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October 2026
Official Expo 2027 AEON becomes a Platinum Partner: Expo ads on screens in about 250 stores and in about 100 AEON Cinemas 
Official Expo 2027 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries donates about 20,000 Expo tickets to Sagamihara, Yamato and Hitachi 
Official Expo 2027 Refill your bottle at Expo 2025 Osaka water stations: Sutehaji EXPO 2026 at Pia Arena MM on 5 November Official Expo 2027 LIXIL Renewal sponsors Yokohama's Tsunagu Yokohama Pavilion with a roller screen that generates solar power Official Expo 2027 Ginza "EXPO Sakaba" talks: next sessions on 20 November and 18 December Official Expo 2027 InterContinental Yokohama Pier 8 serves a flower-themed strawberry afternoon tea from 1 December 
Official Expo 2027 Tunku Tunku taxis run in central Tokyo from 31 October to 31 March Official Expo 2027 Yokohama 18 Collection: food and stage from all 18 wards at the Expo, 21–29 July Official Expo 2027 Amidaike Daikoku adds a Tunku Tunku pouch of seven chocolate crunch bars, 1,700 yen 
Official Expo 2027 Lisa and Gaspard meet Tunku Tunku: five goods, first sold inside JR Ueno Station 
Official Expo 2027 Suntory to run SUNTORY GREEN GO ROUND, a 1,650 m² showcase in the Farm & Food Village 
Official Expo 2027 Sakata sells seeds in student-designed packets for spring 2027; orders open mid-November 
Official Expo 2027 Takenaka and JGC sponsor Yokohama's Tsunagu pavilion: lunar living and domestic SAF 
Official Expo 2027 Queen's Square Yokohama lights an 8.7 m Tunku Tunku tree on 9 November 
Official Expo 2027 Fertilizer with phosphorus recovered from Yokohama's sewage will feed the expo's planting Official Expo 2027 Kanagawa pavilion sets its rotating 'spot exhibits', 29 prefectural and 22 municipal Official Expo 2027 Tunku Tunku clothing from JOURNAL STANDARD relume, sold at a two-day Osaka festival 
Official Expo 2027 Pasona's Expo jobs: running the national pavilion area, 2,100 to 3,500 yen an hour Updated Expo 2027 Myaku-Myaku x Tunku Tunku at GREEN×EXPO 2027: every collaboration from Expo 2025 to Yokohama 
Official Expo 2027 Pasona to recruit 220 staff for GREEN×EXPO 2027 operations, with briefings in Yokohama from 23 October Official Expo 2027 Pia releases a Myaku-Myaku and Tunku Tunku embroidered phone-shoulder-bag mook on 29 October, 3,300 yen 
Official Expo 2027 2.9 million tickets sold by 18 October: up 290,000 in a month, season passes reach 25,131 Official Expo 2027 Blue Impulse at the GREEN×EXPO 2027 opening to fly on domestic SAF made from cooking oil collected from 9 December 
Updated Expo 2027 Haneda Airport to GREEN×EXPO 2027: ¥850 by Keikyu and Sotetsu, or one change by airport bus 
Official Expo 2027 Obayashi sponsors Yokohama City's Tsunagu Yokohama Pavilion with exhibits on space transport to the Moon and Mars Updated Expo 2027 Where the Grand Ring Goes: Three New Homes at GREEN×EXPO 2027, and 200 Metres Staying in Yumeshima 
Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 in summer: bring a parasol, men too. Osaka's 3,000 loan parasols, men's parasols in numbers 
Updated Expo 2027 Expo 2025 Osaka, One Year On: What Went to GREEN×EXPO 2027 and What Stayed 
Updated Expo 2027 Been to Expo 2025? What Is Different at GREEN×EXPO 2027 in Yokohama 
Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 access guide: the four shuttle-bus stations compared, and which one to use from where 
Updated Expo 2027 Central Africa at GREEN×EXPO 2027: seven countries through plants and produce 
Updated Expo 2027 Northern East Africa at GREEN×EXPO 2027: seven countries through plants and produce 
Updated Expo 2027 North Africa at GREEN×EXPO 2027: four countries through plants and produce 
Updated Expo 2027 Indian Ocean islands and Southern Africa at GREEN×EXPO 2027: nine countries through plants and produce 
Updated Expo 2027 West Africa at GREEN×EXPO 2027: nine countries through plants and produce 
Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 as a Bonded Exhibition Area: What the Yokohama Customs Permit Allows 
