Japan Today: "Top Ten Clocks Around The World"

Above, the Japanese clock that made the list is on the ferris wheel.  Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Japan Today has an article on the "Top Ten Clocks Around The World."

One Japanese clock made it on the list.  Is it the clock at the Yurakucho Mullion Building in Tokyo?  No, but it should have.  The Japanese clock that made it was featured (and demolished) in the 1992 movie, Godzilla vs. Mothra.

Here's the pick:

6. Cosmo Clock 21, Yokohama, Japan 

This digital timekeeper brings new meaning to the age old act of “rocking around the clock.” Situated on a giant ferris wheel - once the largest ferris wheel in the world - at Yokohama Cosmo World, Cosmo Clock 21 is the world’s largest clock standing at 369 feet tall. This carnival ride-clock combo was originally built for a 1989 exposition and still transforms into a light show of sorts at night with striking patterns of neon lights moving along its spokes. And, yes, you can in fact rock around this clock; the ferris wheel has 60 seats and can hold about 480 people at a time. One rotation takes 15 minutes (timed to the millisecond) and gives passengers a panoramic view of Yokohama. 

Information on the ferris wheel and getting there is found on page 19 of The Monster Movie Fan's Guide To Japan.

To see the other nine clocks on the list, go here.

Here's the Yurakucho Mullion musical clock that should've made the list: