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The Grand Ring timber, the reuse of Panasonic’s Nomo no Kuni, rebuilt Expo pavilions, the permanent null² theatre, the Italy Pavilion’s return and Myaku-Myaku collaborations: things visitors to Expo 2025 can see again in Yokohama.

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A person wearing a black phone shoulder bag pulls a white smartphone from its front pocket. Below the pocket are embroidered figures of Myaku-Myaku holding a flower and the round Tunku Tunku
Official Goods

Pia releases a Myaku-Myaku and Tunku Tunku embroidered phone-shoulder-bag mook on 29 October, 3,300 yen

On 21 October 2026 Pia announced the 'Tunku Tunku & Myaku-Myaku Smartphone Shoulder BOOK', on sale 29 October for 3,300 yen: an 8-page A4 mook with an embroidered black shoulder bag.

Published Collaborations

Photo: The shoulder bag that comes with the mook. A smartphone fits in the front pocket, with Myaku-Myaku and Tunku Tunku embroidered below

From the Pia Corporation press release of 21 October 2026 (PR TIMES) ©Expo 2027 ©Expo 2025

The entrance to null²ⁿ facing a shopping-mall corridor. A mirror-like silver wall has a round screen glowing green on the left, and a blue-lit mirrored passage runs inward on the right
Official Events

null²ⁿ opens in Yokohama on 14 October and names its gate and five areas for the first time

The operator of null²ⁿ, Yoichi Ochiai's permanent theatre in Yokohama Landmark Plaza, announced on 9 October 2026 that it opens on 14 October and revealed the gate and five areas inside.

Published Events and lighting

Photo: The entrance to null²ⁿ (image from the press release)

Sustainable Pavilion 2025 Inc. press release, 9 October 2026 (via PR TIMES) ©Sustainable Pavilion

Three metal pin badges laid out on black. From left, shapes that spell out the logos of null², null²ⁿ and null⁴, in white outline on black enamel
Official Tickets

null²ⁿ reveals its triple pin badge, one month before opening

Sustainable Pavilion 2025 unveiled the design of its triple pin badge, the ticket perk for null²ⁿ, the permanent theatre opening 14 October in Yokohama Landmark Plaza.

Published

Photo: The newly revealed original triple pin badge, with the logos of null², null²ⁿ and null⁴ in a row

Sustainable Pavilion 2025 Inc., press release, 19 September 2026 (PR TIMES)

Three cards of figures (Japanese labels): men who use a parasol rose from 8.0% in 2023 to 17.8% in 2025 and 64.9% have seen a man with one; Mercari's men's parasol buyers rose 61% in July 2025 against 7% for women's; the Environment Ministry measured a heat index 1 to 3°C lower than in direct sun, about 17% less sweat with a parasol blocking over 99% of solar radiation than with a hat alone, and about 20% less heat stress when a parasol is combined with removing a jacket
Article Tickets and planning

GREEN×EXPO 2027 in summer: bring a parasol, men too. Osaka's 3,000 loan parasols, men's parasols in numbers

The Expo 2025 Osaka association announced 3,000 parasols to lend at its East Entrance; nationwide, men using a parasol rose from 8.0% to 17.8% in two years. Preparing for 31°C August days at GREEN×EXPO 2027 Yokohama.

Published Updated 2026.10.19 Information checked 2026.09.17

Photo: More men use parasols, more people have seen one, and more are buying them

Chart: trip-jp editorial team, from figures published by Men's Rize, Mercari and the Ministry of the Environment

Rendering of the indoor exhibition hall HANAMEGURI, a building wrapped in a white three-dimensional lattice facade, with people walking in the square in front
Official Guide

HANAMEGURI: 21 season-long and 227 nine-day exhibitors behind a kumiko facade reused from Dubai and Osaka

On 15 September 2026 the builders of the indoor hall HANAMEGURI gave exhibitor numbers and dates: 21 season-long and 227 nine-day exhibitors, facade done by end of September.

