Japan – Tokyo Tower

Tokyo Tower is a communications and observation tower located in Shiba Park, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
The tower was built in 1958 by the Takenaka Corporation at a total cost of ¥2.8 billion. Its structure is a freestanding framework inspired by the Eiffel Tower. It has 332.5 meters (13m taller than its model). It is painted white and international orange to comply with air safety regulations.
The tower functions as a radio and television broadcasting antenna support structure and is a tourist destination that houses several different attractions. Visitors can ascend to the main observatory at 150 meters and the special observatory at 250 meters to get a bird’s eye view of Tokyo. Under good weather conditions, Mount Fuji can be seen in the distance. Also, the first floor houses an aquarium (50,000 fish) the third floor a wax museum and an attraction called the Mysterious Walking Zone, and the fourth floor a Trick Art Gallery.
It looks like in the future the tower will only keep its tourist attraction destination. In 2011 Japan is going to ditch analog TV for terrestrial digital broadcasting. The current height of Tokyo Tower is not adequate to cover the region with digital broadcasting which is why the “Tokyo Sky Tree” is being constructed (a tower 634 meters tall that is due to open to the public in 2012).