2025 Osaka Kansai Expo announcement of exhibits and related information
I. East Gate Zone, Kansai Pavilion, Kyoto Zone
The museum will showcase an exhibition of eight works by Takemiya Keiko from her series ‘To Terra…” from the collection of the Genga’(Dash) project (a project that reproduces original artworks in their present condition), which is a joint project researched and produced by manga artist Takemiya Keiko and Kyoto Seika University since 2001.
Additionally, on the 5th (Mon), 6th (Tue,) 10th (Sat), and 11th (Sun) of the expo period, artist from the museum’s Manga Studio will be present, where visitors can see manga being created up close, to demonstrate the manga production process.
Courtesy of Osaka-Kansai Expo Kyoto Promotion Committee
Project name
Culture “Possibilities of Stories”
“An exhibition which will expand your imagination, from subculture, to railroads and space, reaching towards the culture of the next generation.”
Event period
May 5 (Mon) – May 11 (Sun), 2025
9:15am – 9pm
Venue
EXPO2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo, Kansai Pavilion (Kyoto Zone)
Cost
Free
*However, admission to the world expo is required.
*Advance reservations are required to enter the Kansai Pavilion. For details, click here.
Ⅱ. Empowering Lives Zone (In the UN pavilion)
At Kyoto International Manga Museum (Business Promotion Office) and Kyoto Seika University International Manga Research Center, we planned and made a manga exhibition related to human rights, by request of UN Human Rights. This exhibition will be held at the EXPO2025 Osaka, Kansai. At the exhibition, specially drawn manga works created by 10 manga artists on 10 topics related to human rights will be featured (1 page manga per artist/reproduction). We hope you will enjoy viewing these works, each expressing in their own unique way the stories of universal values that bind us all together.
As a related event, a “Human Rights Manga Workshop” is scheduled to be held on May 4 (Sun), where participants can create manga based on a human rights story they can think of from a familiar situation.
Featured artists (order of the works exhibited, titles omitted)
Kouno Fumiyo, Hoshino Rene, Tsuru Daisaku, Torikai Akane, Nishioka Yuka, Youngchan, Shiriagari Kotobuki, Takemiya Keiko, Kyo Machiko, Saso Akira
Exhibition title
Manga Voices for Human Rights ―10 human rights stories told by manga artists─
Exhibition period
May 1 (Thu) - 8 (Thu)
9:15 am-9 pm
Exhibition venue
In the UN pavilion at the EXPO2025 Osaka, Kansai (Empowering Lives Zone)
Fee
Free
*However, admission to the world expo is required.
*Pre-reservation is necessary to visit the UN pavilion. Click here for more details.
