Tokyo Tower's two main revenue sources are antenna leasing and tourism. It functions as a radio and television broadcasting antenna support structure and is a tourist destination that houses several different attractions. Over 150 million people have visited the tower in total since its opening in late 1958. Tower attendance had been steadily declining until it bottomed out at 2.3 million in 2000. Since then, attendance has been rising, and it has recently been attracting approximately 3 million visitors per year. The first area tourists visit upon reaching the tower is FootTown, a four-story building stationed directly under the tower.
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Tokyo Tower
Tokyo Tower | Functions
It functions as a radio and television broadcasting antenna support structure and is a tourist destination that houses several different attractions. It functions as a radio and television broadcasting antenna support structure and is a tourist destination that houses several different attractions. It functions as a radio and television broadcasting antenna support structure. Antenna leasing and a tourist spot.
when was the idea of an atom first developed describe this theory
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According to this idea, if one were to take a lump of matter and cut it into ever smaller pieces, one would eventually reach a point where the pieces could not be further cut into anything smaller.
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who talked about this theory for the first time?
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John Dalton
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apart from this theory, what were his other contributions to science?
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Colour blindness.
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what happens when someone has this condition?
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It is the decreased ability to see color or differences in color. It can impair such tasks as selecting ripe fruit, choosing clothing, and reading traffic lights. People may also be uncomfortable in bright environments and have decreased visual acuity.
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how is it diagnosed?
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"The Ishihara Color Test"
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who is named after?
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Shinobu Ishihara
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where was he from?
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Tokyo
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how did the city derive its name?
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can you name some of its major landmarks?
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"Tokyo Tower" and "Tokyo Skytree" are two of them.
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what does the former primarily function as?
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There, visitors can eat, shop and visit several museums and galleries. Elevators that depart from the first floor of FootTown can be used to reach the first of two observation decks, the two-story Main Observatory. For the price of another ticket, visitors can board another set of elevators from the second floor of the Main Observatory to reach the final observation deck—the Special Observatory.
Tokyo Tower | Functions
The tower's design was published on 24 November, 2006, based on the following three concepts: Tokyo Skytree also resembles a 5-storey pagoda from historical Japan. The base of the tower has a structure similar to a tripod; from a height of about and above, the tower's structure is cylindrical to offer panoramic views of the river and the city. There are observatories at , with a capacity of up to 2,000 people, and , with a capacity of 900 people. The upper observatory features a spiral, glass-covered skywalk in which visitors ascend the last 5 meters to the highest point at the upper platform.
Tokyo Skytree | Design
Tokyo Tower's two main revenue sources are antenna leasing and tourism. It functions as a radio and television broadcasting antenna support structure and is a tourist destination that houses several different attractions. Over 150 million people have visited the tower in total since its opening in late 1958. Tower attendance had been steadily declining until it bottomed out at 2.3 million in 2000. Since then, attendance has been rising, and it has recently been attracting approximately 3 million visitors per year. The first area tourists visit upon reaching the tower is FootTown, a four-story building stationed directly under the tower.
Tokyo Tower | Functions
The tower has seismic proofing, including a central shaft made of reinforced concrete. The main internal pillar is attached to the outer tower structure for the first above ground. From there until the pillar is attached to the tower frame with oil dampers, which act as cushions during an earthquake. Additional resilience is achieved through an "added mass control mechanism" (or tuned mass damper) – a damping system which, in the event of an earthquake, moves out of step with the building's structure, to keep the center of gravity as central as possible to the tower's base. According to the designers, the dampers can absorb 50 percent of the energy from an earthquake.
Tokyo Skytree | Earthquake resistance
The tower is the primary television and radio broadcast site for the Kantō region; the older Tokyo Tower no longer gives complete digital terrestrial television broadcasting coverage because it is surrounded by high-rise buildings. Skytree was completed on Leap Day, 29 February 2012, with the tower opening to the public on 22 May 2012. The tower is the centrepiece of a large commercial development funded by Tobu Railway (which owns the complex) and a group of six terrestrial broadcasters headed by NHK. Trains stop at the adjacent Tokyo Skytree Station and nearby Oshiage Station. The complex is north-east of Tokyo Station.
Tokyo Skytree | Introduction
A wide variety of typologies are listed, serving as "a survey of nameless and strange buildings of this city." Examples include the "Sewage Courts", which function as a sewage disposal plant and sporting facilities, or the "Highway Department Store", an expressway and department store. These buildings can only exist in Tokyo. "We thought that although these buildings are not explained by the city of Tokyo, they do explain what Tokyo is. So, by collecting and aligning them, the nature of Tokyo’s urban space might become apparent."
Atelier Bow-Wow | "Made in Tokyo"
Tokyo Skytree is used as a radio/television broadcast and communications tower.
Tokyo Skytree | Broadcasting use
A booming post-war Japanese economy and the hosting of the 1964 Summer Olympics helped lead to a building boom in Tokyo during the 1960s and 1970s. Construction continued through the 1980s and 1990s as the Japanese asset price bubble rose and fell. Mainland Tokyo is divided into two sections: Western Tokyo and the special wards of Tokyo. All of the prefecture's tallest buildings are within the 23 special wards, which comprise the area formerly incorporated as Tokyo City. Nishi-Shinjuku, a district within Shinjuku, was the prefecture's first major skyscraper development area. Starting with the construction of the Keio Plaza Hotel in the 1971, the district is now home to 13 of Tokyo's 46 tallest skyscrapers.
