Sky Tree Tokyo Tower, New World's Tallest Tower

ENTIRE world does not seem to stop competing to build the building and tallest buildings. After China to build towers as high as 600 meters Canton in Guangzhou, the Japanese have their turn Tokyo Sky Tree tower with a height of 634 meters. The new tower was inaugurated as the tallest tower in the world.

The tower is certainly going to become a new tourist attraction in Tokyo, Japan. The tower has an observation room with a height of 350 meters, which presents a view of Tokyo city skyline against the backdrop of majestic Fuji Gunug.

Later May of 2012, the Tokyo Sky Tree Tower will officially become the tower broadcasts to digital television and radio, and also opened a second observation room with a height of 450 meters.

Conditions Tokyo is located on the island that is often experienced an earthquake because of the condition of the fire mountains which are still active, create the world's tallest tower was built with an anti-seismic structure. "When an earthquake happens, visitors who were in the tower is only 50 percent will feel the effects of the earthquake," said spokesman Sky Tree Tokyo Tower, Hirotake Takanishi, as quoted CNNGO, Wednesday (02/11/2011).

This is evident since its construction in the year 2008, Japan has experienced two major earthquakes times, namely in March 2011 and aftershocks few months later, but almost no damage on the tower, though admittedly the earthquake effect on construction delays. The tower is also recognized can withstand shocks up to magnitude 8 on the Richter Scale reach.

Sky Tree Tokyo Tower is located in a quiet part of Tokyo City, the Sumida. Previously, Sumida pretty quiet from visiting tourists and travelers. But now with the world's tallest tower, Sumida was ready to become the tourism center of Japan, supported by the construction of hotels and restaurants, as well as new office buildings around the Tokyo Sky Tree Tower.

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