{"id":2219,"date":"2025-10-24T13:58:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T04:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rally-japan.jp\/en\/?post_type=news&p=2219"},"modified":"2025-10-24T13:58:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T04:58:22","slug":"opening-ceremony-details-finalized","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/rally-japan.jp\/en\/news\/topics\/opening-ceremony-details-finalized\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening ceremony details finalized"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

All 51 competing vehicles to gather in front of Meitetsu Toyota-shi Station!<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The FIA World Rally Championship FORUM8 Rally Japan 2025, to be held in Aichi and Gifu Prefectures from Thursday, November 6 to Sunday, November 9, 2025, will host an opening ceremony, the \u201cFORUM8 Rally Japan Welcome Show,\u201d at Meitetsu Toyota-shi Station on the first day of the event, Thursday, November 6. Kicking off with a parade of classic cars competing in the event’s Historic category, the show will feature a public viewing of Super Special Stage (SSS) 1 at Kuragaike Park. It will also broadcast highlights of the WRC competing around the world. Following an illumination lighting ceremony, a parade will begin with the top category rally cars, followed by interviews with drivers and team representatives.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening Ceremony – FORUM8 Rally Japan Welcome Show<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u25a0 Date and Time: Thursday, November 6, 2025, 3:45 PM to 7:00 PM\u00a0
\u25a0 Venue: In front of Meitetsu Toyota-shi Station Front (east side)\u00a0
\u25a0Participating vehicles: 51 (38 Rally Japan 2025 entry vehicles and 13 Historic category entry vehicles)\u00a0
\u25a0How to watch: View from the roadside along Meitetsu Toyota-shi Station (No registration required, free admission)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time (Approx)\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>Content\u00a0<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
15:45\u00a0<\/td>Parade and Exhibition of Historic Category Vehicles\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
16:00\u00a0<\/td>Public Viewing (Broadcast Content: SS1 Kuragaike Park SSS, WRC Highlights)\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
17:05<\/td>Illumination Lighting Ceremony\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
17:10\u00a0<\/td>Rally Car Parade (All vehicles participating in Rally Japan 2025, starting with WRC1 class)\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
17:30\u00a0<\/td>Interviews with drivers and teams, bouquet presentations from local elementary school students, etc.\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
18:30\u00a0<\/td>Rally car’s leave\u00a0<\/td><\/tr>
19:00\u00a0<\/td>Event Completed\u00a0<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u203b The schedule may vary depending on the progress of the competition.\u00a0
\u203b The autograph session for athletes, which has been held during the pre-event festivities until last year, will not be held this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Venue Layout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Image of the event in front of Toyota Station (2024 Evening Event)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2222,"parent":0,"template":"","cat_news":[2],"tag_news":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rally-japan.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rally-japan.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rally-japan.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rally-japan.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rally-japan.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2223,"href":"https:\/\/rally-japan.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2219\/revisions\/2223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rally-japan.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rally-japan.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cat_news","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rally-japan.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cat_news?post=2219"},{"taxonomy":"tag_news","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rally-japan.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tag_news?post=2219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}