62 articles tagged “Minato City”
A four-tower hotel complex in Takanawa, Minato City, steps from JR Shinagawa Station. Built across four decades from 1978 to 2002, the complex is anchored by the 39-story Main Tower completed in December 1994 and holds a combined 3,679 guest rooms.
A mixed-use waterfront complex completed in 2020 at Takeshiba Pier in Minato City, Tokyo. The 26-story, 109.86-meter main tower by JR East shares the site with two dedicated Shiki Theatre Company venues and retail facing Tokyo Bay.
A 36-story, 132.9 m luxury hotel tower completed in 1986 in Akasaka, Tokyo. Developed by All Nippon Airways and operated under the IHG InterContinental brand, it occupies a prominent hilltop site near the national government district.
A 908-room hotel that opened on 25 April 1982 in Takanawa, Minato City, Tokyo. Designed by Togo Murano — one of the defining figures of modern Japanese architecture — the building represents one of his last major commissions, completed when he was in his nineties, and is notable for its curved, ornamental façade in an era dominated by rectilinear glass towers.
A 28-floor ZEB-certified office tower completed in May 2024 in Akasaka, Tokyo. Developed jointly by Sekisui House and Nippon Life Insurance, it brings next-generation environmental performance to the heart of the city.
A large residential complex of three towers — Aqua (41 floors), Capital (42 floors), and Breeze (43 floors) — completed between 2006 and 2007 in Konan 4-chome, Minato City. Developed by Sumitomo Realty and designed by Nikken Sekkei, the 2,090-unit development transformed a former industrial waterfront into one of the largest residential addresses near Shinagawa Station.
A 33-story, 104-metre hotel tower opened in 2005. Designed by Ken'o Tange, the building stands beside Shiba Park and offers views of Tokyo Tower and Zojoji Temple.
A 36-storey mixed-use tower completed in 2003 in the Shiodome Siosaite district. Jointly developed by Sumitomo Corporation and NTT Urban Development, its upper floors house the Conrad Tokyo hotel, making it one of the most visible landmarks of the former freight-yard redevelopment.
A 27-storey office and hotel tower completed in 2004 as part of the Shiodome Siosaite redevelopment. Jointly developed by Sumitomo Realty and Sumitomo Life Insurance and designed by Nikken Sekkei, it stands as the Sumitomo Group's signature block in the former freight-yard district.
A 54-story, 237-meter residential tower completed in 2023 as part of the Azabudai Hills redevelopment in Minato Ward, Tokyo. Developed by Mori Building, it contains 320 residential units and the Janu Tokyo hotel on its lower floors.
A 22-story mixed-use tower completed in 2011 in Akasaka, Minato City. Developed by Mori Building as part of its ARK Hills cluster, it stacks offices, residences, and retail on a hillside site midway between Roppongi-itchome and Akasaka stations.
Reopened in 2019, this 41-story, 188 m tower in Toranomon is the modern reincarnation of the beloved 1962 Hotel Okura Tokyo. Yoshio Taniguchi's design for the Prestige Tower honors his father Yoshiro Taniguchi's original while carving its own place in the sky.
Completed in January 2016 in Shibaura, Minato City, this 34-storey, 120-metre residential tower is distinguished by its pentagonal floor plan — an unusual geometry that shapes both the exterior silhouette and the variety of views enjoyed by its 883 units.
A 45-story, 156-meter residential tower completed in 2022 in Shirokanedai, Minato City. Developed by five major real-estate firms after sixteen years of negotiation with 285 rights-holders, the project delivered 1,247 apartments along with medical, commercial, and public facilities.
A 25-story broadcasting facility completed in 1996 on Odaiba, designed by Kenzo Tange Associates. Two interconnected towers and a 32-metre diameter spherical observation pod make it one of the most distinctive buildings on Tokyo Bay's waterfront.
A 54-story, 221-metre residential tower completed in January 2022, the tallest condominium in Japan at the time of its completion. Developed by Mori Building as the third phase of Toranomon Hills, it contains 547 units a short walk from Toranomon Station.
Completed in January 2008 as the centrepiece of the Akasaka Sacas mixed-use redevelopment, this 39-storey, 179.3-metre tower by TBS Holdings combines broadcast culture, entertainment venues, and office floors in a single hillside precinct.
A 45-storey, approximately 159-metre residential tower completed in May 2008 in the Akasaka 2-chome hilltop district of Minato City. Developed by Mori Building, designed by Nikken Sekkei, and built by Takenaka Corporation, its 521 units occupy a plateau overlooking Tokyo Midtown and Roppongi Hills.
