Tokyo Tower Has Original Postbox at 150m High and more!
Lots of cool ideas are coming up to highlight Tokyo Tower now trailing in popularity behind the new-born Tokyo Skytree downtown Tokyo.
On August 24, Tokyo Tower will have a 150m-high postbox on the second floor of the two-story Vista Dome 150 meters above the ground. The postbox, 200x64cm in size, is built in the image of the tower itself. Mail posted in the box will be collected twice daily automatically date-stamped with an image of the tower. Visitors can buy postcards and stamps at the Kiosk of the Vista Dome.
Tokyo Tower was built in 1958 in the image of Paris' Eiffel Tower originally for television broadcasting, radio antennas but now used to broadcast signals for Japanese media outlets such as NHK, TBS and Fuji TV. The tower (332.9m) is not high enough to support terrestrial digital broadcasting. A taller (634m) digital broadcasting tower, known as Tokyo Skytree, was built in February, 2012, to take over all such functions.
So, here it is, Tokyo Tower giving way to Tokyo Skytree in utility and popularity. To it cheer up, a unique postbox is set up in the Vista Dome. What then?
A movie film was made featuring Tokyo Tower, one based on the autography of a multi-talented artist/writer/song-writer/designer....all in one, titled "Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad". The film was named the "Best Film in 2008" at the Japan Academy Prize Ceremony. The story itself is of mediocre value but did help highlight Tokyo Tower and its culture.
Then, coming up this summer is a special event featuring a "Haunted House" ghostly titled "That Maiden Who Has Dwelt in Tokyo Tower". Ghostliness is graded 1 through 3 levels for visitors themselves to choose from.
The message is clear: Tokyo Tower is more an attraction site than a home of communication service networks and requires means of survival, hence a postbox way up high, an award-winning film featuring it, and a haunted house of a mysterious maiden who has chosen to dwell in the tower.
