Day 9 — World Expo^JP

This is the third time the Expo has taken place in Osaka, after the famous 1970 edition with famous sculpture ‘tower of the sun’ by Taro Okamoto, it was also the host city in 1990.
The master plan of this edition, a circular wooden structure 700 metres in diameter is by Sou Fujimoto. The theme of the World Expo is ‘Common Ground: creating a new dawn together’ and there are 150 participating countries. Besides the land pavilions by Kengo Kuma, Foster + Partners, RAU and Mikan, among others, a group of Japanese designers have also been appointed to shape some overarching themes.