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33-623: The IBM Kanji System became available in a series of staged announcements. Its initial technical demonstration was done at Expo '70 in Osaka, and an official announcement was made in 1971, including: The Kanji Keypunch was able to punch up to 2950 kinds of Kanji characters, using the left hand to select one of the 15 shift keys and the right hand to select one of the 240 Kanji characters for each shift. Until that time, only English alphanumeric and Japanese half-width Katakana characters were processed on IBM mainframes. The IBM Kanji System thus established

66-572: A 288mm Chogokin toy replica of the Tower of the Sun that transforms into a giant robot. As part of ad campaign for the model, the tower is shown in a short animated sequence in which would transform and briefly fight a monster in same style as tokusatsu programs. According to Pokémon Black and White art director Ken Sugimori , the Pokémon Larvesta is partially inspired by the Tower of

99-535: A few memorials remain, including part of the roof for Festival Plaza designed by Tange. The most famous of the still-intact pieces is the Tower of the Sun. The former international art museum pavilion designed by Kiyoshi Kawasaki was used as the building for the National Museum of Art, Osaka until March 2004 (the museum moved to downtown Osaka in November 2004). Additionally, there is a time capsule that

132-435: Is 70 metres, the diameter at the base is 20 metres, and each of the two arms is 25 metres long. The tower has currently three faces, two faces on the front, and a face in the back. The face located at the top, whose diameter is 11 metres, represents the future. An antenna attached to it works as a conductor . In the eyes of the face, Xenon arc lamps were used during the expo, however they became decrepit and broken down after

165-552: Is artist Tarō Okamoto 's iconic Tower of the Sun , which still remains on the site today. Osaka was chosen as the site for the 1970 World Exposition by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in 1965. 330 hectares in the Senri Hills outside Osaka had been earmarked for the site and a Theme Committee under the chairmanship of Seiji Kaya was formed. Kenzo Tange and Uzo Nishiyama were appointed to produce

198-758: Is to be left for 5,000 years and opened in the year 6970. The capsule was donated by The Mainichi Newspapers Co. and the Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. The concept creating time capsules at world's fairs started with the two Westinghouse Time Capsules , which are to be opened in 6939. Part of the Expo Commemoration Park is now ExpoCity, a shopping mall that features the Redhorse Osaka Wheel . Osaka successfully bid for Expo 2025 alongside Yekaterinburg , Russia and Baku , Azerbaijan . However,

231-644: The Best 100 Media Arts in Japan by the Agency for Cultural Affairs . In 1997, Naoko Yamano , guitarist and founding member of the Osaka-based pop/punk band Shonen Knife wrote a song called "Tower of the Sun" which appears on the band's 1997 album Brand New Knife . In 2007, the tower was briefly shown in the anime Moonlight Miles season 1 and 2. In 2014, Bandai created Taiyō no Tō no Robo ( 太陽の塔のロボ ) ,

264-593: The Moon by Apollo 12 astronauts in 1969. Expo '70 also saw the premiere of the first-ever IMAX film: the Canadian -produced Tiger Child for the Fuji Group pavilion. The Expo also featured demonstrations of conveyor belt sushi , early mobile phones , local area networking and maglev train technology. The site of Expo '70 is now Expo Commemoration Park . Almost all pavilions have been demolished, but

297-447: The Sun , where a character broke through a sliding paper door . The creator of the tower, Taro Okamoto, heard about it, and named the tower as the "Tower of the Sun". The tower was open to the public and visitors could enter inside during the expo, yet it was closed after the event. The gallery inside displayed a huge artwork called the "Tree of Life", which represented the evolution of creatures. Tsuburaya Productions partly produced

330-539: The Sun; specifically, the red growths surrounding Larvesta's head. The Tower of the Sun, as well as the Expo of 1970, plays a central role in Naoki Urasawa 's manga: 20th Century Boys . In the series, the tower becomes one of the main symbols of the "cult of the friend," an evil association that wants to conquer the world. It also appears in the film I Wish . The Tower of the Sun, like many of Okamoto's works,

