▼Concept
This is a chronicle spun by you and the Buildings, that continues into the future...
One day, you find an old album.
When you open it, you find photos and notes. It looks like someone's diary.
Unable to resist your curiosity, you flip through the pages and notice that a "person who looks just like the building" is in one of the photos. Intrigued, you visit the nearby building.
There, you find a "person who looks just like the building" you saw in the photo.
▼How to play
[As a voice drama]
This is a new type of voice drama that brings you into contact with the history buildings.
Take a peek into their friendships, listen to the origin and secrets of their birth, and get to know them better.
The more you listen to the stories of the various tatemono, the more you may see something special about them.
[As a tool for walking around town and sightseeing]
Buildings themselves will give you a thorough explanation of the profound charm of modern architecture!
Walking around the city while listening to this guide, you will become a master of Kyoto/Osaka's modern architecture!
[Aim for the completing all of the contents!]
・Special Voice Drama
Complete the architectural quizzes given by the characters to unlock special voice dramas! Take a peek into their spare time.
・Special Illustrations
Walk around town and ask them about their buildings to get a "Tatemon" stamp! Don't miss the beautiful special illustrations!
▼Character・Cast
Osaka City Central Public Hall / Kimi Tatsuoka (CV. Hikaru Midorikawa)
Shibakawa Building / Shiran Saotome (CV. Yuki Kaji)
Ikoma Building / Shusei Ogoma (CV. Kento Ito)
Kyoto Kyocera Museum of Art / Rei Harunaga (CV. Nobuhiko Okamoto)
The Museum of Kyoto Annex / Mitsukane Tatsumasa (CV. Souma Saito)
Chorakukan / Hirotsugu Nagaradate (CV. Masaya Matsukaze)
Fortune Garden Kyoto / Akari Itoshima (CV. Yuma Uchida)
▼Example of a course/building
[Osaka]
[Nakanoshima/Kitahama Course]
・Bank of Japan Osaka Branch
・Osaka Prefectural Nakanoshima Library
・ Osaka City Central Public Hall, and 5 other buildings
[Kita Senba (1) Course]
・Former Ogata Koan House
・Osaka Gas Building
・Shibakawa Building, and 4 other buildings
[Kita-Semba Course 2]
・Cotton Industry Hall
・Aoyama Bldg.
・Ikoma Building and 4 other buildings
[Tour of the building]
Shibakawa Building
[Kyoto]
[Okazaki Course]
・The Suirokaku Aqueduct at Nanzenji Temple
・Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art (Before: Kyoto Enthronement Memorial Museum)
・Former Butoku Hall (Now: Kyoto City Budo Center) and 7 other buildings
[Kyoto Imperial Palace West Course]
・Former Nishijin Branch of Kyoto Central Telephone Office
・Kyoto Prefectural Government Former Main Building
・Daimaru Villa (Former Residence of Shimomura Shotaro・Chudoken House) and 6 other buildings
[Kyoto Imperial Palace East Course]
・The Orthodox Church in Kyoto Cathedral of the Annunciation
・Former Shimadazu Corporation Kawaramachi Head Office (Now: Fortune Garden Kyoto)
・Kyoto City Hall Main Building and 8 other buildings
[Sanjo Street Course]
ShinPuhKan(Former Kyoto Central Telephone Office)
Bank of Japan Kyoto Branch(Now: Annex of The Museum of Kyoto)
1928 Building(Former Kyoto Banch of Osaka Mainichi Newspapers)and 7 other buildings
[Gion Course]
・Chourakukan(Former Murai Kichibei Kyoto Villa)
・Tohkasaikan Restaurant(Former Yaomasa Restaurant)
・Francois Cafe, and 8 other buildings
[Tour of the building]
・Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art (Before: Kyoto Enthronement Memorial Museum)
▼Planning and supervision: Naotake Maeda
First-class architect/curator. Director of Planning and Promotion, Kyocera Museum of Art, Kyoto. Planned the first anniversary exhibition of the museum's opening, "Kyoto in Modern Architecture." Has been with Mori Art Museum since 2003, planning numerous architectural exhibitions, including the "Japan in Architecture" exhibition; recipient of the 2019 Architectural Institute of Japan Cultural Award and other awards."
Seemed like a really cool app that we scanned at the public hall but to get the walking tour you have to pay $4 per course. It doesn’t explain this until after you have used about 0.5GB to download the app and the videos which if you are using an esim is inconvenient and expensive. Too bad, seemed like a cool app! Surprised it’s not free since it is for local architecture tourism.