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Tokyo Skytree (東京スカイツリ) is located in Oshiage, Sumida-ku, Tokyo. Originally conceived as "New Tokyo Tower " (新東京タワ), it is a broadcasting, restaurant and observation tower with a maximum height of 634 metres. That height was chosen to reflect the word musashi, the name of the former province of Musashi (武蔵) that included parts of the modern-day Tokyo, Saitama and Kanagawa Prefectures: 6 (六 mu), 3 (三 sa), 4 (四 shi).

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