Dec 17, 2024
Expo 2025 – excited or disinterested?
One of the biggest events for Japan next year is the 2025 Expo Osaka-Kansai. Do you have any interest in the event (planning to attend, etc.) or are you fairly disinterested? Curious to hear your thoughts!
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on Dec 19
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on Dec 20
@TonetoEdo It's interesting because I feel much the same way. When I was a young kid there was an Expo held in Brisbane, a city back home, and I can still remember the hype surrounding it even though I was a child. I don't feel like there's the same appeal these days, maybe it's because of globalization not making the Expo seem like an event with the wow factor it once had.
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on Dec 20
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14 hours ago
@TonetoEdo there are some sustainability-themed things that are going to be at the event which I'm curious about, but the irony of it isn't lost on me -- promoting sustainability while flying in people from all around the world, building temporary structures (although some of them are meant to be eco-friendly), and so forth...seems a bit pointless.
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5 hours ago
@genkidesu This! It makes no sense to fly in for a supposedly eco-friendly event. Sure, some of the structures will likely get reused somehow, but the carbon burden the event generates is antithetical to the SDGs... So many regions of Japan beyond big centers need tourism traffic and economic boosts. It would make more sense to distribute an expo in regional cities that need the PR and income.
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