Apr 23, 2025
Miraikan – Geo-Scope & Geo-Online
A Permanent Exhibition and Website Visualizing Earth Through Scientific Data

We created the renewed “Geo-Scope,” a permanent exhibition at Miraikan—one of Japan’s leading science museums—along with “Geo-Online,” a web platform that brings the experience online.

https://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/en/exhibitions/tsunagari/geo-scope/

[Geo-Scope]
The renewed Geo-Scope exhibition introduces eight new datasets—including global electricity consumption and atmospheric aerosol concentration—bringing the total to 20 visualizations of Earth-related data.

Designed for intuitive interaction, the exhibition allows visitors to freely explore Earth-scale data at their fingertips without requiring specialized knowledge.

One of the five terminals features the “Enjoy Geo-Scope by Sound” mode, which translates data into sound. This enables visitors with visual impairments—as well as a wider range of audiences—to experience scientific data through listening, creating a more inclusive exhibition.

[Geo-Online]
Three web experiences bring the science to you—whether or not you visit in person.

– Geo-Scope Inquiry Mode
Designed for middle and high school inquiry-based learning. Students explore 20 datasets with dedicated worksheets, guiding them toward the first step of research: defining a question.
https://gs-online.miraikan.jst.go.jp/learning/

– Geo-Cosmos Online
Visualizes atmospheric cloud movements using weather satellite data. Seven days of archived data can be freely explored through zooming, rotation, and panning.
https://gs-online.miraikan.jst.go.jp/cosmos/

– Geo-Scope Online
Provides access to 20 types of Earth-related data, including climate change projections and global electricity consumption.
https://gs-online.miraikan.jst.go.jp/scope/

Credit
Client
The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
Creative Production
Exhibition Planning / Development
Creative Director
Keitaro Kamijo
Technical Director
Art Director
Shohei Onodera (Grand Slam Inc.)
Producer
Project Director
Project Director
Tetsuya Kobayashi (BACON inc.)
Designer
Designer
Programmer
Makoto Matsutake (driveshaft Inc.)
Programmer
Eri Matsutake (driveshaft Inc.)
Programmer
Takumi Hasegawa (unshift Inc.)
Programmer
Kenta Watashima (Achrome Inc. )
Programmer
Tadashi Koiwahara (IE3 LLC)
System Engineer
Motion Designer
System Engineer
Kazuma Goto (UPRIGHT Inc.)
System Engineer
Seiretsu Kanayama (UPRIGHT Inc.)
Serveside Tecnical Director
Satoshi Yasui (allegro magic Inc.)
Serveside Tecnical Director
Ayako Otogawa (allegro magic Inc.)
System Engineer
Shingo Isakawa (allegro magic Inc.)
System Engineer
Tatsuro Arase (allegro magic Inc.)
Account Manager
Masaki Yamada (allegro magic Inc.)
Character Designer
Ren Yamakawa
Illustrator
Video Editor
Hiromi Yuza (dadab Inc.)
Video Editor
Yuukei Nomura (dadab Inc.)
Music Producer / Composer
Jun Katakura (Jun Music)
Sound Designer
Mai Sukegawa (Jun Music)
Assistant Sound Engineer
Yudai Fukushima (Jun Music)
Sound Management
Video Producer
Masatsugu Nojima (UUAVE inc.)
Video Director
Yuta Arikawa (EPOCH Inc.)
Production Manager
Mai Kubota (UUAVE inc.)
Cameraman
Yuumi Horikoshi
Lighting Technician
You Kumekawa
Still Photographer
Yumehei Takasu
Translator
Ei Cho  Zhang Ying
Production Assistant
Noa Okamoto
Production Assistant
Jotaro Mimata
Production Assistant
Kanako Nagatomi
Spatial Design / Fabrication
Creative Director
Keitaro Kamijo
Art Director
Shohei Onodera (Grand Slam Inc.)
Spatial Design Director
Takeshi Tanio (mumedesign)
Product Designer
Keita Akiyama (Fushigi Design Inc.)
Tecnical Director
Production Director
Asako Shiki (MURAYAMA INC.)
Production Progress Manager
Tomoko Matsui (MURAYAMA INC.)
Display Technical Manager
Koichi Kawamura (MURAYAMA INC.)
Display Design Manager
Shin Muto (MURAYAMA INC.)
Display Construction Manager
Naoyuki Ara (MURAYAMA INC.)
Production Assistant
Erika Matsuo (MURAYAMA INC.)
Production Assistant
Koji Yamaguchi (MURAYAMA INC.)
Display Design
Koichi Nakamura (MURAYAMA INC.)
Display Production
Kazuya Hashimoto (Atelier ZERO)
Video and Audio Equipment
Electricity & Lighting
Shingo Saito (TAMADENGYO.,Ltd)
Accessibility
Accessibility Director
Shoko Yamagami (Palabra Inc.)
Accessibility Supervisor
Naoyuki Okochi
Audio Description Supervisor
Takako Matsuda (Palabra Inc.)
Accessibility Manager
Mihoko Makinae (Palabra Inc.)
Accessibility Manager
Kimie Ishida (Palabra Inc.)
Accessibility Cooperation
Kensuke Ishii
Accessibility Cooperation
Eri Ishikawa
Accessibility Cooperation
Mika Kurosawa
Accessibility Cooperation
Haruko Sato
Accessibility Cooperation
Mitsue Shuin
Accessibility Cooperation
Takaaki Shirai
Accessibility Cooperation
Kaito Suzuki
Accessibility Cooperation
Rio Sekiba
Accessibility Cooperation
Masako Tanaka
Accessibility Cooperation
Hiroko Nakagawa
Accessibility Cooperation
Minetoshi Furukawa
企画・制作
Project Management
Michiko Sakashita (Miraikan)
Project Management
Naomi Aikawa (Miraikan)
Project Management
Reiji Yamashita (Miraikan)
Direction
Michiko Sakashita (Miraikan)
Planning & Research
Miki Ando (Miraikan)
Planning & Research
Daichi Iwasawa (Miraikan)
Planning & Research
Motoyasu Hirai (Miraikan)
Planning & Research
Yasuho Egawa (Miraikan)
Science Research Direction
Hitoshi Matsuoka (Miraikan)
Technical Direction
Eiji Ohashi (Miraikan)
Web Management
Shuichiro Hayashi (Miraikan)
Web System Engineer
Hirofumi Yoshida (Miraikan)
Web System Engineer
Mamoru Sato (Miraikan)
Operational Management
Yumiko Okazaki (Miraikan)
Advisor
Makoto Seguchi (Miraikan)
Contributors
Data Visualization
Masaki Yamabe
AuthaGraph
Hajime Narukawa (AuthaGraph Co.,LTD)