A 47-storey residential tower completed in October 2005 in Takanawa 1-chome, Minato City. Designed by Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei and built by Taisei Corporation, it was developed by Tokyo Tatemono on a site of more than 9,000 square metres along Sakurada-dori.
Completed in 2018, this 29-story, 156-meter office tower marks a generational shift in the Hamamatsucho business district's skyline, where postwar buildings are being systematically replaced.
A six-hectare residential redevelopment district surrounded on all sides by canals in Minato City's Shibaura 4-chome. Four supertall towers completed between 2006 and 2008 created a canal-ringed community of approximately 4,000 units.
Completed in 2003, this 34-story, approximately 172-meter tower in Shiodome Sio-Site houses the Kyodo News headquarters on the lower floors and Park Hotel Tokyo on the upper, an unusual pairing that gives the building its character.
Completed in 2003, this 38-story, 172-meter Kajima-designed tower in Shiodome Sio-Site stacks Shiseido offices on the lower floors and a hotel on the upper, exemplifying the mixed-use formula of the district's redevelopment.
Completed in October 2002, this 47-story, 165-meter twin-tower residence in the Shiodome Sio-Site holds 1,000 units and was an early example of introducing housing into what was planned as a primarily business district.
A 34-story, 151-meter office tower completed in 1996 in Shibaura, Minato City. Developed by NTT Urban Development as its headquarters building, it marked an early milestone in the transformation of the Tamachi–Shibaura waterfront into a business district.
A 46-story, 172-meter rental residential tower completed in March 2007 in Minamioyama 1-chome, Minato City. Developed by Mitsui Fudosan Residential under the Park Axis brand as part of a public-private partnership that also accommodates metropolitan public housing.
A 43-story, 157-meter condominium tower completed in 2009 in Akasaka 4-chome, Minato City. Developed by Mitsui Fudosan Residential under the Park Court brand, it occupies a hillside address between the Nagatacho government district and the Akasaka entertainment quarter.
A pair of office towers completed in 2006 by Sumitomo Fudosan on the Mita–Shibaura boundary in Minato City. The 43-story west tower (179 m) and 17-story east tower (86 m) were known together as the Mita Twin Building until a 2024 renaming retired the 'twin' designation.
A 35-story, 169-meter office tower completed in March 1995 in Toranomon, Minato City. Originally built as the headquarters of Japan Tobacco International (JT) and designed by Nikken Sekkei, the building was sold to Sumitomo Fudosan in 2020 and renamed, reflecting the contraction of Japan's tobacco industry.
A 56-storey public rental residential tower completed in February 2004 in Kaigan, Minato City, developed by the Urban Development Corporation (now UR Urban Agency). At approximately 190 metres, it was the tallest rental residential building in Japan at the time of completion, and remains a distinctive presence in the Shiodome skyline.
A 30-storey mixed-use tower completed in January 2012 on the former site of Kajima Corporation's headquarters in Motoakasaka, Minato City. Planned, designed, built, and operated entirely by Kajima, the tower combines office floors with a residential component on its upper levels under the name AKASAKA K-TOWER RESIDENCE.
A 38-story, approximately 205-meter office tower completed in 2017. Its 5,000 m²-plus green space earned the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award for rooftop and wall greening — making it one of Tokyo's most notable environmentally conscious skyscrapers.
A 32-storey residential tower completed in 2023, standing approximately 117 metres tall near Takeshiba Station on Tokyo's waterfront. Developed by Tokyo Tatemono as a redevelopment of the former Itopia Hamarikyu, it overlooks the grounds of Hamarikyu Gardens.
A 36-storey residential tower completed in 2010, rising approximately 129 metres from a hillside site in Mita, Minato City, three minutes' walk from Azabu-Juban Station.
A large-scale residential district developed on the site of the former Ministry of Communications Simplified Insurance Bureau buildings in Mita 1-chome, Minato City. Seven buildings housing 1,002 homes occupy a site of approximately 25,000 square metres — the largest condominium footprint in Minato City — completed in March 2025.
A 798-metre suspension bridge completed in August 1993, linking Shibaura and Odaiba across Tokyo Bay. Twin towers rise 126 metres above sea level, while the double-deck structure carries the Shuto Expressway, Yurikamome monorail, a coastal road, and a public promenade in a single span.
A self-supporting steel broadcasting tower completed in 1958. Standing 333 m tall, it surpassed the Eiffel Tower and symbolised Japan's postwar recovery — and still defines Tokyo's skyline.
A 43-story residential skyscraper completed in 2008 in the Konan district, southeast of Shinagawa Station. Developed by Sumitomo Realty on a fixed-term land lease, it stands as a landmark of the Konan neighborhood's transformation from an industrial district.
