Shinjuku Maynds Tower

A 34-story, 161-meter office tower completed in 1995 in Yoyogi, Shibuya Ward — directly adjacent to Shinjuku Station's south exit but bearing a Shinjuku name despite a Shibuya address. The building's 105-meter central atrium is one of the most distinctive interior volumes among Tokyo's office towers.

Use

Office tower

Area

Shibuya City

Completed

1995

Floors

34 above ground, 3 below

Height

161 m

Developer

Railcity East Development

A Shinjuku Name on a Shibuya Address

Just south of Shinjuku Station, across Koshu-Kaido (National Route 20), a 34-story tower rises 161 meters above the intersection. Shinjuku Maynds Tower was completed in September 1995, developed by Railcity East Development — a vehicle jointly funded by three major Japanese life insurers: Nippon Life, Dai-ichi Life, and Sumitomo Life. The postal address is 2-1-1 Yoyogi, Shibuya Ward, yet the building carries the Shinjuku name, and that gap between administrative geography and perceived location is one of the defining quirks of the south exit district.

The tower’s central distinction is structural. Running the full height of the building from the ground floor to a skylight is a central atrium measuring 105 meters — one of the most dramatic interior volumes in the Tokyo office market. The glazed corridor divides the office plates on either side and draws natural light deep into the building’s core. The reinforced steel and steel-reinforced concrete composite structure made it possible to achieve both the height and the large clear span that the atrium required.

Investment Architecture at the Station Edge

Maynds Tower was conceived as a revenue-generating asset from the outset. In the early 1990s, co-investment by life insurance companies in urban office towers was a common institutional strategy, and Maynds Tower fit that model closely. In 2005, a fund organized by Davinci Holdings acquired most of the co-ownership stakes, shifting who held the asset without changing how the building operated. It has continued to function as a multi-tenant office building ever since.

The south exit zone of Shinjuku has always occupied an ambiguous position: close enough to Shinjuku to borrow the name, far enough to feel removed from both the east-exit entertainment district and the towers of Nishi-Shinjuku. Maynds Tower and the nearby Odakyu Southern Tower — completed three years later — gave this in-between district a cluster of high-rises that made the ambiguity feel purposeful rather than overlooked.

Summary

Shinjuku Maynds Tower was completed in 1995, with 34 floors above ground and a height of 161 meters. Its 105-meter central atrium remains one of the most distinctive interior features among Tokyo’s office buildings. The tower stands at the administrative seam between Shinjuku and Shibuya — a Shinjuku name on a Yoyogi address — and that duality captures the particular character of the south exit corridor. Cross Koshu-Kaido from the station and look up to see the atrium glazing from outside.

Related: Odakyu Southern Tower / JR Shinjuku Miraina Tower

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