Updated Expo 2027 Haneda or Narita to GREEN×EXPO 2027 in Yokohama: one train to Yokohama Station, then Sotetsu to the shuttle-bus stations 
Updated Expo 2027 Africa (1), Angola to Seychelles: GREEN×EXPO 2027 participating countries 
Updated Expo 2027 Africa (2), Equatorial Guinea to Lesotho: GREEN×EXPO 2027 participating countries 
Updated Expo 2027 Americas, 6 countries: GREEN×EXPO 2027 participating countries 
Updated Expo 2027 Asia, 16 countries: GREEN×EXPO 2027 participating countries 
Updated Expo 2027 Europe, 7 countries: GREEN×EXPO 2027 participating countries 
Updated Expo 2027 Middle East, 5 countries: GREEN×EXPO 2027 participating countries 
Updated Expo 2027 Oceania, 5 countries: GREEN×EXPO 2027 participating countries 
Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 country guide: India, with facts, official exhibit plans and a cultural primer 
Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 Italy Pavilion: Official Participation Contract and Exhibit Theme 
Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 country guide to Luxembourg: facts, official exhibit plans and a cultural primer 
Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 Country Profile: The Philippines and its "Bukás" Theme 
Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 Qatar: the first official participation contract and the legacy of Doha 2023 Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 Thailand: the official participation contract and the road to the 2029 Korat Expo 
Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 country guide: the United Kingdom signs its official participation contract Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 Country Guide: United States, First G7 Nation to Sign Updated Expo 2027 Festivals at GREEN×EXPO 2027: Aomori Nebuta on permanent display, Izumisano danjiri on 27 June 
Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 hotels: the interchange stations beyond the shuttle-bus stops, and when bookings open 
Updated Expo 2027 For Expo 2025 Visitors: What Carries Over to GREEN×EXPO 2027 
Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 National Day dates: the 59 announced so far, and none in Golden Week or Obon 
Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 ITTO: Yokohama's Own International Organization Signs On 
Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 pavilions at a glance: from the 12 Village exhibitors to the Kanagawa Pavilion 
Updated Expo 2027 After GREEN×EXPO 2027 Closes: Kamiseya's Four Districts, the Park That Stays and a Theme Park Plan 
Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 tickets: types, prices, how to buy and how to book timed entry 
Updated Expo 2027 When to visit GREEN×EXPO 2027: Expo 2025 Osaka sold out in its last month. Go early, while Yokohama is still cool 
Updated Expo 2027 Where to stay for GREEN×EXPO 2027: Yokohama Station, Shin-Yokohama, Ebina, Machida and Yamato compared 
Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 Yokohama: Dates, Tickets, Access and Where to Stay 
Updated Expo 2027 After GREEN×EXPO 2027: KAMISEYA PARK, the Theme Park Planned for Kamiseya 
Official Expo 2027 Expo 2027 names its coin-locker, luggage and delivery operators Updated Expo 2027 Where Did Myaku-Myaku Go? Monuments at Fuku Station and Mount Kongo, Anniversary Events and the Association's Wind-Down 
Updated Expo 2027 null⁴ at GREEN×EXPO 2027 and null²ⁿ in Yokohama: Where Yoichi Ochiai's null² Goes Next 
Updated Expo 2027 null²ⁿ (Null Null Nexus) Visitor Guide: Access, Tickets and Rules at Landmark Plaza, Yokohama 
Updated Expo 2027 KAJIMA TREE at GREEN×EXPO 2027: Kajima's Village Pavilion Built from Grand Ring Timber 
Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 Kanagawa Pavilion: Vibrant INOCHI Forest's Mascots, Gardens and Musical 
Updated Expo 2027 Yasashiku Naritai. STUDIO at GREEN×EXPO 2027: Toho Leo Reuses Panasonic's Nomo no Kuni 
