Last night, different kinds of news put the high rise lovers in Tokyo in disarray.
First, Lotte (HQ: Shinjuku) unveiled an mazing plan of constrcuting 'Tokyo World Tower' (1008m !!) in Toshimaen Amuzement Park in Nerima ward.
But a few hours later, TV stations in Tokyo finally approved of 'Sumida Tower' which had been proposed by Sumida ward and Tobu Railway Company (HQ: Mukoujima). Press media simultaneously released the news that Sumida Tower had bidden on New Tokyo Tower project.

Tokyo Sky Tree 東京スカイツリー

Location:
Mukoujima area in Sumida ward (on the opposite bank of Asakusa) old down town!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/New_Tokyo_Tower.jpg/318px- http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/7893/imgabouttower.jpg

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Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting and the Role of the New Tower

In July 2011, the current analog broadcasting will end and a complete transition made to digital broadcasting.
Five commercial stations and NHK took this as a turning point to advance preparations towards digital broadcasting from a TV tower with a height of around 600m and decided on the Sumida/Taito area as the site for construction of the tower. In addition, for "one-segment broadcasting (one-seg)," a digital broadcasting service for mobile devices that was launched in April 2006, it is ideal to have transmissions from a height that is not very vulnerable to the forest of super high-rise buildings that stand at heights of around 200m in downtown Tokyo. Expectations are also on the tower to serve the role of a tower equipped with disaster prevention features.

facilities:
height: at least 634m
first observation deck: 350m
second obsevation deck: 450m
Broadcasting facilities, shopping complex, aquarium, Imax theatre & office tower

Developer:
Tobu Railway Company

Development Schedule:
2006: Basic design
2007~8: Execution design
July 2008: Start of construction
December 2011: (Scheduled) Construction completion
Spring 2012: (Scheduled) Grand opening

Location on Google Maps:
http://maps.google.co.jp/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=35.71015,139.8129&ie=UTF8&ll=35.71015,139.81155&spn=0.005959,0.00869&z=17&iwloc=addr

Official websites:
www.tokyo-skytree.jp
www.tokyo-skytree.jp/english/

http://www.rising-east.jp/index.html

Builders & designers websites:
www.skytree-obayashi.com/
http://www.nikken.co.jp/ja/skytree/

Lightning:
http://denko.panasonic.biz/Ebox/everleds/special/st/

I like it a lot!

No way, wh y such a futuristic design.....They promote its location as "the origin of Japanese tradition". Then why do they need to build such a futuristic building, which distort the tradition in the area.

why are they going to dedicate so much land to a tall antenna with a tiny shopping center base?

looks cool, whats the price tag on that bad boy?

Nah, the bottom is an Eiffel Tower wannabee (again...). The rest of it looks cool, though.

yay

I dunno if this is going to make shitamachi a "trendy" area. Right now nobody says "Hey, lets go shopping in Asakusa" unless they're looking to buy Japanese souvenirs for folks overseas. Most commuters don't even use Tobu's Asakusa terminal because it doesn't connect with anything- they change at Kita-Senju.

So I'm not really sure what they're going for here...

Does anybody have the render of the Tower Tokyo World 1008m...?

Nah, the bottom is an Eiffel Tower wannabee (again...).
yup. Sumida Tower is ugliest. (looks like the Tower Eiffel again). no more steel tower in Tokyo.


Does anybody have the render of the Tower Tokyo World 1008m...?
http://blog.atrai.net/images/e2411fc30c2505e239.jpg
the concept drawn by Reiji Matsumoto

BTW, Saitama Tower (over 600m) renderings
1. proposal by Obayashigumi
http://www.pref.saitama.lg.jp/A10/BL00/tower/obelisk.JPG
2. by SDBT
http://www.pref.saitama.lg.jp/A10/BL00/tower/SDBT1.JPG
3. by Nikken
http://www.pref.saitama.lg.jp/A10/BL00/tower/kajima.JPG
4. by Softbank
no renders. 700m's office tower with a spire
5.
no renders. 850m tower

Nice tower.It will create a whole new entertainment district in Tokyo.

Looks like a cross between Eiffel Tower and Pearl Tower.

Looks good, though:)

The 4th design of the Saitama Tower reminds me of Sir Norman Foster's Millennium Tower.

Short reign for world's tallest building: Tokyo tower to be completed in 2009
Times of London
18 March 2006

TOKYO - The world's tallest building will get the go-ahead next week, but the 610-metre-high (2,100-foot) Sumida Tower will hold the lofty title for only a few weeks.

The shining steel structure will soar above the Asakusa tourist district of central Tokyo after approval is granted by the city authorities.

But even if construction of the tower were to start Sunday, it would enjoy only a brief reign at the top of the world: its projected completion date in 2009 is very close to that of the Burj Dubai, which will be at least 80 metres taller.

The Japanese tower, laden with the satellite dishes and transmitters of six TV stations, will retain, for the time being, the crown of "world's tallest communications tower."

It will surpass the CN Tower in Toronto by 57 metres.

Regional jealousy has played a central role in plans for the tower itself.

Tokyo, conscious of its Asian rivals such as Taipei and Kuala Lumpur with far taller skyscrapers, has been growing increasingly anxious to get its Sumida Tower scheme underway and re-establish Japan's reputation as a country of spectacular engineering projects. But a long and bitter feud between rival districts along the city's famous Sumida river vying to host the tower has delayed a final decision.

Bidders in the Taito and Saitama districts spent much of their energies trying to persuade the panel of business leaders and professors that the other's location is more earthquake-prone.

The tower's function as a communications hub means that its destruction would cause extreme chaos.

Next week the consortium of six television companies behind the project will hand victory to Taito. The area is close to the Sensoji Temple, the Asahi Beer Hall and other popular Tokyo tourist attractions. It is, say the judges, more likely to attract fee-paying visitors in Taito than it would in Saitama.

The main company behind the project is Tobu Railway, which expects to shoulder most of the approximately 50 billion yen ($500 million Cdn) in construction costs.

We have never referred to New Tokyo Tower as world's tallest tower.
No Japanese expect that New Tokyo Tower would be titled 'world tallest', since we all know much higher towers/skyscrapers have been constructed/proposed in Moscow, Guangzhou, Chicago, Seoul,.. aside from Dubai.

I like it very much, Tokyo deserves one.

Honestly I don't like the idea of having this tower dominate Tokyo's skyline. The city already has one dominating freestanding structure which is the Tokyo Tower. If this is contructed/completed, then the city will have two which to me isn't that impressive.

