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The
Tokyo Tower (
Tōkyō tawā,
pronounced
[toːkʲoː taɰᵝaː]
ⓘ, officially called
日本電波塔,
Nippon denpatō, "Japan Radio Tower") is a
communications and
observation tower in the Shiba-koen district of
Minato, Tokyo, Japan, built in 1958. At 332.9 meters (1,092 ft), it was the
tallest tower in Japan until the construction of
Tokyo Skytree in 2012. The structure is an
Eiffel Tower-inspired
lattice tower that is painted white and
international orange to comply with
air safety regulations. It was constructed of steel, a third of which was scrap metal taken from US tanks damaged in the Korean War.