Title⌐◨-◨ Nouns 未来 Japan
未来(mirai) means “future” in Japanse.
Event logo.
A simple representation of the fusion of Noggles (Nouns), Web3 (WebX), and Japan (the Rising Sun)
Event concept art
An illustration envisioning a future where Nouns blend into the streets of Japan in 2-3 years.
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⌐◨-◨ OVER VIEW
Overview: Nouns Mirai Japan is an initiative by our pNounsDAO to participate in the WebX Web3 Conference Asia, held at the Tokyo International Forum on July 25th and 26th. We will have a booth to share with event attendees the vision of a new future where cryptocurrencies and Nouns are widely integrated into society.
⌐◨-◨ TL;DR
- Exhibiting a booth at the Web3 Conference ”WebX”
- Introducing Nouns as a pioneering and successful “true DAO” to participating companies and attendees
- Depicting a future society with widespread adoption of Nouns, set in Japan, through art and the metaverse
- Improving the industry recognition of NounsDAO and Nouns communities.
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⌐◨-◨ MAIN CONCEPT
Nouns 未来（mirai= future) Japan
〜In the near future, a world where Nouns and Noggles blend into Japan.
A place to unveil such a future ahead of time〜
NounsDAO is built on the principles of using web3 technology to create a new organization called DAO and making the world more enjoyable through cute character art.
As a result of DAO’s activities, Nouns are integrating into the lives of people around the world, and a beloved Mirai is being born. In Japan, this is just the beginning.
In contemporary Japan, the culture of derivative works has already penetrated, but copyright restricts the expansion of their use. The CC0 proposed by NounsDAO, which allows for free use of designs, is likely to be accepted in Japan and expand the possibilities of creative culture.
Japan + Nouns.
By participating in this conference to expand Japan’s Web3 circle, we will create an opportunity to widen the reach of Nouns in Japan.
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BACK GROUND
⌐◨-◨ Challenges in Web3
There are common challenges among those involved in Web3. One of the main issues is that there are still many people in the world who are unaware of Web3 or have never encountered it.
In the world of Web2, Facebook has over 3 billion users worldwide, YouTube and WhatsApp have more than 2 billion users, and WeChat and TikTok have over 1 billion users each.
On the other hand, the number of cryptocurrency and Web3 users worldwide is about 320 million, which is only about 4.2% of the global population.
In Japan, it is said that 11% of the population own crypto assets, and there are 20,000 NFT buyers, which is less than 0.02%. This suggests that Web3 has not yet penetrated the mainstream. Naturally, even fewer people are aware of Nouns.
However, we imagine that the growth of the blockchain field and the fact that Nouns and Noggles are IP using CC0 will gradually lead to their widespread adoption, eventually becoming commonplace in society. We believe that participating in the Web3 conference as a timeline to achieve this goal has significant meaning.
⌐◨-◨ What is WebX?
Web X is a global conference on Web3, held at the Tokyo International Forum in Japan from July 25th to July 26th, 2023.
Event website: https://webx-asia.com
Event Overview: WebX Asia概要資料 - Google Slides
At Web X, pioneers of web3, people who want to learn more about web3, those who don’t yet know about web3 but are interested, as well as companies, individual investors, entrepreneurs, and developers from around the world will gather and interact. The event provides a platform for everyone to share their visions for the future of their dreams.
This event is organized by COINPOST, a Japanese Web3 media company, with support from the Japanese government. The Japanese government sees the Web3 industry as an important sector and has begun efforts to create an environment that fosters new innovation and business.
⌐◨-◨ Venue - Tokyo International Forum
The event will be held at the Tokyo International Forum.
The Tokyo International Forum is a convention and art center designed to enhance the appeal of Tokyo and Japan and communicate that appeal to the world. It was designed by American architect Rafael Viñoly.
The main lobby is known as the “Glass Building,” and looking up at its massive atrium, it feels like you’re gazing at Noah’s Ark. It gives visitors the sensation of embarking on a journey to a new world.
Lobby
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⌐◨-◨ Conference Speakers
Influential figures from the world of Web3 will gather at this conference from around the globe. Here are a few of the notable speakers:
- Fumio Kishida - Prime Minister of Japan
- Jeremy Allaire - Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Circle, the issuer of USDC
- Emi Yoshikawa - Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Operations at Ripple
- Sota Watanabe - Founder of Astar Network, Japan’s first public blockchain
- Noriyuki Hirosue - CEO of Bitbank, a leading cryptocurrency exchange in Japan
Many other great individuals will share their thoughts on Web3 at the conference. For more information, please visit the official website: https://webx-asia.com/all-speakers/
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⌐◨-◨ PROJECT DETAILS ： Nouns Mirai Japan Booth
⌐◨-◨ TL;DR
At the WebX conference booth, we will introduce visitors to a future where Nouns and Japan are fused together, using a small 3m x 3m x 2.7m space with the spirit of Japanese hospitality, a tea room (exhibition), art (live painting), and a metaverse (technology).
