Built in 1986 to commemorate Chiba Prefecture's population reaching the 5 million people mark, the Chiba Tower is 137 meters tall. It overlooks the port in Chiba Bay and gives visitors beautiful panoramic views. An architecturally stunning building, behind its mirrored glass exterior, the tower has only four floors! There is the ground floor and then directly the top three floors. The middle portion of the body of the tower is hollow! The top (4th) floor is an observatory. The third floor has a restaurant called Café La Plage. An eatery at 109 meters up in the air! An experience to be had in Chiba. The second floor is another observatory, but it is called ‘Lover's Sanctuary’. The floor is only for couples, with seats set together in close pairs near the windows. It also has a place to pray for matters of the heart. Visitors can buy heart-shaped locks and, after writing their and their loved one's names on it, fasten it onto a window grate for all to see. The ground floor houses the souvenir shop and an information deck.

• Adults- ¥410; Children- ¥200

• Chiba Minato Station

• Cafe and ice cream parlour present within the tower.

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