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The Tokyo Sky Tree will appear in the Narihirabashi/Oshiage area of Sumida Ward, Tokyo in 2011. Boasting a height of about 610m, the tower will be one of the world's tallest.



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.

Birth of a Town with a Tower

At the foot of the new tower will be a "town with a tower" spans about 400m from east to west, connecting Oshiage Station and Narihirabashi Station, and encompassing an area of about 3.69ha. A networking plaza leading from Oshiage Station to the tower lobby on level four of the facility, three plazas in front of the station and along Kitajukken River, and Shinsui Park will form a community environment where visitors and nearby residents will gather.

Location

Located about 1km east of Asakusa - a town filled with the atmosphere of a shitamachi (the traditional name for the area of Tokyo that extends from Taito, Chiyoda and Chuo Wards east of the Sumida River where many merchants, craftsmen, etc. reside) - and about 2km northeast of Ryogoku - a town famous for sumo wrestling. The new tower stands in a major traditional international tourism zone of Japan.

Development Schedule

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

Official Website:
http://www.tokyo-skytree.jp/english/
 
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#1,467 ·
Uaarkson wrote:
That's an intense amount of what I assume is safety netting. Is this due to suicide concerns? I experienced first hand the kind of precautions in day to day life the japanese take to prevent "accidents".
I'm guessing that the safety netting is there to catch any tool or loose material that might accidentally be dropped and possibly hit a worker below. Due to the unusual shape and construction of this project they've had to go to alot of extra effort to set it up. This can be dangerous work and I recall many years ago when I lived in Seattle that a worker fell over 40 stories to his death on a skyscraper construction site. I've also wondered how they get the workers into those cranes and into those areas where the pieces are attached.
 
#1,472 · (Edited)
^^ They cranes will indeed be raised again this month. The current height of the cranes is 84m but this month the tower is going to grow to 90m, they have to raise them to make the planned progress possible.

two more pictures.




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And from Juli 14 you will be able to buy 2 Tokyo Sky Tree drinks made by Asahi, Both the the tea and the water will have the Sky Tree logo on the bottle.

「東京スカイツリー」デザインした十六茶と「バナジウム天然水」

アサヒ飲料は2009 年6月30日、都内で建設中の「東京スカイツリー」をペットボトルのラベルに印刷した「十六茶」と「富士山のバナジウム天然水」を7月14日に発売する、と発表した。2012年の開業を控え、地域の活性化につなげたい考え。販売エリアは関東甲信越地区の1都9件限定で、価格は「十六茶」が140円で「バナジウム天然水」が115円(いずれも税別)。
http://www.j-cast.com/mono/2009/07/04044322.html

 
#1,473 ·
^^

I love Japanese limited edition drinks. I wish I had thought to stock up on Pocari Sweat or Calpis while I was in Osaka last summer... Ah well.

Wonderful pictures as usual, this tower is rising so fast!
 
#1,479 ·
thinking that the rising bit of the tower is only small part of the tower, it wont rise TOO fast as a whole tower.
Is 29 meters in 1 month not fast? That's like a meter per day.
 
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