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Pavilions
What you will find at the venue, pavilion by pavilion: the 12 Village exhibitors, four theme shops, the Association’s three facilities and the Yokohama City and Kanagawa Prefecture pavilions, with the announcements and articles about each.
Village exhibitors (12)
Corporate and group pavilions in the five Villages that combine exhibits and hands-on experiences.
| Pavilion | Exhibitor | In brief | Official site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyu Group Pavilion | Tokyu Group | Themed “GREEN LIFESTYLE 2050”: a way of living where nature and the city merge, and activities where visitors help build the future. | Open the official site |
| KT GROUP Mobi+ | KT Group | Vehicles that carry energy to where it is needed: a pavilion about mobility and energy. | Open the official site |
| NTT EAST Pavilion | NTT East | Hands-on exhibits about a society where industry, nature and culture are in harmony, which NTT East calls a “Well-being society”. Construction began in April 2026. | Open the official site |
| Obayashi Mori Sora Mirai | Obayashi Corporation | A pavilion where visitors experience the world the Obayashi Group is aiming for, with the planet, society and people in balance. | Open the official site |
| Mitsubishi Future Pavilion | Mitsubishi Group | An enjoyable look at why people, nature and society must coexist, and a nudge to act together. | Open the official site |
| KAJIMA TREE | Kajima Corporation | Timber from the Grand Ring of Expo 2025 Osaka, reworked with advanced technology into a symbol of GREEN×EXPO. Kajima received the Ring’s timber. | Open the official site |
| Daiwa House Group Endless Heart Park | Daiwa House Group | “We Build Future Living”: wind, sun, water and greenery overlap and change to show a view of the future. | Open the official site |
| Yasashiku Naritai STUDIO | Toho Leo | Reuses Panasonic Group’s Expo 2025 pavilion “Nomo no Kuni”. Themed on “eight-year-old adults”. | Open the official site |
| Takenaka Group Kurukuruku | Takenaka Group | Carries the words “towards a regenerative, well-being future”. Visitors experience the circulation of life and form through materials. | Open the official site |
| Sumitomo Forestry Pavilion “Hyaku no Mori” | Sumitomo Forestry | Exhibits and experiences from a company that has worked with forests and trees since 1691. Attendant recruitment began in May 2026. | Open the official site |
| SOTETSU PARK | Sotetsu Group | An area where children meet nature and learn through play, centred on a railway car (the new 13000 series) that stands for the future. | Open the official site |
| Shimizu Forest Town | Shimizu Corporation | A children-first place to learn about the planet by seeing, touching and making. | Open the official site |
Theme shops (4)
Operators that build a garden or plaza together with a shop or restaurant that expresses the Expo’s concept.
| Pavilion | Exhibitor | In brief | Official site |
|---|---|---|---|
| The power behind “Itadakimasu” | JA Group | Japanese farm produce and the country’s food and farming. | Open the official site |
| HONEY HARMONY GARDEN | Marucho | The chain of small lives (honeybees) and a prompt to think about the future of nature and food. | Open the official site |
| ORAGA VILLAGE | Meiji Group | The satoyama countryside at the root of the Meiji Group’s business. | — |
| Yamazaki “Tomorrow’s Bright Table” Pavilion | Yamazaki Baking Group | Peace of mind at today’s table and hopes for tomorrow’s, through exhibits and tastings. | — |
Association and government facilities (3)
Exhibition facilities built by the organisers. Nicknames for the Theme Pavilion and the Horticultural Culture Pavilion were sought in June 2026.
| Pavilion | Exhibitor | In brief | Official site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theme Pavilion | GREEN×EXPO Association | “All life is connected.” Centred on plants, which make up over 80% of Earth’s biomass, with science presented through art and entertainment. Visitors are encouraged to act on nature-based solutions (NbS). | Open the official site |
| Horticultural Culture Pavilion | GREEN×EXPO Association | Japan’s own horticultural aesthetics and techniques, handed down since the Edo period, shown through real objects and hands-on experiences. | Open the official site |
| Japan Government Garden | Government of Japan (MLIT and MAFF) | “Rethinking Japan’s view of nature and moving forward”: traditional garden craft plus new farming technology and green infrastructure, indoors and out. | Open the official site |
Yokohama City and Kanagawa Prefecture pavilions (2)
Pavilions by the host city and prefecture.
