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Toyota Motor Corporation’s Toyota Automobile Museum to launch an NFT Stamp Rally using Startbahn’s FUN FAN NFT

2023.01.23

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Startbahn, Inc. (Head office: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Taihei Shii; hereinafter "Startbahn") is pleased to announce that FUN FAN NFT, Startbahn’s QR to NFT web app, will be used at Toyota Automobile Museum, a museum owned by Toyota Motor Corporation (Head office: Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Representative Director: Akio Toyoda; hereinafter "Toyota"). FUN FAN NFT is a mobile friendly web app that allows visitors to collect NFTs simply by scanning QR codes. 8 classic cars in masterpiece movies will be featured as digital collectibles available to collect via an NFT treasure hunt, held from January 24th to February 28th, 2023.

Toyota Automobile Museum, owned and operated by Toyota, will use Startbahn’s FUN FAN NFT to launch an NFT treasure hunt, a new and innovative way for visitors to engage with the museum’s exhibits. The treasure hunt, which utilizes SRRs (non-fungible tokens issued on FUN FAN NFT), will allow visitors to interact with the museum’s classic automobile collection in a fun and interactive way.

From January 24th to February 28th, 2023, visitors to the museum will be able to use their mobile devices to scan QR codes located throughout the museum near the physical classic automobile, which will lead them to digital twin collectibles of cars featured in masterwork films . These NFTs will feature unique artwork and information about the exhibits, and can be collected and stored in a digital wallet on FUN FAN NFT. Please note that the grade, year, and color of the cars on display and the cars that have appeared in movies may not necessarily be the same.


■ About the Toyota Museum

The Toyota Museum traces the evolution and culture of the world's automobiles, introducing approximately 140 representative vehicles from Japan, the United States, and Europe from the 19th century to the present, as well as 4,000 car-related cultural materials.

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■ Dates: January 24th - February 28th, 2023
■ Venue: Toyota Automobile Museum, 41-100 Yokomichi, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan
■Hours: 9:30-17:00 (Admission until 16:30)
Closed: Mondays (or the following day if Monday is a holiday) and year-end and New Year holidays

You can check the NFT works at the Toyota Automobile Museum by clicking the link below.
https://www.funfan-nft.com/iframe?src=https://www.funfan-nft.com/


■ About FUN FAN NFT

FUN FAN NFT is a mobile web app that gives users a whole new way to experience NFTs in the real world. Event and exhibition organizers, retail stores, venues, hospitality, and other physical locations can now offer NFTs to their customers through a simple QR code. With FUN FAN NFT, location partners can create campaigns to attract, reward, and continuously engage with new customers. FUN FAN NFT is powered by Startrail, the blockchain infrastructure for the cultural and creative sector, and is managed by Startbahn.

For more information, visit: https://funfan-nft.com/lp


■ About Startbahn

Startbahn is a leading Japanese art tech company aiming to enrich society by providing the technology needed by artists and all those involved in the art industry. Startbahn operates Startrail, a sustainable and scalable blockchain infrastructure that assures the reliability, authenticity, and traceability of works.

For more information, visit: https://startbahn.io/


■ About Startrail

Startrail is a sustainable and scalable blockchain infrastructure that assures the reliability, authenticity, and traceability of artworks—from physical works such as paintings, sculptures, and installations, to digital works based on data such as images, video, and audio. Providing seamless management of terms & conditions for secondary distribution and other permissions, Startrail can serve as a collection management tool, and due to the nature of blockchain, recorded information cannot be deleted, tampered with, or duplicated. To ensure easy access to Startrail, Startbahn provides a suite of products, including a web application, APIs, and NFC tags for physical objects. Startrail is currently in use by major galleries, e-commerce platforms, art fairs, collectors, artists, and foundations.

For more information, visit: https://startrail.io/


■ Press Inquiries

Startbahn, Inc.
PR Department
pr@startbahn.jp

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