{"id":1623,"date":"2025-11-01T22:10:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T22:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yumicomat.com\/menu\/?post_type=project&#038;p=1623"},"modified":"2026-04-03T16:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:42:28","slug":"spaceport-kochi","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/yumicomat.com\/menu\/project\/spaceport-kochi\/","title":{"rendered":"Spaceport Kochi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">Spaceport Kochi is an ambitious organization planning a new rocket launch site in Kochi Prefecture \u2014 an ideal location in Japan where a long southern coastline and major transportation routes meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">YMA+D contributed to the masterplan design, coastal resiliency research, modeling\/rendering and visualization for the project. The proposal panels we designed were presented to the Mayor of Kochi in October 2025, marking a major step forward for the spaceport initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">We continue collaborating with the Spaceport Kochi initiative with bold visions to tackle challenges like shrinking population in rural areas and disaster resilience in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>News media:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.co.jp\/articles\/097fc970c767c74d570c892dacba4823bda55158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/news.yahoo.co.jp\/articles\/097fc970c767c74d570c892dacba4823bda55158<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.co.jp\/articles\/d9635184e3a0b1b399bc3234b9b1487c98fd4351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/news.yahoo.co.jp\/articles\/d9635184e3a0b1b399bc3234b9b1487c98fd4351<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spkochi.org\/%E9%AB%98%E7%9F%A5%E7%9C%8C%E7%9F%A5%E4%BA%8B%E3%81%B8%E6%94%BF%E7%AD%96%E6%8F%90%E8%A8%80%E3%82%92%E5%AE%9F%E6%96%BD%EF%BC%86%E4%BB%8A%E5%BE%8C%E3%81%AE%E6%B4%BB%E5%8B%95%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A4%E3%81%84\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Client\u2019s News Post<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Clients and Collaborators:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Spaceport Kochi <a href=\"https:\/\/spkochi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/spkochi.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">U Share Inc. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ushare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ushare.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Illustration: Shoko Amma<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Kazuki Masaki<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kochi, Japan | Masterplan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1700,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":""},"notes_and_credits":[],"project-category":[64],"class_list":["post-1623","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project-category-recent-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yumicomat.com\/menu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/1623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yumicomat.com\/menu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yumicomat.com\/menu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/yumicomat.com\/menu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/1623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1706,"href":"https:\/\/yumicomat.com\/menu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/1623\/revisions\/1706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yumicomat.com\/menu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yumicomat.com\/menu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"notes_and_credits","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yumicomat.com\/menu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notes_and_credits?post=1623"},{"taxonomy":"project-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yumicomat.com\/menu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project-category?post=1623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}