{"id":21357,"date":"2025-01-24T12:18:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T03:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maido-bob.osaka\/?p=21357"},"modified":"2025-06-18T10:31:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T01:31:30","slug":"expo2025-experience-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maido-bob.osaka\/en\/2025\/01\/24\/expo2025-experience-events\/","title":{"rendered":"What is there to experience at Expo? A simple guide to Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi again! This is Osaka Bob.<br \/>\nWe are less than 100 days away from the opening of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan! The Expo has recently been getting a lot of attention on local TV and other media.<br \/>\nBut I hear people asking, \u201cSo what can I do at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan?\u201d I didn\u2019t know why people were asking this.  But after some research, I found that some people still don\u2019t even know what an Expo is.\ud83d\udca6<br \/>\nOh dear! I, Bob, shall explain and help us all become experts in Expo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ars-maidobob.triplabo.jp\/activity\/en\/LINKTIVITY-Z6MR7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"register-button\">Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan<br \/>Buy admission tickets<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px; border-radius: 0px; background: #f7f7f7;\">\n<h2 style=\"color: #0068b7; margin: 10px 0 0;\">\uff3bContents\uff3d<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<li><a href=\"#anchor1\">The Expo is a place of answers to an important question<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#anchor2\">Experience future society through a variety of unique answers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#anchor3\">Experience the latest technologies and enjoy unique events<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"anchor1\" style=\"color: #0068b7;\">The Expo is a place of answers to an important question<\/h2>\n<p>I recommend viewing the Expo as a place of answers to an important question.<br \/>\nThe central theme of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan is designing a future society for our lives. But how do we go about designing this society?<br \/>\nThe Expo is a place where people gather from all over the world to present their answers to this important question, and to consider those answers together.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s see how some countries will answer this question.<\/p>\n<h3>France\u2019s answer is \u201cA Hymn to Love\u201d<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_21358\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21358\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-21358 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img01.jpg\" alt=\"France Pavilion\" width=\"470\" height=\"560\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Coldefy &amp; CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There is a legend that refers to an invisible, magic red thread that joins two beings via their little fingers. With its own red thread, the France Pavilion offers a new vision of the future guided by various forms of Love.<br \/>\nFrance says we need Love to design a future society for our lives. What could be more French? Trust France to say Love is the answer!<\/p>\n<h3>Germany\u2019s answer is \u201cCircular Economy\u201d<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_21358\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21358\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img02.jpg\" alt=\"Germany Pavilion\" width=\"800\" height=\"560\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img02.jpg 800w, https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img02-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img02-400x280.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 German Pavilion \/ MIR LAVA facts+fiction<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trust Germany to focus on the economy.<br \/>\nThe German Pavilion will showcase paths to a recycling-oriented future via a unique experience that integrates architecture, landscape, and exhibition.<\/p>\n<h3>China\u2019s answer is \u201cBuilding a Community of Life For Man And Nature \u2014 Future Society of Green Development\u201d<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_21358\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21358\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img03.jpg\" alt=\"China Pavilion\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img03.jpg 800w, https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img03-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Courtesy of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Next is China.<br \/>\nChina says that building a community where man can live alongside nature will lead to a future society for our lives.<br \/>\nThe China Pavilion greets visitors with the Chinese philosophy of deriving from nature, adapting to nature, and living in harmony with nature. The exterior of the pavilion is shaped like an unfolded traditional Chinese calligraphy scroll.<\/p>\n<h3>Austria\u2019s answer is \u201cComposing the Future\u201d<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_21358\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21358\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img04.jpg\" alt=\"Austria Pavilion\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img04.jpg 800w, https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img04-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 BWM Designers &#038; Architects<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Austria, famous for Vienna, the City of Music, uses music to express its design for a future society for our lives. A spiral sculpture rises spectacularly into the sky like a gigantic musical score in a pavilion where visitors can explore Austria\u2019s diversity and creativity.<\/p>\n<p>Each country answers the question \u201cHow would you go about designing a future society for our lives?