Tokyo Skytree

Tokyo Skytree (東京スカイツリー, Tōkyō Sukaitsurī) is a broadcasting and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010 and reached its full height of 634.0 meters (2,080 ft) in March 2011, making it the tallest tower on Earth, displacing the Canton Tower of China, and the second tallest structure on Earth after the Burj Khalifa (829.8 m/2,722 ft). It is now considered the tallest structure in the New World.

Overview[]

The tower is the primary television and radio broadcast site for the Kantō region; the older Tokyo Tower no longer gives complete digital terrestrial television broadcasting coverage because it is surrounded by high-rise buildings. Skytree was completed on Leap Day, 29 February 2012, with the tower opening to the public on 22 May 2012. The tower is the centerpiece of a large commercial development funded by Tobu Railway (which owns the complex) and a group of six terrestrial broadcasters headed by NHK. Trains stop at the adjacent Tokyo Skytree Station and nearby Oshiage Station. The complex is 7 km (4.3 mi) north-east of Tokyo Station.

Tokyo Skytree in the New World[]

The tower became quite an attraction to the natives of the New World. During the diplomatic mission of the Holy Mirishial Empire to Japan, the HME diplomatic corp visited the tower as part of their itinerary. Diplomat Phiam said that the Holy Mirishial capital Runepolis also has towers but it only reach the height of about 300 meters. This is one of the things that baffled the Mirishials during the visit as how a country without magic can construct such objects.

Crown Prince Gra Cabal was also brought here on a tour throughout Japan, much to his shocking before Japan's superior technology.