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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.
A Brief History of the Samurai: A New History of the Warrior Elite. London: Constable and Robinson. De Lange, William (2021). An Encyclopedia of Japanese Castles. Groningen: Toyo Press. pp. 600 pages. ISBN 978-9492722300. Drea, Edward J. (2009). Japan's Imperial Army: Its Rise and Fall, 1853–1945. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas.
It is the tallest tower in Japan since opening in 2012, [2] [permanent dead link ] and reached its full height of 634 meters (2,080 ft) in early 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, displacing the Canton Tower, [3] [4] and the third tallest structure in the world (behind Merdeka 118 (678.9 m or 2,227 ft) and Burj Khalifa (829.8 m ...
Himeji Castle (姫路城, Himeji-jō) ([çimeʑiꜜʑoː] ⓘ) is a hilltop Japanese castle complex situated in Himeji, a city in the Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan.The castle is regarded as the finest surviving example of prototypical Japanese castle architecture, comprising a network of 83 rooms with advanced defensive systems from the feudal period. [7]
The Making of a Modern Japanese Architecture, From the Founders to Shinohara and Isozaki. Kodansha International. Sumner, Yuki; Pollock, Naomi (2010). New Architecture in Japan. London: Merrell. ISBN 978-1-85894-450-0. Takasaki, Masaharu (1998). An Architecture of Cosmology. Princeton Architectural Press. Tanigawa, Masami (2008).
Skyscrapers are a relatively recent phenomenon in Japan. Before World War II, the tallest buildings in Tokyo were the 69-metre-tall (225 feet) Ryōunkaku—severely damaged in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake and subsequently demolished—and the 65-metre-tall (215 feet) National Diet Building.
The Itsukushima shrine is one of Japan's most popular tourist attractions. It is most famous for its dramatic gate, or torii on the outskirts of the shrine, [2] the sacred peaks of Mount Misen, extensive forests, and its ocean view. [1] [3] The shrine complex itself consists of two main buildings: the Honsha shrine and the Sessha Marodo-jinja ...
The East Pagoda (東塔, Tō-tō), completed in 730 during the Nara period, is the only original 8th-century structure at Yakushi-ji. [1] The structure stands at 34 metres (112 ft), and is regarded as one of the finest pagodas in Japan, representing the architecture of the Hakuhō to Tenpyō periods.