Tsuten-kaku

The symbol of glorious Osaka city and people

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"Tsuten" means through until heaven, “Kaku” means a palace.

From east side（From shopping district）	From south side (clock face) Design is simple and has nice sharp edges and directory commercial texts, but it has something solemn atmosphere. I feel the symbol of Osakais this!, Osaka castle isn’t! in front of this solemn atmosphere.
Tsuten-Kaku has wonderful harmony with its around. Actually, Tsuten-kaku is a private tower of around shopping district stores (Shin-Sekai:"New world" town). They paid a cost in 1956 and Tsuten-kaku was builded up. Other towers in Japan are builded by public office, so Tsuten-kaku is “The symbol of glorious Osaka city and people”.	A kindly gentlman in shopping district took this picture for us.
	Biriken who is God and born in America is enshrined in observatory room in Tsuten-kaku. They said that you can achieve your wish by scratching his sole of foot. Everybody can scratch his sole freely.

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