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 20 to 26 July 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!
*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.
Colombia National Day | |
![]() | 📅Jul.20, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
Papua New Guinea National Day | |
![]() | 📅Jul.21, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
Tuvalu National Day | |
![]() | 📅Jul.22, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
Egypt National Day | |
![]() | 📅Jul.23, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
Czechia National Day | |
![]() | 📅Jul.24, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
Cuba National Day | |
![]() | 📅Jul.25, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
Gabon National Day | |
![]() | 📅Jul.26, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
The calendar of National Days and Special Days : Click here
Life in 2075 | |
📅Jul.18-Jul.22, 2025 📍Gallery EAST | |
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An exhibition on life in 2075, created together with 7 co-creation companies among the sponsors of the Pavilion |
【Korea】The Ultimate Brain Battle: Humans vs. AI Quiz Showdown | |
📅Jul.18-Jul.20, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North | |
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Experience Program of Quiz Showdown between Humans and AI Utilizing AI Technology |
DIGITAL GAKUENSAI | |
📅Jul.19-Jul.21, 2025 📍EXPO Exhibition Center “WASSE” | |
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DIGITAL GAKUENSAI (The Digital School Festival) is the first national competition for students involved in programming and digital art activities. |
GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE PAVILION DAY | |
📅Jul.20, 2025 📍EXPO Hall “Shining Hat” | |
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GUNDAM Music Live |
【Saudi Arabia】 We Are Saudi Arabia | |
📅Jul.20, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East | |
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Reoccuring and varied Saudi contemporary/ cultural performances |
【Poland】 Poland’s Celebration of the Day of The Sea. Performance of the Choir of Maritime University in Szczecin | |
📅Jul.21, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Inner East | |
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Performing a maritime repertoire, students of the Maritime University in Szczecin will present the Polish choral tradition as a part of Poland’s Celebration of the Day of The Sea. |
【Canada】Canada LIVE! presents: “Street Dance Festival de danse urbaine Japon/Canada” | |
📅Jul.21, 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. |
Q-1 ~U-18 Changes the Future ★ Research Presentation SHOW~ | |
📅Jul.22, 2025 📍EXPO Hall “Shining Hat” | |
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U-18 students who will be the driving force behind creating the future will gather from all over Japan and engage in a “summit battle of knowledge”. Come and experience the passionate research presentations of the U-18 students. |
“Arts to Hearts” Expressive Arts for Mind-Body-Spirit Wellness Cultural Festival | |
📅Jul.22-Jul.25, 2025 📍Gallery WEST | |
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Featured Content: “Sein zum Tode” (Being-Towards-Death) Expressive Arts Therapy Oriented Theatre Performance, Exhibition “Skimming Stone(Lost in vain): Reconstruction of life”, Expressive Arts and Cultural Exchange Workshop & Exhibition Interactive Guided Workshop. |
【Canada】Canada LIVE! presents: “Street Dance Festival de danse urbaine Japon/Canada” | |
📅Jul.22, 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. |
【Tuvalu】Cultural Showcase | |
📅Jul.22, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” | |
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Live video Cultural games & entertainment – Live video |
【Egypt】Celebrating Egyptian National day ” Ancient to modern Egypt ” or ” A journey through civilization and modernization” | |
📅Jul.23, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” | |
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Workshop of teaching Egyptian traditional and typical food, Tanoura Folkloric show, Contest on Egyptian pharonic history to the audience with prizes, etc. |
Exhibition of games and e-sports at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan (tentative) | |
📅Jul.23-Jul.24, 2025 📍EXPO Exhibition Center “WASSE” | |
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Under the theme of “Designing Future Society for Our Lives”, the social significance of Japan’s world-class games and e-sports will be presented to the world. (To be coordinated) |
【Canada】Canada LIVE! presents: “Street Dance Festival de danse urbaine Japon/Canada” | |
📅Jul.23, 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. |
【Hungary】Hungarian Music Performance | |
📅Jul.23, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East | |
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Hungarian Music Performance |
BIRDMAN RALLY Human-powered Aircraft Exhibition(Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation) | |
