 A part of the Global Loop at Expo 2005
 Expo with the Corporate Pavilions in the background
 "Wonder Circus", the Electric Power Pavilion Expo 2005 was the World's Fair held in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, east of the city of Nagoya. The Expo ran for 185 days between March 25 and September 25, 2005. Aichi 2005 was Japan's second Universal Exposition, the first being Osaka's Expo '70 (1970), but Japan's fifth if the Special Expositions of Okinawa's Expo '75 (1975), Tsukuba's Expo '85 and Osaka's Expo '90 are also counted. A part of Expo 2005 -- by jpatokal File links The following pages link to this file: Expo 2005 Categories: GFDL images ...
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Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 1426 KB) One Wonder Circus-Electric Power Pavilion of the pavilion of an Expo 2005 Aichi Japan in Nagakute. ...
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Worlds Fair is any of various large expositions held since the mid-19th century. ...
Aichi Prefecture ) is located in the Chūbu region of Japan. ...
Nagoya ) is the fourth largest city in Japan. ...
March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ...
September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For other uses, see Osaka (disambiguation). ...
Tower of the Sun Expo 70 (ja. ...
This article is about the prefecture. ...
Expo 75 (Japanese: 沖縄国際海洋博覧会, Okinawa kokusai kaiyou hakurankai) was a Worlds Fair held on the island of Okinawa in Japan from July 20, 1975 to January 18, 1976. ...
Tsukuba (Japanese: つくば市; -shi; from Han character 筑波) is a planned city located in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. ...
Expo 85 was a worlds fair held in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (Tsukuba Science City, a planned city focused on technology north of Tokyo) between March 17 and September 16, 1985. ...
Theme
The theme of the Expo is "Nature's Wisdom", with national and corporate pavilions expressing themes of ecological co-existence, renewable technology, and the wonders of nature. In Japanese, this is rendered as Ai-chikyūhaku (愛・地球博), which means (roughly) "Love the Earth Expo". According to the official website: - We must come together and share our experience and wisdom, in order to create a new direction for humanity which is both sustainable and harmonious with nature.
Location The main site of the Expo was a forested area in Nagakute, east of Nagoya, covering an area of about 1.85km² (450 acres). A smaller area of 0.15km² (40 acres) nearby, accessible by gondola from the main site near Seto is also part of the Expo. Great care has been taken to build the pavilions out of recycled or recyclable materials, to lessen the environmental impact on the site, and to provide environmentally friendly transportation to and within the Expo area. Nagakute (長久手町; -cho) is a town located in Aichi District, Aichi, Japan. ...
Seto (瀬戸市; -shi) is a city located in Aichi, Japan. ...
The cost of the Expo has been estimated at 340 billion yen ($3.3 billion). However, the recorded 22,049,544 visitors greatly exceeded the target of 15,000,000 and the Expo made a profit of over 10 billion yen.
The nearby city of Toyota also held some related events, although there was no special area set aside. Toyota (豊田市; -shi), or Toyota City, is a city located in the Mikawa region of Aichi, Japan, ESE of Nagoya. ...
The area in Nagakute can easily be reached from Nagoya by subway (Higashiyama line) to the last stop in Fujigaoka, followed by a ride on the newly built Linimo magnetic levitation train. A Nagoya subway train on the Higashiyama line. ...
Linimo train approaching Banpaku Kinen Koen, towards Fujigaoka Station Linimo ), formally the Aichi High-Speed Transit Tobu Kyuryo Line ) is a magnetic levitation train line in Aichi, Japan, near the city of Nagoya. ...
Transrapid at the Emsland test facility Transrapid maglev in Shanghai Magnetic levitation transport, or maglev, is a radically new form of transportation that suspends, guides and propels vehicles via electro-magnetic energy. ...
Characters キッコロ (Kiccoro) and モリゾー (Morizo), collectively known as "Morikoro," were created to be Aichi Banpaku's mascots. The popular fluffy green creatures are both from the forest of 瀬戸市 (Setoshi).
Attractions "Satsuki and Mei's House" a recreation of the house from Hayao Miyazaki's famous movie My Neighbor Totoro, was a sell-out attraction. It re-opened to the public on July 15, 2006. Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎 駿, Miyazaki Hayao), born January 5, 1941 in Tokyo, is a director of animation films and a co-founder of the animation studio, Studio Ghibli. ...
My Neighbor Totoro ), or My Neighbour Totoro on UK DVD box titles, is a 1988 film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. ...
ASIMO, Honda's humanoid robot, was shown off at the Expo, as one of many of its public appearances. Press release photo of the most recent ASIMO model ASIMO ) is a humanoid robot created by Honda Motor Company. ...
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Theme songs The official theme song of the Expo was called "I'll Be Your Love," composed by Yoshiki Hayashi, formerly in X Japan and performed by a singer named Dahlia. On March 24, 2005, Yoshiki conducted an orchestra and performed the song in an opening ceremony of the Expo. Yoshiki Hayashi ) is a Japanese musician-superstar and rock icon. ...
X Japan, or X which was their initial name, was a Japanese Visual kei band, the brainchild of Yoshiki (Yoshiki Hayashi). ...
Species 30 species, 20,000 cultivars Dahlia is a genus of bushy, summer- and autumn-flowering, tuberous perennials that are originally from Mexico, where they are the national flower. ...
March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (84th in leap years). ...
Holder The holder is Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition whose president is Shoichiro Toyoda, the honorary president of Toyota Motor Corporation Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition is the association which held Expo 2005 in Japan. ...
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See also This is a list of worlds fairs (with notable permanent buildings built). ...
Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition is the association which held Expo 2005 in Japan. ...
Global Industrial and Social Progress Research Institute(GISPRI 地çƒç”£æ¥æ–‡åŒ–ç ”ç©¶æ‰€) is a Japanese think tank founded in 1988 to research the global natural resources and environmetal problems, international system, and interaction between industry, economy, culture, and society. ...
External links - Expo 2005 travel guide from Wikitravel
- Expo 2005
- Expo 2005 page at ExpoMuseum
- Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition
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