Completed in June 2014 on the west side of Iidabashi Station, this 30-storey, 150-metre office tower was developed by Mitsui Fudosan as part of a station-front redevelopment that created a riverside walk and cherry-blossom terrace along the outer moat.
Standing 108 metres tall in Kobe's Meriken Park since 1963, this red hyperboloid tower — the world's first all-pipe-structure building — was renovated and reopened in April 2024 as a renewed observation facility.
Completed in January 2007 near Nagoya Station's west exit, this 40-storey office tower rises to 180.2 metres with an asymmetric curved-glass east façade that sets it apart from the skyline.
Built on the former Osaka Baseball Stadium site and opened in phases in 2003 and 2007, this mixed-use complex pairs a terraced commercial building designed by John Jerde with a 30-storey, 150-metre office tower.
Opened in August 1991 as part of the Pacifico Yokohama convention complex, this 31-storey, 140-metre hotel tower's sail-shaped façade has defined the Minato Mirai skyline for more than three decades.
A 22-story, approximately 99-meter mixed-use office building completed in 2006. Developed by NTT Urban Development as the centrepiece of the Akihabara Crossfield redevelopment, it transformed the city's famed electronics district into a technology and business hub.
A 16-story, approximately 67-metre mixed-use building completed in 2017. Developed by Tokyu Corporation and designed by Nihon Sekkei, it stacks retail, share offices, and rental housing in a single tower — a mid-scale intervention in Shibuya distinct from the area's large-scale station redevelopments.
A 38-story, approximately 184-metre office tower completed in 2003. Developed by Sumitomo Fudosan as part of the Nishi-Shinjuku 6-chome district redevelopment, it extended the sub-centre's high-rise density into a block that had previously remained lower-scale.
A twin-towered, arch-topped office building completed in 1996 in Aomi, Odaiba. Rising 21 floors and approximately 99 metres, it was developed by Tokyo Teleport Centre as a flagship facility of the Tokyo waterfront sub-centre and remains one of the bay area's most recognisable landmarks.
A 34-story, approximately 163-metre government office tower completed in 1991. Designed by Kenzo Tange as part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government complex in Nishi-Shinjuku, it forms an ensemble with the twin-towered No. 1 building and defines the civic skyline of the sub-centre.