The Tokyo Tower

The Tokyo Tower at night is a breathtaking sight, even when it has been raining and cloudy all day. The tower is high enough to get a wonderful view of the city while remaining under the rainclouds.

Trivia about the Tower

• It is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers, and was originally designed for television purposes.
• The third floor is home to Tokyo's Guiness Records Museum.
• The observation deck stands at 150 meters tall, or 492.125984 feet. The taller observatory is at 250 meter, or 820.209974 feet.
• It is 13 meters taller than the Eiffel Tower in Paris, which it is modeled after.
• The first floor houses an aquarium that is home to 50,000 fish.

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View from the observation deck of the Tower. (taken from the first observation deck at 150 m)

Sights From the Tower

1. Mt Fuji, in good weather during the day.
2. Shinjuku tower/Shinjuku Square
3. NTT DoCoMo Building
4. The highways of Tokyo.
5. An amazing 360 degree view of the city.
6. (also try Shinjuku's Tokyo Metropolitan Building...you get as good a view, and it's free. The Umeda Sky Building in Osakas is similar, as is the Kyoto Tower.)

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