Ginza Six | |
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ギンザシックス | |
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General information | |
Status | Open, in use |
Type | Retail/Office building |
Architectural style | Postmodern |
Address | 6-10-1 Ginza, Chuo-ku |
Town or city | Tokyo |
Country | Japan |
Coordinates | 35°40′10.45″N 139°45′50.69″E / 35.6695694°N 139.7640806°E |
Opened | 20 April 2017 |
Inaugurated | 17 April 2017 |
Owner | Ginza Six Retail Management Co. Ltd. |
Height | 56 m |
Technical details | |
Structural system | Steel frame, reinforced concrete, steel reinforced concrete |
Floor count | 18 [1] |
Floor area | 148,700 square metres (1,601,000 sq ft) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Yoshio Taniguchi |
Other designers | Gwenael Nicolas, Kenya Hara |
Main contractor | Kajima Corporation |
Website | |
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Ginza Six is a luxury shopping complex located in the Ginza area of Tokyo, jointly developed by Mori Building Company, J. Front Retailing, Sumitomo Corporation and L Catterton Real Estate. [2] [3] The name Ginza Six or G Six reflects the building address in Ginza 6-chome as well as the desire to provide an exceptional "six-star" shopping experience. [2]
Ginza Six was built on the location of the former Matsuzakaya department store, which was Ginza's first ever department store. [2] The complex was inaugurated on 17 April, 2017, in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe, Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike, Chairman of LVMH Bernard Arnault, and President of J. Front Retailing Ryoichi Yamamoto, among others. [4] [5] [6] It is the largest retail space in Ginza. [2]
The building has space for up to 241 stores, including flagship facilities for Fendi, Kenzo, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent and Van Cleef & Arpels. [3] It also contains six floors of office space (floors 7—12), 24 restaurants and cafes, a banquet hall, a 480-seater Noh theater and a 4,000 square-meter rooftop garden. [2] [6] [7] A terminal for tourist buses, a tourist information center, currency exchanges and duty exemption services cater to tourists. [6]
Ginza Six has an art program run by Fumio Nanjo of the Mori Art Museum. The complex focuses on contemporary Japanese art, in an attempt to "sp[eak] to the creativity associated with modern-day Japan rather than the traditional Japanese aesthetic." [8] The Central atrium artworks are a symbol of GINZA SIX and the inaugural exhibits included works by Yayoi Kusama and Patrick Blanc, among others. [9]