Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcast tower, officially opens

[Art_from_Ark]

Rising 2080 feet above the Tokyo cityscape, the Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest broadcast tower, was officially opened to the public on May 22, 2012.

http://www.tokyo-skytree.jp/en/

[ellisonz]

1. How will it hold up in an earthquake?

[Art_from_Ark]

2. I imagine it will hold up rather well

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Tokyo has some of the most stringent, perhaps the most stringent, seismic resistance regulations in its building code of any place in the world. Saying that, I wouldn't want to be on the observation deck if a large earthquake struck. I was on the observation deck of Tokyo Tower when a moderate earthquake occurred, and it was kind of freaky.

Anyway, here is a picture of Tokyo Skytree that was taken while it was still under construction. It looks really close, but it's about a mile away.



Tokyo Skytree is not too far from this other Tokyo landmark:

[Kablooie]

3. It's even designed to withstand Godzilla attacks.

[marasinghe]

4. d'u think that 2nd photo in Art's post, might be the reason for Godzilla's recurring attacks?

why don't they throw the poor guy's body part back into the ocean & give themselves a break,
from having their country turned into a disaster movie every few years.