Leisure Facilities and Attractions:Examples and Achievements

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Major achievements

Tokyo Dome City “Big-O” (centerless Ferris wheel)

Completion date	Mar, 2003
Diameter of the rotating part	60m
Height of the top part	80m
One round	15 minutes
Number of cabins	40

The word's first large-diameter centerless Ferris wheel, with a roller coaster track passing through the hollow “O” in the middle.

Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise Tower (Rotary observation tower)

Completion date	May, 1993
Elevating process	69m
Elevating time	One way 2 minutes
Rotation 360°	2 minutes
Capacity	61 persons

Constructed in the corner of an artificial island (Yokohama Hakkeijima) in the seaside area of Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama.
One of the largest rotary observation towers in Japan. Visitors can admire a panoramic view of Yokohama harbor.