【Book a date and time for your visit to the Expo!!】Introducing events from 28 September -4 October!
Events
2025.04.10【Book a date and time for your visit to the Expo!!】Introducing events from 28 September -4 October!
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 28 September to 4 October 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.
National Day and Special Day👇
Antigua and Barbuda National Day
📅Sep.28, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden”
Saudi ArSao Tome and Principe National Day
📅Sep.29, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden”
Madagascar National Day
📅Sep.30, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden”
Poland National Day
📅Oct.1, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden”
Solomon Islands National Day
📅Oct.2, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden”
Ethiopia National Day
📅Oct.3, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden”
Somalia National Day
📅Oct.4, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden”
The calendar of National Days and Special Days : Click here
Introducing Events from 28 September -4 October👇
Grand Design to realize Circular Economy
📅Sep.23-Sep.29, 2025 📍EXPO Exhibition Center “WASSE”
The exhibition and events will include advanced efforts to realize a circular economy, CO2 capture technology, and the actual amount of plastic discharged into the environment and its impact on biological and ecological systems, etc.
Sports of Heart in 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo
📅Sep.26-Sep.28, 2025 📍EXPO Arena “Matsuri”
The Expo will also serve as the culmination of “Diversity Ekiden 47,” a program to build momentum for the Expo and to link diverse runners from all over Japan. There are featuring para-sports experiences, talk shows, and entertainment shows.
The Satoumi, Sea of Art -KAGAWA-
📅Sep.26-Sep.29, 2025 📍Gallery WEST
Issues related to the development of Kagawa Prefecture and its rich and beautiful nature, and efforts to solve such issues, will be presented through exhibits and hands-on experiences. Performances and workshops to create works of art from marine litter will be held to help visitors understand Kagawa’s efforts to address environmental issues.
An exhibition of photographs from the album ‘Natural Histories’. Photographs juxtaposing images of animals and humans is a story about the organic relationship between man and nature, about the space of coexistence between animals and humans, the equality of their image. showing the common features that constitute an interspecies community.
FUKUOKA ONE HEALTH SYMPOSIUM(provisional)
📅Sep.28, 2025 📍EXPO Hall “Shining Hat”
Symposiums and celebrity talk shows will be held on the theme of “One Health” to promote Fukuoka Prefecture’s “One Health” initiatives both domestically and internationally, and to communicate the philosophy and necessity of One Health practices to the rest of the world.
【Antigua and Barbuda】(TBD)
📅Sep.28, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden”
Live Performance
8 Hours Endurance Gagaku！
📅Sep.28, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South
Gagaku is the world’s oldest musical cultural asset that Japan is proud of. The most famous song in the gagaku is “Etenraku”. This event is an unprecedented project that will continue to perform this “Koshidenraku” for 8 hours from 11 a.m. ~ 7 p.m.
USAGI Matsuri in EXPO 2025
📅Sep.28, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North
Catherine Rabbit
The aged 50 over cheer dance team “Catherine Rabbit” will be holding a cheer dance event called Rabbit Festival at EXPO, where senior cheerleaders from all over Japan will gather! We will collaborate with senior cheer dance teams and kids dance teams from all over Japan!
[ ALL PEOPLE HAHAHA ] Let’s dance together! Be together as one !
📅Sep.28, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Inner East
We will bring you an exciting time of music, dance, and smiles. We will provide an event that transcends language barriers, where anyone can move their bodies to the rhythm, feel the power of music, and have fun together.
【Saudi Arabia】 We Are Saudi Arabia
📅Sep.28, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East
Experience the magic of Saudi Arabia’s iconic symbols—The Arabian Leopard and The Arabian Horse—brought to life in a captivating puppet show at Expo 2025 Osaka.
Story of NAGAREYAMA
📅Sep.28, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East
The origin of the place name of Nagareyama City, Chiba Prefecture, and folk tales and legends, the Nagareyama City Cultural Association created works across genres. I will introduce Nagareyama City, Chiba Prefecture with the power of culture and art. We will also introduce famous places and specialties. Please take a look!
Step! To The Future ～Baton Twirling Performance～
📅Sep.28, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage West
Baton twirlers will perform lively routines inspired by a theme. They will also interact with the audience, creating an exciting and engaging show for all.
Karate demonstration/experience session
📅Sep.29, 2025 📍EXPO Arena “Matsuri”
The World Karatedo Federation Shinkyokushinkai, a non-profit organization with 100,000 members from 103 countries around the world, will be holding karate demonstrations and trial sessions.
Project to promote the attractiveness of the manufacturing Industry/etc.
📅Sep.29-Oct.4, 2025 📍Gallery EAST
We will hold an exhibition that will share the topics surrounding the manufacturing industry in Kansai and propose ways to solve them. In addition, we will provide an opportunity to experience.
【Canada】Canada LIVE! – Cultural Performance Presented by the Canada Pavilion
📅Sep.29, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage West
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.
Japanese dram ＆ dance
📅Sep.29, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage West
Japanese dram performance and dance by children and related parties attending Minami Elementary School located in the heart of Osaka Minami .Those who wish to try Japanese dram can do so.
New SF Kyogen by Ken Ryu “Mono no Aware”
📅Sep.30-Oct.1, 2025 📍EXPO Hall “Shining Hat”
The world’s most advanced science fiction is adapted into a new work of Kyogen*, Japan’s oldest traditional performing art! This project will convey to the Japanese the significance of passing on traditional performing arts to the future, and to foreigners the surprise and fascination of the fusion of “Japanese tradition and innovation,” and introduce the “future possibilities of Japanese culture.
