Shinjuku Front Tower

A 34-story office tower completed in 2011, located between Nishi-Shinjuku Station and Nakano-Sakaue Station in Kita-Shinjuku — a quieter northern extension of the Shinjuku subcenter office cluster.

Use

Office tower

Area

Shinjuku City

Completed

2011

Floors

34 above ground

An Office Tower on the Edge of the Subcenter

Kita-Shinjuku 2-21-1, Shinjuku City. A four-minute walk from Nishi-Shinjuku Station on the Toei Oedo Line, and eight minutes from Nakano-Sakaue Station on the Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line — Shinjuku Front Tower stands at a point slightly northwest of the main axis of Nishi-Shinjuku’s skyscraper cluster. The 34-story office building, completed in 2011, is equipped with 18 elevators and standard floors of approximately 511 tsubo (around 1,690 square meters each), making it one of the larger office buildings in this part of Shinjuku. Its surroundings are a mix of public parks, apartment buildings, and smaller offices — a noticeably quieter texture than the canyon of glass towers along Tochomae-dori a few blocks south.

A Business District Between the Subcenter and Residential Nakano

The Nishi-Shinjuku office district took shape after the Yodobashi Purification Plant closed in 1965, freeing up a large area of land just west of Shinjuku Station. Through the 1970s and 1980s, financial institutions, trading companies, and government agencies converged on Tochomae-dori, creating one of Tokyo’s most recognizable high-rise clusters. The relocation of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government offices to the new twin-tower City Hall in 1991 cemented Nishi-Shinjuku’s status as a civic and corporate center. Over the following decades, demand for office space gradually spread outward from that core, reaching the Kita-Shinjuku area that sits between the subcenter and the residential neighborhoods of Nakano. Shinjuku Front Tower, completed in 2011, reflects that expansion — a large-floorplate office building positioned to serve users who value access to both the Oedo and Marunouchi lines.

Summary

Shinjuku Front Tower was completed in 2011 with 34 floors above ground. Located in Kita-Shinjuku, it sits at a midpoint between two subway lines and brings large-floorplate office space to a part of Shinjuku that sits just beyond the dense cluster of towers along Tochomae-dori. For those who have walked the main Nishi-Shinjuku skyline, the quieter streets that extend north toward Nakano-Sakaue offer a different kind of Tokyo office landscape — worth a short detour.

Related: Shinjuku Center Building / Shinjuku Nomura Building

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