\u201d with exhibits that showcase a unique vision for the future, grounded in their unique culture and heritage.<br \/>\nI hope this gives you some idea of what the Expo is about.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"anchor2\" style=\"color: #0068b7;\">Experience future society through a variety of unique answers<\/h2>\n<p>As well as countries, individuals will also present their answers to the question at the Expo. Let\u2019s learn more about who they are.<\/p>\n<h3>Signature Pavilions<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_21358\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21358\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img05.jpg\" alt=\" Artist\u2019s rendition of the Signature Pavilion\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img05.jpg 800w, https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img05-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9FUTURE OF LIFE \/ EXPO2025<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Signature Pavilions are directed by eight producers with different backgrounds.<br \/>\nThese eight producers contemplate the concept of Life and give it tangible form.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Professor at Osaka University and Honorary Director at ATR Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories, is planning an exhibit where visitors can experience a state-of-the-art living space and future society where humans work together with androids and robots. Kundo Koyama, a radio and television script writer and Vice President of Kyoto University of the Arts, is planning a pavilion that offers a renewed appreciation for nature by showing how we live through the sacrifices of others.<br \/>\nThe other six producers are also currently organizing pavilions with experiences that are only available at the Expo. All kinds of experiences that combine the real and virtual worlds await!<\/p>\n<h3>Osaka Healthcare Pavilion<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_21358\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21358\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img06.jpg\" alt=\"Osaka Healthcare Pavilion\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img06.jpg 800w, https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img06-768x480.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of EXPO 2025 Osaka Pavilion Association<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With the theme \u201cREBORN,\u201d this exhibition answers how a future society for our lives can be designed from the perspectives of \u201clife\u201d and \u201chealth.\u201d The exhibition will have experiences enjoyable for both children and adults, including meeting your future self and trying healthcare foods of the future!<\/p>\n<h3>Women\u2019s Pavilion in collaboration with Cartier<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_21358\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21358\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img07.jpg\" alt=\"Women\u2019s Pavilion\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img07.jpg 800w, https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img07-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Cartier<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This pavilion introduces the achievements of women in Japan and throughout the world.<br \/>\nThe pavilion envisions a future society for our lives\u2014a future where all people can live in true equality, respect one another, and work together while expressing their own potential. I feel the same way!<br \/>\nWhy not take a moment to consider the gender gap (gender-based inequality) and other related issues?<\/p>\n<p>There are many other pavilions at the Expo site, such as the Japan Pavilion that presents the host country\u2019s design for a future society for our lives, and the Junior SDGs Camp that features SDG-related exhibits and hands-on experiences for elementary to high school-aged students.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of \u201clife\u201d may seem daunting, but at the Expo, you will see first-hand what kinds of technology and ideas are important for creating a society where people can live in happiness. And when what you have seen at the Expo later becomes a reality, you can say to yourself \u201cHey! I saw that at the Expo!\u201d<br \/>\nOpportunities to visit an Expo in your own country are rare, so I recommend that you take advantage of this special occasion.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"anchor3\" style=\"color: #0068b7;\">Experience the latest technologies and enjoy unique events<\/h2>\n<p>Technologies exhibited at previous Expos have often become real products years or even decades later.<br \/>\nMany Japanese people know about the prototype of what later became the mobile phone exhibited at the 1970 Osaka Expo.<br \/>\nLet me guide you through the technologies that await you at the Expo.<\/p>\n<h3>A Flying Car<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_21358\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21358\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img08.jpg\" alt=\"Artist\u2019s rendition of the flying car\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img08.jpg 800w, https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img08-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 SkyDrive<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A flying car able to carry people and goods and created with technology adapted from drones will be at the Expo.<br \/>\nThe flying car will be at the \u201cMobility Experience\u201d located in the northwest part of the Expo site.<br \/>\nUnfortunately, visitors will not be able to ride the flying car, but there will be demonstration flights where you can witness first-hand this next-generation mode of air transportation. See a real flying car in action!<\/p>\n<h3>Self-Driving Buses<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img09.jpg\" alt=\"Artist\u2019s rendition of self-driving buses in operation\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img09.jpg 800w, https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img09-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There will be about 100 state-of-the-art electric buses operating throughout the day in the Expo site.