Tuesday: Tokyo Skytree

Keola bought tickets for all of us to see and go up the Tokyo Skytree.

I got this from Wikipedia:

Tokyo Skytree (東京スカイツリー, Tōkyō Sukaitsurī) is a broadcasting and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010 and reached its full height of 634 meters (2,080 ft) in March 2011, making it the tallest tower in the world, displacing the Canton Tower, and the third tallest structure in the world after the Merdeka 118 (678.9 m or 2,227 ft) and the Burj Khalifa (829.8 m or 2,722 ft). It is also the tallest freestanding structure in the OECD, the G20 and G7 countries.

We've always seen the Skytree from afar when we visited Tokyo but never was inclined to actually go to the top. 

It was amazing how fast that elevator moved you up the tower. You couldn't feel it except for the popping in your ears.

The map showed you where Mt. Fuji was supposed to be. Yes, I tried to PhotoShop Mt. Fuji into the photo since you couldn't see it through the haze. 😄

We walked all around the tower to look out at the city.

There was also a glass floor so you could look at the city below your feet. 5 year old RK was afraid at first, but got over it pretty quickly.

The boys favorite thing was probably the ice cream sundaes. There was cornflakes at the bottom which gave it a happy crunch.

KC had to make a wish from up high.

Once that was done, we found tons of shops below the tower.

And yes, there was another Pokemon Center. 😂

There was also a store called the Jump Shop which featured different anime characters. 

Keola had seen an anime called One Piece so the two older boys in the family decided to have fun with that.

And the younger boys had the MOST fun at this play area.

Sarah said it was the best $20 she had spent so far for the boys that day.

It was another eventful day and we had dinner at a place called Ebi Soba which means Shimp Buckwheat Noodles. 

But they didn't have soba.😆 They only had ramen. 

Ah well...

It was good.

And it had been a very good day!