TOKYO TOWER COMMUNICATIONS OBSERVATION
La tour de Tokyo (東京タワー, Tōkyō tawā) est une tour orange et blanche située dans l'arrondissement de Minato à Tokyo, au Japon. Son concept est fondé sur celui de la tour Eiffel de Paris en France. Elle a été réalisée par l'architecte Tachū Naitō.
La tour mesure 332,6 mètres de haut (soit 7,6 mètres de plus que la tour Eiffel, qui en mesure 325 avec son antenne) ce qui en fait l'une des plus hautes tours en métal du monde.
L'édifice ne pèse que 4 000 tonnes, ce qui est bien moins que les 10 100 tonnes de la tour Eiffel. La construction démarre en 1957 et s'achève en 1958. La tour ouvre au public le 23 décembre de la même année. 176 ampoules réparties à différents endroits éclairent la tour. L'hiver, elle est illuminée en orange et l'été en blanc. Ses fonctions d'émetteur de radio et télévision seront prochainement déplacées sur la Tokyo Sky Tree, une tour deux fois plus haute, construite dans le quartier Sumida-ku. L'antenne dominant la tour s'est tordue lors du séisme du 11 mars 2011.
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Tokyo Tower (東京タワー Tōkyō tawā) is a communications and observation tower located in Shiba Park, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. At 333 metres (1,093 ft), it is the second-tallest artificial structure in Japan. The structure is an Eiffel Tower-inspired lattice tower that is painted white and international orange to comply with air safety regulations.
Built in 1958, the tower's main sources of revenue are tourism and antenna leasing. Over 150 million people have visited the tower since its opening. FootTown, a four-storey building located directly under the tower, houses museums, restaurants and shops. Departing from there, guests can visit two observation decks. The two-storey Main Observatory is located at 150 metres (490 ft), while the smaller Special Observatory reaches a height of 250 metres (820 ft).
The tower acts as a support structure for an antenna. Originally intended for television broadcasting, radio antennas were installed in 1961, but the tower is now used to broadcast signals for Japanese media outlets such as NHK, TBS and Fuji TV. Japan's planned digital television transition by July 2011 was problematic, however; Tokyo Tower's height (333 meters) was not high enough to adequately support complete terrestrial digital broadcasting to the area. A taller digital broadcasting tower, known as Tokyo Skytree, was completed on February 29, 2012.
La tour mesure 332,6 mètres de haut (soit 7,6 mètres de plus que la tour Eiffel, qui en mesure 325 avec son antenne) ce qui en fait l'une des plus hautes tours en métal du monde.
L'édifice ne pèse que 4 000 tonnes, ce qui est bien moins que les 10 100 tonnes de la tour Eiffel. La construction démarre en 1957 et s'achève en 1958. La tour ouvre au public le 23 décembre de la même année. 176 ampoules réparties à différents endroits éclairent la tour. L'hiver, elle est illuminée en orange et l'été en blanc. Ses fonctions d'émetteur de radio et télévision seront prochainement déplacées sur la Tokyo Sky Tree, une tour deux fois plus haute, construite dans le quartier Sumida-ku. L'antenne dominant la tour s'est tordue lors du séisme du 11 mars 2011.
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Tokyo Tower (東京タワー Tōkyō tawā) is a communications and observation tower located in Shiba Park, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. At 333 metres (1,093 ft), it is the second-tallest artificial structure in Japan. The structure is an Eiffel Tower-inspired lattice tower that is painted white and international orange to comply with air safety regulations.
Built in 1958, the tower's main sources of revenue are tourism and antenna leasing. Over 150 million people have visited the tower since its opening. FootTown, a four-storey building located directly under the tower, houses museums, restaurants and shops. Departing from there, guests can visit two observation decks. The two-storey Main Observatory is located at 150 metres (490 ft), while the smaller Special Observatory reaches a height of 250 metres (820 ft).
The tower acts as a support structure for an antenna. Originally intended for television broadcasting, radio antennas were installed in 1961, but the tower is now used to broadcast signals for Japanese media outlets such as NHK, TBS and Fuji TV. Japan's planned digital television transition by July 2011 was problematic, however; Tokyo Tower's height (333 meters) was not high enough to adequately support complete terrestrial digital broadcasting to the area. A taller digital broadcasting tower, known as Tokyo Skytree, was completed on February 29, 2012.