So, Tokyo Tower is pretty interesting. And, this time of year it is beautiful. There are Christmas lights and displays all around it. And, the tower itself changes colors every few minutes. For those of you in Fayetteville, it is just almost as impressive as the big water tower you can see from the All American!
Tokyo Tower was built in the 1950s and is a little over 1000 feet high. You probably think of it as just another tourist place, but it actually serves some purpose--it is a communication/t.v. tower. There are two observation decks from which you can see most of Tokyo. The lower one is about halfway up and the upper one is near the top of the tower. When we went, the upper deck was closed for repairs (yikes!). So, we just went to the lower deck. It was high enough.
I was terrified. But, on one part there were windows on the floor and both boys kept stomping on those windows. I thought I was going to be sick.
The tower lit up at night.
Interesting picture of the base of the tower.
Sid on the way to the tower--it's almost as if he already knew that he would be dining on food court McDonald's and Pizza La!
Well, I didn't get this one flipped. The Tokyo Tower, thankfully, was not on its side while we were there.
Sam and Graham doing the light thing. These lights were on the ground, but sort of like one of those electric ball things (like at the Children's Museum), the light moved with you!
Christmas in a Buddhist/Shinto country at the tower.
A view of Tokyo from the lower observation deck.
And another.
This is Rainbow Bridge at Odaiba seen from the observation deck. Unfortunately, my little cheap camera does not really do it justice. The bridge looked spectacular!
Looking down the window of the observation deck to the ground. Notice how tiny the cars look below!
Another window view with my magnification feature on the camera. Still, the cars look pretty small.
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