Service Information

The contents and appearance of "6.5 Billion's Survival - Living, with Emerging Sciences -" (held in Miraikan from October 28, 2006 through February 5, 2007), has been upgraded and the exhibition is being held at the Kitakyushu Innovation Gallery & Studio (Kitakyushu Industrial Technology Aggregation & Preservation Center, KIGS) in Fukuoka Prefecture, starting October 10.

<Event Outline>
Venue: Kitakyushu Innovation Gallery & Studio (2-2-11, Higashida, Yahatahigashi-ku)
Term: October 10 (Sat.) - December 13 (Sun.), 2009
9:00 - 19:00 Weekdays (9:00 - 17:00 Sat., Sun., national holidays) Closed: Every Monday (or the following day if Monday falls on a national holiday)
Organizers: City of Kitakyushu/Kitakyushu Innovation Gallery & Studio
In association with: City of Kitakyushu Board of Education/Kyushu Economic Federation/TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting Co.,Ltd.
Planning and Production: National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
Supported by: Kitakyushu Environment Museum/Nishitetsu Bus Kitakyushu Co., Ltd./Kyushu Railway Company

<The Purpose of this Special Exhibition>
In the year 2006, when this exhibition was held at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, the population of the world was 6.5 billion people. After finishing the traveling exhibition in China and coming back to Japan in Kitakyushu, the current population has reached 6.8 billion people. In this kind of rapid environmental change, through the 4 categories of "food, tools, living environment, and energy," the exhibition will pursue the science and technology necessary in order for future generations of humans to survive. The exhibit was designed as a "survival kit" and exhibits that come out of the container will spread out at the event site and be stored for additional travel to different venues.
By introducing science and technology that tackles the problems of humans based on the theme of the "survival of today's generation," we will think of ways to deal with new changes that will come with a greater use of new, innovative technologies.