Official Expo 2027 Expo 2027 safety plans: three first-aid posts, 36 outdoor AEDs, shelter indoors in lightning Updated Expo 2027 The GREEN×EXPO 2027 season pass: think about how you will visit over six months, not how many visits pay it back Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 by Shinkansen: two routes from Shin-Yokohama to the shuttle buses, and hotels by the station 
Official Expo 2027 Tunku Tunku gets a promotion song, released on Tunku Tunku Day 
Updated Expo 2027 Tunku Tunku fan-art rules: what the GREEN×EXPO 2027 guidelines allow for drawings, origami, plush toys and cosplay 
Updated Expo 2027 How to Type Tunku Tunku, GREEN×EXPO 2027's Mascot, in Katakana 
Updated Expo 2027 How to Fold Origami Tunku Tunku, the GREEN×EXPO 2027 Mascot: All 38 Steps Diagrammed 
Updated Expo 2027 Who is Tunku Tunku? The GREEN×EXPO 2027 Yokohama mascot: story, designer, where to meet it and Tunku Tunku Day 
Official Expo 2027 A garden of native perennials funded by Dai-ichi Life will be built at the expo site 
Official Expo 2027 China joins the GREEN×EXPO 2027 list, now 75 countries and five organisations Official Expo 2027 A GREEN×EXPO 2027 booth at Grandberry Park's Green Good Market on 7 and 8 November 
Official Expo 2027 Kanagawa's Expo booth: a maglev station site, Kawasaki Station and a windsurfing World Cup Official Expo 2027 LET'S EXPO, which helped people get round Expo 2025, wins a Good Design Best 100 
Official Expo 2027 The NTT EAST Pavilion's flowerbed will be planted by Yokohama pupils and local nursery children 
Official Expo 2027 Sotetsu's 13000 series wins a 2026 Good Design Award; the same model will be shown at the Expo 
Official Expo 2027 Tunku Tunku print cookies from Amidaike Daikoku, 1,000 yen, on sale until the day before opening 
Official Expo 2027 Asuka III's 2027 cruises include Expo tickets on early-summer sailings from Yokohama 
Official Expo 2027 Outdoor ad firm Hit becomes a Silver Partner, showing Expo videos in Shibuya and on the Shuto Expressway 
Official Expo 2027 Yamashita Park winter skating rink returns 5 December, themed on flowers ahead of the Expo 
Official Expo 2027 Yokohama recruits "kids reporters" to cover the city's Expo pavilion; apply by 1 November Updated Expo 2027 SOTETSU PARK at GREEN×EXPO 2027: Sotetsu's Children's Area with the New 13000 Series 
Official Expo 2027 Meiji opens a site for ORAGA VILLAGE, its GREEN×EXPO 2027 shop entered through Karl Ojisan's mouth Official Expo 2027 null²ⁿ opens in Yokohama on 14 October and names its gate and five areas for the first time 
Official Expo 2027 Sotetsu to hold a dairy farm day in Seya on 7 November: ¥1,000, lottery entries until 25 October 
Official Expo 2027 Paper tickets go on sale at four Tokyo-area events from 10 October 
Official Expo 2027 BIE-Cosmos Prize for Expo 2027 takes applications until 20 November, with shortlisted projects shown at the site Official Expo 2027 Tunku Tunku visits Fukuoka on 31 October at a free farm and flower festival in Tenjin Central Park 
Official Expo 2027 Yokosuka and Atsugi join the Kanagawa Pavilion garden, with Kamakura temples, farm co-ops and five farm schools Official Expo 2027 First permanent official store in Shizuoka opens 9 October, with Tunku Tunku photo sessions for 60 groups 
Official Expo 2027 Japan Flower Design Awards 2027 to be shown at the Expo, 24 April to 2 May, changing every three days 
Official Expo 2027 Kanagawa takes its GREEN×EXPO 2027 booth to the Zushi citizens' festival on 18 October Official Expo 2027 Lebanon signs its participation contract, completing the Middle East's five Official Expo 2027 Agriculture ministry brings expo booths to nine events; Tunku Tunku in Mito on 12 Oct Official Expo 2027 Expo 2027 safety councils review a draft lightning evacuation plan; detailed plans due autumn 2026
Official Expo 2027 China joins the GREEN×EXPO 2027 list, now 75 countries and five organisations Official Expo 2027 A GREEN×EXPO 2027 booth at Grandberry Park's Green Good Market on 7 and 8 November 
September 2026
Official Expo 2027 The Association launches Let's Green Online, a free video course on the environment and the Expo 
