Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition

Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition
Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition
	West site entrance
Overview
BIE-class	Unrecognized exposition
Name	Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition
Area	119 acres
Visitors	4,808,164
Organized by	Higashikuni Naruhiko (chair)
Participant(s)
Countries	28
Location
Country	Japan
City	Nagoya
Venue	Atsutamaeshinden
Coordinates	35°6′25.7″N 136°53′5″E / 35.107139°N 136.88472°E
Timeline
Opening	15 March 1937
Closure	31 May 1937

The Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition (1937) (名古屋汎太平洋平和博覧会, Nagoya hantaiheiyo heiwa hakurankai) was a world's fair held in what is now part of the Minami Ward of Nagoya city, Japan from 15 March to 31 May in 1937.

History

Sponsored by the Japanese government and with HIH Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko as chairman, the Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition was intended to promote industry, transportation, education, science, construction, architecture, social welfare, tourism, fine arts and crafts. Each of the participating nations or colonies had its own pavilion to promote its products and culture, and each of the prefectures of Japan (with the exception of Tottori and the external territories of Taiwan, Karafuto and Korea) also had a pavilion. In addition, major Japanese industries also sponsored their own pavilions.

Over the two and a half months of operation, the Nagoya Exhibition received more than 4,800,000 visitors, or roughly four times the population of the greater Nagoya area at the time. Daily attendance averaged at 61,643 people.

List of participating countries

The Second Sino-Japanese War erupted only two months after the Exposition closed.

External links

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Japan

History

List of participating countries

See also

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