If you go to Asakusa, Don't miss a new tourist spot in Tokyo, Tokyo Sky Tree
Tokyo Sky Tree (東京スカイツリー) is a broadcasting, restaurant, and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo.
The design is no unique and cool.
Tokyo Sky Tree (東京スカイツリー) is a broadcasting, restaurant, and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo.
It became the tallest structure in Japan with its full height of 634.0 metres (2,080 ft).
It is now the tallest tower in the world and the second tallest structure in the world after Burj Khalifa (829.84 m/2,723 ft).
The design is no unique and cool.
Its shape starts with triangle from the bottom, but it rotates to cirle shape at the height at 320 meters.
so depends on where you see it, you can see the tower curves like Japanese Soard "Katana".
Designed by Kiichi Sumikawa, a famous sculptor
Its color is so Japanese as well.
They use Japanese traditional white calls Aijiro "藍白"
And the illumination is cool, too.
They use two special colors LEDs.
One is "Miyabi" and the other is "Iki".
"雅：Miyabi", means "Elegance". it describes Elegance of Edo culture.
it is color is somewhere between Purple and Pink
"粋: Iki", means "Coolness". it describes the color of Sumida River and the toughness of Edo-Japanese People.
Those two illumination alternately changes each day.
Its illumination is designed by "Hirohito Totsune"
You can cool images in following blog.
You will see a cool Harmony of Edo's atmosphere and the latest Japanese Technologies and designs.
