Back in 2015, I wrote about the observatories at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.
And I know way back in 1999, I wrote about the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building for a website.
It has been a long time since I have been to this place (during the day).
This time around, I ‘m not going to focus on the observatories but the actual building area from the ground, as there are a lot of things to see.
This is the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 1 and has 48 levels and the observatory is on the 45th floor.
Across the street is Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 2 and is 163 meters high (534 feet).
This is the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Building.
The building is 243 meters tall (797 feet) and has two towers, each houses an observatory. It was once the tallest building in Tokyo until the Midtown Tower was created in 2007.
All around the inner-portion of the government building center are statues and you can often see many tourists taking pictures of these statues and the government building.
The statues are interesting because most of them are nude women. I couldn’t help how in the US, people would be protesting these statues in a government building area, but in Japan, it’s more looked at as art.
Of course, the main attraction is to see the Tokyo landscape for free and the two TMG Observatories are open from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
There is an inspection of bags.
The South Observatory is closed on the first and third Tuesday of every month and the North Observatory is closed on the second and fourth Monday of every month. They are also closed from December 29-31 and January 2-3.
For those going out there, just know the north observatory is closed until mid-January 2020.
