Telecommunications and observation tower in Japan
The
Tokyo Tower
(
T?ky? taw?
,
pronounced
[toːk?oː
ta??aː]
ⓘ
, officially called
日本電波塔
,
Nippon denpat?
, "Japan Radio Tower") is a
communications
and
observation tower
in the Shiba-koen district of
Minato, Tokyo
, Japan, built in 1958. At 332.9 meters (1,092 ft), it was the
tallest tower in Japan
until the construction of
Tokyo Skytree
in 2012. The structure is an
Eiffel Tower
-inspired
lattice tower
that is painted white and
international orange
to comply with
air safety
regulations.
The tower's main sources of income are tourism and antenna leasing. Over 150 million people have visited the tower. FootTown, a four-story building directly under the tower, houses museums, restaurants, and shops. Departing from there, guests can visit two observation decks. The two-story Main Deck (formerly known as the Main Observatory) is at 150 meters (490 ft), while the smaller Top Deck (formerly known as the "Special Observatory") reaches a height of 249.6 meters (819 ft). The names were changed following renovation of the top deck in 2018.
[4]
The tower is repainted every five years, taking a year to complete the process.
In 1961, transmission antennae were added to the tower. They are used for radio and television broadcasting and now broadcast signals for Japanese media outlets such as
NHK
,
TBS Television
, and
Fuji Television
. The height of the tower was not suitable for Japan's planned
terrestrial digital broadcasting
planned for July 2011 for the Tokyo area. A taller digital broadcasting tower, known as Tokyo Skytree, was completed on 29 February 2012.
Since its completion in 1958, Tokyo Tower has become a prominent
landmark
in the city, and frequently appears in media set in Tokyo.
Construction
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Construction underway on 25 February 1958
A large broadcasting tower was needed in the
Kant? region
after
NHK
, Japan's
public broadcasting
station, began television broadcasting in 1953. Private broadcasting companies began operating in the months following the construction of NHK's own transmission tower. This communications boom led the Japanese government to believe that transmission towers would soon be built all over Tokyo, eventually overrunning the city. The proposed solution was the construction of one large tower capable of transmitting to the entire region.
[5]
Furthermore, because of the country's
postwar boom
in the 1950s, Japan was searching for a monument to symbolize its national recovery from
World War II
, as one of the countries most ravaged by the war.
[6]
[7]
Hisakichi Maeda, founder and president of Nippon Denpat?, the tower's owner and operator, originally planned for the tower to be taller than the
Empire State Building
, which at 381 meters was the highest structure in the world at the time. However, the plan fell through because of the lack of both funds and materials. The tower's height was eventually determined by the distance the TV stations needed to transmit throughout the Kant? region, a distance of about 150 kilometers (93 mi).
[5]
Tach? Nait?
, renowned designer of tall buildings in Japan, was chosen to design the newly proposed tower.
[5]
Looking to the
Western world
for inspiration, Nait? based his design on the
Eiffel Tower
in
Paris
,
France
.
[8]
With the help of engineering company Nikken Sekkei Ltd., Nait? claimed his design could withstand earthquakes with twice the intensity of the
1923 Great Kant? earthquake
or
typhoons
with wind speeds of up to 220 kilometers per hour (140 mph).
[5]
The new construction project attracted hundreds of
tobi
(
鳶
), traditional Japanese construction workers who specialized in the construction of high-rise structures. The
Takenaka Corporation
broke ground in June 1957 and each day at least 400 laborers worked on the tower.
[5]
It was constructed of
steel
, a third of which was scrap metal taken from US tanks damaged in the
Korean War
.
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[10]
When the 90-meter-long antenna was bolted into place on 14 October 1958, Tokyo Tower was the
tallest freestanding tower
in the world, taking the title from the Eiffel Tower by nine meters.
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]
Despite being taller than the Eiffel Tower, Tokyo Tower only weighs about 4,000 tons, 3,300 less than the Eiffel Tower.
[12]
It remained the tallest artificial structure in Japan until April 2010, when it was surpassed by the
Tokyo Skytree
.
