Dream Day at the Zoo (organized by Wakayama Doriday 2023 Executive Committee) will be held at Adventure World (Shirahama-cho, Wakayama Prefecture) on November 23, 2023 (Thursday, national holiday). On the day of the event, a special event "WHAT'S YOUR DREAM? -Driday Special Talk Session" will be held at the Center Dome in the park, together with partner companies who aim to create a society where everyone can play an active role as "Kirabeshi". The goal of the "Waka Mountain Driday 2023 Implementation Committee" is to create a society where "special moments" become "natural moments" and people can live together as members of society, helping each other, regardless of their characteristics and attributes. We will think together with our partner companies and communicate our vision of "a society where people can live together and help each other as members of society, regardless of their characteristics and attributes". The talk session will also be broadcast on the official YouTube channel of Adventure World.

About the special program "WHAT'S YOUR DREAM?

Date and time
Thursday, November 23, 2023, 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM
■Venue
Center Dome in Adventure World Square with waterfall
■How to Participate
Free admission on the day of the event (for Dream Day at the Zoo attendees)
Adventure World Official YouTube Live Streaming
　*All are free of charge.

　
*November 23, 2023 (Thursday, holiday) will be reserved for "Dream Day at the Zoo". The general public will not be admitted on that day.
*This event is for invited guests. Participant applications are no longer being accepted.

　Speakers and moderators honorifics omitted

1, The world that Doriday aims for - 365 days for everyone to become Smile.
The members of the "Waka⼭Driday 2023 Implementation Committee" will explain why Dream Day at the Zoo is being held at Adventure World and what kind of world Dream Day is aiming for.

■Time
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM
■Speakers
Wakayama Doriday 2023 Executive Committee Chairperson / Adventure World Deputy Director Tateko Nakao
Waka Mountain Dream Day 2023 Implementation Committee Member / Offroad Corporation Offroad Tendercare Visiting Nurse Station Ken Mori
Waka Mountain Holiday 2023 Implementation Committee Member / Children's Hospice Project Masako Ichikawa

2, The Future of Universal Restaurants: A Table Where Everyone Can Enjoy Surrounding Themselves
(*1), which operates a universal restaurant where employees with disabilities and trainees with disabilities play an active role, and Mr. Yoshito, Representative Director of OriHime, a company that produces an alter ego robot "OriHime" that plays an active role in the "Jambo" restaurant in Adventure World. (*2), which produces the robot alter ego "OriHime," which is also used in the "Jambo" restaurant in Adventure World.

■Time
2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
■Speakers
Isao Kuroiwa, Representative Director, Le Clos Group Kuro Fooding Co.
Fumito Matsuda, Vice President and Representative Director, Herald Boney Corporation (*3)
Ollie Yoshifuji, President and Representative Director, Ollie Research Institute, Inc.
Masashi Yamamoto, President & CEO, Ours Adventure World, Inc.

3, LightUp Gallery Project - Melting Boundaries with the Power of Art
The "LightUp Gallery Project" was launched as part of "Machikado TOPPING," an initiative promoted by JT (*4) to add a twist for the benefit of the community to smoking areas and other "machikado" areas. We will share with you the background and thoughts of the project, and discuss the possibilities of "art for the disabled" together.


■Time
3:15 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
■Speakers
Ken Yonekura, General Manager, Wakayama Branch Office, Japan Tobacco Inc.
Fumito Matsuda, Vice President and Representative Director, Herald Boney Inc.
Together - Artist Daisuke Shibuta
Shinichiro Kanazaki, Corporate Planning Office, Adventure World, Inc.

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Yori Hirahara, Adventure World Sustainable Smile Ambassador / Advisor to the Waka Mountain Holiday 2023 Implementation Committee / Representative of HI LLC


What is Dream Day at the Zoo?
　This international program started in 1996 at the Rotterdam Zoo in the Netherlands.
　The name "Dream Night at the Zoo" has spread around the world as families are invited to the zoo and aquarium after hours. This event has been renamed "Dream Day at the Zoo" because it will be held during the day.



※１[Le Clos Group, Clos Fooding Co.
　Le Clos is engaged in various businesses under the core concept of "Universal Restaurant". We operate three French restaurants in Osaka and one in Paris, including Le Clos French restaurant, as well as bridal, produce, and resort operations. 2015 saw the start of our welfare business with the production of a welfare office. We realized that we could create an environment in which we could use the skills we had developed as chefs and the know-how we had gained in restaurant operations to improve the productivity of hiring people with disabilities, ensure safety in work aspects, and improve the environment, and now 70% of our staff in the company work with some disability characteristics. Aiming to create an environment where diversity is transformed into value and a society where diversity is utilized, we are creating an environment where people with disabilities can demonstrate their individuality and a place where people with disabilities can shine.

※２Oly Research Institute, Inc.
　With the mission of "solving human loneliness with relationship technology," the company conducts research and development of communication technology, manufactures and sells "OriHime," an alter ego robot that can be operated remotely and share the same sense of presence, and from 2023 will begin offering FLEMEE, a teleworking-focused placement service for people with disabilities. In 2023, the company will begin offering FLEMEE, a human resource introduction service for people with disabilities specializing in telework. Other products include "OriHime-D," an alter ego robot that enables physical participation in society through telework, and "OriHime eye+Switch," a communication device that enables people with severe disabilities to communicate with only slight movements of their eyes and fingertips. Orihime eye+Switch," a will-transmission device that enables people with severe disabilities to communicate using only the slightest movements of their eyes and fingertips, and "alter-ego robot cafe DAWN ver.beta" (Dawn version beta), a permanent experimental restaurant opened in Nihonbashi.

Official website:https://orylab.com/(Dawn version beta)
OriHime", "alter-ego Robot Cafe" and "OriHime eye" are registered trademarks of Orii Research Institute, Inc.

※３[Herald Bonnie, Inc.
　Herald Bonnie is an experimental welfare company whose mission is "Be different, be different. Herald Bonnie is an experimental welfare company with the mission of "Unleashing a Different Color". The company has concluded contracts with artists with intellectual disabilities in Japan and overseas, and operates a licensing business centered on the management of copyrights for over 2,000 pieces of high-resolution art data, We are developing a variety of businesses with an eye to expanding into the field of welfare. Through these social implementations, we aim to transform the image of "disability" and create a new culture with welfare as its starting point. The company name "Herald Bonnie" is a mysterious language that Shota Matsuda, the intellectually disabled older brother of both company representatives, wrote in his free book when he was 7 years old. It means "I want to create new value in the world from what seems meaningless.

※４JT]
　Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT), established in 1985, is engaged in the tobacco, pharmaceutical, and food processing businesses. We are committed to nurturing spiritual richness in society through a variety of businesses and initiatives in collaboration with our customers and partners. In addition, we continue to make various efforts to create a society where both smokers and non-smokers can live in harmony with each other, based on our desire to realize a comfortable moment where each can be accepted by the other. We hope to contribute to the local community through this LightUp Gallery project as well.