Tokyo Sky Tree Blows Away Tokyo Tower

I wrote a while back about how Tokyo Tower was a big letdown and how it has lost its attraction as a tourist site (there's no romance left there at all - how could there be? They have a flea market on the first floor!)

Well, the next one to visit will be Sky Tree. It is something like three times taller than Tokyo Tower.

Here is an awesome photo from the Mainichi Newspaper:

The Tokyo Sky Tree, now under construction in the capital's 

Sumida Ward, is seen from a Mainichi helicopter on Dec. 1, 2010. 

The tower, which will be 634 meters tall when completed, 

passed the 500-meter mark that morning. (Mainichi)