Akita Port Tower Selion

Roadside Station Akita Minato
Roadside Station Akita Minato
Roadside Station Information
Road	Japan National Route 7
Registered number	05028
Opened	31 July, 2010
Parking	199 spaces
Toilets	29
Address
	9-1, Nishi1-chome. Tsuchizakiminato, Akita City
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Akita City Port Tower^[1]
Akita City Port Tower
秋田市ポートタワー
	Akita Port Tower Selion
General information
Status	Completed
Architectural style	Steel frame
Location	Akita, Japan
Coordinates	39°45′9.8″N 140°3′39.6″E / 39.752722°N 140.061000°E
Opening	8 April 1994
Cost	JPY 1.43 billion
Owner	City of Akita
Height
Architectural	143.6 m (471 ft)
Observatory	100m
Technical details
Floor count	5
Floor area	4,747m²
Design and construction
Main contractor	Obayashi Corporation; TOA Construction Corporation
Japanese name
Kanji	秋田市ポートタワー
Hiragana	あきたしぽーとたわー
Romanization
Transcriptions
Romanization	Akitashi Pōto Tawā

The Akita City Port Tower Selion (秋田市ポートタワーセリオン, Akitashi Pōto Tawā Serion)^[4]^[5] is one of the landmarks in the city of Akita, Japan.^[6] The sightseeing tower with 6,272 tempered glasses was completed in 1994. It is located in the Tsuchizaki District, Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. The steel tower is the tallest structure in the 3 northern Tohoku prefectures with its observation deck at 100 metres (328 ft) and its spire at 143.6 metres (471 ft). The viewing platform provides a 360-degree panorama of the city and the mountains of Oga Peninsula, Taiheizan, and Mt. Chokai are visible. Cable Networks Akita received the TV-U Yamagata broadcast from Takadateyama, Tsuruoka at this landmark in the past.^[7]