3 articles tagged “Broadcasting Tower”
Standing 234 metres tall at the Seaside Momochi district, Fukuoka Tower was built as the signature monument of the 1989 Asia-Pacific Exposition (Yokatopia) and remains the tallest seaside tower in Japan. Its triangular prism clad in 8,000 half-mirror panels reflects the sky and the waters of Hakata Bay.
Completed in 2012 at 634 m, Tokyo Skytree is the world's tallest self-supporting broadcasting tower and transformed the old shitamachi neighbourhood of Oshiage into a global landmark.
A self-supporting steel broadcasting tower completed in 1958. Standing 333 m tall, it surpassed the Eiffel Tower and symbolised Japan's postwar recovery — and still defines Tokyo's skyline.