The Tokyo Skytree project started in 2006. From the beginning, its creators determined to draw on the oldest Japanese architecture and aesthetics even as they crafted an ultramodern tower ...

Tokyo Skytree’s slim, futuristic design, a sharp contrast to Tokyo Tower’s triangular, broad-based profile, initially took residents some getting used to. But today, its silhouette has become ...

The Tobo Tower Skytree company has signed to be an official supporter in the third domestic tier of Tokyo 2020's sponsorship programme. Tobo operates the transmission tower and observation deck at ...

TOKYO – Three inches of glass. That’s all that separated me and a small group of tourists from the great plunge. We were standing some 1,500 feet above the world’s most populous c… ...

The tallest freestanding tower in the world opened on May 22 2012, rising to a height of 634m over the Sumida skyline. While its main function is as a TV broadcasting tower, the Tokyo Skytree has ...

TOKYO (AP) -- The world's tallest tower and Japan's biggest new landmark, the Tokyo Skytree, opened to the public on Tuesday. Nearly 8,000 visitors were expected to take high-speed elevators up to ...

TOKYO, July 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- TOBU TOWER SKYTREE Co., Ltd., the operator of TOKYO SKYTREE, is holding 'To the Sky Beyond Imagination TOY STORY SKY IN TOKYO SKYTREE,' to commemorate the 30th ...

The 2,080-foot Skytree — a communications tower that includes offices and the most spectacular panoramic views in Japan — is overshadowed only by Dubai’s 2,716-foot Burj Khalifa skyscraper.