The tower of the Sun- 4 faces- past, present, future and ...

 



The tower of the Sun

In 1970, the first world exposition in Asia was held in Osaka, Japan.

This was a project of the most magnificent scale ever.
People's hope and expectation for the future were expressed with passion
by means of all kinds of creation.

77 countries took part in this project to express and share their dreams.
Some facilities are still preserved and we can hear their stories,
feel their vibrant passion.
They're theree to show us the courage to take action and build a future vision.

The tower of the Sun was built by an artist Taro Okamoto
as a part of pavilion.

It was built southwardly to receive the sun light.

The tower has 4 faces in alignment.

The golden face on the top of the tower represents the Future,

the face of the sun in the middle represents the Present,

the black face on the back - see image below - represents the Past,

and there was a face beneath the ground level of the tower.
a white face (image below) represents the Source of the heart.

And the tower stretches its arms to receive all there is as a blessing.



Black face on the back : the Past




The Sun underground representing the Source of the heart.
44 years ago, when the expo was in place, people could walk inside
the tower and see this underground Sun.
When the expo was closed, all the pavilions were cleared from the site
and this underground Sun went missing during the process. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Inside the tower was a Tree of life which represents the energy of all lives
that grow towards heavenly sky.
People were delighted to see the great power of life energy that goes
all through the root in the underground (past ),
the trunk above the ground (present) to up in the air (future) .
 
 
 
The Tree of Life represented the evolution of life,
from the birth of life 4 billion years ago
to the birth of humanity.
Taro Okamoto created 292 various models of species and
people could actually walk in the tower using staricase
to explore all this in chronological order.



Tree of Life, sideway view
In the tower = In the space of the Sun
Tree of Life grows and evolves towards the sky. To the heaven.


Some facilities and pavilions are still in operation.


The pavilion, "Expo '70 " shows us what vision for the future
people had 44 years ago. And it's just so amazing.
 
All kind of nations and ethnic groups got together in Japan
for the first time - and the energy is still there!

A part of exhibition

There also exhibits "Space- the Universe"
and they play the music that Toru Takemitsu composed
under this theme.



National Museum of Ethnology is another site to visit.


It shows us the whole history of humanity.

Exhibision example
Board of Horoscope- from India 





Expo '70 Commemorative Park (osaka)http://www.expo70.or.jp/languages/english/


 



 



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