I prefer having an iconic skyscraper with the same height as The Sumida Tower rather than seeing two freestanding structures.

Tokyo has a number of famous views, and most of them don't involve skyscrapers, such as the Rainbow Bridge view and Ginza. Having two icons in the skyline shouldn't be a bad thing. They're not close enough to be twins.

^^^Yeah!! and one more thing is that Tokyo tower is not tall enough to be a great solely landmark.

Great news! This is my (not so very good) drawing of it:
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=36514&drawingID=37481

So that means that the TV tower in Saitama is cancelled?

I love the project....but the location is far from the downtown.

Great Tower! :okay:

Tellest than CN Tower

Wow~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

When they start to build it up?

Wow!, this tower is amazing!, your country has the best buildings in the world... ¿What are the most taller buildings in this city?

^^ I agree.

Any updates? :)

Yep, it's gonna be the tallest broadcast tower in the world

^yeah, finally a tallest title for Tokyo, it really needed one :)

I am so exited about this new number one tower!!! I think the panorama from the top should be amazing!

New Tokyo tower to pump 47.3 billion yen to local economy annually
(Kyodo) _ A new 610-meter-high radio and TV transmission tower to be built in Tokyo's Sumida Ward will likely pump 47.3 billion yen a year to the local economy, a think tank said Wednesday.
The tower -- higher than the 553-meter CN Tower in Toronto, Canada, so far the world's tallest structure -- is expected to draw Japanese and foreign visitors to the new attraction in Sumida Ward, according to the Dai-ichi Life Research Institute.

Even before its completion in 2011, the 50-billion yen tower will likely add a total of 95.4 billion yen in sales of goods and services during the four-year construction period that will commence in 2008, the think tank said.

"The local economy is likely to receive strong stimulus from a likely surge in the number of foreign tourists and other expected results due to the combined tourist-attracting effects of the new tower and nearby long-time tourist spots like Asakusa and Ryogoku," it said.

The think tank forecasts 3 million Japanese and foreign visitors will visit the Sumida tower a year. The 333-meter-high Tokyo Tower, located in Minato Ward, attracts 2.6 million visitors a year.

Annual revenues from admission fees, transmission fees to be paid by Japan Broadcasting Corp. and five commercial TV broadcasters, hotel accommodation, as well as other sales to be directly induced by the new tower are projected at 29.7 billion yen. ADVERTISEMENT



On top of the revenues, the tower in Sumida Ward will induce such indirect economic effects as incomes to be reaped by financial institutions and the food industry that will feed its visitors, it said.

Apart from the tower's building costs, the construction will induce secondary effects for industrial segments related to its construction, including those for manpower agencies that will mediate in dispatching construction workers and for construction material makers like steelmakers, it added.

wow great tower very futuristic look.nice :cheers:

Rendered pic seems like i've seen in some manga :hahaha:

Any updates from the location???, anyone move this thread for constrution status please...

it is too tall!!!!!! that's amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.... LOL i'm from venezuela!!! :), here there are not buildings like that!!!!!! :(

Looks like Eiffel Tower...
Not too shabby. Hope they build it quick enough! :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEKECbK2S5I

That`s the final project for Sumida Tower...you can find also the construction schedule...
http://www.sumida-tower.jp/risingeast/gaiku.html

http://www.sumida-tower.jp/risingeast/kukakuseiri.html

can't wait to see the first construction photos

great that the construction is going through.

Wow,
Japanese architecture today must be alot about moving into the future huh?
here in Indy its more about preserving old ideas of architecture,
QUESTION!
are any historical japanese buildings being demolished for these steel eifiel tower like structure?

Wow,
Japanese architecture today must be alot about moving into the future huh?
here in Indy its more about preserving old ideas of architecture,
QUESTION!
are any historical japanese buildings being demolished for these steel eifiel tower like structure?The location for this new tower is where Tobu Railway had a freight railway station, which was demolished when they stopped freight railway service.
Besides its short history (400+ years), Tokyo was destroyed many times by fires, earthquakes and a bombing, and originally there are few historical buildings in Tokyo.
For old buildings, see Kyoto. Not a single high-rise stands there.

Okay,thanks,
but I think Tokoyo looks pretty nice being modern and new.

Woah that's crazy! like it though

Planners Reveal Design of 'New Tokyo Tower;' Will Be the Tallest Structure in the World
Friday, November 24, 2006
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,231722,00.html


new design

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6529/061124towerp0bk7.jpg

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/4411/tower3wb9.jpg

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/3097/tower1xe1.jpg

what are they gonna do with the old tokyo tower?

what are they gonna do with the old tokyo tower?

turn it into scrap metal :bash:

:lol:

simply amazing...

Planners Reveal Design of 'New Tokyo Tower;' Will Be the Tallest Structure in the World
Friday, November 24, 2006
new design
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/6529/061124towerp0bk7.jpg




What a tacky design!
:ohno:
:down: :down: :down: :down: :down: :down: :down: :down:
NIKKEN Sucks! :toilet:
:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:
I really hate and despise NIKKEN!

what are they gonna do with the old tokyo tower?

current Tokyo Tower is supposed to be used as observation tower.

This is a wonderful construction for Tokyo is a nice modern tower, that when they finish in the future it will be a big change for the skyline of Tokyo.
Tokyo is a wonderful city and one of the biggest cities in the world.

current Tokyo Tower is supposed to be used as observation tower.

it already is an observation deck? :bash:

the new tokyo tower looks great! ill make sure to visit it when its completed. :rock: :okay:

:nuts: WOW
THAT TOWER IS AMAZIG!!!

I WONDER WHAT THEY WILL DO ON THE TOP.
THAT WOULD BE NICE IF THEY PUT A RESTAURANT.
:) ANYWAY I'M HAPPY ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT.:banana:

AGAGAGAGAGAG cool tower waaaaa:eek2:
the tallest tower in the world but as you know ( because of burj dubai :ohno: )
its not the tallest structure not unless projects like sky city 1000 or Try 2004 are confirmed in japan :lol:

very nice i like the design

What a tacky design!
:ohno:
:down: :down: :down: :down: :down: :down: :down: :down:
NIKKEN Sucks! :toilet:
:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:
I really hate and despise NIKKEN!



hmmm... jealousy really does something to ya doesnt it?:bash:

nice design, this kind of towers in tokyo are designed to withstand earthquakes which is common in the country. that's why they're confident on building it in 610 m tall.

