{"id":85129,"date":"2025-05-08T17:06:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T17:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/85129\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T17:06:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T17:06:21","slug":"germany-pavilion-wa-germany-nippon-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/85129\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany Pavilion: Wa! Germany | Nippon.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-series\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nippon.com\/en\/series\/expo2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"csp-catelogo\">\n\t\t\t\t\tGuideto Japan\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-cate c-cate0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nippon.com\/en\/articlelist.html?f=ncf-category&amp;s=Global+Exchange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Exchange<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-cate c-cate2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nippon.com\/en\/articlelist.html?f=ncf-category&amp;s=Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Travel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tMay 9, 2025<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tA look at the German pavilion at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>  \t\t\t\t Spreading the \u201cWa!\u201d of Germany<\/p>\n<p>This pavilion, based on the theme of \u201ccircular economy,\u201d is made up of circular wooden structures. The circular concept is also reflected in the fusion of German and Japanese in the pavilion\u2019s title, with \u201cwa\u201d carrying three meanings: circle (\u8f2a), harmony (\u548c), and finally simply \u201c\u308f!\u201d as in \u201cWow!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The displays themselves take different approaches: edutainment, immersive, and the Japanese-influenced \u201ckawaii\u201d theme. Visitors can tour the displays with guidance from adorable mascot Circular to enjoy learning about circular economies.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant serves up German fare like the Berlin favorite currywurst\u2014sausages with curried ketchup\u2014or home-style cooking like stewed beef. The wide garden offers up a taste of travel with a glass of beer.<\/p>\n<p>The Germany pavilion is located in the Connecting Lives zone. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.expo2025.or.jp\/en\/expo-map-index\/map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See the official map<\/a> for details.) Germany marks its national day on Friday, June 20, at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nippon.com\/en\/guide-to-japan\/expo2025004\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Expo National Day Hall<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nippon.com\/en\/guide-to-japan\/expo2025001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img_ltr\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nippon.com\/en\/ncommon\/contents\/guide-to-japan\/2781819\/2781819.jpg\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;this.src=\" https:=\"\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo_box_c_v2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2791549.jpg\" class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"gallery\" data-libid=\"2791549\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2791549.jpg\" data-libid=\"2791549\" alt=\"(\u00a9\u00a0Nippon.com)\"\/><\/a><br \/>(\u00a9\u00a0Nippon.com)<\/p>\n<p class=\"photo_box_c_v2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2791546.jpg\" class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"gallery\" data-libid=\"2791546\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2791546.jpg\" data-libid=\"2791546\" alt=\"The entrance to the German pavilion. (\u00a9\u00a0Nippon.com)\"\/><\/a><br \/>The entrance to the German pavilion. (\u00a9\u00a0Nippon.com)<\/p>\n<p class=\"photo_box_c_v2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2791548.jpg\" class=\"fancybox\" rel=\"gallery\" data-libid=\"2791548\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2791548.jpg\" data-libid=\"2791548\" alt=\"The exterior of the German pavilion. (\u00a9\u00a0Nippon.com)\"\/><\/a><br \/>The exterior of the German pavilion. (\u00a9\u00a0Nippon.com)<\/p>\n<p>(Originally published in Japanese. Reporting and text by Uchiyama Ken\u2019ichi and Nippon.com. Photographic assistance by Kuroiwa Masakazu of 96-Box. Banner photo \u00a9\u00a0Nippon.com.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-keywords\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <a href=\"\">Osaka<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t <a href=\"\">Kansai<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t <a href=\"\">Expo<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai Guideto Japan Global Exchange Travel May 9, 2025 A look at the German pavilion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,40989,1824,40988,15695],"class_list":{"0":"post-85129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-expo","11":"tag-germany","12":"tag-kansai","13":"tag-osaka"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114473309957898927","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}