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title: "How many steps up Tokyo Tower? 600"
description: "600 steps up Tokyo Tower in Tokyo, Japan. Open to climb. What that count reaches, the height climbed, the average rise per step, and how it compares."
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# How many steps to the top of Tokyo Tower?

**Steps to the top of Tokyo Tower: 600**

Reaching the Main Deck at 150 m · open to climb

One of the rare tall towers where the public staircase is genuinely open: the open-air gaidan runs from the ground to the Main Deck and is available at weekends, on public holidays and daily during summer. Climbers who complete it are given a certificate. The upper deck at 250 m is lift-only. The staircase is exposed on the outside of the lattice, which makes it a very different experience from an enclosed fire stair.

## The numbers

- **Steps:** 600
- **Reaches:** the Main Deck at 150 m
- **Public access:** Open to climb
- **Where:** Tokyo, Japan
- **Height climbed:** 150 m — 492 ft
- **Average rise per step:** 250 mm

## What the climb is like

About 15 minutes. Open weekends and holidays, weather permitting; included in the Main Deck ticket.

> 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.*

- Space Needle: 848 steps
- Ulm Minster: 768 steps
- Eiffel Tower: 674 steps
- Tokyo Tower: 600 steps
- St Peter's Basilica dome: 551 steps
- Cologne Cathedral south tower: 533 steps
- St Paul's Cathedral: 528 steps

*Tokyo Tower ranks 22 of 56 here by step count.*

| Structure | Steps | Reaches | Access |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Space Needle | 848 | the observation deck at 158 m | Restricted — events or permit only |
| Ulm Minster | 768 | the highest viewing platform at 143 m, in the world's tallest church steeple | Open to climb |
| Eiffel Tower | 674 | the second floor, at 115 m — the highest point the public can reach on foot | Open to climb |
| Tokyo Tower | 600 | the Main Deck at 150 m | Open to climb |
| St Peter's Basilica dome | 551 | the lantern at the top of Michelangelo's dome, at 136 m | Open to climb |
| Cologne Cathedral south tower | 533 | the viewing platform at 97 m, below the spire | Open to climb |
| St Paul's Cathedral | 528 | the Golden Gallery at 85 m, the highest point open to visitors | Open to climb |

## Common questions

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

600, reaching the Main Deck at 150 m.

### Can the public climb Tokyo Tower?

Open to climb. About 15 minutes. Open weekends and holidays, weather permitting; included in the Main Deck ticket.

### How high is that climb?

150 m, about 492 ft, which averages 250 mm per step.

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## Sources

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