11 articles tagged “Shibuya City”
A 41-story, 184-meter tower completed in 2001 on the former Tokyu headquarters site in Sakuragaoka, Shibuya. The building combines offices, a luxury hotel, a noh theater, and a jazz club — an unlikely mix that reflects Shibuya's cultural depth.
A 36-story, approximately 150-meter tower completed in 1998 at the south exit of Shinjuku Station. The centerpiece of the Shinjuku Southern Project, it combined offices and a hotel while establishing the pedestrian promenade that reworked how the south exit connects to the city.
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.
Completed in September 1997 with 28 stories and a height of approximately 150 m, the JR East Headquarters Building stands adjacent to Shinjuku Station's south exit in Yoyogi, Shibuya — a deliberate choice by the privatized railway to anchor its new identity to its busiest hub.
Kenzo Tange's 1964 masterpiece of suspension architecture, built for the Tokyo Olympics. Designated a National Important Cultural Property in 2021, its spiralling suspended roof stands as one of the defining structural achievements of postwar Japan.
A 40-story, 167-meter office tower completed in 1994 at the heart of the Yebisu Garden Place complex, developed by Sapporo Real Estate on the former site of the Sapporo Beer Yebisu brewery.
A large-scale mixed-use complex completed in November 2023 on the south side of Shibuya Station. Anchored by the 39-story SHIBUYA Tower at approximately 179 metres, it is widely described as the final piece of Shibuya's quarter-century redevelopment.
A 34-story, 182.5-meter supertall completed in 2012 on the site of the former Tokyu Cultural Center. Standing at Shibuya Station's east exit, it fired the opening shot in the district's large-scale redevelopment and remains the definitive landmark of the east side.
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.
A 47-story, approximately 230-meter supertall completed in 2019. Jointly developed by Tokyu, JR East, and Tokyo Metro, it rises directly above Shibuya Station and features the open-air observation deck SHIBUYA SKY at its summit.
A supertall NTT DoCoMo building just south of Shinjuku, known for its clock tower and Empire State Building–like silhouette.