Cosmo Clock 21

 

     The Cosmo Clock 21 or more popularly known in Japan as Minato Mirai 21 is found in Yokohama, Japan and is known as the world's biggest clock. It stands about 112.5 meters high (369 feet). When it was first constructed in 1989, it only stood 107.5 meters (363 feet) high but it was set in a higher base in 1999. 

     The Cosmo Clock is part of the small yet strategically situated Cosmo World Amusement Park. If you ride the ferris wheel, you have a 360degree view of Yokohama. You can caught a glimpse of the Yokohama Bay Bridge and the Osanbashi Pier in the distance and the famous Hyatt Hotel right across it. To get there, take a train to Minato Mirai station. It will only take about an hour from the center of Tokyo.

      This is also an ever present background in the scenes of the drama Tatta Hitotsu no Koi starring Kamenashi Kazuya and Haruka Ayase. 

     

Places to Visit in Tokyo: Ebisu Garden Place

     "Ebisu Garden Place, Clock Tower Square, one o'clock." This is how famous manga, anime and now drama character Doumyouji Tsukasa, played by famous Johnny's Entertainment idol and Arashi member Matsumoto Jun, in the famous Hana Yori Dango series asked Makino Tsukushi, played by Inoue Mao, for a first date. 

     Though this place also looks beautiful in the day time, it has a different appeal when visited at night. Not only is this place a popular site for shooting Japanese dramas, it is also a famous tourist site for visitors who want to taste authentic Japanese beers from any of the restaurants and traditional Japanese bars, knowns as izakaya, around the area.