Park · Suita

Expo 70 Commemorative Park 万博記念公園

The vast former Expo 70 site in Suita, now a 260-hectare park with Taro Okamotos Tower of the Sun, a superb Japanese garden, cherry and rose gardens, flower fields and the Expo 70 Pavilion museum.

About

After the 1970 World Exposition, the first in Asia, the site was turned into parkland, with only a few structures kept: the Tower of the Sun, the steel pavilion that is now the Expo 70 Pavilion museum, and the National Museum of Ethnology building by Kurokawa Kisho. Around them are a 26-hectare Japanese Garden built for the Expo with streams, ponds and a tea house, a Natural Cultural Garden of forest regenerated from the bare Expo grounds, about 5,500 cherry trees, a large rose garden, and seasonal fields of tulips, poppies, cosmos and sunflowers. The adjacent ExpoCity has NIFREL, a mall and a giant Ferris wheel. The park makes an easy half day from Umeda by subway and monorail.

Highlights

• Tower of the Sun as the parks centrepiece
• 26-hectare Japanese Garden from Expo 70
• About 5,500 cherry trees and seasonal flower fields
• Expo 70 Pavilion museum of the 1970 Expo
• National Museum of Ethnology on the grounds (separate)

Tips

• Book the Tower of the Sun interior in advance if you want to go inside.
• The National Museum of Ethnology is one of Japan's best museums; leave at least two hours.
• The park is huge: rent a bicycle or plan your route by season.

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Nearby

• NIFRELZoo & Aquarium · 170 m away
• 109 Cinemas Osaka ExpocityMovie Theaters · 250 m away
• Redhorse Osaka WheelShows & Entertainment · 270 m away
• Tower of the SunStatue & Monument · 300 m away
• Panasonic Stadium SuitaSports & Sumo · 780 m away
• National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku)Museum · 1.1 km away
• Open-Air Museum of Old Japanese Farm HousesMuseum · 5.1 km away
• Hattori Ryokuchi ParkPark · 5.3 km away