List of tallest structures in Tokyo | Introduction
Architecture in Tokyo has largely been shaped by Tokyo's history. Twice in recent history has the metropolis been left in ruins: first in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake and later after extensive firebombing in World War II. Because of this, Tokyo's urban landscape consists mainly of modern and contemporary architecture, and older buildings are scarce. Tokyo features many internationally famous forms of modern architecture including Tokyo International Forum, Asahi Beer Hall, Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower, NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building and Rainbow Bridge. Tokyo also features two distinctive towers: Tokyo Tower, and the new Tokyo Skytree, which is the tallest tower in both Japan and the world, and the second tallest structure in the world after the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
Tokyo | Cityscape
This is a list of buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Tokyo. Since its completion in 2012, Tokyo Skytree has been the tallest structure in Tokyo as well as in Japan, overtaking Tokyo Tower.
List of tallest structures in Tokyo | Timeline of tallest buildings
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Shinjuku L Tower | References
The is a residential building in the Toshima special ward of Tokyo, Japan. Completed in January 2011, it stands at 189.2 m (621 ft) tall, with the top floor located at 182.8 m (600 ft). It is the 38th tallest building in Tokyo and the 55th tallest building in Japan.
Owl Tower | Introduction
The , also referred to as for short, houses the headquarters of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which governs the special wards, cities, towns and villages that constitutes the whole Tokyo Metropolis. Located in Shinjuku, the building was designed by architect Kenzo Tange. It consists of a complex of three structures, each taking up a city block. The tallest of the three is Tokyo Metropolitan Main building No.1, a tower 48 stories tall that splits into two sections at the 33rd floor. The building also has three levels below ground. The design of the building was meant to resemble an integrated circuit, while also evoking the look of a Gothic cathedral.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building | Introduction
Built in 1958, the tower's main sources of income are tourism and antenna leasing. Over 150 million people have visited the tower. FootTown, a four-story building directly under the tower, houses museums, restaurants and shops. Departing from there, guests can visit two observation decks. The two-story Main Deck (formerly known as the Main Observatory) is at , while the smaller Top Deck (formerly known as the "Special Observatory") reaches a height of . The names were changed following renovation of the top deck in 2018. The tower acts as a support structure for an antenna. Intended for television broadcasting, radio antennas were installed in 1961, but the tower now broadcasts signals for Japanese media outlets such as NHK, TBS and Fuji TV.
Tokyo Tower | Introduction
Tokyo is the most populated of Japan's 47 prefectures. In Tokyo, there are 53 buildings and structures that stand taller than 187 metres (614 ft). The tallest structure in the prefecture is Tokyo Skytree, a lattice tower that rises 634 metres (2,080 ft), which was completed in 2012. It also stands as the tallest structure in Japan, the tallest tower in the world and the 2nd-tallest freestanding structure in the world. The tallest building and third-tallest overall structure in Tokyo is the 256-metre-tall (838 ft) Toranomon Hills, which was completed in 2014. The prefecture's second tallest building is Midtown Tower, which rises 54 stories and 248 metres (814 ft) in height.
List of tallest structures in Tokyo | Introduction
Despite being taller than the Eiffel Tower, Tokyo Tower only weighs about 4,000 tons, 3,300 tons less than the Eiffel Tower. While other towers have since surpassed Tokyo Tower's height, the structure was still the tallest artificial structure in Japan until April 2010, when the new Tokyo Skytree became the tallest structure in Japan. It was opened to the public on 23 December 1958 at a final cost of ¥2.8 billion ($8.4 million in 1958). Tokyo Tower was mortgaged for ¥10 billion in 2000.
Tokyo Tower | Construction
Located in Shinagawa-ku district of Tokyo, the House Tower, setting back from the street and rising over 11 metres in height, occupies only an 18.5m2 building area of its constrained 42m2 site. With its unique ‘tallness’ and seemingly irrational openings, this re-enforced concrete building somehow resembles a ‘one-eyed monster’, hiding awkwardly in the neighbourhood, sneaking around behind obviously ‘shorter’ counterparts, as if trying to find a chance to escape. Due to the site constraints, the house breaks from the conventional architecture planning, and is articulated as a single volume. The different space of a common house is not defined by walls but by 10 small staggering levels, each with its own purpose and all connected by a floating “step-plate hung on steel rods” staircase; thus the primary functions of this house are allocated to these ‘landings’.
Atelier Bow-Wow | House Tower
Japan's planned digital television transition by July 2011 was problematic, however; Tokyo Tower's height, was not high enough to support complete terrestrial digital broadcasting to the area. A taller digital broadcasting tower, known as Tokyo Skytree, was completed on 29 February 2012. Every five years Tokyo Tower is repainted. It takes one year to repaint it. Since its completion in 1958, Tokyo Tower has become a prominent landmark in the city, and frequently appears in media set in Tokyo.
