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is a 234 metre tall tower located in the Momochihama area of Fukuoka
Fukuoka, Fukuoka

is the capital cities of Japan of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan, across the Korea Strait from South Korea Busan....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
. It is the tallest seaside tower in Japan. Fukuoka Tower was finished in 1989; taking a total of 14 months to build with a cost of ¥6,000,000,000. It was designed by Nikken Sekkei
Nikken Sekkei

is a Japanese List of architecture firms headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.External links*, official site...
. It was built on reclaimed land out of Hakata Bay
Hakata Bay

Hakata Bay is a bay in the northwestern part of Fukuoka, Fukuoka city, on the Japanese island of Kyushu. It faces the Tsushima Strait, and features beaches and a port, though parts of the bay have been Land reclamation in the expansion of the city of Fukuoka....
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Fukuoka Tower has three observation decks; one at 116m, a café/lounge deck at 120m and the highest at 123 metres above the ground.






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Fukuoka Tower
is a 234 metre tall tower located in the Momochihama area of Fukuoka
Fukuoka, Fukuoka

is the capital cities of Japan of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan, across the Korea Strait from South Korea Busan....
, Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
. It is the tallest seaside tower in Japan. Fukuoka Tower was finished in 1989; taking a total of 14 months to build with a cost of ¥6,000,000,000. It was designed by Nikken Sekkei
Nikken Sekkei

is a Japanese List of architecture firms headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.External links*, official site...
. It was built on reclaimed land out of Hakata Bay
Hakata Bay

Hakata Bay is a bay in the northwestern part of Fukuoka, Fukuoka city, on the Japanese island of Kyushu. It faces the Tsushima Strait, and features beaches and a port, though parts of the bay have been Land reclamation in the expansion of the city of Fukuoka....
.

Fukuoka Tower has three observation decks; one at 116m, a café/lounge deck at 120m and the highest at 123 metres above the ground. The tower also has a triangular cross-section which is covered with 8000 half-mirrors. Because of this, it has been given the nickname 'Mirror Sail'. The underground weight of Fukuoka Tower is 25,000 tons; though it's above ground weight is only 3,500 tons.

The tower is designed to withstand magnitude 7 earthquakes and winds of a speed up to 65m/s. Despite this, the strongest recorded earthquake has been only magnitude 6, and the strongest winds being at 49m/s. The tower is located at 2-3-26 Momochihama, Sawara-ku
Sawara-ku, Fukuoka

Sawara-ku is one of the seven wards of Fukuoka_City , Fukuoka_Prefecture , Kyushu, Japan....
, Fukuoka
Fukuoka, Fukuoka

is the capital cities of Japan of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan, across the Korea Strait from South Korea Busan....


The tower was a major feature in the 1994 Japanese film Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla

is a 1994 kaiju film directed by Kensho Yamashita and written by Hiroshi Kashiwabara. It was the twenty-first film released in the Godzilla series as the film....
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See also

  • List of tallest buildings in Japan
    List of tallest buildings in Japan

    Tallest buildingsThis list ranks Japanese skyscrapers that stand at least 180 metres tall, based on standard height measurement. This height includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna Radio masts and towerss....


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