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You can finally start to ‘Book a visit date and time’ from 13 October.
This article provides a weekly round-up of events, highlighting information on the week when booking begins for visit dates and times.
Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis starting six months before the desired visit date.
This issue of the newsletter introduces events scheduled to take place at the various event facilities at the Yumeshima venue from 13 to 19 April 2025. Reservations for visit dates and times can be made from 13 to 19 October 2024.
Please refer to the event information below to consider the dates of your visit and book your ‘visit date and time’ at your earliest convenience!
Advance tickets are also available for sale, including “First-Half Period Tickets” (valid for one entry from the opening day to 18 July), which can be used during the first half of the Expo period.
*Booking a visit date and time is required before visiting the Expo. For details on how to book a visit date and time, please click here.
*Please note that event titles and content are those currently planned and are subject to change without notice.
*Some events require advance booking. Further details will be announced from winter 2024 as they become available.
| Turkmenistan National Day | |
 | 📅Apr.14, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
| Physical Twin Symphony Harmonizing Humanity and Technology | |
| 📅 Apr.13-Apr.20, 2025 ①11:00 Start (10:00 Open) ②14:30 Start (13:30 Open) ③18:00 Start (17:00 Open) Only one performance on Apr.13, 2025(③18:00 Start (17:00 Open)） 📍EXPO Hall “Shining Hat” | |
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| A future where everyone can be a creator, technology that allows diverse people to share their diverse skills and experiences. This is the world’s first live entertainment where audience and performers mutually can experience the future of live performance that no one has ever seen yet. |
| Opening Special Live (TBD) | |
| 📅Apr.13, 2025 📍EXPO Arena “Matsuri” | |
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| Ado live in concert EXPO2025 Opening Day! (Details to be announced) |
| Origin of Ikebana : Ikenobo Exhibition | |
| 📅Apr.13-Apr.20, 2025 📍Gallery EAST | |
 ©Origin of Ikebana Ikenobo | |
| Ikebana is an aspect of traditional Japanese culture with flower arrangement. Ikenobo, the origin of ikebana, will present exquisite ikebana arrangements. The exhibits express “Transition of ikebana” from the era of Muromach period which Ikebana started. At there, large-scale arrangements and some technology fusion works to be seen. |
| 【Turkmenistan】 Poems of Revival | |
| 📅Apr.14, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” | |
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| Songs and dances. |
| 【Poland】 Song and Dance Ensemble “Kurpie Zielone” on the occasion of the promotion week of the Podlaskie Voivodeship | |
| 📅Apr.14, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Inner East | |
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| Song and Dance Ensemble “Kurpie Zielone” on the occasion of the promotion week of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. |
| 【Saudi Arabia】 We Are Saudi Arabia | |
| 📅Apr.14, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
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| KSA Cultural/ Contemporary Performance. |
| 【Poland】Fair Play Crew comic band on the occasion of the promotion week of the Podlaskie Voivodeship | |
| 📅Apr.15, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Inner East | |
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| Fair Play Crew comic band on the occasion of the promotion week of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. |
| 【Saudi Arabia】 We Are Saudi Arabia | |
| 📅Apr.15, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North | |
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| KSA Cultural/ Contemporary Performance. |
| 【Poland】 Maestro Chives band on the occasion of the promotion week of the Podlaskie Voivodeship | |
| 📅Apr.16, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
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| Maestro Chives band on the occasion of the promotion week of the Podlaskie Voivodeship. |
| 【Saudi Arabia】 We Are Saudi Arabia | |
| 📅Apr.16, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East | |
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| KSA Cultural/ Contemporary Performance. |
| 【Saudi Arabia】 We Are Saudi Arabia | |
| 📅Apr.17, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Inner East | |
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| KSA Cultural/ Contemporary Performance. |
| Japanese ancient street performance | |
| 📅Apr.18, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
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| Japanese ancient street performance. |
| 【Saudi Arabia】 We Are Saudi Arabia | |
| 📅Apr.18, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
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| KSA Cultural/ Contemporary Performance. |
| the 200th anniversary of the invention of Braille a “Blind Experience” programa | |
| 📅Apr.19-Apr.23, 2025 📍Gallery WEST | |
 ©The Mainichi Newspapers | |
| This event is designed a visual impaired experience to cooperate with visually impaired persons. (The event’s programs include a trial of touching and typing Braille letters, walk guidance for the visually impaired persons, and Paralympic sports such as goalball and blind football.) |
| JAPAN Wedding – Forging Bonds, Connecting Traditional Culture to the Future – | |
| 📅Apr.19, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
 ©Sumiyoshitaisha | |
| Wedding ceremony represents celebration in all world. This time, Japanese traditional of Shinto wedding is shown. The audience can see the shower of folded paper cranes on the bridal procession, and after the ceremony Kagami-biraki, breaking to open the barrel of celebration sake, and served among the audience. |
| Ikebana Performance | |
| 📅Apr.19, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
 ©Origin of Ikebana Ikenobo | |
| We will present a live performance with music to show you how to arrange a ikebana, the traditional culture of Japan. |
| 【Viet Nam】 Viet Nam traditional art performance | |
| 📅Apr.19, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Inner East | |
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| The most beautiful and unique traditional music of Viet Nam performed by the outstanding musical troupe. |
| Popzaurus and Pop☆Star Joint Concert～POP’n POP OSAKA・KANSAI EXPO～ | |
| 📅Apr.19, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East | |
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| This ensemble unit is composed of people with Down syndrome. Each of member plays keyboards, marimbas, and percussion instruments such as drumsticks, drums, bongos, and congas. |
| Universal Concert for wind orchestra | |
| 📅Apr.19, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage West | |
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| In addition to usual wind orchestra concerts, we perform Osaka related music specialized for one of the most popular entertainment spot in Osaka, Universal Studio Japan. |
| 【Saudi Arabia】 We Are Saudi Arabia | |
| 📅Apr.19, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North | |
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| KSA Cultural/ Contemporary Performance. |
| A Spectacular Show of Water and Air “Under the Midnight Rainbow” | |
| 📅Every Day 【April, September, October】①19:10 Start （ 18:40 Open ）②20:30 Start （ 20:00 Open ） 【May-August】①19:30 Start （ 19:00 Open ）②20:30 Start （ 20:00 Open ） 📍Signature Zone Water Plaza | |
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| “Under the Midnight Rainbow” is spectacular show that themed of “water and air” performed at “Water Plaza” which is symbolic area of the Expo. With approximately 300 fountains and water screen decorate the show. Furthermore, operating with the various devices such as music, laser, fire to create the stage. Please enjoy the spectacular entertainment show created with these resonate. Show is approx. 20 minutes. |
| One World,One Planet | |
| 📅Held every day after sunset during the Expo | |
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| A moment of hope connecting from all over the world, where the sound and video equipment of the entire venue, as well as visitors’ devices held, interlock and light up like the cells of a single large living creature. |