⌐◨-◨ CONCEPT OF BOOTH
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We anticipate that in the near future (a few years from now), Nouns characters and Noggles will naturally blend into Japanese culture. This place offers visitors a glimpse of that future.
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We will set up a Japanese-style room in the business conference space, which may seem out of place, and provide an experience where guests can remove their shoes and sit on tatami mats.
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In the tatami tea room, we will lend Noggle-shaped VR glasses. We will guide each guest’s smartphone to the Japanese-style space “Co-Mati” in the metaverse Spatial, where Nouns Yoko-cho will be set up. Here, we will conduct beginner-friendly Nouns lecture videos and real-time events.
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An artist will perform live painting inside the booth, and participants will create the future of Nouns together, bringing it to life in a real space.
An illustration envisioning a future where Nouns blend into the streets of Japan in 2-3 years. Noggles become fashionable among trendy high school girls. And soon, the streets will be filled with various colorful Noggles and Nouns.
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⌐◨-◨ Nouns-inviting Mirai Trick #1 : To the “Mirai = Future” through “Noren” and “Tea Room”
The anticipation beyond the Japanese hospitality spirit of “tea room” and “noren”
The Japanese spirit of hospitality is based on the modest hospitality of “tea ceremony.” Noren, hung at the storefronts in Japan, also serve not only as a signboard but also as a representation of the store’s credibility and pride. This unique Japanese interior design is expressed in a small 3m x 3m space.
Visitors pass through the noren and are invited into a small yet secluded Japanese space with tatami mats. In this small space, we collaborate with craftsmen who create small tea rooms that can be incorporated into modern life and noren workshops to create an interior design that maximizes the limited space.
This “tea room” will be used as a “portal” connecting to Nouns’ Mirai = “Future.”
For the exhibition, a custom-made mini tea room will be created,
tailored to fit the space as described above.
The tea room is 1.8m x 1.8m and can be closed or opened, allowing for versatile use depending on the event’s content.
⌐◨-◨ Nouns-inviting Mirai Trick #2: “VR Noggels”
Instead of preparing tea in the tea room, guests will receive Noggles-shaped VR glasses.
pNounsNoggles is a Noggles being developed under proposal 228. It is scheduled to be revealed at the Noggles Jack Tokyo event during the Design Festa in Tokyo on May 20th. For this project, we will create original pNouns VR glasses by combining Nnear VR glass with the Noggles design. We will prepare these Noggles-shaped VR glasses as a form of hospitality, allowing guests to experience the Nouns metaverse space with an enhanced sense of presence.
pNounsNoggles We will introduce on may 20 at Design Festa
Nreal VR glass https://www.nreal.ai/specs/
⌐◨-◨ Nouns-inviting Mirai Trick #3 events at Nouns Alley in the metaverse
Let’s get excited at Nouns Alley!
In Japan, there are many small shopping streets called “yokocho.” It would be exciting if there were a real Nouns Alley. In a few years, we may see Nouns everywhere in real alleys, but before that, we will start by creating a metaverse space (Spatial.io).
During the WebX Conference, we will open the metaverse Nouns yoko-cho and plan simultaneous real-time events such as videos for beginners’ classes at the temple school for those who don’t know about Nouns, shops, live performances, dance performances, and poetry readings.
For this event, we are thinking of entertaining plans for people visiting Nouns Alley, with the cooperation of artists, dancers, YouTubers, and musicians from various genres. Of course, visitors and non-visitors alike can participate in the metaverse, and this alley will surely be bustling on the day of the event.
- Nouns Alley demo video: https://youtu.be/MoGin0O6rZo
- Co-Machi Co-Machi │ SpatianGuide | Spatial
⌐◨-◨ Contents in the Metaverse
Nouns Tera-koya
- Tera-koya was a place in the Edo period where children were taught for free. The mechanism, background, and activities of Nouns are still not well-known in Japan. In collaboration with eguegu, a Noun605 holder who creates cryptocurrency explanation videos on YouTube and NounsDAO explanation videos, a lecture video explaining the Nouns mechanism will be created in a short time. Visitors can understand the overview of the Nouns mechanism and community by attending the lecture in the Metaverse.
Nouns Yokocho live event
- We will plan a live performance event featuring musicians, poets, dancers, and others from pNouns, NounsDAOJapan, and Spatial members. Various events can be held in Spacial, just like real events.
Nouns Yokocho art and coloring exhibit
- Prior to the event, an art competition will be held. The works will be displayed in the gallery space in the Metaverse.
⌐◨-◨ Nouns-inviting Mirai Trick #4: LIVE painting of concept art
At the booth, a live painting event will be held on the day of the conference. The 2.7m x 3.0m monochrome illustration on the wall will be colored by painter Makoto Tagawa. (General visitors are also welcome to participate.) What kind of colorful artwork (future) will it become? It will be a fun project to look forward to until the day of the event.
Live painting activity video by Mr. Tagawa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU1USuJtVLU
⌐◨-◨ EVENT SCHEDULE
We have planned and will execute the following events in conjunction with the conference.
