Gators at Tokyo Tower

Still in a celebratory mood due to the Gators winning the National Championship game, we headed up to Tokyo. Our plan for this trip was to take in the sights of the city from Tokyo Tower which you see behind us.Tokyo Tower is essentially a huge antenna with observation decks which have commanding views of the city. The tower at its peak is 333meters or a 1,092 plus feet.
"Since its opening in 1958, the Tokyo Tower has been the world's tallest self-supporting steel tower. The Eiffel Tower in Paris is 320 m high."

We went to both the main observatory and the special observatory during out visit. The main observatory is 150m (about 492 feet) above the ground and the special observatory is 250m (about 820 feet) both giving you a 360 degree view of the Kanto area surrounding Tokyo
The buildings seemed to go on forever! No wonder space is such a luxury in Japan.

In this photo you can see the Rainbow Bridge and a fascinating sphere structure in the background.

Can you see it?

Mt Fuji is the very dim white mass at the top of the picture. I was thrilled to finally be able to see Mt Fuji! I have traveled to the fifth station on Fuji and hiked to multiple lookouts just to see Fuji, however due to the weather I was never able to see it. Then Rory emails me from the ship one day to say he saw Mt Fuji from the flight deck. The ship was here in port! Aarghh I really think Fuji was hiding from me but alas I saw her!

Dylan enjoyed part of the experience but was ready to leave for lunch.

Dada Gator and future Gator (maybe).

We are hoping to find/invent a 4th Generation Gator scholarship for Dylan.
Trying to get a picture with the elusive Mt Fuji