YOXO FESTIVAL

Well done Festival "2025"
 - Experience the future in Yokohama -
BUSINESS DAY 1.24 12:00-19:00 BUSINESS DAY 1.24 12:00-19:00
OPEN DAY1 1.25 11:00~19:00 OPEN DAY1 1.25 11:00~19:00
OPEN DAY2 1.26 11:00~17:00 OPEN DAY2 1.26 11:00~17:00

What is YOXO FESTIVAL?

A celebration of innovation and co-creation that paves the way to the future

Innovators and creators bring together new ideas and technologies for the "future" and go beyond boundaries.
By interacting with others, you can gain inspiration and
It is a festival where you can experience excitement.

[Previous results] 10 venues / 132 booths / 30 events / 55,000 visitors

Features of YOXO FESTIVAL

Experience the future in the city

Exhibitions, demonstration experiments, demonstrations, and workshops on the theme of the future will be held in commercial facilities, parks, and other places in the city.

A place for interaction between companies and citizens

Exhibitors (companies/individuals) and exhibitors and visitors will interact across boundaries.

foster innovation

A wide variety of opinions and ideas will be generated, and all exhibitors and visitors will grow the seeds of innovation in the city.

Venue map

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*The venue may be subject to change.
A
Landmark Plaza Sakata Seed Garden Square
B
Landmark Plaza Festival Square
C
Landmark Plaza B1F BUKATSUDO
D
Landmark Tower 7F NANA Lv.
E
Queen's Circle
F
Queen's Park
G
Queen Mall
H
Minato Mirai Gallery
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Minatomirai StationMirai Tube
J
Gallery Building
K
MARK IS Minatomirai Grand Galleria
L
grand mall park
N
MM TERRACE
O
Leaf Minatomirai
P
Yokohama Sympho Stage
Q
Arena inside the Nippon Maru Memorial Park
R
Yokohama World Porters 6F Event Hall
S
Kannai area
*Exhibitors at each venue will be posted after the exhibitors are confirmed.

About exhibitor recruitment

Would you like to exhibit ideas and technologies with the theme of "future"?We look forward to receiving many applications from both companies and individuals.

Eligible persons
Companies, organizations, volunteer groups, individuals who agree with the purpose of this event
Exhibit contents

[Exhibitions and demonstrations with the theme "Future"]

  • ◇ Solutions and prototypes of products and services filled with ideas for the "future"
  • ◇ Presentation of research results, talk sessions, demonstrations, etc.
  • ◇ Demonstration project
  • ◇Unique Gadgets
  • ◇Workshop
  • ◇ Any other items that the secretariat deems appropriate for the purpose of this event
Benefits of exhibiting
  • Many visitors, including children, families and seniors, will be able to learn about products, services and technologies.
  • You can get honest reactions and feedback from visitors (consumers).
  • POC/Proof of Concept (PoC) This can be used as a place for proof of concept (PoC) experiments to try out products and services.
  • 4A wide variety of business people, including employees of companies around the venue and startups, will attend the event, allowing you to expand your business collaborations and opportunities.
  • Interaction between exhibitors (innovators, creators, engineers, researchers) will lead to collaboration and cooperation.
  • This will be a city event centered around the Minato Mirai area, attracting many Yokohama residents and contributing to the local community.
Exhibition fee
Paid
Exhibit Schedule
March 2025th (Sat) and 1th (Sun), 25 
*We are not accepting applications for exhibitors for BUSINESS DAY.
Exhibition place
The secretariat will make adjustments according to the content of the exhibition.
Exhibition application deadline
Monday, October 2024, 10 28:12
How to apply to exhibit
"Exhibitor Application GuidelinesPlease check the above and click "YOXO FESTIVAL 2025 Exhibitor Application FormPlease fill in the necessary information and send it to the secretariat by email.
[Sending address] YOXO FESTIVAL 2025 Secretariat (yoxofestival@yoxo.jp)

About sponsorship recruitment

YOXO FESTIVAL is the largest event in Yokohama, where innovators and creators participate.Event management and exhibition are made possible by the support of many sponsors.We hope that by sponsoring this event, we will be able to support innovators and creators, and take advantage of the opportunity for exhibitors and visitors who are interested in unique gadgets, future technologies, and ideas to come together.

You can promote companies, innovators, creators, and children.

Flyers will be distributed to approximately 19 children, students, and faculty and staff at elementary and special needs schools in Yokohama City. A wide range of visitors are expected on the day of the event, from children to workers.

It is possible to form networks with various companies.

Member of the Yokohama Future Organization(131 organizations) and various innovator communities. You can match up with exhibitors and members of the Yokohama Future Organization and network with them.

You can market to visitors

We can conduct various surveys and questionnaires on visitors (last time, total attendance was approximately 55,000). Sales promotion and sales, such as sampling, are also possible.

Sponsors(As of 2024 month of 8)
School juridical person Iwasaki Gakuen
plan-A
MITSUBISHI ESTATE CO., LTD.
Media Partners
YOXO FESTIVAL
Evangelist
Yoichi Ito
Musashino University
Dean of Entrepreneurship
Representative of Musashino Valley

About the Regional Revitalization Support Tax System
(Corporate version hometown tax)

This event will be held as part of Yokohama City's FY6 Regional Revitalization Support Tax System Utilization Project "Innovative Human Resource Development Project." If a company makes a donation to this project as a "corporate version of hometown tax," the donation will be deducted from the corporate tax amount and benefits will be provided according to the donation amount. If you are a company whose head office is located outside the city and would like to make a donation, please contact the relevant department and we will visit you to explain the details.

https://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/business/keizai/sougyo/jisedai/default20220302.html

Responsible division: Innovation Promotion Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, City of Yokohama
Email:
ke-innovation@city.yokohama.jp 
Phone: 045-671-3487

Partner program
About recruitment

Together with "YOXO FESTIVAL", we are looking for events and events (partner programs) for companies and organizations that will liven up the city of Yokohama together during the period.If you are certified as a partner program, we will use the "YOXO FESTIVAL" logo, post the event name on the special website, etc., and publicize it together with this project.

Recruiting student volunteers

We are looking for friends to help make YOXO FESTIVAL a success!
"We're looking forward to people like this."
◇I want to connect with companies and startups!
◇I want to experience planning and managing a city event!
◇I want to meet a diverse range of people, including creators and innovators!

Past events

YOXO FESTIVAL inherits the DNA of the Yokohama Gadget Festival [※] and was started in 2022 by the Yokohama Future Organization and the Yokohama City Economic Bureau.
This is an urban festival centered on innovation. It will be held for the third time in 2025.

[※] Yokohama Gadget Festival: A festival started by volunteer engineers around Yokohama, where handmade gadgets and newly developed products are on display.
This is an experiential exchange event where you can see, touch, and talk to the developers. It is co-hosted by companies in the Minato Mirai area and the Yokohama City Economic Bureau.
It was held from 2015 to 2019.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about exhibiting, sponsorship, or other matters related to this event, please contact us at the email address below.

[YOXO FESTIVAL Secretariat]
yoxofestival@yoxo.jp
About Yokohama Future Organization

It is an organization that promotes industry-academia-public-private collaboration, which is the foundation of Innovation City Yokohama (YOXO).We aim to create a sustainable and hopeful future by forming a Yokohama-style innovation ecosystem that promotes the creation of innovation throughout the city.

About YOXO

It is a concept that integrates the overall image of Yokohama, which aims to be an innovation city."YOXO" is the slogan for activities that create innovation in the field of Yokohama, the movement, and the word that expresses the ecosystem.