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List Of Tallest Buildings In Japan
Japan has more than 300 Tower block, high-rise buildings above . Unlike China, South Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia with skyscrapers exceeding in height, Japan's skyscrapers are relatively shorter. All buildings above must also be as earthquake-proof as possible and adhere to other strict structural standards. The tallest building in Japan is currently the tall Azabudai Hills, Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower, located in the Toranomon district of Tokyo. The Torch Tower (Japan), Torch Tower is set to be completed in 2027 as the country's new tallest building. Completed This list ranks Japanese skyscrapers that stand at least tall, based on standard height measurement. This height includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna Radio masts and towers, masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed. Existing partially habitable structures a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most populous urban areas in the world. The Greater Tokyo Area, which includes Tokyo and parts of six neighboring Prefectures of Japan, prefectures, is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, with 41 million residents . Lying at the head of Tokyo Bay, Tokyo is part of the Kantō region, on the central coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island. It is Japan's economic center and the seat of the Government of Japan, Japanese government and the Emperor of Japan. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government administers Tokyo's central Special wards of Tokyo, 23 special wards, which formerly made up Tokyo City; various commuter towns and suburbs in Western Tokyo, its western area; and two outlying island chains, the Tokyo Islands. Although most of the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foot (length)
The foot (standard symbol: ft) is a unit of length in the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. The prime symbol, , is commonly used to represent the foot. In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches, and one yard comprises three feet. Since an international agreement in 1959, the foot is defined as equal to exactly 0.3048 meters. Historically, the "foot" was a part of many local systems of units, including the Greek, Roman, Chinese, French, and English systems. It varied in length from country to country, from city to city, and sometimes from trade to trade. Its length was usually between 250 mm and 335 mm and was generally, but not always, subdivided into 12 inches or 16 digits. The United States is the only industrialized country that uses the (international) foot in preference to the meter in its commercial, engineering, and standards activities. The foot is legally recognized in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama Landmark Tower
The is the third tallest building and fifth tallest structure in Japan, standing high. Until surpassed by Abeno Harukas in 2014, it stood as the tallest building in Japan. It is located in the Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama city, next to the Yokohama Museum of Art. The building contains a five-star hotel called “Yokohama royal park hotel” which occupies floors 49–70, with 603 rooms in total. In April 2025, the hotel was closed for renovations. The lower 48 floors contain shops, restaurants, clinics, and offices. The building contains two tuned mass dampers on the (hidden) 71st floor on opposite corners of the building. On the 69th floor there is an observatory, Sky Garden, from which one can see a 360-degree view of the city and, on clear days, Mount Fuji. The tower contains what were at their inauguration the world's fastest elevators (installed by Mitsubishi Electric), which reach speeds of (). This speed allows the elevator to reach the 69th floor in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emporis
Emporis was a real estate data mining company with headquarters in Hamburg, Germany. The company collected data and photographs of buildings worldwide, which were published in an online database from 2000 to September 2022. Emporis was acquired by CoStar Group in October 2020. On 12 September 2022, the managing director of CoStar Europe posted a letter on Emporis.com, informing its community members that the Emporis database and community platform would be shut down effective 13 September 2022. Emporis offered a variety of information on its public database, Emporis.com. Emporis was frequently cited by various media sources as an authority on building data.- - - Emporis originally focused exclusively on Tower block, high-rise buildings and skyscrapers, which it defined as buildings "between 35 and 100 metres" tall and "at least 100 metres tall", respectively. Emporis used the point where the building touches the ground to determine height. The database had expanded to include l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tallest Structures In Osaka Prefecture
Osaka Prefecture is the third-most populated of Japan's 47 Prefectures of Japan, prefectures. In Osaka, there are 54 buildings that stand taller than . Abenobashi Terminal Building, Abeno Harukas, which was completed in 2014, is the tallest building in Osaka and the second-tallest in Japan at . Both rising , the Osaka Prefectural Government Sakishima Building and the Rinku Gate Tower Building, which were completed in 1995 and 1996 respectively, are the second-tallest buildings in the prefecture. The prefecture's third-tallest building is The Kitahama, which rises 55 stories and in height. Overall, of the 25 tallest buildings in Japan, 4 are in Osaka Prefecture. Osaka has been the site of many skyscraper construction projects in recent years. Since 2010, 12 buildings rising higher than have been completed. As of June 2015, three such buildings are under construction in the prefecture. Several other construction projects planned to exceed the heigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osaka
