Toward People-Centered Road Space – Michi-no-Future Experience EXPO

In conjunction with the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai to be held in 2025, the “Midosuji Satellite Plan” is scheduled to be implemented using Midosuji in cooperation with the Expo site in Yumeshima.

The Midosuji Satellite Plan is based on the concept of a new approach that will allow visitors to experience “the future from the road” and will feature a variety of exhibitions and events along Midosuji in cooperation with road cooperative groups (Midosuji Machizukuri Network, NPO Midosuji-Nagahori 21st Century Association, General Incorporated Association Minami Midosuji no Kai, Minami Machi Nurturing Network), and will hold a variety of exhibitions and events along Midosuji Boulevard.

Project Inauguration

Based on the “Midosuji Future Vision” formulated in 1991, the City of Osaka has been promoting the spatial reorganization of Midosuji from a car-centered to a people-centered street, and as a first step, the city is converting side streets into pedestrian spaces. As a first step, the city is converting side streets into pedestrian spaces. In addition, to create attractive spaces, the city continues to conduct social experiments in cooperation with roadside organizations designated by the city and active along the road. They have decided to implement this project as a further promotion of these efforts on the occasion of the Expo.

Project Activities

Since its inception, the initiative has been conducted five times, making use of expanded sidewalk spaces created through the pedestrianization of side roads south of Nagahori-dori to develop areas for people to gather and stay, along with various other efforts and trials. In 2023, with the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025 in sight, the Midosuji Satellite Plan was implemented in line with its basic policy of “Visualizing the World’s Most Advanced Street Model – Experience the Future of Streets.” In collaboration with the Road Cooperation Organization and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the Midosuji Challenge 2023 social experiment was carried out, focusing

Future Prospects for the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai

Midosuji is aiming for a people-centered road space, and we plan to provide opportunities for visitors to experience new attractions such as Midosuji and Namba Plaza as part of the Michi no Mirai Experience Expo, in addition to utilizing side roads at the time of the Expo.