OSAKA EXPO PARK

Osaka Expo Park - site of the Osaka '70 International Expo. Osaka Expo Park is popular in cherry blossom season.

Osaka Expo Park was created on the grounds of the Japan World Exposition, held in 1970, soon after its completion. Osaka Expo Park was created in commemoration of the success of the Japan World Exposition. In the approximately 260 hectares area, there are a Japanese garden, Natural Culture Park, and a group of facilities for culture, sports, leisure and accommodation.

The Natural Culture Park is situated around the Tower of the Sun, the symbol of the Exposition created by the artist Taro Okamoto. The west side of the park is designed to be a forestry and rural agricultural scenery, showing traditional Japanese scenery through seasonal changes with birds and flowers, waterfalls and water wheels. The east side of the park is designed to be a plain field with event square and a lawn park where various festivals and events are held throughout year. There are also other facilities: the Japanese garden which was one of the Japanese government�s exhibits during the Exposition; for cultural facilities, the National Museum of Ethnology where material and information regarding every ethnic group in the world are collected and displayed, and the International Institute for Children�s Literature where approximately 650,000 books, magazines and materials regarding children�s literature are collected and stored.

Address: Senri EXPO Park, Suita-shi, Osaka
Opening hours:

9:30-17:00, close on Wednesdays
Access: Short walk from Bampaku Kinen-koen Station on the Osaka Monorail

Official Site: http://www.expo70.or.jp