zerijp The Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai opened on Sunday, April 13th! The “BLUE OCEAN DOME” held an opening ceremony on the same day. The ceremony began with a speech by Yusuke Saraya, Honorary Director of the Blue Ocean Dome, Chairman of ZERI JAPAN, and President and CEO of Saraya Co., Ltd., followed by a tape cutting and a tour of the dome.
Greetings from Yusuke Saraya, Honorary Director of Blue Ocean Dome (excerpt)
The Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai is finally about to open. When I think back, the idea for this project was born around 2017, and with the cooperation of everyone at Shigeru Ban Architects, everyone at the Nippon Design Center including Mr. Hara, everyone at ZERI JAPAN, and many others, we have finally come this far.
But the real work is just beginning! Over the next six months, with your help, we would like to leave a legacy. We will fuse new innovations and new encounters at the Expo and send them out to the future. We hope that this will be an opportunity to make the future a little better.
After the tape cutting, the opening ceremony attendees inspected the inside of the dome, which then welcomed the general public, whose reservations had been fully booked for opening day, marking a spectacular start to the event.
