{"id":202,"date":"2025-06-26T18:38:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visityap.com\/wp\/?p=202"},"modified":"2025-07-18T10:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T02:01:15","slug":"yap-brings-its-authentic-pacific-island-culture-to-world-expo-2025-in-osaka-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visityap.com\/wp\/pressrelease\/yap-brings-its-authentic-pacific-island-culture-to-world-expo-2025-in-osaka-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Yap Brings its Authentic Pacific Island Culture to World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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(May 29, 2025: Yap Visitors Bureau, Yap, FSM):<\/strong><\/em> World Expo 2025 visitors have a rare opportunity to experience authentic Pacific Island culture as Yap, one of the Federated States of Micronesia’s four states, showcases its rich heritage through the remainder of May. The island paradise, famous for its giant manta ray diving and ancient stone money system, is completing its month-long cultural presentation at one of the world’s most significant international platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This is a unique chance for international visitors to discover Yap’s living culture \u2013 from our traditional navigation practices that have guided Pacific voyagers for centuries to our stone money system that’s still used in major transactions today,” said Venessa Lauweiraim, Sales & Marketing Manager for Yap Visitors Bureau. “We’re not just sharing our past; we’re showing how our traditions continue to thrive in modern island life.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yap’s participation continues a proud tradition of World Expo involvement, having previously showcased at Expo ’70 in Osaka and Expo 2005 in Aichi. Each appearance has allowed this Pacific gem to share its sustainable island lifestyle and welcoming spirit with global audiences seeking authentic cultural experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Yap presentation runs through the end of May at Commons B Building in the Connecting Lives Zone \u2013 International Pavilions C23-82, before Chuuk State takes over FSM’s month-long rotation in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


ABOUT YAP:<\/strong>
Yap is an island in the Federated States of Micronesia, in the Pacific Ocean that is ringed by spectacular coral reefs and famous for its scuba diving with giant manta rays, sharks and mandarin fish. Other key activities on the island include kayaking, hiking, deep-sea fishing and exploring the many World War II historical sites. Yap is also uniquely famous for its stone money (huge disks of stone, which are still used today in major transactions), strong traditional culture and way of life, and welcoming residents. A short flight away from Guam or Palau, this Pacific gem is one of the tourism industry\u2019s best kept secrets. For more information:
www.visityap.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media Contact:
<\/strong>Venessa Lauweiram
Sales & Marketing Manager
Yap Visitors Bureau<\/p>\n\n\n\n

venessa@visityap.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Visitors at the FSM booth during Yap\u2019s month<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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(May 29, 2025: Yap Visitors Bureau, Yap, FSM): World Expo 2025 visitors have a rare opportunity to experience authentic Pacific Island culture as Yap, one of the Federated States of Micronesia’s four states, showcases its rich heritage through the remainder of May. The island paradise, famous for its giant manta ray diving and ancient stone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressrelease"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visityap.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visityap.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visityap.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visityap.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visityap.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.visityap.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206,"href":"https:\/\/www.visityap.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202\/revisions\/206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visityap.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visityap.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visityap.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}