Official Expo 2027 Meiji yogurt cups collected at 13 Yokohama AEON stores, to return as goods at Meiji's Expo site 
Official Expo 2027 Help decorate Yokohama's pavilion: October workshops at Shin-Yokohama and City Hall, no booking Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 Theme: Four Co- Subthemes Where the 1990 Expo Had One Phrase 
Official Expo 2027 Yokohama City names its pavilion, dates two festivals and maps a direct bus from the waterfront Official Expo 2027 31 more Kanagawa towns and cities to offer Expo tickets as hometown tax gifts Official Expo 2027 Gold coin shows Myaku-Myaku passing the baton to Tunku Tunku: 260 pieces at 659,780 yen Official Expo 2027 Yokohama's Expo pavilion now has 18 sponsors, from power-generating windows to CO₂-absorbing concrete Updated Expo 2027 Aomori Nebuta at GREEN×EXPO 2027: origins, nebuta vs neputa, and the August festival 
Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027: Why Two Ministries Build the Japan Government Garden 
Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 shuttle buses are booked separately: four stations and two terminals 
Updated Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 with a stroller or wheelchair: station lifts and toilets, child fares, accessible parking 
Official Expo 2027 JVCKENWOOD joins Yokohama City's pavilion with a vibration-powered generator built with Kyoto University 
Official Expo 2027 Flower Fes at Cubic Plaza Shin-Yokohama from 1 October, with 50 pairs of Expo tickets a day in a giant gacha 
Official Expo 2027 2.6 million tickets sold by 18 September: early-bird one-day tickets 2.58 million, season passes 18,427 Official Expo 2027 Daiwa House will cool its Expo pavilion with power from biomethanol made from canteen food waste 
New Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 Accessibility: Guidelines Written with Disabled People on the Committee 
Official Expo 2027 A GREEN×EXPO 2027 garden director talks in Kyoto on 24 October, with a tour of the Suzaku Garden, free and also online 
Official Expo 2027 The Mitsubishi pavilion will be a ride through sea, land and sky, guided by Hisaya Iwasaki and a character called Mina Official Expo 2027 Water refill stations for the GREEN×EXPO 2027 venue, from heat-measures sponsor Waterstand Official Expo 2027 EXPO Sakaba meets again at a Ginza rose shop on 26 September, with violin, talks and GREEN×EXPO 2027 on the agenda Official Expo 2027 Shuttle bus booking site sent one payment email many times over; bookings and seats unaffected, says organiser Official Expo 2027 Pure gold Tunku Tunku koban and medal go on sale at Yokohama Takashimaya from 30 September 
New Expo 2027 Free GREEN×EXPO 2027 day ticket for ages 4 to 18 living in Kanagawa: who qualifies and how to apply 
Official Expo 2027 null²ⁿ reveals its triple pin badge, one month before opening 
Official Expo 2027 Official Expo 2027 goods roll out to 157 Cainz stores nationwide, with pre-sale tickets in store too 
Official Expo 2027 Yokohama launches EXPO Mikke!, a site collecting city-wide events, on 19 September 
Official Expo 2027 Flower-arranging performance ties GREEN×EXPO 2027 to a craft expo on 7 Nov; six Touken Ranbu characters revealed Official Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO association joins Kyoto Tamba green fair with a Kengo Kuma monument passed down from Kawasaki and Gifu 
Official Expo 2027 Japan's farm ministry recruits restaurants as GREEN×EXPO 2027 supporters, with a special-menu fair around January 2027 Official Expo 2027 High-school flower-arranging battle: national selection final at the Expo site on 30 April 2027 Official Expo 2027 Pay with a registered Suica at station shops until 18 October for a chance to win Expo tickets Official Expo 2027 A GREEN×EXPO 2027 booth at the Shibusai festival on 4 October, outside Kozashibuya Station Official Expo 2027 Sotetsu widens its Green Action Program to 12 shopping centres, with double stamps in October 
Official Expo 2027 Six startups picked for Yokohama's pavilion, turning rocket launches and quantum computing into games 
