Tokyo is the most populated of Japan's 47 prefectures. [1] In Tokyo, there are 53 buildings and structures that stand taller than 187 metres (614 feet). [2] The tallest structure in the prefecture is Tokyo Skytree, a lattice tower that rises 634 metres (2,080 feet), which was completed in 2012. [3] It also stands as the tallest structure in Japan, the tallest tower in the world and the third-tallest freestanding structure in the world. [3] [4] The tallest building and third-tallest overall structure in Tokyo is the 325.2-metre-tall Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower in the Azabudai Hills development, completed in 2023 and being Tokyo's only supertall skyscraper. The second-tallest building is the 265-metre-tall (869 ft) Toranomon Hills Station Tower in the Toranomon Hills complex, which was completed in 2023. The prefecture's third-tallest building is the Toranomon Hills Mori Tower, which rises 52 storeys and 255 metres (837 feet) in height. [5] Overall, as of October 2023, of the 25 tallest buildings and structures in Japan, 17 are in Tokyo. [4]
Skyscrapers are a relatively recent phenomenon in Japan. Due to aesthetic and engineering concerns, [6] Japan's Building Standard Law set an absolute height limit of 31 metres until 1963, when the limit was abolished in favor of a floor area ratio limit. [7] Following these changes in building regulations, the Kasumigaseki Building was constructed and completed in 1968. Double the height of Japan's previous tallest building—the 17-story Hotel New Otani Tokyo—the Kasumigaseki Building is regarded as Japan's first modern high-rise building, rising 36 stories and 156 metres (512 feet) in height. [8] [9] A booming post-war Japanese economy and the hosting of the 1964 Summer Olympics helped lead to a building boom in Tokyo during the 1960s and 1970s. Construction continued through the 1980s and 1990s as the Japanese asset price bubble rose and fell. [10] Mainland Tokyo is divided into two sections: Western Tokyo and the special wards of Tokyo. All of the prefecture's tallest buildings are within the 23 special wards, which comprise the area formerly incorporated as Tokyo City. Nishi-Shinjuku, a district within Shinjuku, was the prefecture's first major skyscraper development area. Starting with the construction of the Keio Plaza Hotel in the 1971, the district is now home to 13 of Tokyo's 46 tallest skyscrapers. [11]
Tokyo has been the site of many skyscraper construction projects in recent years. Since 2015, ten buildings rising higher than 187 metres (614 feet) have been completed. As of May 2020, eleven such buildings are under construction in the prefecture. Several other construction projects planned to exceed the height of 187 metres are proposed for the near future. [12]
This list ranks the tallest 50 skyscrapers in Tokyo, based on standard height measurement. This height includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna 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. Freestanding towers, guyed masts and other not habitable structures are included for comparison purposes; however, they are not ranked.
Name | Height m ( ft) |
Year built |
Year demolished |
Floors | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
World Trade Center Building (1st Generation) | 162.6 (533) | 1970 | 2021 | 40 | Minato | Closed in June 2021 and dismantled |
Mizuho Bank Uchisaiwaichō Head Office Building | 142.5 (468) | 1981 | 2022 | 32 | Chiyoda | |
Kokusai Shin-Akasaka Building East Tower | 139.3 (457) | 1980 | 2022 | 24 | Minato | |
Akasaka Prince Hotel New Tower | 138.9 (456) | 1982 | 2013 | 39 | Chiyoda | |
Shinsei Bank Headquarters Building (1993–2012) | 130 (427) | 1993 | 2013 | 22 | ||
Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Otemachi Building | 119.65 (393) | 1971 | 2022 | 29 | After the demolition, the Torch Tower will be built on the site of this building. | |
SHINAGAWA GOOS | 118.84 (389) | 1971 | 2021 | 30 | Minato | |
Shin-Gofukubashi Building | 112.48 (369) | 1979 | 2022 | 21 | Chūō | |
Hotel Sofitel Tokyo | 112 (367) | 1994 | 2007 | 26 | Taitō |
This lists buildings that are under construction in Tokyo and are planned to rise at least 187 metres (614 feet). Any buildings that have been topped out but are not completed are also included.
