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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 7 to 13 September 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.
| Seychelles National Day | |
 | 📅Sep.7, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
| Malaysia National Day | |
 | 📅Sep.8, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
| Viet Nam National Day | |
 | 📅Sep.9, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
| Slovakia National Day | |
 | 📅Sep.10, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
| Ghana National Day | |
 | 📅Sep.11, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
| Italy National Day | |
 | 📅Sep.12, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
| France National Day | |
 | 📅Sep.13, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” |
The calendar of National Days and Special Days : Click here
| 【Osaka Week】 | |
| 📅Sep.5-Sep.8, 2025 📍Gallery EAST | |
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| ①【Higashiosaka Brand: Manufacturing for the Future ~Diverse Japanese craftsmanship and spirit~】A special exhibition where you can experience the comprehensive power of Higashiosaka City, the “city of manufacturing”! |
| 【Osaka Week】 | |
| 📅Sep.5-Sep.7, 2025 📍Gallery WEST | |
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| To be announced |
| 【Chile】 Chile, Event 6 | |
| 📅Sep.5-Sep.7, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage West | |
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| music, cooking, dance,etc. |
| 【Osaka Week】 | |
| 📅Sep.6-Sep.7, 2025 📍EXPO Hall “Shining Hat” | |
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| Giant, Human-Powered, Three-Dimensional Animation Takes a National Treasure to the Stage! On September 6 and 7, the Alternative Folk Arts Musical “Okukawachi Otoemaki” Finally Comes to the Expo 2025. From Japan’s Off-Broadway, “Osaka-Kawachinagano,” to the World! The world-renowned national treasure “Sun-Moon Four Seasons Landscape” will be brought to life on stage through giant. |
| 【Seychelles】Seychelles National Day Cultural Performance | |
| 📅Sep.7, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” | |
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| Traditional Dance Performance |
| 【Osaka Week】 | |
| 📅Sep.7, 2025 📍EXPO Arena “Matsuri” | |
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| To be announced |
| 【Korea】International event | |
| 📅Sep.7, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Inner East | |
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| Workshop for intenational day(TBD) |
| 【Saudi Arabia】 We Are Saudi Arabia | |
| 📅Sep.7, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East | |
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| Reoccuring and varied Saudi contemporary/ cultural performances |
| 【Canada】Canada LIVE! – Cultural Performance Presented by the Canada Pavilion | |
| 📅Sep.7, 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. |
| 【North Macedonia】September 8th Independence Day of the Republic of North Macedonia | |
| 📅Sep.8, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” | |
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| Independence Day of the Republic of North Macedonia |
| Beyond Circular Economy Architecture | |
| 📅Sep.8-Sep.14, 2025 📍EXPO Exhibition Center “WASSE” | |
| To be announced |
| 【Trinidad and Tobago】A Trinidad and Tobago Steel Pan Jamboree | |
| 📅Sep.8, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North | |
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| Musical performances, cultural performances, open-air concert |
| Shimane Prefecture folk song “Yasugibushi” (loach scoop dance) and others | |
| 📅Sep.8, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North | |
 Yasugi City’s image character “Ara Essa-kun” | |
| Yasugi-bushi, a folk song from the Izumo region of Shimane Prefecture, the “loach scoop daoce”, a dance performed to the sound of the shamisen and the rhythm of the drums, so I would like you to see some representative performances and dances. There is also a corner where customers can experience this dance. |
| 【Belgium】Brussels Week | |
| 📅Sep.8-Sep.12, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Inner East | |
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| Concert, show, performance, etc. |
| LOVE TOCHIGI: Idol show presented by Tochiotome 25 | |
| 📅Sep.8-Sep.11, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East | |
 HANAZONO | |
| Live performance by the glocal idol group “Tochiotome 25” from Tochigi. Fifteen years have passed since its debut at the 2010 Shanghai Expo, and in 2025 it will enliven Osaka. |
| 【Belgium】Brussels Week | |
| 📅Sep.8-Sep.12, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage West | |
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| Concert, show, performance, etc. |
| Japanese Horror Kwaidan EXPO2025 | |
| 📅Sep.9, 2025 📍EXPO Hall “Shining Hat” | |
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| Japanese top horror(kwaidan)storytellers perform their special story of strange things(kwaidan).At that time,not only storytelling but also various performances of light,sound and so on.By doing so,this event will create an even more immersive experience. |
| 【Viet Nam】 Viet Nam National Day Celebration | |
| 📅Sep.9, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” | |
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| Cultural Gala, dance, music, visual experience, Viet Nam Film Festival Day |
| 【Osaka Week】 | |
| 📅Sep.9-Sep.11, 2025 📍Gallery EAST | |
| To be announced |
| 【Viet Nam】Outdoor Photo exhibition on Viet Nam’s UNESCO World Heritage | |
| 📅Sep.9, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
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| Outdoor Photo exhibition on Viet Nam’s UNESCO World Heritage |
| Yasugi Bushi, Tsugaru Shamisen, Tsugaru Teodori ~Co-starring Japanese folk songs | |