Early July: Nouns Mirai Japan Coloring & Nouns Art Contest
July 24th: Running event in collaboration with Nouns Running Club
July 25th-26th: Web X Conference Day 1 & Day 2
Live painting performance
Simultaneous events in the Metaverse (music live, poetry reading, dance performance)
⌐◨-◨ PR
pNouns⚡️DAO actively hosts the following Twitter spaces within a week. Nouns Mirai Japan will participate in one space per week and conduct bilingual AMA sessions and other activities to promote this project.
In addition, starting from June, the pNounsWeekly News program, which we send out every Friday as a content of TheNounSqureGlobal, will be renewed as an English-only program to spread the word about this project and other activities from Japan to the world in a more global manner.
⌐◨-◨ SPONSOR FOR WEBX
To provide hospitality to the visitors and help them remember Nouns, we will prepare specially designed bags and bottles to distribute to the attendees. These novelty items will be distributed widely throughout the conference venue.
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⌐◨-◨ PARTICIPATING ARTIST AND PROJECT TEAMS
Here are the artists and team members who have currently expressed interest in participating. We plan to recruit more artists in the future.
Makoto Tagawa https://twitter.com/Marcot_no1
A painter who pursues the expression of invisible, essential things through art. He is actively conducting workshops throughout Japan to convey peace, love, and the joy of art to children and adults, in addition to organizing the fashion show “Pray for Peace” in which children take the lead. He will be in charge of planning and executing the project and performing live painting on the day of the conference. He is an ambassador for Apple and a partner of Liquitex & Kitpas.
Hal Hori Art https://twitter.com/HALHoriiart
An artist who works in a wide range of genres, including objects and oil paintings inspired by Kabuki, NFT production, and more. He provides illustrations and artwork to NHK and other organizations, as well as lectures at Tokyo Mode Gakuen. He will be responsible for planning and execution, as well as the event logo using calligraphy.
Kinako https://twitter.com/Kinako588
A bilingual coordinator who introduces global artists to Japan’s community. She has connections with artists, musicians, metaverse creators, and more, and shares information daily on Twitter. She provides strong support for projects that collaborate with people from various genres such as NFTs and metaverses, art, and the world and Japan.
eguegu https://twitter.com/____easy
Noun #605 holder, YouTuber, entrepreneur, and crypto investor. He was the first to introduce the auction mechanism of NounsDAO, which is still not well known in Japan, through a YouTube video. He also disseminates information about cryptocurrency on YouTube. For this project, he plans to create an original Nouns introduction video that beginners can understand in a short amount of time.
Miziki-Green https://twitter.com/mizukigreen64
A breaking dancer and influencer who supports the Nouns community through dance performances. She actively disseminates information about NFT scenes such as Gners Dao, Nouns DAO Japan, pNouns, and CryptoNynja communities. She is also responsible for The Nouns square / Twitter Space.
Futurdora https://twitter.com/Futuradora_____
A multilingual poet who works in real and metaverse spaces. She will participate in the metaverse event.
Greenbee https://twitter.com/haruyo_o
The only official guide creator of Spatial.io in Japan. She is a community builder who practices the potential of metaverse economies. She is also the founder of #SUSHIDAO and will provide Co-Machi during the event and support metaverse projects.
bubbly https://twitter.com/bubble_ex
A member of pNouns. He is a salaryman in the manufacturing industry in Japan who met Web3 & DAO and is now leading a completely new life. He utilizes his portable skills such as information gathering, organization, and document creation that he acquired through his salaryman work and contributes to pNounsDAO almost every day. He is a major member of planning and executing the project.
hiro.⌐◨-◨ https://twitter.com/hirookokokok
A member of pNouns and a major member of planning and executing the project. He is proposing and executing Proposal 228 and Noggles Jack Tokyo. He is enthusiastic about the fun of Web3 and NounsDAO, as well as a practitioner who challenges untapped areas that go back and forth between digital and real
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⌐◨-◨ FUNDING BREAK DOWN
WebX booth exhibition fee: $20,000 to be paid to WebX operating side
WebX back sponsor: $5,000 to be paid to WebX operating side
WebX water sponsor: $10,000 to be paid to WebX operating side
Booth decoration (tea room/interior): $8,000
Video/metaverse production: $5,000 including event hosting
VR goggles: $5,000 5 VR goggles (including Noguru specification modification)
Live painting art materials: $1,000 including printing costs
Sub-event prizes and cash prizes: $2,000
Event goods: $3,000 T-shirts, commemorative items for visitors
Personnel costs: $11,000 team management, legal and tax consulting fees
Accommodation: $2,000
Transportation expenses: $2,000
Additional tickets for the team: $1,000
TOTAL: $75,000 (≒39.4eth, @ETH USD=1900)
⌐◨-◨ Thank you for reading！ ⌐◨-◨
luckly, I met wonderful members through pNouns activities as last times and wish to realize this projects like Noggles Jack Tokyo.
︎Shuto san, I hope this occation and other activites of Nouns community in Japan will be Kurofune to Japan culture.