Expo 2005

EXPO Nagoya 2005
A part of the Global Loop at Expo 2005
Overview
BIE-class	Specialized exposition
Category	International specialized exposition
Name	Ai-chikyūhaku (愛・地球博)
Motto	Nature's Wisdom
Area	173 hectares (430 acres)
Invention(s)	ASIMO
Visitors	22,049,544
Participant(s)
Countries	121
Organizations	4
Location
Country	Japan
City	Nagoya
Venue	Seto and Nagakute
Coordinates	35°10′34.2″N 137°5′26.5″E / 35.176167°N 137.090694°E / 35.176167; 137.090694
Timeline
Bidding	1988
Awarded	June 12, 1997 (1997-06-12)
Opening	March 25, 2005 (2005-03-25)
Closure	September 25, 2005 (2005-09-25)
Specialized expositions
Previous	Expo '98 in Lisbon
Next	Expo 2008 in Zaragossa
Universal expositions
Previous	Expo 2000 in Hannover
Next	Expo 2010 in Shanghai
Horticultural expositions
Previous	2003 World Horticultural Exposition in Rostock
Next	Royal Flora Ratchaphruek in Chiang Mai

Expo 2005 was the World's Fair held for 185 days between Friday, March 25 and Sunday, September 25, 2005, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, east of the city of Nagoya. It was a Specialized International Exhibition^[1] under the scheme of the 1972 protocol of the Convention relating to International Exhibitions. Japan has also hosted Expo'70 Osaka (Universal International Exhibition), Expo '75 Okinawa (Special International Exhibition), Expo'85 Tsukuba (Specialized International Exhibition), and Expo'90 Osaka (Horticultural International Exhibition).

Theme

The theme of the Expo was "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," as well as being a play on the name of the host prefecture, 愛知 (Aichi). 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 1.85 square kilometres (460 acres). A smaller area of 0.15 square kilometres (37 acres) nearby, accessible by gondola from the main site near Seto was also part of the Expo. Great care was taken to build the pavilions out of recycled or recyclable materials, to minimize environmental impact on the site, and to provide environmentally friendly transportation to and within the Expo area.

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.

The area in Nagakute can 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.