Tokyo Tower | Introduction
The architectural element most associated with the Tokyo Big Sight name, the glass and titanium-panelled Conference Tower appears as a set of four inverted pyramids mounted upon large supports. The first floor comprises an 1100-seat reception hall and four conference rooms of varying size. The second floor comprises the "Entrance Plaza" which is the main access area, the glass-roofed "Event Plaza", the "Entrance Hall" which leads to the exhibition halls proper, and the "Exhibition Plaza". There are no floors three through five due to the structure's above-ground stature. Floors six and seven can be directly accessed via escalator from the second-floor Entrance Hall, and comprise the main convention facilities of the Tower.
Tokyo Big Sight | Conference Tower
The advanced Tokyo level has users building a fast-paced tower with primarily offices and eventually other uses as well. Users place a stadium on the top level.
Yoot Tower | Tokyo, Japan
From October to November 2007, suggestions were collected from the general public for the name to be given to the tower. On 19 March 2008, a committee chose six final candidate names: , , , , , . The official name was decided in a nationwide vote, and was announced on 10 June 2008 as "Tokyo Skytree". The name received around 33,000 votes (30%) out of 110,000 cast, with the second most popular name being "Tokyo Edo Tower". The height of was selected to be easily remembered. The figures 6 (mu), 3 (sa), 4 (shi) stand for "Musashi", an old name of the region where the Tokyo Skytree stands.
Tokyo Skytree | Naming and height
This list ranks the tallest 50 skyscrapers in Tokyo, based on standard height measurement. This height includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed. Freestanding towers, guyed masts and other not habitable structures are included for comparison purposes; however, they are not ranked.
List of tallest structures in Tokyo | Tallest buildings
This is a list of buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Japan. From its completion in 1958 and until the opening of the Tokyo Skytree in 2011, Tokyo Tower retained the title of tallest structure in Japan, aside from various guyed masts that were built in the 1960s and 1970s, later dismantled in the 1990s.
List of tallest structures in Japan | Timeline of tallest buildings
The building houses concert halls, an art gallery, a media-art museum (NTT InterCommunication Center) and many restaurants and shops on its lower floors. The fifth through fifty-second floors are devoted to office space. The building is adjacent to the New National Theater, which is located in Shibuya, Tokyo. The combined complex of the tower and the theatre is called the "Tokyo Opera City".
Tokyo Opera City Tower | Introduction
Just as the Eiffel Tower is often used in popular culture to immediately locate a scene in Paris, France, the Tokyo Tower is often used in the same way for Tokyo. It is used in anime and manga such as "Doraemon", "Tokyo Magnitude 8.0", "Magic Knight Rayearth", "Please Save My Earth", "Cardcaptor Sakura", "Digimon", "Detective Conan", "Sailor Moon", "Tenchi Muyo!" and "Death Note". The tower is also frequently used in the Japanese "kaiju" (giant monster) film genre. It has been the location of numerous battles and visitations by Godzilla, Mothra, Gamera and King Kong ("King Kong Escapes") wherein it is frequently destroyed and rebuilt.
Tokyo Tower | Media representation of Tokyo Tower
The is twin tower buildings located in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo. The buildings consist of East Tower and West Tower. Together with the adjacent Kasumigaseki Building, the first modern office skyscraper in Japan, the twin towers are landmarks in the Toranomon/Kasumigaseki area. The buildings are directly connected to Toranomon Station of Tokyo Metro Ginza Line.
Kasumigaseki Common Gate | Introduction
The building is home to World Trade Center Tokyo, a member of the World Trade Centers Association. It is primarily used for office space, but it also includes retail stores and restaurants. The building's top floor is a visitor observatory. The building is connected to the Toei Subways's Daimon Station and Hamamatsuchō Station, which is serviced by two JR East lines and the Tokyo Monorail.
World Trade Center (Tokyo) | Introduction
The is a skyscraper located in Nagatachō, Tokyo, Japan. It contains offices, residences, and shops, with 38 floors above ground and a total floor area of 76,634 square meters. It is situated on the Sotobori-dōri trunk road, near the National Diet Building and other central government institutions, including the Prime Minister's Official Residence. Floors 26–38 of this mixed-use building are residential, floors 3–24 offices, and the bottom floors retail space. The building can be accessed from five subway lines through the Tokyo Metro stations Akasaka-mitsuke and Nagatachō.
Prudential Tower (Tokyo) | Introduction
The Ryōunkaku quickly became a landmark and symbol of Asakusa after its opening in 1890. It was a major leisure complex for visitors from all over Tokyo. When the 1894 tremor weakened the structure, it was reinforced with steel girders. However, the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923 destroyed the upper floors, and damaged the whole tower so severely that it had to be demolished.
Ryōunkaku | History
The tower is 30 meters high, and occupied 333 square meters. The tower is centered on reinforced concrete and white granite on the outside. In the center below the tower is a 162-meter square room. There is a stone monument that reads "やすらかに" (equivalent to RIP in English) in the central room of the room. There are two 86 square meters side rooms on both sides of the center room. The side rooms has a name plate listing the names of the people who were buried here. The front entrance is flanked by two relief. The relief on the left depicts the teachers protecting the students while during the typhoon disaster.
