{"id":9424,"date":"2025-07-21T10:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T01:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/?p=9424"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:20:07","slug":"shiga-at-osaka-expo-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiga-ken.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/shiga-at-osaka-expo-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiga at Osaka Expo 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shiga Week at Kansai Pavilion, Osaka Expo 2025 in late June 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Updated: Aug. 2, 2025<\/em>
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Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025 (\u5927\u962a\u30fb\u95a2\u897f\u4e07\u535a) just reached its halfway point on July 13. It’s been three months since it opened on April 13, and now only three months to go when it ends on October 13, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re in Shiga or in Kansai and still haven’t seen the Expo, don’t miss it! See it at least once just to see what the fuss is about. It’s a historic world event, to be talked about for decades to come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shiga has a presence there too, in multiple ways and places as listed in this blog post. More to come from Shiga in the coming months at the expo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you live in Shiga and have any kids up to high school age, your child is eligible for free one-time admission<\/a>. Just seeing and hearing the names of many different countries is educational for kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Osaka Expo 2025 is an official world exposition<\/a> being held for six months in the city of Osaka in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The expo site is on an artificial island in Osaka Bay named Yumeshima (\u5922\u6d32) built with landfill (garbage).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easy to get there by train\/subway from Shin-Osaka or Osaka Station taking about 30 minutes to Yumeshima Station<\/strong> (Osaka Metro Chuo Line). From Shiga, it will take about 90 to 140 minutes depending on your nearest train station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last time a world exposition was held in Japan was 20 years ago at Expo 2005 in Aichi Prefecture. And the last time in Osaka was the beloved and grand Expo ’70<\/a> held 55 years ago. People still visit Expo ’70 Commemorative Park<\/a> featuring the iconic Tower of the Sun<\/a><\/em> sculpture by Okamoto Taro. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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