Press Release

2024.11.21 Call for Sponsor Exhibits for the “Tourism Booths” at the “Festival Station” at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan

The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition (hereinafter referred to as “the Association”) will invite applications for sponsor exhibits for the “Tourism Booths” to be set up at the “Festival Station” event facility at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan (hereinafter referred to as “the Expo”).

The Tourism Booths are set up with the aim of providing visitors with information on the attractions of various regions of Japan and the new value of tourism to attract visitors to each region (creating links between people and regions). They are designed to create new tourism value and provide an opportunity to build the future of regional exchange. A variety of entities, including companies and organizations, are welcome to exhibit.

1.Overview

For more information, see the application guidelines. (pdf file: Japanese)

▽ Application Unit

Exhibition period184 days
(full period)
92 days92 days23 days
Number of booths3 booths × 184 days
Exhibition fee
(excluding tax)
JPY ¥30 million /booth1,600万円/ブースJPY ¥16 million / boothJPY ¥5 million / booth
OthersYou can apply for multiple booths
* After reviewing the applications, the Association will decide or not to accept it.

▽ Application period:
Thursday, 21 November 2024 ~ until all exhibition slots are filled
*Applications received up until 23:59 (JST) on Friday, 20 December 2024 will be evaluated and notified of acceptance or rejection by the end of January 2025.

▽ How to apply.
Please submit the following three items to the Secretariat via email:
(1) Exhibition application proposal form (PowerPoint file: 109KB)(Japanese)
(ii) Confidentiality pledge (Word file: 26KB)(Japanese)
(iii) Pledge of the Ordinance on the Elimination of Organised Crime Groups (Word file: 80KB)(Japanese)


Note: Please prepare and attach the PowerPoint data for (1) and PDF data converted from completed and stamped
   forms for (2) and (3).
   In addition to these, please submit the original forms for (2) and (3) separately to the application address below.

(Address)
Secretariat of Exhibit with Sponsorship at Tourism Booth in Festival Station, Event Bureau, JapanAssociation for the 2025 World Exposition
Osaka Prefectural Government Sakishima Building 43F
1-14-16 Nanko-Kita, Suminoe-ku, Osaka 559-0034, Japan
Email: festival-station@expo2025.or.jp

▽ Examples of exhibition content:
・Promotion of local (wide-area and specific area) tourist attractions and local traditional and special products.
・Introduction and promotion of tourism-related environmental protection and sustainability initiatives.
・Exhibitions of tourism-related products and services with a target audience in mind (e.g. railways, traditional crafts,
 Japanese pop culture, etc.).
・Introduction of tourism related to sports tourism, gastronomy tourism, etc.
・Exhibitions that evoke ‘future travel’ (space travel, new forms of transport/accommodation, etc.)
・Introduction of initiatives to improve convenience for travellers and promote sightseeing tours through the promotion of
 Tourism DX, etc.

▽Other information:
・The more slots and dates you apply for, the more likely you are to be selected.
・The location of the exhibitor’s booth will be decided by the Association, taking into consideration the content of the
 exhibition.
・Booth size (internal dimensions): 2,890 mm x 2,890 mm x 2,920 mm high.


2. Exhibition Area Location

▽ Location of the ‘Festival Station’ facility
*Facing the plaza after entering through the East Gate and passing under the Grand Ring.

▽ Facility layout