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Tokyo Tower

tower in Tokyo, Japan
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Summary

Tokyo Tower is an observation tower[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of observation tower entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,451 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: 100 Landscapes of Heisei[3]
  • Member of: All-Japan Tower Association[4]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Shibakōen[5]
  • Country: Japan[6]
  • Instance of: transmitter mast[7], lattice tower[8], architectural landmark[9]
  • Architect: Tachū Naitō[10]
  • Founder: Hisakichi Maeda[11]
  • Main building contractor: Takenaka Corporation[12]
  • Postal code: 105-0011[13]
  • Part of: Six Tower Brothers[14]
  • Has use: radio broadcasting[15]
  • Commons category: Tokyo Tower[16]
  • Unicode character: 🗼[17]
  • Inception: May 8, 1957[18]
  • Structural engineer: Gustave Eiffel[19]
  • Mascot: Noppon[20]
  • Official website: https://www.tokyotower.co.jp[21], https://es.tokyotower.co.jp/[22], https://in.tokyotower.co.jp/[23], https://th.tokyotower.co.jp/[24], https://www.tokyotower.co.jp/kr/[25], https://www.tokyotower.co.jp/cn/[26], https://www.tokyotower.co.jp/zh/[27], https://www.tokyotower.co.jp/en/[28], https://en.tokyotower.co.jp/[29], https://zh.tokyotower.co.jp/[30], https://cn.tokyotower.co.jp/[31], https://ko.tokyotower.co.jp/[32], https://id.tokyotower.co.jp/[33], https://de.tokyotower.co.jp/[34]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tokyo Tower[35]
  • Inspired by: Eiffel Tower[36]
  • Product or material produced: travel stamp[37]
  • Floors above ground: 16[38]
  • Number of elevators: 4[39]
  • Heritage designation: Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan[40]
  • Official name: 日本電波塔株式会社[41], 株式会社東京タワー[42], 株式会社TOKYO TOWER[43]
  • Legal form: kabushiki gaisha[44]

Why It Matters

Tokyo Tower has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

FAQs

What awards did Tokyo Tower receive?

Honors received include 100 Landscapes of Heisei[3].

Related Entities

Gustave Eiffel Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . japantowers.jp. Retrieved . japantowers.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . japantowers.jp. Retrieved . japantowers.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . kunishitei.bunka.go.jp. kunishitei.bunka.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · Pi bot bot · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 69
    Category for the interior of the item → Category:Interior of Tokyo Tower, Category:Views of Tokyo Tower
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ban', 'bcl', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'da
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Category for the interior of the item: Category:Views of Tokyo Tower, Setting P7561 value"
  2. 15w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → observation tower, transmitter mast, lattice tower +1
    Has characteristic → tourist attraction
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39782|batch #39782]]: Move Q570116 from P31 -> P1552"
  3. 21w ago · 葵心 · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Shibakōen
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Located in the administrative territorial entity: Shibakōen"
  4. 24w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of elevators → {'amount': '+4'}
    Inception → —
    Category for the view from the item → Category:Views from Tokyo Tower
    Founded by → —
    + 41 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Building", "TokyoTower::trq87"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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