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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 8to 14 June 2025. Reservations for visit dates and times can be made from 8 to 14 December 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.
| Samoa National Day | |
 | 📅Jun.8, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
| Guinea National Day | |
 | 📅Jun.10, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
| Kosovo National Day | |
 | 📅Jun.11, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
| Finland National Day | |
 | 📅Jun.12, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
| Côte d’Ivoire National Day | |
 | 📅Jun.13, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
| Ireland National Day | |
 | 📅Jun.14, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
The calendar of National Days and Special Days : Click here
| “SHO’ calligraphy & Mind Sport ‘GO’ Tradition of Black & White” | |
| 📅Jun.6-Jun.8, 2025 📍EXPO Exhibition Center “WASSE” | |
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| Japanese Master Calligraphers make some art performances of large scale ‘SHO’. You can check out the details on the big screen. Workshop of Japanese Calligraphy with writing Brushes(Kana and Kanji) . A match between top GO players, and LIVE broadcasting(with Commentary) . GO workshop |
| GEO KITCHEN SHIZUOKA | |
| 📅Jun.6-Jun.8, 2025 📍Gallery WEST | |
| Uncover the story behind the delicious flavors and experience the taste of Shizuoka! |
| RELAY THE FOOD ～Food and Terroir for the Future～ | |
| 📅Jun.7-Jun.8, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage West | |
| We are considering events that will allow visitors to experience food culture, etc. |
| Brass band(TBD) | |
| 📅Jun.8, 2025 📍EXPO Hall “Shining Hat” | |
| Children playing in prestigious wind orchestras of schools in the Kansai region and various community-based schools and groups, will express the theme of the Expo, ‘Designing Future Society for Our Lives’, through a diverse array of performances and acts. |
| Blue Ocean Fes(TBD) | |
| 📅Jun.8, 2025 📍EXPO Arena “Matsuri” | |
| An event that delivers richness by our ocean and accelarates the solution of ocean problem.Implementing stage contents and exhibiting booths related to the ocean |
| RELAY THE FOOD ～Food and Terroir for the Future～ | |
| 📅Jun.8-Jun.15, 2025 📍EXPO Exhibition Center “WASSE” | |
| Under the concept of “Connecting”, more than 14 divisions of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the National Tax Agency, and the Agency for Cultural Affairs will hold exhibitions to promote the attractiveness of Japan’s food, agriculture, forestry, and fishery industries. |
| Brass band(TBD) | |
| 📅Jun.8, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North | |
| Children playing in prestigious wind orchestras of schools in the Kansai region and various community-based schools and groups, will express the theme of the Expo, ‘Designing Future Society for Our Lives’, through a diverse array of performances and acts. |
| Brass band(TBD) | |
| 📅Jun.8, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage inner East | |
| Children playing in prestigious wind orchestras of schools in the Kansai region and various community-based schools and groups, will express the theme of the Expo, ‘Designing Future Society for Our Lives’, through a diverse array of performances and acts. |
| Brass band(TBD) | |
| 📅Jun.8, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East | |
| Children playing in prestigious wind orchestras of schools in the Kansai region and various community-based schools and groups, will express the theme of the Expo, ‘Designing Future Society for Our Lives’, through a diverse array of performances and acts. |
| 【Saudi Arabia】 We Are Saudi Arabia | |
| 📅Jun.8, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East | |
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| Reoccuring and varied Saudi contemporary/ cultural performances |
| Gifu Prefecture Traditional Arts Event | |
| 📅Jun.9-Jun.10, 2025 📍EXPO Hall “Shining Hat” | |
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| The event will feature a wide range of performances to represent Gifu, the land of clear waters. These will include local theater, folk arts, and performances by talented young adults who will lead the future of Gifu. |
| Metaverse Waterfall Meditation | |
| 📅Jun.9, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
 Area Promotion Japan Inc. | |
| An innovative event called ‘Metaverse Waterfall Gyogyo’ is proposed for Expo 2025 Osaka. This event will recreate the traditional Japanese symbol of spirituality and nature worship, the waterfall ceremony, using state-of-the-art Metaverse technology to provide an experience in line with the Expo’s theme ‘Designing a future society where life shines brightly’. |
| 【ASEAN Secretariat】 ASEAN Secretariat Presents: Philippines | |
| 📅Jun.9, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
