Talk:Tokyo Tower

Video game appearance
The comment regarding the fact that the Tokyo Tower can be seen in a videogame appears appropriate in the context of the article; it appears that someone just wishes to mention their favorite videogame; would consider editing out. "The tower can also be seen in Tokyo Xtreme Racer: Zero when driving on the C1 route." Eastend 15:22, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

Comment from a passer-by
Regarding the cliche of Tokyo Tower being used in movies, manga, etc., perhaps an editor should add that it is the scene of the final battle in CLAMP's X animated movie. I assume that it is the scene of the final battle in the X:1999 manga and the animated series as well, but I cannot confirm that, as I've never seen or read them. -Mira Firefly

And maybe some one could note that Tokyo Tower is commonly destroyed in fiction, just using Digimon Series 2 and several series of Gundam as examples. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.33.9.99 (talk) 23:23, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Illumination hours: dusk to midnight?
The article read "From dusk to 12 PM, the tower is brilliantly illuminated in orange." I assume this was meant to read "From dusk to 12 AM," i.e., from dusk to midnight, and have changed it accordingly. Could someone please confirm this? (Although, it makes no sense to illuminate the tower once the sun comes up.) HEL 03:33, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Images
There's a couple of nicer images on Commons. What do you think? -- Jungletiger 11:09, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Facilities
This part of the article indicated that the tower was an antenna, which it is not. It is a structure that supports antennas. I've made the appropriate change. -- hosikawafuzi 20:06, 18 December 2006 (UTC) Technical question: How are the two mediumwave programs transmitted by the tower? I can neither see nor notice anything that is seemingly a longwire antenna or similar to such. Does the top of the tower serve as a shortened antenna stub (maybe inductive shortening which of course consumes much of the original input power even if the waste energy is perhaps used for heating or producing warm water instead)? I also can not imagine that the whole tower is used as a grounded antenna at full length (as author hosikawafuzi described - and due to the fact that there are many people on and around the tower everyday since it is a touristic attraction of Tokyo)... Thanks for the explanation in the main article (technical section). B.P. Germany — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.65.73.214 (talk) 02:35, 5 January 2014 (UTC)

Highest shrine in Tokyo?
The article presently states that the shrine in the tower is the highest in Tokyo. Is that correct? There is a shrine, Musashi Mitake Jinja, on Mount Mitake. I'm not sure just how high up the mountain it is, but the mountain (929 m) is quite a bit higher than the tower (333 m) so the shrine could be higher than Tokyo Tower's. The latitude and longitude of the shrine are given in the article in the Japanese Wikipedia at 武蔵御嶽神社. Anyone have a topographic map handy? Fg2 (talk) 21:41, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Hmm though I'm not done sourcing that section yet, I got that bit of info from the official site. The exact quote is: "Located at the highest spot in all 23 wards of Tokyo, this Shinto shrine grant the faithful divine favors such as success in love, successful passing of academic examinations and traffic safety." Torsodog (talk) 08:16, 1 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Ah, mystery solved. They were precise in saying 23 wards, not in Tokyo. Thanks Fg2 (talk) 20:58, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

GA Review
AnmaFinotera (talk) 02:29, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

It looks good —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.176.25.58 (talk) 03:39, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Height
Where is the info about the hight of 332,5 m from? The official site says 333 m .--Mycomp (talk) 12:08, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Another pop culture appearance of the tower?
In the series Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 it is toppled by an earthquake and is shown on the cover. Should this be mentioned?--74.237.136.61 (talk) 17:38, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Another pretty prominent use of Tokyo Tower is its constant appearance in Kamen Rider Kabuto. The main character points to the heavens, part of his whole shtick (see the article for context), often with the tower off in the background. I could swear it showed up every single episode. Just saying. --75.66.21.34 (talk) 12:24, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

There's more than enough stuff to fill a separate article, but the tower being damaged/destroyed is a running gag in Japanese popular culture and I don't think we need to list every single time that has happened. --188.195.136.220 (talk) 04:55, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Yet another appearance
I added in a segment adding on a mention to Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, as it has made several cameos in the anime/manga, and has been used as locale on other occasions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.171.150.90 (talk) 17:29, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Location
Tower location is not in Shiba park, but in area called Shiba-koen, even if it's directly translated as Shiba park. --Rambalac (talk) 02:40, 28 October 2013 (UTC)


 * ✅. I've changed the lead accordingly. --DAJF (talk) 01:53, 9 November 2013 (UTC)

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AM-Broadcasting from Tokyo Tower?
Did ever use AM-transmitters Tokyo Tower for broadcasting? AM-transmitters usually use a tower or mast insulated against ground as antenna, but Tokyo Tower is grounded. However a wire-antenna fixed at the tower also works, but the pictures of the tower did not show such a device. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:DF:1F34:7B69:486F:C04A:509:99BC (talk) 01:13, 3 February 2022 (UTC)


 * This is a great catch. FCCdata's mirror of MIC info gives the coordinates 36 4' 9.80" N/139 37' 36.98" E. That looks much, much more like a medium wave transmission site. The transmitter section was way out of date, especially given that JOUD shut down in 2018 and J-WAVE also decamped to Skytree. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 17:29, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

Tokyo Tower Emoji?
No mention of the Tokyo Tower Emoji (🗼) anywhere. Kosburrat (talk) 03:08, 19 June 2024 (UTC)