when visiting event venues, the official “Future City” website, or sponsoring companies’ official websites. *Please note that some venues and official sites may not distribute stamps.
Stamp②	NFT (stamp) collected by visiting the “Future City” pavilion.
Stamp③	NFT (stamp) collected by visiting the exclusive “Virtual Mirai City” website.
Complete Stamp	Mission Clear NFT (stamp) obtainable only for those who have completed all actions; visiting events or official sites, visiting the “Future City” Pavilion, and visiting the exclusive “Virtual Mirai City” website, thereby collecting all stamps. Additionally, 30,000 experience points (exp) for the MYAKU-MYAKU Rewards Program will be awarded.