Ghost of a flea: Sumida Tower

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March 15, 2006

Sumida Tower

The Tokyo Tower is surely an impressive sight at 333m as must be the Ostankino Tower at 540m. I can assure Flea-readers everywhere that the CN Tower, while '70s looking, is an attractive addition to the Toronto skyline at 553m. This last fact making the CN Tower the world's "tallest freestanding structure" and a reasonably convincing phallic symbol to wave across Lake Ontario at our American neighbours. Now it turns out Japanese television has something to say on the subject.

NHK and five commercial TV broadcasters in the Tokyo area said Monday they have picked the Sumida-Taito area in the capital as a leading candidate site for a new 600-meter Tokyo Tower. The area -- two neighboring wards in eastern Tokyo -- was judged to be superior among the 15 areas in the metropolis proposed for the new tower, which will be the world's tallest and is planned for completion by 2011 as a radio and TV transmitter when the nation's terrestrial-based broadcasting will be completely switched to digital from analog.

The Sumida Tower is to be 610m, actually. Not that size is everything. Readers of Japanese can find out more at the official site.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at March 15, 2006 11:10 AM

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