📅Jul.23-Jul.25, 2025 📍EXPO Exhibition Center “WASSE” | |
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Experience the thrill of “Japan International Birdman Rally” through the exhibition of the human-powered aircraft that took flight in the rally, A trial flight with a simulator, and The immersive competition footage. |
Shiga Day – Lake Biwa Summer Cruise – | |
📅Jul.24, 2025 📍EXPO Hall “Shining Hat” | |
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Shiga Day will take the audience on a simulated trip aboard the Uminoko, a learning ship that takes children around Lake Biwa to study the lake’s environment. The event will also include other Shiga sights as well as stage performances highlighting the prefecture’s unique culture. |
2025Unlimited Sport Festival | |
📅Jul.24, 2025 📍EXPO Arena “Matsuri” | |
This event is a sporting event that consists of two main parts: “Competitive tournaments” where people compete seriously regardless of whether they have a disability or not, and “Events/Exhibitions”where participants can experience inclusive competitions and special events. |
To be announced | |
📅Jul.24-Jul.25, 2025 📍Gallery EAST | |
We will implement exhibits and initiatives that allow visitors to experience the future of Osaka by showcasing new technologies related to various infrastructures that support the city and its people, such as roads, parks, sewers, bridges, and rivers. |
【European Union】 EU learning and playing | |
📅Jul.24, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage West | |
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To be announced |
【Canada】Canada LIVE! presents: “Street Dance Festival de danse urbaine Japon/Canada” | |
📅Jul.24, 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. |
【Canada】Canada LIVE! presents: “Street Dance Festival de danse urbaine Japon/Canada” | |
📅Jul.24, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Inner 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. |
【Saudi Arabia】 We Are Saudi Arabia | |
📅Jul.24, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
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Reoccuring and varied Saudi contemporary/ cultural performances |
【Osaka Week~Summer~】Kenkatsu10 event | |
📅Jul.25, 2025 📍EXPO Hall “Shining Hat” | |
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To be announced |
【Cuba】 To be announced | |
📅Jul.25, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” | |
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To be announced |
【Ireland】 Expo World Choir | |
📅Jul.25, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Inner East | |
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Expo World Choir Our Expo World Choir will feature participants from all around the world with an all-star Irish ensemble and soloists performing great Irish songs. |
【Canada】Canada LIVE! presents: “Street Dance Festival de danse urbaine Japon/Canada” | |
📅Jul.25, 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. |
【Canada】Canada LIVE! presents: “Street Dance Festival de danse urbaine Japon/Canada” | |
📅Jul.25, 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 | |
📅Jul.25, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North | |
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Reoccuring and varied Saudi contemporary/ cultural performances |
~Osaka Week~Osaka’s Mid-summer Festival Camp for EXPO2025 | |
📅Jul.26-Jul.27, 2025 📍EXPO Hall “Shining Hat” | |
Anime Song Live Festival by Rock Bands |
To be announced | |
📅Jul.26, 2025 📍EXPO Arena “Matsuri” | |
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To be announced |
To be announced | |
📅Jul.26, 2025 📍Gallery EAST | |
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To be announced |
~Osaka Week~Art,Exhibition and experience of History | |
📅Jul.26, 2025 📍Gallery WEST | |
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In this event, we will exhibit artworks incorporate watercolor paintings created by people from Osaka Sayama, under the theme “Sayama Pond: Connecting Lives from the Past to the Future.” Other events to be held. |
【Viet Nam】 Viet Nam traditional art performance | |
📅Jul.26, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
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The most beautiful and unique traditional music of Viet Nam performed by the outstanding musical troupe |
【Canada】Canada LIVE! presents: “Street Dance Festival de danse urbaine Japon/Canada” | |
📅Jul.26, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North | |
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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 | |
📅Jul.26, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Inner East | |
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Reoccuring and varied Saudi contemporary/ cultural performances |
【Gabon】To be announced | |
📅Jul.26, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” | |
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To be announced |
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. |