Expo '70 Commemorative Park, Cultural park in Suita, Japan
Expo '70 Commemorative Park is a memorial park in Suita, Japan, spreading across 264 hectares (652 acres). The grounds hold theme gardens, exhibition halls, sports facilities, and the National Museum of Ethnology among wide lawns.
The site opened as a park in 1972 after the 1970 World Exposition, which lasted six months. Most pavilions were dismantled, but several monuments and a central sculpture remained and still shape the grounds today.
The Tower of the Sun, a sculpture by Tarō Okamoto, remains from the original exposition and anchors the site today. The piece shows three faces representing past, present, and future, and visitors walk past it on their way through the main zone.
The grounds have their own stops on the Osaka Monorail and regular bus connections from downtown. Bicycle paths cross the park, and several entrances are spread around the wide site.
Beneath the tower sculpture lies a room holding relics and artworks from the exposition era. Visitors can enter this underground gallery and view the original murals from 1970.
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