Tokyo Tower Vs. Tokyo Sky Tree

In my many visits to Tokyo, I have never once paid any attention to Tokyo Tower.  This goes the same for the many monuments of this type throughout the world, including the one that I am most familiar with (the Empire State Building).  And, yet, last week when I went to Tokyo, I found myself caught in a web of nostalgia, fueled perhaps by the use of Tokyo Tower in many of the monster films.  Now, as it stands there, alone, in its red and white glory, surpassed in attention by the new Tokyo Sky Tree (a rather boring addition to the skyline), I feel more of a kinship with Tokyo Tower than ever before, prompting me to think that perhaps on my next visit to Tokyo I may pay it a visit.  Who knows?  They may tear it down one day, with the "Out with the old, In with the new" policy beloved by movers and shakers.

Tokyo Sky Tree as seen from Asakusa Sensoji

Tokyo Tower as seen from Roppongi Hills