Expo '70 Commemorative Park
万博記念公園
The site of the 1970 Osaka World Expo, where Taro Okamoto’s Tower of the Sun stands. Next door, EXPOCITY houses NIFREL and Japan’s tallest Ferris wheel.
Expo ’70 Commemorative Park is in Suita City, a large park on the site of the 1970 Japan World Exposition. Its symbol, the Tower of the Sun, is about 70 meters tall, and its interior “Tree of Life” exhibit requires advance booking (about 930 yen). The park also has a Japanese garden, a Nature and Culture Garden, and the National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku), with rich collections of ethnographic objects from around the world. Park admission is about 260 yen, and it closes on Wednesdays (except holidays). Next door, the EXPOCITY commercial complex hosts NIFREL, the “living aquarium,” and a 123-meter observation wheel. From Umeda, take the Midosuji Line to Senri-Chuo, then transfer to the Osaka Monorail to Expo ’70 Commemorative Park Station. The trip takes about 40 minutes.
Opening hours
09:30–17:00, closed Wednesdays
Nearby sights
- Church of the Light
- Katsuō-ji
- Minoo Park & Minoo Falls
- Osaka Museum of Housing and Living
- CupNoodles Museum Osaka Ikeda
- Tenjinbashisuji Shopping Street
- HEP FIVE Ferris Wheel
- Umeda Sky Building