東京 T O K Y O the stunning metropolis - 東京タワー TOKYO TOWER

[Vapour]

The 333m/1092ft Tokyo Tower (Nikken Sekkei 1958) is a must for every tourist visiting Tokyo. It has 2 observatories at 150m/492ft and 250m/820ft, which offer a fantastic panoramic view of the city. If you’re lucky enough, you can see as far as Mount Fuji (80km/50miles if I remember well) or Chiba city. There are many other tall buildings offering views of Tokyo, but this is the tallest and in case you don’t like Tokyo tower, going up to the its top is the only way to get it out from your Tokyo skyline pictures :D

東京タワー TOKYO TOWER

Approaching the tower

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Old & new

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Roppongi Hills Mori Tower (2003. KPF, 238m/781ft) from within... I love that building.

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Pics taken from the 150m/492ft observatory

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Shinjuku & Roppongi

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Shiodome

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Roppongi

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1015_tokyo_tower_kara_150m_mori.jpg

Roppongi Hills. The two residential towers are 159m/522ft tall.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1015_tokyo_tower_kara_150m_roppongi_hills.jpg

Minatoku & Odaiba

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Zojoji temple at the feet of Tokyo tower.

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Can you see the mount Fuji? Yay!

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1015_tokyo_tower_kara_150m_fujisan.jpg

Shinjuku

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1015_tokyo_tower_kara_150m_shinjuku2.jpg

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Observatory at 250m/820ft

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1302_2004_1015_tokyo_tower_kara_250m_shiodome.jpg

Mmmm

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1303_2004_1015_tokyo_tower_kara_250m_shiodome2.jpg

Construction site of the Tokyo Mid-Town project (due to 2007. 248m/814ft)

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Azabu juuban

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I like this one. Far far away you can see the Makuhari high-rise complex in Chiba city with 18 towers over 100m.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1015_tokyo_tower_kara_250m_harumi.jpg

The 201m/659ft Izumi Garden Tower by Nikken Sekkei.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1015_tokyo_tower_kara_250m_green.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1015_tokyo_tower_kara_250m_atago.jpg

:bow:

[Revaddict]

Tokyo is just crazy, I don't think there is anything like this anywhere else in the world. It's just high rise buildings to the horizon.

Vapour, you're the man.

[Imperfect Ending]

Just lost in my envy

[CHARLIE-smile]

Good job!Vapour.....
But"The 201m/659ft Izumi Garden Tower by Nikken Sekkei."~there is something wrong about this.
According to the data from Japanese website,it's 216m,not 201m.
Anyway,thanks for your sharing. :)

[Alan934]

Hot Damn! Tokyo Wa Ichiban

[Nick]

Nice pictures Vapour.

I like the Roppongi Hills building.Its a real MONSTER!!!!!!!!!!

Tall and meaty!!!!!

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/132004_1015_tokyo_tower_kara_150m_roppongi_hills.jpg

[Vapour]

Roppongi Hills :drool:

[STR]

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/photopost/data/500/1329.jpg

What's with the bundled tube structure? It looks like a squat green Sears Tower.

[ejd03]

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What's with the bundled tube structure? It looks like a squat green Sears Tower.

Ha funny! then all boxy buildings are just same as world trade tower!! because world trade tower is boxy

[STR]

^It's not just the structural system. It's the massing. You've got two tubes that go all the way to the top. Three that stop just below them. And two sets of diagionally symmetrical setbacks at two different levels.

Now granted there are only so many ways to articulate a bundled tube structure, but this one looks like it was inspired by Sears. It's not a bad thing per se, but it is not without precedent in Tokyo. After all, what is Tokyo Tower designed after?

BTW It has been said by many people that all box-towers are rip-offs of the Seagram Building in NYC.