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Tower of the Sun reopens

By Yubi20 March 2018

The iconic tower of the 1970 Osaka World Expo has reopened to the public for the first time in almost 50 years, following reinforcement work.

The 70-meter-tall "Tower of the Sun" was designed by the late artist Taro Okamoto.

It has been closed to visitors since the expo ended because of it's lack of resistance to earthquakes. The tower reopened on Monday after 2 years of quake-proofing work.

Discussion

Yubi #13185

This is one landmark that I really want to visit. I also remember that many concerts used to be held in front of this tower.

banzaitokyo #13186

I've been to Osaka once, but I never seen the tower. I will definitely check it out next time I am in the city. Even though I find it somewhat eerie :)

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