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Our Mission

Building the Future Fabric of Life in a City as a Test Course for Mobility.
Completion image of woven city (Streetscape)

Woven City is a test course for mobility to realize our dream of creating well-being for all.

Starting from Susono by Mt. Fuji, we will conduct trials of new ideas for systems and services that expand mobility and unlock human potential.

Here we will build the future fabric of life.

Woven City
Concept Video

Woven City Leaflet

Please check out this leaflet introducing Woven City.

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Woven City Press

Please check out our leaflet introducing Woven City’s expectations, activities, and initiatives.

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Inventors’ Interview

Inventor interviews published by Woven City Press.Vol.1

Woven City is an exploratory mechanism, an integrated system of various elements, all working together to weave the future fabric of life. This unique structure composed of Toyota group developers, partner corporations, startups, entrepreneurs, and residents of all ages exists to develop inventions that benefit all people in their everyday lives. Everyone living in Woven City is an inventor, jointly devoted to helping realize innovations that benefit all people. These diverse pioneers are encouraged to imagine ways to make life better, easier, and more enjoyable for all. Imagine if your dreams could become reality.

How would you improve society?
What can you imagine to enhance well-being for all? Unleash your creativity as you think about the possibilities within the exciting experiment of Woven City.

  • Toyota Group Developers Infotainment Team

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    Mobility of Information Enables the Lifestyle of the Future

  • Start-ups/Entrepreneurs Takamitsu Ikoma ICOMA Inc. CEO/Product Designer

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    Spreading the Joy of Mobility

    Ikoma is an inventor who has taken part in the exhibition project held at Woven by Toyota. He has not yet decided whether he will join the Woven City pilot test being set up in the city of Susono, Shizuoka Prefecture.

Engineers who support the Inventors’ Interview

Interviews with the engineers that support inventors, published by Woven City Press Vol. 2.

All inventors face challenges regularly. How does the Woven City mechanism support inventors and help them address these obstacles when they arise?

We interviewed two of our engineers to find out.

  • Woven by Toyota Ayami Suzuka
    Marouane Boumeziane

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    An environment free from common obstacles empowers inventors to focus on bringing their ideas to life

  • Woven by Toyota Shoya Kojima

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    Virtually Replicating the World to Accelerate the Problem-solving Process

Voices that connect our history to our future (bringing us together)

Voices that connect our history to our Future, published in Woven City Press Vol.3.

Behind the origin of Woven City is the desire to work for others.

We interviewed former employees who helped bridge the past and future of the Higashi-Fuji Plant, and members of Woven by Toyota who are currently working to build the future.

  • Toyota Motor East Japan Kazuyoshi Sakaki
    Takaki Nagatani

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    The Cornerstone of Woven City: Reflections from the Higashi-Fuji Plant

  • Woven by Toyota Sho Mizuno
    Tatsuya Ota / Remi Ono

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    How Woven City Connects to the Future

Completion image of woven city (bird's eye view)

Woven City

A test course for mobility to explore well-being for all being built on a “manufacturing” site that used to accommodate the Toyota Motor East Japan, Higashi-Fuji plant. Construction on Phase 1 is scheduled for completion in 2024. Subsequently, preparations will be made for the start of some initial trials in 2025.

Voices of Woven City

Construction of Phase 1 is underway at Woven City. We have compiled the voices of our colleagues at the construction site, who are thinking and working “for others.”
Please listen to their voices while taking a look at the progress of Phase 1.

  • Voices of Woven City 2023 Autumn

  • Voices of Woven City 2023 Winter

Site size:
708,000 sq. metre 175 acres
Initial residents:
360 people
Future residents:
2,000 people

Above-ground and
Underground Mobility

Woven City will feature multiple types of above- and below-ground human-centered movement and navigation. To enable safe and efficient mobility, commercial deliveries, urban logistics, pedestrians, and personal and public transportation will each have a separate pathway.

  • Image of the Above-ground

    On the surface of the city, there will be three distinct pathways. One for automated mobility, another for pedestrians, and a third for both pedestrians and personal mobility.

  • Image of the Underground

    Beneath the ground, there will be a fourth pathway specifically for the movement of goods where the city's logistics network will also be installed.

Our Demonstrations

Our definition of mobility goes well beyond cars and transportation. We have defined 12 distinct areas of daily life where we can further empower people, amplify their capabilities, and increase the ways that mobility can positively impact society.

Mobility, Energy, Logistics, Agriculture Food, IoT, Healthcare, Education, Entertainment, Payment Finance, Safe Security, Smart Home, Housing Office

Akio's Message

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Toyota Motor Corporation, Akio Toyoda believes, “As a global society we need to come together to heal, grow, learn, and create new possibilities for a collective future.” He also stated, “It is only through partnership and collaboration that we will realize the dream of not just mobility for all but a better quality of life for all. In fact, if it were up to me, I would add an 18th goal to the SDG's list - Happiness!”

Updates

  • [Voices that Connect Our History to Our Future ①] Interviews with former employees of the TMEJ Higashi-Fuji Plant, who faced a tough time at the company decision to close the plant. What is their desire for the Higashi-Fuji Plant being passed on to Woven City?

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  • [Voices that Bring Us Together ②] Interviews with members of Woven by Toyota, who inherit the history and desire of the Higashi-Fuji Plant and are working toward the future. How will Woven City connect to the future?

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  • “Visiting lecture program comes to junior high schools in Susono City 2023” Now available!! During this lecture, in addition to introducing Toyota and Woven City, we also discussed with the students what they would like to do for others in the future.

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  • “Voices of Woven City 2023 Winter” Now Available!!

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Careers

We want to partner with people who are as thrilled as we are to work on a mobility test course of the future. Success starts by celebrating and fostering our team member's individual skills, talents, and ideas.

Contact

Our mission is to engage with society in this unique community as we develop, build, and test applications and processes that will form the future fabric of life. Woven City welcomes a diverse array of inventors, engineers, designers, and organizations who are excited to work on a city built as a testing ground for mobility.

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