#133: Hakata Port Tower (Semiweekly-pedia of Japan)

#133: Hakata Port Tower (category: landmark)

Hakata Port Tower is a landmark in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Fukuoka City has the largest population in Kyushu Area (refer to #063) and Hakata Ward is the transportation hub in the area.

Hakata Port Tower is one of the towers which were designed by a famous Japanese architect Tachu Naito, along with Tokyo Tower (refer to #030), Tsuten-kaku (refer to #031), Sapporo TV Tower (refer to #130), Nagoya TV Tower (refer to #131), and Beppu Tower (refer to #132). They are called "Tower Six Brothers".

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