Shibuya Stream

A 35-story, approximately 180-meter tower completed in 2018 on the site of the former Tokyu Toyoko Line's elevated station. Its development revived the Shibuya River and created a waterfront promenade connecting Shibuya Station's south exit to Daikanyama.

Use

Office tower

Area

Shibuya City

Completed

2018

Floors

35 above ground, 4 below

Height

180 m

Total floor area

approx. 116,700 m²

Developer

Tokyu Corporation

Architect

Tokyu Design Consultant

Rising from the Old Toyoko Line Platform

On the south side of Shibuya Station, a 35-story tower stretches to approximately 180 meters along National Route 246. Shibuya Stream opened on September 13, 2018, as a mixed-use supertall developed by Tokyu Corporation and designed by Tokyu Design Consultant. Its total floor area is approximately 116,700 square meters. The building stacks retail, event and conference spaces, hotel floors, and offices from bottom to top — a vertical arrangement shaped directly by the site’s history as a former elevated train station.

When the Tokyu Toyoko Line moved its Shibuya terminus underground in March 2013 to enable through-service on the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line, the above-ground platforms fell silent. The elevated track structure became the focus of the next phase of Shibuya’s redevelopment. Shibuya Stream’s facade carries forward the arched kamaboko (barrel-vaulted) roof profile of the old elevated station, giving the building a visual connection to the infrastructure that once stood in its place.

A River Revived, a Walking Route Reborn

The name “Stream” reflects the building’s central idea. The Shibuya River — for years largely hidden underground — was brought back to the surface along the building’s base, creating an open waterfront space lined with restaurants and cafés. The old elevated viaduct was converted into a pedestrian deck, establishing a natural walking route from Shibuya Station toward Daikanyama and Nakameguro and giving the south exit a new sense of openness and connectivity.

Walking the river promenade, you can trace the line of the former railway above your head. Despite its scale — 35 floors and 180 meters — Shibuya Stream is a project that invested considerable attention at street level, reshaping the public realm below as carefully as it stacked floor plates above. The arrival of Shibuya Stream transformed the south exit from a zone of residual infrastructure into a quieter, water-side district. It is one of the more rewarding stretches of Shibuya to walk.

Summary

Shibuya Stream was completed in 2018, with 35 floors above ground and a height of approximately 180 meters. Built on the site of the former Toyoko Line elevated station, it brought the Shibuya River back to the surface and established a pedestrian route linking the station’s south exit to Daikanyama and Nakameguro. Follow the river south from Shibuya and you will find a face of the city that was long hidden behind infrastructure.

Related: Shibuya Hikarie / Shibuya Scramble Square

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