363-656: The anniversary. Tower of the Sun 34°48′34.7″N 135°31′56.3″E  /  34.809639°N 135.532306°E  / 34.809639; 135.532306  ( Tower of the Sun ) The Tower of the Sun ( 太陽の塔 , Taiyō no Tō ) is a building created by Japanese artist Tarō Okamoto . It was known as the symbol of Expo '70 and currently is preserved and located in the Expo Commemoration Park in Suita , Osaka Prefecture , Japan . The tower has three faces on its front and back. The tower

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396-451: The artwork. The Big Roof housing the tower was removed in 1979, causing the tower to be exposed for a long time. The tower has gradually deteriorated. Once a claim to demolish it arose, yet it was decided to be preserved and repair work began in November 1994, ending in March 1995. On October 11 and 12, 2003, the inside of the Tower of the Sun was opened to a selected 1,970 people (the figure

429-785: The basis for handling up to about 10,000 Japanese characters used in the daily life. The IBM Kanji System was further enhanced in September 1979 to include: Hardware Kanji support software The IBM Kanji System was planned, designed, and implemented mainly by Double-byte Technical Coordination Organization (DTCO) and development departments in IBM Fujisawa Laboratory , assisted by IBM Endicott Lab (IBM 029), Poughkeepsie Lab (OS/VS), Kingston Lab (IBM 3270), Santa Teresa Lab (IMS), Hursley Lab (CICS), Boeblingen Lab (DOS/VSE) and other locations as well as related vendors. These announcements were followed by other announcements: At

462-487: The concept to a tree. The idea was that although the national pavilions were like individual flowers they needed to be connected to the whole via branches and a trunk. Thus the Symbol Zone became the trunk and the moving pedestrian walkways and sub-plazas became the branches. These elements were reinforced with colour, with the trunk and branches in plain white and the pavilions in their own colours that were determined by

495-569: The event, and within six months the number of visitors reached 64,218,770, making Expo '70 one of the largest and best attended expositions in history. It held the record for most visitors at an Expo until it was surpassed by the Shanghai World Expo in 2010. It generated a profit of 19 billion Yen. A popular highlight of the fair was a large Moon rock on display in the United States' pavilion. It had been brought back from

528-470: The expo. On September 25, 2004, new lights were installed next to the old ones and lit to advertise the Expo 2005. A face between two arms represents the present, and a black face on the rear of the tower is the sun of the past. Originally another face, "Sun of the Underworld" was located on the basement floor, yet currently it has been moved to an unknown location. The jagged red paintings on the front of

561-649: The future would be like an aerial city and he asked Fumihiko Maki , Noboru Kawazoe, Koji Kamiya and Noriaki Kurokawa to design it. The Theme Space was also punctuated by three towers: the Tower of the Sun, the Tower of Maternity and the Tower of Youth. To the north of the Theme Space was the Festival Plaza. This was a flexible space that contained a flat area and stepped terrace. The plaza could be rearranged to provide for different requirements for seating capacity, from 1500 to 10000. The flexibility extended to

594-553: The lifts inside was connected to a part of the Big Roof through the opened wall, which was closed after the expo. Originally, "The Tower of Mother" and "The Tower of Youth" were also placed on the east and west area in the expo, both were created by Taro Okamoto, and later they were removed. A miniature version of the Tower of the Sun is located in the Taro Okamoto Museum of Art. The tower has also been listed as one of

627-449: The lighting and audio visual equipment allowing for a range of musical performances and electronic presentations. Festival Plaza was covered by the world's first large-scale, transparent membrane roof. It was designed by Tange and structural engineer Yoshikatsu Tsuboi + Kawaguchi & Engineers. Measuring 75.6 m in width and 108 m in length, it was 30 m high and supported by only six lattice columns. Seventy-seven countries participated in

660-536: The master plan for the Expo. The main theme would be Progress and Harmony for Mankind . Tange invited 12 other architects to elucidate designs for elements within the master plan. These architects included: Arata Isozaki for the Festival Plaza mechanical, electrical and electronic installations; and Kiyonori Kikutake for the Landmark Tower. Two main principles informed the master plan. The first

