Yokohama Landmark Tower

The symbol of Minato Mirai. Completed in 1993, a 296 m skyscraper representing the Kanto region.

Use

Office tower

Area

Nishi-ku, Yokohama

Completed

1993

Floors

70 above ground, 3 below

Height

296.33 m

Developer

Mitsubishi Estate

Architect

Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei & The Stubbins Associates

296 meters over Minato Mirai

Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa. At the heart of the redevelopment district spreading across Yokohama’s waterfront, a skyscraper of 70 floors and a height of 296.33 meters was completed in 1993. This is the Yokohama Landmark Tower. Developed by Mitsubishi Estate, it was for a long time the tallest building in Japan, and has remained a symbol not only of Minato Mirai but of the city of Yokohama itself.

“Minato Mirai 21” remade a waterfront once occupied by shipyards and docks into a district of business, commerce and culture. Rising as if to open that project, this tower, with its height overlooking Yokohama Bay, drew the new outline of the city all at once.

An observatory and mixed functions over the port

What makes this tower distinctive is that, rather than a stand-alone office building, it layers office, hotel, retail and observation functions into a single tower. A hotel occupies the upper floors, and on the 69th floor an observation facility offers sweeping views toward Yokohama Bay and Mount Fuji.

An architectural firm known for New York high-rises took part in the design, and the silhouette — tapering slightly toward its crown — lends an elegant vertical line to the port-town skyline. Visible from almost anywhere in Minato Mirai, this tower has also served as a landmark by which visitors confirm where they stand.

Summary

The Yokohama Landmark Tower is a skyscraper completed in 1993, with 70 floors above ground, 3 below, and a height of 296.33 meters. Born as the core of Mitsubishi Estate’s “Minato Mirai 21,” it ranks among the tallest in the Kanto region and has symbolized Yokohama’s seaside scenery for more than thirty years.

When you visit Minato Mirai, first look up at this tower, then look back out over the city and the port from the observation floor. The scale of Yokohama unfolds from your feet all the way to the sea.