Tokyo Tower's Special Message For Anniversary of Tohoku Earthquake

Above, Tokyo Tower from Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Tomorrow is the third anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. To commemorate the anniversary, Tokyo Tower will be displaying a special message tonight.

According to an article in RocketNews24:

A special message is being displayed on Tokyo Tower in memory of those lost during the March 11, 2011 earthquake and resulting tsunami, as well as to promote a sense of unity across the country. 

This evening between 6:30pm and midnight, the message “kizuna tuyoku” will be displayed across one side of Tokyo Tower’s main viewing platform. 

Translating literally as “bonds, strong”, the message is intended to remind Tokyoites of those in the northeast whose lives were, in many cases irreparably, altered on that fateful day, and urge them to continue to show support as we approach the disaster’s third anniversary tomorrow.

To read more and see the message, go here.