Green Tower
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is a 60-metre-high lattice tower
located in Forest Park at Sanbu
, Chiba
, Japan
. Built in 1998, the tower represents the Sanbu Japanese cedar
tree. It includes an observation deck located at 40 metres (131 ft) that provides visitors with a 360 degree view of the surrounding landscape.
Lattice tower
A lattice tower or truss tower is a freestanding framework tower. They can be used as electricity pylons especially for voltages above 100 kilovolts, as a radio tower or as an observation tower....
located in Forest Park at Sanbu
Sanbu, Chiba
was a town located in Sanbu District, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.Sanbu Town was formed on March 1, 1955 through the merger of the villages of Mutsuoka and Hyūga. On March 27, 2006 Sanbu was merged with the towns of Matsuo and Narutō, and the village of Hasunuma, all from Sanbu District to form the...
, Chiba
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region and the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba City.- History :Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, 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...
. Built in 1998, the tower represents the Sanbu Japanese cedar
Cryptomeria
Cryptomeria is a monotypic genus of conifer in the cypress family Cupressaceae formerly belonging to the family Taxodiaceae; it includes only one species, Cryptomeria japonica . It is endemic to Japan, where it is known as Sugi...
tree. It includes an observation deck located at 40 metres (131 ft) that provides visitors with a 360 degree view of the surrounding landscape.