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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced that as a sponsor, it attended the ceremony to mark the completion of the ‘Future Life Expo: Future City’ Pavilion, one of the Future Society Showcase Projects at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. As part of the ceremony, MOL gave a detailed presentation of its exhibit, including a hands-on preview of the attraction.
Completion ceremony for "Future City" Pavilion (4th from right: MOL President & CEO Takeshi Hashimoto)
As one of the largest pavilions at the Expo, with an impressive exterior made of renewable materials, "Future City" was the first pavilions to be unveiled and celebrated. MOL’s exhibit consists of a hands-on attraction for visitors, featuring a large model of the Wind Hunter, a next-generation zero-emission vessel that produces and transports hydrogen by capturing wind, and five thematic video projections on a large 7.5-meter-long screen. The actual exhibition production that will be used during the exhibition was revealed during the March 10 preview.
In the "Wind Vision Attraction," an interactive exhibit, a simulated voyage begins when visitors wave fans to send wind to a 4-meter-long, 3-meter-high Wind Hunter model, and the process of producing, transporting, and supplying hydrogen is projected on a large screen in the rear of the Wind Hunter model. Not only does the model’s sail expand, contract, and rotate in response to the wind generated by visitors, but also the ending scene changes depending on the amount of wind. In addition, visitors can also take home the fans used for the demonstration as souvenirs of their visit.
The five images projected on the large screen at any given time are based on the themes of "Creating a Hydrogen Society," "Harnessing the Infinite Wind," "Connecting Manufacturing," "Creating Value in Daily Life," and "Moving the Future," and the content expresses the relationship of vessels with society, industry, and people, and brings the shipping industry closer to the visitors. Using animation, live-action, and computer graphics to convey messages on each theme, the attraction provides a new and exciting experience that will keep visitors coming back again and again.
In addition, a collaborative video will be projected on the theme of the "Future Hydrogen Supply Chain," which features the Wind Hunter which produces hydrogen and a hydrogen-fueled next-generation mobility, exhibited by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. Dramatic displays on a powerful 17-meter-long screen, combining video of both exhibits, will transport visitors into the dynamic society of the future.
MOL's exhibit space
Some of the images projected on screen
Future City Pavilion Exterior
Future City venue floor
The MOL Group has positioned environmental strategy as one of a keys to its management plan "BLUE ACTION 2035" and pursues initiatives to achieve net-zero GHG emissions by 2050 and sustainable development of people, society, and the Earth.