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Tokyo Tower is a tall red and white communications tower located in Tokyo, Japan, that was completed in 1958. It has become one of the city's most iconic landmarks and serves both as a broadcasting antenna and a popular tourist attraction offering views of the surrounding city.
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- Instance of
- tourist attraction
- Official name
- 株式会社TOKYO TOWER
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Shibakōen
- Legal form
- kabushiki gaisha
- Official website
- www.tokyotower.co.jp
- Image
- Tokyo Tower 2023.jpg
- Height
- 332.6
- Has use
- radio broadcasting
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- official shop URL
- onlineshop.tokyotower.co.jp
- Commons category
- Tokyo Tower
- Unicode character
- 🗼
- architect
- Tachū Naitō
- structural engineer
- Gustave Eiffel
- main building contractor
- Takenaka Corporation
- date of official opening
- 1958-12-23
- floors above ground
- 16
- number of elevators
- 4
- postal code
- 105-0011
- inception
- 1957-05-08
- street address
- 東京都港区芝公園4-2-8
- social media followers
- 24354
- native label
- 東京タワー
- inspired by
- Eiffel Tower
- capital cost
- 280000000
- different from
- Tokyo Skytree
- offers view on
- Tokyo
- public transport stop
- Hamamatsuchō Station
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Encyclopedic overview
Tokyo Tower (東京タワー, Tōkyō Tawā; pronounced [toːkʲoː taꜜɰᵝaː] ), also known by its official name Japan Radio Tower (日本電波塔, Nippon denpatō) is a communications and observation tower in the district of Shiba-koen in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, completed in 1958. At 332.9 meters (1,092 feet), it was the tallest tower in Japan until the construction of Tokyo Skytree in 2012. It is a lattice tower inspired by the Eiffel Tower, and is painted white and international orange to comply with air safety regulations.
The tower's main sources of income are antenna leasing and tourism, and its five-story base building FootTown houses a number of restaurants, gift shops, and other attractions. Departing from it, guests can visit two observation decks: the two-story Main Deck at 150 m (490 ft), and the smaller Top Deck at 249.6 m (819 ft). The tower is repainted every five years, the process itself taking a year to complete.
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