Cindy -- Touch the Sky

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To be honest, I can count the number of times that I've been up Tokyo Tower on one hand. For one thing, I'm a bit acrophobic and my impression when I went up the first time was that once was enough. The second time I was up there was because I had friends from out of town so when one of them showed interest in going up the tower, I amicably obliged.

Happily though, there are still millions of people who are willing to visit one of the capital's most visible landmarks and it still cuts quite the figure at night when it's all lit up. There was even a tribute compilation album for Tokyo Tower released in November 1991 titled "Tower of Love". 

The first track is "Touch the Sky" by the late singer-songwriter Cindy. Quite the tenderly-sung love song for good ol Double-T, it was created by one of Japan's prolific composers Kyohei Tsutsumi（筒美京平）and arranged by Makoto Matsushita（松下誠）. Anyone picking up "Tower of Love" and putting it into the stereo can really pick up on the 90s-ness of it all right from the intro for "Touch the Sky".  I hear that couples often visit the tower for that romantic date and with the view of the city below them, it's probably no wonder; Cindy's contribution can help in the mood-setting.