Interesting Architecture! Went to the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan.

▲「Myaku Myaku」, the official character of the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan

　「Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan」 opened on April 13 with the participation of 158 foreign countries, regions, and seven international organizations. The theme of the Expo is 「Designing Future Society for Our Lives」. At the Expo site, many cutting-edge future technologies are on display, including flying cars, an artificial heart made from iPS cells called 「iPS heart」, and a facility that converts atmospheric carbon dioxide into a raw material for city gas.

This time, we will provide an overview of the atmosphere of the venue, its architectural design, and other aspects.
■Tips for a stress-free and comfortable visit
①The Osaka Metro 「Chuo Line」 is convenient to the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan site!
Subways, buses, boats, and other means of transportation are available, but we recommend the Osaka Metro Chuo Line. There are many trains and it is about 30 minutes from Osaka city. The venue is directly connected to 「Yumeshima Station」 and spreads out before your eyes.
②Visit during the cooler hours!
　The Expo runs until October 13, but in past Expos, it has tended to be busier towards the end of the period. Also, for people who will visit the Expo, it is recommended to visit during cool time in the morning or in the evening.
③Advance admission date and time reservations and advance pavilion reservations!!
　To enter the venue, you must purchase an admission ticket on the official ticket website and make a reservation for the date and time of your visit before coming to the venue. Some pavilions also allow advance reservations, so you can make the most of your time by making reservations for pavilions you are interested in.
▼Please check the official website of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan for details on reserving a date and time for your visit.
　https://www.expo2025.or.jp/tic...

Let's take a look around the venue!
■First, let's go up to the 「Grand Ring」 to get an overall view of the venue.
　It is a huge wooden roof structure built with Japanese cedar and other materials, incorporating traditional wooden framework techniques used in Japanese shrines and Buddhist temples. It is approximately 12 meters high (20 meters on the outside), and its total length is approximately 2 km around. Pavilions from around the world are arranged inside this 「Grand Ring」, and visitors can enjoy their locations and architectural design at a glance by looking around from above.

▲The left side of the photo shows the 20-meter-high outer grand roof, and the right side shows the 12-meter-high grand roof.

▲The area under the grand roof is the recommended place to spend time on the hot or rainy days!

▲It is open until 10:00 p.m. , so don't miss the grand roof at night.

■Architecturally cool! Pavilions.
・All of the pavilions are eye-catching, but here are some of the coolest!
・The 「GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE PAVILION」 aims to be a place where people around the world can connect and think about the future together through 「MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM」.

▲The Mobile Suit Gundam, which stands approximately 17 meters tall and weighs 49.1 tons, welcomes visitors.

・Portugal Pavilion・・・Theme: 「Ocean:, The Blue Dialogue」 Designed by: KENGO KUMA AND ASSOCIATES

▲Hanged ropes and recycled nets are used for the exterior of the Pavilion.

・Kuwait Pavilion is in audacious architecture with elegant wide wings

■The must-see Pavilion with IT technologies and images
■TECH WORLD has its architectural design of 「Mountain of the Heart」 that is inspired from soaring high mountains

・The interior of the pavilion is full of the latest digital technologies and 3D images!

　「Through display of a fusion of the essences "life", "future" and "nature" with digital technologies and 3D-image technologies, visitors' "six senses", i.e. sight, hearing, smelling, body-cognition, tasting and mind-cognition, are appealed to. In addition, changes that the cutting-edge technologies will bring to our daily life are explained with the utilization of digital technologies.
　
■Singapore Pavilion, a place for a dream to take shape, where every night's performance is anticipated

▲Its exterior appearance called 「Dream Sphere」 is impressive!

・On the interior of the building is an advanced display in a way that fuses digital technologies with 3D-image technologies.

　In the pavilion, through the immersive art installation provided by a Singaporean artist, which stimulates the five senses, you can experience a process whereby Singapore transforms a dream into reality.
　At the Dream Forest on the 3rd floor, the show with light and music "Magic Hour" is held (three times per evening), which wins popularity.
　
■Korea Pavilion, whose theme is 「With Hearts : Connecting Hearts, Lives in Bloom」

▲Its exterior appearance with a huge screen, which is approximately 10 m in width and 7 m in height, is Impressive.

・The interior of the building is composed of three display spaces for which AI, sounds and images are fully used.

　In particular, the display of 「Light and Sound Connecting One and All」 is noteworthy. An empathic experience with realistic sensations is provided, as AI transforms voices in any language of the world into music, which is combined with special lighting performance.
　
■USA Pavilion, whose theme is 「Imagine What We Can Create Together」

▲Both its exterior sides are large LED screens, which show America's famous places.

　An experience-based space spreads, which will inspire visitors by means of a display that employs the latest IT technologies and image expressions. Its interior is one continuous construction and is composed of five themes, namely innovation, travel, space, etc.

　One of the themes, 「innovation」: innovation realizes better daily life through various inspirations and collaborations that are born beyond time and space - that process is explained in an easily understandable way with gripping images.
　
■The manholes are also of the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan version.

■How to access the venue for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
　From downtown Osaka, please take the Osaka Metro Chuo Line and get off at the final stop 「Yumeshima Staiton」, which is connected to the entrance to the East Gate of the venue. For more details, please check the official website of the Association of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan.
　https://www.expo2025.or.jp/exp...