is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in Japan, following the special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of 2.7 million in the 2020 census, it is also the largest component of the Keihanshin, Keihanshin Metropolitan Area, which is the List of metropolitan areas in Japan, second-largest metropolitan area in Japan and the 10th-List of urban areas by population, largest urban area in the world with more than 19 million inhabitants. Ōsaka was traditionally considered Japan's economic hub. By the Kofun period (300–538) it had developed into an important regional port, and in the 7th and 8th centuries, it served briefly as the imperial capital. Osaka continued to flourish during the Edo period (1603–1867) and became known as a center of Japanese culture. Following the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Abeno (written: 阿倍野 or 阿部野) may refer to: *, Japanese commercial facility *, ward of Osaka, Japan *, ancient name for a landform in Osaka Prefecture, Japan *, railway station in Osaka, Japan People with the surname *, Japanese manga artist {{DEFAULTSORT:Abeno Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abeno Harukas
is a multi-purpose commercial facility in Abenosuji Itchome, Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan. It consists of the New Annex, Eastern Annex and a supertall skyscraper, Abeno Harukas. The building is tall and has 62 floors; it was the tallest building in Japan from 2014 to 2023, until Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower seized the title. The facility is the planned alternative station building of Ōsaka Abenobashi Station, the terminal of Kintetsu Minami Osaka Line. It contains Kintetsu Department Store Main Store Abeno Harukas, Marriott International hotel, university campuses and Sharp Corporation sales office. Its floor space is around , making it one of the biggest department store A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store under one roof, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store mad ...s in Japan. Construction was completed on March 7, 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Largest Buildings
Buildings around the world listed by usable space (volume), footprint (area), and floor space (area) comprise single structures that are suitable for continuous human occupancy. There are, however, some Nonbuilding structure#Exceptions, exceptions, including factories and warehouses. The Tropical Islands Resort, Aerium near Berlin, Germany is the largest uninterrupted volume in the world, while Boeing Everett Factory, Boeing's factory in Everett, Washington, United States is the world's largest building by volume. The AvtoVAZ main assembly building in Tolyatti, Russia is the largest building in area footprint. The New Century Global Center in Chengdu, China is the largest building in terms of total floor area. Due to the incomplete nature of this list, buildings are not ranked. Largest usable volume File:Aerial Boeing Everett Factory October 2011.jpg, Boeing's Boeing Everett Factory, Everett factory seen in 2011 File:Tropical Islands Draufsicht.JPG, The interior of the Tropical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mori Building Company
is a Japanese family-owned property management firm. As of 2015, its president and CEO is Shingo Tsuji. Its headquarters are in the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo. Mori Building has been managing office building leases since 1955. Its focus has been in Minato, Tokyo. As of 2011, it manages 107 office facilities in Japan and China, with a total of of space. Taikichiro Mori, the founder, quit his job as an economics professor and entered the real estate business. He became the richest man in the world in 1992 with the net worth of $13 billion U.S. dollars. At the time his net worth was double that of Bill Gates and $3 billion more than Yoshiaki Tsutsumi. Taikichiro Mori died of heart failure on January 30, 1993, at the age of 88. Completed projects *Ark Hills (1986) *Atago Green Hills (2001) *Roppongi Hills (2003) *Holland Hills (2005) *Omotesando Hills (2006) *Shanghai World Financial Center (2008)Chong, Glenda.China's tallest building to open to the pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower (2)
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is a square number, the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. Evolution of the Hindu-Arabic digit Brahmic numerals represented 1, 2, and 3 with as many lines. 4 was simplified by joining its four lines into a cross that looks like the modern plus sign. The Shunga would add a horizontal line on top of the digit, and the Kshatrapa and Pallava evolved the digit to a point where the speed of writing was a secondary concern. The Arabs' 4 still had the early concept of the cross, but for the sake of efficiency, was made in one stroke by connecting the "western" end to the "northern" end; the "eastern" end was finished off with a curve. The Europeans dropped the finishing curve and gradually made the digit less cursive, ending up with a digit very close to the original Brahmin cross. While the shape of the character for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Tower
, also known as the Japan Radio Tower (, ) is a Radio masts and towers, communications and observation tower in the district of Shiba-koen in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, completed in 1958. At , it was the List of tallest structures in Japan, tallest tower in Japan until the construction of Tokyo Skytree in 2012. It is a lattice tower inspired by the Eiffel Tower, and is painted white and international orange to comply with Aviation safety, air safety regulations. The tower's main sources of income are tourism and antenna leasing. 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 , while the smaller Top Deck (formerly known as the "Special Observatory") reaches a height of . The names were changed following renovation of the top deck in 2018. The tower is repainted every five years, taking a year to complet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
