143 metres of glass over the port: 6,272 panels, and the view reaches as far as Mount Chōkai.
143 metres tall in all, with the observation deck at 100, the tower is clad in 6,272 panels of tempered glass: from up there, free of charge, you can see the port of Akita, the sunset over the Sea of Japan, the Oga Peninsula to the north on clear days and Mount Chōkai to the south.
Observation tower of the port of Akita, run by the prefecture, reopened after renovation on 10 April 2015.
ℹ️ Open 9:00–21:00. Admission to the observation deck is free. Inside the ‘Michi no Eki Akita-kō’.
🚉 秋田港 · 7 min walk
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