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Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan Daytime Water Show of “A Synchronization of Air and Water” by Suntory and Daikin Certified as a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Title
- Record named “Largest interactive fountain feature” -
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From the left: Guinness World Records Official Adjudicator; Daikin Senior Manager of the Expo Committee Secretariat, Human Resources Division YORIAKI MATSUMOTO; and Suntory Senior General Manager of EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan Promotion Department MIYUKI MAEBA |
OSAKA, Japan, April 7, 2025 -“A Synchronization of Air and Water,” an entertainment arranged jointly by Suntory Holdings Limited and Daikin Industries, Ltd. at the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, was certified as a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS TM title for being the “largest interactive fountain feature.”*1 A certification ceremony for the record was held on April 7, 2025, within the Expo site at the Water Plaza, and a certificate was presented by a Guinness World Records official adjudicator.
“A Synchronization of Air and Water” is performed in conjunction with A Spectacle of Air and Water “Under the Midnight Rainbow,” which is being held every night at the Water Plaza. It is an audience-participation event that allows visitors to gain a sense of the world of the nighttime spectacle during daytime. In “Synchronization of Air and Water,” water shoots up in response to the gestures of participants, giving them the spectacular experience of controlling approximately 300 fountains. Watching the fountains rise and fall in various patterns according to their movements provides participants with a thrilling feeling as if they have become a magician.
This certification recognizes the installation area of the fountains that the participants “manipulate” in "A Synchronization of Air and Water" as the world’s largest interactive fountain facility that can be operated or controlled by the public.
In addition to “Under the Midnight Rainbow,” Suntory and Daikin are providing various other types of entertainment at the Expo site throughout the day.
The two companies hope that all visitors to the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan will enjoy “A Synchronization of Air and Water,” which has been certified by the Guinness World Records, and that the entertainment will create a special experience of the Expo.
*1 Interactive fountain feature: This refers to an artificial, decorative fountain facility in which the audience can remotely control the physical display of the fountains.
■Summary of “A Synchronization of Air and Water”
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After “A Symphony of Air and Water”*2 ends, event staff and MYAKU-MYAKU, the official mascot of the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, will appear at the Water Plaza and select visitors to choreograph the show by freely moving their bodies following MYAKU-MYAKU's lead.
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Held intermittently*3 about 20 minutes after “A Symphony of Air and Water” ends
・Venue:Water Plaza
・Viewing Format:Unrestricted (free of charge, no reservations required)
*2 This is a water show that runs about 5 minutes on every hour from 11:00 to 16:00 during the Expo.
*3 The entertainment is unscheduled and decided on the day without prior notice.
[Related Information]
Official Water Show website:https://www.expo2025.airandwatershow.jp/en/
Promotional Movie:https://youtu.be/oUcVP6tIC2Y?si=f6J9xNCt-hZsj04z
Suntory Expo 2025 website:https://www.suntory.co.jp/events/expo/2025/en/
Daikin Expo 2025 website:https://www.daikin.com/air/daikin_achievements/expo2025
Daikin Design Web Interview with Naoki Tanaka:https://www.daikin.com/about/design/2024/12/entry-99