Published

Photo: Rendering of HANAMEGURI (image: Yuko Nagayama & Associates)

TSP Taiyo press release, 15 September 2026, via PR TIMES. Image: Yuko Nagayama & Associates

Two sample RING PASS tickets made of wood, with the EXPO 2027 logo, an ID and a QR code printed on them and a red strap attached
Official Tickets

RING PASS: 2,027 season passes made from Expo 2025 Grand Ring timber, 50,000 yen, lottery entries 18 to 30 September

The GREEN×EXPO Association will sell 2,027 RING PASS season passes made from Expo 2025 Grand Ring timber at 50,000 yen. Lottery entries 18 to 30 September 2026.

Published Limited editions

Photo: RING PASS (sample image from the release)

©Expo 2027 (GREEN×EXPO Association press release, 15 September 2026)

The Grand Ring at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, a lattice of wooden columns and beams with visitors walking beneath it
Article Exhibitors and countries

Where the Grand Ring Goes: Three New Homes at GREEN×EXPO 2027, and 200 Metres Staying in Yumeshima

Timber from the Expo 2025 Grand Ring is going into KAJIMA TREE, the Kanagawa Flower Bed and the wooden RING PASS at GREEN×EXPO 2027. Osaka City plans to keep about 200 metres in Yumeshima.

Published Updated 2026.10.19 Information checked 2026.09.19

Photo: The Grand Ring at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai (photographed September 2025)

Photo: Bea Phi (CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)

Chart of where the Expo 2025 legacy went: a bold arrow from Yumeshima to Yokohama, and dots at Fuku Station, Kochi, Chihayaakasaka, Izumisano, Awaji, Keihanna, Miki, Fukuyama and Kyoto, with a 14-item list (five to the Yokohama Expo, one staying at Yumeshima, eight elsewhere; counted by what stood at the Expo, so fewer items than the tables below, which split by destination)
Article Exhibitors and countries

Expo 2025 Osaka, One Year On: What Went to GREEN×EXPO 2027 and What Stayed

A year after Expo 2025 Osaka closed, here is where its legacy went: to Yokohama's GREEN×EXPO 2027, staying in Yumeshima, or handed on elsewhere.

Published Updated 2026.10.19 Information checked 2026.09.19

Photo: Where the Expo 2025 legacy went, as of September 2026. The list counts by what stood at the Expo; the tables below split by destination

Chart: trip-jp.com editorial board (CC BY 4.0: reuse and adapt with credit to trip-jp.com). Map: Natural Earth

A view from above the East Gate Plaza at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, with visitors across the paved square and port cranes beyond
Article Tickets and planning

Been to Expo 2025? What Is Different at GREEN×EXPO 2027 in Yokohama

What visitors to Expo 2025 Osaka will find different at GREEN×EXPO 2027 in Yokohama: classification, venue size, tickets, reservations and participating countries.

Published Updated 2026.10.19 Information checked 2026.09.13

Photo: The East Gate Plaza at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai (photographed September 2025)

Photo: Abasaa (Public domain, Wikimedia Commons)

The Grand Ring at Expo 2025 seen from the waterside: a timber lattice structure with people walking on top, reflected in the water
Article Exhibitors and countries

Where Did Myaku-Myaku Go? Monuments at Fuku Station and Mount Kongo, Anniversary Events and the Association's Wind-Down

Where Myaku-Myaku's two Expo 2025 monuments stand now, near Fuku Station in Osaka and at Chihaya-en-chi, plus anniversary events, the Association's wind-down and Tunku Tunku tie-ins.

Published Updated 2026.10.19 Information checked 2026.09.19

Photo: The Grand Ring during the Expo (September 2025). Images of Myaku-Myaku are limited to the Association's press releases, so we show the venue instead

Photo: Abasaa (public domain, Wikimedia Commons)

A view of the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai venue, the Belgium Pavilion in front of a green rooftop garden, port cranes and the Osaka skyline
Article Exhibitors and countries

Myaku-Myaku x Tunku Tunku at GREEN×EXPO 2027: every collaboration from Expo 2025 to Yokohama

Every confirmed Myaku-Myaku x Tunku Tunku collaboration from Expo 2025 to GREEN×EXPO 2027: goods, a confection, a gold coin, a mook and joint appearances, as of October 2026.

