Overview
- The annual installation opened on November 19 at Uroko no Ie in Kobe's Kitano district and will be on view through December 25.
- The roughly 3-meter polystyrene Santa appears in red and blue that evoke the Expo mascot without naming it due to copyright concerns.
- The main figure lifts a roof-like ring decorated with national flags in a celebratory pose.
- Additional figures depict Shohei Ohtani holding a baby, pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, and Shinjiro Koizumi carrying a rice bale.
- The display also references rising rice prices and so-called Trump tariffs, and organizers describe this year's theme as the Osaka-Kansai Expo.