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[Taro Toporific]

Tokyo Tower to glow like a candle
Japan Times / Dec 19
Tokyo Tower will start appearing as a huge Christmas candle Dec. 23-25, looming above the metropolis in a rare display of different colors several times each evening....will appear as an immense ornament floating in mid-air, using a different color each time.
The candle will light up five times a day on Dec. 23 and 25 (5:30 p.m.-10 p.m.), and six times on Dec. 24 (5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.).
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[Captain Japan]

Man arrested for scaling Tokyo Tower
Mainichi

A man who climbed up the steel frame of Tokyo Tower and dangled a sign from his feet showing the name of a girl has been arrested, police said.

Police received an emergency call at about 3:45 p.m. on Sunday, saying a man had scaled the frame of the 333-meter tower. Officers rushed to the area and persuaded him to come down using a loudspeaker. He was immediately arrested for trespassing.

The man was identified as Mitsuhiro Kawada, 31, a farmer from Towada, Aomori Prefecture. Police said he climbed up the tower to a height of about 100 meters, wearing shorts and a T-shirt, and then dangled a sign from his feet showing the name of a girl with a red heart.

"I wrote the name of a girl I liked. I wanted to stand out," he was quoted as telling investigators.... more...