Expo '85
| EXPO Tsukuba 1985 | |
|---|---|
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Fuyō Pavilion | |
| Overview | |
| BIE-class | Specialized exposition |
| Category | International specialized exposition |
| Name | The International Exposition, Tsukuba, Japan, 1985 (国際科学技術博覧会 Kokusai Kagaku Gijutsu Hakurankai, "The International Science Technology Exposition") |
| Area | 102 hectares (250 acres) |
| Visitors | 20,334,727 |
| Participant(s) | |
| Countries | 111 |
| Organizations | 3 |
| Business | 18 |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| City | Tsukuba |
| Timeline | |
| Opening | March 17, 1985 |
| Closure | September 16, 1985 |
| Specialized expositions | |
| Previous | 1984 Louisiana World Exposition in New Orleans |
| Next | Expo 86 in Vancouver |
| Universal expositions | |
| Previous | Expo '70 in Osaka |
| Next | Seville Expo '92 in Seville |
| Horticultural expositions | |
| Previous | International Garden Festival in Liverpool |
| Next | Expo '90 in Osaka |
| Simultaneous | |
| Specialized | Expo 85 in Plovdiv |
Expo '85, officially called The International Exposition, Tsukuba, Japan, 1985 (国際科学技術博覧会 Kokusai Kagaku Gijutsu Hakurankai, "The International Science Technology Exposition"), was a world's fair held in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (Tsukuba Science City, a planned city focused on technology north of Tokyo) between Sunday, March 17 and Monday, September 16, 1985. The theme of the fair was "Dwellings and Surroundings - Science and Technology for Man at Home". Attendance was over 20 million and 111 countries participated.
Gallery
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NEC C&C Pavilion
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JAMA Automobile Pavilion
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Japan IBM Pavilion
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Sumitomo Pavilion
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Mitsui Pavilion
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A Japan Airlines Boeing 747 with an Expo 1985 sticker
- A photograph of the Mind Machine featured at the U. S. pavilion is included in Tatsushi Narita's essay "Tsukuba 1985," Encyclopedia of Fairs and Expositions, ed. Findling and Pelle (p. 366).
Further reading
- Narita, Tatsushi. 'Tsukuba 1985.' In Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions, ed. John E. Findling and Kimberly D. Pelle. Jefferson, NC and London:McFarland, 2008. pp. 364–367.
- "Expo '85 At Tsukuba". Popular Mechanics: 102–105. May 1985.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Expo1985. |
- ICAM Cell Universe exhibit at Expo '85
- ExpoMuseum page on Expo '85
- Aerial photograph at the area, 1984
- Live performance at Expo '85 by Boz Scaggs
- The International Exposition, Tsukuba, Japan, written in Japanese but equipped with a lot of pictures of representative pavilions.
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