April

4/1

Restrictions on bringing in outside food relaxed

4/4

Sumo grand tournament held at the Expo

Sumo grand tournament

4/5

German President Horst Kohler visits Expo 2005

4/16

Theme Forum of the Expo 2005 International Forums for April: “Culture and Biological Diversity and Internationally Common Recognition”

Visitors waiting to view the mammoth laboratory

4/19

Visit to Expo 2005 by Prince and Princess Akishino

4/22

Earth Day Expo

Various events held at Expo Plaza

Kids' Eco-Tours begin

Earth Day Expo

4/23

Over 100,000 on a single day!

Visitors to date: 2 million

Aichi Week Part 1 begins

100 floats from Aichi Prefecture on display

Floats from Aichi Prefecture

4/25

Eighth Meeting of the Kaisho Area Monitoring Committee

4/26

New opening hours:

Nagakute Area 9:00 - 22:00 (through the end of the Expo), Seto Area 9:00 - 18:00 (through July 19)

4/29

Princess Takamado visits Expo 2005 and attends “Planet of Flowers” event

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