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Ao (building)
Ao Building is a commercial building located in Kita-Aoyama 3-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo. AO Building was designed by Nihon Sekkei, which also designed Ghibli Museum and Toranomon Hills. The 16-story reinforced concrete building is asymmetrical and thus the upper floors are larger than lower floors. It has 2 basement floors and 16 floors above ground, and consists of a low-rise building and a high-rise building, the latter of which is approximately 90m tall. It opened on March 26, 2009. It is lit up with LEDs at night. The name comes from "Aoyama, Tokyo , Aoyama" and also is a homophone of "let's meet" (会おう) in Japanese. The building cost approximately $200 million to construct and develop. The high-rise building houses office tenants, and the low-rise building houses commercial facilities such as fashion brand stores such as Cinéma Quanon from France and Momotaro Jeans from Kurashiki, beauty salons, restaurants serving Italian, Austrian, and Hungarian cuisine, as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kita-Aoyama
is a district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Education Minato City Board of Education operates public elementary and junior high schools. Kita-Aoyama 1-2-chōme The Japanese addressing system is used to identify a specific location in Japan. When written in Japanese characters, addresses start with the largest geographical entity and proceed to the most specific one. The Japanese system is complex, th ... and 3-chōme 1-4-ban are zoned to Aoyama Elementary School ( 青山小学校). 3-chōme 5-15-ban are zoned to Seinan Elementary School ( 青南小学校). All of Kita Aoyama is zoned to Aoyama Junior High School ( 青山中学校) Rikugun_Daigakko.jpg, Aoyama Junior High School ( 青山中学校) References Districts of Minato, Tokyo {{Tokyo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minato-ku, Tokyo
is a special ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is also called Minato City in English. Minato was formed in 1947 as a merger of Akasaka, Azabu and Shiba wards following Tokyo City's transformation into Tokyo Metropolis. The modern Minato ward exhibits the contrasting Shitamachi and Yamanote geographical and cultural division. The Shinbashi neighborhood in the ward's northeastern corner is attached to the core of Shitamachi, the original commercial center of Edo-Tokyo. On the other hand, the Azabu and Akasaka areas are typically representative Yamanote districts. , Minato had an official population of 243,094, and a population density of 10,850 persons per km2. The total area is 20.37 km2. Known as one of Tokyo's largest business areas, Minato is home to the headquarters of many large domestic companies, including Honda, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, NEC, Nikon, SoftBank Group, Sony and Fujitsu. Minato is also known for being one of the wealthiest residential areas in Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghibli Museum
The is a museum showcasing the work of the Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli. It is located in Inokashira Park in Mitaka, a western city within the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, in Japan. The museum combines features of a children's museum, technology museum, and a fine arts museum and is dedicated to the art and technique of animation. Features include a replica of the Catbus from ''My Neighbor Totoro'' (1988), a café, bookstore, rooftop garden, and a theater for exclusive short films by Studio Ghibli. Background Planning for the museum began in 1998, and construction started in March 2000. The museum opened on 1 October 2001. Studio Ghibli director Hayao Miyazaki designed the museum himself, using storyboards similar to the ones he creates for his films. The design was influenced by European architecture such as the hilltop village of Calcata in Italy. The museum features internal and external spiral staircases built from iron, interior bridges, and balconies stretching ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toranomon Hills
is a skyscraper complex built by Mori Building in the Toranomon district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Designed by Nihon Sekkei, it is located around the new Loop Road No. 2, a surface artery that connects the Shinbashi and Toranomon districts. History Plans had existed since 1946 to build a new arterial road between Toranomon and Shimbashi as part of a loop road around central Tokyo. The Toranomon segment was popularly referred to as the "MacArthur Road", after General Douglas MacArthur, who served as the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Japan following World War II, making reference to the proximity of the United States Embassy compound in nearby Akasaka. The plan remained unrealized for decades due to the government's inability to expropriate the necessary prime real estate in central Tokyo. A solution was finalized around 1989, which involved building a new skyscraper above the road and offering to relocate displaced residents into the building. The project's provisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reinforced Concrete
