sligoman
02/10/2005, 3:12 PM
A Japanese man made his way to a spot about 100 metres (328 ft) above ground on a famous Tokyo landmark on Sunday in what may have been a reckless attempt to impress a girl.
Japanese private broadcaster TV Asahi showed footage of a man standing on an iron frame on the exterior of the 333-metre Tokyo Tower and unfurling a banner adorned with a large red heart and words that appeared to be the name of a girl.
"Maybe he intended this as a message for someone... I suspect that's the case since it had a heart on it," a Tokyo police official said.
The man, who claims to be 31, came down from a spot around 100 metres high after being persuaded by police and was arrested for trespassing, the police official said.
Just how he managed to get up there remains a mystery.
"It's not clear how he got in...and where he began his climb," the police official said. A Tokyo Tower official said there was no way to get to where the man had climbed from the inside.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/02102005/80/japanese-man-nabbed-climbing-tokyo-landmark.html
Japanese private broadcaster TV Asahi showed footage of a man standing on an iron frame on the exterior of the 333-metre Tokyo Tower and unfurling a banner adorned with a large red heart and words that appeared to be the name of a girl.
"Maybe he intended this as a message for someone... I suspect that's the case since it had a heart on it," a Tokyo police official said.
The man, who claims to be 31, came down from a spot around 100 metres high after being persuaded by police and was arrested for trespassing, the police official said.
Just how he managed to get up there remains a mystery.
"It's not clear how he got in...and where he began his climb," the police official said. A Tokyo Tower official said there was no way to get to where the man had climbed from the inside.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/02102005/80/japanese-man-nabbed-climbing-tokyo-landmark.html