Card
no 376 - Mitsuyo
The
Cosmo Tower, Osaka
Country:
Japan
Place:
Osaka
Received:
29th January 2013
Distance:
5,896 miles
Travelled
for: 4 days
The
Osaka Prefectural Government Sakishima Building or Cosmo Tower is the tallest
building in Osaka, and the second-tallest building in Japan. It was built in
1995. Formerly named the Osaka World
Trade Center Building it was renamed in June, 2010. The building houses trade offices for
companies around the world.
The
55-story building is 840 feet tall 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.
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