あまりにも、1970年万博の存在感が強すぎて、その後の万博は、”ああ、そんな万博もあったなあ”としか思えない。
とりわけ、様々な政治的な思惑や、カジノへの導線にしか見えないような、現在行われている関西万博とは、比較の対象にさえならないように感じてしまった。
This year, the Kansai Expo is being held in Osaka.
At the National Museum of Modern Japanese Architecture in Ueno, architectural materials from the five World Expos held in Japan were introduced in two parts.
In the first part, an overview of the five World Expos was displayed, as well as blueprints and photos from the first World Expo held in Japan in 1970.
The names of Japanese architectural legends such as Kenzo Tange, Kikutake Kiyonori, Kunio Maekawa, and Junzo Sakakura were on display at the 1970 Expo.
In addition to the architecture, science fiction writer Sakyo Komatsu and others also participated in the planning, and Taro Okamoto's Tower of the Sun still stands there as a record of the event.
The presence of the 1970 Expo was so strong that subsequent Expos just make you think, "Oh, there was an Expo like that."
In particular, it seemed to me that it could not even be compared with the currently ongoing Kansai Expo, which seems to be nothing more than a lead-in to various political motives and casinos.
































