EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
About 大阪・関西万博 (おおさか・かんさいばんぱく）
The Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan is a major international event where people from around the world come together to share ideas and showcase new technologies.
It will take place from April 13 to October 13, 2025, on an artificial island called Yumeshima in Osaka, Japan.
The theme of the Expo is “Designing Future Society for Our Lives“. This theme focuses on creating a better future through innovative ideas and technologies. Countries and companies will have their own pavilions where they will present their latest technologies and groundbreaking ideas and their contributions to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This event is a great opportunity to learn about and think about the future of our society.
Virtual visit
The Expo offers virtual visits which allow you to explore pavilions using your avatar.
Please visit https://www.expo2025.or.jp/en/future-index/virtual/
Banpaku trivia Quiz (Power Point)
Let’s spark students’ interest in the Expo with fun and engaging quizzes! We have created general trivia quizzes about past World Expos and specific quizzes on the Expo 2025 Osaka in simple Japanese and English.
Activity ideas
The official Expo 2025 website has various activity ideas for schools as below:
1. Learning more about SDGs and discussing our future:
The following pages provide information booklets with worksheets where students can find out more about World Expos in English including discussion ideas relating to SDGs.
1.1 Expo Study Book（Primary (English））【PDF／35.5MB】
1.2 Expo Study Book（Secondary (English)）【PDF／33.0MB】
2. Learning a theme song and Bon odori :
2.1 Expo 2025 official theme song: Students can learn the theme song and lyrics with English translation with the music video
2.2 Bon Odori Expo 2025: Students can dance along to the official Bon odori (a traditional Japanese dance) matching the Expo theme song with simple Japanese instructions.
3. Learning about Expo with Banpaku quiz video (in Japanese) : This YouTube video allows students to learn about the Expo in Japanese through quizzes. It is suitable for students who want a challenge!
4. Task idea for your class : わたしたちのばんぱく (Our Expo)
Students conduct a Japanese expo in class. They come up with a product featuring a universal design that is useful, helpful and inclusive, benefiting all of us in building a sustainable future.
Step 1: Students think about products around them that help everyone, and promote equality of life. Students then discuss what other things could be helpful.
Eg. 「学校に、車いすのためのリフトやスロープがあります。」
「でも、じどうのドアはありません。」「だから、じどうのドアが(あると)いいとおもいます。」
Step 2: Students draw a picture of their design and write an explanation using diagrams.
Step 3: Students then present the design to their class including the following points,
① Reasons for creating the product.
「今、～があります」 「～はありません」 「～が(あると)いいと思います」
② A description of looks and overall design. What factors should be considered?
「いろは～です。」 「サイズは、～です。」 Colours are…. Size are….
③ Specific characteristics/functions of the design.
Eg. 「じどうであきます。」「じどうでしまります。」It opens/closes automatically.
Resource created by Himiko Negishi-Wood with assistance from Hiroko Langdon. (Jan 2025).
