The Tokyo sky tree which opened in 2012 is rising, across the Sumida River from Asakusa.
As the autonomous radio tower, it boasts the world’s highest height (634 m), an observation stand is set up at 350 m above ground and 450 m, and terrestrial digital broadcasting is transmitted to Kanto(Tokyo Metropolitan Area).
Sky Tree Town has more than 300 shops, planetarium, Sumida aquarium, postal museum and so on.