At the Kansai Pavilion’s “Tokushima Prefecture Zone,” we will hold the closing special exhibition “Circulating Jewel (Meguri Hōju): The Form of Life and Prayer".
The object featured in this exhibition was created through a collaborative effort between Tokushima Prefectural Joto High School and Indonesia’s Brawijaya Smart School. From collecting PET bottles as raw materials to drafting the original design concept, the students took part in the entire process, and Tokushima City–born designer Junro Miyako brought the work to life as a finished object.
This exhibition, created through international exchange by students who will shape the future, stands as a sustainable achievement and is a fitting conclusion to the Expo. We warmly invite you to come and see it.
Exhibition Title & Theme
“Meguru Giboshi – The Form of Circulating Life and Prayer”
Event Period
令和７年１０月５日(日)～１３日(月·祝·閉幕日)
Event Location
Kansai Pavilion (Tokushima Prefecture Zone)
Exhibition Overview
A Giboshi (a traditional ornamental finial often seen on Japanese bridges and temples) created with a 3D printer using recycled materials.
participatory experience where visitors use a tablet to draw a Giboshi, embedding their own “prayer” within the design.
Participants & Collaborators
- Tokushima Prefectural Joto High School
Located in central Tokushima City near the Tokushima Castle ruins, the school is dedicated to fostering “glocal” human resources who can thrive both in Japan and abroad, through forward-looking educational activities in collaboration with global companies and universities.
- Brawijaya Smart School (Indonesia)
Brawijaya Smart School is a high school educational institution affiliated with Brawijaya University, located in Malang City, East Java, Indonesia.
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
A global pharmaceutical company originating from Tokushima. The company has signed the “Agreement on Promoting Horizontal Recycling of PET Bottles” with Tokushima Prefecture and is advancing initiatives and awareness-raising activities aimed at realizing an environmentally conscious, sustainable circular society.
- PT Amerta Indah Otsuka
One of Otsuka Pharmaceutical’s local subsidiaries established in Indonesia. It implements global human resource development programs, such as organizing training in Indonesia for Tokushima Prefectural Joto High School. Since 2015, it has continued exchanges with local schools in Indonesia.
- Toyotsu PET Recycling Systems Co., Ltd.
The company manufactures recycled PET, which can be used for beverage bottles, from used PET bottles as raw materials. In this project, it cooperated in the process of converting PET bottles into flakes.
Design & Supervision
- Atsuro Miyako — Product Designer / Producer / Artist
Born in 1996 in Tokushima Prefecture, Atsuro Miyako completed the Master’s Program in the Design Course at Chiba University’s Graduate School of Science and Engineering in 2021 and now serves as the representative of Alternative Design Studio AAAQ. As a member of the cross-border creators’ collective Konel, he develops future experiences through technology while also pursuing experimental product design and art projects that draw on natural phenomena, exhibiting his works both in Japan and abroad. His representative projects include Morph inn, a soft robot that allows people to embrace purposelessness; FUCHAT, a service delivering video letters from one’s future self; and Reverse Kendama, which inverts the traditional form of the kendama toy. He has been recognized with numerous honors, including the Good Design Award and the Excellence Prize at the Tokyo Midtown Award.
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