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| ASEAN Presents is a 15 – 60 minutes individual or group cultural performance from each Member States on behalf of ASEAN. |
| let’s enjoy harvest organic jas mushrooms you can change the world | |
| 📅Jun.9-Jun.10, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North | |
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| Join us for a fun organic mushroom harvestingexperience. Leading a sustainable life depends on you choosing to be sustainable every day. Let’s seek out the delicious SDGs. |
| 【Canada】 Canada LIVE! – Cultural Performance Presented by the Canada Pavilion | |
| 📅Jun.9, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage West | |
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| Canada will present a vibrant cultural program at Expo 2025 Osaka to showcase our country’s diversity and creativity. More information on Canada’s performances will be shared soon. |
| tentative name:Exhibitions of Niigata Prefecture’s rich food. | |
| 📅Jun.10-Jun.13, 2025 📍EXPO Exhibition Center “WASSE” | |
| Disseminate to the world a variety of contents based on the theme of rich food nurtured by the Sea of Japan and magnificent mountains, one of the tourism resources of this prefecture shining in KOGANE/SHIROGANE |
| Happiness YAMAGUCHI | |
| 📅Jun.10-Jun.13, 2025 📍EXPO Exhibition Center “WASSE” | |
| work in progress |
| Irankarapte: a Gift from National Ainu Museum and Park, UPOPOY | |
| 📅Jun.10-Jun.12, 2025 📍Gallery EAST | |
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| Through the exhibition of handiworks, visitors will not only learn about traditional Ainu culture and its succession activities, but also about the globally appriciated artistry of Ainu culture and the cultural diversity of Japan. |
| 【Canada】 Canada LIVE! – Cultural Performance Presented by the Canada Pavilion | |
| 📅Jun.10, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
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| Canada will present a vibrant cultural program at Expo 2025 Osaka to showcase our country’s diversity and creativity. More information on Canada’s performances will be shared soon. |
| Eshi 100 – Contemporary Japanese Illustrariton in Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan | |
| 📅Jun.11-Jun.17, 2025 📍Gallery WEST | |
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| The exhibition features new works by illustrators active in the forefront of pop culture, including manga, anime, games, and light novel illustrations, on “themes that evoke a sense of traditional Japan. we will look back the history of the Eshi 100 – Contemporary Japanese Illustration. |
| 【Canada】Canada LIVE! – Cultural Performance Presented by the Canada Pavilion | |
| 📅Jun.11, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage West | |
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| Canada will present a vibrant cultural program at Expo 2025 Osaka to showcase our country’s diversity and creativity. More information on Canada’s performances will be shared soon. |
| 【Signature Events】 NARAtive ＠EXPO Hall | |
| 📅Jun.12, 2025 📍EXPO Hall “Shining Hat” | |
 ©LESLIE KEE | |
| Producer KAWASE Naomi’s ongoing international dialogue project, “NARAtive,” which has been developed linking “now and the future” and “Nara and the world,” with a focus on film, since before the Expo, will be held as a special Expo edition. |
| 【Finland】 Finland Day – Party like a Finn | |
| 📅Jun.12, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” | |
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| Event party, possibly live music concert |
| 【Canada】Canada LIVE! – Cultural Performance Presented by the Canada Pavilion | |
| 📅Jun.12, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage West | |
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| Canada will present a vibrant cultural program at Expo 2025 Osaka to showcase our country’s diversity and creativity. More information on Canada’s performances will be shared soon. |
| 【Saudi Arabia】 We Are Saudi Arabia | |
| 📅Jun.12, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
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| Reoccuring and varied Saudi contemporary/ cultural performances |
| 【Chile】 Chile, Event 3 | |
| 📅Jun.13, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Inner East | |
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| music, cooking, dance,etc. |
| 【Canada】Canada LIVE! – Cultural Performance Presented by the Canada Pavilion | |
| 📅Jun.13, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East | |
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| Canada will present a vibrant cultural program at Expo 2025 Osaka to showcase our country’s diversity and creativity. More information on Canada’s performances will be shared soon. |
| 【Canada】Canada LIVE! – Cultural Performance Presented by the Canada Pavilion | |
