Thailand welcomes visitors to Expo pavilion in Osaka

Thailand welcomes visitors to Expo pavilion in Osaka

Function starts on October 13 and targets 28m individuals.

Exhibition-goers visit the Thailand Pavilion on the first day of the Expo in Osaka on Sunday. (Photo: @THpavilion2025 X account)
On Sunday, the first day of the Expo in Osaka, exhibition-goers visit the Thailand Pavilion. ( Photo: @THpavilion2025 X account )

On the first day of the World Exposition in Osaka on Sunday, visitors to the Thai show included those who visited the location.

The Thailand Pavilion was one of 158 international events that the country’s first day of operation featured, and team members dressed as Thai to greet visitors did so on the same day as Songkran.

Area A13, in the Connecting Lives Zone, houses the Thai display. It includes local wisdome and conventional drugs, among others, along with full-fledged health services.

The Thai display, according to Pavillion supervisor Kampanat Pitakpinichnan, may be a response to a worldwide trend of people becoming more aware of their health after the Covid-19 pandemic. Thailand is offer its perspectives and local wisdom to the world in terms of well-being, he told the remain BT Beartai YouTube channel.

To avoid long lines, organizers have advised readers to book reservations online and reserve seats in advance for each pavillion. However, they don’t need to for the Thai present. You can move in for the exhibition at the Thailand Pavillion World Expo 2025, according to the Facebook page of the Thailand Pavillion World Expo 2025 on Friday.

People walk on the Grand Ring at the Expo 2025's first day in Osaka on Sunday. (Photo: Reuters)

On the first day of the Expo, persons walk on the Grand Ring. ( Photo: Reuters )

Organisers of the six-month event hope that despite delayed preparations, the World Exposition in Osaka will increase the nation’s economy on Sunday.

158 nations and regions likely take part in the Expo, which will run until October 13 at Yumeshima, an artificial island in Osaka Bay.

The Grand Ring, which has a radius of two kilometers and is regarded by Guinness World Records as the world’s largest sturdy structural framework, surrounds its main displays.

A” Mars stone” discovered by a Japanese research team in Antarctica in 2000 is the main exhibit at the Japan Pavilion, while the Osaka provincial and city government’s health-themed palace features sheets of spirit body made from iPS cells, a type of plant cells that can develop into any type of body tissues.

Nobel prize Shinya Yamanaka, chairman emeritus at Kyoto University’s Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, created the firewall body. Patients with severe brain failure are treated with the heart muscles bedding created by a group led by a professor at the University of Osaka.

The 42″ Model A” buildings that were built by the participating nations, including the United States and China, will be another major draw.

Fujiko Hirouchi, 56, who left her job at the end of last year and rented an apartment in Osaka to appreciate the Expo, said,” I was so excited I couldn’t sleep last night.”

The site’s test-runs earlier in the month lead to the first open day. 1,300 citizens, including Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, as well as Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, attended the opening ceremony, which featured dancing, singing, and a light show on Saturday.

According to the government, the event will have an economic impact of 2 / 28 trillion yen ( 683 billion baht ) across the country, according to the visitor target of 28.2 million people. 220, 000 people are expected to attend during peak times.

But, headlines about incomplete pavilions and rising costs have stifled expectation for the event. The cost of the event has almost doubled from an original forecast to 235 billion yen.

Organizers are rushing to meet the starting date due to delays in the development of the pavilion. Five nations, including Nepal, have been setting up a Type A palace, but the organizers claim they were unable to finish their exhibits in time.

Advance ticket profits have been less than anticipated. According to information as of Wednesday, approximately 9 million improve tickets have been sold for the occasion since November 2023, far below the organizers ‘ 14-million goal. In order to reduce the number of queues at the location and personal pavilions, visitors are required to reserve tickets online for specific dates and times. However, the organisers have been forced to offer same-day tickets after the media complained about the difficulty of the ticket booking method.

Before the venue’s gate, which is close to a train station connecting to key Osaka, a sizable crowd of people showed up outside the festival’s gate. Some of the towers, which accepted a specific number of visitors without booking, had long lines as well.

The World Exposition has been held half when in Japan, most recently in Aichi Prefecture in 2005. In 1970, Osaka held it, an event that attracted more than 64 million generally home visitors and served as a symbol of Japan’s fall as an economic power.