Expo 1970 Osaka commemorative copper medal : Canada

Description

Expo 1970 Osaka commemorative copper medal : Canada
Dimension
: 4.5 cm (1.3") x 0.3 cm T
Box : 6.5 cm x 6.5 cm x 2.2 cm
Weight : 30 g
With box 80 g
Expo '70 (日本万国博覧会, Nihon Bankoku Hakuran-kai) was a world's fair held in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan between March 15 and September 13, 1970. Its theme was "Progress and Harmony for Mankind." In Japanese, Expo '70 is often referred to as Osaka Banpaku (大阪万博, Ōsaka Banpaku). It was the first world's fair held in Japan.
The Expo was designed by Japanese architect Kenzo Tange, assisted by 12 other Japanese architects. Bridging the site along a north-south axis was the Symbol Zone. Planned on three levels, it was primarily a social space with a unifying space frame roof.
The Expo attracted international attention for the extent to which unusual artworks and designs by Japanese avant-garde artists were incorporated into the overall plan and individual national and corporate pavilions.[1] The most famous of these artworks is artist Tarō Okamoto's iconic Tower of the Sun, which still remains on the site today.