Interesting Facts About The Tallest Tower In Japan

The amount of steel to build the Tokyo Skytree TV tower is equivalent to 200 cargo planes.
Interesting things about the TV tower Tokyo Skytree
After opening in 2012, the Tokyo Skytree TV tower has become the top spot of interest in the Japanese capital. Located in Sumida district, the 634 m high tower is the tallest building in the country of the rising sun and ranks first among the tallest TV towers on the planet.
Since Tokyo has many 200-meter-high buildings in the center, it is imperative to build a 600-meter-tall TV tower for broadcasting.
Construction plan for this project started in February 2005 by the owner of Tobu railway company, Nikken Sekkei architectural firm

. To deal with the frequent earthquakes, they applied construction techniques similar to the Horyuji Temple in the ancient capital Nara. This 5-storey building has stood for more than 1,300 years with a central core pillar.
Engineers also dropped weather balloons to an altitude of 600 meters to collect data on the wind speed and the risk of disturbances at that altitude The shock gauge at a depth of 3 km was set up to understand the soil type and what would happen if an earthquake occurred.




According to the original design, the building will be 610 m high. However, to ensure this will be the tallest TV tower in the world, the number 634 m was given. The Guinness World Record was awarded to the Tokyo Skytree TV tower on November 17, 2011 in the category of the tallest (non-building) tower in the world. In addition, the number 634 pronounced in the old Japanese word mu-sa-shi evokes the name of ancient Musashi prefecture covering an area including Tokyo, Saitama Prefecture and parts of Kanagawa Prefecture.
The Tokyo Skytree TV tower is painted in white and floats against the blue sky of the capital. When painting the tower, the engineers added a bit of Aijiro - the brightest shade of traditional Japanese indigo blue, like white porcelain. At night, the tower is illuminated in different colors with different themes
Tokyo Skytree inaugurated after nearly 4 years of construction, from 7/2008 to 2/2012.



If you walk up the tower, you will have to climb 2,523 stairs. About 36,000 tons of steel were used to build the tower, equivalent to the weight of 200 Jumbo Jet cargo planes. The area of both observatories on the tower can accommodate 2,900 people. Many parties held here bring a different atmosphere in the middle of the cloud.
Tokyo Skytree is open from 8 to 10 pm, the most crowded time is usually in the morning or early afternoon. Ticket price to the 350 floor is 2,060 yen (438,000 VND), to go to the 450 floor, you spend 1,030 yen (220,000 VND). Drink prices from 450 yen (about 90,000 VND). If the weather is fine, you can see the top of Mount Fuji on the horizon.



Screens longer than 5 m for close-up shots of buildings and locations below allow visitors to interact (zoom in, zoom out, choose to open detailed historical information…).
To fully explore Tokyo Skytree Town, you should spend at least a day to admire, shop, enjoy food, learn history and technology. The Tokyo Skytree is connected to the Solamachi shopping center; the Sumida Machidokora area sells traditional handicrafts; Chiba Institute of Technology, which showcases the latest robot technologies; Sumida Aquarium - home to the penguins and the Postal Museum. You can get here by train to Tokyo Skytree or Oshiage Station. In addition, the Skytree Shuttles Bus departs from many main points such as Tokyo Station, Ueno-Asakusa Area, Handeda Airport, Tokyo Disney Resort, Wakoshi Station, Asakadai Station and Shiki Station.
According to Hoai Nam / Vnexpress
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