{"id":30860,"date":"2026-02-23T13:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T05:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=30860"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T05:30:13","slug":"tokyo-skytree-tower-closed-after-20-trapped-in-lift-for-5-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=30860","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Skytree tower closed after 20 trapped in lift for 5 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/p>\n

\n

Twenty people were trapped inside a lift at Tokyo Skytree tower from Sunday night for more than five hours, the operator said, adding that the facility, which is Japan\u2019s tallest broadcasting tower and a popular tourist spot, will be closed throughout Monday for safety checks.<\/p>\n

The passengers, including children, were stranded when the lift came to a sudden stop about 30 metres above street level, according to police. They were all rescued and no one was injured.<\/p>\n

An emergency call was made at around 8.20pm on Sunday reporting the incident at the tower in Tokyo\u2019s Sumida Ward.<\/p>\n

According to Tobu Tower Skytree Co, two lifts stopped at around 8.15pm while running between the entrance on the fourth floor and the 350-metre-high observation deck. The lift carrying 20 passengers was going down, while the other had no visitors inside.<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n
\"Emergency<\/div>
Emergency crews at the scene overnight. Photo: Kyodo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

For the rescue, a lift adjacent to the one that was stranded was positioned at the same height. A stainless panel – 120cm long and 20cm wide – was placed in between so that customers were able to leave the stalled lift from an emergency door on the side.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


\n
Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Twenty people were trapped inside a lift at Tokyo Skytree tower from Sunday night for more than five hours, the operator said, adding that the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4840],"tags":[10211,1382,5565,16368,8103,6987,5052],"class_list":["post-30860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-globetrotting","tag-closed","tag-hours","tag-lift","tag-skytree","tag-tokyo","tag-tower","tag-trapped","wpcat-4840-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}