The is an electric wave tower in Nagoya, central Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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History

It is the oldest TV tower in Japan, and was completed in 1954. It is located in the centre of Hisaya Ōdori Park

Hisaya Ōdori Park

The Hisaya Ōdori Park is located in Sakae, Nagoya in central Japan.- History :The park was laid out after the devastation of World War II by the mayor of Nagoya, in order to create green space in the middle of the city...

. The tower is 180 metres high, and has two main observation decks at the heights of 90 metres (the indoor Sky Deck) and 100 metres (the outdoor Sky Balcony). The tower also includes a restaurant and gallery at 30 metres. Nagoya TV Tower closely resembles the Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world...

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Popular Culture

The famous movie monster, Godzilla

Godzilla

is a daikaijū, a Japanese movie monster, first appearing in Ishirō Honda's 1954 film Godzilla. Since then, Godzilla has gone on to become a worldwide pop culture icon starring in 28 films produced by Toho Co., Ltd. The monster has appeared in numerous other media incarnations including video games,...

 pulled the tower down in Mothra vs. Godzilla

Mothra vs. Godzilla

is a 1964 science fiction kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda. It was the fourth film to be released in the Godzilla series, produced by Toho Company Ltd...

(1964), and twenty-eight years later, it was destroyed again in the 1992 remake, Godzilla vs. Mothra

Godzilla vs. Mothra

, translated in English as Godzilla vs. Mothra, is the 19th installment in the Godzilla series of films. It is the sixth film to feature Mothra and the only film to feature Battra. The movie was released theatrically in Japan on December 12, 1992...

. This time around, it is demolished by the monster Battra

Battra

is a fictional kaiju appearing in the Heisei Godzilla film Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth. He is the main antagonist of the film. Like Mothra, Battra has both larval and adult forms.-Biography:...

, when the creature attacks Nagoya.

External links

• http://www.nagoya-tv-tower.co.jp/english/english.html
• http://www2.odn.ne.jp/yoko-tower/towers/nagoya-tv-e.htm