vacation Sunday2: SkyTree

Although it was late when we got out of TeamLab - it really did take the 3-4 hours that on-line suggested - we decided to go to Sky Tower.  This was one of the things we really wanted to do and Travis wanted to see it at night.  So off we went.

The Sky Tree is the third tallest structure in the world, as of 2024, and was the tallest for a while starting in 2011.  (Wikipedia)

Getting to the tower was a bit odd; we went the the fourth floor in a shopping plaza and then outside for a bit and then back inside to the tower.

We walked all the way around (360deg) and the view looked similar from everywhere; buildings as far as the eye could see.  For several minutes I thought that the grey thing was an overhang just blocking the view to the horizon but I was completely wrong.  To be fair, the greater Tokyo area is the most populous area with 41 million residents.  (Wikipedia)

The river showed up especially well at night time.  If you look closely you can also see the Ferris Wheel that we saw at Disney.

The highest point that we could reach!

A glass floor to see how high up you really are.

Everyone was getting rather tired by this time.  We started to look for food, but had poor luck.  /they were either full (Kirby restaurant) or needed cash (street food).  We finally found a pork katzu restaurant that was good.  Not as good as the other place, but decent.  The waiter looked at us very strangely when we asked for water, but the tea that was served (Oolongcha) at all the meals was not to anyone's liking.  Travis texted us a few minutes later and noted that in some believe that water with a meal will make it harder to digest your food.  How this is different from the tea, we weren't really sure.

We found a taxi to take us back to the hotel and it was the longest taxi ride ever.  Joshua literally couldn't keep his eyes open, so after fighting to stay awake for five minutes I told him to go to sleep.  Isaac ended up falling asleep.  What should have been a thirty minute ride took about forty-five minutes because the taxi driver didn't take the toll road and hit every. single. red light.  We would go a block and then wait two minutes.  It was ridiculous.  But we made it to the right place and everyone quickly went to bed.