Osaka Festival Hall

Festival Hall made its debut at Nakanoshima, Osaka in 1958 at a time when there were no venues suitable to present highly artistic concerts in Japan, thus creating a hall where international music festivals comparable to those held in Edinburgh and Salzburg could be presented. Placed on the southern wall of the 31 meter high Festival Hall facing the Tosabori River was a gigantic Shigaraki-ware ceramic relief “Fauns Enjoying Music” (created by Kodo Bijutsu Kyokai) ? a piece that could be described as the emblem of the Hall. With magnificent chandeliers in the front foyer on the ground floor, cardinal red carpet, a fountain welcoming guests with its soothing babbling sounds and the large stage of 30.7m wide and 22.5m deep, combined with luxuriously finished 3,000 seats, Festival Hall was reputed to be one of the leading halls of the world at the time.