Tokyo Sky Tree
July 10, 2012
The view from this planet's tallest free-standing tower is out of this world--Tokyo Skytree--for those lucky enough to score a ticket to the top.
July 10, 2012
Mankind has constantly been fascinated by height and the taller the structure, the more attention and visitors it attracts.
July 02, 2012
Tokyo's Sumida Ward has long been home to artisans and small factories producing wares with a distinctive "made in Sumida" touch.
May 26, 2012
The opening of the new Tokyo Skytree tower in Sumida Ward has really shifted attention to Tokyo’s eastern, sleepier half. Young artisans and craftspeople in neighboring Taito ...
May 24, 2012
Capitalizing on the popularity of the just opened Tokyo Skytree, a park in neighboring Taito Ward across the Sumida River has started lighting up a tower of its own, albeit a...
May 23, 2012
If the thousands of people lined up on opening day of Sumida Ward's hottest new landmark are any indication, Tokyo Skytree will be a big hit--and just what the nation needs to...
May 23, 2012
The 634-meter Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest free-standing tower that opened to the public on May 22, is providing scientists with a rare opportunity: It allows them to...
May 22, 2012
Japan's newest landmark, the Tokyo Skytree, had its grand opening May 22 and thousands thronged to catch spectacular views of the capital from the world's tallest free-standing ...
May 22, 2012
Tokyo Skytree, which at 634 meters is the world's tallest free-standing tower, is a marvel of new technologies and design approaches.
May 22, 2012
You’ve seen Tokyo’s latest landmark from afar, or maybe even reached the base. Now comes the questions: What’s there to do around Tokyo Skytree? And how do you find out...
May 21, 2012
Few people in Tokyo can top the stories of Masato Yamada’s subordinates about where they were when the Great East Japan Earthquake struck last year.
May 16, 2012
American pop sensation Lady Gaga reached some new heights May 15 when she visited Tokyo Sky Tree, the world’s tallest free-standing tower located in Tokyo’s Sumida Ward.
May 13, 2012
Seventy-seven surveillance cameras are being installed around the new Tokyo Sky Tree in Sumida Ward, compared with 55 in the Kabukicho entertainment district of Shinjuku Ward,...
May 05, 2012
Despite the much-ballyhooed arrival of its taller, crosstown rival, visitor numbers have remained solid at Tokyo Tower.
April 20, 2012
Tokyo Sky Tree, the world’s tallest free-standing tower, brightened the night in the nation's capital on April 19 with lights of blue and purple.
April 17, 2012
A Tokyo developer took visitors up the world's tallest freestanding broadcast structure on April 17, a 634-meter (2,080-foot) tower with special technology meant to withstand...
March 31, 2012
The results of a lottery for the first public tickets to Tokyo Sky Tree’s observation deck were announced on March 30, with only one in 335 applicants gaining admission for...
March 23, 2012
Japan's land prices decline slowed during the year to Jan. 1, according to a land ministry report released on March 22, with two popular sightseeing areas in Tokyo showing a...
March 23, 2012
The operator of Tokyo Sky Tree on March 22 began accepting applications from individuals for ticket draws for its two observatories, two months before the world’s tallest...
March 11, 2012
Two eye-catching Tokyo illumination events were being held March 10-11 to commemorate a pair of devastating events in Japan's history--one that took place just a year ago and...