Tower of the Sun 太陽の塔

It has been a national cultural property since 27 August 2025, fifty-five years after the Expo.

It was designed by Okamoto Tarō for the 1970 Osaka World Exposition. On 16 May 2025 the council for cultural affairs recommended it to the minister for designation, and on 27 August 2025 it became a national Important Cultural Property: the grounds for designation speak of a gigantic and singular construction, put up with the most advanced techniques of its time, a symbol of the years of growth.

Osaka

Bampakukinenkoen, Handaibyoin-Mae, Koen-Higashiguchi

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