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This weeks Photo Hunt theme is High. I took this photo from the observation level of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building (東京都庁舎, Tōkyō Tochōsha).The photo is looking in the direction of my apartment, as you can see I was up pretty high.

The Metropolitan Buildings consist of three main buildings:

Tokyo Metropolitan Main Building No.1:
243 meters (797 ft) high with forty-eight stories above and three stories below ground.

Tokyo Metropolitan Main Building No.2:
163 meters (535 ft) high with thirty-four stories above and three stories below ground.

Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Building:
41 meters (135 ft) high with seven stories above and one story below ground.

Located in Shinjuku, it held title of the tallest building (by roof height) in Tokyo, at 243 meters (799 feet), from 1991 until late 2006, when it surrendered its title upon the completion of Midtown Tower. The two top-floor panoramic observation decks are free of charge to the public and contain many gift shops. They are open till 11 pm on weekdays. Use of cameras is permitted, but tripods are forbidden.

High [hai] adjective
at, from, or reaching up to, a great distance from ground-level, sea-level etc

Example: a high mountain; a high dive; a dive from the high diving-board

Arabic: عالٍ
Chinese (Simplified): 高的，具有相对高度的
Chinese (Traditional): 高的，具有相對高度的
Czech: vysoký
Danish: høj
Dutch: hoog
Estonian: kõrge
Finnish: korkea
French: haut
German: hoch
Greek: (υ)ψηλός
Hungarian: magas
Icelandic: hár
Indonesian: tinggi
Italian: alto
Japanese: 高い, たかい , takai , also used to express expensive.
Korean: 높은
Latvian: augsts
Lithuanian: aukštas
Norwegian: høy
Polish: wysoki
Portuguese (Brazil): alto
Portuguese (Portugal): alto
Romanian: înalt, de la înălţime
Russian: высокий
Slovak: vysoký
Slovenian: visok
Spanish: alto
Swedish: hög
Turkish: yüksek

As always the original image is available on my .Mac photo gallery.

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