Tokyo considering Page No.227
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No.227 Tokyo Metropolitan Government's observatory (Nishi-shinjuku)
(It is the Tokyo guide to introduce by the image and the column).

It looks up from under Tokyo Metropolitan Government.


Tokyo Metropolitan Government is the one which moved from Marunouchi (the 現 Tokyo forum) to the in the Shinjuku high-rise complex present place in 1991 and was built and the completion of the office of the metropolitan government consists of March, 1991, the 1st government office building, the 2nd government office building, the metropolitan assembly Capitol. The height of the 1st government office building was 243 m (the 48th floor the ground) and for a while, it was the height which is the best of Japan OBJ DO and to pull out the sunshine 60 who was the best formerly of Japan but as for that the land mark in Yokohama was complete, it was proud of the height of Metropolitan area 1. However, as for Roppongi Tokyo midtown's being complete, assume that it evacuates a seat in Metropolitan area 1, too, but a lot of persons visit an entry into the observatory as the spot that Tokyo can be easily looked at from the place which is high in the fact to be free of charge.
The place where there is a view room has the top floor part, the 202-m height of the 1st government office building. The 1st government office building becomes separated in the north side and the south side when it goes to the highest level and two observatories of "the northern observatory" and "the southern observatory", too, exist. Because it isn't possible to associate respectively at the observatory, it is necessary to choose whether or not it goes to the north side when taking the 1st floor view room leading elevators or whether or not it goes to the south side.
As for the opening time, it becomes nine thirty-23 o'clock and the night view can be enjoyed until the late evening, too, but it is only at the northern view room which is doing business that it opens a bar since then in the part of the view room floor at seventeen thirty. In the inspection day, 以外 can enter either a view room because the closure day is Tuesday but is closing a southern view room and a northern view room alternately. Also, the part of the southern view room can be charged as the venue of the event and so on used, too.

The direct elevator of the leading of the view room (the 45th floor)
There is a check of the luggage in the entrance. This elevator is quite slow.
The stop depends on the northern observatory and the southern observatory. The view is the same approximately.

There is a souvenir shop at Ginza "the Hiroshi article building".

It is one of the attractivenesses that it accepts for free.

The huge rows of stores and houses on a street in metropolitan Tokyo spread under the eyes.

The view 3 volley

There is a cafe & bar in the view room.
At noon, as the cafe, it is doing business and in night, it is doing business until 23 o'clock as the bar.
It is placed to the piano and it isn't like a that something is real government office.

It lines up to take the elevator of the getting-off, too.

With Sadaharu Oh's and Shigeo Nagashima's picture in the gift shop
Ishihara Yujiro's one, too, was placed.
"ZIORAMA" Tokyo (the airscape) which is reflected on the right is one of the popular products.


There is "the Tokyo sightseeing information center" in the 1st floor.
For the person who visits Tokyo by the home and abroad
A free brochure with a wide range of kinds is put.


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