[8]
It was opened to the public on 23 December 1958 at a final cost of
¥
2.8 billion ($8.4 million in 1958).
[10]
[13]
Tokyo Tower was
mortgaged
for ¥10 billion in 2000.
[14]
Planned as an antenna for telecommunications and brightly colored in accordance with the time's Aviation Law, the tower's two panoramic observatories are mostly frequented by tourists today; the tower constitutes a clear reference point in the center's chaotic skyline, forming a strong landmark, both night and day.
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Maintenance
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Every five years, the tower is repainted in a process that takes about a year to complete. Tokyo Tower is next planned to be repainted in 2024.
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Functions
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Tokyo Tower's two main revenue sources are antenna leasing and tourism. It functions as a radio and television broadcasting antenna support structure and is a tourist destination that houses several different attractions. Over 150 million people have visited the tower in total since its opening in late 1958.
[7]
Tower attendance had been steadily declining until it bottomed out at 2.3 million in 2000.
[18]
Since then, attendance has been rising, and it has recently been attracting approximately three million visitors per year.
[7]
The first area tourists visit upon reaching the tower is FootTown, a four-story building stationed directly under the tower. There, visitors can eat, shop, and visit several museums and galleries. Elevators that depart from the first floor of FootTown can be used to reach the first of two observation decks, the two-story Main Observatory.
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For the price of another ticket, visitors can board another set of elevators from the second floor of the Main Observatory to reach the final observation deck—the Special Observatory.
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Broadcasting
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Tokyo Tower, a member of the World Federation of Great Towers, has been used by many organizations for broadcasting purposes. The structure was intended for broadcasting television, but radio antennas were installed in 1961 because it could accommodate them.
[7]
While analog and digital television broadcasts are no longer conducted from the site, two FM radio stations remain on Tokyo Tower. Stations that use or have used the tower's antenna include:
[12]
- Current
- Former
The Tokyo Tower, built in 1958
Japan employs both analog and digital broadcasting. In July 2011 all television broadcasting was changed to solely digital. Tokyo Tower is not a reliable broadcasting antenna for completely digital broadcasting because the tower is not tall enough to transmit the higher frequency waves to areas surrounded by forests or high-rise buildings. As an alternative, a new 634-meter-tall (2,080 ft) tower called the
Tokyo Skytree
was opened in 2012.
[7]
In an attempt to make Tokyo Tower more appealing to
NHK
and the five other commercial broadcasters who planned to move their transmitting stations to the new tower, Nihon Denpat? officials drafted a plan to extend its digital broadcasting antenna by 80 to 100 meters at a cost of approximately ¥4 billion (US$50 million).
[21]
As a result of their move to the Skytree, only one digital television station remained on Tokyo Tower: that of the
Open University of Japan
, whose JOUD-DTV and JOUD-FM continued on the tower until shutting down in 2018. FM radio stations will continue to use the tower for broadcasting in the Tokyo area. Masahiro Kawada, the tower's planning director, raised the possibility of the tower becoming a backup for the Tokyo Skytree, depending on what the TV broadcasters want or need.
[7]
[22]
The antenna's tip was damaged on 11 March 2011 by the
T?hoku earthquake
.
[23]
On 19 July 2012, the Tokyo Tower's height shrank to 315 meters while the top antenna was repaired for damage from the earthquake.
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Attractions
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Located in the base of the tower is a 4-story building known as FootTown. The first floor includes the Aquarium Gallery, a reception hall, the 400-person-capacity "Tower Restaurant", a
FamilyMart
convenience store and a souvenir shop.
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This floor's main attractions, however, are the three elevators that serve as a direct ride to the Main Observatory.
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The second floor is primarily a food and shopping area. In addition to the five standalone restaurants, the second floor's
food court
consists of four restaurants, including a
McDonald's
and a
Pizza-La
.
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FootTown's third and fourth floors house several tourist attractions. The third floor is home to the
Guinness World Records
Museum Tokyo, a museum that houses life-size figures, photo panels and memorabilia depicting interesting records that have been authenticated by the Guinness Book.
