The third and fourth floor of FootTown is home to the Guinness World Records
Museum and Tokyo Wax Museum.  Both require a small charge to enter.

Observation Decks

Tokyo Tower has to observation decks.  The Main Observation and Special
Observation both offer a 360 degree view of Tokyo and surrounding areas.  The two
floor Main Observation is 150m above the city and has a small coffee shop and club
called Club 333.  The lower of the two floors has glass floors viewers can get a sicking
feeling looking down.  The Special Observation deck is 250m above and offers nothing
more than a higher view of the city.

How to get there:  

Tokyo Tower can be accessed from the following:
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Tokyo Tower

Raido Station / Observatory

T
allest self supporting steel tower
in world


B
uilt 1958

4
-2-8 Shiba-Koen, Minato-ku,
Tokyo
Japan 105-0011


Daily
9am-10pm

Main ¥820 / Special ¥1420
Brief History:

Tokyo Tower was constructed in 1958, Tokyo Tower soars 333 meters, making it the
tallest self supported steel structure in the world.  
13 meters higher than the Eiffel
Tower
.  The tower weighs about 4,000 ton and over 28,000 liters of paint was used
orginially on the tower.  The tower also acts as a radio tower broadcasting 24 waves
around the Tokyo area.
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What to see:

Tokyo Tower is seperated into 3 sections.

FootTown

Located at the base is a 4 story bulding
called FootTown.  The first floor includes an
Aquarium Gallery, a reception hall, 400
person "Tower Restruant".  The second
floor consists mainly of smaller food chains
such as McDonalds and Pizza-La in addition
to a large number of souvenir shops.
 
View from below tower
  View from nearby gardens
Line
Station / Exit
Distance
Oedo Line (Subway)
Akabanebashi St. - Main Exit
5 min. walk
Hibiya Line (Subway)
Kamiyacho St. - Exit 1
5 min. walk
Mita Line (Subway)
Onarimon St. - Exit A1
5 min. walk
Asakusa Line (Subway)
Daimon St. - Exit A6
10 min. walk
JR Yamamote Line
Hamamatsucho St - North Exit
15 min. walk
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Tokyo Tower - Official Tokyo Tower website (English)
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