Comments on: How high is up: Tokyo Skytree boosts economy for some http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/yen-for-living/how-high-is-up-tokyo-skytree-boosts-economy-for-some/ How to make, save and spend money in Japan. Mon, 20 May 2013 22:43:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Hunter http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/yen-for-living/how-high-is-up-tokyo-skytree-boosts-economy-for-some/comment-page-1/#comment-112193 Hunter Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:21:52 +0000 http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/yen-for-living/?p=3603#comment-112193 I live in the shadow of Sky Tree and I continue to be mystified at published accounts of trash in the streets, congestion from bikes, etc. It just is not the case. I think before anyone else publishes these reports they should come to Sky Tree and try to find these “overflowing piles of garbage.” I have, and they just are not there.

]]> By: Troy http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/yen-for-living/how-high-is-up-tokyo-skytree-boosts-economy-for-some/comment-page-1/#comment-104596 Troy Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:05:47 +0000 http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/yen-for-living/?p=3603#comment-104596 Tourist attractions create entertainment experiences but not durable wealth per se (see Tobu World Square for how that works).

The tourist money flowing into Sumida-ku is tourist money other 区s are losing.

Now, if the tower can attract new tourist visits from abroad it will certainly be wealth-generating (from the national weal perspective) but with a 32 million Japanese visitor run rate all of Japan will have filed through in 4 years.

Here’s a recent shot of the tower’s view from a helicopter:

http://i.imgur.com/BJORv.jpg

One wonders if it wouldn’t have been more economical for Tobu to re-build Tokyo in scale, like the Mori empire has done:

http://www.thepolisblog.org/2011/09/photo-realistic-model-of-tokyo-braces.html

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