Exhibition Overview of the Japan Pavilion and Garden at GREEN×EXPO 2027 YOKOHAMA JAPAN Announced

Creating an Exhibition Space Where Visitors Can Experience a Dialogue with Nature

At GREEN×EXPO 2027, to be held in Yokohama from March 19 to September 26, 2027, the Japan Pavilion and Garden will be jointly presented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
The Japan Pavilion and Garden will introduce the “Reiwa Japanese Garden,” which makes use of traditional landscaping techniques, as well as the culture and values that people throughout Japan have nurtured through their relationships with nature.

１．Exhibition Overview

At the Japan Pavilion and Garden, presented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism at GREEN×EXPO 2027, to be held in Yokohama from March 19 to September 26, 2027, visitors will experience Japan’s diverse natural environments through an immersive theater exhibition.
The exhibition will also present the wisdom and techniques that people have incorporated into daily life through their relationships with nature, as well as displays of Japanese culture, including ikebana by the heads of various schools and bonsai from the collection of the Imperial Household Agency.
In addition, the exhibition will invite visitors to become aware of and reflect on recent global environmental issues and changes in the natural environment close to home. It will also introduce Japanese technologies and initiatives that contribute to solving these challenges, including actual equipment and outdoor exhibits.

２．Japanese Cultural Exhibitions

（１）Ikebana Exhibition
For the ikebana exhibition, heads and other leading figures of major Japanese ikebana schools belonging to the Japan Ikebana Art Association are scheduled to display works in six different flower arrangement styles, one style at a time for each exhibition period.
The exhibition is planned as a spatial presentation that expresses the Japanese view of nature and sense of beauty.
Planned cooperating ikebana schools:
Sogetsu School, Ikenobo, Ryusei-ha, Ohara School, and others

（２）Bonsai Exhibition
For the bonsai exhibition, bonsai that have been managed and passed down by the Imperial Household Agency over many years at the Omichi Garden of the Imperial Palace are scheduled to be displayed, with the exhibits changed twice during the exhibition period.