There is hardly a person ignorant about Japan’s highest skyscraper, Tokyo Tower. Named the 20th tallest tower in the world, the Tokyo Tower is celebrating its 50th anniversary. In commemoration of its golden anniversary, jeweler Ginza Tanaka is selling a 66 cm 24-carat gold replica of the heritage building. The jeweler wants you to loosen the strings of your purse, as the 5-kilogram weighing pure-gold structure asks for 50 million yen (approx. $510,000) to own one. Like the original structure, the solid gold model has a four-story building called “Foot Town” located in the base of the tower. The whole structure is handmade by skilled craftsmen to make it a detailed and perfect matching framework of the complex. However, there is no information about how many replicas of the monumental architecture have been made, but one thing is for sure, that it is an encouraging move in a time when the country is facing a high recessionary blow.
It doesn't have a name yet, but when it's completed in 2011, the 2,001-foot-tall concrete-and-steel tower in the Sumida River region of Tokyo will be the tallest free-standing antenna in the world. Ostensibly, its purpose is to host all of the city's digital radio and television signals, plus a mobile TV network. But the massive transmitter will also broadcast Japan's global cultural significance..
It's no coincidence that the new structure resembles the old 1,092-foot-high Tokyo Tower, which for 50 years stood as a symbol of the nation's postwar economic independence
Project organizers hope that the superspike — designed with the help of sculptor Kiichi Sumikawa and architect Tadao Ando — will reaffirm Japan's prowess. Because it will dominate the relatively low-rise landscape, the point will be hard to miss.
There is hardly a person ignorant about Japan’s highest skyscraper, Tokyo Tower. Named the 20th tallest tower in the world, the Tokyo Tower is celebrating its 50th anniversary. In commemoration of its golden anniversary, jeweler Ginza Tanaka is selling a 66 cm 24-carat gold replica of the heritage building. The jeweler wants you to loosen the strings of your purse, as the 5-kilogram weighing pure-gold structure asks for 50 million yen (approx. $510,000) to own one. Like the original structure, the solid gold model has a four-story building called “Foot Town” located in the base of the tower. The whole structure is handmade by skilled craftsmen to make it a detailed and perfect matching framework of the complex. However, there is no information about how many replicas of the monumental architecture have been made, but one thing is for sure, that it is an encouraging move in a time when the country is facing a high recessionary blow.
It doesn't have a name yet, but when it's completed in 2011, the 2,001-foot-tall concrete-and-steel tower in the Sumida River region of Tokyo will be the tallest free-standing antenna in the world. Ostensibly, its purpose is to host all of the city's digital radio and television signals, plus a mobile TV network. But the massive transmitter will also broadcast Japan's global cultural significance..
It's no coincidence that the new structure resembles the old 1,092-foot-high Tokyo Tower, which for 50 years stood as a symbol of the nation's postwar economic independence
Project organizers hope that the superspike — designed with the help of sculptor Kiichi Sumikawa and architect Tadao Ando — will reaffirm Japan's prowess. Because it will dominate the relatively low-rise landscape, the point will be hard to miss.
