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Though it is taller than the Eiffel Tower, Tokyo Tower weighs about 4,000 tons, 3,300 less than the Eiffel Tower [12] as it is significantly thinner and simpler in construction. It was opened to the public on 23 December 1958 at a final cost of ¥2.8 billion ($8.4 million in 1958). [10] [13] Tokyo Tower was mortgaged for ¥10 billion in 2000. [14]
[5] [7] The second-tallest structure in Tokyo is the 333-metre-tall (1,092 feet) Tokyo Tower, a lattice tower completed in 1958. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The tallest building and third-tallest overall structure is the 325-metre-tall (1,068 feet) Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower , completed in 2023 and being Tokyo's only supertall skyscraper .
Tokyo Cross Park North Tower 230 (755) 46 2030 Tokyo: To be built on the site of the 129-metre-tall (424 ft) Imperial Hotel Tokyo Tower; A 145-metre-tall (476 ft) Main Building will be built next to it, replacing the current 61-metre-tall (200 ft) Imperial Hotel Tokyo Main Building (scheduled for completion in 2036) [250]
Today the tower is a popular tourist stop with its observation decks and restaurants located in the tower. Tokyo Tower: Tokyo Tower is used as an observatory tower along with a broadcasting antenna. It is located in the Minato district within Tokyo, Japan. The tower was finished in 1958 and cost 2.8 Billion Yen. [8]
This is a list of buildings and other structures that have been envisioned. The X-Seed 4000 is one of the tallest structures ever conceived. Shown in this image is the Burj Khalifa (828 m (2,717 ft)), tallest structure in the world at the time of completion in 2010 to this year (2025), and the X-Seed 4000 project (4,000 m (13,000 ft)).
Butlins Top of the Tower Restaurant, BT Tower, London (closed in 1980) Lakeview Restaurant, Center Parcs Elveden Forest (closed in November 2016) St. John's Beacon , Liverpool (closed in 1979, then reopened in 1980 before closing for good in 1983.
Lattice tower Observation, restaurant, UHF/VHF-transmission France Paris Tallest structure in the world from 1889 to 1930; first structure to exceed 300 metres in height. Ryugyong Hotel: 330 1,083 1992 Skyscraper North Korea Pyongyang: Chimney of Ekibastuz GRES-1: 330 1,083 1982 Chimney Power station Kazakhstan Ekibastuz [6]
The Imperial Hotel (帝国ホテル, teikoku hoteru) is a hotel in Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda ward, Tokyo. It was created in the late 1880s at the request of the Japanese aristocracy to cater to the increasing number of Western visitors to Japan .