Expo 2005 opens in Aichi, Japan
{{date|March 25, 2005}}
[[Image:Mammoth.png|180px|right|A woolly mammoth]]
The [[w:Expo 2005|2005 World Exposition]] opened today in [[w:Aichi|Aichi]], [[w:Japan|Japan]]. The fair, which runs until [[w:25 September|25 September]] [[w:2005|2005]], is expected to draw over 15 million visitors from across the globe. 121 countries will take part in what is expected to be a 135 billion [[w:yen|yen]] event. 

The first Expo - the ''Great Exhibition'' -  was held in 1851 in [[w:London|London]]. The event had always been held in either [[w:Europe|Europe]] or [[w:North America|North America]], until in 1970, it was held in [[w:Osaka|Osaka]], Japan.

One of the major attractions at this year's Expo is the skull of an 18,000-year-old woolly [[w:mammoth|mammoth]].

==External links==
*[http://www-2.expo2005.or.jp/en/index.html Expo 2005 Offical Website (English)]
*[http://wikitravel.org/en/Expo_2005 Expo 2005 Travel Guide from Wikitravel]

==Sources==

*{{source|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/71E54B63-046A-412A-A808-8D25931307BA.htm| title=Japan Expo set to surpass predecessors | author=Julian Ryall  |pub=Aljazeera|date=March 22, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/world/11220765.htm| title=2005 World Exposition opens in Japan | author=Cameron McLauchlan |pub=The Daily Yomiuri|date=March 24, 2005}}
*{{source|url=http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200503240131.html| title=Aichi Expo seen as trigger for industrial tour boom | author= |pub=Ashai.com|date=March 24, 2005}}
 

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[[pl:Aichi, Japonia: Expo 2005 otwarte]]
A woolly mammoth
The 2005 World Exposition opened today in Aichi, Japan. The fair, which runs until 25 September 2005, is expected to draw over 15 million visitors from across the globe. 121 countries will take part in what is expected to be a 135 billion yen event. 

The first Expo - the Great Exhibition -  was held in 1851 in London. The event had always been held in either Europe or North America, until in 1970, it was held in Osaka, Japan.

One of the major attractions at this year's Expo is the skull of an 18,000-year-old woolly mammoth.


pl:Aichi, Japonia: Expo 2005 otwarte
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