Published Updated 2026.10.22 Information checked 2026.09.17 Collaborations

Photo: A view of the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai venue (photographed August 2025)

Photo: 掬茶 (CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)

The front of the null² pavilion at Expo 2025. Its mirrored outer wall reflects the sky and nearby buildings, and part of the wall is rippling
Article Exhibitors and countries

null⁴ at GREEN×EXPO 2027 and null²ⁿ in Yokohama: Where Yoichi Ochiai's null² Goes Next

Expo 2025's null² continues as null²ⁿ, a permanent theatre that opened on 14 October 2026 in Yokohama Landmark Plaza, and null⁴, rotating mirrors at the GREEN×EXPO 2027 venue.

Published Updated 2026.10.19 Information checked 2026.09.15

Photo: The front of null² at Expo 2025. The mirrored wall reflected the surroundings while it deformed

©Yoichi Ochiai (from the Sustainable Pavilion 2025 Inc. press release of 26 August 2026, via PR TIMES)

Rendering of the null²ⁿ entrance: a round mirrored window and a video wall facing a shopping-mall corridor, with people standing in front
Article Tickets and planning

null²ⁿ (Null Null Nexus) Visitor Guide: Access, Tickets and Rules at Landmark Plaza, Yokohama

Ochiai's theatre null²ⁿ opened 14 October 2026 in Yokohama Landmark Plaza, 3 min from Minatomirai Station. Timed tickets from 3,900 yen; pair it with GREEN×EXPO 2027.

Published Updated 2026.10.19 Information checked 2026.09.13

Photo: Rendering of the null²ⁿ entrance on the fifth floor of Yokohama Landmark Plaza

©Sustainable Pavilion (from the Sustainable Pavilion 2025 Inc. press release of 7 April 2026, via PR TIMES)

Rendering of the GREEN×EXPO 2027 main gate, built from timber and steel and reusing cladding from Expo 2025 pavilions
Article Exhibitors and countries

For Expo 2025 Visitors: What Carries Over to GREEN×EXPO 2027

What carries over from Expo 2025 to GREEN×EXPO 2027: Grand Ring timber in KAJIMA TREE, two rebuilt pavilions, the Italy Pavilion, null² and character collaborations.

Published Updated 2026.10.19 Information checked 2026.09.19

Photo: Rendering of the main gate

TSP Taiyo press release, 8 June 2026 (via PR TIMES)

Bird's-eye rendering of the GREEN×EXPO 2027 site: exhibition buildings and flower beds line a central tree-lined avenue, with a tall tower beyond
Article Exhibitors and countries

GREEN×EXPO 2027 pavilions at a glance: from the 12 Village exhibitors to the Kanagawa Pavilion

The 21 pavilions and shops at GREEN×EXPO 2027 as of September 2026: 12 Village exhibitors, 4 theme shops, 3 official facilities and 2 local-government pavilions.

Published Updated 2026.10.19 Information checked 2026.09.15

Photo: The organiser's rendering of the whole site

©Expo 2027 (GREEN×EXPO Association press release, 22 June 2026)

Looking up inside the Grand Ring at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai: wooden columns and beams in a grid stretching into the distance
Article Exhibitors and countries

KAJIMA TREE at GREEN×EXPO 2027: Kajima's Village Pavilion Built from Grand Ring Timber

Kajima Corporation's Village pavilion KAJIMA TREE at GREEN×EXPO 2027 reuses Grand Ring timber from Expo 2025 in a tower of about 60 metres, begun in June 2026.

Published Updated 2026.10.19 Information checked 2026.09.19

Photo: The timber frame of the Expo 2025 Grand Ring. KAJIMA TREE reuses timber from the ring

Photo: Abasaa (Public domain, Wikimedia Commons)

Rendering of the Yasashikunaritai. STUDIO: people gather in front of a plant-covered lattice gate, with a food truck on the right
Article Exhibitors and countries

Yasashiku Naritai. STUDIO at GREEN×EXPO 2027: Toho Leo Reuses Panasonic's Nomo no Kuni

Toho Leo's GREEN×EXPO 2027 Village pavilion "Yasashiku Naritai. STUDIO" reuses Panasonic's Expo 2025 pavilion Nomo no Kuni and collaborates with Kyoto Sangyo University.

Published Updated 2026.10.19 Information checked 2026.09.11

Photo: Rendering of the Yasashikunaritai. STUDIO

Toho Leo press release, 25 May 2026 (via PR TIMES)

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