The World Design Exhibition 1989 (Japanese: 世界デザイン博覧会), also abbreviated "Design-Haku", was an event held at the

Nagoya Congress Center The is a multi-purpose convention center, in the city of Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The centre was constructed for the World Design Exhibition 1989 (世界デザイン博覧会). Other venues included Nagoya Castle and Nagoya Port. It has ...

July 15 - November 26, 1989. It was hosted by the World Design Organization. Other venues included Nagoya Castle and

Nagoya Port The , located in Ise Bay, is the largest and busiest trading port in Japan, accounting for about 10% of the total trade value of Japan. Notably, this port is the largest exporter of cars in Japan and where the Toyota Motor Corporation exports most ...

. It was visited by over 15 million people. The congress of the host organisation was also held there in the same year. Following the expo the International Design Centre Nagoya was established in 1992 and opened in 1996.

Pavilions

;Shirotori venue *Theme Pavilion *White Museum - Fuji Baking,

Chunichi Shimbun The is a Japanese daily "broadsheet" newspaper published in mostly Aichi Prefecture and neighboring regions by Based in Nagoya, one of Japanese three major metropolitan areas, it boasts the third circulation after the group newspaper Total Yo ...

and Tokai-TV shared the same building space. *NTT Challenge Pavilion *Hikari Theater -

Chubu Electric Power , abbreviated as Chuden in Japanese, is a Japanese electric utilities provider for the middle Chūbu region of the Honshu island of Japan. It provides electricity at 60 Hz, though an area of Nagano Prefecture uses 50 Hz. Chubu Electric ...

. *

Mitsui is one of the largest ''keiretsu'' in Japan and one of the largest corporate groups in the world. The major companies of the group include Mitsui & Co. ( general trading company), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Nippon Paper Industries ...

Toshiba , commonly known as Toshiba and stylized as TOSHIBA, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Its diversified products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems, ...

Pavilion * Matsushita Pavilion *Third Planet Pavilion - Morimura Group. * NEC C&C Pavilion * Sumitomo Pavilion * Mitsubishi Future Pavilion *

Toyota is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...

Group Pavilion *

Toho Gas , commonly written as 東邦ガス, is a Japanese gas company based in Nagoya, Japan. It supplies gas to the Tōkai region, especially the Chūkyō metropolitan area. It is also one of Nagoya's "four influential companies" along with Meitetsu, Mat ...

Fantasy World *Interior Pavilion- Karimoku and Sangetsu shared the same building space. * Fujitsu Pavilion 3DCG Theater * Hitachi Group Pavilion *Meitec&Chunichi Shimbun& CBC Pavilion *Aichi 21st Century Pavilion *Yume Shugo Σ21 *Ovarseas Exhibitors Pavilion *Shirotori Stage ;Nagoya Castle venue *Water Fantasy Palace -

Meitetsu , referred to as , is a private railway company operating around Aichi Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture of Japan. Some of the more famous trains operated by Meitetsu include the ''Panorama Car'' and the '' Panorama Car Super'', both of which of ...

Group. *Gaudi Castle *Creative Factory

Tokai Bank Tōkai ( 東海, literally ''East Sea'') in Japanese may refer to: * Tōkai region, a subregion of Chūbu * Tōkai, Ibaraki, a village, also known as "Tokaimura" (Tokai-village) * Tōkai, Aichi, a city * Tōkai University, a private university in T ...

Pavilion *Karakuri Wonder Land Nagoya City Pavilion *Chubu no Takumi Pavilion *Pachinko Pachislot Omoshiro Design Pavilion *Rinnai Honmaru Stage ;Nagoya Port venue *Uny Group Pavilion *Tokimeki City Pavilion -

Aichi Bank () is a Japanese bank, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Nagoya Stock Exchange. It is descended from a company founded in 1910. See also *List of banks *List of banks in Japan This is a list of banks in Japan. Central Bank * Bank of Jap ...

and Chukyo Bank shared the same building space. *

JR Tokai is the main railway company operating in the Chūbu (Nagoya) region of central Japan. It is officially abbreviated in English as JR Central and in Japanese as JR Tōkai ( ja, JR東海, links=no). ''Tōkai'' is a reference to the geographical r ...

Linear Station * Nippon Sharyo Pavilion Los Angeles Square *Design Eye Arena

Asahi Asahi (朝日, 旭, or あさひ) means "morning sun" in Japanese and may refer to: Cities * Asahi, Chiba (旭市; ''Asahi-shi'') Wards * Asahi-ku, Osaka (旭区; ''Asahi-ku'') * Asahi-ku, Yokohama (旭; ''Asahi-ku'') Towns * Asahi, Aichi (旭� ...

& Menicon Pavilion *Port Gallery *Port Stage

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