IBM Hakozaki Facility () in
Nihonbashi-Hakozaki-cho,
Chuo-ku,
Tokyo
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, Japan, is
IBM's largest building in Japan, in terms of the number of people working there. It mainly houses IBM's marketing and market support departments, and since October 2009 headquarters, which moved from
Roppongi, Tokyo. It was built for IBM in 1989.
General description
IBM Hakozaki Facility is located at 19-21 Nihonbashi-Hakozaki-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, on the right bank of the
Sumida River. It houses mainly IBM's marketing and systems engineering departments, and is IBM's largest facility in Japan, in terms of the number of people working there. Because of the seminars and demonstrations of the latest products and services frequently held there, it is also familiar to many users and potential users of IBM.
Its main building was completed in 1989, designed by Takenaka Corporation, and is owned and leased by Mitsui-Soko,
Mitsui Group
is one of the largest ''keiretsu'' in Japan and one of the largest corporate groups in the world.
The major companies of the group include Mitsui & Co. ( general trading company), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Nippon Paper Industries ...
's warehousing & distribution company.
Details of IBM Hakozaki Building
(in Japanese) The building complex also houses cafeterias, restaurants, a post office, a bookstore, a gym and a tea ceremony
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house.
Access
The facility can be accessed from Suitengūmae Station
is a subway station on the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line in Chūō, Tokyo, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Tokyo Metro. It is connected by moving walkways to the Tokyo City Air Terminal, and Ningyocho Station is located 500 meters to the e ...
on the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line
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, Ningyōchō Station
is a subway station on the (operated by Tokyo Metro) and the (operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation). It is located in the Ningyocho neighborhood of Nihonbashi, Chūō, Tokyo, Japan.
Station layout
On the Hibiya Line, ...
on the Toei Asakusa Line
The is a subway line in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the Tokyo subway operator Toei Subway. The line runs between in Ōta and in Sumida. The line is named after the Asakusa district, a cultural center of Tokyo, under which it passes.
The Asa ...
, Tokyo City Air Terminal
, also known as T-CAT, is a bus terminal for Airport Transport Service, an airport bus operator, in downtown Tokyo, Japan. The terminal is located in Nihonbashi-Hakozaki-cho, Chuo-ku, beneath Hakozaki Junction, the three-way interchange for Sh ...
, and from the Toei Bus bus stop.
See also
* IBM Yamato Facility
IBM Yamato Facility located in the city of Yamato, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, is where IBM's research and development activities were done for IBM's worldwide and Asia-Pacific region market. Its buildings were designed by the architecture firm ...
(R&D formerly)
* IBM Toyosu Facility (R&D)
References
External links
Hakozaki Facility, IBM Japan, Ltd.
(in Japanese)
{{IBM
IBM facilities
Buildings and structures completed in 1989
1989 establishments in Japan
Buildings and structures in Koto, Tokyo