Completed 1957 Antenna spire 100 metres (328 ft) Phone +81 977-21-3939 Architect Tachū Naitō | Opening May 10, 1957 Opened 10 May 1957 Construction started 1956 | |
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Type Communications tower
Observation tower Location 3-10-2 Kitahama,
Beppu, Ōita Cost ¥280 million
($777,777 in 1956) Address Japan, 〒874-0920 Oita Prefecture, Beppu, Kitahama, 3丁目10−2 Hours Closed now Friday9AM–10PMSaturday9AM–10PMSunday9AM–10PMMonday9AM–10PMTuesday9AM–10PMWednesdayClosedThursday9AM–10PM Similar Beppu Station, Beppu Onsen, Beppu Ropeway, Hells of Beppu, Mount Tsurumi | ||
Beppu tower observatory deck
Beppu Tower (別府タワー, Beppu Tawā) is a 100-metre-tall (328 ft) lattice tower located in Beppu, Ōita, Japan. Initially built to help boost tourism in the area, today the tower is primarily used as TV transmission tower. It has an observation deck at a height of 55 metres (180 ft).
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History
Beppu Tower was built in two years, from 1956 to 1957 and was originally planned to open the Beppu Tourism Exhibition, held from March 20 through May 20, 1957. Construction was slightly delayed, however, and the tower was not completed until May 10, ten days before the exhibition ended. Its original name was Sightseeing Center TV Tower (観光センターテレビ塔, Kankō-sentā-terebitō) until 1961 when it was officially changed to Beppu Tower.
The tower first displayed advertising for National. Currently, it displays eight neon Asahi signs—four in English, four in Japanese.