Above, the Sky Tree under construction in December 2010. Photo by Armand Vaquer.Kaiju fans will have another reason to visit Japan if arrangements are finalized.
According to The Japan Times:
Tokyo's newest and biggest visitor attraction, the 634-meter-high Tokyo Sky Tree in Sumida Ward, will open to the public on May 22. And if 11th-hour contract negotiations bear fruit, visitors to the Sky Tree may soon have the opportunity to plummet 430 meters (over 1,400 feet) toward terra firma, in what is claimed to be the world's highest commercial bungee jump.
The new service, it was learned, has been quietly undergoing safety tests late at night. If arrangements can be finalized within this month, the first customers may be able to take death-defying dives from the Sky Tree from around mid-June.
There is one person under my roof who may be quite interested in this. I don't like heights, so this is out of the question for me.
I may be able to talk my roomie into a trip to Japan either at the end of this year or early next year. I'll have to show her this article!
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