{"id":1968,"date":"2025-08-18T23:21:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.osakaevents.info\/?p=1968"},"modified":"2025-08-18T23:21:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:21:25","slug":"banpaku-summer-festival-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eventfestival.info\/news\/osaka\/banpaku-summer-festival-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Banpaku Summer Festival 2025 | July 25 (Fri) \u2013 September 15 (Mon, Holiday) at Expo \u201970 Commemorative Park \u2014 A Magical Summer of Lights, Music, and Fun \ud83c\udf86\u2728"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Banpaku Summer Festival 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Banpaku Summer Festival 2025 will light up Expo \u201970 Commemorative Park with one of Kansai\u2019s largest seasonal celebrations. Visitors will be enchanted by dazzling illuminations, the Tower of the Sun lit against the night sky, and a breezy path lined with wind chimes and pinwheels. Entertainment fills the festival grounds with bon odori and awa odori dance, DJ nights, karaoke competitions, and more. Food lovers can enjoy lively night stalls, festival treats, and beer gardens, while families will love the fireworks zone where handheld sparklers create summer memories. A true highlight of the season, this event blends light, sound, and community joy for both children and adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Date<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday, July 25<br>Banpaku Summer Festival 2025<br><br>Sunday, July 27<br>Banpaku Summer Festival 2025<br><br>Friday, August 1 \u2013 Sunday, August 3<br>Banpaku Summer Festival 2025<br><br>Friday, August 8 \u2013 Tuesday, August 12<br>Banpaku Summer Festival 2025<br><br>Friday, August 22 \u2013 Sunday, August 24<br>Banpaku Summer Festival 2025<br><br>Friday, August 29 \u2013 Sunday, August 31<br>Banpaku Summer Festival 2025<br><br>Friday, September 5 \u2013 Sunday, September 7<br>Banpaku Summer Festival 2025<br><br>Saturday, September 13 \u2013 Monday, September 15 (Holiday)<br>Banpaku Summer Festival 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Time<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">17:00 \u2013 22:00 (last admission 21:30)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Venue<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Expo \u201970 Commemorative Park (Tower of the Sun area, Festival Plaza, Higashi Oji, Shita-no-Hiroba and more)<br><br>Access: Enter from Central Gate or Japanese Garden Gate. Just a short walk from Osaka Monorail Banpaku-Kinen-Koen Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Admission<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Natural and Cultural Gardens + Japanese Garden Combined Ticket:<br><br>Adults \u00a5260, Elementary &amp; Junior High Students \u00a580<br><br>*Additional charges apply for certain attractions.<br><br>*Rain or shine, except in case of severe weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Organizer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Illumi-Night Banpaku: Expo Commemorative Park Management Partners<br><br>Banpaku Night Market: Banpaku Summer Festival Executive Committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Links<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc47\ufe0fRelated link here\ud83d\udc47\ufe0f<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/banpakunatsumatsuri.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/banpakunatsumatsuri.jp\/<\/a><br><br><em>Event content and schedule are subject to change. Please check the official website for the latest updates.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"607\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.osakaevents.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eventfestival.info\/news\/osaka\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-6.png 607w, https:\/\/www.eventfestival.info\/news\/osaka\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-6-285x300.png 285w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Banpaku Summer Fes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,438],"tags":[469,472,471,474,470,473,445],"class_list":["post-1968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","category-seasonal-events","tag-banpaku-summer-festival-2025","tag-bon-odori","tag-expo-commemorative-park","tag-fireworks-festival","tag-illumination-festival","tag-night-market","tag-osaka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eventfestival.info\/news\/osaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eventfestival.info\/news\/osaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eventfestival.info\/news\/osaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eventfestival.info\/news\/osaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eventfestival.info\/news\/osaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1968"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.eventfestival.info\/news\/osaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1971,"href":"https:\/\/www.eventfestival.info\/news\/osaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1968\/revisions\/1971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eventfestival.info\/news\/osaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eventfestival.info\/news\/osaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eventfestival.info\/news\/osaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eventfestival.info\/news\/osaka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}