| 📅Jun.13, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage West | |
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| Canada will present a vibrant cultural program at Expo 2025 Osaka to showcase our country’s diversity and creativity. More information on Canada’s performances will be shared soon. |
| 【Saudi Arabia】 We Are Saudi Arabia | |
| 📅Jun.13, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North | |
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| Reoccuring and varied Saudi contemporary/ cultural performances |
| 【Cote d’Ivoire】JOURNEE COTE D’IVOIRE | |
| 📅Jun.13, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” | |
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| Tohoku Kizuna Festival Parade and Exhibition | |
| 📅Jun.14-Jun.15, 2025 📍EXPO Arena “Matsuri” | |
 Tohoku Kizuna Festival Executive Committee | |
| A gathering of six summer festivals representative of the Tohoku region (Aomori Nebuta Festival,Morioka Sansa Odori Festival, Akita Kanto Festival,Yamagata Hanagasa Festival,Sendai Tanabata Festival,Fukushima Waraji Festival) featuring a parade and show, as well as PR booths for six prefecture of Tohoku.*The details of the installation period of each booth are currently under review |
| “FUTURE OF LIFE” Architecture Conference | |
| 📅Jun.14, 2025 📍EXPO Hall “Shining Hat” | |
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| Event to be held with Haseko Corporation on the theme of architecture. |
| 【Ireland】 Ireland’s National Day – St. Patrick’s Day Festival | |
| 📅Jun.14, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” | |
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| A celebration of Ireland’s national day, St. Patrick’s Day. Adourned in emerald green, the St. Patrick’s Day Festival will feature a variety of traditional Irish musicians, dancers and performers. The event will provide a glimpse into Irish culture, through lively dance and music. |
| The World “SHO” – Japanese Calligraphy | |
| 📅Jun.14-Jun.19, 2025 📍Gallery EAST | |
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| This is an exhibition of calligraphy by approximately 150 calligraphers belonging to the Sankei International Calligraphy Association, a calligraphy organization established in 1984. Based on the principles of international exchange, friendship, and world peace through calligraphy art, the exhibition features works that contain words and characters related to the Osaka-Kansai Expo. |
| Maki Fujimura & Chereste F Mercles, A Cappella Concert | |
| 📅Jun.14-Jun.15, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East | |
 ©Vo.Maki Fujimara・Misaki・Hiroko・Yusuke・Kazumi・Seiji | |
| A Supreme A Cappella Stage The six-member professional vocal group, led by Maki Fujimura—hailed as a “vocalist from another dimension, revolutionizing the jazz vocal scene”—presents an extraordinary a cappella performance. |
| 【Viet Nam】 Viet Nam traditional art performance | |
| 📅Jun.14, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East | |
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| The most beautiful and unique traditional music of Viet Nam performed by the outstanding musical troupe |
| RELAY THE FOOD ～Food and Terroir for the Future～ | |
| 📅Jun.14-Jun.15, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage West | |
| We are considering events that will allow visitors to experience food culture, etc. |
| 【Canada】Canada LIVE! – Cultural Performance Presented by the Canada Pavilion | |
| 📅Jun.14, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
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| Canada will present a vibrant cultural program at Expo 2025 Osaka to showcase our country’s diversity and creativity. More information on Canada’s performances will be shared soon. |
| 【Saudi Arabia】 We Are Saudi Arabia | |
| 📅Jun.14, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Inner East | |
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| Reoccuring and varied Saudi contemporary/ cultural performances |
| A Spectacular Show of Water and Air “Under the Midnight Rainbow” | |
| 📅Every Day 【April, September, October】①19:10~（ 18:40 Open ）②20:30~（ 20:00 Open ） 【May-August】①19:30 ~ （ 19:00 Open ）②20:30~ （ 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. |
| EXPO SAUNA ‘TAIYO’s TSUBOMI’ | |
| 📅Every day *The schedule of the event may be changed suddenly due to maintenance of the sauna room. 📍Future Life Zone | |
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| This sauna provides a completely new ‘co-creation’ space that embodies a ‘soft and warm’ future society, where the space covered with ETFE film* membrane material that transmits natural light is beautifully illuminated by LEDs and harmonises with the nature of Osaka Bay, which changes with the seasons and time. *ETFE film: high-performance fluoropolymer rolled into film form. It is attracting attention as a material that can replace glass for new architectural expression. |