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Veryimpressive project!

WOW:)
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THAT TOWER GOING UP; PLEASE IF SOMEONE COULD TAKE PHOTOS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASES THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL. I HOPE THE CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED ALREADY. AS FAR AS I KNOW THIS TOWER SHOULD BE READY BY 2010 IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL.
WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON TOP OF THE TOWER? ANYONE KNOW?
WELL WHATEVER IT WILL BE I STILL LIKE IT.:banana:

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Here is a currently local advertizement. :nuts:
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Information for New Tokyo Tower
http://www.rising-east.jp/

The old tower is ready for some competition!

source: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/

Tokyo Tower to add 100 meters
Operator fears broadcasters will move to new tower

Nippon Television City Corp. is preparing to make Tokyo Tower higher in what is being viewed as a desperate bid to prevent TV broadcasters from switching to a much taller transmitting tower planned to be built in Sumida Ward.

The operator of the 333-meter landmark, which will be vying with a new 610-meter competitor dubbed "New Tokyo Tower," has drafted a plan to extend its digital broadcasting antenna by 80 to 100 meters.

To boost the height of Tokyo Tower's antenna by 100 meters, however, the structure itself will have to be lengthened by 20 meters, which would cost around ¥4 billion and be fully covered by the company, it said.

The new radio and TV transmitter tower to be built in Tokyo's Sumida Ward is slated to become the world's tallest structure when it begins operating in 2011.
continue reading (http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070923a3.html)

めっちゃ美しい!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG Beautiful


:banana:

i think Japan can do better than this design.. is not that it looks crap but..

めっちゃ美しい!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG Beautiful


:banana:

大阪弁　

oosaka-ben! kawaii!

i think Japan can do better than this design.. is not that it looks crap but..

I agree, it's not a bad design, but it's not great either. Tokyo Tower 1 is really cool, but for some reason I don't like this one.

大阪弁　

oosaka-ben! kawaii!

いいえ
和歌山弁やで！

I agree, it's not a bad design, but it's not great either. Tokyo Tower 1 is really cool, but for some reason I don't like this one.

it looks bit like a air control tower without a runway.. if only theres another Kenzo Tange.. he might draw out somethin that show us Japan! a building that u guys in this modern days can be proud of and know that its Japan! :cool:

I got a mansion in Minami Senju and I will be able to see a perfect view of the tower from my 14 floor balcony. (:D) !!!!! I will be taking many pictures of the the construction and upload it to my site and post it here for you guys to see.
www.dubaisupertalls.com

I got a mansion in Minami Senju and I will be able to see a perfect view of the tower from my 14 floor balcony. (:D) !!!!! I will be taking many pictures of the the construction and upload it to my site and post it here for you guys to see.
www.dubaisupertalls.com

Lucky you!

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いいえ
和歌山弁やで！

そんなかわれへんやん！:)

http://sankei.jp.msn.com/region/kanto/tokyo/071122/tky0711220329000-n1.htm

■新東京タワー

　都心のビル高層化に伴い、電波障害を防ぐために建設される地上デジタル放送用の電波塔。民放など在京放送事業者６社の要請に応じる形で、東武鉄道グループの子会社「新東京タワー株式会社」が事業主体となり、来夏に建設開始、平成２３年完成予定。一方、東京タワー（約３３３メートル）を運営する日本電波塔株式会社（東京都港区）が、アンテナを８０～１００メートル高くして地上デジタル化に対応すると表明。放送事業者の今後の対応にも注目が集まる。

Here they say they will start building the tower next summer.

is good, what about the millenium tower?

Hey, I would like you to tell me how can I do for leave meseges in hiragana, katakana and kanji, please answer in english.

^^
Copy paste or just write it.

Just make sure that you have installed East Asian languages in windows.
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/int_pr_install_languages.mspx?mfr=true

Then you have to change the language into Japanese in the language bar.

And then you can write Japanese、you have to write it in hiragana, then you can choose the kanji when press the space bar.

元気ですか？

OK thank you I was learning japanese, is funny and I discover is easier than english for me, because phometic is almost the same than spanish.

This 600 something high tower causes me such a nostalgic feeling.

It is like the 20's, when vanguard movements called modernist, like RUssian constructivism, Italian FUturism and so on, picture the future. The design of this tower seems to me to be an old new design. It is really a shame, as I wish it could follow the Cocoon tower's new approach of contemporary architecture in Tokyo. In brief, it is really ugly a structure for me. However, let us wait untill it is done, I might be surprised in a very good way though.

1985
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL252/1891404/18110486/304596540.jpg

2005
http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL252/1891404/18110486/304596529.jpg

News release

Tobu to commnece the constrcution of New Tokyo Tower and the adjoining office tower (Hotel, museum, and aquarium) on July 1st.

:banana:

i like the project but not the design.

This is the construction site (from http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/ (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbluestyle.livedoor.biz%2F&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=es&ie=UTF-8))

http://i30.tinypic.com/nvdttu.jpg

Woow it seems that everything is ready to start the construction!!!
amazing!! *___*

The old tower is ready for some competition!

source: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/

Tokyo Tower to add 100 meters
Operator fears broadcasters will move to new tower

Nippon Television City Corp. is preparing to make Tokyo Tower higher in what is being viewed as a desperate bid to prevent TV broadcasters from switching to a much taller transmitting tower planned to be built in Sumida Ward.

The operator of the 333-meter landmark, which will be vying with a new 610-meter competitor dubbed "New Tokyo Tower," has drafted a plan to extend its digital broadcasting antenna by 80 to 100 meters.

To boost the height of Tokyo Tower's antenna by 100 meters, however, the structure itself will have to be lengthened by 20 meters, which would cost around ¥4 billion and be fully covered by the company, it said.

The new radio and TV transmitter tower to be built in Tokyo's Sumida Ward is slated to become the world's tallest structure when it begins operating in 2011.
continue reading (http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070923a3.html)

This says that the tower's height may be extended 700 metres? I don't know if it can be that high. I prefer it to stay at 610 metres.

that refers to Tokyo Tower and not New Tokyo tower!

