Opening of Tokyo Tower

Date: December 23, 1958 • Location: Minato-ku, Japan

Tokyo Tower, then the world's tallest freestanding tower, opened.

Tokyo Tower , also known by its official name Japan Radio Tower is a communications and observation tower in the district of Shiba-koen in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, completed in 1958. At 332.9 meters, it was the tallest tower in Japan until the construction of Tokyo Skytree in 2012. It is a lattice tower inspired by the Eiffel Tower, and is painted white and international orange to comply with air safety regulations.