TOKYO HIGH-RISE ARCHITECTURE
A hobby blog touring Tokyo's major office towers and high-rise residences one by one — mostly in Minato, Chiyoda and Chuo wards. Completion years, heights and the background of each development, recorded from public sources.
Photo: The White House (public domain)
The ten most recent articles — buildings, expressways and railways alike.
Completed in July 1993 in Minato Mirai's block 30. A 28-floor, 152.5 m tower designed by Mitsubishi Estate, housing the headquarters of Kanagawa's leading regional bank — one of the first major towers to define the Minato Mirai skyline.
Completed in January 2016 in Musashi-Kosugi, Kawasaki. A 53-floor, 185 m residential tower with 800 units developed by Sumitomo Realty — one of the tallest residential buildings in Kanagawa Prefecture, marking a high point in the district's decades-long transformation.
Completed in May 2008 in Musashi-Kosugi, Kawasaki. A 49-floor, 160 m residential tower with 689 units, designed by Taisei Corporation with design supervision by Jun Mitsui. One of the earliest landmarks of Musashi-Kosugi's transformation into a tower-condominium district.
Completed in 2009 near Yokohama Station's east exit in Kanagawa-ku. A 31-floor, 156.5 m office tower developed by Mitsubishi Logistics — a showcase of urban renewal outside Minato Mirai.
Completed in 2012 in Minato Mirai's block 67. A 30-floor, 152 m office tower designed by Nikken Sekkei. Notable for its sail-like facade and the world-class railway model museum on its second floor.
A 42-story residential skyscraper completed in 2013 in Ohashi, Meguro City, built using the three-dimensional road system that allows a structure to share vertical space with the Ohashi Junction of the Metropolitan Expressway.
A 33-story office tower completed in February 1994 in the Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama. Originally built as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Yokohama headquarters, it was renamed KDX Yokohama Minatomirai Tower in November 2024 after the company sold the building to an investment fund in 2017.
A 41-story mixed-use skyscraper completed in 2010 and directly connected to the south exit of JR Hachioji Station. Standing 157.5 meters, it combines 390 residential units with a concert hall, a city museum, retail, and offices in a single tower — the landmark of suburban western Tokyo.
A 58-story mixed-use complex completed in 2020 on the former silk inspection site in Kitanaka-dori, Yokohama. Standing 199.95 meters tall, it combines 1,176 residential units with hotel and retail space while preserving a historic brick warehouse building at its base.
A twin-tower complex completed in March 2024 on Block 53 of the Minato Mirai 21 district in Yokohama. The West Tower (30 floors, approximately 158 m) and East Tower (16 floors, approximately 90 m) house offices, a hotel, Yamaha's music experience venue, and retail, developed jointly by Obayashi Corporation, Keikyu, Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate, and Yamaha.