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Caption: VISITING TOKYO
S K Y T R E E
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Caption: Tokyo Skytree is a broadcasting and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo.
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Completed with the tower opening to the public on May 22, 2012.
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It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010 and reached its full height of 634 meters (2,080 ft) in March 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, and the second tallest structure in the world after the Burj Khalifa.
Picture of Tokyo Skytree
Caption: There are observatories at 350 m (1,150 ft), with a capacity of up to 2,000 people, and 450 m (1,480 ft), with a capacity of 900 people.
Picture of Tokyo Skytree
Picture of Tokyo Skytree
Caption: There were so many people waiting in a queue that it was getting dark outside before we bought tickets and got up by a lift.
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Caption: A night view of the city from Tokyo Skytree Observation Deck.
Picture of Tokyo Skytree
Caption: According to the board, this direction should be somewhere in the dark the Mt.Fuji.
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Caption: The “Iki” (blue sky) illumination pattern. The tower is illuminated using LEDS.
Picture of Tokyo Skytree
Caption: The exterior lattice is painted a colour officially called “Skytree White”.
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This is an original colour based on a bluish-white traditional Japanese colour called aijiro (藍白).
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October 4, 2014
