List of tallest structures in Japan
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Tallest buildings
This list ranks Japanese buildings and towers that stand at least 190 metres (623 ft) tall, based on standard height measurement. This height includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. Existing partially habitable structures are included for ranking purposes based on present height.
- * Indicates buildings that are still under construction but have been topped out.
- = Indicates buildings that have the same rank because they have the same height.
- A. ^ This structure is not a fully habitable building, but is included in this list for comparative purposes. Per a ruling by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, freestanding observation towers or chimneys are not considered to be buildings, as they are not fully habitable structures.
Tallest structures
This list ranks Japanese structures that stand at least 210 metres (689 ft) tall, based on standard height measurement. This height includes spires, architectural details and antenna masts.
Demolished or destroyed structures
Tallest under construction, approved or proposed
Under construction
This lists buildings and free-standing structures that are under construction in Japan and are planned to rise at least 180 metres (591 ft). Any buildings that have been topped out but are not completed are also included.
Name | Height m (ft) |
Floors | Year | City | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tokyo Garden Terrace | 180 (590) | 36 | 2016 | Tokyo | Construction started in 2013 with completion scheduled for 2016. |
Roppongi 3-chome East Side Project | 227 (745) | 40 | 2016 | Tokyo | Construction started in September 2012 |
Nakanoshima Festival Tower | 199 (652) | 39 | 2013 | Osaka | |
Tomihisa Cross | 191 (628) | 55 | 2015 | Tokyo | Construction started in 2012[130][160][161] |
City Tower Kobe Sannomiya | 190 (623) | 54 | 2013 | Kobe | Construction started in 2010 |
Brillia Tower Ikebukuro | 189 (620) | 49 | 2015 | Tokyo | Construction started in 2012[162] |
Grand Front Osaka, Block A Tower | 180 (588) | 38 | 2013 | Osaka | [163][164] |
- * Indicates buildings that are still under construction but have been topped out.
Approved
This lists buildings that are approved for construction in Japan and are planned to rise at least 180 metres (591 ft).
Name | Height m (ft) |
Floors | Year | City | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nagoya Station New Building | 211 (693) | 46 | 2015 | Nagoya | Construction is planned to start in September 2012 |
Akasaka 1-chome Redevelopment | 202 (663) | 43 | 2017 | Tokyo | Construction is planned to start in December 2013 [165] |
Toyosu 2-3 Chome Redevelopment 2-1 Block Tower A | 180 (591) | 31 | 2017 | Tokyo | Construction is planned to start in February 2013 |
Nihonbashi 2-Chome Redevelopment Block C | 180 (591) | 35 | 2018 | Tokyo | Construction is planned to start in 2013 |
Proposed
This lists buildings that are proposed for construction in Japan and are planned to rise at least 180 metres (591 ft).
Name | Height m (ft) |
Floors | Year | City | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tokiwabashi District Redevelopment Project Building B | 390 (1280) | 61 | 2027 | Tokyo | Construction by Mitsubishi Estate is planned to start in 2023.[166] |
Shibuya Station New Station building East Tower | 230 (755) | ? | ? | Tokyo | Construction planned to start in 2015 |
Shibuya Station New Station building West Tower | 210 (689) | ? | ? | Tokyo | Construction is planned to start in 2015 |
Nishi-Shinjuku 5-chome Centre North District Redevelopment Project | 209 (686) | 59 | 2016 | Tokyo | Construction is planned to start in 2013[167] |
Shibuya Station South Block Redevelopment | 180 (591) | ? | 2018 | Tokyo | Construction is planned to start in 2014 |
Timeline of tallest buildings
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This is a list of buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Japan. From its completion in 1958 and until the opening of the Tokyo Skytree in 2011, Tokyo Tower retained the title of tallest structure in Japan, aside from various guyed masts that were built in the 1960s and 1970s, later dismantled in the 1990s.
Name | Years as tallest | Height m (ft) |
Floors | City | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ryōunkaku | 1890–1923 | 69 (225) | 12 | Tokyo | [168] |
Five-storied Pagoda at Tō-ji | 1923–1936 | 55 (180) | 5 | Kyoto | |
National Diet Building | 1936–1964 | 65 (215) | 9 | Tokyo | [169] |
Hotel New Otani Tokyo | 1964–1968 | 72 (237) | 17 | Tokyo | [170] |
Kasumigaseki Building | 1968–1970 | 156 (512) | 36 | Tokyo | [171] |
Tokyo World Trade Center Building | 1970–1971 | 163 (533) | 40 | Tokyo | [172] |
Keio Plaza Hotel North Tower | 1971–1974 | 180 (589) | 47 | Tokyo | [173] |
Shinjuku Sumitomo Building | 1974–1974 | 210 (690) | 52 | Tokyo | [59] |
Shinjuku Mitsui Building | 1974–1978 | 225 (738) | 55 | Tokyo | [42] |
Sunshine 60 | 1978–1990 | 240 (786) | 60 | Tokyo | [28] |
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building | 1990–1993 | 243 (797) | 48 | Tokyo | [22] |
Yokohama Landmark Tower | 1993–2012 | 296 (970) | 70 | Yokohama | [4] |
Abenobashi Terminal Building | 2012–present | 300 (984) | 60 | Osaka | [174] |
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