Today, Tobu Railway Co. makes the announcement of the name of "the New Tokyo Tower". It is Tokyo Sky Tree :toilet:

tacky design, :toilet:poor concept, :toilet:and corny name:toilet::down:

For decades, they've been using all the money they earned by Tojo Line to develop Tobu Main Line area, which has been proved as nothing but futile. Well, from June 14, when Fukutoshin Line opens, they finally start to invest a little on Tojo Line as well (such as TJ Liner), but I guess it's rather too late. People north to Kawagoe are already abandoning the rail (like those in north Saitama/Gunma), because of its poor service. :ohno:

World's tallest communications tower to be 'Tokyo Sky Tree'
10 June 2008
Agence France Presse

Developers planning the world's tallest self-supporting communications tower, which will dominate the skyline of the Japanese capital, Tuesday named it the "Tokyo Sky Tree."

Construction is set to begin next month in the city's less developed eastern side on the 610-metre (2000-foot) tower, slated to be completed in 2011 when Japanese broadcasters switch entirely to digital communications.

"We have an image of the new tower attracting people from around the world to create new culture and a town friendly to the environment," said Kinya Miyazuki, head of the company managing the project.

"The name of the new tower was officially decided to be Tokyo Sky Tree," he told a news conference. A nationwide poll was held to choose the name.

The Tokyo Sky Tree will overshadow landmarks in the capital's upscale western parts, including the 333-metre Tokyo Tower, which has served as a symbol of Japan's post-war miracle since 1958.

It will host two observation decks -- at 350 metres and 450 metres above ground -- restaurants and office space at a former freight shunting yard along the Sumida river.

"The name gives an impression of a new town striving towards the sky while adapting to the natural environment," said Sumida ward's mayor, Noboru Yamazaki, one of the members of the name selection committee.

The Tokyo Sky Tree will top the 553-metre CN Tower in downtown Toronto.

KTHI-TV Tower in North Dakota stands at 629 metres but is supported by cables.

The world's tallest structure is the Burj Dubai, which is expected to reach 900 metres when completed early next year in the Gulf emirate.

This is going to be interesting indeed :)

HERE I FOUND ANOTHER IMAGE FOR THE NEW TOKYO TOWER


http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7598/tokyo20japanbk0.jpg

very nice indeed

26/October/2008

Tokyo Sky Tree

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more pics here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/imresolt/sets/72157608375823460/

Finally some construction at the site.

Great Skyscraper...

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http://building-pc.cocolog-nifty.com/helicopter/ (http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fbuilding-pc.cocolog-nifty.com%2Fhelicopter%2F&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=es&ie=UTF-8)

I visited last year the Tokyo Tower and it is a very impressive architectural landmark.

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This skyscraper will be the "juel" of Tokyo :)

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Great i want see this new tower

image of lighting design released
http://www.neox.to/skytree/sky_cg_8.jpg
this reminds me of lightings in chinese cities:ohno: obviously not the tokyo-style

I wouldn't be surprised if the colours changed every night like tokyo tower or changed based on a timer mechanism, does anyone know if this may be the case?

^^
I don't know what the regular color would be like but I guess it would be white-only color.
That rainbow color which coldstar shows is probably only for the Tokyo Olympics 2016 promotion...(the color of musubi)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/TokyoSkyTree20091114.JPG/450px-November 2009

Photo by ひろぽん (TokyoSkyTree20091114.JPG)

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Tokyo Sky Tree: Room with a view
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TOKYO (TR) – Tall, steel-framed television transmission towers are not generally thought of as being attractive neighbors.

Yet real estate firm Sky Court is hoping that Tokyo Sky Tree, now under construction in the capital’s eastern Sumida Ward, will convey a different image.

The company has taken out newspaper advertising space to promote the units within its Sky Court Oshiage Ichibankan complex as investment properties due to their proximity to the future 634-meter-tall structure, which will make it the world’s tallest free-standing tower when it is completed next year.

“With a location in the center of the city and nearby public transportation, there are positive prospects for further developments in the area targeting single people seeking a lifestyle centered on convenience,” said company representative Tsutomu Sugiura in a dispatch to The Tokyo Reporter.
The 49 apartments range from 21 to 25 square meters and are priced between 19.8 million and 24.2 million yen. The property is located mere minutes from the white structure, presently at the 303-meter mark and draped in green construction netting. The newspaper ads estimate that one of the mid-size units will fetch roughly 68,700 yen per month on the current rental market.

Once finished, a mixed-use development will occupy an area at the tower’s base, which will front Kitajukken River and Shinsui Park.

Indeed, the area may be centrally located from a real estate perspective, as Sky Court says, but from a technology point of view the position of Tokyo Sky Tree, about 8 kilometers from the city’s financial district at Tokyo Station, is somewhat remote to eliminate the impact of the city’s skyscrapers on transmission signals.

Tokyo Tower has been a landmark in the metropolis since its establishment in 1958. The transmitter will largely be taken out of commission when Japan’s broadcasters switch to digital next year and begin utilizing Tokyo Sky Tree.

The urban land price index fell by 7.8 percent in the first half of last year for Japan’s six biggest cities, according to the Japan Real Estate Institute. But Sky Court believes the Tokyo Sky Tree, designed in part by famed architect Tadao Ando, is a highly positive selling point.

“It is natural to think that Tokyo Sky Tree will reach the same symbolic level of Tower Tokyo,” Sugimoto said. (C.J.)

http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2010/03/06/tokyo-sky-tree-room-with-a-view/

From now on also here.

03/06 Sky Tree blog round-up

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600 meter to the Tokyo Sky Tree (under construction)

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West side of the platform.

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canal

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in the clouds

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Today (7th)
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New Official Height:

311 meter
date: 03/06

http://www.tokyo-skytree.jp/

03/08 blog round up #1

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ameblo.jp/nzmst/

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Hey look, the tower has grown a bit today, the official height is already out of date.

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tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

03/09 blog round up #1

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tokyo-sky-tree.seesaa.net/

+ more

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ameblo.jp/therapind/

And a couple from last week

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a-nobusan.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

Wow almost halfway and in such a fast pace :)

that orange taxi got my attention :D

03/09 Blog Round up #2

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blogs.yahoo.co.jp/laputapalatino

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ameblo.jp/tokyo-skytree-blog/

Snow on the scaffolding, another cold day in Tokyo.

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tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

Current height, the blue line is the current height, the red line is the bottom of the scaffolding. You can see a change in the size of the levels, they get shorter towards the observation deck.

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03/10 Blog update:

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From Nippori Station.

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skytree.reporting.jp/

looks like is slowing down a bit.

^^ The last few weeks weren't as fast as before.

