It was a cold rainy day. I took a day off to take my father to hospital for a monthly checkup.
For Japan, the biggest news of today was the grand opening of the Tokyo Skytree (東京スカイツリー) in Sumida, Tokyo (東京都墨田区：tokyo to sumida ku). It is the highest free standing broadcasting tower in the world. The construction has started on July 14, 2008 and finished on Feb. 29, 2012.
The height is 634 meters (2,080 ft). For us it is easy to remember. Because the old name of the Tokyo area is called Musashi (武蔵), and mu is 6, sa is 3, and shi is 4 in Japanese.
There are two observation floors; the 1st one is at 350 meters high and the 2nd one is at 450 meters high. To go up to the first one, it costs yen 2,000, and you need another yen 1,000 for the other one.
From today to July 10 you need the advanced tickets which are all sold out to enter. From July 11 you can get the daily ticket at the entrance. It opens at 8:00 and closes at 22:00.
Today it opened to public at 12:00. 9,000 tickets for the first day were sold out and by 16:00 about 4,200 people visited the tower, and about 120,000 people visited the annex shopping area. And 200,000 people are expected to come within today.
It is estimated that 27.5 million people will visit there within this fiscal year.
I hope to visit there someday.
For Japan, the biggest news of today was the grand opening of the Tokyo Skytree (東京スカイツリー) in Sumida, Tokyo (東京都墨田区：tokyo to sumida ku). It is the highest free standing broadcasting tower in the world. The construction has started on July 14, 2008 and finished on Feb. 29, 2012.
The height is 634 meters (2,080 ft). For us it is easy to remember. Because the old name of the Tokyo area is called Musashi (武蔵), and mu is 6, sa is 3, and shi is 4 in Japanese.
There are two observation floors; the 1st one is at 350 meters high and the 2nd one is at 450 meters high. To go up to the first one, it costs yen 2,000, and you need another yen 1,000 for the other one.
From today to July 10 you need the advanced tickets which are all sold out to enter. From July 11 you can get the daily ticket at the entrance. It opens at 8:00 and closes at 22:00.
Today it opened to public at 12:00. 9,000 tickets for the first day were sold out and by 16:00 about 4,200 people visited the tower, and about 120,000 people visited the annex shopping area. And 200,000 people are expected to come within today.
It is estimated that 27.5 million people will visit there within this fiscal year.
I hope to visit there someday.
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