- The Mitsubishi International Horticultural Expo Committee, made up of 24 Mitsubishi group companies, held a media briefing in Marunouchi, Tokyo, on 24 September 2026 and set out the exhibition and staging of its pavilion, the Mitsubishi Minna no Miraikan.
- The exhibition theme is “a rich Earth, connected by everyone”. Inside, visitors board a ride called “Mitsukete Mina! Seeds for the Future”.
- The first to greet visitors is Hisaya Iwasaki, Mitsubishi’s third president, later known as a “country gentleman”. With him and a navigation character called Mina, visitors ride through worlds of sea, land and sky.
- Along the way, efforts that link cities and nature appear as “seeds for the future”. Tanseisha designed the exhibition.
- Mitsubishi has had a Mitsubishi Future Pavilion at every expo held in Japan since Osaka in 1970; “minna” (everyone) is new to the name.
- According to Mitsubishi’s site, the building is a GX House provided by the organisers (supplied by Daiwa Lease), with architectural design by Mitsubishi Jisho Design.
- Ride capacity, duration and whether booking is required are not stated.
- “Minna no Miraikan”, “Mitsukete Mina!” and the theme translation are our renderings; no official English has been published.
Our take
When we wrote our pavilion overview in September, this pavilion had only a short description on the organisers’ site. Now we know it is the Village pavilion you ride through.
With a ride, the number of people who can get in is set by the number of vehicles and the length of each run. We think that makes queues grow faster than at pavilions you walk around. So the most useful facts for deciding whether to go are capacity per run, running time and whether there is advance booking, and none of them is out yet.
Hisaya Iwasaki as guide was chosen with a horticultural expo in mind. Mitsubishi’s site runs a series on his long involvement with Koiwai Farm, and puts him forward for that link to farming and nature. The release shows Mina, but gives no story behind the name and says nothing about merchandise.
Tips for visitors
- Whether booking is needed has not been announced. The Expo’s general booking system is explained in our timed-entry news.
- Updates will appear on Mitsubishi’s pavilion page and the promotion site (both Japanese).
- To compare with the other Village pavilions, see our pavilion overview.
Our take
The Mitsubishi Minna no Miraikan will be a ride that carries visitors through film, sound and light. How many people each ride takes, how long it lasts and whether booking is needed, the things that decide waiting times, have not been announced. Mitsubishi later said in a feature on its site that each ride seats four and takes about 30 minutes (booking is still unannounced).