Prime Highlights

• Saudi pavilion in Expo 2025 Osaka greeted over 1 million visitors since April.
• Over 115 art and interactive programs were featured by two cultural studios at the pavilion.

Key Facts

• It is the second-largest foreign pavilion following Japan.
• The cultural programming highlights Saudi contemporary art and enhances Saudi–Japan relations.

Key Background

Saudi Arabia’s investment in Osaka Expo 2025 is now on par with culture, as its pavilion stands second only to the hosting nation’s size. Since having opened its doors in April, the pavilion got more international attention, welcoming more than one million visitors—a positive gauge of its popularity and influence worldwide.

around the pavilion of Saudi are two specific cultural studios that have become hotspots for innovation and interaction. The two studios have accommodated over 115 events from live shows and interactive workshops to contemporary art exhibitions and cultural exchange. They are a launching pad for Saudi creatives and artists to expose their work to the world and change the world’s perception of Saudi culture through creating a new, artistic, and progressive vision.

Saudi contemporary art emphasis is a response to the Kingdom’s push to bring cultural diplomacy to new heights. The art aims to enhance cultural connections with Japan and the global community at large on shared values through fresh dialogue. The general public within the pavilion is permitted to see diversification of Saudi culture and its rapidly burgeoning creative economy that further enhances the vision of Vision 2030.

Expo 2025 between April and October in Osaka is the world-class event on the globe. Saudi Arabia’s ambitious participation is a sign that it wishes to be a part of cultural exchange and global interaction. The Kingdom, as shown in its pavilion, is a progressive, dynamic, and culturally diverse country which seeks to make an impact on global discussion and imagination. The Saudi pavilion greets and invites the world to be with it, discover, and be awed at a new chapter in Saudi Arabia’s narrative.