Tokyo Sky Tree Photos

Above, a view of the Tokyo Sky Tree Tower from Asakusa taken December 6.

One of the things in Tokyo I wanted to see was the Tokyo Sky Tree Tower that is currently under construction.

The Sky Tree will replace Tokyo Tower in 2012 as the primary broadcasting tower in Tokyo as Tokyo Tower was deemed too short for digital broadcasting.

Back on September 15, Jim Ballard took this photo of the Sky Tree from across the Sumida River:

Above, a beautiful evening shot of the Sky Tree Tower
 taken September 15. Photo courtesy of Jim Ballard.

Above, a zoom shot of the Sky Tree from Asakusa two weeks ago. Compare
the construction progress of this photo with Jim's of three months ago.

The next two photos were taken December 12:

Above, a lucky shot of the Sky Tree between two
 buildings from a moving Narita Express train.

As you can see in comparing Jim Ballard's photo of September 15 with mine of December 6 and 12, much progress has been made on the Tokyo Sky Tree Tower.