Tokyo sky tree, Akihabara and the tokyo tower...

The Tokyo sky tree was not at all opened while we visited Tokyo in April. It will be opening next month only. We saw the tower many times as we traveled via Tokyo metro. After visiting the Imperial palace gardens, we went to Kinshichō Station and walked towards the tower. But even after walking for 10 minute, we couldn't reach near it. We were confused and hence asked a traffic police there. He told us that if you are trying to access by foot, then walk forward some more minutes looking at the top of the tower so that you can understand when you are near to it. We felt fun in his reply, and it highlighted the fact that we have to walk a lot to reach there. We have already started walking and are half the way from the station, so we decided to continue. At last , as the man told us, we walked another 20 minutes to reach the foot of the skytree. 

Tokyo skytree from the foot

It was really amazing to see the tower from its foot. As its name depicts it extends upto the sky, the jet planes passing above it seems like touching its head.

A jet plane passing over the skytree.

 It has a height of 634 meters. It is actually a new television broadcasting tower of Tokyo and is now the tallest building in Japan and the second tallest structure in the world. A large shopping complex with aquarium is there at its base and there are to observation decks too. If we have visited here next month we might be able to reach there and enjoy the sight from there. Anyway we missed it.

From there we walked towards the station, but couldn't reach there even after walking long. At last we reached  a park. Its hanami in this place today and the park is rushed. We were too tired walking such a distance, so we spent half an hour in the park enjoying the beauty of the sakura trees. There were so many people there.

Cherry blossom.

A building of Tokyo.

Reflection of the skytree on a
building near the park.

At last we reached the station with the help of an old lady who accompanied us all the way to there. Then we went to Akihabara - the district of electronic goods.

 From there, we purchased some electronic equipments and left there after our dinner.

Our last visit in Tokyo is to the Tokyo tower. But we become so late as we reached there after our shopping from the electronic city. From the Hamamatsucho Station, we walked to the tower foot. The tower as visible in the darkness as if it is ignited.

Tokyo tower.

Tokyo tower.

 

Then we returned to the Shinjuku station from where our return journey begins at 10.30pm.