NEWS/EVENTS

MIMARU Osaka Nanba STATION, which will open on Thursday, June 2, is a hotel with more than 130 board games from around the world, so many that they cannot all be played in a single day.

Blue Puddle inc. led by popular art director Neji Sato was in charge of the concept and design work for this hotel, and BASSDRUM was in charge of production and planning advisory.

■ MIMARU Osaka Nanba STATION

Location: 3-6-24 Nipponbashi, Naniwa-ku, Osaka

Official website

■ Credit
Clients: Cosmos Initia Co., Ltd., Cosmos Hotel Management Co., Ltd.
Producer: Taeko Kitahara (BASSDRUM)
Planning advisor: Qanta Shimizu (BASSDRUM)
Creative director: Neji Sato (Blue Paddle)
Game designer: Issei Asato (TANSAN)
Game designer: Nosuke Akiyama (HAFT DESIGN)
Quiz creator: Daisuke Akiyama (HAFT DESIGN)
Package designer: Kazumasa Asato (TANSAN)
Illustrator: Yusuke Mamada
Space designer: Taisuke Yamada / Mamoru Inano (Ars Inc.)
Project manager: Megumi Yoshida (anno lab)
Web designer: Neji Sato (Blue Paddle)
Web implementation: Ryuichi Hayashi (QUON)
Video creator: Yoshihiko Shimoda
Movie shooting: Masato Ishibashi
Narration: Kakeru Hota (Reco)
Photographer: Makiko Takemura
Boardgame selector: Sho Shirasaka (Owner, JELLY JELLY CAFE)
Printing of small boxes and cards for Hotel Games: Daiko Printing Co.