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Beyond Business; Inspired by Manhattan, Tokyo turns Roppongi into a gleaming cultural as well as economic center.
Byline: Akiko Kashiwagi
In Tokyo's new Suntory Museum Of Art, centuries-old paper screens, ceramics, glassware and Noh costumes are on elegant display under subtle, high-tech lighting in tranquil rooms designed by the renowned architect Kengo Kuma. But as astounding as the building itself, or the dazzling array of ancient Japanese artifacts contained within, is its location: right smack in the middle of Tokyo's bustling Roppongi district, more frequently associated with nightlife and shopping than with high culture.
That is about to change, thanks to the opening of Tokyo Midtown, a
new $3 billion 10-hectare complex developed by Mitsui Fudosan on the site of former Japan's Defense Agency head office in the center of the city. The mega-development, modeled after midtown Manhattan, ...
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- Newspaper article from: Mainichi Daily News January 4, 2006 700+ words
...well-known firms at Roppongi Hills besides Yahoo Japan...s office space at Roppongi Hills is minimal, the company...move into Roppongi's Tokyo Midtown, which is scheduled...president's office at Roppongi Hills, but not it is no...
- Roppongi Hills sets new urban standard.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire July 28, 2003 700+ words
...The Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Roppongi Hills sets new urban standard Mami Tsukahara...Yomiuri Three months after the opening of Roppongi Hills in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on April 25...initiative in the project, boasted that Roppongi Hills would be a major showcase for future...
- Roppongi Hills revolving doors get the flick.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire April 26, 2004 700+ words
...Mainichi Daily News) The owner of Roppongi Hills has decided to remove all large, automatic...Executives of Mori Building Co. that runs Roppongi Hills in Tokyo had already indicated they...revolving door and its frame at the Roppongi Hills business and shopping complex. Believing...
- Roppongi Hills: Mori's magnificent mall.(Famous Properties)
- Magazine article from: Journal of Property Management September 1, 2003 700+ words
...What you'd have is Tokyo's new Roppongi Hills complex. Seventeen years in the making, Roppongi Hills, a $4 billion, 28.7 acre development...and rooftop gardens. "In creating Roppongi Hills, we imagined all of the ways people...
- Mori: Roppongi Hills to attract 50 mil. visitors.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire October 8, 2003 700+ words
...Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Mori: Roppongi Hills to attract 50 mil. visitors Yomiuri...Mori said Tuesday that the company's Roppongi Hills project that many viewed as a high...in Minato Ward, Tokyo, said the "Roppongi Hills phenomenon" had created more than...
- Jerde's Contribution to Japan Continues: Riverwalk Kitakyushu and Roppongi...
- Press release article from: Business Wire April 16, 2003 700+ words
...heart for a city without a center, and Roppongi Hills, a new "midtown" for Tokyo, mark...entertainment venues. The Mori-developed Roppongi Hills has been hailed by observers as the...estate project in Japan's history. Roppongi Hills, which opens to the public April 25...
- Roppongi Hills visitors hit 6.35 mil. in 1 month.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire May 27, 2003 700+ words
...Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Roppongi Hills visitors hit 6.35 mil. in 1 month Yomiuri Roppongi Hills, a business, shopping and entertainment...Despite efforts to differentiate Roppongi Hills from other office buildings, the...
- Roppongi Hills to be model for Iidabashi plan.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire December 18, 2003 700+ words
...Yomiuri Shimbun/Daily Yomiuri) Roppongi Hills to be model for Iidabashi plan...Following on the heels of the Roppongi Hills development in Minato Ward...redevelopment projects, including Roppongi Hills and Shiodome City Center, have...
- Child crushed to death in revolving door at Roppongi Hills.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire March 30, 2004 700+ words
...got caught in a revolving door at the Roppongi Hills complex in downtown Tokyo Friday...get him free. The boy was visiting Roppongi Hills with his 38-year-old mother. They...Mori Building Co., which owns the Roppongi Hills, revealed that a 2-year-old girl...
- Inner city. (Hotels).(Roppongi Hills, Tokyo, Japan/ www.grandhyattokyo.com and...
- Magazine article from: Business Traveler April 1, 2003 700+ words
...TOKYO IS GROWING. UP. ON APRIL 25, Roppongi Hills, a 27-acre, $4 billion cultural...travelers) and a Buddhist temple, Roppongi Hills will also have a 17th-century Japanese...garden. Membership in the private Roppongi Hills Club, which houses eight restaurants...
Source: HighBeam Research, Beyond Business; Inspired by Manhattan, Tokyo turns Roppongi into a...