Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition
Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition | |
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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
Minami Ward of Nagoya city, Japan
from 15 March to 31 May in 1937.
History
Sponsored by the Japanese government and with HIH Prince
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
- Japan
- Manchukuo
- Siam
- Netherlands East Indies
- Brazil
- China
- Mysore
- Singapore
- Philippines
- Mexico
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Panama
- Venezuela
- Colombia
- Peru
- Chile
- Australia
- French Indochina
- Burma
- Ceylon
- Union of South Africa
- Argentina
- Canada
- Cuba
- United States
The Second Sino-Japanese War erupted only two months after the Exposition closed.