Tsūtenkaku 通天閣
At the top, you rub the soles of the Billiken statue's feet for luck.
The current tower is the second one and dates from 1956; including the lightning rod it reaches 108 metres. The golden observation deck is at 87.5 metres, the open-air one above it at 94.5. Billiken is a good-luck idol that arrived from the United States in the early twentieth century and was adopted by the neighbourhood.
Osaka
Shin-Imaimiya, Dobutsuen-mae
