Mitsubishi Heavy Industries donates about 20,000 Expo tickets to Sagamihara, Yamato and Hitachi

• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will donate about 20,000 GREEN×EXPO 2027 tickets to Sagamihara, Yamato (Kanagawa) and Hitachi (Ibaraki). It announced this on 30 October 2026.
• The three are the cities in the Kanto region where the company’s group has sites. The photo in the release is from the presentation in Hitachi.
• The Mitsubishi group plans a pavilion at the Expo, the Mitsubishi Minna no Miraikan, with the theme of a rich Earth connected by everyone. The company says the donation is meant to bring more people to it.
• The type of ticket (adult or child), how the tickets are split among the three cities, and how and when residents can get them are not given.
• Note: “Mitsubishi Minna no Miraikan” is trip-jp’s romanization. An official English name has not been published.

Our take

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries also donated about 20,000 tickets for Expo 2025 Osaka. Its July 2024 release said it would give child tickets (ages 4 to 11) and junior tickets (12 to 17), valid for one visit on any day, to local children through about 20 municipalities and boards of education where it has sites.

This time the number is the same, but the tickets go to three cities in Kanto. Each city should get more tickets than before, though the split is not stated. The clear difference is that the release no longer says the tickets are for children.

Yamato Station, in the centre of Yamato, is one stop on the Sotetsu Main Line from Seya, where shuttle buses leave for the venue. The Osaka tickets were spread across Japan; this time at least Yamato’s share goes to people who can reach the venue on a day trip by train and bus.

Tips for visitors

• If you live in one of the three cities, watch for a notice from the city or its board of education.
• Shuttle buses leave from four stations, including Seya. Compare them in our access guide.
• The Mitsubishi pavilion is a ride through sea, land and sky. See our report from 24 September.