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Ts?tenkaku, south side
Ts?tenkaku
(
通天閣
,
Ts?tenkaku
)
is a tower in
Osaka
,
Japan
. It is a well-known landmark and shows advertisements for
Hitachi, Ltd.
The tower is 103 meters tall. The main observation deck is 91 meters above the ground. The three
characters
in the name mean "Reaching Heaven Tower". It is in
Shinsekai
, part of
Naniwa Ward
. Ts?tenkaku Kanko Co., Ltd. owns the tower.
The current tower is the second tower on the site. The original tower was built in 1912. The design was based on the
Eiffel Tower
. The tower had an
cable car
that connected it to a nearby amusement park called
Luna Park
. The original was 64 meters tall. It was the second tallest building in Asia at that time. It quickly became one of the most popular locations in the city. Visitors came from all over.
There was a fire in 1943 which severely damaged the tower. It was not repaired. The tower was taken apart and the steel was used to make things for World War II.
[1]
After the war, citizens wanted to rebuild the popular tower. A private company called
Ts?tenkaku Kanko Co. Ltd.
was set up for this purpose. They hired
Tachu Naito
to design it. He was nicknamed Japan's "Father of Towers". The new tower opened in 1956.
[2]
In 1957, Hitachi started putting
neon sign
advertisements on the tower. The advertisements have usually been changed every 5 or 6 years. Hitachi last changed the signs in 2006. New signs are scheduled for autumn 2011. The new signs will use
LED
lights, not neon. Other lights on the tower also show weather information.
[3]
- JR West, Osaka Loop Line and Yamatoji Line,
Shin-Imamiya Station
, East Exit (10 minute walk)
- Nankai Railway, Nankai Main Line and Koya Line, Shin-Imamiya Station, East Exit (10 minute walk)
- Osaka Municipal Subway Sakaisuji Line (brown line),
Ebisuch? Station
, Exit 3 (3 minute walk)
- Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line (red line),
Dobutsuen-mae Station
, Exit 5 (10 minute walk)
- Hankai Tramway, Hankai Line, Ebisucho Station (3 minute walk)
-
Dedication Ceremony, 1912
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Ropeway connecting Tsutenkaku and Luna Park, 1912
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Luna Park at sunset, 1912
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Luna Park Night View, 1912
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View from
Shinsekai
, 1920
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View from Shinsekai, 1920
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View from Shinsekai, Ebisu Gate, 1920
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View from Shinsekai, 1920-1943
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View from Luna Park Ichi-go-kan, 1920-1943
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View from Jan Jan Yokocho, 1920-1943
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After the fire in the movie theater, 1943
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During demolition, 1943
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Ts?tenkaku
.
- ↑
"Tsutenkakaku"
. City of Osaka Recreation and Tourism Bureau. Archived from
the original
on 27 September 2013
. Retrieved
27 June
2010
.
- ↑
Tegler, Gary.
"Osaka's spirit in the sky"
.
The Japan Times
. Retrieved
27 June
2010
.
[
permanent dead link
]
- ↑
Kyodo (22 June 2011).
"Tsutenkaku Tower to get LEDs"
.
The Japan Times
. Retrieved
22 June
2011
.
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