Tokyu Kabukicho Tower

Skyscraper in Tokyo, Japan

35°41′45″N 139°42′2″E / 35.69583°N 139.70056°E / 35.69583; 139.70056Construction started1 August 2019Completed11 January 2023Opened14 April 2023OwnerTokyu Recreation and Tokyu CorporationHeight225 m (738 ft)Technical detailsStructural systemSteel
Reinforced concreteFloor count48Floor area87,421 m² (940,990 sq ft)Design and constructionArchitecture firmYuko Nagayama & Associates
Kume SekkeiDeveloperShimizu CorporationWebsitetokyu-kabukicho-tower.jp

Tokyu Kabukicho Tower (東急歌舞伎町タワー, Tōkyū Kabukichō Tawā) is a 48-storey skyscraper located in the Kabukichō district of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The 225 m (738 ft) tower was designed by Yuko Nagayama & Associates and developed by Shimizu Corporation. It was completed in 2023 as Japan's 19th tallest building.^[1]

Overview

Formerly known as Shinjuku Tokyu Milano Plan, the project's official name was announced by Tokyu Corporation on 18 November 2021.^[2] Unlike the nearby office and residential buildings, Tokyu Kabukicho Tower is centred on entertainment and recreational facilities, featuring movie theatres, hotels and art installations.^[3]

Development took place on a 4,603 m² (49,550 sq ft) lot near the former Shinjuku Koma Theater. Construction began on 1 August 2019 and was completed on 11 January 2023;^[4] the opening was held on 14 April 2023.^[5]

Design

The building is divided into three layers according to the purpose of the facility: lower, middle and upper. In order to form a continuous skyline, the height of the building was set at approximately 225 m (738 ft) to match the high-rise buildings in Nishi-Shinjuku, while its base was set at approximately 110 m (360 ft) to match the height of the buildings around Kabukichō. On the first and second floors, an east–west passageway is provided to ensure continuity in the central district, while an outdoor screen and stage are set up facing the Cine City Square.^[6]

Architect Yuko Nagayama was in charge of the design. Inspired by the former water fountain of Kani-gawa and by the Buddhist goddess of water, the tower was designed with the image of a fountain, while the upper part expresses the force of water stretching to the sky.^[7]

Tokyu Kabukicho Tower is Japan's first skyscraper designed by a woman.^[7]

Facilities

Lower floors

Tokyu Kabukicho Tower's lower floors feature two theatres operated by TST Entertainment: the Zepp Shinjuku from basement floors 1 to 4, which accommodates 1500 people, and the Theater Milano-Za on floors 6–8, with a total of 900 seats.^[8]^[9] Occupying three floors lies the Zero Tokyo, Japan's largest night entertainment facility.^[10]

The Shinjuku Kabuki Hall, an entertainment food hall by Hamakura Shoten Seisakusho, is located on the second floor. On the tower's third floor, Bandai Namco Amusements holds an amusement centre, Namco Tokyo (officially stylized namco TOKYO), that features events with anime, manga and video game characters.^[8] On the fourth floor, there is an attraction by Sony Music Entertainment called "The Tokyo Matrix". A luxury wellness facility, "Existion", is operated by Milano 05 on the fifth floor.^[11]

Middle floors

The 109 Cinemas Premium Shinjuku is located on floors 9 and 10, featuring 752 seats.^[8]^[9]

Upper floors

The upper floors feature two hotels. Hotel Groove Shinjuku is located on floors 17–38. Bellustar Tokyo, a hotel by Singapore-based Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts (at one time owned by Tokyu), lies on floors 39–47, offering a three-storey atrium restaurant on the building's 45th, 46th and 47th floor.^[8]^[9]

References

^ "New 225-meter-tall skyscraper unveiled in Tokyo's Kabukicho nightlife district". The Japan Times. 7 April 2023. Archived from the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
^ "「歌舞伎町一丁目地区開発計画(新宿ＴＯＫＹＵ　ＭＩＬＡＮＯ再開発計画)」施設名称を「東急歌舞伎町タワー」に決定―２０２３年春開業予定、コンセプトは「"好きを極める場"の創出」" (in Japanese). Tokyu Corporation. 18 November 2021. Archived from the original on 25 November 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
^ Steen, Emma (11 April 2023). "The new Tokyu Kabukicho Tower in Shinjuku will feature artworks by 26 artists". Time Out. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
^ "東急歌舞伎町タワー」が竣工難しい超高層複合施設の施工を担った清水建設". Kabukicho Culture Press (in Japanese). 2 February 2022. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
^ "「東急歌舞伎町タワー」23年4月14日開業。国内最大級ナイトエンタメ施設". Impress Watch (in Japanese). 2 November 2022. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
^ "第64回新宿区景観まちづくり審議会 [報告]資料1 新宿 TOKYU MILANO再開発計画" (PDF) (in Japanese). Shinjuku city administration. 13 April 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b Meyer, Ulf (11 January 2023). "A Delicate Tower in Tokyo's Red-Light District". World-Architects. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Imada, Kaila (5 September 2022). "Japan's largest hotel and entertainment complex is opening in Kabukicho in 2023". Time Out. Archived from the original on 10 April 2023. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Tokyu Kabukicho Tower to open next year as one of Japan's largest multipurpose entertainment facilities". Japan Shopping Now. 9 May 2022. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
^ "国内最大級*のホテル×エンタメ施設からなる超高層複合施設「東急歌舞伎町タワー」２０２３年４月の開業に向け、２～５階の主要大型テナントを決定" (PDF). tokyu-rec.co.jp (in Japanese). 31 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
^ "国内最大級*のホテル×エンタメ施設からなる超高層複合施設「東急歌舞伎町タワー」２０２３年４月１４日の開業に向け、１～５階のテナント詳細を公開" (PDF). tokyu.co.jp (in Japanese). 16 November 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2023.

