The Tokyo Tower is a red tower based on the Eiffel Tower in Minato-ku, Tokyo. The tower is 333 meters tall (11 meters taller than the Eiffel), making it the world's highest self-supporting iron tower. The tower only weighs about 4000 tons, which is extremely light compared to the 7000 ton Eiffel Tower in France, though the Eiffel Tower is probably in a more beautiful setting, since the Tokyo Tower is located in the middle of a city block.

At night, the tower is illuminated beautifully depending on the season. There are two observatory floors in the tower, the main observatory (at 150 m), and the special observatory (at 250 m); the floors have a spectacular view over the city of Tokyo and if you are lucky, you may even be able to see Mt. Fuji, although often, the city is covered with smog or above average humidity.

Akihabara is also known as Akihabara Electric Town (Akihabara Denki Gai). It is located less than five minutes by rail from Tokyo station, Tokyo, Japan. It is sometimes shortened to Akiba by locals. While there is an official locality named Akihabara nearby, part of Taito-ku, the area known as Akihabara (including the JR railway station of the same name) to most people is actually Soto-Kanda, a part of Chiyoda-ku. (read more)

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