Official Expo 2027 MACNICA Green Tech Messe gets two exhibit zones, and Macnica plans self-driving electric buses on the Expo site Official Expo 2027 Five special supporters name their time to go: March, Golden Week, summer and September 
Official Expo 2027 First event list: Aomori Nebuta floats on show all season, a Kanagawa musical, National Days set for 59 participants Official Expo 2027 NEKKO, IROHA-GARDEN and HANAMEGURI: the three Association pavilions get nicknames, and NEKKO's six zones are revealed 
Official Expo 2027 Hana Cupid florists to exhibit 10 to 18 April 2027 with the Japan Cup floristry contest and flower workshops 
Official Expo 2027 HANAMEGURI: 21 season-long and 227 nine-day exhibitors behind a kumiko facade reused from Dubai and Osaka 
Official Expo 2027 Mizuno takes orders for 17 Tunku Tunku items until 30 September, for delivery in March 2027 
Official Expo 2027 Mika Ninagawa's Expo works: flower beds on the TAISEI GREEN TERRACE and projection mapping on a former powder magazine 
Official Expo 2027 RING PASS: 2,027 season passes made from Expo 2025 Grand Ring timber, 50,000 yen, lottery entries 18 to 30 September 
Official Expo 2027 Sakata Seed details five Expo exhibits: a garden of 160 flower varieties, the Flower of the Future and a seed pavilion 
Official Expo 2027 Hyaku no Mori pavilion: from a tunnel to a rooftop deck, opening with a question, protect forests or fell trees 
Official Expo 2027 JTB becomes a Platinum Partner: posters in 255 branches, tickets and hotels on its Expo site 
Official Expo 2027 Kanagawa Kintaro meets Tunku Tunku: collaboration goods on sale in Yokohama since 15 September Official Expo 2027 1,000-yen silver coin with Tunku Tunku and native plants: 40,000 coins at 33,500 yen, applications from 2 December Official Expo 2027 Kanagawa to give local groups 50 flower seedlings and an Expo sign; applications 6–16 October Official Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 booth at the Fujisawa Citizens' Festival on 27 September, near Fujisawa Station Official Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO Association and Triathlon Japan sign partnership, with Expo booths at race venues 
Official Expo 2027 Participation commitments reach 74 countries and 5 international organisations as Colombia, Nauru and Libya join Official Expo 2027 Kanagawa Prefecture announces "Kanagawa Pavilion" logo and mascots VIBRANTs and Momon at six-months-to-go event Official Expo 2027 Keikyu becomes a Platinum Partner for project sponsorship Official Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO 2027 booth at Vietnam Festa in Kanagawa, with Tunku Tunku appearing three times on 13 September Official Expo 2027 Tunku Tunku and Yokohama's Garden Bear collaboration goods on sale from 5 September at the Satoyama Garden Festa 
Official Expo 2027 Six months to go, and a wrapped Shinkansen starts running 
Official Expo 2027 Tickets go on sale at convenience stores nationwide from 18 September 
Official Expo 2027 Tokyo Skytree lights up in Tunku Tunku colours on 15 September, 9 December and opening day 
Official Expo 2027 Moomin and Tunku Tunku collaboration goods from January 2027, starting with a mug, a plate and an eco bag 
August 2026
Official Expo 2027 Official merchandise pop-up opens in Yamashita Park through May 2027, plus short runs in Wakayama and Yokkaichi 
Official Expo 2027 200 days to go, and outdoor-advertising firm Osada Group becomes a Platinum Partner with 230-plus digital signs 
Official Expo 2027 A traffic-management trial to ease congestion around the Expo 
Official Expo 2027 GREEN×EXPO Association announces timed-entry details and same-day reservations for some exhibits 
Official Expo 2027 Mizuno shoes and T-shirts with Myaku-Myaku and Tunku Tunku, on pre-order from 22 August 
Official Expo 2027 71 countries and regions and 5 international organisations have signed up (MOFA list as of 4 August 2026)
March 2026
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