| 1970 Osaka Prefecture | |
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 Logo of the Osaka Expo | |
| Overview | |
| BIE-class | Universal exposition |
| Category | First category General Exposition |
| Name | Expo 70 |
| Motto | Progress and Harmony for Mankind |
| Building(s) | Symbol Zone's space frame |
| Area | 330 hectares (820 acres) |
| Visitors | 64,218,770 |
| Participant(s) | |
| Countries | 78 along with 4 international organizations |
| Location | |
| Country | Japan |
| City | Osaka Prefecture |
| Venue | Suita |
| Coordinates | 34°48′31″N 135°32′6.8″E / 34.80861°N 135.535222°E |
| Timeline | |
| Awarded | September 14, 1965 |
| Opening | March 15, 1970 |
| Closure | September 13, 1970 |
| Universal expositions | |
| Previous | Expo 67 in Montreal |
| Next | Seville Expo '92 in Seville |
| Specialized Expositions | |
| Previous | HemisFair '68 in San Antonio |
| Next | Expo 71 in Budapest |
| Horticultural expositions | |
| Previous | Paris 1969 in Paris |
| Next | Floriade (Netherlands) 1972 in Amsterdam |
The Japan World Exposition, Osaka, 1970 (日本万国博覧会, Nihon Bankoku Hakuran-kai) or Expo '70 was a world's fair held in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan between March 15 and September 13, 1970. Its theme was "Progress and Harmony for Mankind." In Japanese, Expo '70 is often referred to as Ōsaka Banpaku (大阪万博). It was the first world's fair held in Japan and in Asia.
The Expo was designed by Japanese architect Kenzō Tange, assisted by 12 other Japanese architects. Bridging the site along a north–south axis was the Symbol Zone. Planned on three levels, it was primarily a social space with a unifying space frame roof.
The Expo attracted international attention for the extent to which unusual artworks and designs by Japanese avant-garde artists were incorporated into the overall plan and individual national and corporate pavilions.[1] The most famous of these artworks is artist Tarō Okamoto's iconic Tower of the Sun, which still remains on the site today.
- ^ Kapur, Nick (2018). Japan at the Crossroads: Conflict and Compromise after Anpo. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 202. ISBN 9780674988484.