Daikanransha

Daikanransha
Daikanransha
General information
Type	Ferris wheel
Location	Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan
Height	115 metres (377 ft)

Daikanransha (大観覧車) was a 115-metre (377 ft) tall Ferris wheel at Palette Town in Odaiba, Japan.^[1]

Description and history

When it opened in 1999, it was the world's tallest Ferris wheel. It has the same 100-metre (328 ft) diameter as its world record predecessor, the Tempozan Ferris Wheel, at Osaka, but its overall height is 2.5 metres (8.2 ft) greater. Daikanransha lost its world's tallest status to the 135-metre (443 ft) London Eye, which officially opened on December 31, 1999, but which did not open to the public until March 2000 because of technical problems.^{[citation needed]}

It is the third tallest Ferris wheel ever constructed in Japan, Asia's 10th tallest and the world's 12th tallest wheel ever constructed.^{[citation needed]}

Daikanransha was visible from the central urban area of Tokyo, and passengers could see the Tokyo Tower, the twin-deck Rainbow Bridge, and Haneda Airport, as well as central Tokyo, during their 16-minute ride. The Bōsō Peninsula and Mount Fuji, the highest mountain in Japan, could also be seen on a clear day,^[2]^[3] and at night the wheel was brightly lit by 120,000 neon tubes programmed to display multiple patterns in over 100 colours.^[4]