The pavilion celebrated this prominent achievement by organizing a special event inspired by the famous Japanese “Tanabata” cultural festival
The UAE pavilion at the «Expo 2025 Osaka -Kansai» celebrated today with an exceptional achievement, with the reception of two million visitors since the opening of its doors on April 13, 2025, confirming his position as an inspiring destination for dialogue and cultural exchange on the global scene. On this occasion, a special event inspired by the ancient Japanese “Tanabana” festival was organized, in celebration of this prominent station, and an embodiment of the pavilion commitment to the values of cultural convergence, and the belief in the ability of joint experiences to draw a brighter and human future, where visitors wrote their wishes for the future on the traditional “Tanzaku” cards, which were designed specifically for this The event, hung on the front of the external wing. The “Tanabana” festival is an ancient Japanese legacy that is transmitted by generations, and is based on the values of hope, love and faith in dreams. While the wishes of Japanese traditions are suspended on the branches of bamboo, the wing chose to present this experience with an Emirati vision, using palm fronds, as an expression of the identity of the wing, to become a vibrant plate that reflects the aspiration of humanity towards a brighter future. The roots of the ancient Emirati identity, and express at an ambitious pace towards the prospects of the future. The wing takes its visitors on a journey through five main areas weave together the features of a homeland that combines inheritance and innovation, and between established values and renewable vision. The experiment was widely praised by the visitors, who interacted with the venture narration, dazzled the architectural design that is inspired by the Emirati nature, and sensed the generosity of the original hospitality. These elements combined the UAE’s commitment to enhancing the bridges of international cooperation, and its keenness to provide university platforms for dialogue, encouraging cultures of cultures, and pushing the wheel of collective progress forward. On this occasion, His Excellency Shehab Ahmed Al Fahim, an extraordinary ambassador to the UAE to Japan and the general opponent of the state wing at Expo 2025 Osaka, said: Today we celebrate the reception of the UAE’s wing for a million visitor, in a moment that carries a lot of pride and gratitude, and reflects the depth of global interaction with the story of the Emirates, and the confidence of the visitors with the content and experience we offer. A living space, beating with ideas, expanding dialogue, and evoking the human values that bring us all. ”Since its inauguration in April, the UAE wing has hosted a variety of events, cultural shows, and objective activities. These activities included dialogue sessions with experts, art shows, creative workshops, and live shows for Emirati cooking arts, along with exhibitions of Emirati artists and joint dialogues, all of which were carefully designed to enhance the interaction of visitors from different backgrounds, and to provide profound glimpses of the UAE culture and values and the spirit of cooperation that distinguishes them. The activities of «Expo continues 2025 Osaka – Kansai »until October 13, 2025, and the UAE’s wing receives visitors throughout the exhibition period, providing an inspiring humanitarian vision on how nations cooperated to formulate a better future for all humanity. In order to” Expo Emirates Office “: The Emirates Expo works as a national platform to collect peoples, ideas and innovations to serve global progress. The UAE Expo Office is sponsored by the Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation and works under the umbrella of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and leads the strategic posts of the UAE in international exhibitions, the most recent of which was «Expo 2025 Osaka) in Kansai in Japan. The“ Expo UAE office ”was established for a clear purpose of collecting peoples and innovations to address the challenges facing humanity. The office derives guidance from the values of optimism, openness, ambition and flexibility, and provides enormous and influential experiences that inspire positive move and enhance cooperation between cultures, sectors and through generations. Through carefully selected programs and strategic partnership relationships, the UAE Expo Designs environments that accelerate development by enhancing communication between international masses, stimulating solutions in the education, health care sectors, sustainable technologies and space discovery. The office contributes to awareness and awareness of achieving the comprehensive goals of each exhibition of «Expo», while working at the same time to create an added value to the Emirates through content, ideas and initiatives that may not be available anywhere else. The Expo UAE office in Expo 2025 Osaka aims to create a state of joy, curiosity and cooperation for every visitor from the exhibition visitors, and its work is based on the basis Fragizing is the UAE vision for comprehensive global development, and its programs will enable a new approach to thinking and a common goal and achieve collective progress, from Earth to ether. About the UAE Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka: The UAE Pavilion, which carries the slogan “From Earth to Ether”, is a multi -sensitive journey in the Emirates story, from our values and cultural heritage to our leading innovations. Our Japanese and Emirati youth travels will welcome you to learn more information about them about space discovers, health care stations and our sustainability officials, who depend on heritage and innovative technology to address global challenges. Join us while rushing together the steps of collective progress towards a future in which life is preserved, and flourishes on this land, and in the rehab of the ether. The pavilion is inspired by its design from the “palm” that has a special place for us, as we put in the design of the pavilion a new perception of the “Arish”, which is the traditional Emirati architecture with its colloquial dialect, by combining the agricultural waste of the palm of the dirt and brilliant The Japanese carpentry, in a remarkable reference to the link that the wing achieves between the two cultures of our two countries and the spirit of cooperation between them. We have a legacy of harmony with the world to accelerate team progress, starting from our first wing in “Expo 1970 Osaka” to “Expo 2020 Dubai”. As we return to Osaka, we discover how the traditions stimulate progress while we move the possible limits to further horizons, relying on our heritage to create a permanent effect. Visitors can also enjoy the experience of the authentic Emirati cuisine in our restaurant, to carefully selected the products made by creators in the Emirates and displayed in our store and to watch a group of dynamic activities programs in the space that we allocated for workshops. The UAE pavilion, which bears the slogan “From Earth to Ether”, is located in the “Empowerment of Life” area near the Japanese pavilion and the exhibition hall known as the “Crusher”. We welcome our guests from 09:00 in the morning until 09:00 pm on a daily basis throughout the period of “Expo 2025 Osaka”, which starts from April 13 to October 13, 2025
