Tsūtenkaku
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Tsūtenkaku
通天 閣
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| Place: | Osaka - Naniwa | ||||
| Prefecture: | Osaka | ||||
| Country: | Japan | ||||
| Altitude : | 25 m TP | ||||
| Coordinates: 34 ° 39 ′ 9.1 ″ N , 135 ° 30 ′ 22.7 ″ E | |||||
| Use: | Telecommunication tower , observation tower | ||||
| Accessibility: | Transmission tower open to the public | ||||
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| Construction time : | 1956 | ||||
| Operating time: | since 1956 | ||||
| Total height : | 103 m | ||||
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Tsutenkaku ( Jap. 通天閣 , dt. "Heaven-reaching tower") is the name of a 103 meter high transmission and observation tower near the JR West -Bahnhofs Shin-Imamiya in the district of Naniwa in Japanese Osaka , whose landmark it forms.
The steel lattice tower was built in 1956 as the successor to a tower built in 1912 and dismantled in 1943, based on the Eiffel Tower . The new tower is based on this design, but its exterior is much more sober and functional. The multi-storey observation decks are 84 meters and 87 meters high. Using two colors on the top of the tower, he indicates the weather forecast for the coming day.
Web links
Commons : Tsūtenkaku - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official Website (Japanese)
- Hobby Tower History Website (Japanese)
- Description at All-Japan Tower Association (Japanese)