TOKYO — Three inches of glass. That’s all that separated me and a small group of tourists from the great plunge. We were standing some 1,500 feet above the world’s most populous city on the ...

Tokyo's Skytree soars 634 metres (2,080 feet) upwards, giving spectacular views of the Japanese megalopolis and -- on a clear day -- the majestic Mount Fuji. The pronunciation in old Japanese of ...

The most interesting of many intriguing spots in Skytree Park in northeast Tokyo is the last one that people can visit on high: Floor 340 (so numbered for its metric height) and its glass-bottomed ...

The floor is much smaller, with a glass-lined walkway that curves along the outside, bringing you around and up to the actual 450m point. I'll be honest, though, it's not worth the extra yen.

The famous CN Tower's glass floor was the first of its kind when it was built in 1994. Visitors to the building can test their nerve by looking straight down for 1122 feet. 7. Skytree, Tokyo ...

The glass floor – and its stainless steel cross beams – is capable of holding 80 kilograms, or about 176 pounds, of weight per square centimeter, or about 0.15 square inch, said a reassuring ...