page_title: Kyoikuto
section_title: Appearance
hierarchical_section_title: Kyoikuto / Appearance
caption_attribution_description: English: The relief at the front of Kyoikuto, in Osaka.
context_page_description: The Kyoikuto, or the Education Tower is a memorial tower located in Osaka Castle Park in Chuo Ward, Osaka City. It serves as a memorial for the victims of Muroto typhoon in 1934.
context_section_description: The tower is 30 meters high, and occupied 333 square meters. The tower is centered on reinforced concrete and white granite on the outside. In the center below the tower is a 162-meter square room. There is a stone monument that reads "やすらかに"  (equivalent to RIP in English) in the central room of the room. There are two 86 square meters side rooms on both sides of the center room. The side rooms has a name plate listing the names of the people who were buried here.
  The front entrance is flanked by two relief. The relief on the left depicts the teachers protecting the students while during the typhoon disaster. The relief on the right depicts the Japanese emperor declaring something in a ceremony. 
  The most notable feature of the tower is the three kanji words "教育塔" displayed vertically, and can be seen from a distance. The finial (tip) of the tower is known as a sōrin, a typical feature of pagoda in Japan, revealing its religious origin.
caption: The relief at the front of Kyoikuto. Taken from: https://osaka-castle.net/osakajokoen/kyoikuto.html
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