Press Release

2025.01.12 3 Months to Go to Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan! Lottery Applications for Pavilions and Events Bookings Open! First Lottery Applications Open From 3 Months to 2 Months Before Visit Date

The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition (hereinafter referred to as “the Association”) will start accepting lottery applications for pavilions and events bookings from 13 January.
Lotteries for various domestic and Official Participant pavilions and events will be available. For example, April events that can be applied for include Ado’s Special Expo Opening Live Performance, the Jr. EXILE concert featuring THE RAMPAGE, FANTASTICS, BALLISTIK BOYZ, and PSYCHIC FEVER, and the opening programme Physical Twin Symphony.
Applications for the first lottery round will be open from three months before to two months before your date of visit.
There are a number of pavilions and events at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan (hereinafter referred to as “the Expo”) that can be enjoyed without a reservation. There is also a system of same-day registration slots for pavilions and events, but visitors are encouraged to make use of advance bookings for pavilions and events to ensure a smoother visit with shorter waiting times.

Pavilion and Event Bookings

At Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan we have introduced a booking system for visiting dates and times and for pavilions and events. Once you have reserved a visit date and time, you can apply for advance bookings for pavilions and events.
There are three opportunities to book pavilions and events in advance: the “2-Month Advance Lottery”, the “7-Day Advance Lottery” and the “Available Slot Reservation (first-come, first-served).” After booking a visit date and time, you can apply for each of these opportunities. If you are successful in all three applications, you can visit the Expo with up to three slots reserved in advance. In addition to your pre-reserved slots, you can also use the same-day registration slots to make a reservation after entering the Expo site on the day of your visit.
 ▷2-Month Advance Lottery: 3 to 2 months before your visit. Winners will be announced in order 2 months before your visit date.
 ▷7-Day Advance Lottery: 1 month to 8 days before your visit. Winners will be announced in order 7 days before your visit date.
 ▷Available Slot Reservation: 3 days to 9:00 on the day before your visit.
 ▷Same-Day Registration: Registration available 10 minutes after entering the Expo site. The next slot will become available after viewing the pavilion/event that you registered for using a same-day registration slot.

*Note: Super Early Bird One-day Ticket holders and winners of the Super Early Bird Special Lottery held last October can book up to four slots in advance.

2-Month Advance Lottery
 Eligibility: Ticket holders who have registered an Expo ID and reserved a visit date and time. 
 *If you only have a Ticket ID, please register for an Expo ID, then link your Ticket ID to your Expo ID and reserve a visit date and time. For more information, please refer to “About My Ticket” and the “Reservation and Lottery Guide” on the Ticket Information section of the official website.
・About My Tickets (https://www.expo2025.or.jp/en/tickets-index/information/mytickets/)
・Reservation and Lottery Guide (https://www.expo2025.or.jp/en/tickets-index/reservation/)

How to apply: Log in to the EXPO2025 digital ticket site, go to the “My Tickets” menu and select “Apply for the same Reservation/Lottery for multiple tickets” and then select “Apply for lottery 2-months in advance”.

Application period: 3 months to 2 months prior to your visit date.
Announcement of results: 2 months before your visit date (winners only).
Notification method: Winners will receive a notification email to the email address registered to their Expo ID. You can also check your results in the “Message” section after logging in to the EXPO2025 digital ticket site.

If You Wish to Also Apply for Other People in Your Group
 You can apply to the lottery for multiple tickets at once.
〇 Applying for the 2-Month Advance Lottery using the ticket linked to your Expo ID
  https://www.expo2025.or.jp/en/tickets-index/reservation/#sec6
〇 Applying for the 2-Month Advance Lottery together with a ticket linked to other people’s Expo IDs
  https://www.expo2025.or.jp/en/tickets-index/reservation/#sec7

*If you are applying for Other People in Your Group*
If you wish to change your application after making an application for multiple tickets, you must cancel the applications for all the tickets you wish to change, then apply again selecting multiple tickets.

Pavilion and Event Lotteries
Point 1You can register up to your fifth choice in the lottery *Only one slot will be awarded.
In each lottery, you can select and apply for up to your fifth choice of pavilion/event. Of these, only one slot will be awarded by lottery.