<br \/>\nThe buses are equipped with Level 4 self-driving technology, which means they can operate fully autonomously under specific conditions. The buses will operate entirely without a driver, albeit limited by specific conditions such as location, weather, and speed.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve never ridden an autonomous vehicle and I\u2019m really looking forward to it.<\/p>\n<h3>Automatic Language Translation<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img10.jpg\" alt=\"Artist\u2019s rendition of simultaneous interpretation\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img10.jpg 800w, https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img10-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many people will visit the Expo from outside Japan. At Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, you can experience communication of the future with translation tools that remove all language barriers.<br \/>\nOne of these tools is an app called EXPO Translation. Once installed on your smartphone, you can choose the language of your conversation partner and the app will automatically translate their words and display them on-screen. The app can even talk for you. Use it to communicate with people in 13 languages, including Japanese! Also, the app is free!<br \/>\nAnother app is EXPO Translation Remote, which can be used to translate and listen to tour guides in your mother tongue or the language of your choice. Use real-time translation to communicate with people from all over the world!<\/p>\n<h3>Virtual Expo<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_21358\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-21358\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img11.jpg\" alt=\"Artist\u2019s rendition of Virtual Expo\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img11.jpg 800w, https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2025\/01\/expo2025-experience-events-img11-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-21358\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 NTT CORPORATION<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There is even a way to enjoy the Expo without being there in person!<br \/>\nVisitors can immerse themselves in a virtual Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan as avatars, from anywhere in the world, day or night. You can enjoy pavilions and events in a virtual world that recreates buildings and facilities of the real-world Expo.<br \/>\nScheduled for release in April 2025, compatible platforms will be smartphones (iOS\/Android), PCs (Windows\/Mac), and VR goggles (MetaQuest2,3).<\/p>\n<p>Other state-of-the-art technologies revealed at the Expo will include a Carbon Recycling Factory that synthesizes methane from CO2 recovered from the atmosphere and exhaust gases from city gas facilities, a hydrogen fuel cell boat offering passenger services, AI robots, a beating heart made of iPS cells, and much more!<\/p>\n<p>2025 is the year of the Expo!<br \/>\nDon\u2019t miss this amazing opportunity!<\/p>\n<p>\u25bcRecommended article<br \/>\n<a style=\"display: flex; border: 1px solid #cccccc; padding: 10px; border-radius: 0px; background: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/maido-bob.osaka\/en\/2024\/09\/06\/expo2025-tickets\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1499\" style=\"display: inline-block; margin-right: 10px; object-fit: cover; width: 100px; height: 100px;\" src=\"https:\/\/maido-storage.oss-cn-hongkong.aliyuncs.com\/maido\/uploads\/2024\/09\/expo2025-tickets-main.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"70\" \/><span style=\"display: block; align-self: center; text-decoration: none;\">A Deep Dive into Admission Tickets for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan: We Recommend Night Tickets for Couples, Season Passes for Families!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<style>a.register-button{background:#756f04;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;display:block;width:337px;display:grid;place-content:center;border-radius:27.5px;padding:8px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:border-box;position:relative}a.register-button::after{content:'\\03e';position:absolute;top:50%;transform:translateY(-50%) scale(.5,1);right:15px}<\/style>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi again! This is Osaka Bob. We are less than 100 days away from the opening of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan! The Expo has recently been getting a lot of attention on local TV and other media. But I hear people asking, \u201cSo what can I do at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan?\u201d I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":21369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[171,204,239,78],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"author_id":"","author_name":"","author_image":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maido-bob.osaka\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21357"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maido-bob.osaka\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maido-bob.osaka\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maido-bob.osaka\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maido-bob.osaka\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21357"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/maido-bob.osaka\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22124,"href":"https:\/\/maido-bob.osaka\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21357\/revisions\/22124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maido-bob.osaka\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maido-bob.osaka\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maido-bob.osaka\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maido-bob.osaka\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}