Immersive Journey Osaka to Open in Umeda in December; 350,000 Visitors in Japan So Far, Hiroshima in March 2027

“Immersive Journey Osaka,” the third large-scale VR experience venue operated by CinemaLeap Inc., is scheduled to open in December 2026 on the eighth floor of Hilton Plaza East in Umeda, Osaka. Following Yokohama in December 2024 and Nagoya in January 2026, it will be the first location in the Kansai region. On October 19, the company announced that cumulative visitors in Japan had exceeded 350,000. It says it will announce the Osaka prices, opening days and ticket sales methods once they are decided.

October 19 announcement: cumulative visitors in Japan pass 350,000

According to CinemaLeap, cumulative visitors in Japan since the Yokohama opening in December 2024 have exceeded 350,000. When it announced the Osaka opening on September 17, the figure was “more than 300,000.” Yokohama is open from 9:30 to 20:00 and Nagoya from 10:00 to 20:00, with last entry at 19:00 at both.

To mark this, Yokohama and Nagoya are offering a discount that brings entry after 16:00 on weekdays to 3,500 yen per person (normally 4,000 yen). The period is weekdays from Monday, October 19 to Friday, November 13 in Nagoya and from Monday, October 26 to Friday, November 20 in Yokohama, excluding weekends, national holidays and Monday, November 2. It is available to those who add the official LINE account as a friend and cannot be combined with group discounts.

As for Hiroshima, planned after Osaka, the September 17 announcement gave its opening as “spring 2027,” while the October 19 announcement states “March 2027.”

What has and has not been decided for Osaka

The venue will occupy the eighth floor of Hilton Plaza East in Umeda, about a 2-minute walk from the Sakurabashi Exit of JR Osaka Station and right next to Nishi-Umeda Station on the Yotsubashi Subway Line. Provisional hours are 10:00 to 20:00, with last entry at 19:00. The opening was given as “late December 2026” in the September 17 announcement and as “December” in the October 19 announcement; no date has been announced yet.

The only work confirmed for Osaka is “Horizon of Khufu,” produced by the French company Excurio; other works will be announced later. Prices, opening days and hours, and ticket sales methods were described in the September 17 press release as “to be announced once decided,” and are not mentioned in the October 19 announcement either (as of October 23). The length of the experience and the target age have not been given yet.

What “Horizon of Khufu” offers, and its producer Excurio

“Horizon of Khufu” is set in ancient Egypt under the rule of the pharaohs. According to the press release, scenes include flying over the Giza plateau, climbing to the top of the Pyramid of Khufu, discovering the Queen’s Chamber and attending King Khufu’s funeral on the Nile. It has reportedly been experienced by more than 2.8 million people in 28 cities around the world.

Excurio is a French company founded in 2005 by Emmanuel Guerriero and Fabien Barati. According to the press release, it has drawn more than 5 million visitors at 35 venues in 17 countries. It also has its own platform for location-based VR, “LBXR Pulse.”

The official website lists two other experiences in addition to “HORIZON OF KHUFU: A Journey to Ancient Egypt.” In Nagoya, “The Secret of the Pyramid Builders” begins permanent screenings in December. The types of immersive experience using VR and projection are explained in our explainer on immersive art, and visitor numbers at venues in Japan in our article on visitor numbers.

Co-operated with Kansai Television, with an eye on the Osaka IR

Kansai Television has joined the Osaka location as a co-operating partner, opening it jointly with CinemaLeap. An IR (integrated resort) is scheduled to open in Osaka in 2030, and the September 17 press release explains that, with this in view, Kansai Television is pursuing venue operation and content production in the field of “free-roam XR.”

CinemaLeap was founded in April 2019 and is headquartered in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. At its venues, participants wearing head-mounted displays walk freely around the space, experiencing the world of the same work at the same time in groups of up to four. The openings and closings of digital art and immersive venues in Japan are summarized in our timeline article.

Facility overview

Name: Immersive Journey Osaka (IMMERSIVE JOURNEY)
Opening: December 2026 (planned; late December according to the September 17 announcement)
Address: Hilton Plaza East 8F, 1-8-16 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka
Access: About a 2-minute walk from the Sakurabashi Exit of JR Osaka Station, right next to Nishi-Umeda Station on the Yotsubashi Line
Hours: 10:00–20:00 (last entry 19:00) *provisional
Opening days, prices and tickets: Not yet announced (to be announced once decided)
Works: “Horizon of Khufu” and others
Operator: CinemaLeap Inc.
Co-operating partner: Kansai Television Co., Ltd.
Official website: https://immersivejourney.jp/

*Information as of October 23, 2026. Please check the official website for the latest information.

*Top image: Image of the “Immersive Journey” experience (operation and image provided by CinemaLeap Inc.) (from a press release by CinemaLeap Inc.)

*This article was compiled by the TOKYO ART SPHERE editorial team based on materials released by CinemaLeap Inc. (September 17 and October 19, 2026) and information on the official website (as of October 23, 2026).

Text: TOKYO ART SPHERE Editorial Team