Kyoikuto | Appearance
The Toronamon-Azabudai District will consist of three buildings. The main tower, measuring tall, will be the first supertall in Tokyo to be built. It will contain 64 floors. Two accompanying buildings measure in height. The three buildings were designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, the firm of Argentine architect César Pelli. Upon completion, the main building will be the tallest building in Tokyo surpassing the nearby Toranomon Hills skyscraper, as well as in Japan, surpassing Osaka's Abeno Harukas building. Accompanying the skyscrapers are a series of low-rise buildings designed to create a landscape pergola, designed by Heatherwick Studio. The area will be surrounded by lush greenery and will feature of green space, including a central square.
Toranomon-Azabudai District | Design
Pursuant studies of the shinbashira structure, and its utility in quake-resistance has made it to be used anew in structures including the Tokyo Skytree. A central feature of the tower is a system to control swaying used for the first time, has been dubbed "shinbashira" after the central pillar found in traditional five-story pagodas. The 375-meter-long, steel-reinforced concrete shinbashira is not directly connected to the tower itself and is designed to cancel out the swaying of the needle-like tower during an earthquake. According to an official with Nikken Sekkei, which designed the structure, the concept was developed on the basis that pagodas rarely topple during earthquakes.
Shinbashira | Modern uses
This list ranks Tokyo structures that stand at least 187 metres (614 ft) tall, excluding buildings, based on standard height measurement. This height includes spires, architectural details and antenna masts.
List of tallest structures in Tokyo | Tallest structures
The was Japan's first western-style skyscraper. It stood in the Asakusa district of City of Tokyo (now Taitō, Tokyo) from 1890 until its demolition following the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923. The , as it was affectionately called by Tokyoites, was Tokyo's most popular attraction, and a showcase for new technologies. It housed Japan's first electric elevator.
Ryōunkaku | Introduction
Bearing blocks installed on top of corner posts are of necessity more complex and are called because of how difficult they are to make. In its simplest configuration, each "tokyō" includes a single outwardly-projecting bracket with a single supporting block, in which case the complex is called . The projecting bracket is just the tip of one of the roof's beams. If the first bracket and block group supports a second similar one, the whole complex is called (). The "tokyō" may also have three () or more such steps, up to six (. The number of steps used to indicate the rank of a "butsudō", the higher ranks having more, but the custom was abandoned after the Heian period.
Tokyō | Function and structure
The building has become a fascinating portrait of how the Japanese society has dealt with the urban and social changes in the last few decades. “When completed, it was the “skyscraper” of Jingumae, nowadays it is a miniature house”
Tower House (Tokyo) | Introduction
Overall, of the 25 tallest buildings and structures in Japan, 17 are in Tokyo. Skyscrapers are a relatively recent phenomenon in Japan. Due to aesthetic and engineering concerns, Japan's Building Standard Law set an absolute height limit of 31 metres until 1963, when the limit was abolished in favor of a Floor Area Ratio limit. Following these changes in building regulations, the Kasumigaseki Building was constructed and completed in 1968. Double the height of Japan's previous tallest building—the 17-story Hotel New Otani Tokyo—the Kasumigaseki Building is regarded as Japan's first modern high-rise building, rising 36 stories and 156 metres (512 ft) in height.
List of tallest structures in Tokyo | Introduction
Tokyo Gas operates a regional cooling center on-site, which provides heating and cooling to the high-rise district of Nishi-Shinjuku, and supplies electricity to the adjacent Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.
Shinjuku Park Tower | Introduction
Offices and light or clean industries are in the lower levels, apartments above, and the top section houses communications systems and wind or solar generators. Restaurants and viewing platforms would be interspersed through all sections. Horizontal and vertical high-speed metro lines provide long-distance travel, with cars designed to carry 160 people stopping at intermediate five-story 'sky centers' on every thirtieth floor. Each 'sky center' is decorated by gardens and mezzanines, and provides a particular service such as hotels or restaurants. Short-distance travel is by elevators or escalators.
Millennium Tower (Tokyo) | Design
The Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower (日本橋三井タワー) is a skyscraper located in Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. The 192-metre, 34-storey building is primarily used for office space with the upper floors occupied by a hotel. Its construction was completed in 2005. It is connected by an underground concourse to the Tokyo Metro Mitsukoshimae Station.
Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower | Introduction
In the plan, the area of the supposed Tower would be 7800 m², and the height of the observation deck is supposed to be at 500 metres. The height of the new Tower will exceed Tokyo Skytree (634 meters) if it is realized. The new Tower building is also planned to house hotel rooms, offices, and sports facilities in addition to the function as the TV tower.
Sapporo TV Tower | History
The central tower measures 65.45 meters in height, and surpassed Mitsukoshi’s main store (60.61 meters) which was the tallest building at the time the Diet building was constructed. It remained the tallest building in Japan until Hotel New Otani’s main building (73 meters) was built in 1964. Inside the pyramid-shaped dome is a large hall, from the center of which a spiral staircase leads up to the observatory on the top floor of the tower. The 7 square meters-large observatory is said to have offered a panoramic view over Tokyo, but both the observatory and the hall are closed today and do not allow anybody other than the building manager, even Diet members, to enter without permission.