Participants

121 Participants of countries set date for their own Pavilions.

Country	Receipt of Announcement for	Location	National Day	Aichi Hospitality Partner	Participation	(common)
Angola	2003/ 3/17	5	September 6.	Haruhi Town
Argentina	2003/ 1/ 8	2	July 11	Okazaki City
Armenia	2003/ 6/17	4	June 7
Australia	2003/ 7/16	6	April 21	Anjo City	(Japanese only)	Obu City
Austria	2003/ 5/14	4	April 27	Kozakai Town
Azerbaijan	2003/ 4/14	4	May 17	Shippo Town
Bangladesh	2004/ 4/18	1	June 9	Nissin City
Belgium	2003/ 1/23	4	June 14	Nagakute Town
Belize	2003/ 2/21	2	August 19 (SICA)	Miyoshi Town	(Japanese only)
Benin	2001/10/11	5	September 21	Ichinomiya Town
Bhutan	2001/ 6/20	1	June 2	Handa City
Bolivia	2001/ 5/11	2	August 5	Toei Town
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2003/ 6/ 9	3		Ichinomiya City
Brunei Darussalam	2003/ 7/19	6	May 18	Takahama City	(Japanese Only)
Bulgaria	2002/10/28	4	May 13	Toyoake City
Burkina Faso	2003/ 6/19	5	June 16	Konan City
Burundi	2001/12/21	5	September 12	Isshiki Town	(Japanese Only)
Cambodia	2002/10/ 9	6	May 10	Kota Town	(Japanese Only)
Cameroon	2001/12/26	5	June 21	Tsushima City
Canada	2001/ 5/ 2	2	April 5	Kasugai City	(English) (Portuguese) (Chinese) (Filipino)	Kariya City
Chad	2001/ 8/29	5	June 8	Aisai City
China	2002/ 8/28	1	May 19	Toyohashi City
Congo	2003/ 4/ 7	5	September 14	Seto City
Costa Rica	2003/ 3/31	2	August 19 (SICA)	Tsugu Village	(Japanese only)
Côte d'Ivoire	2002/ 7/ 5	5	August 3	Anjo City	(Japanese only)
Croatia	2003/ 5/27	3	April 12	Hekinan City
Cuba	2002/ 5/ 9	2	July 26	Iwakura City
Czech Republic	2002/ 1/ 4	4	June 24	Otowa Town
Democratic Republic of Congo	2003/ 2/ 4	5	May 31	Obu City
Denmark	2003/ 6/13	4	April 20	Anjo City	(Japanese only)
Djibouti	2002/12/26	5	June 28	Kariya City
Dominican Republic	2003/ 2/ 6	2	May 25	Atsumi Town
Ecuador	2003/ 6/30	2	August 10	Komaki City	(Japanese only)
Egypt	2003/ 1/14	5	July 22	Kira Town	(Japanese only)
El Salvador	2003/ 3/31	2	August 19 (SICA)	Nishiharu Town
Eritrea	2004/ 1/30	5	June 10 (W / Rwanda)	Inuyama City
Ethiopia	2003/ 3/ 3	5	May 16	Horai Town
Fiji	2003/11/24	6	June 22	Taketoyo Town	(Japanese only)
Finland	2003/ 6/25	4	May 12	Toyota City	(English) (Portugues) (Espanol)
France	2002/ 3/27	3	April 14	Seto City Jushiyama Village
Gabon	2003/ 3/ 7	5	July 12	Aisai City
Georgia	2002/ 4/23	4	September 22	Kasugai City	(English) (Portuguese) (Chinese) (Filipino)
Germany	2002/ 9/20	3	April 13	Inuyama City. Toyohashi City
Ghana	2001/ 9/ 2	5	June 30	Ichinomiya Town
Greece	2002/10/15	3	May 20	Inazawa City	(Japanese only)
Guatemala	2003/ 3/24	2	August 19 (SICA)	Handa City
Guinea	2001/10/19	5	August 26	Inazawa City	(Japanese only)
Honduras	2003/ 6/13	2	August 19 (SICA)	Toyohashi City
Iceland	2003/ 6/17	4	July 15	Chiryu City
India	2001/12/10	1	July 20	Kariya City
Indonesia	2002/ 8/ 6	6	August 17	Togo Town	(Japanese only)
Iran	2002/ 5/29	1	April 1	Jushiyama Village
Ireland	2003/ 7/18	4	March 31	Kiyosu City	(Japanese only)
Italy	2003/ 5/21	3	April 28	Ichinomiya City
Jordan	2002/11/27	3	July 5	Kasugai City	(English) (Portuguese) (Chinese) (Filipino)
Kazakhstan	2002/11/11	1	June 15	Toyota City	(English) (Portugues) (Espanol)
Kenya	2002/ 4/15	5	August 18	Higashiura Town	(Japanese only)
Kiribati	2002/ 3/19	6	August 15 (W / Tuvalu)	Ichinomiya Town Obu City
Kyrgyzstan	2001/ 6/29	1	August 4	Tomiyama Village
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2002/ 1/14	6	June 13	Tahara City
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	2003/ 3/24	3	April 7	Tahara City
