The Tokyo Tower has fallen at least three times to cinematic conquerors. Godzilla, Mothra, and King Kong have all dispatched it; yet there it stands in Shiba Park at three hundred and thirty-three meters tall and weighing four thousand tons, a monument to post-World War II Japans economic rise.
Modeled after, and about nine metrrs taller than, Paris Eiffel Tower, the white and orange Tokyo Tower was designed to serve as an antenna for nine television and five FM radio stations. But its real value to Tokyo, since its opening in 1958, has been as a tourist attraction.
Tokyo Tower Attractions
The Tokyo Tower has observation platforms both at the one-hundred-and fifty and two- hundred-and-fifty metre levels. While the lower one is considered the main observatory, both of them provide visitors with astonishing views of Tokyo, and on clear days, of Ginza, .Mount Fuji, and Tokyo Bay.
The Tower is home to other separate admission attractions, including the first floor aquarium with over fifty thousand very small fish, and the third floors Wax Works Museum and holographic Mysterious Walking Zone. The final, and perhaps most entertaining, attraction is the...