The Tokyo Tower Company (controlling shareholder: Toei Company and Mother Farm)
Height
Architectural
333 m (1,093 ft)
Antenna spire
332.9 m (1,092 ft)[2]
Top floor
249.6 m (819 ft)
Observatory
249.6 m (819 ft)
Technical details
Floor count
16+
Lifts/elevators
4
Design and construction
Architect(s)
Tachū Naitō[1]
Structural engineer
Nikken Sekkei Ltd.[3]
Main contractor
Takenaka Corporation[1]
The Tokyo Tower ( Tōkyō tawā, pronounced[toːkʲoːtaɰᵝaː]ⓘ, officially called 日本電波塔, Nippon denpatō, "Japan Radio Tower") is a communications and observation tower in the Shiba-koen district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan, built in 1958. At 332.9 meters (1,092 ft), it was the tallest tower in Japan until the construction of Tokyo Skytree in 2012. The structure is an Eiffel Tower-inspired lattice tower that is painted white and international orange to comply with air safety regulations.
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 150 meters (490 ft), while the smaller Top Deck (formerly known as the "Special Observatory") reaches a height of 249.6 meters (819 ft). The names were changed following renovation of the top deck in 2018.[4] The tower is repainted every five years, taking a year to complete the process.
In 1961, transmission antennae were added to the tower. They are used for radio and television broadcasting and now broadcast signals for Japanese media outlets such as NHK, TBS Television, and Fuji Television. The height of the tower was not suitable for Japan's planned terrestrial digital broadcasting planned for July 2011 for the Tokyo area. A taller digital broadcasting tower, known as Tokyo Skytree, was completed on 29 February 2012.
Since its completion in 1958, Tokyo Tower has become a prominent landmark in the city, and frequently appears in media set in Tokyo.
^ ab"Tokyo Tower". Emporis. Archived from the original on 11 June 2004. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
^"Tokyo Tower gets shorter for the 1st time". Retrieved 23 July 2012.
^"Structural Engineering". Nikken Sekkei. Archived from the original on 21 April 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2008.
^"Grand opening of Tokyo Tower's Top Deck (250 m), and Main Deck (150 m) renovation. | TokyoTower". www.tokyotower.co.jp. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
The TokyoTower ( Tōkyō tawā, pronounced [toːkʲoː taɰᵝaː] , officially called 日本電波塔, Nippon denpatō, "Japan Radio Tower") is a communications and observation...
Tokyo Skytree (東京スカイツリー, Tōkyō Sukaitsurī, [toːkʲoː sɯ̥kaitsɯriː] ) is a broadcasting and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo. It became the tallest tower...
Tokyo One Piece Tower was an indoor theme park for the popular Japanese manga series, One Piece. It opened on March 13, 2015 inside TokyoTower. After...
Tokyo (/ˈtoʊkioʊ/; Japanese: 東京, Tōkyō, [toːkʲoː] ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (東京都, Tōkyō-to), is the capital city of Japan and one of the most...
Completed in October 2008, the tower is the second-tallest educational building in the world and was the 17th-tallest building in Tokyo. It was awarded the 2008...
metres (614 feet). The tallest structure in the prefecture is Tokyo Skytree, a lattice tower that rises 634 metres (2,080 feet), which was completed in 2012...
in New York City was topped out. The tower also lost its standing as the world's tallest tower to the TokyoTower in 1958 but retains its status as the...
Tokyo Skytree, completed in 2012, is 634 m (2,080 ft), making it the tallest tower in the world. Tokyo Skytree Canton Tower CN Tower Ostankino Tower ↑...
February 2012. "Murjan Tower 1, Manama". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2014. "Europa Tower". 25 May 2018. http://www...
up a city block. The tallest of the three is the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No.1, a tower 48 stories tall that splits into two sections at...
Zone Tower of Terror, or simply Tower of Terror, is a series of similar accelerated drop tower dark rides located at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Tokyo DisneySea...
Roppongi Hills Mori Tower (六本木ヒルズ森タワー, Roppongi Hiruzu Mori Tawā) is a 54-story mixed-use skyscraper in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Completed in 2003...
The Shinjuku Park Tower (新宿パークタワー, Shinjuku Pāku Tawā) is the second-tallest building in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It was designed by Kenzo Tange and completed...
The TokyoTowers (ザ・トーキョー・タワーズ, Za Tōkyō Tawāzu) is a condominium complex located in the Kachidoki district of Chūō, Tokyo, Japan. The complex is situated...
Tokyo Opera City Tower (東京オペラシティタワー, Tōkyō Opera Shiti Tawā) is a skyscraper located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Completed in 1996, it stands 234 metres...
068 ft) tall Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower, located in the Toranomon district of Tokyo. The 390 m (1,280 ft) Torch Tower is set to be completed in 2027 as...
Asian Games. The tower briefly held the title of tallest tower in the world, replacing the CN Tower, before being surpassed by the Tokyo Skytree. It was...
Midtown Tower (ミッドタウンタワー, Middotaun tawā) is a mixed-use skyscraper in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Completed in 2007, it is the tallest of the six...
game, player build below TokyoTower. Yoot Saito also indicated the Tower team was working on another location, "TokyoTower"[1], but the addition was...
subsidiary of TV Tokyo Holdings Corporation, in turn a subsidiary of Nikkei, Inc. It is headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi...
complete in Tokyo, Japan. Upon its completion in 2023, the Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower in the development became the tallest building in Tokyo and Japan...
Hills Mori Tower. Companies based in Roppongi include: TV Asahi Google Japan Being Inc. Wrestling New Classic NJPW World Roppongi Station (Tokyo Metro Hibiya...
Global Information
