2005 Aichi Prefecture | |
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Overview | |
BIE-class | Universal exposition |
Category | International Registered Exhibition |
Name | Ai-chikyūhaku (愛・地球博) |
Motto | Nature's Wisdom |
Area | 173 hectares (430 acres) |
Invention(s) | ASIMO |
Visitors | 22,049,544 |
Mascot | "Morizo" Forest Grandfather and "Kiccoro" Forest Child |
Participant(s) | |
Countries | 121 |
Organizations | 4 |
Location | |
Country | Japan |
City | Aichi Prefecture |
Venue | Seto and Nagakute |
Coordinates | 35°10′34.2″N 137°5′26.5″E / 35.176167°N 137.090694°E |
Timeline | |
Bidding | 1988 |
Awarded | June 12, 1997 |
Opening | March 25, 2005 |
Closure | September 25, 2005 |
Universal expositions | |
Previous | Expo 2000 in Hannover |
Next | Expo 2010 in Shanghai |
Specialized expositions | |
Previous | Expo '98 in Lisbon |
Next | Expo 2008 in Zaragoza |
Horticultural expositions | |
Previous | Expo 2003 in Rostock |
Next | Expo 2006 in Chiang Mai |
Expo 2005 was a world expo[1] held for 185 days between Friday, March 25 and Sunday, September 25, 2005, in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, east of the city of Nagoya. Japan has also hosted Expo '70 Osaka (World Expo), Expo '75 Okinawa (Specialised Expo), Expo '85 Tsukuba (Specialised Expo), and Expo '90 Osaka (Horticultural Expo)[2] and will host Expo 2025 Osaka (World Expo).[3] The site of the expo would become the Expo 2005 Aichi Commemorative Park after it ended and is now the home of Ghibli Park.