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Expo 2025 Osaka

A: Expo 2025 Osaka, often referred to as the World’s Fair, happens every five years.

It is being held in 2025 in Osaka, Japan from April 13 to October 13. This global exposition brings together over 160 countries and organizations to showcase innovations that promote sustainability, health, technology, and global connection.

Featuring interactive exhibits and national pavilions, the Expo explores how humanity can build a better, more inclusive future. As a key initiative aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and Japan’s Society 5.0 vision, Expo 2025

Osaka serves as a platform for international collaboration and problem-solving.

Schedule

A: Most people will depart in the morning or early afternoon of Friday, October 3, arriving in the evening of Saturday, October 4, so that they can check into their hotel, and then have a free day on Sunday with a number of options for 1-day excursions.

Those who fly out on Friday morning or afternoon would miss a total of 6 work days.

For those who must limit their schedule to 5 work days, you could depart California on Saturday, October 4, arriving on Sunday, October 5.

Also, for those who would like to shorten their trip from 8 nights to 6 nights, you could depart California for Osaka on Saturday, Oct. 4, arriving on Sunday, Oct. 5, and you could depart Tokyo on Saturday, Oct. 11, arriving in California on the same day, Saturday, Oct 11.

Language

Food

A: First of all, there are many types of Japanese food–not only sushi. Secondly, big cities like Tokyo and Osaka have a wide selection of food. Tokyo is well known for having fine Italian and French restaurants with chefs trained in Italy and France. There is food from all over the world, including several American restaurants. You should have no problem finding food that suits your taste.

Travel

A: That depends on airline restrictions. Please check with your airline for their baggage restrictions/requirements. However, it is advised to pack light and limit yourself to one large suitcase with strong casters and perhaps one small travel bag that can be stacked on top of it. Traveling by bullet train with more than one large bag on casters can be very challenging. You may bring up to two pieces of baggage on board free of charge. For each bag, the total of the length, width and height must not exceed 250 cm/98.4”, the length must not exceed two meters/78.7” and the weight must be no more than 30 kilograms/66.1 lbs. For luggage pieces between 160 cm – 250 cm / 63”- 98.4”, a prior free reservation is required.

Pricing

General

A: A prefecture is a large area like a county, state, or province, and like the U.S. is made up of 50 states, Japan is made up of 47 prefectures. Each prefecture has its own governor and government, so in many ways, they are like states, but also similar to counties in other ways. On this tour, we will be visiting Osaka Prefecture, Shizuoka Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture, and Tokyo Prefecture.