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title: "How many steps up Tokyo Skytree? 2,523"
description: "2,523 steps up Tokyo Skytree in Tokyo, Japan. Not climbable by the public. What that count reaches, the height climbed, and how it compares."
url: https://atoneplace.net/how-many-steps/tokyo-skytree/
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# How many steps to the top of Tokyo Skytree?

**Steps to the top of Tokyo Skytree: 2,523**

Reaching the upper observation deck at 450 m, via the emergency staircase — no public access · not climbable by the public

The world's tallest tower has 2,523 emergency steps that visitors never see; both observation decks are reached by lift. Limited stair-descent events have been run from the 350 m deck as promotions, always downward and always ticketed by lottery. The tower's height of 634 m was chosen because the digits read as "Musashi" in the old numeral wordplay, the historic name for the region. The emergency stairwell exists to meet Japanese fire code for a structure of that height.

## The numbers

- **Steps:** 2,523
- **Reaches:** the upper observation deck at 450 m, via the emergency staircase — no public access
- **Public access:** Not climbable by the public
- **Where:** Tokyo, Japan
- **Height climbed:** 450 m — 1,476 ft
- **Average rise per step:** 178 mm

> This count describes a stairwell the public cannot use. Published step figures for famous structures very often refer to service or emergency stairs — worth knowing before planning a visit around one.

> Published counts for the same structure routinely disagree by five to ten per cent, and nearly always for one of three reasons: whether intermediate landings count as steps, whether the final platform step counts, and where the climb is deemed to start. The figure here says what it reaches.

## How it compares

*Only the ones marked open to climb can actually be walked.*

- Burj Khalifa: 2,909 steps
- Tokyo Skytree: 2,523 steps
- Mount Haguro stone stairway: 2,446 steps
- One World Trade Center: 2,226 steps
- Willis Tower: 2,109 steps

*Tokyo Skytree ranks 2 of 56 here by step count.*

| Structure | Steps | Reaches | Access |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Burj Khalifa | 2,909 | the 160th floor, via the emergency stairwell — no public access | Not climbable by the public |
| Tokyo Skytree | 2,523 | the upper observation deck at 450 m, via the emergency staircase — no public access | Not climbable by the public |
| Mount Haguro stone stairway | 2,446 | the Sanjin Gosaiden shrine at the summit, through cedar forest | Open to climb |
| One World Trade Center | 2,226 | the 102nd floor | Restricted — events or permit only |
| Willis Tower | 2,109 | the 103rd floor Skydeck | Restricted — events or permit only |

## Common questions

### How many steps to the top of Tokyo Skytree?

2,523, reaching the upper observation deck at 450 m, via the emergency staircase — no public access.

### Can the public climb Tokyo Skytree?

Not climbable by the public.

### How high is that climb?

450 m, about 1,476 ft, which averages 178 mm per step.

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## Sources

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