TOKYO TOWER

Tokyo Tower (東京 タワー Tokyo Tower) is a tower in Shiba Park, Tokyo, Japan. Overall height of 332.6 m and is building the world's tallest steel tower that stood alone on the ground. [1] Based on aviation safety regulations, the tower is painted international orange with white in some places. Lower surrounding buildings, so the Tokyo Tower can be seen from various locations in the city center.

Tokyo Tower as a symbol of Tokyo's famous and tourist attraction rather than its function as an analog TV transmitter tower antenna (UHF / VHF), digital local TV and FM radio. In addition, the railway company East Japan Railway to use this tower to put the radio antenna train emergency systems, and a number of measuring instruments installed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Office Environment.

Outline

Denpatō its official name is Nippon (日本 电 波塔, Radio Wave Tower Japanese). Originators is the newspaper of the Osaka businessman named Hisakichi Maeda (later president of the Sankei Shimbun, Kansai Telecasting Corporation, and the Osaka Broadcasting Corporation). Hisakichi see the need to establish joint transmitter towers for a number of TV stations in Tokyo.

The design of the tower follow the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Although 8.6 m higher than the Eiffel Tower (32.6 m higher when the television antenna is also calculated), Tokyo Tower only weighs 4200 tons compared to the Eiffel tower weighs 7300 tons. The top of the tower is designed to withstand high wind gusts up to wind speeds of 100 m per second, while the bottom of the towers withstand winds of 80 m per second.

The transmitter is placed in the Tower Tokyo Kanto region can reach up to a radius of 100 km. Before the Tokyo Tower was established, a number of TV stations in Tokyo, NHK General TV, Nippon Television (NTV), and TBS has been operating with its own transmitter antennas whose height reaches 170 m. In 1958, Fuji TV, NET (now TV Asahi), and NHK educational channel began to move the transmitting antenna to the Tokyo Tower.

Mascot is the twin towers Noppon derived from the word "Noppo" (the height). Blue shirt worn Noppon who was born first, while her sister wore a red shirt.

History

- April 1957 - Denpatō Kabushikigaisha Nippon (日本 电 波塔 株式会社, PT Menara Wave Radio Japan) was founded.

- June 29, 1957 - Physical construction of the tower began.

- October 14, 1958 - Construction of the tower that takes 1 year 3 months of completion.

- December 7, 1958 - Tokyo Tower was opened to the public (experimental stage).

- December 23, 1958 - Tokyo Tower was officially opened to the public.

- January 10, 1959 - NHK Educational TV began broadcasting from Tokyo Tower.

- January 2, 1959 - NET (Japanese Educational Television, now TV Asahi) began broadcasting from Tokyo Tower.

- March 1, 1959 - Fuji TV began broadcasting from Tokyo Tower.

- April 1959 - NHK Educational TV transmitter was moved from Tokyo Tower to the central transmitter in the area Kioi. In contrast, NHK General TV transmitter was moved to Tokyo Tower.

- January 17, 1960 - TBS move the transmitter from the central office to Akasaka Tokyo Tower.

- 12 April 1964 - Division of the TV Nihon Kagaku Gijutsu Shinko Zaidan began broadcasting (now called TV Tokyo).

- April 26, 1970 - Tokyo FM began broadcasting.

- 10 November 1970 - Nippon Television's transmitter was moved to the Tokyo Tower.

- 1980 - NHK Educational TV transmitter was moved back to Tokyo Tower, so the transmitter tower accommodates all TV stations in the city of Tokyo.

- November 1, 1984 - Television and FM radio's University of the Air began broadcasting.

- October 1, 1988 - Japan FM (now J-Wave) began broadcasting.

- 1 November 1995 - Tokyo MX TV stations began broadcasting.

- April 1, 1996 - InterFM Radio began broadcasting.

- December 1, 2003 - All TV stations in addition to the University of the Air began broadcasting with a digital system.

- December 1, 2006 - University of the Air began broadcasting digital TV.

Facilities

- At an altitude of 120 m to 125 m there are two observation floors, and special observation floor at an altitude of 223 m. From the observation floor, visitors can see the sights around the city of Tokyo, and when the weather is sunny, visitors can see parts of Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, and Mount Fuji. On the first floor there is a floor level observations are made of glass so that visitors can see the view down.

- Under the tower there are buildings of Tokyo Tower Building (Foot Town) a five-story. In addition to the elevator to floor observation facilities, inside the building there is the Tokyo Tower Aquarium, Wax Museum, Guinness World Records Museum in Tokyo, Delux Gallery (exhibition hologram), Trick Art Gallery (exhibition of 3-dimensional painting), Club 333 stage performances, as well as a number of souvenir shops and restaurants. 5th floor filled devices and television broadcasting stations are not open to the public.

- Floor special observation at an altitude of 223 m is used for 10 years for storage of broadcasting equipment, and recently opened to the public in 1968.

- Lighting system throughout the body a new tower installed in 1989. Previously, lighting such as Christmas tree lights are only on the fourth side of the tower, so that at night the tower just looks like a silhouette.

- The light illuminating the tower lit from sunset until 24:00 pm tonight. Adjustable lighting color according to season. Orange lights switched on in spring, autumn and winter, while in summer the white light turned on in order to impress cool. Color lights are sometimes tailored to specific themes, such as pink for breast-cancer campaign, the color blue for the promotion of local TV digital systems, and the color green for the promotion of the movie Matrix Reloaded, as well as the 50th anniversary of Japan-Ireland friendship.

Position the antenna

- 1: Floor special observation

- 2: Floor observation (2 floors)

- A: analog TV Antenna (NHK, five private TV Kanto region, and the University of the Air)

- B: Digital TV Antenna (NHK and private TV Kanto region)

- C: Antenna Tokyo MX TV-owned stations (analog / digital)

- D: VHF Digital TV Antenna

- E: FM radio antenna

- F: Microwave Antenna

Novels, serial dramas, video games, and movies

- Tokyo Tower

Ekuni novel by Kaori who was appointed as a movie titled the same.

- Tokyo Tower: Mom and I and Sometimes Dad

Novel by Lily Franky who was appointed as a television drama series and movies.

- Always Sanchōme no Yuhi (Always: Sunset on Third Street)

Film by Takashi Yamazaki, based on the manga works of Ryohei Saigan

- Mothra

Tokyo Tower made nests during larval Mothra pupate.

- Gamera

Gamera trampling Tokyo Tower.

- King Kong Escapes

Tokyo Tower to be the battleground against King Kong King Kong Mega robot

- Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (San Daikaijū: Chikyū Saidai no Kessen)

Tokyo Tower was destroyed shock wave from the wing beat King Ghidorah

- Godzilla vs.. Gigan (Chikyū Kogeki Meirei: tai Gigan Godzilla)

Tokyo Tower was destroyed Gigan with her nails.

- Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.

The only movie Godzilla destroying Tokyo Tower.

- Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

Gyaos lodged in Tokyo Tower.

- Midnight Club II

Tokyo Tower is featured in the city of Tokyo on the game.