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Communication Plaza

At OMRON, we sense potential needs and take the lead in developing and providing technology, products, and services that solve the issues faced by society today. We call this "creating social needs", and this process has been part of our core identity as a company since OMRON’s founding.

At the Communication Plaza, we introduce our initiatives in "creating social needs", which continue from the founding of our company, through the present, and onwards into the future.


Tour Information

There are three ways to tour the Communication Plaza.

  • In-person visit
    You can visit the museum and see the exhibits and demo machines in person.
    *Advance registration is required for tours.
    Click here to apply
  • Virtual guided tour
    You can also tour remotely with a guided tour provided by staff, or through interactive sessions.
    *Advance registration is required for tours.
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  • Virtual free tour
    You can tour freely at your own pace, from any place, at any time.
    Click here to visit

Floor Guide

History floor

On the History Floor, OMRON’s founding principles, the ways we have created innovation driven by social needs, and our vision for shaping the future are presented.

  • Our Guiding Principles

    Introduces our guiding principles that have been continuously passed down since OMRON’s founding in 1933; as well as the spirit towards this venture that our founder had, as he met the challenges of social issues.

  • Our History

    Explains the four periods in creating social needs through which OMRON's business has progressed (Automation,Cybernation, Advanced Information Society , and Optimization Society) from the time of our founding.

  • Our Vision

    Presentation of a vision of the future OMRON desires to shape, contributing to a better society as it has done for more than 90 years.

Technology floor

On the Technology Floor, OMRON’s technologies, services, and businesses are showcased in the three social issue resolution zones: "Achieving the Carbon Neutrality","Realizing the Digital Society",and "Increasing the Healthy Life Expectancy."

  • SF Vision Theater - Approaches to the Future OMRON Desires to Shape

    SF2030 is OMRON’s long-term vision that kicked off in FY2022. While working to resolve the social issues identified in SF2030 in four selected business domains, OMRON intends to realize an Autonomous Society where individual fulfillment is compatible with the society’s affluence. A feature film of OMRON’s journey to this end is screened in a theater with dynamic audio and visual presentation.

  • Core Technologies - Sensing＆Control＋Think

    On display for a taste of OMRON’s core technologies, “Sensing & Control + Think,” is a demonstration model of FORPHEUS. This state-of-the-art table tennis robot leverages OMRON’s core competencies that help us achieve the “Shaping the Future 2030 (SF2030)” long-term vision. Rallying with FORPHEUS will give visitors an experience of “automation that empowers people,” which we hope will evoke their images of its social implementation.

  • Achieving the Carbon Neutrality

    Showcasing OMRON’s initiatives for energy solution/management geared toward the spread and efficient use of renewable energy and for the achievement of carbon neutrality on the production floor.

  • Realizing the Digital Society

    Experience demonstrations by robots that showcase the future of work through human-machine collaboration, robotics technologies that surpass human capabilities, and cutting-edge digital engineering innovations!
    You can also explore demonstrations of device and module solutions that have integrated into various environments, driving the realization of a fully digital society.

  • Increasing the Healthy Life Expectancy

    A closer look into OMRON’s healthcare solutions for the extension of healthy life expectancies through examples of remote diagnosis and experiencing and innovative devices.

Access

  • Business Hours: Weekdays 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
    Closed: Weekends, holidays, and OMRON Corporation’s non-business days
    Admission: Free
    Adress: Horikawa-higashi-iri, Shio-koji-dori, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto 600-8530 (inside the Keishinkan, OMRON Kyoto Center Building)
    Tel: +81-75-344-6092
    * Advance reservations are required for visits.

  • ・JR line: A five-minute walk from JR Kyoto station; use the Karasuma Central or West Exit (on the North-South Pedestrian Deck side).
    ・Subway Karasuma line: A seven-minute walk from Kyoto station on the subway Karasuma line; use the Central Exit.
    ・Kintetsu line: A five-minute walk from Kyoto station on the Kintetsu line; use the Kintetsu Central Exit and go through the North-South Pedestrian Deck.
    ・Bus: A five-minute walk from the Karasuma-guchi Bus Terminal at Kyoto station.

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