03/11 blog round up:

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tokyo-sky-tree.seesaa.net/

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512colors.blog120.fc2.com/

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http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4424125393_4ae1641e32_b.jpg
by kiyurino-jp on Flickr

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ameblo.jp/therapind/

The Sky Tree in Shonan Jump a popular weekly kids manga magazine

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damn, they are quick to add new landmarks in general manga.. hopefully it doesn't knock down the over used Tokyo tower :D

3/12 Blog round-up

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tokyo-sky-tree.seesaa.net/

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ameblo.jp/therapind/

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tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

Nice work at almost 300m.

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by kiyurino-jp on Flickr

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ameblo.jp/nzmst/

3/14 blog round up #1

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blog.goo.ne.jp/1walker

wow that tower is looking massive :happy:

3/16 blog round up #2

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Later on the day new core parts where lifted up, the tower is now well over 320 meters high.

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tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

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blog.goo.ne.jp/polo-/

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ameblo.jp/therapind/

3/17
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3/18 You can see they already added to the next "level"
http://tokyo-sky-tree.up.seesaa.net/image/20100318_1.JPG

3/18 blog round-up

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ameblo.jp/nzmst/

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ameblo.jp/tokyo-skytree-blog/

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ameblo.jp/therapind/

last night

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ameblo.jp/tokyo-skytree-blog/

And a few from earlier this week.

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ameblo.jp/tokyo-skytree-blog/

3/19

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blogs.yahoo.co.jp/masatoshi0102/MYBLOG/yblog.html

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ameblo.jp/therapind/

^^^^ How many floor this tower have???

^^ Not that many since it's not a building but a tower, it will only have floors in the base and the 2 observation pods.

3/10 blog update:

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ameblo.jp/nzmst/


Next week the tower cranes will rise again, plus their will be a new crane for the construction of the west side of the podium.

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tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

3/20 blog update #2

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close ups

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I really like the last picture, thanks momo :)

3/21 Blog round-up

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tokyoskytree634.seesaa.net/

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ameblo.jp/kakikaki2008/

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by petite-tomo on Flickr

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Flickr by Toshi_KMR

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eos.at.webry.info/

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j1w7.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

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blogs.yahoo.co.jp/cbscjp

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Flickr by motomocomo19

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New official height:

328m
http://www.tokyo-skytree.jp/


03/23 blog round-up

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tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

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ameblo.jp/therapind/

Truly beautiful as to how it goes from a triangle to a circle.
Love visiting this section to see the updates on projects in Japan.

I will hopefully be looking at the website tommorrow, the japanese version that is. Will look at some videos on there.

The Sky Tree on TV Tokyo.

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And on TBS television

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The new tower crane at the west side of the base.

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tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

03/26 blog update #1

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What do we see there in the back?

It hasn't passed the Tokyo Tower in height though, that will happen on Monday (03/29) as announced in the media.
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/economy/business/100326/biz1003261723033-n1.htm

Monday the new official height will be 338m.

But first with the new part on top it became 333m, the same height as the Tokyo Tower.

03/27 blog round-up

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tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

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Sky Tree watching has become popular.

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Probably next week we can see the beggining of the first pod :)

03/28

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a-nobusan.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

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bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

Official new height!

338 Meter
http://www.tokyo-skytree.jp/

It's Japans tallest now! :)

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www.yomiuri.co.jp


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Awesome! :banana:

おめでとう！

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even better in HD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQEjewSX0A8

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03/29 Blog round-up:

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ameblo.jp/kiyurino-jp/

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sahappinessinfo.blog83.fc2.com/

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nonasan.exblog.jp/

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anmitsumame.way-nifty.com/ueno/

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4472531287_f018960964_o.jpg
Flickr by kokoi8

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512colors.blog120.fc2.com/

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ameblo.jp/kiyurino-jp/

From Hakuta
H22.3.30
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http://kenplatz.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/building/news/20100324/540193/tz3.jpg

▼スカイツリーのLED照明、採用の決め手は“紫”:)
http://kenplatz.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/building/news/20100324/540193/?ST=led
2011 年に竣工予定の東京スカイツリーのライトアップには、どのような経緯でLED照明
が採用されたのか。照明設計を担当した戸恒浩人氏が、3月12日まで開催されていたLED
照明の総合展示会「LED Next Stage 2010」の併設セミナーでその理由について語った。

▼ The LED illumination of the sky tree, the decisive factor of the adoption are "purple"
What kind of process was LED illumination adopted by for the light up of the completion
planned Tokyo sky tree in 2011? 戸恒浩人氏 in charge of an illumination design talked
about the reason by a juxtaposition seminar of general exhibition
"LED Next Stage 2010" of LED illumination held until March 12.

ah finally I see a picture of the sky tree and tokyo tower :master:

04/01

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ameblo.jp/nzmst/

more steel is delivered with shapes we haven't seen before.

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This one got an extension that might have something to do with the 1st pod.

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tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

04/02 blog update:

We have to wait a bit longer for the 1st visible sings of the observation pod up on the tower, it's still wrapped in scaffolding.

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tokyo-sky-tree.seesaa.net/

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ameblo.jp/nzmst/

HERMOSA Y TORRE AMAZING, Hasta la próxima, desde Puebla MEXICO:wave:

04/03 Blog update

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Every weekend more and more Sky Tree watchers

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From Tokyo Opera City

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bluestyle.livedoor.biz/


Sakura Sakura Sakura

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And finally some clarity on the construction for the next months.

First April, we won't see the 1st observation pod, but the tower will grow to 370m.

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tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

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But in May the construction of the 1st pod will start and in June they will already continue with the tower body, there will be some huge progress in those 2 months.

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Awesome pictures!!!

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http://tokyo-sky-tree.up.seesaa.net/image/20100330_3.JPG

http://tokyo-sky-tree.up.seesaa.net/image/20100326_3.JPG

Pictures are from 3/26 :)

04/06

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ameblo.jp/nzmst/

Low rise works

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tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

04/08 blog round-up #1

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tokyo-sky-tree.seesaa.net/

The core grew a bit again today.

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tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

04/10 blog round-up

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But we can see the 1st signs that the current levels of the tower body won't be visible because of the pod. The big steel tubes are much more basic and aren't white anymore. And they also halved the number of tubes that make the outer circle of the tower body.

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tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

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ameblo.jp/tokyo-skytree-blog/

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4/11 blog round-up

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a-nobusan.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

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ameblo.jp/tokyo-skytree-blog/

The 1/25 model of the Sky Tree at Tobu World Square in Nikko is almost completed.