| Pavilion | Exhibitor | In brief | Official site |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tsunagu Yokohama-kan | City of Yokohama | The city’s pavilion, hosting exhibits by sponsor companies and groups. Staff uniforms are made by Ryohin Keikaku from collected clothing. | Open the official site |
| Vibrant INOCHI Forest Kanagawa Pavilion | Kanagawa Prefecture | Themed on every life shining. Mascots are the leaf characters VIBRANTs and Momon, a young flying squirrel. Exhibits include a blue whale skull, a digital globe and a flowerbed built with Expo 2025 Grand Ring timber. | Open the official site |
Source: expo2027yokohama.or.jp (as of 2026.09.11)
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries donates about 20,000 Expo tickets to Sagamihara, Yamato and Hitachi
On 30 October 2026 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said it will donate about 20,000 GREEN×EXPO 2027 tickets to three cities near its Kanto sites: Sagamihara, Yamato and Hitachi.
Photo: The ticket presentation in Hitachi
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries press release, 30 October 2026 (PR TIMES)
LIXIL Renewal sponsors Yokohama's Tsunagu Yokohama Pavilion with a roller screen that generates solar power
On 30 October 2026 Yokohama City said it signed a sponsorship contract with LIXIL Renewal on 16 October. The company will lend its PV roller screen, which generates power on the inside of a window, and install it in the pavilion.
Suntory to run SUNTORY GREEN GO ROUND, a 1,650 m² showcase in the Farm & Food Village
Suntory Holdings announced on 28 October 2026 that it will sponsor SUNTORY GREEN GO ROUND, a 1,650 m² showcase on water, energy and farming in the Farm & Food Village at GREEN×EXPO 2027.
Photo: Artist's image of SUNTORY GREEN GO ROUND
Suntory Holdings Limited press release, 28 Oct 2026 (PR TIMES)
Takenaka and JGC sponsor Yokohama's Tsunagu pavilion: lunar living and domestic SAF
Yokohama City signed sponsorships for its Tsunagu Yokohama Pavilion with Takenaka (26 Oct), lending exhibits on living on the Moon, and JGC Holdings (27 Oct), on SAF and clothing recycling.
Photo: Location of the Tsunagu Yokohama Pavilion (about 3,000 m² site) and Tsunagu Yokohama Field
JGC Holdings Corporation press release, 27 Oct 2026 (PR TIMES)
Obayashi sponsors Yokohama City's Tsunagu Yokohama Pavilion with exhibits on space transport to the Moon and Mars
On 20 October 2026 Yokohama City announced a sponsorship contract with Obayashi Corporation for its GREEN×EXPO 2027 pavilion, lending exhibits on a future where space is part of daily life.
Help decorate Yokohama's pavilion: October workshops at Shin-Yokohama and City Hall, no booking
Yokohama City will hold more workshops in October 2026 to make decorations for its Expo pavilion: colouring at Shin-Yokohama Station on 17–18 October, and sewing and sign painting at City Hall on 25 October.
Yokohama City names its pavilion, dates two festivals and maps a direct bus from the waterfront
On 29 September 2026 Yokohama City named its pavilion Tsunagu Yokohama-kan, set dates for two city-run festivals in 2027, and showed a direct bus route from Sakuragicho and the waterfront to the venue.
Yokohama's Expo pavilion now has 18 sponsors, from power-generating windows to CO₂-absorbing concrete
With a contract signed with a Kajima-led group on 28 September 2026, the City of Yokohama's pavilion at GREEN×EXPO 2027 has 18 sponsors since 13 August, most showing energy and recycling technology.
JVCKENWOOD joins Yokohama City's pavilion with a vibration-powered generator built with Kyoto University
On 25 September 2026 JVCKENWOOD signed a sponsorship contract with Yokohama City to show a vibration-powered generator, developed with Kyoto University, in the city's pavilion.
Photo: The energy harvester to be exhibited (under development)
JVCKENWOOD press release, 25 September 2026 (PR TIMES)
GREEN×EXPO 2027: Why Two Ministries Build the Japan Government Garden
GREEN×EXPO 2027's largest exhibit, 2.5 hectares run by the land and agriculture ministries: the 2025 groundbreaking, a landscape-scholar director, palace bonsai, ikebana.
