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Osaka Prefectural Government Sakishima Building

Nankō-kita, Japan

The 268th tallest building in the world

256 m · 840 ft

The Osaka Prefectural Government Sakishima Building (, Ōsaka fu Sakishima chōsha) or Cosmo Tower (, Kosumo Tawā) is the third tallest building in Osaka and the sixth tallest building in Japan. Until 2023, it was known as Osaka World Trade Center Building (, Ōsaka Wārudo Torēdo Sentā Birudingu) or WTC Cosmo Tower (WTC, Daburyūtīshī Kosumo Tawā). It is located in Nanko Cosmo Square, near the Osaka harbor, in Suminoe-ku. The skyscraper rises 256 m (840 ft), the same height as the Rinku Gate Tower Building in Izumisano. It contains three basement floors, a museum, restaurants, office space, a conference room, a skylobby and an observation deck, which is located in an inverted pyramid at the top of the structure. The building houses the working office for the governor of Osaka Prefecture.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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