West Building, 4th Floor
1.17 Theater
Screening of the video “The Impact at 5:46” (7 minutes)
Experience the devastating power of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake through large-scale visuals and sound.
This is a reproduction video work created using miniature special effects photography. (Produced in 2002)
- Director: Koichi Kawakita Special Effects Art Director: Toshio Miike
Screening Schedule
Screenings are held at 00, 20, and 40 minutes past the hour.
| First Screening Time | Final screening Time | Ticket Sales Start Time | Ticket sales closing time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:40 | 16:40 | 9:30 (Opening time) | 16:30 (Last Admission) |
The paper-cut artwork outside the theater depicts the peaceful streets of Kobe on the eve of the earthquake.
- artist: Ittetsu Narita
Theater Entrance 
Inside the theater 
Kobe Streets just after the Earthquake
Walk through a full-scale diorama recreating the devastated cityscape destroyed by intense seismic motion, and experience the disoriented state of mind of disaster victims.
Houses with collapsed first floors, both wooden and reinforced concrete. Shopping streets reduced to charred ruins by fire. Rail overpasses that collapsed, leaving tracks dangling in midair—actual events are recreated in these spaces.
The Great Earthquake Hall
Screening of the film “Living in This Town” (15 minutes)
From disaster to recovery and reconstruction—the journey of towns and people. We present this process through a documentary-style drama featuring actual archival footage.
English, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese language support available
