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Tsutenkaku Tower, a historic Osaka landmark in the Shinsekai district, was inspired by the Eiffel Tower and rebuilt in 1956 after wartime damage. Standing 103m-tall, it offers panoramic views of ...
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 metres (210 ft) made it the second tallest structure in Asia.
The top of Tsutenkaku Tower provides a panoramic and unobstructed view of Osaka. The original Tsutenkaku Tower, completed in 1912 and 64 metres (210 ft) tall, was designed to resemble both the Eiffel Tower (at the top) and the Arc de Triomphe (at the base), and was one end of a tramway connecting the neighborhood with the Luna Park grounds.
The Billiken made its Japanese debut in 1908. A statue was installed in the uppermost level of the original Tsutenkaku Tower as it was opened to the public in 1912. When the nearby Luna Park was closed in 1925, the tower's Billiken statue disappeared. In 1980, a replacement statue made its appearance in a new Tsutenkaku Tower that was built in ...
The Osaka Luna Park closed permanently after the 1925 season; in January 1943, the first Tsutenkaku Tower was destroyed by a fire and was subsequently closed and demolished by the Japanese government. [11] [12] A new Tsutenkaku Tower was built and opened to the public in 1956. [11]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Air traffic control audio recorded the moments before and after an American Airlines regional passenger jet crashed with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in a midair ...
Hannah Hidalgo scored 24 points and No. Notre Dame handed Stanford the worst defeat of its storied women's basketball program as the Fighting Irish rolled to a 96-47 victory Thursday night. Notre ...
"In the Wee Hours of a Full Moon Night, Roasting, Smashing and Grinding Them to Powder" (月夜の晩の丑三つ時に焼いてつぶして粉にする) 011. "The Mystery of Men Playing Shogi All the Time at the Foot of the Tsutenkaku Tower" ( 通天閣の下のおじさんたちはいつも将棋ばかりしている謎 )