[Osaka-Kansai Expo] “demo!expo Afternoon Tea” to be held at the British Pavilion. Unveiling music composed from children’s ideas
general incorporated association demoexpo Press release: September 23, 2025 To Members of the Press [Osaka-Kansai Expo] “demo!expo Afternoon Tea” will be held at the British Pavilion. Music composed from children’s ideas was unveiled. A city-wide project promoting the pavilion theme “Come Build the Future” On September 22, 2025, the “demo!expo Afternoon Tea” event, themed “Come Build the Future,” was held at the British Pavilion at the Osaka-Kansai Expo. Twelve children from the Kansai area, their parents, and Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh attended the event. Over a British-style afternoon tea, the children unveiled “PLAY THE CITY,” a piece of music created by combining their ideas. demoexpo (hereinafter “demo!expo”), a general incorporated association, collaborated with Hito to Neiro Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “Hito to Neiro”) to plan and produce “Park Track Picnic,” an event where children combined their ideas to create music. In this article, we’ll introduce the background to the music and the event on the day of its unveiling. [Park Track Picnic Report Video] https://img.youtube.com/vi/tC_vgbaZ8-A/sddefault.jpg
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/139145/64/139145-64-53e26af4dc558818810e6284b69d11cf-3900×2600.jpg “Park Track Picnic” is a city-wide project promoting the UK Pavilion’s theme, “Come Build the Future.” “Park Track Picnic” is an experiential event where children collect sounds of their own accord and combine their ideas to create music. The event aims to highlight the differences in each child’s perspective and sensibility, encouraging them to discover the fascinating aspects of each other and the power of these differences. The sound collection took place at Utsubo Park, one of Osaka City’s most iconic parks. Parks are also familiar to people living in the UK as places for social interaction and relaxation. The children recorded natural sounds and conversations with the people gathered there, then turned them into music. A professional track maker also joined the children at the event. We received sound fragments from all the children and worked together to complete the piece.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/139145/64/139145-64-753909b9caf859db68ef25fed69a5823-3900×2600.jpg Park Track Picnic [Date] Saturday, March 29, 2025 [Place] Utsubo Park (Nishi Ward, Osaka City) [Sponsor] British Pavilion [Produced by] demoexpo General Incorporated Association, Hito to Neiro Co., Ltd. [Track Maker] Atsumu Wonderful [Creative Partners] Ningen Co., Ltd., parks Co., Ltd., JIKAN Design Co., Ltd., Rgraph Co., Ltd. Unveiled at “demo!expo Afternoon Tea” Twelve children who participated in composing at Park Track Picnic attended “demo!expo Afternoon Tea.” The event was shown, along with the music “PLAY THE CITY,” which was created by combining fragments of everyone’s sounds. Footsteps, the sound of metal, the sound of wind, and laughter were all heard. The sound, which highlighted the interesting perspectives and ideas of each piece, as well as the infinite possibilities that can be achieved by combining them, drew applause from the audience.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/139145/64/139145-64-735790b1ae8053dd7b702baeb0b52242-3900×2600.jpg Photo courtesy of British Embassy Tokyo Carolyn Davidson, British Government Representative to the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo The UK Pavilion at Expo Osaka, Kansai has the theme “Shaping the Future Together.” Just as children’s collective sounds can become one piece of music, the theme embodies the idea that small ideas can come together to shape the future. This Afternoon Tea was held to express our gratitude to the children and parents who participated. We were delighted to be able to share the UK’s message of “innovating through collaboration” in the presence of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. About the UK Pavilion
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/139145/64/139145-64-fda2d670f0c7ee59f4471ac322de58fe-3900×2194.jpg Photo courtesy of British Embassy Tokyo Inspired by building blocks, the UK Pavilion is modern, innovative, and uniquely British. It tells stories based on small ideas that have the power to inspire
world-changing innovations. Just like building blocks, each idea has the potential to grow into something great. Britain is a country where global problem solvers come together to tackle global challenges. Come join us in building the future in Osaka. Visitors will be taken on an immersive journey through the past, present, and future of great British innovation. The UK Pavilion will also be promoting the message, “Come Build The Future,” to the world. The pavilion’s exterior is inspired by the work of Ada Lovelace, the world’s first programmer, and is constructed from aluminum wire, evocative of the punch cards used in early computing machines. The building-block-like exterior evokes the idea that great ideas can emerge from the accumulation of small ideas. Inside the pavilion, visitors will be able to explore the many attractions the UK has to offer through an immersive experience using projection mapping that depicts the varied experiences of Japanese parents and children in the UK, and through the mascot PIX, they will be able to experience the creativity and innovation of the UK through culture, science and innovation. ◼️Producing Partner
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/139145/64/139145-64-ff1adc571d081546a6c24c2c361d8a5f-900×900.jpg Hito to Tones Co., Ltd. Jin to Neiro is an educational research team that addresses the differences of each individual, with the theme of “Listening to Differences.” As specialists in special needs education, we work with local communities to create “universal design for challenges” so that schools, homes, local extracurricular activities, and all other places can become places where children can “take on challenges with peace of mind.” https://hitoto-neiro.jp What is demo!expo
