When I came across the All Japan Towers (japantowers.jp), I thought it was a good reason to go check out towers and get a stamp. Some of the towers I have been to before, but getting a stamp in a book seems to be a bit more cooler IMO.
I was suppose to start this by getting Sapporo TV tower done, but since I didn’t make it to Sapporo, it actually started with Chiba Port Tower.
The book costs 300 yen and it’s pretty simple. You go any of the 19 towers, sometimes staff will stamp it or you go up and stamp it.
This gives another record of you going to some tower and saying you were there. Because before this, I wouldn’t put going up a tower as a priority. Now that it is another added layer to my trips to Japan…. I must do it! LOL.
While I visited a few towers, 2 of them were not accessible for the most part. Kobe Port Tower was underconstruction.. so I couldn’t get the stamp. Tsutenkaku had a 70min wait… and I am not going to do that.
1st Tower was Chiba Port Tower. Friendly staff, but I really enjoyed this tower as it wasn’t busy and they had extra stamps on the observation floors.
Next day, I went to Tokyo Tower. I’ve been there before with Jacob, but to go there for the stamp and a goshuin (there’s a temple there too) was kind of interesting. This is truly a tourist attraction and was busy!
I then visited the Chubu Electric Mirai Tower in Nagoya. I know all these towers are gorgeous at night.. I was able to catch this one and it was really nice. This was busy too, but it felt that there was more to see and do here. Like it didn’t feel empty, so this was one of my favorite towers on this visit.
I was in Osaka the next day and while I stayed in Shinsekai, where Tsutenkaku was, I didn’t get a chance to go in. The night I was going to go had a HUGE line and a 70 minute wait period. Last year when I came, it wasn’t lit up.. but this time, it was and it was gorgeous.
I’ll be back in July, so I will definitely go to this.
Instead, I headed to Umeda Sky building, which was busy too, but not as bad as Tsutenkaku. There was some cool things up here, like the luminescence ground. I didn’t do that the last time I was here.
The next tower was Fukuoka Tower. I have never been here before, but I saw it the night before from Ohori Park and it was gorgeous!
The reason why I haven’t been here before is because it was a good walk to get to it. It is really cool though.
When I went to Kyoto, I had to go up Kyoto Tower. I’ve seen Kyoto Tower many times and even at night is super gorgeous, but I have never gone up it. This time, I did with Ishii-san. It was cool to see as Kyoto doesn’t have skyscrapers.
On the way back to Osaka, I stopped by Kobe Port Tower in hopes of getting a stamp. Unfortunately, the store was under construction, so I could only admire it from outside.
The last tower on this trip was Yokohama Marine Tower, which was also a great visit! It was gorgeous at night, but the staff was friendly and there was a light show up top.
I was hoping to get the stamps of Tsutenkaku and Kobe Port tower, but again, that didn’t work out.
The 3 other towers I didn’t get a chance to see were: Kaikyo Yume Tower in Shimonoseki, Higashiyama Sky Tower in Nagoya and Sapporo TV tower in Sapporo.