Cosmo Clock 21


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Cosmo Clock 21 is a  Ferris wheel at the Cosmo World amusement park in the Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama, Japan. When it first opened, it was the world's tallest Ferris wheel at, until the completion of the Igosu 108 in Shiga, Japan, in 1992.
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History and specifications

Built for the YES '89 Yokohama Exposition at Minato Mirai 21 in 1989, Cosmo Clock 21 was originally constructed with a height of.
In 1997 the structure was dismantled, then in 1999 relocated onto a taller base which increased its overall height to.
Cosmo Clock 21 has 60 passenger cars, each capable of carrying up to eight people. One rotation of the diameter wheel takes 15 minutes.

In film

Cosmo Clock 21 makes a prominent film appearance in the 1992 film Godzilla vs. Mothra, where Godzilla attempts to kill Mothra by toppling it on top of her, only for Battra to catch the wheel and use it as a weapon against the King of the Monsters.

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