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/139145/64/139145-64-ef886944e8b1ef35ac0fb70a3f3658fb-420×403.png [Organization Name] Demoexpo General Incorporated Association [Location] 1-12-11 Kyomachibori, Nishi-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture Aiko Building 4F [Established] April 13, 2023
[Representative Director] Hanaoka [Directors] Haruyo Imamura, Eri Okamoto, Nobuo Tomita, Kenichi Nagai, Takahiro Hisaoka, and Yamane SIBORU [Main Activities] A group of producers and creators who launch “demonstrations” from the streets Official site demo!expo’s past activities The “EXPO Bar Project”: A gathering place for people from all over Japan who want to enjoy the Expo. Image
URL: https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/139145/64/139145-64-3dda320370286aa0005dd1cd0e59196d-1024×501.jpg This project aims to hold “EXPO Bars” across the country, where people interested in the Osaka-Kansai Expo and those wanting to start new things in their local communities can gather and talk. These events provide a forum for the exchange of opinions between Expo-related parties and the general public, and have given rise to a variety of projects. Starting in the spring of 2022, on July 18th of the same year, 1,000 days until the Expo, the event will be held simultaneously in two prefectures and four cities in the Kansai region. Currently, the event has been held approximately 75 times, mainly in Osaka and Kansai, from Aomori to Kagoshima, with a cumulative total of more than 5,100 people attending. In the future, we aim to further open bases and create a scene where excitement builds simultaneously, thereby fostering momentum from Kansai to the rest of the country and the world. Official website List of projects inspired by the Expo
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/139145/64/139145-64-9e34b06bd9bed93de1f69b456e7deaaa-1920×1280.jpg New Osaka Souvenir Planning by Osaka Ee Yokan In order to create a new “souvenir confectionery” that will become the face of Osaka, Kansai-based Japanese confectionery makers joined forces to create a “genre” of Osaka souvenirs and establish them as part of Osaka culture. Project details
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/139145/64/139145-64-c6ec9bb8de2e0ae09f3adcd256a30956-750×500.jpg EXPO University This event was held in a workshop format to discuss how Kansai universities can be involved in the Osaka-Kansai Expo and to exchange ideas. (“EXPO University Kansai University Campus” will be held in April 2023) Project Details
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/139145/64/139145-64-178d27443a3579c521b49daecd9cb484-799×533.png EXPO TRAIN A chartered train event where shops, businesses, and artists from along the line appear as pavilions on board the train, showcasing the charms of the region in their entirety. (The “EXPO TRAIN Kintetsu” will be held in July 2023, and the “EXPO TRAIN Hankyu” in April 2024.) EXPO TRAIN Kintetsu Event Report EXPO TRAIN Hankyu Event Report
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/139145/64/139145-64-aa8f5130b7aded818089ca37270ff08d-3900×2600.jpg Yayakoshi Manor’s Undelivered Gift by Panasonic This hands-on workshop, based on the theme of “An experience that allows children to set themselves free,” at the Panasonic Group Pavilion “Nomo no Kuni,” draws out children’s powers of imagination and creativity. Project details Another Expo Created from the City demo!expo is working towards the goal of “creating an Expo from the city, with the people of the city at the center,” and is working toward 2025. As a culmination of this, we aim to create another Expo from the city, a “Machigoto Expo.”
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/139145/64/139145-64-a9882a9e62e3dd3743c329a8ac443063-1896×1290.png EXPO TEAM CAMP 2022 to be held three years before the opening demo!expo was formed in September 2021, and the following year, in March 2022, the organization’s first event, “EXPO TEAM CAMP 2022,” will be held. The first Expo event, “2022,” was held at Yumeshima. Expo officials, promising startups, and students considering their future careers gathered together for talk sessions and a forum for participants to share their dreams and challenges. Press release Event Report
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/139145/64/139145-64-da168a17c826e07d5219ee7c86f111ab-1200×1200.png “Machigoto Banpaku 2023” to be held two years before the opening On April 13, 2023, two years before the opening, “Machigoto Banpaku 2023” was held in Osaka, where various activities were carried out for approximately one month to create various initiatives in the city. Press release Event report
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/139145/64/139145-64-f06ff2e4f46910a23afa5376aeef5d5d-3000×2000.jpg One Year Before the Opening, the “City-to-Expo Bus Tour” and “City-to-Expo Platform” Announced On April 12, 2024, one year before the opening, we announced the “City-to-Expo Bus Tour,” a bus tour packed with attractions different from the usual Osaka cityscape, and the “City-to-Expo Platform.” Event report
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/139145/64/139145-64-cf28c703d66b283309a16b631ad6475f-2018×1068.jpg “HH EXPO”, “EKI EXPO” and “EXPO OPEN STREET” held 6 months before opening On October 13, 2024, six months before the opening, we launched the “demo!tape” demonstration project, which proposes new ways to enjoy the city, mainly in the Umeda area. It was implemented at the “HH EXPO,” “EKI EXPO,” and “EXPO OPEN STREET” events, which were held to build momentum for the Expo. Event report
