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Gender: Male
Status: Married
Age: 42
Sign: Gemini

Country: CA
Signup Date: 11/13/2005
Monday, March 19, 2007 

Category: Travel and Places
St. Luke's Tower is part of the St. Luke's Garden complex in Tokyo.  St. Luke's Tower is the taller of two building in the complex.  The shorter building is St. Luke's Residence.  The Hotel New Yankyu is located on the top seven floors of the St. Luke's Residence building.  The two buildings are joined by a walkway.

Click here to find St. Luke's Garden on Google Maps.  It's on the North side of the Sumida River close to Ginza and the Tokyo Central Wholesale Market (aka Tsukiji Fish Market) and between the Tsukudaohashi and Kachidokibashi Bridges.

In Tokyo St. Luke's Garden is referred to as Seiroka Garden.  Similarly, St. Luke's Tower is referred to as Seiroka Tower.  Your cab driver might shake his head when asked to go to St. Luke's Tower, but will have no trouble taking you to Seiroka Tower.

The closest Tokyo Metro station is Tsukiji Station on the Hibiya Line.

For fantastic views of Tokyo for sightseeing and/or photography go to St. Luke's Garden Observatory on the 47th Floor of St. Luke's Tower.  According to this web site, the Observatory is open daily from 9:00 AM to 8:30 PM.

To access the Observatory, take the elevator to the 46th Floor.  There you'll find another elevator that will take you up to the 47th Floor to Restaurant Luke.  There may also be stairs that take you up to the 47th Floor Observatory.  After having lunch at Restaurant Luke I took some pictures from on of the restaurant's outdoor "observation" platforms.  This link shows you what the "Tokyo Tower" side looks like.

I hope that this blog was useful.  I'd love to see your pictures from St. Luke's Tower Observatory.  Enjoy!

Here's one of my shots of St. Luke's Garden:

St. Luke's Garden, Tokyo


Inside St. Luke's Garden, looking across the Sumida River:

St. Luke's Garden, Tokyo


St. Luke's Garden Logo:

St. Luke's Garden, Tokyo


This sign directs you to the Observatory:

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