2025年に開催された日本国際博覧会（大阪・関西万博）。同会のアイルランドパビリオン様からご依頼をいただき、「アイルランドから万博へ：最高峰のアイルランド音楽とダンス」を撮影しました。
9月8日、#大阪・関西万博 のEXPOホール・シャインハットにおいて「アイルランドから万博へ：最高峰のアイルランド音楽とダンス」が開催されました。
— アイルランド大使館 Ireland in Japan (@IrishEmbJapan) September 9, 2025
当日の模様は、アイルランド語放送局 @TG4TV で放送されます。 https://t.co/6SgV7gSBDY
Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
An international event that brings together countries from around the world to showcase their cultures, technologies, and ideas for addressing global challenges. With education as one of its primary purposes, a World Expo provides a platform for presenting human progress and visions for the future. Its origins are generally traced back to the Great Exhibition held in London in 1851, and since then, World Expos have played an important role in showcasing advances in technology and culture while promoting international exchange.
In Japan, the Japan World Exposition was held in 1970 under the theme “Progress and Harmony for Mankind,” bringing together 77 countries and four international organizations.
At Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, 158 countries and regions and nine international organizations participated under the theme “Designing Future Society for Our Lives,” more than doubling the scale of international participation compared with the 1970 Expo. The Expo aimed to contribute to achieving the SDGs and to advance the realization of Society 5.0, a key national strategy for Japan.
・Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
https://www.expo2025.or.jp/
Ireland Pavilion
Ireland’s pavilion, themed “Creativity Connects People,” expresses the intersection of tradition and the future, as well as cultural co-creation between Ireland and Japan. Its architecture consists of three circular structures inspired by the triskelion, an ancient Celtic symbol, and features immersive experiences incorporating music, dance, and art. Outside the pavilion stands *Magnus Rinn*, a sculpture by Joseph Walsh that symbolizes the cyclical connections between nature, people, and time.
・Ireland at Expo 2025
https://www.ireland.ie/en/expo/
*Click here to view my other projects related to Ireland.*
https://ropeth.com/tag/ireland/
Ireland Pavilion
Photography Process
開演前・リハーサル
撮影はEXPOホール「シャインハット」にて、開演前から実施。リハーサルの様子や観客の様子を中心に、ステージアーティストの集合写真や、開演を心待ちにする観客の表情などを写真に収めました。
本番「アイルランドから万博へ：最高峰のアイルランド音楽とダンス」
開演を迎えた本番では、各アーティストの演奏の様子を中心に撮影。パフォーマンスの力強さや、会場に広がる雰囲気、世界観を伝えられるようなカットを意識しました。
今回のお仕事では、国際的な祭典である万国博覧会において、国の威信をかけた文化発揚の取り組みを撮影することができました。。会期中の姿をこうして写真で残すことができ、とても光栄です。ご用命いただいたアイルランドパビリオン様、本当にありがとうございました。
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An editor, writer, and photographer based in the Kansai region. After graduating from university, I worked as an elementary school teacher, cram school instructor, and childcare professional. In 2019, I joined hyphen LLC, where I worked at coworking space mocco Himeji and helped launch coworking space mocco Kakogawa, serving as a community manager. I later worked as an editor, interviewer, writer, and photographer for *Maruhari*, a local information magazine covering the Harima region of Hyogo Prefecture, before becoming independent. Since March 2024, I have served as a community manager at GRANDSLAM, a coworking space in Fukushima, Osaka.
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