YeinJee's Asian Journal » Tobu Railway http://yeinjee.com Popular blog on Asian culture, lifestyle, entertainment, food, travel, otaku, trends, traditions, pictures, videos, and offbeat stuff. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:29:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 New Tokyo Tower http://yeinjee.com/2008/new-tokyo-tower/ http://yeinjee.com/2008/new-tokyo-tower/#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:14:02 +0000 Yein Jee http://yeinjee.com/?p=697 Japan’s NHK and other broadcasters have proposed a new tower in Sumida, Tokyo… which if completed, would be the world’s tallest free-standing tower (611m) and the tallest man-made structure in Japan.

The new tower is officially named Tokyo Sky Tree (東京スカイツリー, Tōkyō Sukai Tsurii) following a public voting by Tokyo residents. The tower is currently scheduled for completion in 2011.

Artist impression of proposed New Tokyo Tower, the Tokyo Sky Tree in Japan
Artist’s impression of Tokyo Sky Tree (Image from Tobu Railway Co & Tobu Sky Tree Co)

The current tallest man-made structure in Japan is the original Tokyo Tower, a popular tourist attraction, which stands at 333m tall.

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