Construction is expected to be finished at the end of this month in Japan on the world's largest self-supporting tower. It will be the second highest man-made structure in the world, surpassed only by Dubai's 829-meter-high Burj Kalifa skyscraper. The Sky Tree is poised to supersede the 54-year-old Tokyo Tower in more ways than one.
For decades, visitors to Tokyo have admired this Far East tribute to the Eiffel Tower, 13 meters taller than its Parisian predecessor. But the Tokyo Tower is about to be upstaged by a downtown riverside rival, built at a cost of $800 million.
The Sky Tree, which will open to the public in about three months, soars to 634 meters above the ground, nearly twice as high as Tokyo Tower. The price of a ride up the Sky Tree will take the breath away from some potential visitors - about $40. In exchange, they will see Tokyo from the upper observation deck at a height of 450 meters.
(VOA News)
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