The Shin-Tokyo Tower Co. has unveiled its design for the new radio and television tower for Tokyo.. Due for completion in spring 2011 — which coincides with the completion of the transition from ...

Tokyo Skytree has been one of the Japanese capital’s preeminent landmarks since it opened in 2012. The tower’s repertoire of nighttime illuminations along with Sumida’s spruced-up ...

The tallest freestanding tower in the world opened on May 22 2012, rising to a height of 634m over the Sumida skyline. While its main function is as a TV broadcasting tower, the Tokyo Skytree has ...

Marvel at the stunning skyline, highlighted by landmarks like the Tokyo Tower and Tokyo Skytree, while also witnessing the peaceful beauty of Ueno Park and Sumida River. More for You.

NHK and five commercial TV broadcasters in the Tokyo area have decided to build a new radio and TV transmitter dubbed New Tokyo Tower, in Sumida Ward by 2010, sources familiar with the project ...

Sumida Ward spans an area that has endured ruinous fires, floods, plagues, and seismic as well as economic jostlings. Residents of this battered part of the city nonetheless have always kept their ...

When new names are forced down the public’s throat, sometimes they get regurgitated. Back in the late 1980s, when Japan National Railways was broken up and privatized, somebody suggested the name ...

Get this: a compact, walkable area around Tokyo’s Sumida River is the site of both the city’s oldest temple, Sensoji, and its newest technological marvel, the 634-metre Tokyo Skytree. And as ...

The Shin-Tokyo Tower Co. has unveiled its design for the new radio and television tower for Tokyo. Due for completion in spring 2011 — which coincides with the completion of the transition from ...