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Sony Park Exhibition KYOTO

Exterior. Outside, there is a sign with the main visual of the exhibition in a circle, and six signs designed to look like bus stops, lined up in a row.
Exterior. Beyond the trees lining the street is a building with the company name “Kyoto Shimbun” displayed on it. Photo of leaflet. The cover features the main visual of the exhibition, and on the back are stickers labeled “1” and “2.”
Exhibit. People gather in the exhibition in the underground space, which is lit green by the art object glowing green on the upper level.
Exhibit. A bird’s eye view of the venue shows monitors showing game titles in the back, and in front of them an exhibit of numerous white boxes. Exhibit. Lyrics to a song by the TOKYO SKA PARADISE ORCHESTRA are written on the walls of the venue corridors.
Exhibit. An exhibit of a giant radio cassette recorder art object with an integrated TV, in a space lit with green lighting.
Exhibit. Animated shadow puppets are projected onto the wall in a space lit with green lighting.
Exhibit item. A 3D CG novel and a “YOASOBI” electric sign are projected onto a monitor. Exhibit. A red carpet has been laid out in the corridor leading to the theater in the back, and an LED “THE MILLENNIUM PARADE THEATER” sign glows red on the entrance door, which is surrounded by deep red walls.
Exterior. Outside, there are signs featuring visuals of past Sony products, as well as signs designed to look like bus stops.
Exterior. Duck under the façade of the wide, low building, and you find yourself at the glass entrance to the venue.
Live performance. A large crowd of people has gathered for a live performance by Tamio Okuda, in front of an orange camping car parked at ROHM Square outside of ROHM Theatre Kyoto. Exhibit item. A giant radio cassette recorder art object, exhibited in the first floor corridor.
Exhibit. An exhibit of many past Sony products, with Trinitron color TVs on the exhibition stand in the foreground, My First Sony products near the center, and WALKMAN models on the back wall.
Exhibit. A variety of WALKMAN models from over the years are exhibited on the back wall, past multiple rows of display stands.
Exhibit item. The Skysensor portable radio, which allowed users to listen to shortwave broadcasts and other five-band broadcasts, is also exhibited on a display stand. Exhibit. The entertainment robot aibo, small biped entertainment robot QRIO, and spherical Q.taro are exhibited on the display stand in the foreground.