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tokyoskytree634.seesaa.net/

That model is cute :P. Momo chan now the sky tree will slow down right? :( Because of pod

That model is cute :P. Momo chan now the sky tree will slow down right? :( Because of pod
It will grow to 370 meters this month, that's still pretty fast. But then it will only grow 20 meters in 2 months if it going to reach 390 meter in June, that's indeed because of the pod. And in the 2nd half of this year it should grow another 110 meters to reach the top of the tower body, that's also only about 20 meters per month. But that's still fast compared with the last 134 meter, when they will jack up the spire from out of the core. Next year we won't be able to see such obvious fast progress on a daily basis like we did up to now.

New Official Height:

349m
http://www.tokyo-skytree.jp/

04/13 blog update

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isanko.mo-blog.jp/blog/

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ameblo.jp/kiyurino-jp/

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plaza.rakuten.co.jp/hitoshinoheya/

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ameblo.jp/tokyo-skytree-blog/

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ameblo.jp/kiyurino-jp/

Last weekend

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Flickr by jorge.kashima

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tokyonightfall.blog62.fc2.com/

That's great, Sakura and sky tree will never get old :)

4/15 In the clouds :)
http://tokyo-sky-tree.up.seesaa.net/image/20100415_1.JPG

props to whoever took that picture of the sakuras and the Skytree :master:

The first safety nets inside of the tower have been removed, making the steel frame more transparent.

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tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

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ameblo.jp/tokyo-skytree-blog/


A couple of days ago

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blogs.yahoo.co.jp/laputapalatino

Those are awesome pictures!!!

mm first time i see tokyo with fog.. :nuts:

04/16 Blog round up

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tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

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ameblo.jp/tokyo-skytree-blog/

And some helicopter shots from last weekend.

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East side podium building construction, still mostly underground.

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by kiyurino-jp

^^ that last photo... wow

amazing............

4/18 blog round up #1

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ameblo.jp/nzmst/

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tokyo-sky-tree.seesaa.net/

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512colors.blog120.fc2.com/

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runfaster.blog116.fc2.com/


Youtube

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04/17 timelaps

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damn the motion of the clouds looks nice.
and
damn it already looks tall next to the small buildings :O

Hi.
Beautiful pictures.
Is the tower well appreciated by the population in Tokyo?

04/21 blog round-up

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ameblo.jp/tokyo-skytree-blog/

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512colors.blog120.fc2.com/

The crane jump is now a week delayed, but new crane tower parts are on site.

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tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

My 2 last international webblog updates:
04/22 Blog quick blog update #2:

The crane jump also resulted a new height increase, new core parts where lifted up onto the tower.

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ameblo.jp/tokyo-skytree-blog/
Tokyo seriously needs some good weather.

04/23 in the clouds again.

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ameblo.jp/nzmst/

04/25 blog update #1

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ameblo.jp/tokyo-skytree-blog/

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ameblo.jp/nzmst/


yesterday

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runfaster.blog116.fc2.com/

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tokyoskytree634.seesaa.net/


According to next weeks schedule we will already see the next crane jump.

でかい　建造物　なっている

4/26

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http://tokyo-sky-tree.seesaa.net/
^ おおきに。:)

Construction video 4/26
G_MVcjeDG0E

＾ Cool video, watch it in 1080HD! :)

04/30 blog round-up #1

Early morning

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tokyo-sky-tree.seesaa.net/

10 AM

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Placing the new part

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End of the morning

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ameblo.jp/nzmst/

The current official height is 358m, the target for April was 370m. On the last day of the month they almost reach this target, it's still on schedule to start working on the 1st observation pod this month.

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Source: http://bluestyle.livedoor.biz/archives/51835037.html

05/01

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~~~~~~


NEW OFFICIAL HEIGHT:

368 Meter
http://www.tokyo-skytree.jp/


05/03 quick blog update:

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ameblo.jp/nzmst/

They are very much working during the golden week, no rest for the builders.

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But it does mean a big crowd of Sky Tree Watchers for a Monday morning.

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tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

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512colors.blog120.fc2.com/

05/01

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ずいぶん高くなりましたね！
デザイン変更して、そのまま高さ１キロメートル程度でニードルのようなタワーにしても良さそうです。:lol:

05/04 blog round-up #1

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ameblo.jp/nzmst/

They have removed 1 piece of the scaffolding on the spot where the 1st pod will start to grow out of the tree.

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tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

And since they where late with the new construction schedule for this week we only now now that tomorrow will be the start of construction for the 1st pod.

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blogs.yahoo.co.jp/masatoshi0102/MYBLOG/yblog.html

And on Friday they will start with another crane jump.

05/05 blog round up #1

1st day of observation pod construction.

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ameblo.jp/nzmst/

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ameblo.jp/tokyo-skytree-blog/

The pod is starting finally :banana:

^^ Yeeeeey!!! ^__^

05/08 & 05/09 blog round up.

first yesterday.

We saw a crane jump and the tower growing for about 10m again.

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ameblo.jp/tokyo-skytree-blog/

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tokyo-sky-tree.seesaa.net/

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tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

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This morning

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Hyundai most have paid alot of money to have their ad there :lol:

05/10 blog round up #2

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tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

And the video, ofcourse in HD on the youtube page if you click on it:

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They are doing the pod AND it's still growing tall!! Impressive :)

5/11

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5/12

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nice progress

>>>>>>>>>>scroll>>>>>>>>>>

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bluestyle.livedoor.biz/

05/14 quick update.

Yes, no blog update this time but my own pictures taken from the airport express to the city. :) Don't mind the quality, it was already becoming a bit dark and the train wasn't going slow.

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As you can see they continued with removing the nets in the tower.

Tomorrow a proper update. :)

Yesterday, 05/15

1.
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2.
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3.
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4.
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5.
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6.
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7.
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11.
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12.
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13.
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14.
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15.
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16.
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New official height;
379m

www.tokyo-skytree.co.jp

Today (05/17), my pictures from far away in Odaiba.

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/7815/p1040542e.jpg

The haze cleared up a bit.

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6155/p1040594.jpg

They actually raised one of the cranes.

And later on the day they even put up a new core part.

5/17 blog round-up.

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/4971/1005170015.jpg
tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

Making the 379m already outdated.

Here is my video from yesterday May 18th (and yes that's my silly voice :().