【Poland】 Explore Polish heritage through music and culture
📅Sep.30, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Inner East
Presentation of the traditional Polish culture and music. During the event is planned a performance by the Polish Dance Theater and the Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra – Amadeus.
【Canada】Canada LIVE! – Cultural Performance Presented by the Canada Pavilion
📅Sep.30, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East
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.
【Poland】 Gamedev Week
📅Oct.1-Oct.5, 2025 📍Gallery WEST
Gamedev Week presenting the best of Polish games and technologies using mapping, 3d visuals, multimedia presentations and organising gaming competition for the gamers
Welcome to Osaka! Come and join us in our Bon dance ‘Osaka Genki Ondo’!
📅Oct.1, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North
Bon dance in 2015
Energetic women from Osaka will liven up the Expo with Bon dance. Come and join us.
【Canada】Canada LIVE! – Cultural Performance Presented by the Canada Pavilion
📅Oct.1, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East
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.
【Solomon Islands】（TBD）
📅Oct.2, 2025 📍EXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden”
To be announced
The Power of Intellectual Property builds tomorrow.
📅Oct.2-Oct.10, 2025 📍EXPO Exhibition Center “WASSE”
Many people want to give shape to their ideas and thoughts, and to improve society. So many people are changing the world through the power of intellectual property. It can support your ideas and the challenges you are facing—and it may become the power to make our world a better place.
【Korea】Chuseok and Hangeul Day
📅Oct.2, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North
In celebration of Chuseok(Korean Thanksgiving day) and Hangeul(Korean alphabet) Day, we present an interactive event showcasing Korean culture
【Canada】Canada LIVE! – Cultural Performance Presented by the Canada Pavilion
📅Oct.2, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Inner East
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.
【Poland】 Concert of the Polish-Japanese duo and Fashion show
📅Oct.2, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East
Concert of the Polish-Japanese duo – Ambassadors of Podkarpackie Exhibition together with a short meeting with them, during which they will talk about themselves and Polish-Japanese ties and the culture of both nations + Fashion show of designers from the Podkarpackie region, during the show in the creations of the designers will perform an opera singer who will perform several songs creating a “musical-fashion show”.
【India】Gandhi Jayanti & World Tourism Day
📅Oct.2, 2025 📍Festival Station (Indoor event space)
Cultural Program
WAKAYAMA DAY
📅Oct.3, 2025 📍EXPO Hall “Shining Hat”
Regenerate your mind and body at the sacred “Seichi Resort!WAKAYAMA” with a variety of performances! Why don’t you come to Wakayama, which is said to be the place where your journey began, to discover a new version of yourself?
WAKAYAMA DAY
📅Oct.3, 2025 📍EXPO Arena “Matsuri”
Planning to hold a live music performance by artists related to Wakayama Prefecture.
Showcase the attractiveness and value of future-thinking SMEs
📅Oct.3-Oct.7, 2025 📍EXPO Exhibition Center “WASSE”
The exhibition will highlight small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with innovative products, services, and technologies. Presented in a hands-on format, these SMEs are seen as “challengers sailing into uncharted waters,” overcoming obstacles as they tackle social issues and work toward a better future.
【Saudi Arabia】 We Are Saudi Arabia
📅Oct.3, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage North
Experience the magic of Saudi Arabia’s iconic symbols—The Arabian Leopard and The Arabian Horse—brought to life in a captivating puppet show at Expo 2025 Osaka.
【Poland】 Folk dance show from the Polish region Podkarpackie
📅Oct.3, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Inner East
Two of the region’s largest groups want to present a folk dance show. Resovia Saltans – a folklore ensemble operating at the University of Rzeszow. Student Song and Dance Ensemble “połoniny” is the representative artistic group of Rzeszów University of Technology and the city of Rzeszów.
【Canada】Canada LIVE! – Cultural Performance Presented by the Canada Pavilion
📅Oct.3, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Inner East
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
📅Oct.3, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East
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
📅Oct.3-Oct.4, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East
hungarian music performance
【Somalia】Somali Splendors: A Journey Through History, Landscape, and Culture
📅Oct.4, 2025 📍PEXPO National Day Hall “Ray Garden”
Highlights the richness of Somalia’s history, diverse landscapes, and vibrant culture, making it an intriguing choice for representing Somalia at a global exhibition.
Remake Fassion Show/Project to promote the attractiveness of the manufacturing i
📅Oct.4-Oct.5, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage South
By holding a fashion show featuring “remade clothes,” we hope to raise awareness of “clothing waste” and to help people realize the potential of discarded clothing.
【Canada】Canada LIVE! – Cultural Performance Presented by the Canada Pavilion
📅Oct.4, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Inner East
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
📅Oct.4, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Inner East
Experience the magic of Saudi Arabia’s iconic symbols—The Arabian Leopard and The Arabian Horse—brought to life in a captivating puppet show at Expo 2025 Osaka.
【Hungary】Hungarian Music Performance
📅Oct.4, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East
hungarian music performance
【Viet Nam】 Viet Nam traditional art performance
📅Oct.4, 2025 📍Pop-Up Stage Outer East
The most beautiful and unique traditional music of Viet Nam performed by the outstanding musical troupe
Introducing Daily Events 👇
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
“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
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
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.
Catherine Rabbit
Bon dance in 2015
