Author Topic: A bigger and better Tokyo Tower (Read 3154 times)

Guchi_Jnr · « **on:** November 24, 2006, 03:32:24 PM »

Plans are underway for Tokyo to have the worlds highest tower at 610meters in Sumida City.
They plan to have it built and fully functional by 2011, when analog TV broadcasting finishes. Even though the old Tokyo Tower will cease to function as a TV tower, it's still going to be around to look pretty.

(This is pretty old news, but I'm just really slow to catch on.

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JFC · « **Reply #1 on:** November 25, 2006, 05:09:41 AM »

They just can't stand the fact that Canadians can honestly say we have the largest freestanding erection in the world, can they?

tetsu · « **Reply #2 on:** November 25, 2006, 05:25:12 AM »

Its so freakin tall.

Fracture · « **Reply #3 on:** November 25, 2006, 07:17:46 AM »

Compensation, perhaps?

(Hey, somebody was going to say it sooner or later.)

joeboygo · « **Reply #4 on:** November 26, 2006, 11:09:11 PM »

Quote from: JFC;243159

They just can't stand the fact that Canadians can honestly say we have the largest freestanding erection in the world, can they?

Nobody cares about Canada.

They just want an excuse to do a sequel to the eponymous movie.

RionZ · « **Reply #5 on:** November 27, 2006, 02:14:23 AM »

if its about erections, the japanese men have to make up for shortcomings biologically by making something like this

JTRIX · « **Reply #6 on:** November 27, 2006, 03:35:19 AM »

or is Japan making another tower for the terrorist as a target???
but lol... I will definitely go and take a visit once it is done

joeboygo · « **Reply #7 on:** November 27, 2006, 03:47:54 AM »

Quote from: RionZ;244268

if its about erections, the japanese men have to make up for shortcomings biolically by making something like this

So if Japanese women had anything to say about it, it would have been the Tokyo Tunnel instead?

JFC · « **Reply #8 on:** November 27, 2006, 03:58:19 AM »

Ok that just ruined the joke.

RionZ · « **Reply #9 on:** November 27, 2006, 05:02:10 AM »

pikapikapika · « **Reply #10 on:** November 27, 2006, 05:32:34 AM »

That is so pretty, I really like the blue bits

It's a shame Godzilla movies aren't made anymore, he could break it.

Mugen · « **Reply #11 on:** November 27, 2006, 07:05:52 AM »

are they rebuilding/renovating it or making a whole new one?

JTRIX · « **Reply #12 on:** November 28, 2006, 01:10:57 AM »

^ they gonna make a whole new one

Mugen · « **Reply #13 on:** November 28, 2006, 01:17:56 AM »

what the fuck

jkpark78 · « **Reply #14 on:** November 29, 2006, 12:54:59 AM »

don't they get something called earthquake there? i dunno how advanced modern tech is, but i figure it'll be hard to keep the motion in check during earthquake for it to not fall down/crumble..

john_hung · « **Reply #15 on:** November 29, 2006, 01:10:51 AM »

Quote from: joeboygo;244159

Nobody cares about Canada.

:panda_haha:

JTRIX · « **Reply #16 on:** November 29, 2006, 02:23:55 AM »

Quote from: jkpark78;245723

don't they get something called earthquake there? i dunno how advanced modern tech is, but i figure it'll be hard to keep the motion in check during earthquake for it to not fall down/crumble..

of course the designers had include the factor "earthquake" in it while designing the tower. According to what I read on other news the tower will be structurally build similar to those five-storied pagodas you see in Japan. I have no idea how it will work (since I'm not a architect or engineer) but the news mention something of individual structure of floor and balance...

someone back me up with more facts on this please!

arun.yothin · « **Reply #17 on:** November 29, 2006, 02:41:34 AM »

tg will probably come in and drop a shit load of knowledge about this.

Let 'em know!