Name | Height m ( ft) |
Floors | Start | Finish | Ward | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Torch Tower | 390 (1280) | 67 | 2023 | 2027 | Minato | [182] |
Nihonbashi 1-Chōme Central District Redevelopment | 284 (931) | 52 | 2022 | 2026 | Chūō | [183] [184] [185] |
Azabudai Hills Residence B | 263 (863) | 64 | 2019 | 2025 | Minato | [186] [187] [188] |
Shinjuku Station West Gate Redevelopment | 260 (853) | 48 | 2022 | 2029 | Shinjuku | [189] [190] [191] |
Tokyo Ekimae Yaesu 1-Chōme East District Redevelopment | 250 (820) | 54 | 2022 | 2025 | Chūō | [192] |
Shibaura 1-Chōme South Tower | 235 (771) | 43 | 2021 | 2024 | Minato | [193] |
World Trade Center (2nd Generation) | 235 (771) | 46 | 2022 | 2027 | Minato | [194] [195] |
Tokyo World Gate Akasaka | 210 (689) | 43 | 2021 | 2024 | Minato | [196] [197] |
Grand City Tower Tsukishima | 199 (652) | 58 | 2022 | 2026 | [198] | |
World Tower Residence | 190 (623) | 47 | 2020 | 2026 | [194] [199] | |
Minami-Ikebukuro 2-Chōme District Redevelopment | 190 (623) | 51 | 2022 | 2025 | [200] |
This is a list of buildings that once held the title of tallest building in Tokyo. Since its completion in 2012, Tokyo Skytree has been the tallest structure in Tokyo as well as in Japan, overtaking Tokyo Tower.
Name | Years as tallest | Height m ( ft) |
Floors | Ward | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ryōunkaku | 1890–1923 | 69 (225) | 12 | Taitō | [201] |
Old Marunouchi Building | 1923–1936 | 33 (109) | 8 | Chiyoda | [202] |
National Diet Building | 1936–1964 | 65 (215) | 9 | Chiyoda | [203] |
Hotel New Otani Tokyo | 1964–1968 | 72 (237) | 17 | Chiyoda | [8] |
Kasumigaseki Building | 1968–1970 | 156 (512) | 36 | Chiyoda | [204] |
World Trade Center Building (1st Generation) | 1970–1971 | 163 (533) | 40 | Minato | [205] |
Keio Plaza Hotel North Tower | 1971–1974 | 180 (589) | 47 | Shinjuku | [206] |
Shinjuku Sumitomo Building | 1974–1974 | 210 (690) | 52 | Shinjuku | [83] |
Shinjuku Mitsui Building | 1974–1978 | 225 (738) | 55 | Shinjuku | [57] |
Sunshine 60 | 1978–1991 | 240 (787) | 60 | Toshima | [30] |
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No. 1 | 1991–2007 | 243 (799) | 48 | Shinjuku | [27] |
Midtown Tower | 2007–2014 | 248 (813) | 54 | Minato | [5] |
Toranomon Hills Mori Tower | 2014–2023 | 256 (838) | 52 | Minato | [22] |
Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower | 2023–present | 325 (1067) | 64 | Minato |
This list ranks Tokyo structures that stand at least 187 metres (614 feet) tall, excluding buildings, based on standard height measurement. This height includes spires, architectural details and antenna masts.
Name | Height m ( ft) |
Year built |
Year destroyed |
Structure type |
Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmission mast | 412 (1,350) | 1963 | 1965 | guyed mast | Iwo Jima [D] | Collapsed and replaced [219] |
1st Marcus Island LORAN-C transmission mast | 1964 | 1985 | Marcus Island [B] | Dismantled and replaced by smaller one [220] | ||
2nd Iwo Jima LORAN-C transmission mast | 1965 | 1993 | Iwo Jima [D] | Dismantled [221] | ||
2nd Marcus Island LORAN-C transmission mast | 213 (700) | 1986 | 2000 | Marcus Island [B] | Dismantled and replaced [222] | |
3nd Marcus Island LORAN-C transmission mast | 213 (699) | 2000 | 2010 | Dismantled [223] | ||
Palette Town Giant Ferris Wheel | 115 (377) | 1999 | 2022 | Ferris wheel | Kōtō | Closed in August 2022 [224] |