[28]
The Tokyo Tower Wax Museum, opened in 1970, displayed
wax figures
imported from London where they were made
[29]
until it was closed in 2013.
[30]
The figures on display range from pop culture icons such as
The Beatles
to religious figures such as
Jesus Christ
. A
hologram
gallery named the Gallery DeLux, a lounge and a few specialty stores are also located on this floor.
[31]
Tokyo Tower's Trick Art Gallery is located on the building's fourth and final floor. This gallery displays
optical illusions
, including paintings and objects that visitors can interact with.
[32]
On the roof of the FootTown building is a small amusement park that contains several small rides and hosts live performances for children.
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On weekends and holidays, visitors can use the roof to access the tower's outside stairwell. At approximately 660 steps, the stairwell is an alternative to the tower's elevators and leads directly to the Main Observatory.
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Tokyo One Piece Tower
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Based on the hit manga and anime
One Piece
, Tokyo Tower featured a small
One Piece
themed amusement park that opened in 2015 and closed in 2020. The amusement park offered a range of attractions, shops, and restaurants, all based on the characters from
Eiichiro Oda
's manga. Patrons enjoyed various games or attractions based on their favorite characters and enjoyed meals from the world of
One Piece
. There was a gift store that features exclusive goods for
One Piece
fans.
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Appearance
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Tokyo Tower requires a total of 28,000 liters (7,400 U.S. gal) of paint to completely paint the structure white and
international orange
, complying with
air safety
regulations.
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Before the tower's 30th anniversary in 1987, the only lighting on the tower were light bulbs located on the corner contours that extended from the base to the antenna. In the spring of 1987, Nihon Denpat? invited
lighting designer
Motoko Ishii
to visit the tower. Since its opening 30 years earlier, the tower's annual ticket sales had dropped significantly, and in a bid to revitalize the tower and again establish it as an important tourist attraction and symbol of Tokyo, Ishii was hired to redesign Tokyo Tower's lighting arrangement.
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Unveiled in 1989, the new lighting arrangement required the removal of the contour-outlining light bulbs and the installation of 176 floodlights in and around the tower's frame.
[37]
From dusk to midnight, the floodlights illuminate the entire tower.
[12]
Sodium vapor lamps
are used from 2 October to 6 July to cover the tower in an orange color. From 7 July to 1 October, the lights are changed to
metal halide lamps
to illuminate the tower with a white color. The reasoning behind the change is a seasonal one. Ishii reasoned that orange is a warmer color and helps to offset the cold winter months. Conversely, white is thought a cool color that helps during the hot summer months.
[38]
"Christmas Light Down Story", 2010
Occasionally, Tokyo Tower's lighting is changed to specific arrangements for special events. The tower is specially lit for some annual events.
Since 2000, the entire tower has been illuminated in a pink light on 1 October to highlight the beginning of
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
. The tower has also had a variety of special lighting arrangements for
Christmas
since 1994. During
New Year's Eve
, the tower lights up at midnight with a year number displayed on one side of the observatory to mark the arrival of the new year.
[38]
Special Japanese events have been cause to light the tower in several non-traditional ways. In 2002, alternating sections of the tower were lit blue to help celebrate the opening of the
FIFA World Cup
in Japan. Alternating sections of the tower were lit green on
Saint Patrick's Day
in 2007 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Japanese?Irish relations. On a few occasions, Tokyo Tower has even been specially lit to correspond with corporate events. For example, the top half of the tower was lit green to correspond with the Japanese premiere of
The Matrix Reloaded
and different sections of the tower were lit red, white and black to commemorate the first day of sales of
Coca-Cola C2
.
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The tower was lit for the new millennium in 2000 with Motoko Ishii again reprising her role as the designer.
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In December 2008, Nihon Denpat? spent $6.5 million to create a new night-time illumination scheme—titled the "Diamond Veil"—to celebrate the tower's 50th anniversary. The arrangement featured 276 lights in seven colors equally distributed across the towers four faces.
