Osaka Prefectural Government Sakishima Building

The Osaka Prefectural Government Sakishima Building (大阪府咲洲庁舎, Ōsaka fu Sakishima chōsha^?), or Cosmo Tower (コスモタワー, Kosumo Tawā^?), is the tallest building in Osaka, and the second-tallest building in Japan. The former name is 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^?) Until June, 2010. 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.

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Osaka

References

• "WTC Cosmo Tower". Osaka Visitor's Guide. http://www.tourism.city.osaka.jp/en/area_osaka/bay/attraction/wtc/. Retrieved October 30, 2005. 
• Kuniko, Sanada. "New Developments in Osaka". Osaka on the Go. Archived from the original on November 10, 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20051110103136/http://web-japan.org/nipponia/nipponia14/sp05.html. Retrieved October 30, 2005. 

External links

• (Japanese) COSMO TOWER, official site.
• (English) IBPC Osaka