"Tower of the Sun" Internal public disclosure for the first time in 48 years so I went to see the photo report

The sun's tower has not been open to the public for a long time after the end of the Osaka World Expo held in 1970. Although the interior was released for the first time in 33 years in 33 years, only the first floor part was entered due to fire fighting law etc. and it could not go up to the upper floor. However afterwards refurbishment such as earthquake-resistant reinforcement work and so on will be repeated, and finally internal release including the upper part will be started from March 19, 2018 (Monday). I went to see what the inside look like.

"Tower of the Sun" Official website (Osaka Prefecture Japan World Exposition Memorial Park Office)
http://taiyounotou-expo70.jp/

There are four faces in the sun tower. On the top is golden symbolizing the future "golden face", the face in front of the body part symbolizes the present "face of the sun".


There is a "black sun" symbolizing the past on the back.


Behind the sun 's tower, the ceremony on March 18, 2018 was ready. It is an internal disclosure for the first time in 48 years.


We go down to the basement with the slope behind the tower.


Entrance.


There is a reception desk immediately. From the aisle on the right side to the sun tower. Admission is 700 yen for adults, 300 yen for elementary and junior high school students. In addition to this admission fee, admission fee to the Exposure Memorial Park is separately 250 yen for adults and 70 yen for elementary and junior high school students.


Rough sketches are displayed in the aisle. You can see what kind of trajectory was followed before the concept of the sun's tower solidifies.


When passing through the aisle to the "prologue space" where the fourth face of the sun's tower "the sun of the underworld" is displayed.


The underlying sun has been missing for a long time and it is an exhibition by reproduction.


Besides the underwater sun, exhibits of underground exhibition "Inori" at the Expo are arranged. "I want you to feel the view of the world at that time."


Masquerade and ...


Statue


The big statue in the back is named "the statue of the quatrique".


"The sun of the underground Okamoto Taro was drawing for the first time" was also exhibited.


An elevator is also available, so even people who can not walk easily can enjoy viewing from the first floor, the middle floor and the top floor.


When passing through the underground sun display, it comes out at the base of the "tree of life" that penetrates the sun's tower.


I will appreciate the tree of life while climbing up a spiral-shaped passage. The height from the first floor to the top floor is about 41 m. Although the escalator was established at the time of the Expo, it is now a staircase.


Representative models of organisms from single cell organisms to the creation of human beings are displayed. At the time of the Expo, there were 292 biological models, but 183 bodies were restored and reproduced this time.


At the bottom of the "protozoic era" there are exhibits of Benmousu, sea lilies, polyps and so on.


Is this Ameba?


As I climbed the stairs, I entered the "trilobite era" and displayed trilobites, jellyfishes, solar insects and other exhibits. The color of the surroundings changes in various ways with the red tone as the keynote.


Looking down, it looks like this.


It is an exhibition that makes music feel combined with "life".



A plate with the name of the creature that appears in the "trilobite era".


The diameter of the root of the tree of life is 1 m.


Ammonite, which is famous as a reference fossilCephalopodExhibition.




The shadows of fish gradually begin to appear.


I entered the "fish age".




A dinosaur appears as you look above. The summit is also visible.


Looking down, you can see the footsteps of the evolution that life has traced so far.


And next to amphibians.


Is this pterosaur a pteronodon?






A bone that looks like a mammal.


There is a dinosaur in the back.


Finally you will see gorillas and familiar animals. There is also mammoth on the right.


When you look closely, the head of the gorilla has become a bone. This has been neglected for half a century since the World Expo, as the head of the gorilla deteriorated and dropped out. "It has not been dared to restore to keep the thickness of the half-century time of tree of life traced."


Mammoth.


Is this a gibbon?


There are also chimpanzees.


A cromagnonians who is the ancestor of mankind is swinging up the club in front, and it is the Neanderthal people who are arranged in the back. In the past it was thought that the Neanderthal people are also the ancestors of humankind, but nowResults of genome sequencing analysis by Suvante Peba et al. Announced in 2006It is thought that it was another species.


Looking down, the root is far and makes you feel a long history.


And the top is an expression that will continue to the future.


When I reached the top floor, I found a mysterious tunnel extending in front of my eyes. Something is actually inside the "Tower of the Sun" left arm.


On the other side is the right arm.


At the time of the World Expo, an escalator was set up in the right arm, leading to an exhibition of "the large roof".


The guide board at the time is also left.


Also on the top floor there is an exhibition of "Production Score". It is a study material that summarizes the idea of ​​overall production inside the sun's tower into one piece.


When I get off I use a different passage.



There is an exhibition on the way. This is the word "Okamoto is art" by Taro Okamoto who is the creator of the sun tower.


"An exhibition" Tower of Life ". There is a subtitle "~ The theme sex was made in this way".


"Exhibition as art"


And "the track of regeneration"


I returned to the place where the protozoans were exhibited.


Go out of the aisle and go outside.


There is also a souvenir shop. If you just buy a souvenir, reservation and entrance fee are unnecessary.


iPhone case or ....


Figures


There were also bronze-colored ones in the tower limited to the figure.


"Plant inside the sun tower" business name donor's name plate.


There was also a service that could search donors who did not fit on the plate.


Tower of the sun is reservation system, reservation is up to 4 months aheadDedicated pageYou can do with. As of March 17, 2018 it seems that there will be a vacancy if it is a weekday after May.

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