[10]
When employing specialty lighting on the tower, the Main Observatory often plays an important role. During the second international "
White Band
Day" on 10 September 2005, the tower was completely unlit except for the Main Observatory, which was lit with a bright white light. The resulting white ring represented the White Band referenced in the day's name. The two floors of windows that make up the exterior of the Main Observatory are utilized to display words or numbers. When the tower employed lighting to commemorate
terrestrial digital broadcasting
first being available in the
Kant? region
on 1 December 2005, each side of the Main Observatory displayed the characters
地デジ
(
chi deji
, an abbreviation for
地上デジタル放送
chij? dejitaru h?s?
terrestrial digital broadcasting).
[38]
More recently, the observatory displayed both "TOKYO" and "2016" to stress Tokyo's
2016 Olympic bid
.
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Primitive images, such as hearts, have also been displayed using the observatory's windows.
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Renovation
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Operations at The Tokyo Tower Top Deck (at the height of 250 m) were suspended in 2016. The Top Deck reopened on March 3, 2018. At that time, Tokyo Tower also announced the renaming of both decks. Renovations on the main deck, which began in September 2016, caused partial closure of the deck.
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Mascots
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The Tokyo Tower has two mascots named ノッポン
Noppon
. They are two brothers: Older Brother, who wears blue
dungarees
, and Younger Brother, who wears red dungarees. They were unveiled on 23 December 1998 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Tokyo Tower.
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Media representation of Tokyo Tower
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Just as the
Eiffel Tower
is often used in popular culture to immediately locate a scene in
Paris
, France, the Tokyo Tower is often used in the same way for Tokyo.
It is used in
anime
and
manga
such as
Doraemon
,
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
,
Magic Knight Rayearth
,
Please Save My Earth
,
Cardcaptor Sakura
,
Digimon
,
Detective Conan
,
Sailor Moon
,
Tenchi Muyo!
and
Death Note
.
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The tower is frequently used in the Japanese
kaiju
(giant monster) film genre. It has been the location of numerous battles and visitations by
Godzilla
,
Mothra
,
Gamera
and
King Kong
(
King Kong Escapes
) wherein it is frequently destroyed and rebuilt.
[13]
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Based on the popular manga series by Ry?hei Saigan, the 2005 film
Always Sanch?me no Y?hi
was a nostalgic view of life in the neighborhoods beneath the construction of the Tokyo Tower. In the 2022 film
Bubble
, it is depicted as being destroyed by the titular reality-breaking bubbles.
Gallery
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Shink?in and the base of Tokyo Tower
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Aerial view on Shiba-koen at dusk
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The Tokyo Tower during the sunset
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The Tokyo Tower at night from Roppongi hills
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The Tokyo Tower at night
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The Tokyo Tower during a snowfall in 2018
