Construction of the Osaka Expo 2025 pavilions is near completion ahead of the April 13 opening. (Photo by Hiromasa Matsuura)
Nikkei staff writers
OSAKA -- An aerial view of the venue on Yumeshima, a man-made island in Osaka Bay, shows pavilions of Expo 2025 in Osaka, Kansai, standing inside and outside the Grand Ring, a large wooden structure and the symbol of this event set to open on April 13.
The buildings, which have widely differing features, are tightly clustered inside the Grand Ring. Switzerland's is the "lightest" pavilion ever built in World Expo history, with four interconnected spheres made of a special film, while that of the Czech Republic, known for Bohemian glass, is a glass spiral.