Yokohama Landmark Tower

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The Landmark Tower, in the Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama.
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The Landmark Tower, in the Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama.
View from the viewing platform of the Landmark Tower.
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View from the viewing platform of the Landmark Tower.
Landmark Tower at nighttime
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Landmark Tower at nighttime

The Yokohama Landmark Tower (横浜ランドマークタワー Yokohama Randomāku Tawā?) is the tallest building in Japan, though the Tokyo Tower is taller, it doesn't count as it is a radio tower. It is located in the Minato Mirai 21 district of Yokohama city. Its height is about 295.8 meters (970 feet). The building contains a hotel which occupies floors 49-70. The lower 48 floors are used as offices and retail. Work on the building was finished in the year 1993. The building contains two tuned mass dampers on the (hidden) 71st floor on opposite corners of the buildings, designed to reduce sway.

The tower also contains the world's second fastest elevator, which travels at 1 floor per second, reaching the 60th floor in around 1 minute.

The building was designed by Hugh Stubbins and Associates.

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  • The building is spoofed in SimCity 3000 as the 'Pan Pacific Building'.

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