Tokyo's Skytree soars 634 metres (2,080 feet) upwards, giving spectacular views of the Japanese megalopolis and -- on a clear day -- the majestic Mount Fuji. The pronunciation in old Japanese of ...

Owned by TOBU RAILWAY CO., LTD., Tokyo Skytree is located in the Asakusa neighborhood in the historic Sumida Ward of Tokyo. At 634 meters high, it is the tallest stand-alone tower in the world.

Skytree stretches 2,080 feet from the ground to the transmission tower in its topmost turret. It displaced Tokyo Tower, opened in 1958, as the tallest structure in Japan at 1,092 feet.

Visitors flocked to the opening of Tokyo Skytree in Japan this morning. Measuring in at 2,080 feet, according to the Guinness Book of World Records it is the new tallest tower in the world.

Tokyo Skytree's official character Sorakara-chan, dressed in the costume of Detective Conan, also has four meet-and-greet sessions every day with visitors to pose for snapshots taken with them.

In designing Tokyo's Skytree—a broadcasting tower, restaurant, and observation tower that's the tallest tower in the world at 2,080 feet—special precautions needed to be taken to protect ...