Yokohama Marine Tower

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Yokohama Marine Tower in 2005-11 as seen from Yamashita Park
Yokohama Marine Tower in 2005-11 as seen from Yamashita Park

Yokohama Marine Tower (横浜マリンタワー yokohama marin tawā?) is a 106 metre high (324 feet) lattice tower with an observation deck at a height of 100 metres in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan. Yokohama Marine Tower was inaugaurated in 1961. The Marine Tower is the tallest lighthouse in the world.

Visitors can see Mount Fuji from the 100-metre high observation deck.

On December 25, 2006, Marine Tower temporarily shut its doors. The city of Yokohama has plans to take over ownership, renovate Marine Tower, and reopen it again in 2009. [1]

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  1. ^ Yokohama Footnotes:Vol.4 Marine Tower,the tallest lighthouse in the world City of Yokohama, Nov. 2006

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