Kasumigaseki Building
| Kasumigaseki Building | |
|---|---|
| 霞が関ビル | |
 | |
| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Mixed-use |
| Location |
3-2-5 Kasumigaseki Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan |
| Coordinates | 35°40′17″N 139°44′50″E / 35.6712821°N 139.7472123°ECoordinates: 35°40′17″N 139°44′50″E / 35.6712821°N 139.7472123°E |
| Construction started | March 1965 |
| Completed | 1968 |
| Opening | April 1968 |
| Owner | Mitsui Fudosan[citation needed] |
| Height | |
| Roof | 156 meters (512 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count |
36 above ground 3 below ground |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Kajima Construction[1] |
The Kasumigaseki Building (霞が関ビル Kasumigaseki biru) is a 30-story skyscraper located in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo. The building is widely regarded as the first modern office skyscraper in Japan. The reason high-rise buildings were not built in the country earlier was that the Building Standard Law set a uniform maximum height of 31 m to protect the cityscape and avoid the technical issues involved in building large buildings in a country prone to earthquakes.[citation needed]
Tenants
The Asian Development Bank Institute has its head office on the 8th floor of the Kasumigaseki Building.[2] On the same floor, the Asian Development Bank has its Japan offices.[3] PricewaterhouseCoopers has offices on the 15th floor of the building.[4]
At one time All Nippon Airways had its headquarters in the building.[5] At one time Mitsui Chemicals had its headquarters in the building.[6] In July 1978, when Nippon Cargo Airlines first began, it operated within a single room inside All Nippon Airways's space in the Kasumigaseki Building.[7]
Two airlines, Garuda Indonesia and Union des Transports Aériens, at one time had offices in the building.[8][9]
In popular culture
The Kasumigaseki Building is the main subject of the film Chōkōsō no Akebono, which was backed by Kajima Construction, the company that built the Kasumigaseki Building.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Schilling, Mark. "Airplane flick tells only half the story." The Japan Times. Friday November 14, 2008. Retrieved on February 19, 2010.
- ↑ "Contact Us." Asian Development Bank Institute. Retrieved on February 19, 2012. "ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK INSTITUTE Kasumigaseki Building 8F 3-2-5, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6008, Japan"
- ↑ "Contacts." (Archive) Asian Development Bank. Retrieved on February 19, 2012. "Kasumigaseki Building 8F 3-2-5 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-6008, Japan"
- ↑ "PwC office locations in Japan." PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Retrieved on February 18, 2010.
- ↑ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. March 30, 1985. 50." Retrieved on June 17, 2009.
- ↑ "What's New." Mitsui Chemicals. June 5, 2001. Retrieved on February 18, 2010.
- ↑ "Chapter 3. On the path to becoming a member of the incumbent carrier group." Nippon Cargo Airlines. Retrieved on February 18, 2010.
- ↑ Taylor, Chris and Nicko Goncharoff. Japan. Lonely Planet, 1997. 243. Retrieved from Google Books on February 19, 2010. ISBN 0-86442-493-0, ISBN 978-0-86442-493-8.
- ↑ Director of Foreign Residents, Volume 31. Japan Times, 1978. 479. Retrieved from Google Books (original from the University of Michigan, digitized December 9, 2008) on February 19, 2010.
External links
- Kasumigaseki Building (Japanese)
- Kasumigaseki Building at Emporis
| Records | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Hotel New Otani Tokyo |
Tallest building in Japan 156 m (512 ft) 1968–1970 |
Succeeded by World Trade Center Building |
| Tallest building in Tokyo 156 m (512 ft) 1968–1970 | ||