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Summer night in 2008
See also
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Notes
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(184 m, 2001)
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(180 m, 1971)
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(180 m, 2016)
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|
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- City Towers Toyosu The Twin
(171.2 m, 2009)
- Marunouchi Park Building
(170.1 m, 2009)
- JT Building
(169.7 m, 1995)
- Bay City Harumi Sky Link Tower
(169 m m, 2009)
- Central Park Tower La Tour Shinjuku
(167.8 m, 2010)
- Capital Mark Tower
(167.3 m, 2007)
- Sapia Tower
(167.2 m, 2007)
- Yebisu Garden Place Tower
(167 m, 1994)
- Kita-Shinjuku Area Redevelopment Plan Office Tower
(166.5 m, 2011)
- Naka-Meguro Atlas Tower
(165 m, 2009)
- Marunouchi Kitaguchi Building
(147.4 m, 2004)
- Tokyo Twin Parks
(165 m, 2002)
- Triton View Tower
(165 m, 1998)
- Toyosu Center Building
(165 m, 1992)
- Tokyo Building
(164.1 m, 2005)
- Akasaka Tower Residence
(162 m, 2008)
- Shinjuku Maynds Tower
(161.1 m, 1995)
- Shibaura Island Cape Tower
(161 m, 2006)
- Nippon Seimei Marunouchi Building
(160 m, 2004)
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150?160 m
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- Concieria Nishi-Shinjuku Tower's West
(159.8 m, 2008)
- Tornare Nihombashi-Hamacho
(159.7 m, 2005)
- Roppongi Hills Residences
(159 m, 2003)
- Brillia Tower Tokyo
(158.9 m, 2006)
- Prudential Tower
(158.4 m, 2002)
- Park Court Akasaka The Tower
(157.3 m, 2009)
- Atago Green Hills Forest Tower
(157 m, 2001)
- Kasumigaseki Common Gate East Tower
(156 m, 2007)
- Kasumigaseki Building
(156 m, 1968)
- Plaza Tower Kachidoki
(155.2 m, 2004)
- The Toyosu Tower
(155 m, 2008)
- Tokyo Dome Hotel
(155 m, 2000)
- Tokyo Gas Co. Headquarters
(155.7 m, 1984)
- KDDI Otemachi Building
(155.4 m, 1990)
- Takanawa The Residence
(153.9 m, 2005)
- Toranomon Towers Residence
(153.5 m, 2006)
- Ark Mori Building
(153.3 m, 1986)
- Toyosu 3-Chome Area 8-4 Plan
(153 m, 2010)
- Station Garden Tower
(153 m, 2008)
- Tokyo Sankei New Building
(152.4 m, 2000)
- JPower Headquarters
(153 m, 1987)
- Park Tower Gran Sky
(152.9 m, 2010)
- Garden Air Tower
(152.6 m, 2003)
- Shinagawa East One Tower
(151.6 m, 2003)
- Shiba-Koen First Building
(151.2 m, 2000)
- Futako-Tamagawa Rise Tower & Residence Tower East
(151.1 m, 2010)
- Odakyu Southern Tower
(150.8 m m, 1998)
- Air Rise Tower
(150.5 m, 2007)
- JR East Japan Building
(150.2 m, 1997)
- Nihon Keizai Shimbun Tokyo Headquarters Building
(150 m, 2009)
- Kudanshita 3rd Government Building - Chiyoda Ward Office
(150 m, 2007)
- Taiyo Seimei Shinagawa Building
(150 m, 2003)
- Granpark Tower
(150 m, 1996)
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140?150 m
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- Shinagawa Grand Central Tower
(149.8 m, 2003)
- Pacific Century Place
(149.8 m, 2001)
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Building
(148.5 m, 2003)
- Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corporation Head Office
(148.4 m, 2003)
- Canon S Tower
(147.7 m, 2003)
- Shiroyama JT Trust Tower
(147.7 m, 1991)
- Akihabara Dai Building
(147.5 m, 2005)
- Toyosu Center Building Annex
(147.4 m, 2006
- BEACON Tower Residence
(147 m, 2009)
- Meiji Yasuda Seimei Building
(146.8 m, 2004)
- Fujisoft Akihabara Building
(146.7 m, 2007)
- Bunkyo Civic Center
(145.7 m, 1994)
- Canal First Tower
(145.5 m, 2008)
- NTT DoCoMo Shinagawa Building
(145.1 m, 2003)
- River City 21 East Towers
(144.9 m, 2000)
