VR Footage Reproducing Tower of the Sun As Seen at Osaka Expo ’70 on Display at Kawasaki Museum

By Shigeru Saito / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
14:40 JST,
April 28, 2025
KAWASAKI — Using virtual reality technology, students at the Nippon Institute of Technology have reproduced the 1970 World Exposition’s Theme Pavilion in its original form, including the Tower of the Sun, the symbol of the expo and a representative work of artist Taro Okamoto.
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