693-492: The national architects. The Symbol Zone ran north–south across the site, spanning an arterial road running east–west. The Festival Plaza was to the north of road and had the main gate on its southern end. To the north of the main gate and central to the Festival Plaza was the Tower of the Sun from which visitors could join pedestrian walkways that travelled out towards the north, south, east and west gates. The Theme Space under

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726-463: The repair and renovation for the 40th anniversary event of the Expo '70 in 2010, access to the Tower's interior was closed again. After additional repairs it was to be permanently open to the public starting in 2014. However, it was finally permanently reopened in March 2018. New features such as a reconstructed “Sun of the Underworld”, complete with animation, were installed. The tower's height

759-401: 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. The most famous of these artworks

792-406: The space frame was divided into three levels, each designed by the artist Tarō Okamoto , The underground level represented the past and was a symbol of the source of humanity. The surface level represented the present, symbolising the dynamism of human interaction. The space frame represented the future and a world where humanity and technology would be joined. Tange envisioned that the exhibition for

825-525: The themed pavilions with a giant space frame roof. The designers liked the idea that like the 1851 Great Exhibition in London , the roof of the Symbol Zone could be a unifying entity for the expo. They did not want the constraint imposed by the London Exhibition of having everything contained under one roof, so the space frame contained only the Festival Plaza and themed pavilions. Tange compared

858-566: The time of its development, Japan's major mainframe companies were developing their own Japanese processing systems independently and at the same time cooperating to establish a Japanese character code industry standard ( JIS X 0208 ). Some of these systems are: Similar supports later became available for Korean , and Chinese (both in Traditional and Simplified forms). Expo %2770 The Japan World Exposition, Osaka, 1970 ( 日本万国博覧会 , Nihon Bankoku Hakuran-kai ) or Expo '70

891-419: The tower represent thunder . Inside of the tower, an artwork called the "Tree of Life" was exhibited, and many miniatures and objects created by Tsuburaya Productions were suspended from the tree. It was 45 metres high and represents the strength of the life heading to the future. In the tower, there were moving staircases surrounding the tree and a lift which enabled visitors to go to the upper floor. One of

924-521: The world's fair will not reuse the park space, and will instead be hosted on Yumeshima island in Konohana , on the waterfront of Osaka Bay. To celebrate the 50th anniversary, "Expo ’70 50th Anniversary Special Exhibition" was held in Tennozu area of Tokyo from February 15 to 24, 2020. Osaka Monorail operated a wrapping train that reproduced the monorail design that operated at the Expo to commemorate

957-451: 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

990-415: Was built for Expo '70 and housed in the Festival Plaza building known as "Big Roof" designed by Japanese architect Kenzo Tange . The tip of the tower projected out of the Big Roof's ceiling due to the height of the building. After the completion of the tower, a Japanese science fiction writer, Sakyo Komatsu , looked at it and said he associated it with a sexual description in a Japanese novel, Season of

1023-588: Was chosen for the year the expo was held). Prior to the opening, over 24,000 people applied for it so the Commemorative Organization for the Japan World Exposition '70 made a decision to open the tower again in November and December in the same year. Those and subsequent, similar events that took place at irregular intervals were attended by over 40,000 people in total visited the inside of the tower until October 2006. Due to

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1056-463: Was the idea that the wisdom of all the peoples of the world would come together in this place and stimulate ideas; the second was that it would be less of an exposition and more of a festival . The designers thought that unlike previous expositions they wished to produce a central, unifying, Festival Plaza where people could meet and socialise. They called this the Symbol Zone and covered it and

1089-602: Was used as homage in the character of Deidara from the Naruto series. In the Tower's case, it is depicted as an explosion in the character's suicidal attack. The Tower of the Sun shows up as a pilotable giant mecha in the 2010 Shingo Honda's manga Hakaiju . It's also featured on the cover of volume 18 of the same manga. In the Pokémon anime , Sunyshore Tower resembles the Tower of the Sun. Tomihiko Morimi , author of The Tatami Galaxy , entitled his debut novel Tower of

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