Commemorating Tokyo Tower's 50th anniversary, a new illumination program called "Diamond Veil" was introduced on December 1 and will run until the 25th.

The special lighting was produced by Motoko Ishii, who also designed the tower's regular orange colored illumination program, "Landmark Light".

The "Diamond Veil” program is produced with 276 special lights mounted within the tower’s structure. Additional floodlights are mounted along the top and bottom which surrounds the tower with a pure white glow to provide contrast. The resulting effect makes the tower look like it is veiled in an elegant jewel garmet.  Seven colors used in the presentation represent a different message: dreams, earth, eternity, hope, love,  nature, and  water.  The illumination program will be in two stages, December 1 through 6, and then from the 7th to the 25th.

Tokyo Tower also presents its annual holiday illumination event that uses 100,000 light bulbs and features a 12-meter-tall Christmas tree.

Tokyo Tower came into existence when NHK began regular broadcasting in 1953 and a transmitter was required. The tower opened to the public on December 23, 1958, and while it has been surpassed in height by many skyscrapers, it has still remained as one of the key symbols and landmarks of Tokyo for the past 50 years.