title: Intex Osaka
text: # Intex Osaka
  
  INTEX Osaka (インテックス大阪, Intekkusu Ōsaka), officially known as International Exhibition Center, Osaka (大阪国際見本市会場, Ōsaka kokusai mihon-ichi kaijō), is a convention and exhibition center in Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The center is located on the Business Creation and Information Transmission Zone of Cosmosquare District in Sakishima Island, a planned business exchange and trading district in Osaka Bay area.
  
  With 72,978 square meters of exhibition area, the venue ranks third in the nation, behind Tokyo Big Sight and Makuhari Messe in terms of total exhibition space. The abbreviation "INTEX" stands for "INTernational EXhibition center."
  
  * The entrance to Intex Osaka
  * Intex Plaza
  
  ## Principal events
  
  * Osaka Auto Messe
  * Osaka Motor Show – Held around December every other year in odd years
  * Pokémon Festa
  * Dōjinshi Sokubaikai
  * Sibos 2012 – Held on October 29 – November 1, 2012
  * 2019 G20 Osaka Summit – Held on June 28–29, 2019
  