Osaka Station City Autumn Promotion“Flower Art Museum 2016” to be held
September 21, 2016
West Japan Railway Company
Osaka Terminal Building, Co., Ltd.

Located in the space above Osaka Station, Toki-no-hiroba Plaza will be a field of flowers in theupcoming “Flower Art Museum” event. Proposed by architect Tadao Ando, the event has been held fivetimes since its start in 2012. Created with approximately 20,000 pots holding flowers of diverse
colors, the flower garden will provide a wonderfully healing time for visitors. This year a Halloweentheme flower garden will also appear so please enjoy the colorful and seasonal feel of the flowers.

1. Period
Friday, Sep. 30 to Monday, Oct. 17, 2016*18 days(Time: 8:00-23:30 (to 20:00 on last day))

2. Location
JR Osaka Station 5F Toki-no-hiroba Plaza
3. Official webpage
http://osakastationcity.com/fam/
Main visual

Last year’s event■Opening ceremony
Plans are for internationally active architect Tadao Ando, the originatorof the Flower Art Museum, to attend the opening ceremony. Signed
publications of Tadao Ando and flowers are to be presented to visitors.
【Date/time】 Friday, September 30 from 11:00【Place】 5F Toki-no-hiroba Plaza【Planned attendees】 Tadao Ando
Toyohito Ikeda, Director-General of Kinki Regional Development Bureauof the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Hiroyuki Takeuchi, Vice Governor of Osaka Prefecture
Seigo Tanaka, Deputy Mayor of Osaka
Hiroyuki Ikeda, Representative Director of Dairinkai (Vice President and Representative Director ofResona Bank, Limited)
Hideki Tetsuo, Station Master of Osaka Station
Koichi Inoue, President and Representative Director of Osaka Terminal Building Co., Ltd.
≪To media personnel≫
・A venue for an interview with Tadao Ando is to be provided. (Around 11:35)
・Please come to the site reception desk by 10:45 on the day of the event.
・This is no parking lot or space for broadcast van parking.
・Please wear your company armband.
・For the coverage on the event day, please follow the instructions of the staff in charge.

■Site layout (5F Toki-no-hiroba Plaza)
The site will be colorfully decorated with approximately 20,000 flower pots.

Halloween Flower Garden

Toki-no-hiroba Plaza will become a brilliantly colorful field of flowers containing a wide range offlowers including representative autumn selections such as cosmos, cockscombs, and mums as well favorites
such as gerberas and mini roses.

■Halloween collaboration
There will be a garden basedon a Halloween theme. With thesymbolic objet representing alarge pumpkin, the real pumpkins
decorated with lamé and dots,
and the coordinated blending of
fashion and gourmet themes,
there will be an exciting
Halloween atmosphere worthy ofOsaka Station City.

Simultaneous Event
The stores of Osaka Station City
are holding a Halloween Fair.
They are waiting for your visit
with wide selections of fashion
goods and sweets.
Halloween Flower Garden image■Flower present
On the last day of the event, the flowers displayed at Toki-no-hiroba Plaza will
be presented (on a first-come first-served basis) to a total of 1,200 people whohave a receipt for a purchase made at an Osaka Station City store during the event
period.
【Date】 October 17 (Monday)【Times】 ①14:00- ②15:30-【Location】 5F Toki-no-hiroba Plaza③17:00- ④18:30- Note: First 300 people each time

During the Flower Art Museum 2016 period, on a daily basis we will also be holding flower-related events,flower- and Halloween-theme workshops (creation of arrangements using pumpkins, etc.), music stage events,sightseeing events, and more.
For details, please see the official event webpage.