Tsūtenkaku

Tsūtenkaku is a tower and landmark of , Japan, and advertises the Hitachi company. It is located in the district of . Its total height is 103 metres; the main observation deck is at a height of 91 metres.
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  • Opening hours: 8:30 AM—9:30 PM
  • Type: Scenic viewpoint
  • Description: observation tower
  • Also known as: “Tsutenkaku” and “Tsūtenkaku Tower”
  • Address: 新世界市場 6, 1丁目, 浪速区, 大阪市, 大阪府 556-0002
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Shinsekai and Tennoji Zoo.

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is a neighbourhood located next to south Osaka City's downtown "Minami" area. The neighbourhood was created in 1912 with New York as a model for its southern half and Paris for its northern half.

Zoo
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Tennōji Zoo is a 11-hectare zoo located at in , Osaka, Japan, opened on January 1, 1915. It is the third zoo to be built in Japan and is located southwest of the temple, the first Buddhist temple in Japan. is situated 230 metres southeast of Tsūtenkaku.

Park
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The Tennōji Park is a park with botanical garden at 1–108, Chausuyama-cho, , , . is situated 380 metres southeast of Tsūtenkaku.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Den Den Town and Kamagasaki.

Locality
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is a locality.

Locality
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is an old place name for a part of in , , which has the largest day laborer concentration in Japan: 30,000 people are estimated to live in every 2,000 meter radius in this area, part of which has been in slum-like conditions.

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Tennōji is one of 24 wards of , Japan. It is named after the , the temple of the Four Heavenly Kings, which is located in the ward.

Tsūtenkaku

Latitude
34.65254° or 34° 39′ 9″ north
Longitude
135.50631° or 135° 30′ 23″ east
Levels
6
Height
108 metres (354 feet)
Open location code
8Q6QMG34+2G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 254319878
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­commercial
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­viewpoint
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q1148463
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Tsūtenkaku” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تسوتنكاكو”
  • Basque: “Tsūtenkaku”
  • Burmese: “ဆွတ်တန်ခခု”
  • Catalan: “Tsūtenkaku”
  • Chinese: “通天閣”
  • Chinese: “通天阁”
  • Dutch: “Tsūtenkaku”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تسوتينكاكو”
  • Esperanto: “Cutenkako”
  • Finnish: “Tsutenkaku”
  • Finnish: “Tsūtenkaku”
  • French: “tour qui mène au ciel”
  • French: “Tsūtenkaku”
  • German: “Tsutenkaku”
  • German: “Tsūtenkaku”
  • Hungarian: “Cútenkaku”
  • Indonesian: “Tsūtenkaku”
  • Italian: “Tsūtenkaku”
  • Japanese: “TSUTENKAKU TOWER”
  • Japanese: “Tsūtenkaku”
  • Japanese: “つうてんかく”
  • Japanese: “通天閣”
  • Japanese: “通天閣観光”
  • Korean: “쓰텐카쿠”
  • Korean: “통천각”
  • Russian: “Цутэнкаку”
  • Slovenian: “Cutenkaku”
  • Slovenian: “Tsūtenkaku”
  • Spanish: “Torre de Osaka”
  • Spanish: “Tsutenkaku”
  • Spanish: “Tsūtenkaku”
  • Swedish: “Tsūtenkaku”
  • Turkish: “Tsūtenkaku”
  • Vietnamese: “Tsūtenkaku”
  • “Tsūtenkaku”

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