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Myaku-Myaku monument returns to Osaka City Hall through Dec. 25
A 2.5-meter-tall monument of Myaku-Myaku, the official mascot of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, will return to the entrance of Osaka City Hall on Oct.
13.
It will stay there through Dec.
25.
The Expo closed a year before the temporary display, which marks its first anniversary.
The monument was first installed at City Hall in December 2023 to build interest in the event.
It was later moved to the Expo site and then displayed at the Asia and Pacific Trade Center in Osaka.
The city says the monument remained popular with visitors there.
Osaka Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama hopes its return will build excitement for the period after the Expo.
Two other Myaku-Myaku monuments are also touring locations across Osaka Prefecture.
The Myaku-Myaku monument will return to the front entrance of Osaka City Hall on Oct. 13 for a limited display through Dec. 25.
The Osaka city government announced the temporary return, which coincides with the first anniversary of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai’s closing.
The monument depicts the expo’s official mascot reclining and measures 2.5 meters tall, 4 meters wide and 2 meters deep.
It was moved from City Hall to the Asia and Pacific Trade Center in Osaka’s Suminoe Ward in December 2025.
Mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama said he hopes its return will build excitement for the post-Expo period.
- Who
- The Myaku-Myaku monument, depicting the official mascot of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai.
- What
- It will return to the front entrance of Osaka City Hall for a limited display.
- When
- Oct. 13 through Dec. 25. The year is not stated.
- Where
- In front of Osaka City Hall in Osaka.
- Why
- The temporary return coincides with the first anniversary of the expo’s closing and is intended to build excitement for the post-Expo period.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Myaku-Myaku is loved by many people. I hope its return will help build excitement for the post-Expo period.
The monument was installed at Osaka City Hall to help build public interest ahead of the world exposition.
The monument was moved to the event site during the expo.
After briefly returning to City Hall following the expo, the monument was moved to the Asia and Pacific Trade Center.
The monument is scheduled to return to the front entrance of Osaka City Hall.
The limited display is scheduled to end.
- Display dates
- Oct. 13 through Dec. 25
- City Hall monument dimensions
- 2.5 meters tall, 4 meters wide and 2 meters deep
- Previous location
- Asia and Pacific Trade Center, Suminoe Ward, Osaka
- Original installation
- Osaka City Hall, December 2023
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