Event Outline
Event Outline
| name | Awaji Flower Expo 25th Anniversary Flower Festival 2025 (nicknamed Awaji Flower Festival 2025) |
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| period | Thursday, March 20th, 2025 (National Holiday) - Sunday, April 27th, 2025 (39 days) |
| Main Venue | 3 cities on the island ①Awaji Venue (Awaji Yumebutai, Akashi Kaikyo National Government Park) ②Sumoto Venue (Sumoto City Center) ③ Minami Awaji Venue (Awaji Farm Park, England Hill) |
| Satellite venue | 88 tourist facilities on the island |
| Organizer | Awaji Flower Expo 25th Anniversary Commemoration Committee |
Purpose of the event
- The year 2025 marks the 25th anniversary of the Japan Flora 2000 (Awaji Flower Expo), an international horticultural and landscape gardening expo which was held with the aim of pursuing desirable forms of "communication between people and nature" through loving and nurturing the flowers and greenery that surrounds us, and contributing to the conservation and creation of the global environment.
- A quarter of a century has passed since the Awaji Flower Expo was held, and while global environmental issues such as intensifying disasters caused by climate change have become apparent, the environment surrounding Awaji Island is also changing, with growing global interest in the SDGs and the influx of companies and human resources to Awaji in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Furthermore, the Osaka-Kansai Expo will be held in 2025 with the theme of "Designing a Future Society for Life," and it will also mark the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. This will be a great opportunity for many visitors from Japan and abroad to learn about the charms of Awaji, and the Awaji Flower Festival 2025 will be positioned as a pre-event to foster momentum throughout the region.
- Based on these, the sustainable coexistence of humans and nature that has been cultivated and accumulated thus far will be passed on and developed as a legacy to the next generation, mainly the young people and Generation Z who will lead the future, and the Expo will be used as an opportunity to effectively disseminate this knowledge both domestically and internationally. By "coming, seeing, and experiencing," the event will be an opportunity to learn about the sustainable coexistence of humans and nature, not just to "see and enjoy," but by incorporating experiential events that allow visitors to "feel the goodness firsthand."
Event theme
Living with nature, connecting lives on Awaji Island
Mascot character
Yumehatch
"Japan Flora 2000" mascot character
An improved version of "Yumehatchi"
(Supervised by Dr. Moe Nagata)
Event Philosophy
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environment
Contributing to SDGs
Efforts
Spreading and leading -
Inheritance and Development
Sustainable development of people and nature
How to coexist
Legacy
Inheritance and Development -
Message from Awaji
Up until now,
Accumulated efforts and
A new trend
Domestic and international dissemination
| environment [Rooted in the island Initiatives that contribute to the SDGs |
Inheritance and Development [What we aim for at the fair] |
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energy Effective use of biomass fuels and thinned wood |
Efforts are underway to make effective use of natural materials on the island, such as biomass fuel. We will make effective use of limited resources, increase their value as new resources and energy, and promote efforts to reduce the burden on the environment. |
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Agriculture and Food Local production and consumption |
Awaji Island onions and other delicious vegetables and fruits have been branded, attracting not only local residents but also consumers both at Home and abroad. We will be promoting the wonderfulness of "Awaji Island" agricultural products to the various visitors, as well as introducing how to eat and grow edible flowers. |
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Nature Preserving and creating a natural environment centered on the beauty of Awaji Island's flowers and greenery |
We are utilizing and developing the charm of flowers and greenery , and passing it on to the next generation. We will continue to pass on our rich natural environment to the young people who will lead the next generation. |
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Residence Practicing a lifestyle that coexists with nature |
A wide variety of outdoor facilities and green experience content have been developed, attracting tourists. We will promote the healing that can be obtained from being in contact with nature and consideration for biodiversity, and propose a lifestyle in which we coexist with flowers and greenery, such as creating gardens using native species. |
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Man Emergence of new leaders who contribute to the SDGs |
It is taking the lead in cultivating core human resources in landscape horticulture in Japan. We will carefully nurture these seeds one by one and develop the talent that will lead the next generation. |
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work Development of tourism and local industries that utilize nature |
The tourism industry, which makes use of nature such as the Awaji flower gallery, and local industries that make use of natural materials such as incense sticks and Awaji roofing tiles have long been rooted in the area. These will be used to effectively promote Awaji Island's local and tourist resources. |
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Message from Awaji
Communicating the initiatives and new trends we have developed and accumulated to date both domestically and internationally
