Osaka Daigokai Kangyo Hakurankai Jikkyo (N/A)

Osaka Daigokai Kangyo Hakurankai Jikkyo N/A / 第五回内国勧業博覧会 N/A / OSAKA DAIGOKAI KANGYO HAKURANKAI JIKKYO , 大阪第五回博覧会実況 , Osaka 5th Industrial Exhibition

This was held in Osaka in 1903. Initially, the fifth National Industrial Exhibition had been planned for 1899. To prepare for participation in the Paris International Exposition of 1900 and the Glasgow International Exposition of 1901, however, the fifth National Industrial Exhibition had been postponed. There was great expectation for the success of the event, partly because many Japanese companies were expanding their markets actively following the victory of Japan in the Sino-Japanese War (1894 - 95), and because the railroad network had been extended almost nationwide. The venue area was more than double of that of the previous event; the event period was 153 days, the longest in the history of the National Industrial Exhibitions. This event was the last but the largest National Industrial Exhibition in Japan.