109 Cinemas Osaka Expocity IMAX

Suita · JapanSize confirmed ×2

PremiumCinemaIQ rates this IMAX room A, 83/100 — a genuinely strong large-format room, 468 m² of lit picture, and it can show the full 1.43:1 frame. That rests on a single source. Data read 21 September 2026.

Japan's first IMAX with Laser (GT dual, 2015) on a 26x18m 1.43:1 screen, on the site of the original IMAX demo at Expo '70.

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Expo City 2-1 Senri Banpaku Koen, Suita-shi, Osaka, 565-0826 · Open in maps ↗

IQ 83

Excellent large-format presentation.

Spec sheet

Projection: IMAX GT Dual Laser
Screen: 26 m × 18 m (468 m²)
Screen shape: 1.44:1 — the fabric itself
Picture shown: 1.43:1 — full IMAX frame
15/70mm film: No
Sound: IMAX 12-channel
Seats: Not published
Screen type: Not a dome — curvature not recorded
Opened: 2015
Operator: 109 Cinemas

Why IQ 83

Screen size25/38

Projection32/36

Full 1.43 frame18/18

Sound8/8

How big, really?

Drawn to scale · figure = 1.7 m

1Traumpalast Leonberg IMAX · 38.8×21 m · picture 792 m², 3% never lit
2BFI IMAX · 26×20 m · picture 473 m², 9% never lit
3109 Cinemas Osaka Expocity IMAX · 26×18 m
4Typical multiplex screen · 12×5 m

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Scale check

Familiar objects, same scale as the screen

8 double-decker buss fit on this screen (2 across × 4 up · 468 m² total)

What you actually see

Switch format — watch what lights up on this screen · why this matters

The full IMAX frame — the tallest picture that exists

Screen: 468 m²
Picture: 468 m²
Screen used: 100%

Worth travelling for?

Your nearest premium screen isn't always the best one in reach

Nothing materially better within 75 mi — this is your best option locally.

•Where to next

All of Japan

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Elsewhere in Japan

Where this comes from

Size confirmed ×2

We treat a figure as confirmed only when two independent sources agree.

Screen dimensions: confirmed by 3 sources
Projector: single source
Operating status: verified open

The projector here rests on a single source. It is the weakest field we hold across the network.

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