Asakusa Skyline

While the Sensoji temple and the more interesting parts of Tokyo's Asakusa district are found on the west side of the Sumida River, the east side holds more recent commercial development, including the Tokyo Skytree and the Asahi beer headquarters.

The Skytree is the new digital communications tower, replacing the analog communications in the Tokyo Tower (Eiffel lookalike). It is also a major commercial enterprise with advertising everywhere and tickets to the top nearly $50! We skipped it.

The Asahi headquarters building is the black one, supposedly shaped like a beer glass, with the very large gold sculpture on top. That sculpture is usually referred to as a thing or object, but it informally has some other unparliamentary nicknames.