Beppu Tower

{{other uses|Beppu (disambiguation)}}{{Infobox building

| name = Beppu Tower

| native_name = 別府タワー

| image = Beppu Tower 20230212.jpg

| image_size = 225px

| caption =

| coordinates = {{coord|33|16|54|N|131|30|20.8|E|region:JP-44|display=inline,title}}

| location = 3-10-2 Kitahama,
Beppu, Ōita

| start_date = 1956

| completion_date = 1957

| opening = May 10, 1957

| cost = ¥280 million{{cite web |url=http://bussan.taiho.biz/tower/corpinfo.htm |script-title=ja:会社概要:別府タワー |accessdate=2008-08-19 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613020650/http://bussan.taiho.biz/tower/corpinfo.htm |archivedate=2008-06-13 }}
($777,777 in 1956)

| building_type = Communications tower
Observation tower

| floor_area =

| antenna_spire = {{convert|100|m|ft|0}}

| structural_engineer =

| architect = Tachū Naitō

| main_contractor =

| developer =

| owner =

}}

{{nihongo|Beppu Tower|別府タワー|Beppu Tawā}} is a {{convert|100|m|ft|adj=mid|-tall|abbr=off|sp=us}} lattice tower located in Beppu, Ōita, Japan.{{cite web |url=http://bussan.taiho.biz/tower/history.htm |script-title=ja:別府タワーの歴史:別府タワー |accessdate=2008-08-19 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613020709/http://bussan.taiho.biz/tower/history.htm |archivedate=2008-06-13 }} Initially built to help boost tourism in the area, today the tower is primarily used as TV transmission tower. It has an observation deck at a height of {{convert|55|m|ft|0}}.

History

Beppu Tower was built in two years, from 1956 to 1957 and was originally planned to open the Beppu Tourism Exhibition, held from March 20 through May 20, 1957. Construction was slightly delayed, however, and the tower was not completed until May 10, ten days before the exhibition ended. Its original name was {{nihongo|Sightseeing Center TV Tower|観光センターテレビ塔|Kankō-sentā-terebitō}} until 1961 when it was officially changed to Beppu Tower.

The tower first displayed advertising for National. Currently, it displays eight neon Asahi signs—four in English, four in Japanese.

See also

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