Saturday, July 22, 2016
Started the day at Tokyo Tower. It looks a lot like the Eifel Tower but according to our tour guide, it is taller by 13 meters. It was built in 1958 and at the time, it was the tallest structure in Tokyo. Today the tallest structure is the Tokyo Sky Tree that was built in 2012.
The itinerary mentions that the today, the tower is used to relay five FM radio stations. When I travel, I typically bring my iPod (in my earlier days a Walkman) and I tune into FM Radio. I enjoy listening in to see what kind of music and radio stations are popular. When I scanned for local stations, my iPod picked up 2 FM stations, the first station that it picked up was playing Domo Arigato Mr Robato by Styx. What are the odds of that? It turned out to be an English-speaking station.
Our host, Roy Yamaguchi, was celebrating his birthday that day!
The views were spectacular despite the rain. I was amazed at just how large Tokyo is. Tokyo has over 13 million people, NY is about 8 million and Los Angeles is about 4 million. The city went on and on in all directions. It really is amazing.
In the lower part of the tower there were souvenir and gift shops. One of the shops is called One Piece Tokyo Tower. I kept seeing these anime characters all over the place and had no idea as to who they are. I found out that “One Piece” is a Japanese Manga series.
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