3rd Japan International Art Festival/Osaka Kansai Expo Exhibition Seminar Venue Event Information

The 3rd Japan International Art Festival / Osaka-Kansai Expo Exhibition will be held for five days from Wednesday, July 2nd to Sunday, July 6th, 2025 at the EXPO Messe "WASSE" at the 2025 World Expo, Japan. The exhibition will be the main event of the main venue of the Japan International Art Festival, organized by the Yumeshima New Industry and Urban Creation Organization.
In addition, various events will be held at the seminar venue within the same venue to liven up the 3rd Japan International Art Festival / Osaka, Kansai Expo Exhibition.
We have prepared wonderful exhibits and events that will connect the highest level of Japanese beauty and spirit with the world, so please come and visit us.

The 3rd Japan International Art Festival/Osaka Kansai Expo Exhibition Seminar Venue Event

[Venue] EXPO Messe "WASSE"
[Dates] Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025 to Sunday, July 6th, 2025 *Including Japan Day on July 3rd 10:00-20:00 (10:00-12:00 on July 6th only)
[Organizer] Yumeshima New Industry and Urban Creation Organization [Implementation] World Heritage Tendai Sect Head Temple Hieizan Enryakuji, World Heritage Shingon Sect Omuroha Head Temple Ninnaji, Osaka Prefectural Fisheries Cooperative Association, Plan Do See Co., Ltd., Otemae University, Stationery Market Co., Ltd., Honzan Shugen Sect Head Temple Shogoin Monzeki, Educational Heritage World Heritage Registration Promotion Council, NPO Okuchi no Kenko, Osaka University of Arts, Yamamoto Noh Theatre Foundation, Kansai University

*No reservation is required for admission to the EXPO Messe "WASSE" for the "3rd Japan International Art Festival / Osaka-Kansai Expo Exhibition."
*An Osaka, Kansai Expo admission ticket is required to enter the venue.
Purchase tickets here ( Osaka-Kansai Expo ticket purchase site )

Event Program

◆Opening Ceremony: July 2 (Wed) 10:30-11:00
Organizer: Yumeshima New Industry and Urban Creation Organization
▶ Click here for details

Tendai Shomyo Demonstration and Omuro Kongo-ko Goeika Concert 7/2 (Wed) 14:00-16:15
Implementation: World Heritage Tendai Sect Head Temple, Enryaku-ji Temple on Mount Hiei and World Heritage Shingon Sect Omuro-ha Head Temple, Ninna-ji Temple

◆Connecting with the World "Ocean Expo" Lecture & Celebration Concert 7/2 (Wed) 18:00-19:30
Organized by: Osaka Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations ▶ For more information, click here

◆Examples of hospitality for foreigners in Japan 7/3 (Thu) 11:00-11:30
Implementation: Plan・Do・See Co., Ltd.

◆Ancient dyeing experience! Dyeing Tango silk with natural dyes 7/3 (Thu) 14:00-16:00
Conducted by: Otemae University

◆How can we spread Japan's traditional culture to the world? ~Lion dance performance and panel discussion~ July 3rd (Thu) 17:00-20:45
Implemented by: Stationery Market Co., Ltd.

◆ Japanese Yamabushi Dialogue and Conch-Blowing 7/4 (Fri) 10:30-12:30
Implementation: Shogoin Monzeki, Head Temple of the Shugen Sect

◆ Seminar and calligraphy performance on the theme of "Educational Heritage of Early Modern Japan - The Source of the Spirit of Learning and Etiquette" (Mito Aoiryo High School Calligraphy Club)
July 4th (Fri) 13:00-16:20
Implemented by: Educational Heritage World Heritage Registration Promotion Council

◆6th Kyoto Round Table July 4th (Fri) 18:00-20:00
Organizer: Yumeshima New Industry and Urban Creation Organization ▶ For more information, click here

◆Let's do the tooth brushing dance with Tooth Brushing Rabbit and Rokuro! Saturday, July 5th 10:45~ / 12:15~ Conducted by: NPO Oral Health

◆Live painting by ink painting illustrator Hidekichi Shigemoto, Radio Osaka "Osaka University of Arts Sky Campus" public recording, 7/5 (Sat) 14:30-16:30
Organized by: Osaka University of Arts

◆Experience workshop introducing the charms of Noh and Noh performance July 5th (Sat) 18:00-20:00
Organized by: Yamamoto Noh Theatre Foundation

◆Research presentation event on education, research, and community collaboration activities toward achieving the SDGs 7/6 (Sun) 10:30-12:00
Conducted by: Kansai University

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The 3rd Japan International Art Festival/Osaka Kansai Expo Exhibition

The 3rd Japan International Art Festival is being held for six months from April 13th to October 13th during the Osaka-Kansai Expo, with the mission of "Co-creation of Art, Design, Science, Technology, and Economy - Communicating the Beauty and Spirit of Japan to the World and Creating the Future", networking the Expo site, Kyoto, Kansai, and the whole country. At the main venue, the Osaka-Kansai Expo site, the main event space "EXPO Messe" will host 106 booths by 54 organizations and events such as art and academic seminars from July 2nd (Wed) to July 6th (Sun), including Japan Day on July 3rd (Thu), Japan's national day. At the "3rd Japan International Art Festival/Osaka-Kansai Expo Exhibition" at "EXPO Messe", the temples of Sennyuji Temple, Ninnaji Temple, Kenninji Temple, Toji Temple, Nishi Honganji Temple, Shogoin Temple, and Enryakuji Temple on Mount Hiei will have special exhibits in the "Japan's Greatest Beauty and Spirit" zone. The Japan International Art Festival is the only event at the Osaka-Kansai Expo where a head temple with over 1,000 years of history and many of Japan's national treasures will be exhibited. We hope that visitors from 158 countries and regions and seven international organizations will enjoy the "3rd Japan International Art Festival / Osaka-Kansai Expo Exhibition," which is centered on the theme of co-creation of culture and art, science and technology, and the economy and society.

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Japan International Art Festival

Organized by the Yumeshima New Industry and Urban Creation Organization (abbreviated as Yumeshima Organization), the mission is "Co-creation of Art, Design, Science, Technology and Economy - Communicating the Beauty and Spirit of Japan to the World and Creating the Future", and will be held for the same period of six months as the Osaka-Kansai Expo, which will see the participation of 158 countries and regions and seven international organizations, through a network that covers the Expo site, Kyoto, Kansai and the whole country. We will contribute to the creation of a virtuous cycle of culture, art, and the economy and society, and a well-being future where life shines.

Please come and visit the 3rd Japan International Art Festival, an international art festival being held on the occasion of the Osaka-Kansai Expo.

The 3rd Japan International Art Festival Official Website