National Diet Building | Central tower
The 38 story JP Tower replaces the former central mail sorting facility of Japan Post. A large portion of the original five story low rise frontage of the Tokyo Central Post Office, designed in 1931 by Tetsuro Yoshida, was preserved and redeveloped as the Kitte retail and dining facility. JP Tower tenants include offices of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. The basement floor connects directly to Tokyo Station, as well as other nearby buildings.
JP Tower | Overview
The Tokyo Building is an office building located in Tokyo, Japan. The Tokyo Building is primarily used for offices and serves as the headquarters of the following companies: It also contains the Tokia retail and dining centre and the Cotton Club nightclub on its lower floors.
Tokyo Building | Introduction
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Tokyo Shiodome Building | References
Towers are most often built to use their height for various purposes and can stand alone or as part of a larger structure. Some common purposes are for telecommunications, and as a viewing platform. The Tokyo Skytree, completed in February 2012, is , making it the tallest tower, and second-tallest free-standing structure in the world.
List of tallest towers | Introduction
Tokiwabashi Tower will be 212 meters tall and is located on the former site of the JX Building and the Daiwa Gofukubashi Building near Tokyo Station. Also known as Tower A, it will be one of two skyscrapers at the redevelopment site, the other one being the Torch Tower, which will be 390 meters tall when it is completed in 2027.
Tokiwabashi Tower | Location
It was finally demolished in 2009.
Osaka Tower | Function
The is a residential building in the Koto special ward of Tokyo, Japan. Completed in September 2006, it stands at 144.4 m (474 ft) tall.
Toyosu Ciel Tower | Introduction
It is the tallest city hall in the world.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building | Introduction
Hisakichi Maeda, founder and president of Nippon Denpatō, the tower's owner and operator, originally planned for the tower to be taller than the Empire State Building, which at 381 meters was the highest structure in the world. However, the plan fell through because of the lack of both funds and materials. The tower's height was eventually determined by the distance the TV stations needed to transmit throughout the Kantō region, a distance of about . Tachū Naitō, renowned designer of tall buildings in Japan, was chosen to design the newly proposed tower. Looking to the Western world for inspiration, Naitō based his design on the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.
Tokyo Tower | Construction
The is the second-tallest building in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It was designed by Kenzo Tange and completed in 1994. Shinjuku Park Tower is a single building consisting of three connected block-shaped elements; S tower, which is 235 m (771 ft) tall with 52 stories, C tower which is 209 m (686 ft) tall with 47 stories and N tower which is 182 m (597 ft) tall with 41 stories. Floors 1 to 8 are occupied by retail stores, floors 9 to 37 are office floors and floors 39 to 52 are occupied by the luxury Park Hyatt Tokyo hotel. The building is owned and managed by Tokyo Gas Urban Development, a subsidiary of Tokyo Gas, and was constructed on the site of a decommissioned gas storage facility.
Shinjuku Park Tower | Introduction
The building was designed by Kenzo Tange and finished in December 1990 at the expense of ¥157 billion (about US$ 1 billion) of public money. It replaced the old city hall at Yūrakuchō, which was built in 1957 and also designed by Tange, is now the site of the Tokyo International Forum. It was the tallest building by roof height in Tokyo, at , until the Midtown Tower was completed in 2007.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building | History
Nishi-Shinjuku was Tokyo's first major foray into building skyscrapers with the first appearing in the 1970s with Keio Plaza Inter-Continental. It is the location of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, the headquarters of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Progress continues in Nishi-Shinjuku, which is heading away from the city centre and has the site of the proposed Nishi-Shinjuku 3-Chōme Redevelopment, with plans for what will be three of the four tallest buildings in Japan.
Nishi-Shinjuku | Introduction
The sixth floor houses ten conference rooms of small to medium size, some of which can be merged into larger spaces by removing intervening partitions. Floor seven houses the 1000-seat International Conference Room as well as three conference rooms of much smaller size. Floor eight houses five conference rooms. Scattered around the Tower's vicinity are public art pieces, most of which are works by international artists such as Claes Oldenburg and his wife Coosje Van Bruggen, Michael Craig-Martin and Lee U-Fan. These include a giant sculpture of a saw, a large stylized pond and three marble beds.
Tokyo Big Sight | Conference Tower
The Japanese Government and private sectors co-own West Tower. The lower half of the building is a governmental floors and is occupied by Financial Services Agency. Major tenants of the upper half are Teijin, Daiwa SB Investment, Aichi University Tokyo Office, Toho Tenax, MODEC, Tokuyama Corporation, K&L Gates Tokyo Office, Sugimura & Partners, and Kazan Kai (one of the co-owners). The building is 38 stories or 176 meters high and the total floor area is 118,700 square meters.
Kasumigaseki Common Gate | West Tower
Besides functioning as a radio and television tower, it also relayed radio communication for the taxi companies.
Osaka Tower | Introduction
On weekends and holidays, visitors can use the roof to access the tower's outside stairwell. At approximately 660 steps, the stairwell is an alternative to the tower's elevators and leads directly to the Main Observatory.
Tokyo Tower | FootTown
The is a high rise office building with integrated retail and restaurant facilities located in front of the Marunouchi Exit of Tokyo Station in Chiyoda ward, Tokyo. The building was completed in May 2012 and was opened to the public on March 21, 2013.
