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Tokyo Tower

Introduction

           Hisakichi Maeda is the tower’s creator and Nihon Denpato support with Takenaka Company to build a Tokyo Tower in 1958. Tokyo Tower is located near the Shiba Park in Minato-ku area, an area that contains all embassies International. The structure of the Tokyo Tower is similar to the Eiffel Tower and it is the second tallest tower in Japan after Tokyo Sky Tree, built after the construction of the Eiffel Tower by 69 years. The tower built of steel, which was from World War II scrap metal recycling and added several development work to become as we see right now. The aim of building Tokyo Tower is for communications such as TV and radio stations. Japan wanted to put a sign of economic growth and the beginning of the new era in Japan, to the Western world as a source of inspiration for Japanese (Fackler 2008, M. Martin, F. Pike's Place 2011. Wikipedia).

Features

The height of the Tokyo Tower is 332.6 m (1,091 ft), the ones tallest towers in the world’s longest tower built of Japanese worker in Japan. Tokyo Tower taken mainly from Eifel Tower in Paris. Tokyo Tower is the tallest than Eifel Tower and lighter than Eifel Tower. The weight Tokyo Tower is around 4000 tons while Eifel Tower is around 7300 tons. Tower can endurance with speed wind at 140 mph and earthquake too. However, the tower’s has three legs with expand each side at 70m and it is like triangle shape (Pike's Place 2011. House of Japan. Wikipedia).

Light rehearse the Tokyo Tower change dramatically depend in speed of the wind as well as according to the seasons, in winter or spring colored in warm orange, in summer colored in white or nice silver and continue until autumn. Moreover, in events named World Day against Breast Cancer colored in pink, World Diabetes Day colored in green light in observatory sections alternately other sections not lighted (Fackler 2008, M. Martin, F. Pike's Place 2011. House of Japan. Wikipedia).

Finances

           The cost of Tokyo Tower estimated at ¥2.8 billion ($8.4 million) in 1958, but mortgaged estimated at ¥10 billion in 2000. However, it is requires 28000 litters in order to paint tower completely. The Tokyo Tower is use steel and complete in 18 months from June 1957 to December 1958 by 400 steel hand workers. The Average rate of workers per day are 400 who were working in the tower. The tower’s antenna installed in 1961 for its support mainly for television broadcasting and radio. Later, there was plan to shift from analog to digital for the most television broadcasting in July 2011. However, the current tower's height is not enough to support signal around area in Tokyo city (Martin, F . Pike's Place 2011. House of Japan. Wikipedia).

Tours

           The first level it is like submarine and 50,000 fish, in the third level is for waxes art exhibition and in the fourth level is photograph gallery. At the top tower is area where allows tourists to see around Tokyo city and ticket price for an adult is expensive. There are several locations to see Tokyo Tower, but the most beautiful is from the Roppongi Hills area (Fackler 2008, M. Martin, F. Pike's Place 2011. House of Japan. Wikipedia).

Conclusion

           Go to Tokyo Tower is one of things that I wish to go in Japan. Tokyo Tower is old structure, but still a wonderful and romantic tower at night and It is seems like Eiffel Tower, but ticket and entry fees are not cheap to reach elevator to the magnificent view of the Tokyo skyline. In addition, there are live music and shops alike café, equipment and restaurant and even more, where you can enjoy walkthrough.

Tokyo Tower's significance is for not only tourist attraction and money maker, but a structure is similar to an Eiffel Tower inspired framework tower that painted orange and white to act with air safety regulations. Tokyo Tower's have two things to get income sources that from tourism and antenna rental. The functions of television broadcast antenna and radio and support construction, plays a significant role in tourism attractions and many various attractions. Over hundreds million guests visited in total since its launching in late 1958. Attendance had been gradually decreasing until it lowest visitors at 2.3 million in 2000, but by time-to-time attendance has been growing at around 3 million visitors per year.

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