It was described as "a building like no other, unique to this county", and The Osaka Mainichi Daily News at the time headlined it as "Tenno-dai's (heavenly king's hill) spectacular view" in the running story titled "Buddhist Leader Kozui and Nirakuso."
「本邦無二の珍建物」と評され、当時の大阪毎日新聞の連載記事「光瑞法王と二楽荘」には「天王台の大観」と題する見出しがつけられているほどであった。