Cosmo Clock 21

<h2 id="history-and-specifications">History and specifications</h2>
<p>Built for the YES '89 Yokohama Exposition at <a href="/facts/Minato_Mirai_21/l5JgDWYm">Minato Mirai 21</a> in 1989,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> Cosmo Clock 21 was originally constructed with a height of 107.5 metres (353 ft).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
</p><p>In 1997 the structure was dismantled, then in 1999 relocated onto a taller base which increased its overall height to 112.5 metres (369 ft).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
</p><p>Cosmo Clock 21 has 60 passenger cars,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> each capable of carrying up to eight people. One rotation of the 100-metre (330 ft) diameter wheel takes 15 minutes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
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<h2 id="in-film">In film</h2>
<p>Cosmo Clock 21 made a notable film appearance in the 1992 film <i><a href="/facts/Godzilla_vs._Mothra/GC7LDeEm">Godzilla vs. Mothra</a></i>, where Battra would lift it from its supports and use it to bludgeon Godzilla.
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<h2 id="coordinates">Coordinates</h2>
<ul><li>1st (107.5 m tall) installation, completed 1989, dismantled 1997: ?</li>
<li>2nd (112.5 m tall) installation, completed 1999: <a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cosmo_Clock_21¶ms=35.4553872_N_139.6367347_E_region:JP_type:landmark&title=Cosmo+Clock+21">35°27′19″N 139°38′12″E / 35.4553872°N 139.6367347°E / 35.4553872; 139.6367347 (Cosmo Clock 21)</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="gallery">Gallery</h2>

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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-25-tr-1788-story.html" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-02-25-tr-1788-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Senyo Kogyo Co, Ltd. - company profile". Archived from the original on 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2010-02-28. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120303234651/http://www.senyo.co.jp/english/corp/leisure.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120303234651/http://www.senyo.co.jp/english/corp/leisure.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Senyo Kogyo Co, Ltd. - Cosmo Clock 21 Archived 2013-09-18 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.senyo.co.jp/produ/cosmo21.htm" target="_blank">http://www.senyo.co.jp/produ/cosmo21.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Cosmo Clock 21, Yokohama, Japan[usurped] <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110604210724/http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=139134" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110604210724/http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=139134</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Cosmo world Archived 2011-07-13 at archive.today <a href="http://www.japanforyou.com/index.php/newsfeeds/cosmo-world.html" target="_blank">http://www.japanforyou.com/index.php/newsfeeds/cosmo-world.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Yokohama - my favorite tour | Akai Kutsu tour1 Archived 2009-11-08 at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.welcome.city.yokohama.jp/eng/tourism/favorite/01.html" target="_blank">http://www.welcome.city.yokohama.jp/eng/tourism/favorite/01.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Cosmo Clock 21 open-in-new

Cosmo Clock 21