Travel Tokyo Skytree

Tokyo Skytree is the tallest structure in Japan. It is 634 metres, making it the world's tallest free-standing tower. It was opened to the public in February 2012 and has since become one of Tokyo's most popular attractions. The structure is almost twice the height of Tokyo Tower and provides the highest panoramic view of the city. In addition to its tourist observatories, Skytree is the primary television and radio broadcast site for the Kantō region.

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Apart from the observatories, Skytree offers an in-house aquarium and planetarium, several tourist shops, and restaurants.

Tokyo Skytree Tembo Deck

Tokyo Skytree Tembo Deck is the lower deck located at a height of 350 metres. It is covered in five-meter-high glass for a 360-degree panoramic view, allowing visitors to see up to 70 kilometres away in the distance. On clear days and with some luck, Mount Fuji will be visible on the horizon. Tembo Deck also holds the Skytree Cafe, a high-resolution digital telescope, and the Skytree Round Theatre with the night-time display of dynamic images on two-metre screens. The view from the Tembo Deck is nothing short of spectacular and not so different from what visitors can see from the upper deck.

Tokyo Skytree Tembo Galleria

The Tembo Galleria consists of Floors 445 to 450 and can be accessed by taking the transparent Tembo Shuttle from Tembo Deck Floor 350. A futuristic-looking walkway spirals up from Floor 445, displaying Commemorative Photography up to Sorakara Point at exactly 451.2 metres. There is also a high-resolution digital telescope. From Tembo Galleria, visitors will be shuttled down to Floor 345, where they can buy their Skytree souvenirs at the Skytree Shop or refresh at the Sky Restaurant 634. Floor 340, the exit floor for returning to floor 5, has a spectacular glass floor that might challenge even those who do not usually have acrophobia.

Elevators

Tokyo Skytree uses four high-speed, large-capacity shuttle elevators for Tembo Deck with a capacity of 40 persons and a maximum speed of 600 metres per minute, the fastest in Japan. Also, two service elevators have the longest travel distance in Japan (464.4 metres). The shuttle elevators can carry passengers up to Tembo Deck in approximately 50 seconds.

Tickets:

The admission fees below apply to adults visiting on weekdays. Find more information on the admission fees here.

Booking your tickets online from the official Tokyo Skytree website is strongly recommended, as advance tickets will help you beat the long queues. Advance tickets must be bought online the day before, saving you up to 400 JPY.

Tokyo Skytree Same-day Admission Tickets:

• Combo Ticket (Tembo Galleria + Tembo Deck) 3,100 JPY
• Tembo Deck 2,100 JPY

Advance Tickets:

• Combo Ticket (Tembo Galleria + Tembo Deck) 2,700 JPY (weekends and holidays 3,000 JPY)
• Tembo Deck 1,800 JPY (weekends and holidays 2,000 JPY)

Skytree Enjoy Pack: Special plans include an admission ticket to Tokyo Skytree and another attraction. This ticket lets visitors visit other sightseeing places in Asakusa and Tokyo Skytree Town.

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Views from Skytree:

More images in the Tokyo Skytree Gallery.