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null² to null⁴

Expo 2025’s signature pavilion null² continues as two projects: the permanent theatre null²ⁿ in Yokohama Landmark Tower and the work null⁴ at the GREEN×EXPO 2027 venue. Announcements, tickets, access, Yoichi Ochiai’s own words and his permanent exhibit at Miraikan, collected here.

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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

The exterior of Sakuya Konohana Kan, a greenhouse with a hemispherical glass dome in the centre and low glass wings on either side
Article Tickets and planning

GREEN×EXPO 2027 Theme: Four Co- Subthemes Where the 1990 Expo Had One Phrase

GREEN×EXPO 2027's theme is Scenery of the Future for Happiness, with four Co- subthemes. How it differs from the 1990 Osaka flower expo's one-word theme and 183-day run.

Published Updated 2026.09.29 Information checked 2026.09.24

Photo: Sakuya Konohana Kan at Tsurumi Ryokuchi, Osaka. Built for the 1990 flower expo (EXPO'90), it still operates as a greenhouse

Photo: Kirakirameister (CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)

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.

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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)

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

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)

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