Redhorse Osaka Wheel is a 123-metre (404 ft) tall, 118.3-metre (388 ft) diameter giant Ferris wheel at Expocity in Suita , Osaka Prefecture , Japan .
4-570: Installed in the Expo Commemoration Park , in the city of Suita. Inaugurated in 2016, it has 72 gondolas. From the gondolas, you can look down at the " Tower of the Sun ", symbol of Expo '70 . The base of this wheel has a seismic isolation, as safety in case of seismic movements. A Ferris wheel has been built three times on the same site. The first wheel that existed in the place, the so-called “Wonder Wheel”, installed in 1970 during
8-602: Is a park in Suita , Japan. It is north of Osaka (about 15 km 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 264 ha 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
12-623: The Expo '70 and lasted there until 1986. The second wheel was the Technocosmos , which after finishing Expo '85 in Tsukuba , was moved to Suita city in 1986 and renamed Technostar. It was dismantled in 2009, when Expoland was closed. The third wheel is the one named in this article, Redhorse Osaka Wheel, installed in 2016; as part of Expocity created in 2015. The height of the three wheels has increased over time (40 m → 85 m → 123 m), and
16-577: The number of gondolas has also increased (24 → 48 → 72). 34°48′22.5″N 135°32′5.1″E / 34.806250°N 135.534750°E / 34.806250; 135.534750 For other quiescent (incomplete, delayed, stalled, cancelled, failed, or abandoned) proposals, see: Ferris wheel#Quiescent proposals This article about an amusement ride or roller coaster is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Expo Commemoration Park The Expo Commemoration Park ( 万博記念公園 , Bampaku kinen kōen ) or Expo '70 Commemorative Park
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