Tokyo Skytree

Tokyo Skytree

TOKYO, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree in the capital's Sumida Ward, the world's tallest broadcasting tower, on May 23, 2012, with the 333-meter-tall Tokyo Tower behind. The weather cleared a day after rainy weather on the tower's opening to the public.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001169795
  • Registered date
  • 2012/5/23 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2012 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 2585 × 3629 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.94(MB)*
  • Special instruction

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