Hyogo Field Pavilion Week to be held at EXPO2025 Osaka/Kansai Expo

EXPO2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo “Hyogo Field Pavilion Week” to be held ​
Hyogo Prefecture Planning Department Expo Promotion Bureau Press release: May 16, 2025 EXPO2025
Osaka-Kansai Expo “Hyogo Field Pavilion Week” to be held May 20th (Tue) – 25th (Sun), 2025 Six days to experience the charm of Hyogo with flying cars, sake festivals, and SDGs
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/150394/2/150394-2-12569ce7c0489fb12c777cdeb3518a21-1066×246.jpg Hyogo Prefecture will hold the “Hyogo Field Pavilion Week” from May 20th (Tue) to 25th (Sun) in the “Multipurpose Area” adjacent to the Kansai Pavilion Prefecture Zones at the Osaka-Kansai Expo. In addition to promoting Hyogo’s mobility initiatives in line with the Expo Association’s theme of “Future Community and Mobility,” the event will also include a tasting event to promote the appeal of Hyogo sake and events related to the Hyogo Field Pavilion. Event Overview The Hyogo Field Pavilion is an initiative that takes advantage of the Expo, which will draw attention from people around the world to Kansai, to turn the whole of Hyogo into one large pavilion, promote the appeal of the “activity sites themselves” throughout the prefecture, and invite many people to see, learn, and experience it. This event is the eve of the consecutive “Field Pavilion Festival 2025,” and is an opportunity to rediscover the charm of Hyogo through the charm of Hyogo’s mobility, sake, and SDGs efforts. Event details Venue Expo Venue Kansai Pavilion “Multipurpose Area” (1-chome Yumesunaka, Konohana-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture) Date of event May 20th (Tuesday) to May 25th (Sunday), 2025 Event time 20th-21st: 10:00-17:00 22nd-24th: 12:00-19:00 25th: 10:00-18:30 Participation fee Free (sake tasting is charged) *Separate admission ticket to the Expo site required Reservation Not required ※Reservations are required for each prefecture zone in the Kansai Pavilion Program and contents Hyogo “Region and Mobility” Future Design Date and time: May 20th (Tuesday) – May 21st (Wednesday) 10:00 – 17:00
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/150394/2/150394-2-d599327552c87d09433e856eccc9ed9d-1309×670.jpg In conjunction with the Association’s theme week “Future Community and Mobility,” we will promote initiatives with the theme of Hyogo’s regional revitalization and future mobility. 1. Exhibition of initiatives by transportation companies in the prefecture. 2. Presentation of examples of advanced mobility (drones, flying cars) 3. Lectures aimed at solving secondary transportation issues at field pavilions, etc. 4. Presentations by private businesses of examples of regional revitalization along railway lines Hyogo Sake Festival
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/150394/2/150394-2-ad4ee0c140862f8c5265d0ced6909926-1309×601.jpg ■ “Yamada Nishiki from Hyogo Prefecture The Premium SAKE Bar; HYOGO Selection” Date and time: Thursday, May 22nd, 1 day, 12:00-19:00 1. Paid tasting booth for Hyogo sake brewed with Yamada Nishiki rice from Hyogo Prefecture (ticket system: 1,000 yen for a set of two tickets with a commemorative sake cup) 2. Stage events (sake brewing songs, barrel brewing demonstrations, mini seminars, etc.) 3. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage “Traditional Sake Brewing” Promotion 4. Japan Agricultural Heritage “Sake rice “Yamada Nishiki” production taking advantage of the climate and environment” Promotion, etc. 5. Installation of photo spots, etc. Related links ■ “Nada Gogo Sake Festival” Date and time: May 23rd (Friday) and 24th (Saturday) for 2 days 12:00-19:00 1. Paid tasting booth at “Nada Gogo Sake Breweries” (Ticket system: 1,000 yen for a set of 2 tickets with a commemorative sake cup, etc.) 2. Stage events (sake brewing songs, barrel brewing demonstrations, mini seminars, etc.) 3. Promoting sake brewery tourism to Nada Gogo 4. Promoting the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage “Traditional Sake Brewing” 5. Japan Heritage “Itami Morohaku” and “Nada no Kiippon” Promoting Itami and Nada Gogo, famous sake-producing areas Create × Learn × Play with SDGs
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/150394/2/150394-2-3b107dda527a1226073afdbe6e7caea8-456×411.jpg ■ “Tamaki Niime Field Pavilion Ambassador Project” Date and time: May 25th (Sun) 10:00-14:00
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/150394/2/150394-2-e43650be4f0addf3061141d5f728aa22-1318×294.jpg A collaborative project called “Weaving” will be launched by Hyogo Field Pavilion Ambassador “tamaki niime” and contemporary artist “AYUMI ADACHI”. This sustainable initiative will involve wrapping leftover Banshu-ori threads (scrap materials) around unused cardboard boxes and transforming them into artworks. This will be carried out as a participatory workshop, and will convey the appeal of Banshu-ori to visitors to the Expo site. *The exhibited works will also be exhibited at the Field Pavilion Festival 2025 at Gallery WEST in the Expo venue. ■ “Hyogo DREAM BUILDERS” Date and time: May 25th (Sun) 15:00-18:30
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/150394/2/150394-2-23fd26775876ae589cc59408f27c8f54-598×157.jpg 1. “Hyogo Prefecture x Out of KidZania – Work to spread the charm of Hyogo” Event time 15:00-16:30 – Children will experience work at field pavilions in various parts of the prefecture and present what they learned from the experience on stage
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/150394/2/150394-2-1da5f0e58abad90442e0cdc00937ad6a-1320×294.jpg 2. “Hyogo Treasure Hunt Project 3-minute Video Presentation
Ceremony/Award Ceremony” Holding time 16:30-18:30 ・Videos by junior and senior high school students from the prefecture that report on the thoughts and treasures of the field pavilion were selected as the winners of the Excellence Award etc. Presentation of works (video broadcast)・Award ceremony Notes – The program is subject to change. – The information in this release is an excerpt of the program to be exhibited on the day. For details, please refer to the flyer distributed on-site. Sponsor Hyogo Prefecture Planning Department Expo Promotion Bureau More information about this release *This email has been sent automatically, so please do not reply.