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Koyo at Banpaku Kinen Park

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Expo '70 Commemorative Park (万博記念公園) is popular Autumn Leaves spots in Osaka. It is the memorial park of Osaka Bampaku in 1970. It is one of the popular Autumn leave spots in Osaka. Around the end of November, it has a beautiful Koyo. During the Koyo season, there is Autmn festival.

Tourist Info.
There are parking and restroom.
Admission: 250 yen for Adult, 70 yen for under Junior.
There is a group discount.
Time: 9:30 to 17:00 (last entry 16:30)
Koyo Season: Around the end of November.

Access
0. at Senri chuo Station.
1. use Osaka Monorail to Banpakukinenkoenmae Station.


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Detailed Travel Guide

Koyo at Banpaku Kinen Park
The Expo Commemoration Park or Expo '70 Commemorative Park is a park in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. The park is the former site of Expo '70, a World's Fair held between March 15 and September 13, 1970. It is about 264 ha of lawn and forest, and has education and recreation facilities.

The National Museum of Ethnology, the Osaka Expo '70 Stadium, and part of the Expoland are in this park. The National Museum of Art used to be here but was moved to Nakanoshima area, Kita-ku, Osaka. The park has the Tower of the Sun, a symbolic landmark of the Expo '70, which has been preserved and repaired a number of times. Some of the materials used or built in the Expo '70 remain.

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