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Legacy Map highlights reuse after Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai
Nearly one year after the closing of Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai on 13 October 2025, its ideas, innovations and creations continue to inspire communities across Japan and beyond. Held under the theme “Designing Future Society for Our Lives,” Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai brought together 165 Official Participants (158 countries and regions, and 7 international organisations) and welcomed more than 29 million visitors.
While the former Expo site continues to undergo works to prepare for its next life, the Expo’s legacy can be felt far and wide, thanks notably to the pavilions, objects and materials that have found new homes since the Expo closed its gates.
Mapping the tangible legacy of Expo 2025
To showcase how Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai is being carried forward, the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition has created a Legacy Map highlighting the destinations of some of the pavilions and exhibits relocated after the Expo’s closure.
The map illustrates how elements of the Expo are being reused and shared in different locations across Japan, allowing visitors and future generations to continue discovering the stories, technologies and cultural experiences that shaped Expo 2025.
The Legacy Map presents examples across three areas:
Figure 1: Relocated pavilions and exhibits within the Kansai region, where Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai was held.
Figure 2: Legacy destinations across Japan’s regions and overseas locations, showing how the Expo’s impact extends beyond the host region.
Figure 3: The destinations of materials from the Grand Ring, the iconic wooden structure that embodied the Expo’s theme of “Unity in Diversity” and demonstrated the possibilities of sustainable construction and reuse.
From pavilions and exhibition content to repurposed materials, the map captures the wide range of ways Expo 2025’s physical legacy is being carried forward.
In the coming weeks, the BIE Blog will explore in more detail some of the ongoing stories of Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai’s pavilions, objects and initiatives since the Expo closed its gates.
Stay tuned to learn more about how the spirit of Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai continues to live on through reuse, sharing and new connections!
