or Expo '70 Commemorative Park is a park in Suita, Japan, to the north of Osaka (about from Umeda). The park is the former site of Expo '70, a World's Fair held between March 15 and September 13, 1970. It is about of lawn and forest, and has education and recreation facilities.
The National Museum of Ethnology, the Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, and part of the Expoland are in this park. The National Museum of Art used to be here but was moved to Nakanoshima area, Kita-ku, Osaka. The park has the Tower of the Sun, a symbolic landmark of the Expo '70, which has been preserved and repaired a number of times. Some of the materials used or built in the Expo '70 remain.
Establishments
The Natural and Cultural Gardens: there were pavilions in this area. Now it is areas of very large lawn and trees of about 98 ha with over 470,000 trees. The Japanese Garden: about 26 ha. National Museum of Ethnology, Japan International Institute For Children's Literature Osaka
Osaka Expo '70 Stadium Expoland
Train stations Banpaku-Kinen-Koen Station, Osaka Monorail Main Line Koen-higashiguchi Station, Osaka Monorail Saito Line Yamada Station, Hankyu Senri Line
See also Japanese post-war economic miracle Hattori Ryokuchi Park The 100 Views of Nature in Kansai
References
External links
The Expo Commemoration Park (English)