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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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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 1 to 3°C drop in heat index, about 17% less sweat and about 20% less heat stress
Article Tickets and planning

GREEN×EXPO 2027 in summer: bring a parasol, men too. An Expo 2025 Osaka legacy in numbers

Men with parasols stopped being unusual during Expo 2025 Osaka's summer. The numbers behind it, and how to prepare for 31°C August days at GREEN×EXPO 2027 Yokohama.

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.

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.

Limited editions

©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: Two 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.

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

The Grand Ring's timber structure lit up at night, illuminated wooden beams stretching into the distance
Article Exhibitors and countries

One Year After Closing: Where Expo 2025 Osaka's Legacy Went, Piece by Piece

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.

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

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? Here is what is different at the Yokohama Expo

What visitors to Expo 2025 Osaka will find different at the Yokohama Expo: classification, venue size, tickets, reservations and participating countries.

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 in Dotonbori and Sennan, Anniversary Events and the Association's Wind-Down

After Expo 2025 closed, Myaku-Myaku's two monuments moved via the Expo '70 park to Dotonbori and Sennan. First-anniversary events on 11 to 13 October 2026, the Association's planned dissolution in March 2028, and the Tunku Tunku collaborations.

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 and joint appearances, as of September 2026.

Collaborations

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

Where Yoichi Ochiai's null² goes next: null²ⁿ (Null Null Nexus) in Yokohama and null⁴ (Tetra Null) at the Expo

Expo 2025's null² continues as two projects: the permanent theatre null²ⁿ, opening 14 October 2026 in Yokohama Landmark Plaza, and null⁴, rotating mirrors at the GREEN×EXPO 2027 venue. What carries over, in the announcements and Ochiai's words.

©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. Landmark Plaza 5F, Yokohama, opens 14 October 2026

Yoichi Ochiai's permanent theatre null²ⁿ opens 14 October 2026 in Yokohama Landmark Plaza, 3 minutes from Minatomirai Station. Timed tickets from 3,900 yen, no refunds, about 60 minutes. Prices, booking rules and how to pair it with the Expo.

©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 the Yokohama Expo

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

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.

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

GREEN×EXPO 2027 article
Article Exhibitors and countries

KAJIMA TREE: Kajima Corporation's Grand Ring Timber Village Pavilion

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.

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: Toho Leo's Village Pavilion Reusing 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.

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

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