Expocity - The largest complex in Japan

icon-location2-1 Senribampaku Koen, Suita-shi, Osaka
Expocity is a complex of amusement park, shopping mall, cinema... It has it all for your day activity and for the whole family with kids

Japan is not slow to modernize and rebuild. Especially in big cities, you will be hard pressed to find any residential buildings that are more than 20 or 30 years old. Thankfully, one area that has remained largely original from the past 50 years is Expocity Osaka.

Expo City is a multi-site complex that spans a large area around some of the remains from the World Expo, held in Osaka in 1970. Among other things, Expo City is a courtyard. home of one of Japan's most famous football teams, Gamba Osaka, who play their home matches at Suita City Stadium, next to the world famous Bampaku Koen. Bampaku Koen is better known in English as Expo '70 Commemorative Park. This large park covers 60 hectares and still includes the original Japanese Garden from the exhibition in its center.

Coming to Expocity you have the following areas:

1. Nifrel is a "living" museum based on the concept of "Kansei-ni Fureru (literature, touching sensitivity) designed to enjoy creatures and nature in an intuitive and intimate way as if rewarding. It will enrich the mind and engage the sensibility of children as well as adults according to each installation (Interactive display method in combination with light, music and images) in 7 area "color", "technique", "fugure", "wonder moment", "wateride", "motion" and "connection" with the theme of connection with different lives and characteristics. in charge of the role of connecting people and creatures, people and nature, people and people, welcome you and assist you in meeting the creatures while socializing.Opening hours 10:00 - 20 :00 (ticket office closes at 19:00)

2. Redhorse Osaka Wheel is the tallest Ferris wheel in Japan, 120 m high above Expo City.

3. Lalaport shopping center with hundreds of stalls and restaurants for you to shop, eat comfortably

4. Anipo A new amusement park with the theme of “a mobile amusement park created by animals,” initiated by Hoei Sangyo. An experienced designer and manufacturer of amusement park rides, including Hirakata Park in Osaka, Hoei Sangyo designed and built Japan's largest Ferris wheel at EXPO'70

5. English village is Japan's first practice English education institution . It is an "entertainment" facility that allows visitors to both learn and have fun in a study abroad atmosphere with a backdrop of distinctive US cities, regions, cultures, history, etc. allows visitors to entertain themselves while learning English in a variety of situations, with a rich content selection including courses ranging in length from one day to several days, for both children and adults.

6. 109 Cinemas And of course, the perfect way to end the day is with a good movie. Once again, Expo City has you covered. Cinema 109, located next to lalaport is the most high-tech Imax theater in the area. Go see an immersive 3D or even 4D movie experience that is also available at the cinema. (4D can get pretty crazy in Japan - depending on the cinema that can have different meanings, but some even include, smoke, water, etc.) For kids and toddlers small, there's even a Pokemon Gym nearby! So all that said and done, Expo City has everything you could want in a perfect family day out.

Open : 10:00-21:00 (depending on business premises)

Phone : +81-3-5927-9321