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Over 300 m	Tokyo Skytree (634 m, 2012) Tokyo Tower (333 m, 1958) Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower (325 m, 2023)
200–300 m	Toranomon Hills Station Tower (266 m, 2023) Toranomon Hills Mori Tower (255 m, 2014) Midtown Tower (248 m, 2007) Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 1 (243 m, 1991) Sunshine 60 (240 m, 1978) NTT Docomo Yoyogi Building (240 m, 2000) Tokyo Midtown Yaesu Yaesu Central Tower (240 m, 2022) Roppongi Hills Mori Tower (238 m, 2003) Shinjuku Park Tower (235 m, 1994) Tokyo Opera City Tower (234 m, 1996) Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower (231 m, 2016) Shibuya Scramble Square (229 m, 2019) Tokyu Kabukicho Tower (225 m, 2023) Shinjuku Mitsui Building (225 m, 1974) Shinjuku Center Building (223 m, 1979) Saint Luke's Tower (221 m, 1994) Shiodome City Center (216 m, 2003) Dentsu Building (213 m, 2002) Shinjuku Sumitomo Building (210 m, 1974) Toshima Incineration Plant (210 m, 1999) Ark Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower (207 m, 2012) GranTokyo North Tower (205 m, 2007) GranTokyo South Tower (205 m, 2007) Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower (204 m, 2008) Shinjuku Nomura Building (203 m, 1978) Izumi Garden Tower (201 m, 2002)
180–200 m	Yomiuri Shimbun Building (200 m, 2013) JP Tower (200 m, 2012) Otemachi Tower (200 m, 2014) Otemachi One Tower (200 m, 2020) Shin-Marunouchi Building (198 m, 2007) Sumitomo Fudosan Shinjuku Grand Tower (196 m, 2011) Harumi Island Triton Square Tower X (195 m, 2001) Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower (195 m, 2005) Sannō Park Tower (195 m, 2000) Sky Tower West Tokyo (195 m, 1989) Sompo Japan Building (193 m, 1976) Nittele Tower (193 m, 2003) Sea Tower (192 m, 2008) Mid Tower (192 m, 2008) Kachidoki View Tower (192 m, 2010) Tomihisa Cross (191 m, 2015) Acty Shiodome (190 m, 2004) Brillia Tower Ikebukuro (189 m, 2015) Shinjuku I-Land Tower (189 m, 1994) Owl Tower (189 m, 2011) Atago Green Hills Mori Tower (188 m, 2001) Capital Gate Place (187 m, 2015) Cerulean Tower (184 m, 2001) Sumitomo Real Estate Shinjuku Oak Tower (184 m, 2002) Shibuya Hikarie (182.5 m, 2012) Nihonbashi 2-Chōme Redevelopment Block E (180 m, 2017) Century Park Tower (180 m, 1999) NEC Supertower (180 m, 1990) JA Building (180 m, 2009) Park City Toyosu Building A (180 m, 2008) Keio Plaza Hotel North Tower (180 m, 1971) Tokyo Garden Terrace (180 m, 2016) Shibuya Stream (180 m, 2018)
160–180 m	Akasaka Biz Tower (179.3 m, 2008) Sumitomo Fudosan Mita Twin Buildings (179.3 m, 2006) Marunouchi Building (179 m, 2002) W-Comfort Towers (178.5 m, 2004) Marunouchi Trust Tower Main Building (178 m, 2008) Toshiba Building (165.9 m, 1984) Shiodome Media Tower (172.6 m, 2003) Kasumigaseki Common Gate West Tower (175.8 m, 2007) World Trade Center (Tokyo) (162.6 m, 1970) Tokyo Shiodome Building (173.2 m, 2005) Park Axis Aoyama 1-chome Tower (172.4 m, 2007) Royal Park Shiodome Tower (172 m, 2003) 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)
150–160 m	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)
140–150 m	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)
130–140 m	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)