Reinforced concrete, also called ferroconcrete or ferro-concrete, is a composite material in which concrete's relatively low tensile strength and ductility are compensated for by the inclusion of reinforcement having higher tensile strength or ductility. The reinforcement is usually, though not necessarily, steel reinforcing bars (known as rebar) and is usually embedded passively in the concrete before the concrete sets. However, post-tensioning is also employed as a technique to reinforce the concrete. In terms of volume used annually, it is one of the most common engineering materials. In corrosion engineering terms, when designed correctly, the alkalinity of the concrete protects the steel rebar from corrosion. Description Reinforcing schemes are generally designed to resist tensile stresses in particular regions of the concrete that might cause unacceptable cracking and/or structural failure. Modern reinforced concrete can contain varied reinforcing materials made o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aoyama, Tokyo
is a neighborhood in Tokyo, located in the northwest portion of Minato Ward. The area is known for its international fashion houses, cafes and restaurants. refers to the area on the north side of Aoyama-dori (Aoyama Street) between the Akasaka Palace and Aoyama Gakuin University, while refers to the area to the south of Aoyama-dori and extends to the northern edge of Roppongi, Azabu and Hiroo. During the Edo period, Aoyama was home to various temples, shrines, and samurai residences. The name Aoyama is derived from a samurai named Aoyama Tadanari who served the Tokugawa shogunate and held his mansion in the area. Today, along with Shibuya and Harajuku, Omotesandō is one of the most popular entertainment and shopping areas for young people in Tokyo. It is well known for its fashion houses, restaurants, and shopping. Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium is located in the north part of Aoyama. Places in Aoyama * Aoyama Cemetery * Aoyama Elementary School ( public school) * Aoyama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momotaro Jeans
Momotaro Jeans (Japanese: 桃太郎 ジーンズ) is a denim brand established in Kojima, Okayama in 2005 and named after the popular Japanese folk tale of Momotarō. Momotaro gave their jeans a signature pink-line selvedge in reference to their “peach” boy namesake (Japanese: 桃 ''momo''). The brand ethos is "Made by Hand Without Compromise," which includes the use of Zimbabwean cotton, known for its durability, quality, and unique denim fading characteristics. Momotaro Jeans come with a lifetime warranty. Momotaro Jeans operates six stores in Japan ( Aoyama, Kōenji, Kojima Ajino, Osaka, Okayama and Kyoto). Its parent company is Japan Blue. References See also * Big John * Edwin *Evisu Evisu Jeans (エヴィスジーンズ) is a Japanese designer clothing company that specializes in producing denim wear through traditional, labor-intensive methods. The brand was founded by Hidehiko Yamane in 1991 in Osaka originally as an homa ... * Kapital * Kaihara Denim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinokuniya
Kinokuniya (紀ノ国屋) a high-end Japanese supermarket chain headquartered in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo. Kinokuniya Co., Ltd. became a wholly owned subsidiary of East Japan Railway Company on April 1, 2010. There is no relationship with retailer and publisher Kinokuniya Books, which too has its head office in Tokyo. Etymology The "country" kanji is written in the old character 國 in the company name, and the store name is written with the new character 国. History Kinokuniya was founded in 1910 (Meiji 43) as a high-end fruit store in Tokyo. Masui Norio, who helped out in the family business, closed the Aoyama fruit store after the material control orders during the Pacific War meant that he could no longer sell high-end fruit, and rebuilt it as a fruit and vegetable store after the war in 1949. Modeled after American supermarkets, the Aoyama store then changed its model from a face-to-face fruit store to a self-service supermarket A supermarket is a self-service Retail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CHANEL
Chanel ( , ) is a French luxury fashion house founded in 1910 by Coco Chanel in Paris. It is privately owned by French brothers, Alain and Gérard Wertheimer, through the holding company Chanel Limited, established in 2018 and headquartered in London. Chanel specializes in women's ready-to-wear, luxury goods, and accessories and licenses its name and branding to Luxottica for eyewear. Chanel is well known for its No. 5 perfume and "Chanel Suit". Chanel is credited for revolutionizing ''haute couture'' and ready-to-wear by replacing structured, corseted silhouettes with more functional garments that women still found flattering. History Coco Chanel era ;Establishment and recognition (1909–1920s) The House of Chanel originated in 1909, when Gabrielle Chanel opened a millinery shop at 160 Boulevard Malesherbes, the ground floor of the Parisian flat of the socialite and textile businessman Étienne Balsan, of whom she was the mistress. Because the Balsan flat also w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Establishments In Japan
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. Etymology English ''eight'', from Old English '', æhta'', Proto-Germanic ''*ahto'' is a direct continuation of Proto-Indo-European '' *oḱtṓ(w)-'', and as such cognate with Greek and Latin , both of which stems are reflected by the English prefix oct(o)-, as in the ordinal adjective ''octaval'' or ''octavary'', the distributive adjective is ''octonary''. The adjective ''octuple'' (Latin ) may also be used as a noun, meaning "a set of eight items"; the diminutive '' octuplet'' is mostly used to refer to eight siblings delivered in one birth. The Semitic numeral is based on a root ''*θmn-'', whence Akkadian ''smn-'', Arabic ''ṯmn-'', Hebrew ''šmn-'' etc. The Chinese numeral, written (Mandarin: ''bā''; Cantonese: ''baat''), is from Old Chinese ''*priāt-'', ultimately from Sino-Tibetan ''b-r-gyat'' or ''b-g-ryat'' which also yielded Tibetan '' brgyat''. It has been argued that, as the cardinal nu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
