Overview

• Organizers on September 27 began exchanging unused admissions for same-day entry valid after noon, with the program running through October 12.
• The exchange is first come, first served and limited to a few hundred passes per day, drawing long queues at the gates and prompting early start of processing by 30 minutes.
• On-site sales of same-day tickets at the entry gates ended on September 26, shifting access for walk-ups to the exchange program.
• Tickets that cannot be exchanged once the daily cap is reached will not be refunded, according to the Japan International Exposition Association.
• General attendance reached about 22 million as of September 27 on preliminary figures, with crowds surging late in the run and reservation slots largely booked through the October 13 closing.