Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan

September 26, 2025

Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan

I visited Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan on September 11th. This is the entrance of the USA pavilion. But I gave up entering the pavilion because I had to wait in line more than two hours.

⇩The Iconic Grand Roof Ring: Symbol of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. This massive wooden circular structure—approximately 615 meters in diameter, about 2 kilometers in total length—stands at the heart of the expo site.

⇩Grand Roof Ring has a two-layer structure. An outer course is approximately 8 meters higher than the inner course. An outer course is approximately 20m high.

Then, I will show you the photos taken from Grand Roof Ring.

⇩France pavilion, this is next to the USA pavilion. There are so many people waiting.

⇩Malaysia (right side), Commons A (left). The Commons Pavilion is a huge joint pavilion that brings together relatively small exhibits from overseas pavilions (national and regional pavilions). There are 4 Commons Pavilions, namely commons A, B, C and D.

⇩Qatar

⇩United Arab Emirates

⇩Inside of the Pavilion

⇩Canada

⇩Portugal

⇩Portugal (right), Colombia (center; white building), Switzerland (back; the brown building and large white domes)

⇩View from Grand Roof Ring.　 ①Poland, ②Czechia, ③China, ④Kuwait, ⑤Nordic.

In front is Water Plaza.

⇩Angola

⇩In the center is Romania. The red building in the side back is the Oman pavilion, and the back of the Oman pavilion is Hungary consisting of two different type buildings. The right side of Romania is UK pavilion, although we can see a part of it.

⇩This is the Forest of Tranquility. Located in the center of EXPO venue. Area: Approximately 2.3 hectares (5.68 acres), Number of trees: Approximately 1,500. This forest is expanding in the back of the below photo.

⇩The front right pavilion is Belgium and the most back right pavilion is the Commons C pavilion. The Commons C pavilion consists of ten countries. The pavilion between Belgium and Commons C consists of 6 countries and area such as EU, the Baltic, Algeria. But each county is independent, is not internally connected.

⇩Inside of the Commons C pavilion, left side is Montenegro booth, center is Panama booth.

⇩From left, Serbia pavilion, the next building consists of Bangladesh, Senegal and Egypt. The right side of this building is Commons B pavilion. Commons B pavilion consists of twenty-four countries.

⇩Inside of the Commons B pavilion

⇩Carnival Costumes of Dominican Republic in Commons B pavilion

⇩Along Grand Roof Ring, Belgium (left), Italy-Vatican (center, with rooftop garden), Singapore (right). The light brown circular pavilion in the back of Belgium is Poland pavilion.

⇩Yumeshima, the site for the Expo 2025 Osaka, is an artificial island created by the City of Osaka through landfill operations spanning approximately 50 years from the late 1970s. We can see the Osaka Bay from the Grand Roof Ring. I think what you can see in the distance is Awaji Island.