A 32-storey office tower completed in 2015 on an artificial ground platform built over the active Shibaura Water Reclamation Center, with approximately 3.5 hectares of rooftop gardens above an infrastructure district in Konan, Minato City.
Completed in April 2003, the Nittele Tower rises 32 floors above the Shiodome Sio-Site in Minato City. Designed with Richard Rogers Partnership as conceptual architect, its four exposed megastructure buttresses make it one of the most distinctive entries in Tokyo's skyline.
Completed in January 2005, the Tokyo Shiodome Building is a 37-story mixed-use tower in the Shiodome Sio-Site development. Developed jointly by Mori Trust and Sumitomo Realty, it stacks retail, offices, and the 290-room Conrad Tokyo hotel across a total floor area of around 191,000 square metres.
A seven-building mixed-use complex completed in 2003 on the former Japanese National Railways freight yard east of Shinagawa Station. Its tallest tower, Shinagawa Grand Central Tower, rises 32 floors and 148 metres above Konan. A 400-metre linear park ties the buildings together, setting the complex apart from a conventional office cluster.
A large mixed-use complex on the former Tokyo Gas Shibaura factory site, completed in full in July 2020. Tamachi Station Tower N stands 36 floors and 180.08 metres tall, paired with a 31-floor Tower S (168.88 m), a Pullman hotel, and 36 retail outlets near Tamachi Station.
Three high-rise office towers completed in 1998 on the former JNR freight yard east of Shinagawa Station. Tower A, the tallest at 32 floors and 144.5 metres, anchors the Konan exit skyline and helped transform the district into one of Tokyo's leading corporate hubs.
Completed in January 1990, the 43-storey, 180-metre headquarters of NEC Corporation features a striking mid-rise void — approximately 42 metres wide and 15 metres tall — designed to channel wind through the building and reduce turbulence at street level.
A 43-storey, 231-metre mixed-use tower completed in 2016 as the centrepiece of the Roppongi 3-chome Eastern Area redevelopment, designed by Nikken Sekkei and connected directly to Roppongi-itchome Station.
Completed in August 2012 as the second major chapter of the Ark Hills precinct, this 48-storey, 206.7-metre mixed-use tower weaves office floors, residences, and retail into a hillside setting defined by expansive gardens at its base.
Completed in 2002 as the centrepiece of the Izumi Garden mixed-use precinct in Roppongi 1-chome, this 45-storey, 201-metre office tower by Nikken Sekkei introduced a garden-integrated, station-direct model of urban redevelopment to one of Tokyo's most established business neighbourhoods.
Completed in March 1986 as the office centrepiece of the Ark Hills mixed-use complex in Akasaka, this 37-storey tower by Irie Miyake Architects & Engineers is widely cited as the founding model for large-scale private-sector urban redevelopment in Japan.
A 39-storey office tower completed in March 2021 in Hamamatsucho, reaching approximately 197 metres. Developed jointly by World Trade Center Building Co., Tokyo Monorail Co., and Kajima Corporation, it leads the phased reconstruction of the site once occupied by the 1970 main building.
A 38-story mixed-use tower completed in March 2020, reaching approximately 180 metres in Toranomon. Developed by Mori Trust, it stacks offices, the Tokyo Edition hotel, and residences within a single tower, with interiors by Kengo Kuma and Associates.
A 40-story smart-building tower completed in May 2020 on the Takeshiba waterfront, standing approximately 208 metres tall. Developed by Tokyu Land Corporation Group, its IoT platform with over 1,300 sensors manages the building environment in real time.
A 36-story, 185-metre supertall completed in January 2020 as the second tower in the Toranomon Hills complex. Directly connected to the new Toranomon Hills Metro station, it houses the ARCH innovation hub alongside some 96,000 square metres of office space.
The residential tower of Azabudai Hills — said to be Japan's tallest at completion, with 64 floors and a height of about 263 m.
A high-rise residence adjoining Hinokicho Park and sharing its district with Tokyo Midtown.
A Shiodome tower designed by Jean Nouvel, characterized by its curved façade.
A redevelopment tower at the foot of Mt. Atago, planned together with its greenery.
The core of Roppongi Hills, which championed an 'arts and cultural city.' A pioneer of large-scale redevelopment in Tokyo.
The symbolic tower of a large mixed-use development in Akasaka, built around greenery and art.
A supertall office building standing above Loop Route 2 — the starting point of the regeneration of the Toranomon area.
The newest tower of Toranomon Hills, developed integrally with Toranomon Hills Station on the Hibiya Line.
A roughly 325 m supertall mixed-use tower that opened in 2023 — a building that represents Tokyo.