- The GREEN×EXPO Association started streaming Let’s Green Online on 30 September 2026. The videos cover environmental issues, biodiversity, food and farming, and green towns. All of them are free and need no registration.
- There are two kinds: “basic” videos on the fundamentals, and “special” videos with a different expert each time. More than 20 are planned in total.
- Two basic videos are up. One is a quiz on six environmental terms, explained by journalist Akira Ikegami and experts. The other is an introductory guide to the Expo in four parts: the International Horticultural Expo itself, the Theme Pavilion, corporate projects, and “an Expo we build together”. It mentions the seed paper handed out at the Theme Pavilion and a garden that high-school students are making on site.
- The cast includes Akira Ikegami, Manatsu Akimoto (Yokohama’s “Green Captain”), actor Ryotaro Sakaguchi and TV personality Himahima, with voice actor Yuki Kaji narrating.
- Special videos will be added from October. They fall under four themes, including horticulture from the Edo period onwards, and three categories: GREEN TECH, children and the next generation, and links with the venue.
- There is no end date. The videos are in Japanese only for now; English support is planned. Running times and the dates and speakers of the special videos have not been announced.
Our take
Of the four parts of the introductory guide, the Theme Pavilion and the corporate projects are the ones that help decide what to see. The Theme Pavilion got its nickname, NEKKO, on 15 September, and this release adds that seed paper will be handed out there. Up to now, planning a visit has meant reading press releases and pavilion pages side by side. Seeing the site in the Association’s own footage first should help anyone working out which day to go and in what order to walk round.
The category to watch is “links with the venue”. The release does not say what it links to. If a video lets you hear an expert at home and then see the exhibit on site, it becomes a real preparation tool, but that can only be judged once the October videos appear.
Tips for visitors
- Watch on the Let’s Green Online site. Links opened inside LINE or X load in the app’s own browser, which the Association does not support; reopen them in Safari or Chrome.
- The videos are in Japanese for now. If you are choosing pavilions, compare them in English in our guide to every pavilion.
- Children aged 4 to 18 living in Kanagawa get one free visit. See how to apply for the children’s invitation.
Our take
The Association's own videos now show what is on the site before you go. The introductory guide covers the Theme Pavilion and corporate exhibits, useful when planning a route. It is in Japanese for now, with English planned.