5WASognyQu0

Some pictures :)

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Video I took of construction :)
4lLIVL8TXqQ

I would like to see a panoramic photo of Tokyo and see where this tower is located and how far it is from the city centre, say the Imperial Palace.

@WANCH:

I made this photo on the Tokyo Tower last week

http://chugokugo.de/bilder/japan/skytree.JPG

You can see the growing skytree in the background.

amazing pics

Some horrible weather today, you couldn't see it from pretty close by. But they still worked on the 1st pod, adding more steel again. The real 24/7 skytree watchers found a little gap in the clouds to print it onto their SD cards.

05/24 blog update #2

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2465/1005240034.jpg
tokyo2ndtower.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/


And the official height also changed today to:

389m

http://www.tokyo-skytree.jp/


Together with the August diagram a new 3 months schedule has been put onto the message boards around the sites.

http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/8578/1005240019.jpg

Main points:
- the pod will be finished early July
- the new crane will be put up right after that
- it will grow to 440m
- work on the east and west podium buildings will continue.

@WANCH:

I made this photo on the Tokyo Tower last week

You can see the growing skytree in the background.

Thanks man! Its really far from the city centre.

^^ Some parts of town that are considered center are even further away then the Sky Tree from the spot where that picture was taken.


Today (05/26)

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^^ Some parts of town that are considered center are even further away then the Sky Tree from the spot where that picture was taken.


Today (05/26)

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This images is going to be much cooler once the tower is completed.

Woooow!! Great shots from Asakusaaa *__*

OMG!!
Wonderfull!!
it´s great!!
cool tower! and very big :)
perfect for Tokio!
TOKIO IT´S THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD!
my goal is to go to Tokyo some day soon :D

Momo1435 , nice pictures. can`t wait to be back in asakusa ( right near senso-ji ).

today

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bonus

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/264/p1060459.jpg

That bonus shot from Tokyo Dome area, is AWESOME!!! Thanks ;)

Today's pictures

First one is from Haneda airport, today it was already more hazy then yesterday so it's not as clear as I would have liked it to be. The picture was also pretty hard to take since the viewing decks have these fences with holes in them for taking pictures. But if you want to take a picture from an angle it's pretty hard because the fence is just in the way. And then you have to click at the exact right moment, this one was just a bit too early but it was the clearest and the straightest out of my couple of tries.

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/5581/img9002ev.jpg

The others are from Ueno Zoo and just outside Ueno station.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6513/p1060511l.jpg

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/5372/p1060518o.jpg

http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/7761/p1060520s.jpg

This Sunday I will go for the last time to the Sky Tree to take pictures close-by before I go back home again.

if you`ll go to the Sky Tree why don`t you visit & make pictures to the nearby Kameido ( sun street, etc ) ?

My video from today June 5th 2010 :).

Tokyo Sky Tree
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(Sorry for my bad accent).

Some pictures.

http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/Japan%202010/Tokyo%20Sky%20tree%20may%2018th/Tokyo%20SKy%20tree%20june%205th/IMG_5115.jpg

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I think this is the construction of the skyscraper
http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss106/AhoChaudeJP/Japan%202010/Tokyo%20Sky%20tree%20may%2018th/Tokyo%20SKy%20tree%20june%205th/IMG_5114.jpg

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Today: (06/06)

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The fun is over...

06/07 early morning from the Narita Airport Express.

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Now it's back to the good old blog updates.

Some blog pictures from 06/12 (yesterday)

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06/15 blog round up

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http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/5111/img587380151850151.jpg
blogs.yahoo.co.jp/masatoshi0102/MYBLOG/yblog.html

And 2 from last week

http://i47.tinypic.com/24g4x8h.jpg

http://i48.tinypic.com/jl311i.jpg
a-nobusan.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/

credits and thanks to all the photographers.

some more of mine from Asakusa the other day:

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http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4716311967_ab5bd4bd4f_b.jpg

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/southtek/

How high is because the tower?

Tokyo Sky Tree--building it safely

Because dropping a heavy tool or even a bolt from a high structure in a busy urban area could pose a serious danger to people below, the builder of the now nearly 400-meter-high Tokyo Sky Tree in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, is taking extraordinary precautions.

Tokyo Sky Tree, which will reach 634 meters when completed, is now 398 meters high and likely to surpass 400 meters by the end of July. In constructing the world's highest self-standing radio wave transmission tower, workers are doing their jobs at unprecedented heights.

The tower is being built near Narihirabashi Station on the Tobu Isezaki Line in a residential area where the station platform, rails and houses are concentrated.

Below the tower, trains come and go, and nearby residents walk on roads.

The biggest difference between the construction of Tokyo Sky Tree and that of other skyscrapers, such as the 296-meter-tall Yokohama Landmark Tower, is the environment surrounding the structures.

This has led Obayashi Corp., the main contractor for Tokyo Sky Tree, to introduce unprecedented safety measures in the tower's construction.

For example, the general contractor decided to build the huge steel frame scaffolding for the tower on the ground before lifting it into place with cranes, instead of building the scaffolding on the tower.

This reduces the risk of workers dropping tools while building the scaffolding high up on the tower.

In addition, tarps are placed to protect the workers from winds and block the sometimes dizzying view of the ground far below.

Two safety lines are attached to each worker. Even if workers detach one rope to move from one scaffold to another, the other remains in place. Tools and even ball-point pens are tied with cords to workers' belts. In addition, approximately 100-meter-long protective steel panels are set up over the railway just beneath the tower.

Thanks to those efforts, no workers have fallen and no tools have dropped since the start of the construction in July 2008.

However, on April 17, when Tokyo saw the season's latest snowfall in 41 years, officials were forced to reexamine the safety measures. According to Tobu Tower Sky Tree Co., the business operator of Tokyo Sky Tree, a a lump of snow believed to have stuck to the tower fell near a store in the area.

Though no one was injured, the incident alarmed local residents because of the danger of possible head injuries.

The steel frames of Tokyo Sky Tree are coated with a highly water-repellent material that makes it hard for snow to adhere to them. But despite this measure, another lump of snow, which was believed to have fallen from the tower, was found more than 100 meters from the tower on another occasion.

As the tower will grow even higher, it is possible that workers will have to respond to unknown threats, such as strong gusts of wind. It is also possible that abnormal weather conditions could occur before the work is finished late next year.

A Tobu Tower Sky Tree Co. official said: "We are fighting nature. Though we have implemented safety measures, unpredictable incidents may occur. So we'll have to cope with the situation by continual inspections and accumulating experience."
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20100628TDY03T04.htm

28th

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http://tokyo-sky-tree.seesaa.net/

Cool photos.
This is really climbing high.

