Big O (Ferris wheel) explained

is a centerless non-rotating Ferris wheel at Tokyo Dome City in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. Big O has a diameter of . Tokyo's largest roller coaster, the 130km/h Thunder Dolphin, passes through the centre of the wheel.

Big O was constructed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.^[1] Construction was completed in March 2003, and the ferris wheel was opened to the public in May 2003.^[2] Big O was listed as the world's first centerless Ferris wheel by Guinness World Records.^[3]

Joysound karaoke machines were added to eight of its forty gondolas in August 2017.^[4]

External links

• Tokyo Dome City: Attractions

Notes and References

1. Web site: レジャー施設・アトラクション設備：事例. ja. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. 2022-09-02.
2. News: 〈パレットタウン大観覧車営業終了〉「もはやこれは観覧車と言えるのか？」いまだから振り返りたい…！ 日本各地の"すごすぎる観覧車". Bunshun Online. ja. 31 August 2022. 31 August 2022.
3. Web site: First centreless ferris wheel. Guinness World Records. 31 August 2022.
4. News: Murphy. Meg. Take your singing to new heights on the world’s first karaoke Ferris wheel in Tokyo. 30 March 2018. Japan Today. GPlus Media. 26 July 2017.