Who built this strange huge tower in the middle of a small Japanese city (4 photos)

This unusual tower has a height of more than 180 meters and can be say is the "dominant height" of the Japanese city of Tondabayashi (it's not far from Osaka). In a way she became urban attraction, but tourists are not particularly driven there.





The fact is that this tower is the headquarters of the so-called Church Absolute Freedom. Let's not, being new to this organization, to say something about her, except that in 1937 her already disbanded, and the leadership was arrested by the Japanese authorities.

The organization reconvened in 1947 and has not since closed. It also has adherents in various countries, including including in Europe and America, but the main "parishioners", of course, are Japanese. By According to the organization's own estimates, it has about a million "parishioners" in the world.



Interestingly, the inhabitants of this headquarters themselves call it "Tower of Peace" with a dedication "to all those who died in all wars throughout history humanity". Why does the tower look like this - not very clear.

They say that inside the tower there is a room where microfilm (folded in a golden container) all known names people who died as a result of conflicts - meaning wars, throughout visibility. How many names are recorded, how they are updated, etc. - about it is not told. Maybe it's just a made up legend.





The tower was erected in the 70s of the last century, and its unusual bends are the result of an unusual construction technology, when reinforced concrete structures cement is sprayed under pressure compressed air, in other words, is sprayed.

Periodically, this building is in the Japanese news, because is the venue for the traditional and rather large-scale fireworks. This happens on August 1, when the followers of the Church Absolute Freedom celebrate the death of its founder. They say fireworks consists of approximately 25 thousand shots.