Creating New Challenges from Nationwide to Sapporo: Major Innovation Festival 'NoMaps' Calls for Co-Creation Projects

'NoMaps,' a city-wide multi-venue festival that has been developed across the domains of technology, entertainment, and creativity on the stage of Sapporo, Hokkaido, will hold a kickoff event in Tokyo on Monday, April 13, to gather people from all over the country who want to create new projects together. [What is NoMaps?] NoMaps is a major innovation festival where people with the ambition to make the world more interesting and change it for the better through tech, entertainment, and creativity gather and interact from Sapporo, Hokkaido. - Revitalizing creative industries and creating ripple effects on other industries - Supporting startups, creating new industries, and promoting investment - Cultivating a creative civic culture - Improving the international recognition and attractiveness of Sapporo/Hokkaido - Realizing 'SAPPORO, one of the world's leading innovative cities' In 2025, which marked its 10th anniversary, various sessions and events were held at 86 venues in the center of Sapporo City, attracting a total of over 58,000 visitors. The 2026 event has been decided to be held from September 23 (Wed, Holiday) to September 27 (Sun). NoMaps Official Website https://no-maps.jp/topics/nomaps2026/ [Launch of 'NoMaps TeamTOKYO' to Create Projects from Tokyo] Since last year, 'NoMaps TeamTOKYO' was launched as a new organization to further promote co-creation between the city and local regions. Members, centering on companies, startups, and creators developing businesses based in Hokkaido and Tokyo, played a role as a bridge to create the next society and future. Specifically, they realized projects such as the performing arts of 'Puppet Theater Art x Cutting-Edge AI,' project exhibitions of 'Metaverse/AI x Matchmaking Support,' and various creator networking events.