A View Of A Concrete Tree

I have been somewhat remiss about celebrating the completion of Tokyo Sky Tree on Feb 29th. It was two months later than scheduled but Japan was hit by tsunami and earthquakes last year, if you remember.

Move over Canton Tower. Tokyo Sky Tree now officially towers above you at 634 metres (2,080 feet) tall. However, it  is "only" the second tallest structure in the world, beaten by the mighty Dubai's Burj Khalifa that looms at 830metres.

3 years (the construction of the Sky Tree started in July 2008), 580,000 workers and 65billion Yen later - Tokyo Sky Tree now sets to greet visitors on May 22nd.

For visitors - any thoughts of just strolling by on the day and going up to either one of the two observatory at 350metres and 450metres; admission to the observatory is only allowed with prior reservation made until July 10th in anticipation of eager rush to view it. 

Anyway, enough about dry facts and on with photos! Wooo!!!!

Tokyo Sky Tree viewed in 2010

Tokyo Sky Tree viewed in 2011

This is a "rush" post in order to placate a certain impatient individual and also to "kipas-kipas" or butter her up so that she'll post more on obscure shrines in her blog.

By the way, this is the first of (maybe) a few posts on Tokyo Sky Trees since I have like a bazillion photos of them stashed away. Be patient with me. Ooommmmmm....

And how does the Sky Tree looks like now that it's finished?  Either I go visit Japan and Tokyo again this year or I demand someone to post the latest photo of the Sky Tree in their blog. What say you? ;)