{"id":2382,"date":"2012-05-23T05:30:09","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T05:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/world-s-tallest-tower-opens-to-public-in-tokyo\/"},"modified":"2012-05-23T05:28:14","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T05:28:14","slug":"world-s-tallest-tower-opens-to-public-in-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/world-s-tallest-tower-opens-to-public-in-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s Tallest Tower Opens to Public in Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-1456 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/skytree.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{{The world&#8217;s tallest tower is the fabulous SKY TREE of  Japan. It measures  634 meters into the sky making it the biggest new landmark. It opened to the public on Tuesday.}}<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 8,000 visitors were expected to take high-speed elevators up to the observation decks of the 634-meter (2,080-foot) tower to mark its opening. <\/p>\n<p>Some reportedly waited in line more than a week to get the coveted tickets for a panoramic view, though Tuesday ended up being cloudy in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>Skytree is recognized by Guinness World Records as the tallest tower, beating out the Canton Tower in China, which is 600 meters (1,968 1\/2 feet).<\/p>\n<p>The world&#8217;s tallest structure is Dubai&#8217;s Burj Khalifa, which stands 828 meters (2,717 feet). That&#8217;s in a different category because it&#8217;s a skyscraper, not a tower.<\/p>\n<p>The Skytree will serve as a broadcast tower for television and radio, along with being a tourist attraction. It replaces the 333-meter-tall (1,092 1\/2-foot-tall) Tokyo Tower \u2014 a symbol of Japan&#8217;s capital since 1958 \u2014 as the broadcast hub.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-1457 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/towers.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{{The world&#8217;s tallest tower is the fabulous SKY TREE of Japan. It measures 634 meters into the sky making it the biggest new landmark. It opened to the public on Tuesday.}} Nearly 8,000 visitors were expected to take high-speed elevators up to the observation decks of the 634-meter (2,080-foot) tower to mark its opening. Some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[75],"byline":[334],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-technology","tag-homenews","byline-igihe-reporter"],"bylines":[{"id":334,"name":"IGIHE Reporter","slug":"igihe-reporter","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":334,"name":"IGIHE Reporter","slug":"igihe-reporter","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2382"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2382"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}