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Tokyo, Japan, September 5, 2024 – Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd., a leading global real estate company headquartered in Tokyo, announced today that it will be donating to the Kyoto Botanical Gardens 100th anniversary project run by Kyoto Prefecture and will be providing support as a special collaborator in LIGHT CYCLES KYOTO, a project that will open the botanical gardens to visitors at night, highlighting the many and varied nighttime features of plants that are different from those during the day, through light, sound, scenography, and projection. The project will be held for a limited time, from Friday, October 18, 2024 to Thursday, December 26, 2024.

In & INNOVATION 2030, the Group’s long-term management policy formulated in April 2024, Mitsui Fudosan seeks to engage in the creation of neighborhoods that maximizes substantive value through entertainment. The Kyoto Botanical Gardens were opened with a donation from the Mitsui family in 1924, 100 years ago, and so along with this connection, through the power of art and entertainment, Mitsui Fudosan strongly sympathizes with the significance of the project, which is to pass down the appeal of the gardens to the next generation. For these reasons, Mitsui Fudosan has decided to participate in this project by offering its support. Utilizing the corporate version of the Hometown Tax program, 100% of the funds donated to Kyoto Prefecture by Mitsui Fudosan will be allocated to business funds for the project.

LIGHT CYCLES KYOTO will be planned, produced, and created by one of the world’s leading multimedia studios, Moment Factory, which is based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and created by Dominic Audet and Sakchin Bessett.  LIGHT CYCLES KYOTO will provide an immersive experience that will allow visitors to use all five senses to enjoy the new allure of plants interwoven with light and sound. The stage will be one of Japan’s largest conservatories, featuring an expansive space filled with the lush greenery of plants. The project aims to communicate new appeal for the Kyoto Botanical Gardens and stimulate the nighttime economy.

【About LIGHT CYCLES KYOTO】

●LIGHT CYCLES KYOTO is intended to provide visitors with the firsthand opportunity to deepen their connection to plants through the surprise and excitement of entertainment. The plants cultivated at Kyoto Botanical Gardens and the light and sound expressions provided by Moment Factory will combine to create a fantastical world. It will be set up in the conservatory and an immersive experience will be provided to visitors when entering the world of plants.

●With biological diversity as a key word, the venue will be divided into four experience zones, LIGHT WILL FIND YOU, MEMORY OF WATER, INVISIBLE, and FOREST FREQUENCIES, and the experience will be open to a wide range of people regardless of age or nationality, everyone from kids to seniors.

【Overview】

* Before visiting, be sure to check the latest information on the official website.
* Tickets will not be discounted even if you have already paid to enter the gardens during normal operating hours (9:00 – 17:00).

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