| 📅Sep.9, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North | |
| Yasugi City’s image character “Ara Essa-kun” | |
| We will be performing the folk song “Yasugibushi” as well as Japan’s representative traditional performing arts such as Tsugaru shamisen and Tsugaru hand dance. Also, Japan has a variety of wonderful folk songs, so I would like you to see some representative performances and dances. You can also enjoy the sounds of Japanese instruments. Be sure to listen to the exotic tones. |
| 【Viet Nam】Viet Nam Cinema Day | |
| 📅Sep.9, 2025 📍Festival Station (Indoor event space) | |
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| A glimpse of Vietnamese cinema with a marathon screening of exciting Vietnamese movies |
| 【Slovakia】National Day of Slovakia | |
| 📅Sep.10, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” | |
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| Following AM’s ceremony session, SK will present and introduce SK’s local/traditional performances as the National Day in the late afternoon to evening. |
| 【ASEAN Secretariat】 ASEAN Secretariat Presents: Malaysia | |
| 📅Sep.10, 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. |
| 【ASEAN Secretariat】 ASEAN Secretariat Presents: Viet Nam | |
| 📅Sep.10, 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. |
| Shimane Prefecture folk song “Yasugibushi” (loach scoop dance) and others | |
| 📅Sep.10, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North | |
| Yasugi City’s image character “Ara Essa-kun” | |
| Yasugi-bushi, a folk song from the Izumo region of Shimane Prefecture, the “loach scoop daoce”, a dance performed to the sound of the shamisen and the rhythm of the drums, so I would like you to see some representative performances and dances. There is also a corner where customers can experience this dance. |
| 【Ghana】 (TBD) | |
| 📅Sep.11, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden” | |
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| Display of Exhibition Content |
| Shimane Prefecture folk song “Yasugi-bushi” and other folk song co-starring | |
| 📅Sep.11, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North | |
| Yasugi City’s image character “Ara Essa-kun” | |
| 1.Shimane Prefecture folk song “Yasugi-bushi” (including loach scooping dance experience), Zenidaiko. 2.Let’s all dance to Wakayama Prefecture folk songs. 3.Playing Tsugaru Shamisen songs. 4.Akita folk songs and Oki folk song. 5.Let’s sing the Shimane Prefecture folk song “Yasugibushi” together. |
| 【Saudi Arabia】 We Are Saudi Arabia | |
| 📅Sep.11, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
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| Reoccuring and varied Saudi contemporary/ cultural performances |
| ANISON EMOTIONAL ONE WORLD in EXPO2025 | |
| 📅Sep.12, 2025 📍EXPO Arena “Matsuri” | |
| To be announced |
| 【Saudi Arabia】 We Are Saudi Arabia | |
| 📅Sep.12, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North | |
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| Reoccuring and varied Saudi contemporary/ cultural performances |
| Shimane Prefecture folk song “Yasugibushi” (loach scoop dance) and others | |
| 📅Sep.12, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North | |
| Yasugi City’s image character “Ara Essa-kun” | |
| Yasugi-bushi, a folk song from the Izumo region of Shimane Prefecture, the “loach scoop daoce”, a dance performed to the sound of the shamisen and the rhythm of the drums, so I would like you to see some representative performances and dances. There is also a corner where customers can experience this dance. |
| 【Belgium】Brussels Week | |
| 📅Sep.12, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East | |
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| Concert, show, performance, etc. |
| 【Hungary】Hungarian Music Performance | |
| 📅Sep.12, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East | |
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| hungarian music performance |
| 【Osaka Week】 | |
| 📅Sep.13-Sep.15, 2025 📍EXPO Exhibition Center “WASSE” | |
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| Osaka itself has a great reputation for food and visitor attractions. This event celebrates a wider spectrum of the region’s history and traditions, industry and technology, art and culture. The visitor will encounter them in different ways around zones named in the local dialect – “Minahare (Take a look)” , “Yarinahare (Try it out)” and “Tabenahare (Let’s eat it)”. |
| 【Osaka Week】 | |
| 📅Sep.13-Sep.15, 2025 📍Gallery EAST | |
| To be announced |
| ~Osaka Week~MAMEMAKI（Traditional Culture） | |
| 📅Sep.13, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South | |
| To be announced |
| 【Viet Nam】 Viet Nam traditional art performance | |
| 📅Sep.13, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North | |
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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 | |
| 📅Sep.13, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Inner East | |
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| Reoccuring and varied Saudi contemporary/ cultural performances |
| 【Poland】 Kuyavian-Pomeranian Region: Philharmonic artists | |
| 📅Sep.13, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East | |
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| Kuyavian-Pomeranian Region: Philharmonic artists |
| WPC (World PartyHorn Championship) – “Fukimodoshi” for a universal smile – | |
| 📅Sep.13-Sep.14, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage West | |
 FUKIMODOSHINOSATO CO.,LTD. | |
| We will distribute Japanese-made PartyHorn to participants and have them try their hand at a game called “Piro Piro Sports” that uses PartyHorn. |
| 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 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. |