SUMIDA, Skytree

Hi, my name’s Scott, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World: Sumida and its SkyTree.

Sumida is one of the 23 wards that make up Greater Tokyo, located along the Sumida River. It used to be one of the poorest, oldest neighborhoods in the city: today, although the charm of yesteryear is still evident in a few areas, it has become one of the places with the highest concentration of skyscrapers in Tokyo.

For the Japanese, Sumida is, above all, the home of Sumo wrestling, thanks to the presence here of the Ryōgoku Kokugikan, the largest stadium in Tokyo dedicated to this extremely popular sport.

The highlight of the Sumida skyline is the Tokyo SkyTree, a TV broadcasting and observation tower that reached a height of 634 meters in March 2011 with the addition of an antenna that has made it the tallest broadcasting tower in the world, and the world’s second tallest structure; only the 830-meter Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai is taller. ...