This one is pretty self explanatory. A couple nights ago a couple of friends from the program and I went to the Tokyo Sky Tree. For those of you who aren't familiar, the Tokyo Sky Tree is a little over 2,000 feet tall, and is the largest tower in the world (and the second largest structure, after a building in Dubai (of course)). And, believe it or not, as expensive as things may be in Japan from time to time it's less expensive to go up this tower than the Empire State Building, and it's a view worth seeing.
Please pardon the grainy nature of most of these pictures. I still haven't totally figure out how to use my new camera (since everything is in Japanese), and the lighting at night presented some minor difficulty. Either way, here are some pictures from the top of the Sky Tree.
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| Notice that you can see to the horizon, but not the end of Tokyo |
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| View of the river |
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| The red tower to the left is the Tokyo Tower, another "tall" observation tower (about a quarter of the size of the Sky Tree) |
Now as absolutely awe inspiring as the views were, honestly one of the most fun parts of the night was the ice cream we got before going up. Yes, ice cream. There are a variety of other shops and restaurants in the Sky Tree of course, and the actually even have an aquarium that we didn't get the chance to go to. However, as we were passing a Coldstone on the way to get tickets, we couldn't help but notice that their flavors in Japan are significantly more awesome than flavors in the US. So of course we had to partake. Not only was the ice cream fantastic, but the four workers behind the counter made all of ours in unison and sang a song with beautiful harmonization and melody. By the end of it everybody was smiling and clapping for the performance (other restaurant patrons included). All in all, it was definitely one of the top 3 fun nights I've had in Tokyo so far.
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| Coldstone's Best and Brightest |
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