JP Tower | Introduction
Prior to and during World War II, the site was occupied by a luxury Japanese restaurant that was one of the command bases used by dissident military officers during the February 26 Incident in 1936. The restaurant was destroyed during the bombing of Tokyo in 1945. Aiichirō Fujiyama's business conglomerate planned to build a luxury apartment complex on the site after the war, but the award of the 1964 Summer Olympics to Tokyo led to a "hotel boom" in the city. The site was re-purposed for the Hotel New Japan, one of the first modern hotels in Tokyo, which opened in 1960 and became a center of political, social and media activity in Tokyo during the 1960s and 1970s.
Prudential Tower (Tokyo) | History
The Owl Tower was constructed as a response to the issues regarding the utilization of already existing buildings, namely to specialize skyscrapers in the area, make use of available land effectively, prevent a mixed-use of buildings, and also to encourage people to live in the Ikebukuro district. Its name references the mascot of the district. The Owl Tower is located near the Air Rise Tower, and close to the Higashi-Ikebukuro Station, to which it is directly connected by an underground promenade, and the Sunshine City complex with the Sunshine 60 skyscraper, the tallest building in Tokyo from 1978 to 1991.
Owl Tower | Overview
Built on the former site of the now-demolished Asahi Life headquarters, construction of the Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower began in May 2006 and was completed in October 2008. The -tall, 50-story tower is the second-tallest educational building in the world (surpassed only by the main building of the Moscow State University) and is the 17th-tallest building in Tokyo. The vertical campus can accommodate 10,000 students for the three vocational schools that occupy the building. Tokyo Mode Gakuen, for which the building in named after, is a fashion school. The other schools, HAL Tokyo and Shuto Ikō, are information technology and medical schools, respectively, that are operated by Mode Gakuen University.
Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower | Facilities
The building's height is 212 meters to the top of the roof, and 225 meters to the architectural top. Its entrance lobby is on the second floor. The X-shaped steel braces on the side of the building serve as seismic reinforcement and also as braces for the doors of the machine rooms at each end of every floor. The doors are 4–5 floors tall, for replacement of equipment such as air-conditioners. As in the older Keio Plaza Hotel, some fire escape exits are exposed outside the building to prevent smoke from accumulating in the case of fire. In 2013, Mitsui Fudosan and Kajima Corporation began installing six massive pendulums on the roof of the building to counter long-period earthquake ground motion.
Shinjuku Mitsui Building | Structure
The or are the brackets at the corner of a roof, having a particularly complex structure. The regular brackets between two "sumisonae" are called or .
Tokyō | Sumisonae
One of the landmarks in Yūrakuchō is the DN Tower 21. Home of The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company, the building, across the moat from the Imperial Palace, was the headquarters of Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers under Douglas MacArthur during the Occupation of Japan. Norinchukin Bank shares the facility. The Yūrakuchō Center Building (Yūrakuchō Mullion) complex, featuring retail, 7 movie theaters, convention halls, and parking, is also located here. The district has many theatres and cinemas, among them the Tokyo International Forum, Toho Imperial Theater, Nissei Theater, Marunouchi Tōei, Chanter, Tokyo Takarazuka Theater, Scala-za and Miyuki-za. The Hibiya Mitsui houses the home offices of the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Japan Steel Works, and Asahi Kasei, while the Shin Yūrakuchō Building is home to Asahi Glass Co., Nippon Paper Industries, and Nichiro Corporation.
Yūrakuchō | Landmarks
Floors 10 to 27 and 31 to 43 are designated as commercial office space. Publicly accessible retail and restaurants will occupy floors 2 and 3. The tower is the current headquarters of TV Tokyo and TX Network.
Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower | Office tenants
FM radio stations will also continue to use the tower for broadcasting in the Tokyo area. Masahiro Kawada, the tower's planning director, also pointed out the possibility of the tower becoming a backup for the Tokyo Skytree, depending on what the TV broadcasters want or need. The antenna's tip was damaged on 11 March 2011 by the Tōhoku earthquake. On 19 July 2012, the Tokyo Tower's height shrank to 315 meters while the top antenna was repaired for damage from the earthquake.
Tokyo Tower | Broadcasting
The is a skyscraper located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Construction of the 172-metre skyscraper was finished in 2003.
Royal Park Shiodome Tower | Introduction
Shinagawa East One Tower (しながわイーストワンタワー) is a 32-story intelligent building which was built in Konan, which is a redevelopment area of Minato-ku, Tokyo. The construction of the building was started in 2000, and was completed on 31 March 2003. The main functions of the building are office and retail space for companies, restaurants, retail establishments and clinics. As with many buildings in Japan this one also is equipped with energy absorption style seismic motion mitigation device. The Shinagawa East One Tower houses the corporate headquarters of its owner, Daito Trust Construction.
Shinagawa East One Tower | Introduction
The current tower is the second to occupy the site. The original tower, patterned after the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe, was built in 1912, and was connected to the adjacent amusement park, Luna Park, by an aerial cable car. At the time of its construction, its height of 64 meters made it the second tallest structure in Asia. It quickly became one of the most popular locations in the city, drawing visitors from all over the area. The original structure suffered a fire in 1943 which severely damaged it, and rather than repair the structure, it was disassembled and the steel used for the war effort.
