Expo 2005

Expo 2005 was the World's Fair held in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, east of the city of Nagoya. The Expo ran for 185 days between March 25 and September 25, 2005. Aichi 2005 was Japan's second Universal Exposition, the first being Osaka's Expo '70 (1970), but Japan's fifth if the Special Expositions of Okinawa's Expo '75 (1975), Tsukuba's Expo '85 and Osaka's Expo '90 are also counted.

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The theme of the Expo is "Nature's Wisdom", with national and corporate pavilions expressing themes of ecological co-existence, renewable technology, and the wonders of nature. In Japanese, this is rendered as Ai-chikyūhaku (愛・地球博), which means (roughly) "Love the Earth Expo". According to the official website:

World's Fair: World's Fair is the generic name for various large expositions held since the mid 19th century. The official sanctioning body is the Bureau of International Expositions (usually abbreviated BIE, from the organization's name in French, Bureau International des Expositions)....

Japan: For other uses, see Japan (disambiguation)....

Nagoya: is the third-largest incorporated city and the fourth most populous urban area in Japan....

Expo 2005 related Images and Photos (experimental)

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