I rode in a helicopter over Tokyo about 2 weeks ago and snapped this pic:
http://www.yimby.se/shared/scc/japan/tokyo/skytree/DSC_0133.jpg

Awesome!

I rode in a helicopter over Tokyo about 2 weeks ago and snapped this pic:
http://www.yimby.se/shared/scc/japan/tokyo/skytree/DSC_0133.jpg

dont you have a larger shot to the right side? ( another bridge over sumida, the one used by trains )

Two more pics:
http://www.yimby.se/shared/scc/japan/tokyo/skytree/DSC_0135.jpg

http://www.yimby.se/shared/scc/japan/tokyo/skytree/DSC_0145.jpg

Two more pics:


http://www.yimby.se/shared/scc/japan/tokyo/skytree/DSC_0145.jpg


hehe, i can see where i stayed few months , near matsuya, asakusa.

07/05 blog round up

The 1st of the original cranes has been dismantled, parts of it have been lowered onto the pod other parts have come down to ground level.

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ameblo.jp/tokyo-skytree-blog/

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And on Sunday the press was allowed to go into the tower again.


The core:

http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/1817/201007052321491l.jpg

The parts for the spire are rolled into the tower base.

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/3135/201007052321811l.jpg
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20100705-OYT1T00254.htm

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http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20100704-OYT1T00606.htm

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http://www.47news.jp/CN/201007/CN2010070401000250.html


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Asahi is also selling it's own Tokyo Sky Tree beer.
http://www.asahibeer.co.jp/news/2010/0705_2.html

http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/6886/bsc1007051413002p1.jpg
http://www.sankeibiz.jp/business/news/100705/bsc1007051413002-n1.htm

They already had the Sky Tree water and ice tea.

^^ I wanna drink Asahi Beer with Tokyo Sky Tree label!!! It is so nice!!
Thanks for the info :)

7/13
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7/14
http://tokyo-sky-tree.up.seesaa.net/image/20100714_1.JPG

http://tokyo-sky-tree.up.seesaa.net/image/20100714_2.JPG

Progress on the office tower!

http://tokyo-sky-tree.up.seesaa.net/image/20100714_3.JPG

http://tokyo-sky-tree.seesaa.net/

Tokyo Sky Tree a growing part of Kanto's skyline

From Utsunomiya to Mt. Tsukuba to Chiba Port Tower, Tokyo Sky Tree is becoming a part of the Kanto skyline.

Two years after construction started on the terrestrial digital broadcasting tower in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, the "tree" now stands 398 meters high and has become a dominant part of the horizon in Tokyo--and beyond.

About 700 pictures of the tower, taken from various spots, are carried on a Web site called "Tokyo Sky Tree Kokokara Mieruyo Map" (Map showing from where you can see Tokyo Sky Tree) managed jointly by the tower's constructor, Tobu Tower Sky Tree Co., and an office of copywriter Shigesato Itoi.

The longest-range picture of the tower when the Web site was launched in February was taken from Hachioji, western Tokyo--about 45 kilometers from the tower--according to Itoi's office. The tower was about 300 meters tall in February.

Recently, pictures taken from Mt. Kogashi in Utsunomiya, about 100 kilometers from the tower, and from Mt. Tsukuba in Ibaraki Prefecture, about 65 kilometers away, have been contributed to the Web site.

"The tower can be seen from more and more places. We've been surprised to get photos from places further away than we expected," an official in charge of the Web site said.

The tower can be seen from Chiba Port Tower in Chuo Ward, Chiba, and Umihotaru Parking Area of the Tokyo Bay Aqua Line expressway in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture. A person using the binoculars on the Peace Museum of Saitama's observation tower in Higashi-Matsuyama, Saitama Prefecture, would be able to see the tower despite being about 50 kilometers away.

Tokyo Sky Tree is expected to top 400 meters in late July or early August, and be completed in December 2011. When finished, the 634-meter tower will be visible from Mito and from the southern tip of the Boso Peninsula--about 90 kilometers away. The tower might also be visible from even further away from higher altitudes.

Construction of the second observation deck, which will be 450 meters above ground, will start this autumn or winter. The view from this deck will take in a 75-kilometer radius, including places such as Lake Kasumigaura in Ibaraki Prefecture and the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20100715TDY03T05.htm

Maybe the cutest update so far?

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Last couple of days blog update with some amazing pano's:


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ameblo.jp/tokyo-skytree-blog/

Does it have a food court like Tokyo Tower? Hmmm. No Makkudonarudo? No Eru-Ei-Pi-tsa? If not, then 333m Tokyo Tower will still be the champ! :smug:

With 1 day delay it finally happened, the tower passed the 400m barrier.

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Now it's a race up to the 2nd pod, it should climb up to 440m in August, back to the old speed again.

Yay!! :banana:

07/31 Sumida River Fireworks Festival blog round up.

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Sky Tree Today took a helicopter flight earlier in the day.

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skytree.reporting.jp/

The skyscraper should be finished really soon. It's progress is so fast!

That so nice photos and that rapid advances the tower, I like much since is staying, it goes is necessary to be spectacular.

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8/1 More progress on SkyTree and the Skyscraper!

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http://tokyo-sky-tree.seesaa.net/

New schedule information.

New target for August:

430m

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/3764/100801a09.jpg


And it looks like they will go to the top of the steel frame before they start on the second pod, that means that it can already top out at 495m in October.

http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/6671/100801a07.jpg

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/4617/100801a08.jpg


but 1st there will be a crane jump this Thursday and Friday.

http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/291/1008020021.jpg

So it's much ahead of schedule? :)

Impressive tower indeed! :cheers:

So it's much ahead of schedule? :)
It looks like they are right on target. At the end of the year the spire already be visible according to the original schedule, that should be possible.

http://i41.tinypic.com/27wr6gw.jpg

I have a feeling that it will topped out long before December 2011, but then finishing the tower will take it's time. They can for example only finish installing all the elevators in the core after the spire is jacked up completely.

They are going to build the spire inside of the tower? I saw a japanese video on it but I still don't get it. They just said it will come from inside and go up. How high is the spire alone anyways

http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3426/o0800060010668487031.jpg



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i made some photos of skytree from the same angle, i avoided the brown building !

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4011/4211983187_d7ffa5de4c_b.jpg