Tsūtenkaku | History
48 floors rise to 213.34 m (700 ft), it is the twelfth-tallest building in Tokyo and second-tallest in Shiodome, next to Shiodome City Center. It was designed by French architect Jean Nouvel and completed in 2002. It was built over the site of Tokyo's first train station, and sits aside the Hamarikyu Gardens, formerly the site of a "shōgun"s vacation home. The Dentsu building is an example of contemporary architecture, featuring collectors on the roof to utilize rainwater for its plumbing system, as well as ceramic dots on the windows which, in concert with computerized window shades, control climate control expenditure.
Dentsu Building | Description
The station consists of one island platform serving two tracks.
Tokyo Skytree Station | Station layout
The name "Palais de Tokyo" derives from the name of this street.
Palais de Tokyo | Introduction
Based on the popular manga series by Ryōhei Saigan, the 2005 film "Always Sanchōme no Yūhi" was a nostalgic view of life in the neighborhoods beneath the construction of the Tokyo Tower. Tokyo tower is fully featured in the Japanese culture and lifestyle television show "Begin Japanology" aired on NHK World in 2008.
Tokyo Tower | Media representation of Tokyo Tower
The is a building used for offices with a hotel on the top floors at Shiodome in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It has a height of 174 metres with 37 floors. The building was constructed from 2002 to 2005 and is owned by Mori Trust and Sumitomo. The office area of the building is occupied by SoftBank and its group companies, and serves as the headquarters for SoftBank, SoftBank BB, SoftBank Mobile, SoftBank Telecom and Willcom. The 290-room Conrad Tokyo, occupying floors 28 to 37, opened on 1 July 2005.
Tokyo Shiodome Building | Introduction
Very common two-step bracketing system used in a variety of structures. See in the gallery for example the photo of a belltower ("shōrō").
Tokyō | Futatesaki
A section of glass flooring gives visitors a direct downward view of the streets below.
Tokyo Skytree | Design
Towers include observation towers, monuments and other structures not generally considered to be "habitable buildings", they are meant for "regular access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are self-supporting or freestanding, which means no guy-wires for support", meaning it excludes from this list of continuously habitable buildings and skyscrapers as well as radio and TV masts. Bridge towers or pylons, chimneys, transmission towers, and most large statues allow human access for maintenance, but not as part of their normal operation, and are therefore not considered to be towers. The Tokyo Skytree, completed in February 2012, is , making it the tallest tower, and second-tallest freestanding structure in the world.
List of tallest buildings and structures | Tallest towers
In this game, player build below Tokyo Tower. Yoot Saito also indicated the "Tower" team was working on another location, "Tokyo Tower", but the addition was only released in Japan as Towerkit. This is not to be confused with the "Tokyo" location.
Yoot Tower | Tokyo Tower
The primary functions of the building are distinguished by its facade. The retail and commercial uses of the building, which are located on floors 1-2, are represented by the glass and stone facade with the squared-shape building corners; the apartments, which are located on floors 3-24, are distinguished by its balconies with the rounded-shape building corners; while the offices, which are located on floors 25-47, are covered by the glass with the building corners are subtly stepped back, forming the cone-like shape on the upper parts of the building.
Ark Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower | Facade and primary uses
The tower is originally built to house the victims of Muroto typhoon in 1934 which has ties to the education system, including educators, faculty members and guardians. Since then, people that die while in the service of the education system may be buried here, if certain criteria are met, most notably the victims of Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in 1995.
Kyoikuto | Purpose
As an alternative, a new 634-meter-tall (2,080 ft) tower called the Tokyo Skytree was opened in 2012. To make Tokyo Tower more appealing to NHK and five other commercial broadcasters who plan to move their transmitting stations to the new tower, Nihon Denpatō officials drafted a plan to extend its digital broadcasting antenna by 80 to 100 meters at a cost of approximately ¥4 billion (US$50 million). Because these plans have not been realized, Tokyo Tower is expected to stop transmitting digital TV radio waves with the exception of Open University of Japan, who will continue to broadcast through the tower.
Tokyo Tower | Broadcasting
Each of the four composite steel with reinforced concrete legs is a 46' deep "H" shape. From the plaza to the first raised floor, they are 63' tall. The building is cantilevered 119' over the legs on the North and South sides. Fluorine resin-coated square panels cover the building.
Edo-Tokyo Museum | Design and Architecture
Operations at The Tokyo Tower Top Deck (250m Height) suspended operations in 2016. The Top Deck reopened on March 3, 2018. At that time, Tokyo tower also announced the renaming of both decks. Renovations on the main deck, which began in September 2016, caused partial closure of the deck.
Tokyo Tower | Renovation
The is a high-rise building in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo. It is owned by Mitsui Fudosan. It is one of the ten tallest buildings in Tokyo, and was the tallest building in Tokyo and Japan from September 1974 to March 1978, when Sunshine 60 was completed. It was built in the style of high-rise buildings that were being built in the United States in the 1970s. It is notable for the black diagonal braces on its east and west facades. At the base of the skyscraper is a sunken garden and a surprisingly large plaza. In addition to the sunken garden, there is also a roof-top garden.
