Expo 2005
The World Expo 2005 ( Japanese爱 知 万博, Aichi bampaku ) was held from March 25 to September 25, 2005 in the Japanese prefecture Aichi instead. The main Expo site was located in the town of Nagakute east of Nagoya, further exhibitions were to be found in the city of Seto.
The Expo 2005 was the fourth World Expo in Japan after the Expo '70 in Osaka, home of Expo '75 in Okinawa, and the Expo '85 in Tsukuba.
History
Nagoya had applied to host the 1988 Summer Olympics, but the contract was awarded to the South Korean capital, Seoul. Then, the idea of using this site for a World's Fair was born. In 1997, Japan received then the bid to host Expo 2005.
Originally, it was made in the planning of a total of 25 million visitors. After the bad experiences at the Expo 2000 in Hanover, forecast at 15 million visitors was reduced, but this was eventually exceeded by far.
Motto and name
The theme of the Expo was Shizen no Eichi (自然 の 叡智, wisdom of nature).
The Expo was wearing the logo nicknamed Ai Chikyu Haku (爱·地球 博, Love - World's Fair ). In this word game, the name of the organizer Aichi Prefecture merged with the words Ai ( " love") and Chikyu ( " earth, world ").
Pavilions and attractions
The terrain in Nagakute was 185 acres in size and had the following attractions on:
- Global loop
- Global Commons
- Central Zone
- Japan Zone
- Company pavilions
- Interactive entertainment zone
- Forest adventure zone
About the site in Nagakute drove automatic buses, but also the visitors could with a cable car ride from the northern to the southern part of the exhibition. Another cable car connecting the two locations Expo in Nagakute and Seto.
On the much smaller site in Seto (15 hectares), there were the pavilions of Japan and the Aichi Prefecture as well as a civil pavilion.
Visitor
Number
Before the start of Expo 2005, the organizers were expecting 80,000 daily visitors on peak days ( Golden Week, summer holidays) up to 150,000 and a total of about 15 million visitors.
On the opening day, however, came only 43,000 people, and on the second day 46,000 people, which was probably due to the unusually cold weather. In April, the number of visitors were mostly around 40,000 to 50,000 per day on weekends up to 80,000. A first peak was reached on April 23 with 112 332 visitors, another record followed in the Golden Week on May 4, with 149 214 people. In May and June, the number of visitors amounted to an average of 110,000 per day, peak days were here May 28 with 153 112 visitors and June 18 with 171 860 people. The ten millionth visitor was counted on July 4. The daily number of visitors in July and August was mostly 80000-130000.
A total of 22,049,644 people visited the Expo 2005, which corrected the organizers had predicted significantly exceeded and lay close to the original expectations.
Distribution
Surveys showed that by mid- August, about half of the visitors had come more than once to the Expo. Approximately 50% of visitors came from the three prefectures of Aichi, Mie and Gifu, and 22 % from Kantō region (at the beginning of the Expo only 10 % of the visitors had come from Kanto ).
Only 5% of the visitors were foreigners, mainly from South Korea, Taiwan, the People's Republic of China and the United States. This was a disappointment for the organizers, who had expected with 10% foreign guests.
Others
At the official opening ceremony of the Expo 2005, an orchestra with musicians from around the world ( " Super World Orchestra " ) that Yoshiki, the leader of the band X Japan, written especially for this occasion classical tune "I'll Be Your Love". Yoshiki conducted the orchestra itself
For fear of terrorist attacks and because of possible food poisoning was assured at the start of Expo 2005 through extensive security checks that drinks and food came from outside on the grounds. Once there, however, in the first few weeks, especially by school classes and schools were strong protests against this scheme, the Expo management lifted this prohibition at the request of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
The terrain at the end of the Expo
Immediately after the end of the Expo began extensive demolition and reconstruction work on the site. Almost all the attractions and pavilions were demolished and the site turned into a park, which was opened under the name Ai Chikyu Haku Kinen Koen (爱·地球 博 记念 公园) on 15 July 2006 and has since been run by the Aichi Prefecture. Other works were yet carried out until 2010.
Gallery
Asian country pavilions
" Humanoid " robot ASIMO
Exhibition Grounds in Nagakute
Photovoltaic system at the Expo 2005
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