tokyo tower

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the tokyo tower has two levels - the special and the normal observatory. the special costs a bit extra, but its at 250m while the normal is only at 150m. guided by advice from dan budny, we decided that we had to go for the special observatory. we got there right about dusk. the elevator made a cracking noise on the way up, but it was only a safety device. its hard to describe how the skyscrape of tokyo looks. tokyo is big; really big. you cant see beyond tokyo. d and i took a lot of pictures and we waited for night. the wave of red lights and fluorescent signs, while the sun flamed into the mountains. it got pretty crowded- apparently we weren't the only ones who thought about coming there at dusk. after about 100 pictures we headed back down the elevator and out to the streets. we headed back to the hotel to get ready for our lost in translation night.

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