Mrs. Tomoko was 30 years old at the time of her visits to Expo 70. She visited Expo on two
occasions, the first time in a group comprising her mother, sisters and brother, the second time
with her own family – two children aged 4 and 11 years, her husband, and brother/sister in-law.
During the early stages of the interview, participants were asked to discuss their memories and
impressions of their visit(s) to expo unprompted by any cues, so as to allow the participants to
discuss freely their spontaneous memories of the event. Mrs. Tomoko began the discussion with
her recollections of the key icons of the Expo, including the Sun Tower, the U.S. and USSR
Pavilions, and the ever present crowds of people. As part of her second visit to Expo, she vividly
remembers and describes in detail the visit she made to the Indian Pavilion with the intent of
seeing the White Tiger – a feature exhibit of an animal named "Dalip," one of only 33 existing in
the world at that time.