Osaka WTC Building
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The Osaka World Trade Center Building (大阪ワールドトレードセンタービルディング Ōsaka Wārudo Torēdo Sentā Birudingu?), or WTC Cosmo Tower (WTCコスモタワー Daburyūtīshī Kosumo Tawā?), is the second-tallest building in Japan. It is the same height as the Rinku Gate Tower Building in Rinku Town, located in Nanko Cosmo Square near the Osaka harbor, Suminoe-ku, Osaka.
The 55-story building rises 840 feet (256 meters) and is topped by a skylobby. It contains three basement floors, a museum, restaurants, observation deck, office space and a conference room. The observation deck is in an inverted pyramid at the top of the structure. A transparent elevator can take passengers from ground level to the top in just 80 seconds.
The building houses trade offices for companies around the world.
It was built in 1995.
[edit] References
- WTC Cosmo Tower. Osaka Visitor's Guide. Retrieved on October 30, 2005.
- Kuniko, Sanada. New Developments in Osaka. Osaka on the Go. Retrieved on October 30, 2005.
[edit] External links
- (Japanese) Osaka WTC Building, official site.
- (English) IBPC Osaka
- (English) Project: Osaka World Trade Center, Mancini•Duffy
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