The Cultural Affairs He formally proposed to the Minister of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology to describe significant cultural property in the category of buildings. Sunshinea symbol of the 1970 world exhibition designed by artist Taro Okamoto and is located in Suita, in the province of Osaka.

With Osaka now hosting another world exhibition, 55 years after the one for which the tower was built, the construction has been recognized as a valuable heritage that represents the era of Japan’s rapid economic growth.

Under the leadership of Okamotothe tower of the sun was erected at the center of the theme of the exhibition. In response to the slogan of the exhibition, “Progress and Harmony for Humanity”, producer Okamoto deliberately presented the tower as an anti -modern symbol reminiscent of an ancient jomon clay figurine.

The tower found a great response to visitors and became a favorite of the public. The construction of the huge and characteristic form of the 70 -meter tower has gathered some of the most advanced techniques of the time.

Although the tower was scheduled for demolition as soon as the report was closed, reports and other opposition reactions secured its preservation. The interior opened to the public in 2018 for the first time after the exhibition.

It will become the second most important important cultural building of Japan in the category of buildings, after the Museum of Folk History of the Sea Seto Inland to Takamatsuwhich was completed in 1973.

The teacher Osamu Goto of Kogakuin Universitya specialist in Japanese architectural history, said: “Few cultural real estate allow so many people to look at history with common consciousness. This is an unusual structure of multifaceted value and could someday be described as an important cultural property in the category of Fine Arts. “