Eye in the sky: Climbing the new Tokyo Sky Tree

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 15:24 — Anonymous I don't often feel short in Tokyo --
I'm practically a giant here at 190 centimeters. But standing under the new
Tokyo Sky Tree makes me feel positively miniscule. At 634 meters, the Sky
Tree is now the tallest tower in the world. It's as imposing as Godzilla
but multiple monsters in height. So, when owner Tobu Railway invited press to
this steel colossus in Sumida Ward near Asakusa, I jumped at the chance.
I'd seen it from afar many times, but was still hit by an
ant-versus-mountain awe I got at the bottom. Donning a hard hat, I walked
through a forest of giant steel tubes -- the Sky Tree's exterior steel mesh
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