Shinjuku Mitsui Building | Introduction
The is a structural expressionist office building located in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It houses the headquarters of Nippon Television. The 32-storey building has a height of 192 metres. Construction was finished in 2003.
Nittele Tower | Introduction
These structures exhibited only token Japanese elements.
Tokyo Imperial Palace | The Old palace
The is a skyscraper located in the Sendagaya district of Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. At tall, it is the fourth tallest building in Tokyo.
NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building | Introduction
A separate residential tower provides 22,700 meters of accommodation in a 90m, 21-floor high-rise tower.
Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho | Residential tower
A large broadcasting tower was needed in the Kantō region after NHK, Japan's public broadcasting station, began television broadcasting in 1953. Private broadcasting companies began operating in the months following the construction of NHK's own transmission tower. This communications boom led the Japanese government to believe that transmission towers would soon be built all over Tokyo, eventually overrunning the city. The proposed solution was the construction of one large tower capable of transmitting to the entire region. Furthermore, because of the country's postwar boom in the 1950s, Japan was searching for a monument to symbolize its ascendancy as a global economic powerhouse.
Tokyo Tower | Construction
The Dentsu Building is a high-rise building in Shiodome, Minato, Tokyo, which houses Dentsu's corporate offices. With 48 floors that rise to 213.34 m (700 ft), it is the eleventh-tallest building in Tokyo. It was designed by Jean Nouvel, the French architect, and completed in 2002. It was built over the site of Tokyo's first train station, and sits aside the Hamarikyu Gardens, formerly the site of a shōgun's vacation home.
Dentsu | Dentsu Building
The is the second tallest building and 4th tallest structure in Japan, standing high. Until surpassed by Abeno Harukas in 2012, it stood as the tallest building in Japan. It is located in the Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama city, next to the Yokohama Museum of Art. The building contains a five-star hotel which occupies floors 49–70, with 603 rooms in total. The lower 48 floors contain shops, restaurants, clinics, and offices. The building contains two tuned mass dampers on the (hidden) 71st floor on opposite corners of the building. On the 69th floor there is an observatory, Sky Garden, from which one can see a 360-degree view of the city, and on clear days Mount Fuji.
Yokohama Landmark Tower | Introduction
The upper floors of the building, as well as some lobby space and lower-level ballrooms, are occupied by the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo.
Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower | Hotel
The is a 231 m (roughly 758 ft) commercial skyscraper located in Roppongi, Minato ward, Tokyo. The 40-story tower is a result of the . Completed in September 2016, it is the largest commercial office building in by property portfolio, a real estate developer that owns and manages over 200 office properties in central Tokyo.
Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower | Introduction
Built on a sloping site with a car passenger entrance and main atrium on the 4th floor, the 1st floor of the main office tower will be directly connected to Roppongi-itchōme Station on the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line.
Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower | Facilities
Located in the base of the tower is a 4-story building known as FootTown. The first floor includes the Aquarium Gallery, a reception hall, the 400-person-capacity "Tower Restaurant", a FamilyMart convenience store and a souvenir shop. This floor's main attractions, however, are the three elevators that serve as a direct ride to the Main Observatory. The second floor is primarily a food and shopping area. In addition to the five standalone restaurants, the second floor's food court consists of four restaurants, including a McDonald's and a Pizza-La. FootTown's third and fourth floors house several tourist attractions. The third floor is home to the Guinness World Records Museum Tokyo, a museum that houses life-size figures, photo panels and memorabilia depicting interesting records that have been authenticated by the Guinness Book.
Tokyo Tower | FootTown
Unveiled in 1989, the new lighting arrangement required the removal of the contour-outlining light bulbs and the installation of 176 floodlights in and around the tower's frame. From dusk to midnight, the floodlights illuminate the entire tower. Sodium vapor lamps are used from 2 October to 6 July to cover the tower in an orange color. From 7 July to 1 October, the lights are changed to metal halide lamps to illuminate the tower with a white color. The reasoning behind the change is a seasonal one. Ishii reasoned that orange is a warmer color and helps to offset the cold winter months.
Tokyo Tower | Appearance
The is an office skyscraper located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Construction of the , 44-storey skyscraper construction began in 1990 and was finished in 1995. In front of the tower, a red "LOVE" sculpture by Robert Indiana is installed.
Shinjuku I-Land Tower | Introduction
, owned by , is a tower and well-known landmark of Osaka, Japan and advertises Hitachi. It is located in the Shinsekai district of Naniwa-ku, Osaka. Its total height is 103 m; the main observation deck is at a height of 91 m.
Tsūtenkaku | Introduction
The Tokyo Tower Wax Museum, opened in 1970, displays wax figures imported from London where they were made. The figures on display range from pop culture icons such as The Beatles to religious figures such as Jesus Christ. A hologram gallery named the Gallery DeLux, a lounge and a few specialty stores are also located on this floor. Tokyo Tower's Trick Art Gallery is located on the building's fourth and final floor. This gallery displays optical illusions, including paintings and objects that visitors can interact with. On the roof of the FootTown building is a small amusement park that contains several small rides and hosts live performances for children.
Tokyo Tower | FootTown