Leisurely Enjoy the Gundam Pavilion! Lottery Applications for the Pavilion Viewing Reservations at the Osaka-Kansai Expo have Begun!

Applications have began for lotteries to view pavilions at the 2025 World Expo, Japan (Osaka-Kansai Expo), which begins on Sunday, April 13th.

There are three reservation methods available to view the pavilions: a 2-Month Advance Lottery, 7-Day Advance Lottery, and Available Slot Reservations (first-come, first-served). The 2-Month Advance Lottery application period has begun, and will be open up to 3 to 2 months before your visit.
Make sure to make a reservation in advance to smoothly enjoy your time at the Expo with minimal waiting time.

The GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE PAVILION, a private Bandai Namco Holdings pavilion at 2025 World Expo, Japan (Osaka-Kansai Expo), will feature life in space and unrealized science and technology depicted in the Gundam series as new possibilities for the future of humanity, through immersive, newly created video footage in pavilion area Phase 0 to 7.
Visitors will experience a journey beginning at the "Spaceport" in Yumeshima, Osaka as they travel to the Space Jaburo space station using an orbital elevator. It depicts a world where humanity and Mobile Suits coexist, and will feature a Gundam equipped with the G.L.R.S.S. Feather Unit on its back, other Mobile Suits, as well as Haros with new designs.

The Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan has incorporated a booking system for visiting dates and times and for pavilions and events. Once you have reserved a visit date and time, you can apply for advance bookings for pavilions and events.

There are three opportunities to book pavilions and events in advance: the “2-Month Advance Lottery”, the “7-Day Advance Lottery” and the “Available Slot Reservation (first-come, first-served).” After booking a visit date and time, you can apply for each of these opportunities. If you are successful in all three applications, you can visit the Expo with up to three slots reserved in advance. In addition to your pre-reserved slots, you can also use the same-day registration slots to make a reservation after entering the Expo site on the day of your visit.

・2-Month Advance Lottery: 3 to 2 months before your visit. Winners will be announced in order 2 months before your visit date.
・7-Day Advance Lottery: 1 month to 8 days before your visit. Winners will be announced in order 7 days before your visit date.
・Available Slot Reservation: 3 days to 9:00 on the day before your visit.
・Same-Day Registration: Registration available 10 minutes after entering the Expo site. The next slot will become available after viewing the pavilion/event that you registered for using a same-day registration slot.
*Note: Super Early Bird One-day Ticket holders and winners of the Super Early Bird Special Lottery held last October can book up to four slots in advance.

[Application Period]
Application period: 3 months to 2 months prior to your visit date.

[Results Announcement]
Announcement of results: 2 months before your visit date (winners only).

[Eligibility]
Ticket holders who have registered an Expo ID and reserved a visit date and time.
*If you only have a Ticket ID, please register for an Expo ID, then link your Ticket ID to your Expo ID and reserve a visit date and time. For more information, please refer to “About My Ticket” and the “Reservation and Lottery Guide” on the Ticket Information section of the official website.

[How to Apply]
Log in to the EXPO2025 digital ticket site, go to the “My Tickets” menu and select “Apply for the same Reservation/Lottery for multiple tickets” and then select “Apply for lottery 2-months in advance”.

[Notification Method]
Winners will receive a notification email to the email address registered to their Expo ID. You can also check your results in the “Message” section after logging in to the EXPO2025 digital ticket site.

■ If You Wish to Also Apply for Other People in Your Group
You can apply to the lottery for multiple tickets at once.

・Applying for the 2-Month Advance Lottery using the ticket linked to your Expo ID
https://www.expo2025.or.jp/tickets-index/reservation/#sec6
・Applying for the 2-Month Advance Lottery together with a ticket linked to other people’s Expo IDs
https://www.expo2025.or.jp/tickets-index/reservation/#sec7

*If you wish to change your application after making an application for multiple tickets, you must cancel the applications for all the tickets you wish to change, then apply again selecting multiple tickets.

■You can register up to your fifth choice in the lottery *Only one slot will be awarded.
In each lottery, you can select and apply for up to your fifth choice of pavilion/event. Of these, only one slot will be awarded by lottery.

■How to increase your chances of winning!
A large number of visitors are expected to apply for reservations to view pavilions and events on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, especially for slots in the morning until late afternoon. Some pavilions and events also have a limited number of available slots. Therefore, it is recommended to apply for up to five choices by combining different time slots and pavilions and events.

■Exhibition Overview
Pavilion name: GUNDAM NEXT FUTURE PAVILION
Period: Sunday, April 13th - Monday, October 13th, 2025 *Depending on the Expo period
Exhibitor: Bandai Namco Holdings Inc.

■Life-sized Gundam statue
Original series: Mobile Suit Gundam
Model number: RX-78F00/E Gundam
Specifications: Total height (to fingertips) 16.72 m / Head height 12.31 m / Total weight 49.1 t
*The life-sized Gundam statue that will be installed at the Osaka-Kansai Expo will not move.