Point 2 ▶ Some popular events can only be applied for in the “2-Month Advance Lottery”.
Some events that require advance booking, such as live performances by famous artists, are expected to receive a large number of applications. These events are only available to book via the “2-Month Advance Lottery”. Please check the official website and the ”EXPO 2025 Visitors”, the official app for information on how to apply for each event and make sure you don’t miss the opportunity to apply.
*Ticket Information on the official website  (https://www.expo2025.or.jp/en/tickets-index/)
*EXPO 2025 Visitors, Official App and webservice (https://www.expo2025.or.jp/en/visitorsapp/)

Point 3 ▶ How to increase your chances of winning
A large number of visitors are expected to apply for reservations to view pavilions and events on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, especially for slots in the morning until late afternoon. Some pavilions and events also have a limited number of available slots. Therefore, it is recommended to apply for up to five choices by combining different time slots and pavilions and events.

Pavilions and Events Eligible for the 2-Month Advance Lottery (as of 13 January 2025)
Please note that there is a possibility that some pavilions, especially official participants’ pavilions, and events will be added to the list of those eligible for reservations in the future.

Signature Pavilions

Theme: Resonance of Lives Better Co-Being, MIYATA Hiroaki

Theme: Amplification of Lives Future of Life, ISHIGURO Hiroshi

Theme: Invigorating Lives Playground of Life: Jellyfish Pavilion, NAKAJIMA Sachiko

Theme: Forging Lives null2, OCHIAI Yoichi

Theme: Quest of Life Dynamic Equilibrium of life, FUKUOKA Shin-ichi

Theme: Totality of Life LIVE EARTH JOURNEY, KAWAMORI Shoji

Theme: Cycle of Lives EARTH MART, KOYAMA Kundo

Theme: Embracing Lives  Dialogue Theater -sign of life-, KAWASE Naomi

Domestic Pavilions

Japan Pavilion  Courtesy of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Women’s Pavilion in collaboration with Cartier

Osaka Healthcare Pavilion  Nest for Reborn Courtesy of the Expo 2025 Osaka Pavilion Association

KANSAI Pavilion Courtesy of the Union of Kansai Governments

Future Society Showcase “Future City”

Pavilions for Private Sectors

NTT Pavilion   ©NTT CORPORATION

Electric Power Pavilion – Eggs of Possibilities ©The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan

Sumitomo Pavilion ©Sumitomo EXPO2025 Promotion Committee

Panasonic Group Pavilion “The Land of NOMO” ©Panasonic Holdings Corporation

Mitsubishi Pavilion   ©mitsubishiexpo2025

PASONA NATUREVERSE  ©Pasona Group Inc.

BLUE OCEAN DOME  ©ZERI JAPAN

GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE PAVILION  ©SOTSU・SUNRIZE

TECH WORLD  ©Tamayama Digital Tech Co., LTD

GAS PAVILION OBAKE WONDERLAND ©The Japan Gas Association

Joint Pavilion Iida Group x Osaka Metropolitan Univ. ©Iida Group Holdings Co., Ltd.

Official Participants’ Pavilions

United Arab Emirates Pavilion

Australia Pavilion  ©Tourism Australia and Mitchell Pettigrew

Netherlands Pavilion

Canada Pavilion

Serbia Pavilion

Thailand Pavilion

Hungary Pavilion

Brazil Pavilion

Poland Pavilion

Portugal Pavilion

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Pavilion

United Nations Pavilion

Events
The April and May events that are currently eligible for booking are listed below. The Association will publish bookable events in June onwards in due course, so please check the event calendar and the latest information when you apply. For information on each event, please check the “Event Information” section of the Expo’s official website. (https://www.expo2025.or.jp/en/events/)

Every day during the Expo: A Spectacular Show of Air and Water “Under the Midnight Rainbow”

Every day during the Expo: Expo SAUNA “TAIYO’s TSUBOMI”

13 April to 20 April: Physical Twin Symphony Harmonizing Humanity and Technology

13 April Ado Special Opening Live Performance

26 April to 27 April Great Experience: SENCHA Tea Ceremony beyond the ZEN world

29 April to 1 May “One Step to the Future! – Voices of Love Connect the World”

29 April EXPO 2025 LDH DAY SPECIAL “Jr. EXILE LIVE”

14 May to 15 May DRUM TAO “THE WADAIKO”

18 May “POKAPOKA Presents: SHOW-WA & MATSURI Special Live” ©Fuji Television

Niihama-kankobussankyokai.

24 May to 25 May: NTT Day CHO-KABUKI Powered by IOWN “HANAKURABESENBONZAKURA Expo2025 ver.”


Enquiries
Global Communication Department, Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition
Email: globalpr@expo2025.or.jp