Three areas for the 2025 Osaka-Kansai world expo were unveiled on Friday in a master plan the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition released, which also outlines projects and policies for the expo. The plan also positions the expo as a national project for a new era beyond the coronavirus crisis, stressing the importance of sharing the main theme of "Designing Future Society for Our Lives" with the world.
The master plan comprises 11 chapters, including transportation and financing plans.
The concept of the venue is the expo of the sea, the sky and the earth, the plan states, and it takes advantage of the expo's location on Yumeshima, an artificial island in Osaka City surrounded by the sea. The 155-hectare venue will be divided into three areas: "Pavilion World" (65.7 hectares), which features a large ring-shaped roof that is approximately 2 kilometers in circumference and contains pavilions from various countries and companies; "Water World" (47 hectares) where water events will be held; and "Green World" (42.9 hectares) where outdoor events will be held.
The plan also discusses a virtual expo in which visitors can experience pavilions from outside the expo site by using cutting-edge technology.
The master plan calls for at most 185 billion yen for the venue's construction. Combined with 80.9 billion yen in operating costs, the total amount will be 265.9 billion yen. The plan also aims to have 150 countries and 25 international organizations participate and draw in about 28.2 million visitors.
The opening ceremony will be held on Apr. 12, 2025, the day before the opening date, and the closing ceremony will be held on Oct. 13, 2025. Ticket sales will begin in 2023 -- two years before the expo's opening.
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