Lithuania	2002/ 4/10	4	July 6	Toyohashi City
Madagascar	2003/ 4/ 1	5	May 30	Nukata Town
Malaysia	2003/ 6/ 9	6	August 31	Tokoname City
Mali	2003/ 5/ 5	5	September 1	Jimokuji Town
Marshall Islands	2003/ 8/29	6		Tobisihma Village	(Japanese only)
Mauritania	2001/ 8/22	5	July 14	Nishio City	(Japanese only)
Mexico	2002/11/ 6	2	September 15	Toyota City	(English) (Portugues) (Espanol)
Micronesia	2003/11/27	6	August 22	Konan City
Mongolia	2002/ 4/18	1	May 27	Kanie Town	(Japanese only)
Morocco	2003/ 4/ 4	3	July 1	Toyoyama Town	(Japanese only)
Nepal	2001/12/ 6	1	July 7	Toyota City	(English) (Portugues) (Espanol)
Netherlands	2003/ 9/ 5	4	April 19	Yatomi City	(Japanese only)
New Zealand	2003/ 9/ 9	6	June 3	Ichinomiya City Nishio City	(Japanese only)
Nicaragua	2003/ 3/20	2	August 19(SICA)	Oguchi Town	(Japanese only)
Nigeria	2003/ 4/10	5	August 23	Oguchi Town	(Japanese only)
Norway	2003/ 7/ 3	4	April 11	Inazawa City	(Japanese only)
Pakistan	2003/ 4/25	1	August 11	Tsushima City
Palau	2003/ 7/29	6	July 8	Nissin City
Panama	2003/ 6/13	2	August 19 (SICA)	Aisai City
Papua New Guinea	2003/ 3/28	6	September 16	Toyota City	(English) (Portugues) (Espanol)
Peru	2003/ 3/28	2	July 28	Toyokawa City
Philippines	2003/ 3/ 7	6	September 20	Toyokawa City
Poland	2002/ 8/23	4	May 9	Gamagori City	(Japanese only)
Portuguese	2003/ 3/25	4	May 24	Oharu Town	(Japanese only)
Qatar	2003/ 3/23	1	September 2	Chita City
Republic of Korea	2002/ 3/ 8	1	May 11	Toyota City	(English) (Portugues) (Espanol)	Shikatsu Town
Romania	2002/ 4/23	4	June 1	Minamichita Town
Russian Federation	2002/ 5/28	4	June 17	Toyota City	(English) (Portugues) (Espanol)
Rwanda	2002/10/23	5	June 10 (W / Eritrea)	Kiyosu City	(Japanese only)
Samoa	2003/ 6/13	6	August 30	Shitara Town	(Japanese only)
São Tomé and Príncipe	2003/ 6/11	5	July 21	Tokai City	(Japanese only)
Saudi Arabia	2001/ 8/ 8	1	September 9	Toyone Village	(Japanese only)
Senegal	2003/ 3/ 6	5	April 8	Fuso Town	(Japanese only)
Singapore	2001/10/13	6	August 9	Mihama Town	(Japanese only)
Solomon Islands	2003/ 9/15	6	July 13	Agui Town	(Japanese only)
South Africa	2003/ 8/13	5	April 26	Aisai City
Spain	2001/ 5/24	3	July 25	Kiyosu City	(Japanese only)
Sri Lanka	2002/ 5/28	1	July 27	Toyota City	(English) (Portugues) (Espanol)
Sudan	2003/10/12	5	August 16	Kasugai City	(English) (Portuguese) (Chinese) (Filipino)	Kariya City
Sweden	2003/ 6/26	4	April 6	Okazaki City
Switzerland	2001/12/19	4	April 15	Shinshiro City	(Japanese only)
Tajikistan	2003/ 4/ 7	1	September 13	Shikatsu Town
Thailand	2003/ 3/10	6	August 12	Inazawa City	(Japanese only)
Tonga	2003/ 1/15	6	July 4	Owariasahi City
Tunisia	2002/12/19	3	June 23	Seto City
Turkey	2002/12/19	3	August 2	Tokai City	(Japanese only)
Tuvalu	2003/12/29	6	August 15 (W / Kiribati)	Cita City
Uganda	2001/ 5/24	5	September 7	Kiyosu City	(Japanese only)
Ukraine	2002/11/12	4	August 24	Hazu City	(Japanese only)
UK	2003/ 7/19	4	April 22	Toyota City	(English) (Portugues) (Espanol)
United Republic of Tanzania	2002/ 2/19	5	May 26	Komaki City	(Japanese only)
USA	2003/11/18	2	June 20	Toyohashi City Toyota City	(English) (Portugues) (Espanol)	Anjo City
Uzbekistan	2001/ 6/ 1	1	September 8	Ichinomiya City
Vanuatu	2003/11/10	6	August 1	Gamagori City	(Japanese only)
Venezuela	2003/ 4/11	2	June 29	Toyohashi City
Viet Nam	2002/ 9/16	6	September 5	Miwa Town
Yemen	2002/ 5/ 6	1	May 23	Nishio City	(Japanese only)
Zambia	2003/10/28	5	July 19	Okazaki City
Zimbabwe	2003/ 7/14	5	April 18	Mito Town

