Tokyo Skytree
| Tokyo Skytree | |
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| 東京スカイツリー | |
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Tokyo Skytree in 2014
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Broadcast, restaurant, and observation tower |
| Architectural style | Neofuturistic |
| Location | Sumida, Tokyo, Japan |
| Coordinates | 35°42′36.5″N 139°48′39″E / 35.710139°N 139.81083°ECoordinates: 35°42′36.5″N 139°48′39″E / 35.710139°N 139.81083°E |
| Construction started | 14 July 2008 |
| Completed | 29 February 2012 |
| Opening | 22 May 2012 |
| Cost | 65 billion JPY (806 million USD) |
| Owner | Tobu Tower Skytree Co., Ltd. |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 634.0 m (2,080 ft) |
| Roof | 495.0 m (1,624 ft) |
| Top floor | 451.2 m (1,480 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 32 above ground 3 below ground |
| Lifts/elevators | 13 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Nikken Sekkei |
| Developer | Tobu Railway |
| Main contractor | Obayashi Corp. |
| Website | |
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Tokyo Skytree (東京スカイツリー Tōkyō Sukaitsurī?) is a broadcasting, restaurant, and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010 and reached its full height of 634.0 metres (2,080 ft) in March 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, displacing the Canton Tower, and the second tallest structure in the world after the Burj Khalifa (829.8 m/2,722 ft).
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 29 February 2012, with the tower opening to the public on 22 May 2012. The tower is the centrepiece of a large commercial development funded by Tobu Railway 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.
The design was published on 24 November 2006, based on the following three concepts:
The base of the tower has a structure similar to a tripod; from a height of about 350 m (1,150 ft) and above, the tower's structure is cylindrical to offer panoramic views of the river and the city. There are observatories at 350 m (1,150 ft), with a capacity of up to 2000 people, and 450 m (1,480 ft), with a capacity of 900 people. The upper observatory features a spiral, glass-covered skywalk in which visitors ascend the last 5 meters to the highest point at the upper platform. A section of glass flooring gives visitors a direct downward view of the streets below.
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