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Ginza Sony Park Version flat

Bird’s eye view. People gather on the wooden deck, with its arrangement of plants and trees.
Exhibit. At the back of the roller skating rink, made of wooden planks, is a sign that says “SONY.”
A hands-on experience. A visitor stands in front of a round mirror placed in the center of a wall, on which numerous faces have been projected. Exhibit. A large white painting and multiple chairs, including a black chair, can be seen exhibited past the branches of plants and trees.
Logo. The Ginza Sony Park logo is displayed on the concrete pillar on the ground floor.
Venue. The main visual and other elements have been placed on the floor and pillar of the entrance to the venue, located where the building connects to the second basement floor underground concourse. Exhibit item. An exhibit of “Ikebana,” an art piece by Kensuke Koike, in front of the concrete counter on the first basement floor.
Venue. A vertical banner is displayed in the underground area of the atrium; many visitors can be seen on each floor.
Neon sign. The neon “SONY” sign from the Sony Building era glows blue in its display in the vertical shaft compartment of the building.
Exhibit. The lights of the aquariums on the basement floor, which are used to grow plants, give the dim space a blue hue.
Exhibit. The title of the program and photographic pieces are displayed even on the side of the staircase leading down from the ground floor to the basement. Exhibit. The basement venue, with its large “SONY” sign on the right wall, features wooden display stands assembled to look like playground equipment and labeled with years, on which are displayed WALKMAN models from those years.
Exterior. The lighting of Ginza Sony Park and the glass-block lights from Ginza Maison Hermès in the back beautifully illuminate the Ginza night.
Exhibit. Numerous paper tubes with artist names written on them are stood up in the underground space like trees in a forest, each with a pair of headphones on them.
Exhibit. The exhibit monitors, which are designed to resemble traffic lights, feature movie titles and the year they were released; the occasional "No-Ghost" sign can also be seen within the exhibit. Exhibit. Spheres of various sizes are scattered in a space filled with colorful light.
Venue. Electric lights forming the word “QUEEN” are displayed in a space lit with blue and pink LED lights.
Exhibit item. A giant art object of a boy, which appears in the music video for the King Gnu song “Hikoutei,” hangs in the atrium.
A hands-on experience. Visitors to Ginza lounge on the curb on the Sony Street side of the park.