Expo with the Corporate Pavilions in the background
"Wonder Circus", the Electric Power Pavilion

Mascots

Morizo (right) and Kiccoro (left)

Morizo and Kiccoro on flower wall

Morizo (モリゾー) and Kiccoro (キッコロ), collectively known as "Moricoro," were created to be Aichi Banpaku's mascots. The popular fluffy green creatures are both from the forest of Seto.

Attractions

"Satsuki and Mei's House," was a recreation of the house from Hayao Miyazaki's movie My Neighbor Totoro, and located inside the “Forest Experience Zone”. It re-opened to the public on July 15, 2006.
ASIMO, Honda's humanoid robot, was shown off at the Expo as one of its many public appearances.
The Toyota Partner Robots made their debut.
Chickens Suit a clothing range for chickens by Edgar Honetschläger made its debut with chickens on a runway.
The Growing Village Pavilion featured a variety of tree shaping art work.
The Franklin Spirit ^[2] at the USA Pavilion, designed by award winning experience designer Bob Rogers and the design team BRC Imagination Arts,^[3] presented the American statesman, Benjamin Franklin, using an innovative multi-plane 3D effect that suspended layered planes of digital media on stage, where Franklin visited the world of 2005 to celebrate his 300th birthday, as he discussed the pending advances in science, technology freedom and enterprise that will improve the lives of people worldwide.^[4]
The Forest Experience Zone contains three areas, the ‘Nature School Forest’, ‘Satsuki and Mei’s House’, and the ‘Japanese Garden’. This forest explores the relationship between people and nature.

Theme songs

The official theme song of the Expo was "I'll Be Your Love," composed by Yoshiki Hayashi, and performed by a female singer named Dahlia, an Okinawan-American musician (then aged 24) from Honolulu, Hawaii. On March 24, 2005, Yoshiki conducted an orchestra and performed the song in an opening ceremony of the Expo. Pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki also performed a classical version of her single "A Song Is Born" on the event's opening day.^[5]

New transportation system

Linimo - magnetic levitation train using trains from Chubu HSST Development Corporation
Fuel Cell Hybrid Vehicle Bus (FCHV-Bus)
Intelligent Multimode Transit System (IMTS)

Holder

The holder was Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition whose president was Shoichiro Toyoda, the honorary president of Toyota Motor Corporation

References

↑ "General Regulations of Expo 2005 Aichi" (PDF). Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition. Retrieved November 13, 2010.
↑ "The Franklin Spirit". www.imdb.com.
↑ "Aichi World Expo 2005 U.S. Pavilion" (PDF). BRC Imagination Arts.
↑ "Skyline Thrill for Sentosa Visitors.". Today (Singapore). November 5, 2005.
↑ http://www.oricon.co.jp/music/special/050323_01.html

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Expo 2005.

Expo 2005 travel guide from Wikivoyage
Expo 2005
Expo 2005 page at ExpoMuseum
Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition
Happy Jappy - Expo Memorial Park Info on current use of the park and a gallery of Expo 2005
Technology in harmony with nature... at a Japanese expo by Vinod Jacob 14 April 2006
Expo 2005 memorial park - the use of the site as of 2012

List of world expositions

Retrospectively recognized expositions

BIE recognized Universal Expositions

BIE recognized Specialized Expositions

BIE recognized horticultural exhibitions (AIPH)

Canceled

Rome 1942
Chicago 1992
Vienna & Budapest 1995
Metro Manila 2002
Seine Saint Denis 2004

Not BIE recognized

Asia	Nanyang 1910 Hangzhou 1929 Nagoya 1937 Shenyang 2006

Oceania	Melbourne 1866 Sydney 1870 Melbourne 1875 Brisbane 1876 Sydney 1879 Dunedin 1889 Christchurch 1906 Auckland 1913–14 Dunedin 1925 Wellington 1939–40

Europe	London 1756 Dublin 1853 Manchester 1857 Porto 1865 London 1871–74 Vienna 1873 Amsterdam 1883 Liverpool 1886 London 1886 Copenhagen 1888 Glasgow 1888 Frankfurt 1891 Prague 1891 Lyon 1894 Oporto 1894 Berlin 1896 Glasgow 1901 Cork 1902 Hanoi 1902 London 1905 London 1906 Marseille 1906 Dublin 1907 London 1908 Zaragoza 1908 London 1910 Dresden 1911 London 1911 London 1912 Lyon 1914 Cologne 1914 London 1914 Kristiania 1914 Malmö 1914 Semarang 1914 London 1921 Marseille 1922 British Empire Exhibition (1924–25) Antwerp 1930 Stockholm 1930 Paris 1931 Porto 1934 Glasgow 1938

North America	New York City 1826–1897 Bryant Park, New York City 1853 Atlanta 1881 Louisville 1883–87 New Orleans 1884 Atlanta 1887 San Francisco 1894 Atlanta 1895 Nashville 1897 Omaha 1898 Buffalo 1901 Charleston 1901–02 Portland, Oregon 1905 Jamestown 1907 Seattle 1909 Knoxville 1913 San Diego 1915–17 Bronx 1918 Philadelphia 1926 San Diego 1935–36 Dallas 1936 Cleveland 1936–37 Dallas 1937 San Francisco 1939–40 New York City 1964–65

South America	Buenos Aires 1910 Rio de Janeiro 1922

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