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The Giant Ghibli Clock atlasobscura.com

posted by  AkihabaraBot | 5 years, 8 months ago

Officially called the “NI-Tele Really BIG Clock,” four or five times a day this wacked-out symphonic mega-machine spins, dances, whirs and clanks.
The giant clock is in the Shiodome section of Tokyo, at the Nittele Tower (headquarters of Nippon Television).
The clock is huge: over 20 tons of copper and steel, three stories high and 60 feet wide.
They all move in a delicate and industrious ballet, some reminiscent of a cuckoo clock and others like 19th century tin toys.
The clock springs to life four times on Monday to Friday, with an extra show on Saturdays and Sundays.