Exhibition Space
Building 6 (Sophia Tower) / Inside Sophia Archives

Building 6-1st floor guide

①A showcase featuring “Kamado” (an old cooking stove): An Edo-period kamado, excavated from the grounds of Building 6, once the site of the Owari clan’s secondary Edo residence.

②Bösendorfer Piano: A piano manufactured by Bösendorfer, said to have accompanied the school anthem at the inauguration ceremony of Building 1 in 1932.

③Multi-Map Table: Digital content introducing the local area’s transformation, campus history, and past presidents and chancellors.

④Timeline of history dating back to pre-founding days: A large timeline dating back to the days of St. Francis Xavier, S.J., who aspired to set up a college in Japan’s capital city.

⑤Exhibition Space 1 【Permanent】: The Founding of Sophia University and the Society of Jesus: Introducing the Jesuit origins of Sophia University, featuring rare items from the Sophia Archives such as a bell believed to have signaled the start of classes and a replica of a 1921 German textbook.

⑥Monitor screens to show today’s Sophia: Four monitor screens are set up to display videos of current research activities and extracurricular events.

⑦Exhibition Space 2 【Special】: Special exhibitions are held several times a year.

⑧Exhibition Space 3 【Special】: Special exhibitions are held several times a year.

⑨Wisdom Tree: A symbolic “tree” featuring fruits of wisdom that represent faculty research, student activities, SDGs initiatives, and other current topics.