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Forget wild animals or road hazards. It is the seniors of Brookline, Massachusetts you need to be wary of.

These are pictures of the Tokyo Sky Tree, taken from my bedroom window on 1/2/2010 and this morning on 3/30/2010.

Yesterday the Sky Tree passed Tokyo Tower’s 333 m height and reached 338 m, becoming the tallest structure in Japan.

When completed it will be 634 meters high and be the tallest communications tower in the world.

(Click to see larger size.)

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The Tokyo Sky Tree, when completed, will be the tallest artificial structure in Japan, almost twice the size of the Tokyo Tower.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Sky_Tree

I noticed I can see the Sky Tree growing from my bedroom window! I think it’s over 300 meters high already – almost half of its final 634 meter height. This photo was taken from my bedroom window.

Click on the photo to see it full size.

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A summer festival near my house tonight…

Shinkoiwa Bon Odori – a summer festival near my house tonight.

The Sumida River fireworks were tonight. This was taken from my 3rd floor veranda at my house in Shinkoiwa in Katsushika, Tokyo.

Here are some photos from the tour last week:

http://lerner.net/doug/LSJune2007

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