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Expo '70 Commemorative Park — Tower of the Sun
万博記念公園・太陽の塔Osaka · Kansai
Tarō Okamoto's 70m avant-garde sculpture, the surviving symbol of the 1970 Osaka World Expo, standing in a large park with Japanese and Western gardens, the National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku), and seasonal cherry blossoms/cosmos fields.
- Crowd level
- Moderate
- Rating
- 4.6· 8,224 reviews
- Opening hours
- Mon–Tue 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Wed Closed Thu–Sun 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Nearest station
- Bampaku-kinen-koen Station (Osaka Monorail)
- Phone
- 06-6877-7387
Usual hours — confirm with the official site for holidays + seasonal closures.
How to get there
Osaka Metro Midosuji Line to Senri-Chuo, transfer to Osaka Monorail, 2 stops (~6 min) to Bampaku-kinen-koen, then ~5 min walk.
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