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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 29 June to 5 July 2025. Reservations for visit dates and times can be made from 29 December 2024 to 4 January 2025.
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.
| Holy See National Day | |
 | 📅Jun.29, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo National Day | |
 | 📅Jun.30, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
| Lesotho National Day | |
 | 📅Jul.1, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
| Japan National Day | |
 | 📅Jul.3, 2025 📍EXPO Hall “Shining Hat” |
| Rwanda National Day | |
 | 📅Jul.4, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
| Cambodia National Day | |
 | 📅Jul.5, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
The calendar of National Days and Special Days : Click here
| inochi’s Pay It Forward Week | |
| 📅Jun.26-Jun.30, 2025 📍Gallery WEST | |
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| We hope that the process of bringing together young people from all over the world for five days to experience, acknowledge, and discuss each other’s views on life and death, and to create actions for the future, will create a chain of “compassion” and make “inochi’s Pay It Forward” a major step forward as a legacy of the Expo. |
| I share the hope to the future of Tochigi with visitors. | |
| 📅Jun.27-Jun.29, 2025 📍EXPO Exhibition Center “WASSE” | |
| currently in progress. |
| Sushi.Now that’s Toyama.(working title) | |
| 📅Jun.27-Jun.29, 2025 📍EXPO Exhibition Center “WASSE” | |
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| We will use sushi as a gateway to promote the attractions of Toyama Prefecture, including its abundant nature, food, culture, and traditional crafts (the foundation of our well-being). |
| （temporary name）Digital Health Startups Support Project | |
| 📅Jun.27-Jun.29, 2025 📍EXPO Exhibition Center “WASSE” | |
| To be announced |
| Health Smile Fun FESTIVAL | |
| 📅Jun.29, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
 Health Smile Fun FESTIVAL | |
| In addition to fitness lessons, a dance recital is held. In addition, a ‘Fitness Men’ event is held to determine the best men in the fitness world. Let’s enjoy health (fitness) together! |
| 【Canada】Canada LIVE! – Cultural Performance Presented by the Canada Pavilion | |
| 📅Jun.29-Jun.30, 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.29, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East | |
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| Reoccuring and varied Saudi contemporary/ cultural performances |
| Bourbon Presents Mezamashi Classics Concert presented by Fuji Television Network, Inc. | |
| 📅Jun.29, 2025 📍EXPO Hall “Shining Hat” | |
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| This special Expo concert will feature a brilliant performance by violinist TAKASHIMA Chisako and a light-hearted talk by Fuji Television announcer KARUBE Shinichi. |
| Better Co-Being Festival in EXPO Hall(tentative name) | |
| 📅Jun.30, 2025 📍EXPO Hall “Shining Hat” | |
| The event will feature exhibits, workshops, stage events, and other activities in collaboration with those who share the Better Co-Being philosophy. |
| 【Democratic Republic of the Congo】 (TBD) | |
| 📅Jun.30, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” | |
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| To be announced |
| 【Poland】 Celebration of Poland’s Presidency in the European Unionropean Union | |
| 📅Jun.30, 2025 📍EXPO Arena “Matsuri” | |
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| The European Union, Rebel Babel Ensemble will perform new arrangements of compositions by Chopin and Penderecki, Handel, Bach, Liszt, Dvorak and Beethoven joined by a number of well-known European artists. |
| Festival of Medicine ～exciting science experience～ | |
| 📅Jun.30, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East | |
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| You can directly touch mysterious science world such as “unbreakable soap bubbles”, “grabbable water” and “filter paper art”. We use real experimental items which are used in our laboratories and real scientists are involved in this event planning. |
| Tottori Today ～The Magic of Manga Kingdom Tottori～ | |
| 📅Jul.1, 2025 📍EXPO Hall “Shining Hat” | |
| We will promote the magic of Tottori Prefecture centered on “Manga Kingdom Tottori” by talk shows and live performances, both domestically and internationally. |
| 【Chile】 Chile, Event 9 | |
| 📅Jul.1-Jul.2, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage West | |
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| music, cooking, dance,etc. |
| 【Canada】Canada LIVE! presents: Canada Day | |
| 📅Jul.1, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
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| July 1 is Canada Day in Canada! Canada Day highlights the richness of our land, our diversity, our culture, our contributions, but above all, our people. Come celebrate with us! More information to be shared soon. This event is presented as part of “Canada Week” at Expo 2025 (June 21-July 1)! |
| Japan International Art Festival- Connect the World through Japan’s Art & Spirit | |
| 📅Jul.2-Jul.6, 2025 📍EXPO Exhibition Center “WASSE” | |
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| The themes are—global art, cultural essence, regional diversity, well-being, and sustainable futures—demonstrate creativity’s power to transcend boundaries. By bridging artistic expression, technology, and social progress, the festival catalyzes reimagining collective potential. |
| Gourmet x Manga/Anime Festival | |
| 📅Jul.2-Jul.8, 2025 📍EXPO Exhibition Center “WASSE” | |
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| It is a event that is featured on two of Japan’s proudly exported cultures: anime and cuisine. Top-tier chefs will faithfully recreate the enchanting dishes featured in popular anime series.Welcome to a world of “edible anime” that you can enjoy with both your eyes and taste buds. |
| Smile to the world with sweets project | |
| 📅Jul.2-Jul.6, 2025 📍Gallery EAST | |
 Smile to the world with sweets project | |
| In this exhibition space, we regard Japanese sweets as a part of Japanese culture and present a variety of nostalgic sweets (such as Japanese confections and candy figures), as well as contemporary and future sweets. Our aim is to create an environment where visitors from all around the world can see, touch, taste, and enjoy these delightful Japanese sweets. |
| ALE For Earth 2025 | |
| 📅Jul.2-Jul.8, 2025 📍Gallery WEST | |
| ALE, the developers of artificial shooting stars, and Chikaken, who lights bamboo lanterns across Japan, join forces to illuminate the Expo venue with prayers for the future. |
| Japan Annual-International Art Festival in EXPO2025～KAGURA～ | |
| 📅Jul.2, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
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| Traditional Japanese performing arts such as Kagura (Shinto music and dance), and other outstanding cultural and performing arts that Japan is proud of will be performed. |
| Japan International Art Festival -The beauty of Japan, the spirit of Samurai- | |
| 📅Jul.3, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
 Japan International Art Festival -The beauty of Japan, the spirit of Samurai- | |
| What has not changed in Japan for a long time and is still cherished is the beauty of Japan and the spirit of Samurai. You can enjoy the traditional arts “Gin-ei (Song)” and “Kenshibu (Dance)”. |
| Japan Annual-International Art Festival ～MASAYA EXPO 2025～ | |
| 📅Jul.4, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
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| The original stage of “Kenichi Masamoto x Wadaiko MASAYA” will be held, combining the wadaiko, with folk music from around the world.Workshops will also be held. |
| 【Saudi Arabia】 We Are Saudi Arabia | |
| 📅Jul.4, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North | |
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| Reoccuring and varied Saudi contemporary/ cultural performances |
| 【Cambodia】 National Day of Cambodia | |
| 📅Jul.5, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” | |
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| Cultural Performance, Business Forum… |
| 【Viet Nam】 Viet Nam traditional art performance | |
| 📅Jul.5, 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 |
| 【Saudi Arabia】 We Are Saudi Arabia | |
| 📅Jul.5, 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. |