It is said that Tokyo Tower is modeled after the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Let’s compare their differences.

📃Purpose

🇯🇵Tokyo Tower: Constructed as a symbol of Japan’s recovery and primarily built to serve as a radio tower for television broadcasting. It is a symbolic building of Tokyo’s development as a modern city.

🇫🇷Eiffel Tower: Built for the 1889 Paris Exposition. It was a symbol of modern architectural technology at the time and a landmark to showcase France’s technological prowess.

⚙️Structure

🇯🇵Tokyo Tower: Made of steel, with a stronger structure to withstand Japan’s harsh climate and earthquakes.

🇫🇷Eiffel Tower: Made of iron, with a spatial structure that gives a graceful impression. A lattice design is used for weight reduction and durability.

🎊Opening

🇯🇵Tokyo Tower: 1958

🇫🇷Eiffel Tower: 1889

🏗️Height

🇯🇵Tokyo Tower: 333m

🇫🇷Eiffel Tower: 330m

*Initially about 312m, then 321m in 1957 with the installation of antennas, 324m in 2000, and 330m in 2022.

✏Designer

🇯🇵Tokyo Tower: Tachu Naito

🇫🇷Eiffel Tower: Gustave Eiffel

https://www.tokyotower.co.jp/

https://www.toureiffel.paris/

🇯🇵JAPAN

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