- Sumitomo Fudosan Aobadai Tower
(144.5 m, 2009)
- Shinagawa Intercity Towers
(144.5 m, 1998)
- Hotel New Otani Tokyo Tower
(144.5 m, 1974)
- Toyosu Ciel Tower
(144.4 m, 2006)
- Apple Tower
(143 m, 2007)
- Shinagawa V-Tower
(143 m, 2003)
- Shinagawa Prince Hotel New Tower
(143 m, 1994)
- Mizuho Bank Headquarters
(142.5 m, 1980)
- Regale Nihombashi-Ningyocho
(142.2 m, 2007)
- Shirokane Tower
(141.9 m, 2005)
- Hikifune Station Front Area 1 Redevelopment
(141.6 m, 2009)
- Akasaka Park Building
(141 m, 1993)
- City Tower Shinagawa
(140.9 m, 2008)
- ThinkPark Tower
(140.5 m, 2007)
- Shinjuku Kokusai Building - Hilton Tokyo
(141 m, 1984)
- NHK Broadcasting Center
(140.1 m, 1973)
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130?140 m
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- Station Plaza Tower
(139.9 m, 2009)
- Sumitomo Fudosan Nishi-Shinjuku Building
(139.9 m, 2009)
- World City Towers
(139.9 m, 2007)
- Olinas Tower
(139.3 m, 2006)
- Kokusai Shin-Akasaka East Building
(139.3 m, 1980)
- Toyosu ON Building
(139 m, 1992)
- River City 21 Skylight Tower
(139 m, 1990)
- Shibuya Cross Tower
(134.1 m, 1975)
- World City Towers Aqua Tower
(138.7 m, 2006)
- The Tower Grandia
(138.7 m, 2004)
- Tokyo Times Tower
(138.5 m, 2004)
- Roppongi T-CUBE
(138.5 m, 2003)
- Venasis Kanamachi Tower Residence
(138.2 m, 2009)
- Royal Parks Tower Minami-Senju
(138 m, 2008)
- Kawadacho Comfo Garden
(138 m, 2003)
- Otemachi Nomura Building
(138 m, 1997)
- Proud Tower Chiyoda Fujimi
(137 m, 2009)
- Cosmopolis Shinagawa
(137 m, 2005)
- Bay Crest Tower
(136.6 m, 2005)
- Renaissance Tower Ueno-Ikenohata
(136.5 m, 2005)
- Nippon Express Headquarters
(136.5 m, 2003)
- Crest Prime Tower Shiba
(136.4 m, 2007)
- Century Tower
(136 m, 1991)
- Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters
(135.6 m, 1973)
- Chiyoda First Building West
(135 m, 2004)
- NTT DoCoMo Sumida Building
(135 m, 2003)
- Akasaka Intercity
(134.8 m, 2005)
- Hotel New Otani Garden Court
(134.7 m, 1991)
- Vanguard Tower
(134.6 m, 2007)
- Riverside Sumida Center
(134.4 m, 1994)
- The Garden Towers
(134.3 m, 1998)
- Yoyogi Seminar Tower Obelisk
(134 m, 2008)
- Nakano-Sakaue Sun Bright Twin
(134 m, 1996)
- Moon Island Tower
(133.8 m, 2002)
- Shinjuku NS Building
(133.7 m, 1982)
- Shiodome Building
(133.5 m, 2007)
- Tokyo ANA Tower
(133 m, 1986)
- Kogakuin University Shinjuku Building
(132.9 m, 1989)
- Sumitomo Realty Shiba-Koen Tower
(132.6 m, 2001)
- NTT Data Shinagawa Building
(132.3 m, 2003)
- River City 21 River Point Tower
(132 m, 1989)
- Shin-Gofukubashi Building
(132 m, 1979)
- City Tower Shinjuku Shintoshin
(130.6 m, 2005)
- The Center Tokyo
(130 m, 2007)
- River Harp Tower Building 2
(130 m, 2000)
- Tomin Tower Shinonome
(130 m, 1996)
- Sunshine City Prince Hotel
(130 m, 1980)
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Under
construction
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- Nihonbashi 1-Ch?me Central District Redevelopment
(284 m, 2026)
- Azabudai Hills Residence B
(263 m, 2025)
- Shinjuku Station West Gate Redevelopment
(260 m, 2029)
- Tokyo Ekimae Yaesu 1-Ch?me East District Redevelopment
(250 m, 2025)
- Azabudai Hills Residence A
(237 m, 2023)
- World Trade Center North
(235 m, 2027)
- Shibaura 1-Ch?me South Tower
(229 m, 2024)
- Mita 3-4 Ch?me Redevelopment
(215 m, 2023)
- Tokyo World Gate Akasaka
(210 m, 2024)
- Grand City Tower Tsukishima
(199 m, 2026)
- Park Tower Kachidoki South
(195 m, 2023)
- World Tower Residence
(190 m, 2026)
- Minami-Ikebukuro 2-Ch?me District Redevelopment
(190 m, 2025)
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