Osaka Tower was an observation and radio tower built beside the headquarters of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. It also relayed radio communication the taxi companies. The tower was 160 metres high. Built in 1966, it was constructed with metal tubing in a quadratic lattice structure and was designed to handle vibrations and …Osaka Tower was an observation and radio tower built beside the headquarters of Asahi Broadcasting Corporation in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan. It also relayed radio communication the taxi companies. The tower was 160 metres high. Built in 1966, it was constructed with metal tubing in a quadratic lattice structure and was designed to handle vibrations and a wind velocity of up to 90 metres per second. 102 metres up, there was a two-story observation deck. Below this, the tower was painted in white and above it in red and white.
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