Photo: Rendering of the garden, Reiwa Nihon no Niwa, seen from the exhibition hall of the Japan Government Garden
©Expo 2027 (GREEN×EXPO Association press release, 19 March 2025; image provided by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)
The Mitsubishi pavilion will be a ride through sea, land and sky, guided by Hisaya Iwasaki and a character called Mina
The Mitsubishi group's Expo committee revealed on 24 September 2026 that its GREEN×EXPO 2027 pavilion will be a ride through sea, land and sky.
Six startups picked for Yokohama's pavilion, turning rocket launches and quantum computing into games
Yokohama's Economic Affairs Bureau has named the six startups that will build hands-on exhibits inside the city's pavilion at GREEN×EXPO 2027, covering space, quantum computing, energy, recycling, food and manufacturing.
Photo: The six exhibiting startups at a networking event on 27 August 2026
Yokohama City Economic Affairs Bureau press release 2026.09.17 (PR TIMES)
MACNICA Green Tech Messe gets two exhibit zones, and Macnica plans self-driving electric buses on the Expo site
Macnica outlined its MACNICA Green Tech Messe pavilion on 16 September 2026: two exhibit zones, and self-driving electric buses to carry visitors around the site.
NEKKO, IROHA-GARDEN and HANAMEGURI: the three Association pavilions get nicknames, and NEKKO's six zones are revealed
On 15 September 2026 the GREEN×EXPO Association named its three pavilions NEKKO, IROHA-GARDEN and HANAMEGURI, and revealed the six zones inside NEKKO.
Photo: Rendering of the Theme Pavilion NEKKO
©Expo 2027 (GREEN×EXPO Association press release, 15 September 2026)
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.
Photo: Rendering of HANAMEGURI (image: Yuko Nagayama & Associates)
TSP Taiyo press release, 15 September 2026, via PR TIMES. Image: Yuko Nagayama & Associates
Mika Ninagawa's Expo works: flower beds on the TAISEI GREEN TERRACE and projection mapping on a former powder magazine
On 15 September 2026 the GREEN×EXPO Association revealed Mika Ninagawa's two Expo works: the TAISEI GREEN TERRACE and a projection show on a former powder magazine.
Photo: Rendering of the TAISEI GREEN TERRACE (overview)
Taisei Corporation press release, 15 September 2026, via PR TIMES
Hyaku no Mori pavilion: from a tunnel to a rooftop deck, opening with a question, protect forests or fell trees
On 15 September 2026 Sumitomo Forestry revealed the route through its GREEN×EXPO 2027 pavilion Hyaku no Mori: a tunnel, a theatre, a museum and a rooftop deck.
Photo: Rendering of the Sumitomo Forestry pavilion Hyaku no Mori
Sumitomo Forestry press release, 15 September 2026, via PR TIMES
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.
Photo: The organiser's rendering of the whole site
©Expo 2027 (GREEN×EXPO Association press release, 22 June 2026)
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.
Photo: The timber frame of the Expo 2025 Grand Ring. KAJIMA TREE reuses timber from the ring
Photo: Abasaa (Public domain, Wikimedia Commons)
GREEN×EXPO 2027 Kanagawa Pavilion: Vibrant INOCHI Forest's Mascots, Gardens and Musical
Kanagawa's Vibrant INOCHI Forest pavilion at GREEN×EXPO 2027: its mascots, theatre film, exhibits, gardens using Grand Ring timber and an original musical.
Photo: Key visual for the prefecture's musical 'Vibrant INOCHI'
Kanagawa Prefecture press release, 3 September 2026 (via PR TIMES)
SOTETSU PARK at GREEN×EXPO 2027: Sotetsu's Children's Area with the New 13000 Series
Sotetsu Group's "SOTETSU PARK" at GREEN×EXPO 2027: a dated timeline of the 13000 series train delivery, the Plarail toy and the Mitsukyo Station vending machine.
Photo: Rendering of SOTETSU PARK
Sotetsu Group press release, 28 August 2026 (via PR TIMES)
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.
Photo: Rendering of the Yasashikunaritai. STUDIO
Toho Leo press release, 25 May 2026 (via PR TIMES)
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