Redhorse Osaka Wheel Explained

Redhorse Osaka Wheel is a 123m (404feet) tall, 118.3m (388.1feet) diameter giant Ferris wheel at Expocity in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.^{[1] [2]}

Installed in the Expo Commemoration Park, in the city of Suita. Inaugurated in 2016, it has 72 gondolas.^[3] From the gondolas, you can look down at the "Tower of the Sun", symbol of Expo '70.

Safety

The base of this wheel has a seismic isolation, as safety in case of seismic movements.^[4]

History

A Ferris wheel has been built three times on the same site.^[5]

The first wheel that existed in the place, the so-called “Wonder Wheel”, installed in 1970 during the Expo '70 and lasted there until 1986.

The second wheel was the Technocosmos, which after finishing Expo '85 in Tsukuba, was moved to Suita city in 1986 and renamed Technostar. It was dismantled in 2009, when Expoland was closed.

The third wheel is the one named in this article, Redhorse Osaka Wheel, installed in 2016; as part of Expocity created in 2015.

The height of the three wheels has increased over time (40 m → 85 m → 123 m), and the number of gondolas has also increased (24 → 48 → 72).

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Japan to open world's fifth tallest Ferris wheel with transparent floors. 19 April 2016. 4 October 2018.
2. Web site: Japan’s tallest Ferris wheel opens in Osaka. 1 July 2016. 4 October 2018. Japan Times Online.
3. Web site: Redhorse Osaka Wheel. tripadvisor.com. 2 January 2023.
4. Web site: Redhorse. Osaka Wheel, the largest floor of Japan with the largest height in Japan, is completed in Expocity, and it got on a ride ahead of time. gigazine.net, 23 June 2016. 3 January 2023.
5. Web site: エキスポシティの観覧車は3代目だった!?知られざる観覧車の歴史 (in Japanese). 万博記念公園エリアの地域情報サイト, 6 September 2016. 2 January 2023.